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Protest and Survive

Anthrax
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PROTEST AND SURVIVE

As recorded by Anthrax

(From the 1991 EP ATTACK OF THE KILLER B'S)

Transcribed by Mike Sheehan

Words and Music by Discharge

D5

0 0 0 x x x

Eb5I

1 1 1 x x x

E5

2 2 2 x x x

F5

3 3 3 x x x

C5

x 3 5 5 x x

D5V

x 5 7 7 x x

Eb5

x 6 8 8 x x

Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Scott Ian'

Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dan Spitz'

Intro

Q=185

N.C. C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Eb5 D5

4/4

Gtr I

  PM------------|                          PM----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E 6x

|-----------------|------------------||------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||o-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8---||------------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8----||
|-----------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0-||--0---------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0--||
|-----------------|-3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0-||o-0---------------|-3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------||

Verse

$

C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Eb5 D5

      PM----------|                        PM----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8---|-----------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8----|
||--0---------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0-|-0---------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0--|
||o-0---------------|-3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0-|-0---------------|-3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Eb5 D5

    PM----------|                        PM----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8---|-----------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8---|
|-0---------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0-|-0---------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0-|
|-0---------------|-3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0-|-0---------------|-3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|

E5 F5 Eb5 E5 F5 Eb5

Q. E +Q Q +E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q +E E E E E E E E

|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

To Coda

E5 F5 Eb5 E5 F5 Eb5

Q. E +Q Q +E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q +E E E E E E E E

|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2----3-(3)--1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

1.,3.

D5 C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Eb5 D5

    PM----------|                        PM----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8---|-----------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8---|
|-0---------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0-|-0---------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0-|
|-0---------------|-3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0-|-0---------------|-3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Eb5 D5

    PM----------|                        PM----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8---|-----------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8----||
|-0---------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0-|-0---------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0--||
|-0---------------|-3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0-|-0---------------|-3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------||

Guitar Solo

2.

C5 Eb5 D5

Gtr I

        PM------------------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|--5--8-8-(8)-8-8---|
|--0--------------------------|--5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0-|
|--0--------------------------|--3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0-|
|--0----0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| ~~

|  |---3---|

| E E E H. W

|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-13p12p==10h12tr10-----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-12----------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5

          PM--------------------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---5------8-8-(8)-8-8-----|
|--0------------------------------|---5------8-8-(8)-8-8-0---|
|--0------------------------------|---3------6-6-(6)-6-6-0---|
|--0------0-0--0--------0--0--0-0-|--------------------------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q

|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10b10.5-----10b10.5-(10)---10---|-(10)-10------10\---0-----|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5

        PM---------------------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---5----------8-8-(8)---8--8------|
|--0-----------------------------|---5----------8-8-(8)---8--8----0-|
|--0-----------------------------|---3----------6-6-(6)---6--6----0-|
|--0----0-0--0------0--0--0----0-|----------------------------------|

|

| Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q E E

|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-13b15-----15b18-(15)---13b15---|-(13)-15b18.5-----13b15---15b18---|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5

         PM----------------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------5----------8----------8-------(8)-8---8------|
|--0----------------------------|--------5----------8----------8-------(8)-8---8---0--|
|--0----------------------------|--------3----------6----------6-------(6)-6---6---0--|
|--0-----0---0--0-0-0---0----0--|-----------------------------------------------------|

|

| ~~~~

| |---------3---------|

| Q +H +E +E a Q a Q a Q a Q Q

|-------------------------------|-------17-------17---------17---------17----(17)\----|
|-20b22====(20)-------(20)r(20)-|-20b22----20b22------20b22------20b22-------(20)\----|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5

               PM----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|---5-------8-8-(8)-8-8---|
|--------0-------------------|---5-------8-8-(8)-8-8-0-|
|--------0-------------------|---3-------6-6-(6)-6-6-0-|
|--------0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|

|

| a a W +W

|-10h13p10tr13---------------|-(10tr13)----------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5

    PM-----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|--5---8-8-(8)-8-8-----|
|-0----------------|--5---8-8-(8)-8-8-0---|
|-0----------------|--3---6-6-(6)-6-6-0---|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|----------------------|

|

| \1

| Q H. +W

|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-----0------------|-(0)------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5

     PM-----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--5---8-8-(8)-8-8---|
|--0----------------|--5---8-8-(8)-8-8-0-|
|--0----------------|--3---6-6-(6)-6-6-0-|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|--------------------|

|

| ~~~ ~~~

| H. e E H. Q

|-------------------|--------------------|
|-10h==========11---|-10-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5

     PM----------------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|--5---8-8-(8)-8---8-----|
|--0-------------------------|--5---8-8-(8)-8---8---0-|
|--0-------------------------|--3---6-6-(6)-6---6---0-|
|--0-0---0--0-0-0---0----0---|------------------------|

|

| ~~~~ ~~~

| Q +H +E +E H. +Q

|----------------------------|------------------------|
|-15---(15)-------(15)-(15)\-|-15-------------(15)\---|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5

     PM----------------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--5---8-8-(8)-8---8-----|
|--0---------------------|--5---8-8-(8)-8---8---0-|
|--0---------------------|--3---6-6-(6)-6---6---0-|
|--0-0-0-0---0-----0-0-0-|------------------------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H +H H. +Q

|------------------------|------------------------|
|-15-------(15)b16-------|-15-------------(15)\---|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5

          PM-------------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|---5---8-8-(8)-8---8----|
|--0-----------------------|---5---8-8-(8)-8---8--0-|
|--0-----------------------|---3---6-6-(6)-6---6--0-|
|--0------0-0-0-0-0---0--0-|------------------------|

|

| H. +Q +H. +Q

|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-15b18.5-----------(15)---|-(15)------------(15)---|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5

       PM-------------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-5----------8-8--(8)-8-8---|
|---0-------------------|-5----------8-8--(8)-8-8-0-|
|---0-------------------|-3----------6-6--(6)-6-6-0-|
|---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-|---------------------------|

|

| +H +Q. E E Q. +H

|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-(15)-------(15)-------|---[15]pb18r====(15)-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|

D.S. al Coda &

C5 Eb5 D5

    PM----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q +H Q

|-----------------|------------------||---------------*|
|-----------------|------------------||---------------*|
|-----------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8---||-7--(7)\-------*|
|-0---------------|-5--8-8-(8)-8-8-0-||-7--(7)\-------*|
|-0---------------|-3--6-6-(6)-6-6-0-||-5--(5)\-------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------||---------------*|

|

| W W W

|-----------------|------------------||---------------*|
|-----------------|------------------||---------------*|
|-----------------|------------------||---------------*|
|-----------------|------------------||---------------*|
|-----------------|------------------||---------------*|
|-----------------|------------------||---------------*|

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

<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

-----------

| - 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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