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GOT THE TIME
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1990 Album PERSISTANCE OF TIME)
Transcribed by JimmysRocks@yahoo.com
Words and Music by Joe Jackson
Bb5
6 8 8 x x x
Db5
x 4 6 6 x x
Eb5
x 6 8 8 x x
Ab5
4 6 6 x x x
Gb5
2 4 4 x x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=264
Bb5 Db5 Eb5 Ab5 Bb5
4/4
Gtr I
W Q Q H Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x o / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
PM----|
Wx7 Q Q H Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E|------------|----------------||---------------|-----------------||------------|----------------||---------------|-----------------||------------|----------------||-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8---------||------------|----------------||-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6s8--||------------|----------------||-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6S8--||------------|----/x/--13\----||-6--6----------|---------4--4s6--|
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM----|
Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8--------|-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8--------||-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6s8-|-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6---||-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6S8-|-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6---||-6--6----------|---------4--4s6-|-6--6----------|---------4--4p0-|
Q E E +E E Q E Q E Q Q W +W|-----------------|--------------|----------|--------||-----------------|--------------|----------|--------||-----------------|--------------|----------|--------||-6----6-(6)---6--|---6----6--6--|-8--------|-(8)----||-6----6-(6)---6--|---6----6--6--|-8--------|-(8)----||-4--0-4-(4)-0-4--|-0-4--0-4--4--|-6--------|-(6)----|
1st Verse +W +H. Q H Q Q W|------------|--------------||-------------|------||------------|--------------||-------------|------||------------|--------------||-------------|------||-(8)--------|-(8)------x\--||-8----8\-----|------||-(8)--------|-(8)------x\--||-8----8\-----|------||-(6)--------|-(6)------x\--||-6----6\-----|------|
PM--------------------------|
W W Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------|----------|----------------|-----------------||----------|----------|----------------|-----------------||----------|----------|----------------|-----------------||----------|----------|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||----------|----------|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||----------|----------|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
PM--------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H +Q Q|----------------|-----------------|---------------||----------------|-----------------|---------------||----------------|-----------------|---------------||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----(8)\-----||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----(8)\-----||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6----(6)\-----|
W W W|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|------||----------|----------|------||----------|----------|------||----------|----------|------||----------|----------|------|
PM--------------------------| PM-----------------------|
Q 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 Q Q|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|||----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|||----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8--6--|||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8--6--|||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6--4--||
Pre-Chorus $ $$ Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q|----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|-6----6-(6)--6--||-4----4-(4)--4--|-3----3-(3)--3--|-6----6-(6)--6--||-4----4-(4)--4--|-3----3-(3)--3--|-4----4-(4)--4--||-2----2-(2)--2--|-1----1-(1)--1--|----------------|
Chorus
PM----|
Q Q H Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E|------------|---------------|----------------||------------|---------------|----------------||-8----------|-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8--------||-8----------|-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6s8-||-6----------|-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6S8-||------------|-6--6----------|---------4--4s6-|
PM----| PM----|
Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E Q Q E E E E|---------------|----------------|---------------||---------------|----------------|---------------||-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8--------|-------6-6-6-6-||-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6s8-|-8--8--6-6-6-6-||-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6S8-|-8--8--4-4-4-4-||-6--6----------|---------4--4s6-|-6--6----------|
To Dbl. Coda E E E E Q E E Q E E +E E Q E Q E Q Q|----------------|-----------------|--------------||----------------|-----------------|--------------||-8-8-8-8--------|-----------------|--------------||-8-8-8-8-6--6---|-6----6-(6)---6--|---6----6--6--||-6-6-6-6-6--6---|-6----6-(6)---6--|---6----6--6--||---------4--4p0-|-4--0-4-(4)-0-4--|-0-4--0-4--4--|
PM----| PM----|
Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E Q Q E E E E|---------------|----------------|---------------||---------------|----------------|---------------||-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8--------|-------6-6-6-6-||-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6s8-|-8--8--6-6-6-6-||-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6S8-|-8--8--4-4-4-4-||-6--6----------|---------4--4s6-|-6--6----------|
PM----|
E E E E Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E|----------------|---------------|----------------||----------------|---------------|----------------||-8-8-8-8--------|-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8--------||-8-8-8-8-6--6s8-|-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6---||-6-6-6-6-6--6S8-|-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6---||---------4--4s6-|-6--6----------|---------4--4p0-|
To Coda & Q E E +E E Q E Q E Q Q W +W|-----------------|--------------|----------|--------||-----------------|--------------|----------|--------||-----------------|--------------|----------|--------||-6----6-(6)---6--|---6----6--6--|-8--------|-(8)----||-6----6-(6)---6--|---6----6--6--|-8--------|-(8)----||-4--0-4-(4)-0-4--|-0-4--0-4--4--|-6--------|-(6)----|
2nd Verse +W +H. Q H Q Q W|------------|--------------||-------------|------||------------|--------------||-------------|------||------------|--------------||-------------|------||-(8)--------|-(8)------x\--||-8----8\-----|------||-(8)--------|-(8)------x\--||-8----8\-----|------||-(6)--------|-(6)------x\--||-6----6\-----|------|
PM--------------------------|
