Got The Time Bass

Author/Artist: Anthrax
Title: Got the Time
Album: Persistance of Time
Transcribed by: Eric Somdahl
Email: bass_guy@mindspring.com
 
[Intro and chorus riff]
  3x
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------|
D|----------------------------------*|-----------------------------|---------|
A|----------4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6---------*|-----------------------------|---------|
E|--6-6-6-6-----------------4-4-4-4--|-4--0-4--0-4--0-4--4-4--6----|---------|
 
[Verse and pre-verse riff](repeat often)
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|*-----------------------------------*|--------------------------------------|
A|*-----------------------------------*|--------------------------------------|
E|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-|--------------------------------------|
 
[pre-chorus]
G|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------4-4-4---6-----|----------------------------------------|
E|6-4---2-2-2--1-1-1-----------------|----------------------------------------|
 
[Bass solo]                                               All of these slides up
                                                          come from about a 5th
                                                          below the written note
G|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------/18-|
D|----------------------------4h-6--6-6-6--4h-6--6-6-6-|-/11-/13-/14--/15-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
E|-4h-6--6-6-6---4h-6--6-6-6---------------------------|----------------------|
 
G|-6-6-6-6-6-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--|
D|-----------8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-----------|-------------------------------|--|
A|-------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-|-------------------------------|--|
E|-----------------------------------------|-4h-6--6-6-6---0---6--6/18---0-|--|
 
(x many times)                  (play after guitars join back in)
G|-------6--------8-------------|---------------|-----------------------------|
D|*-6h-8----8h-10--------------*|*-------------*|-----------------------------|
A|*----------------------------*|*-------------*|-----------------------------|
E|-------------------6--6-6-6---|--4h-6--6-6-6--|-----------------------------|
after the solo go to the prechorus...
 
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| *  Natural harmonic
| /  Slide up
| h  Hammer-on
 
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