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SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET (Bassline) As recorded by Anthrax (From the 1987 Album AMONG THE LIVING) Transcribed by B. Johnson Words and Music by Anthrax Arranged by Anthrax Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled' [Intro] Moderate Rock Q=152 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E G||------------------|------------------||-----------------| D||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------| A||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------| E||--2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4--||-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-| Faster Q=208 E E E E E E E E W W G|-----------------||-----------|-------|| D|-----------------||o----------|------o|| A|-----------------||o----------|------o|| E|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-||-----------|-------|| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G||--------------------------|---------------------------|| D||o-------------------------|--------------------------o|| A||o-------------------------|--------------------------o|| E||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G||----------------|----------------||-| D||o---------------|---------------o||-| A||o---------------|-------------3-o||-| E||--3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0----||-| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G||--------------------------|----------------------------|| D||o-------------------------|---------------------------o|| A||o-------------------------|---------------------------o|| E||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G||----------------|----------------|| D||o---------------|---------------o|| A||o---------------|-------------3-o|| E||--3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0----|| [Verse 1] S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|----------------------------| D|-------------------------|----------------------------| A|-----7-----7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----7-----7----| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| E|-12-12-12-15-15-12-12-12-12-15-15-12-|-12-12-12-15-15-12-12-12-12-15-15-12----| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|----------------------------| D|-------------------------|----------------------------| A|-------------------------|----------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| A|-------------------12-12s13-13s15-15----|---------------------------------------| E|-12-12s13-13s15-15-------------------12-|-12-12-12-15-15-12-12-12-12-15-15-12---| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-|| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|| [Pre-Chorus] $ $$ Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q G|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| D|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| A|-------2--1--|---------------|-------2--1--|---------------| E|-0--2--------|-0-2----0-2----|-0--2--------|-0-2----0-2----| Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E E E G|-------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|| D|-------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|| A|-------2--1--|---------------|-------2--1--|------------1-2-|| E|-0--2--------|-0-2----0-2----|-0--2--------|-0-2----0-2-----|| [Chorus] E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| A||o-------------1-2-|---0-0-0-0-0-1-2-|-----1-2-----1-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2--o|| E||--3-0-0-0-0-0-----|-3---------------|-3-0-----3-0-----|-------------------|| To Dbl. Coda E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-------------1-2-|---0-0-0-0-0-1-2-|-----1-2-----1-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-| E|-3-0-0-0-0-0-----|-3---------------|-3-0-----3-0-----|-----------------| To Coda 2/4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------|| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------|| A|-------------1-2-|---0-0-0-0-0-1-2-|-----1-2-----1-2-||-1-1-1-1-|| E|-3-0-0-0-0-0-----|-3---------------|-3-0-----3-0-----||---------|| 4/4 W W W W G|----------|----------|----------|------| D|----------|----------|----------|------| A|----------|----------|----------|------| E|----------|----------|----------|------| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S E S S E S S E S S E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|-------------------------||----------------|-------------------|| D|-------------------------||o---------------|------------------o|| A|-------------------------||o---------------|-------------3----o|| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0-------|| [Verse 2] S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|----------------------------| D|-------------------------|----------------------------| A|-------------------------|----------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| A|----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14-|-------12-14-------12-14-------12-14-------12-14-| E|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|-12-15-------12-15-------12-15-------12-15-------| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-6-0-0-0-5-|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-6-0-0-0-3-| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E G|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-|---------------------------------------------| E|-15-12-15-12-15-12-15-12-------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---| D.S. al Coda Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-|| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|| & Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E G|-----7-----------|-----------------|| D|-6\----6S2-5h6---|-8---5---2-------|| A|---------------7-|---7---------4---|| E|-----------------|-------6---3---0-|| [Guitar Solo] E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-----------------| E|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-----------------| E|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-2-------1-------|-----------------|-2-------1-------|-----------------| E|---1-1-1---1-1-1-|-3-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|---1-1-1---1-1-1-|-3-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-| 2/4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------|| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------|| A|-2-------1-------|-----------------|-2-------1-------||---------|| E|---1-1-1---1-1-1-|-3-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|---1-1-1---1-1-1-||-1-1-1-1-|| 4/4 S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|---------------------------|| D|-------------------------|---------------------------|| A|-------------------------|---------------------------|| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-0---|| [Interlude] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E 4x Q Q Q Q G||----------------------------------|--------------------------||-------------| D||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||-------------| A||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||-------------| E||--2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-2--3--1--4--| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| E|-2--3--1--4--|-2--3--1--4--|-2--3--1--4--|-2-3-1-4-2-3-1-4-| E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E 3x G|-----------------||--------------------------|---------------------------|| D|-----------------||o-------------------------|--------------------------o|| A|-----------------||o-------------------------|--------------------------o|| E|-2-3-1-4-2-3-1-4-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-|| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|| [Verse 3] S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|----------------------------| D|-------------------------|----------------------------| A|-------------------------|----------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| A|----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14-|-------12-14-------12-14-------12-14-------12-14-| E|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|-12-15-------12-15-------12-15-------12-15-------| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-6-0-0-0-5-|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-6-0-0-0-3-| Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E G|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-|---------------------------------------------| E|-15-12-15-12-15-12-15-12-------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---| D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|-------------3-|---------------|-------------3-| E|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---|-3--3--3-2-0-2-|-3--3--3-1-0---| [Out-Solo] && E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| A||o-------------1-2-|---0-0-0-0-0-1-2-|-----1-2-----1-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2--o|| E||--3-0-0-0-0-0-----|-3---------------|-3-0-----3-0-----|-------------------|| Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q 3x Q Q Q Q E E Q E Q E G||--------------|----------------||-------------|----------------*| D||o-------------|---------------o||-------------|----------------*| A||o-------2--1--|---------------o||-------2--1--|----------------*| E||--0--2--------|-0-2----0-2-----||-0--2--------|-0-2----0-2s=1--*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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