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CRUSH
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1998 Album VOLUME 8)
Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
Words by Scott Ian and John Bush Music by Charlie Benante
Arranged by Anthrax
Bb
x 1 x 3 x x
B
x 2 x 4 x x
C
x 3 x 5 x x
C#
x 4 x 6 x x
D
x 5 x 7 x x
D5
0 0 x x x x
E5
2 2 x x x x
F5
3 3 x x x x
F#5
4 4 x x x x
G5
5 5 x x x x
Bb5VIII
8 8 x x x x
Bb5
x 1 3 x x x
B5
x 2 4 x x x
C5
x 3 5 x x x
C#5
x 4 6 x x x
D5V
x 5 7 x x x
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Scott Ian'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Scott Ian'
Intro 4/4 Gtr I Wx2|--------||--------||--------||--------||--------||--------|
Q=138
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| PM----|
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 3x||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||--0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0---||
D C# Gtr I PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| 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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------7---6---||---------------------------------|-------------------------x---x---||---------------------------------|-------------------------5---4---||-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3---------|
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| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| PM----|
| 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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|
C B Bb D C# H. E E H. E E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-5------------------------5---4---|-3------------------------7---6---||-x------------------------x---x---|-x------------------------x---x---||-3------------------------3---2---|-1------------------------5---4---||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| PM-| PM| PM| PM-----------| PM| PM| PM----|
| 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|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|
C G5 F5 D5 D5C#5 H. E E H. E E|----------------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------||-5--------------------------------|------------------------------||-x--------------------------------|--------------------------7-6-||-3------------------------5---3---|-0------------------------5-4-||--------------------------5---3---|-0----------------------------|
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| PM-| PM| PM| PM-----------| PM| PM|
| 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|----------------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------7-6-||----------------------------------|--------------------------5-4-||-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-----|
C5 B5 Bb5 D5F#5 F5 E5 Gtrs I, II H. E E H. E E H. E E|-------------|-------------|-------------|||-------------|-------------|-------------|||-------------|-------------|-------------|||-5-------5-4-|-3-----------|-------------|||-3-------3-2-|-1-------5-4-|-3-------3-2-|||-------------|---------5-4-|-3-------3-2-||
Verse $ N.C. D5 N.C. D5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E 3x||------------------------------|------------------------------||||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||||------------------------------|------------------------------||||------------------------------|------------------------------||||o-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---o||||--0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0----||
N.C. D5 N.C. D C# Gtr I PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|||-----------------------------|---------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-------------------------7---6---|||-----------------------------|-------------------------x---x---|||-------------------------0---|-------------------------5---4---|||-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3---------||
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| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|||-----------------------------|---------------------------------|||-----------------------------|---------------------------------|||-----------------------------|---------------------------------|||-------------------------0---|---------------------------------|||-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-||
C B Bb D C# H. E E H. E E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-5------------------------5---4---|-3------------------------7---6---||-x------------------------x---x---|-x------------------------x---x---||-3------------------------3---2---|-1------------------------5---4---||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| PM-| PM| PM| PM-----------| PM| PM| PM----|
| 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|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|
C G5 F5 D5 D5C#5 H. E E H. E E|----------------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------||-5--------------------------------|------------------------------||-x--------------------------------|--------------------------7-6-||-3------------------------5---3---|-0------------------------5-4-||--------------------------5---3---|-0----------------------------|
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| PM-| PM| PM| PM-----------| PM| PM|
| 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|----------------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------7-6-||----------------------------------|--------------------------5-4-||-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-----|
C5 B5 Bb5 G5F#5 F5 E5 Gtrs I, II H. E E H. E E H. E E|-------------|-------------|-------------|||-------------|-------------|-------------|||-------------|-------------|-------------|||-5-------5-4-|-3-----------|-------------|||-3-------3-2-|-1-------5-4-|-3-------3-2-|||-------------|---------5-4-|-3-------3-2-||
N.C. D5 N.C. D5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---||-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---|||-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---||
Pre Chorus G5 Bb5VIII W W|----------|------||----------|------||----------|------||----------|------||-5--------|-8----||-5--------|-8----|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---||-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|
G5 F5 W W|----------|------|||----------|------|||----------|------|||----------|------|||-5--------|-3----|||-5--------|-3----||
Chorus D5V C5 F5 G5 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-7--------|-5--------|----------|------||-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----||----------|----------|-3--------|-5----|
D.S. D5V C5 F5 G5 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|-------||----------|----------|----------|-------||----------|----------|----------|-------||-7--------|-5--------|----------|-------||-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5-----||----------|----------|-3--------|-5-----|
D5V C5 F5 G5 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-7--------|-5--------|----------|------||-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----||----------|----------|-3--------|-5----|
D5V C5 F5 G5 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------|||----------|----------|----------|------|||----------|----------|----------|------|||-7--------|-5--------|----------|------|||-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----|||----------|----------|-3--------|-5----||
Bridge
N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM--------|
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-|-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h6-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM--------|
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-|-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h6-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM--------|
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|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-0h6-0-0-0h12-0-0-0h6-0-0-0h12-0-0-|-0h6-0-0-0h12-0-0-0h6-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM--------|
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|||-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-|-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h6-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Interlude D5 E E Q H W W W|-------------|----------|----------|------||-------------|----------|----------|------||-------------|----------|----------|------||-------------|----------|----------|------||-0-----------|----------|----------|------||-0-----------|----------|----------|------|
W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------|||----------|----------|----------|------|||----------|----------|----------|------|||----------|----------|----------|------|||-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-0----|||-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-0----||
Verse Riff
N.C.
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| PM----|
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| PM----|
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||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||--0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0---||
Pre Chorus G5 Bb5VIII W W|----------|------||----------|------||----------|------||----------|------||-5--------|-8----||-5--------|-8----|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---||-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|
G5 F5 W W|----------|------|||----------|------|||----------|------|||----------|------|||-5--------|-3----|||-5--------|-3----||
Chorus D5V C5 F5 G5 W W W W||-----------|----------|----------|------|||o----------|----------|----------|------|||-----------|----------|----------|------|||--7--------|-5--------|----------|------|||o-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----|||-----------|----------|-3--------|-5----|
D5V C5 F5 G5 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|-------|||----------|----------|----------|------o|||----------|----------|----------|-------|||-7--------|-5--------|----------|-------|||-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----o|||----------|----------|-3--------|-5-----||
Outro
N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| PM----|
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||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||--0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0---||
D5 N.C. D5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E||------------------------------|------------------------------||||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||||------------------------------|------------------------------||||------------------------------|------------------------------||||o-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---o||||--0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0----||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
