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This Is Not An Exit Bass

(ver. 1)
Anthrax

THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (Bassline)
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1993 Album SOUND OF WHITE NOISE)

	

Words and Music by Charlie Benante, John Bush & Scott Ian

Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb) - 'Frank Bello'

   Intro
    Q=125
   4/4
    Gtr I
    E E E E E E E E   +W           E E E E E E E E   +W
||------------------|------------|-----------------|---------||
||o-----------------|------------|-----------------|--------o||
||o-5-----5-----5---|------------|-2-----2-----2---|--------o||
||----9-9---8-8---7-|-(7)--------|---5-5---4-4---2-|-(2)-----||


 Verse 1
  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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5-----5-----5---|-------------------|-2-----2-----2---|-------------------|
|---9-9---8-8---7-|-(7)-0-1-2-4-4-5-5-|---5-5---4-4---2-|-(2)-0-1-2-4-4-5-7-|


  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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5-----5-----5---|-------------------|-2-----2---------|-------------------|
|---9-9---8-8---7-|-(7)-0-1-2-4-4-5-5-|---5-5---4-4-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


  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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-2-----2---------|-------------------|-2-----2---------|-------------------|
|---5-5---4-4-0-2-|-(2)-0-0-1-2-2-0-0-|---5-5---4-4-0-2-|-(2)-0-0-1-2-2-0-0-|


  E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|-2-----2---------|-------------------|-2-----2--------||
|---5-5---4-4-0-2-|-(2)-0-0-1-2-2-0-0-|---5-5---4-4-0--||


  W          +W           W          +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E E E   W
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------||
|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3----|-0-1-2-1-2-2---0-|------||


   Verse 2
    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   4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-2-0-0-0---||


 Pre Chorus
  Q=135
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-2-3-0-2-1-0-1-|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-2-1-0-2-1-0-1-|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-2-1-0-2-1-0-1-|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-2-1-0-2-1-0-1-|


  E E E E E E E  E    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-6-5-5---------|
|-9-9-9-7-9-9-7-10-|-10-7-9-9-7-9-7--|-7-7-7-5-7-7-5-5-|---------7-5-5-0-|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-2-0-0-0-|


  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
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|----------9-8-7---|-----------------|-7-6-5-5---------||
|-9-9-9-7-9-9-7-10-|-10-7-9-9-------9-|-7-7-7-5-7-7-5-5-|---------7-6-5-4-||


 Chorus
  Q=140
  E E E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E Q  E   E E E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E Q  E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----2---------|-----------------|-2-----2---------|-----------------|
|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|


  E E E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E Q  E   E E E E E E E E   H    Q   Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-2-----2---------|-----------------|-2-----2---------|--------------||
|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|---------11\--||


   Verse 3
    Q=135
    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   4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-2-0-0-0---||


 Pre 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-1-|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-1-|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-0-|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-0-|


  E E E E E E E  E    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-6-5-5---------|
|-9-9-9-7-9-9-7-10-|-10-7-9-9-7-9-7--|-7-7-7-5-7-7-5-5-|---------7-5-5-0-|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-2-0-0-0-|


  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
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|----------9-8-7---|-----------------|-8-7-6-5---------||
|-9-9-9-7-9-9-7-10-|-10-7-9-9-------9-|-7-7-7-5-7-7-5-8-|---------7-6-5-4-||


 Chorus
  Q=140
  E E E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E Q  E   E E E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E Q  E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----2---------|-----------------|-2-----2---------|-----------------|
|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|


  E E E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E Q  E   E E E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E Q  E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-2-----2---------|-----------------|-2-----2---------|-----------------||
|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-||


   Bridge
    Q=145
    E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-5-----5-----5---|-------------------|
||----9-9---8-8---7-|-(7)-0-1-2-4-4-5-5-|


  E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-2-----2---------|--------------------o||
|---5-5---4-4-0-2-|-(2)-0-1-2-4-4-5-7---||


  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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-7-|-(7)-0-1-2-4-4-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-0-2-|-(2)-0-1-2-4-4-5-7-|


  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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-7-|-(7)-0-1-2-4-4-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S S S S S S S  4x
||------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------------o||
||o-----------------|-------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||


    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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--2-1-0-1-3-3-0-0-|-2-1-0-1-3-3-0-0-|-2-1-0-1-3-3-0-0-|-2-1-0-1-3-3-0-0---||


   Guitar Solo
    Q=150
    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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-1-|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-1---||


  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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-3-2-0-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-3-2-0-2-2-2-2-|


  E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-3-2-0-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-||


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||


 Interlude
  Wx7          H    Q    Q
|------------|---------------||
|------------|---------------||
|------------|---------------||
|------------|---------/12\--||


   Verse 4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3----|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3------||


  Q=155
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-2-0-0-0-||


   Outro
    H=H
    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   4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-1-0-0-0---||


    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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3---||


  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|



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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