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Anthrax – Got The Time tab
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# 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 --------------- 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