W W Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------|----------|----------------|-----------------||----------|----------|----------------|-----------------||----------|----------|----------------|-----------------||----------|----------|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||----------|----------|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||----------|----------|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
PM--------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H +Q Q|----------------|-----------------|---------------||----------------|-----------------|---------------||----------------|-----------------|---------------||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----(8)\-----||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----(8)\-----||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6----(6)\-----|
W W W|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|------||----------|----------|------||----------|----------|------||----------|----------|------||----------|----------|------|
D.S. al Coda
PM--------------------------| PM-----------------------|
Q 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 Q Q|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------||----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------||----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8--6--||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8--6--||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6--4--|
&
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / /
Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-4-4-4-4-|||o-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-4-4-4-4-|||------------------|---------------------|||------------------|---------------------|||o-----------------|---------------------|||------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-4-4-4-4--||-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-4-4-4-4--||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------|
Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E Q E Q E Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / / o / / o / o / o / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E Q E Q E Q Q|-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-4-4-4-4-|-4----4-(4)---4--|---4----4--4---|||-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-4-4-4-4-|-4----4-(4)---4--|---4----4--4--o|||-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|||-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|||-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------o|||-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------||
Interlude
Bb5
W +W +W +W +W +W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
W +W +W +W +W +W|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------||----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------||----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------||-8--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)----||-8--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)----||-6--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)----|
+W +W +W +W +W +W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
+W +W +W +W +W +W|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------||------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------||------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------||-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)----||-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)----||-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)----|
Gtrs I, II Wx4 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x|------------||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|||------------||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|||------------||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|||------------||-----8-----8--|----8-----8--|----8-----8--|----8-----8---|||------------||o----8-----8--|----8-----8--|----8-----8--|----8-----8--o|||------------||-----6-----6--|----6-----6--|----6-----6--|----6-----6---||
Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||----8-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--8-8-(8)--8-8-||----8-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--8-8-(8)--8-8-||----6-6-(6)--6-6-|-(6)--6-6-(6)--6-6-|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda 5/4 +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q Q Q|-------------------|----------------------|||-------------------|----------------------|||-------------------|----------------------|||-(8)--8-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--8-8-(8)--8--6---|||-(8)--8-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--8-8-(8)--8--6---|||-(6)--6-6-(6)--6-6-|-(6)--6-6-(6)--6--4---||
&&
4/4
PM----|
E Q E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E|--------------|---------------|----------------||--------------|---------------|----------------||--------------|-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8--------||---6----6--6--|-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6s8-||---6----6--6--|-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6S8-||-0-4--0-4--4--|-6--6----------|---------4--4s6-|
PM----| PM----|
Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8--------|-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8--------||-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6s8-|-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6---||-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6S8-|-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6---||-6--6----------|---------4--4s6-|-6--6----------|---------4--4p0-|
PM----|
Q E E +E E Q E Q E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E|-----------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||-----------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||-----------------|--------------|-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8--------||-6----6-(6)---6--|---6----6--6--|-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6s8-||-6----6-(6)---6--|---6----6--6--|-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6S8-||-4--0-4-(4)-0-4--|-0-4--0-4--4--|-6--6----------|---------4--4s6-|
PM----| PM----|
Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E Q Q E E E E|---------------|----------------|---------------||---------------|----------------|---------------||-------6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8--------|-------6-6-6-6-||-8--8--6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-6--6s8-|-8--8--6-6-6-6-||-8--8--4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6--6S8-|-8--8--4-4-4-4-||-6--6----------|---------4--4s6-|-6--6----------|
Q Q H W W|------------|----------|------*||------------|----------|------*||------------|----------|------*||-8----------|----------|------*||-8----------|----------|------*||-6----------|----------|------*|
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
----------------
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
