Deathrider Tabs & Lyrics by Anthrax
Deathrider
guitar tabs lyrics
DEATHRIDER
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1984 Album FISTFUL OF METAL)
Transcribed by Steve Rubaszek and Stephen Elvidge
Words and Music by Anthrax
Arranged by Anthrax
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Q=160
4/4
Gtr I
PM----------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E. E. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||------------------4--2--5-|--------------------------------||
||--2---------------2--0--3-|-2-------------2h3p2h3p2p0------||
||o-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------3p2-o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E H.. W
||--------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--2-----------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-0-----------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------------||
PM---------| PM---------|
E S S S S S S E. E. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------4-----2--5-|---------------------------------|
|-2--------------2-----0--3-|-2--------------2h3p2h3p2p0------|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0------------|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-------------3p2--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q.
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2--------------2----------|-2--------------2----------------|
|-0--------------0----------|-0--------------0----------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
PM---------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E. E. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-----2--5-|--------------------------------|
|-2--------------2-----0--3-|-2-------------2h3p2h3p2p0------|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------3p2--|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| E Q. E Q. W
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2--------------2----------|-2------------------------------|
|-0--------------0----------|-0------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E. E. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-------------------------------o||
||----------------4--2--5-|--------------------------------||
||--2-------------2--0--3-|-2-------------2h3p2h3p2p0------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------3p2-o||
||------------------------|--------------------------------||
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E. E. E
||------------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------------|------------------------|
||--5-------------5-------------|-5-------------5--8--7--|
||o-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--6--5--|
||------------------------------|------------------------|
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------------6--||
|-5-------------5-------------|-5-------------5--8--4--||
|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--6----o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
H H W H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------7----|
|-7---------|-----------|-7---------|-------5----|
|-5----8----|-10--------|-5----8----|-10---------|
|------6----|--8--------|------6----|--8---------|
PM--------------|
H H W H H S S S S S S S S S Q..
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|-7---------|-----------|-7---------|-------------------------|
|-5----8----|-10--------|-5----8----|-------------------------|
|------6----|--8--------|------6----|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------|
PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E. E. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-------------------------------o||
||----------------4--2--5-|--------------------------------||
||--2-------------2--0--3-|-2-------------2h3p2h3p2p0------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------3p2-o||
||------------------------|--------------------------------||
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E. E. E
||------------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------------|------------------------|
||--5-------------5-------------|-5-------------5--8--7--|
||o-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--6--5--|
||------------------------------|------------------------|
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------------6--||
|-5-------------5-------------|-5-------------5--8--4--||
|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--6----o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
H H W H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------7----|
|-7---------|-----------|-7---------|-------5----|
|-5----8----|-10--------|-5----8----|-10---------|
|------6----|--8--------|------6----|--8---------|
PM--------------|
H H W H H S S S S S S S S S Q..
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|-7---------|-----------|-7---------|-------------------------|
|-5----8----|-10--------|-5----8----|-------------------------|
|------6----|--8--------|------6----|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------|
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E. E. E. E E
||--------------------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------------------|-----------------|
||--------------------------------|-----------------|
||--4-----------------------------|-2--4--5--6--7-8-|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--2--3--4--5-6-|
||--------------------------------|-----------------|
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H
|-------------------------------|------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------o||
|-------------------------------|------------||
|-4-----------------------------|-7----------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5----7----o||
|-------------------------------|------5-----||
PM--------------| PM--------------|
E S S S S S S S S S E. E E S S S S S S S S S E. E
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||--2-------------------5--7-|-2-------------------5--7-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-3--5-|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
PM--------------|
E S S S S S S S S S E. E H H 4x
|--------------------------|------------||
|--------------------------|-----------o||
|--------------------------|------------||
|-2-------------------5--7-|-5----3-----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-3--5-|-3----1----o||
|--------------------------|------------||
PM--------|
W S S S S S S S S S Q..
|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
|----------|-------------------------|
PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E. E. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-------------------------------o||
||----------------4--2--5-|--------------------------------||
||--2-------------2--0--3-|-2-------------2h3p2h3p2p0------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------3p2-o||
||------------------------|--------------------------------||
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E. E. E
||------------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------------|------------------------|
||--5-------------5-------------|-5-------------5--8--7--|
||o-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--6--5--|
||------------------------------|------------------------|
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------------6--||
|-5-------------5-------------|-5-------------5--8--4--||
|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--6----o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
H H W H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------7----|
|-7---------|-----------|-7---------|-------5----|
|-5----8----|-10--------|-5----8----|-10---------|
|------6----|--8--------|------6----|--8---------|
PM--------------|
H H W H H S S S S S S S S S Q..
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|-7---------|-----------|-7---------|-------------------------|
|-5----8----|-10--------|-5----8----|-------------------------|
|------6----|--8--------|------6----|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------|
PM--------------| PM--------------|
E S S S S S S S S S E. E E S S S S S S S S S E. E
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||--2-------------------5--7-|-2-------------------5--7-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-3--5-|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
PM--------------|
E S S S S S S S S S E. E H H
|--------------------------|------------||
|--------------------------|-----------o||
|--------------------------|------------||
|-2-------------------5--7-|-5----3-----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-3--5-|-3----1----o||
|--------------------------|------------||
PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E. E. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
||------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-------------------------------o||
||----------------4--2--5-|--------------------------------||
||--2-------------2--0--3-|-2-------------2h3p2h3p2p0------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------3p2-o||
||------------------------|--------------------------------||
PM--------|
E S S S S S S E. E. E +W +Q.. S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|------------|--------------------------*|
|-----------------------|------------|--------------------------*|
|---------------4--2--5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----------------------*|
|-2-------------2--0--3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----2h3p2h3p2p0-----2-*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|------------|--------------------3p2-0-*|
|-----------------------|------------|--------------------------*|
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
