ANTHRAX
'Discharge'

from the album 'Persistence Of Time'


transcribed by
  Tero Liimatainen (magics5@usa.net)

find more metal tablatures at
  http://venus.spaceports.com/~metaltab/



songflow
~~~~~~~~

riff 1   x 3
riff 2a  x 2
riff 2b  x 2
riff 3   x 4
riff 2c  x 2
riff 2b  x 2
riff 3   x 4
riff 4   x 2
riff 2c  x 2
riff 2b  x 2
riff 5a
riff 5b  x 10
riff 6   x 4
fill 1
riff 7   x 2
riff 8   x 2
riff 3   x 4
riff 4   x 2
riff 2c  x 4
riff 9


the riffs
~~~~~~~~~

riff 1
        .... .... ....       .... .... ....
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-245/77----7----7----7245/77----7----7----7-|
|-023/55555555555555555023/55555555555555555-|

riff 2a                                              1st               2nd
                                                      ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|---------------|
|---4-4-4-----------4-4-4-----------4-4-4-----------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--------3-3-3--|
|---2-2-2-0-4-4-4---2-2-2-0-4-4-4---2-2-2-0-4-4-4---|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-4-4-4--1-1-1--|
|-0---------2-2-2-0---------2-2-2-0---------2-2-2-0-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-2-2-2---------|

riff 2b
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4-4-4-----------4-4-4-----------4-4-4------------------3-3-3--|
|---2-2-2-0-4-4-4---2-2-2-0-4-4-4---2-2-2-0-4-4-4---4-4-4--1-1-1--|
|-0---------2-2-2-0---------2-2-2-0---------2-2-2-0-2-2-2---------|

riff 2c
  .         . . .           . . .           . . . 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4-4-4-----------4-4-4-----------4-4-4------------------3-3-3--|
|---2-2-2-0-4-4-4---2-2-2-0-4-4-4---2-2-2-0-4-4-4---4-4-4--1-1-1--|
|-0---------2-2-2-----------2-2-2-----------2-2-2---2-2-2---------|

riff 3    
  . . . . . .   . . . .   . . . . . . .  
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-0-4-4---2-2-4-4---2-2-4-4-5-4-4-5-2-|
|---------2-2---0-0-2-2---0-0-2-2-3-2-2-3-0-|

riff 4           *
    ............... 
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-8-88888888888888810-9-8-7--7\5-5-|
|-6-666666666666666-8-7-6-5--5\3-3-|

 * I didn't bother to count how many strikes here

riff 5a
  ....  ....        ....  ....          ....  ....      ....  ....
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-----5-5-2-------5-----5-7-8-7-8-----5-----5-2-------5-----5-7-8-7-8-|
|-33333-33333-3-0---33333-33333-5-6-5-6-33333-33333-0---33333-33333-5-6-5-6-|

riff 5b
    . . . . . . . .      . . . .   . . . . . . . .      
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------------5-2----------5-----------------7-8-7-8-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0--0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6-5-6-|

riff 6
    . . . . . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-8--------------------10-9-8-7--7\5-5--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-7-6-5--5\3-3--|

fill 1

|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-5\4-4--4\3-3--3\-|
|-3\2-2--2\1-1--1\-|

riff 7
  ... . . ... . . . ........
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-322-2-2-322-2-2-2-22222222-|
|-100-0-0-100-0-0-0-00000000-|

riff 8

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|
|-----------------1------------------1-|

riff 9
  ....  ....  ....  ....  . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------*-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-4-4-5-5-4-4-5-5-4-4-5-5-5--\--|
|-33333-33333-33333-33333-2-2-3-3-2-2-3-3-2-2-3-3-3--\--|

 * dive with bar



 ^ indicates for downstrike and
 v for upstrike. usually it does
   not matter how you strike but 
   in riff 2 you get the right 
   sound that way

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