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Cupajoe

Anthrax
Bass TabTuningDrop D

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CUPAJOE (Bassline)

As recorded by Anthrax

(From the 1998 Album VOLUME 8)

Transcribed by Mike Sheehan

Words by Scott Ian Music by Charlie Benante

Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Frankie Bello'

Intro / Verse

Q=48H=H

4/4

Gtr I

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---0-1-|-0---0---0---0-1-|-0---0---0---0-1-|

Q=215

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---0-1-|-0---0---0---0-1-|-0---0---0---0-1-|-0---0---0---0-1-||

Chorus

Q=105

T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. X

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|

T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. X

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---|

Verse

Q=54H=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

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---0---0---0-1-|-0---0---0---0-1-|-0---0---0---0-1-|

Q=204

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---0-1-|-0---0---0---0-1-|-0---0---0---0-1-|

Chorus

Q=105

T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. X

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|

T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. X E. S Q H

|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------*|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------*|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------*|
|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|-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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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