ANTISOCIAL
As recorded by Anthrax
From the 1988 Album STATE OF EUPHORIA
Words and Music by Bonvoisin - Krief
Transcribed by B. Johnson
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
[Intro]
Fast Rock Q=220
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A||o-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|
E||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
E|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3---||
E E Q H W E E Q H H Q E E
G|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|
A|-5-----------|----------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|----------|-6-----------|-----------8-|
W W Q Q H W
G|----------|----------|------------|------|
D|----------|----------|------------|------|
A|----------|----------|------------|------|
E|----------|----------|-5--5-------|------|
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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
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 Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----7-7-7-5----|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7--|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5------------|
[Verse 1 & 2]
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
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|------------------|
E||------------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
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 Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---7-5---7-5----|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-----7-----7--|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|
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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H.. E
G|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------7-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-|-(5)----------|
+H +E E E E E E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
D|-(7)----(7)p5-----|----------------|-----------3--------|
A|--------------7---|----------------|-------3-5---5-3----|
E|----------------5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-----------3--|
[Chorus]
H Q E E +H.. E +H.. E +E E E E E E E E
G|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
D|-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------3-------|
A|---------5-3-|-(3)----------|--------------|-----3-3-5---5-3-5-|
E|-------------|------------3-|-(3)--------1-|-(1)---------------|
+H.. E +E E E E E E E E +H.. E +E E E E E E E E
G|--------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------3-------|
A|-(5)--------3-|-(3)---3---3---3---|--------------|-----3-3-5---5-3-5-|
E|--------------|-----5---5---5---3-|-(3)--------1-|-(1)---------------|
H Q E E +H.. E +H.. E +E E E E E E E E
G|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
D|-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------3-------|
A|---------5-3-|-(3)----------|--------------|-----3-3-5---5-3-5-|
E|-------------|------------3-|-(3)--------1-|-(1)---------------|
+H.. E +H.. E +E E E E E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
A|-(5)--------3-|-(3)----------|-------------------|
E|--------------|------------3-|-(3)-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-|
1.
E E E E E E E E H Q E E
G|-----------------|--------------||
D|-----------------|-------------o||
A|---------------5-|-----------5-o||
E|-3-1-3-1-3-1-3---|--------------||
[Interlude]
2.
$
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-----------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-----------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-----------------||-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-5-||-------------|-------------|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|
To Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------3-------||
A|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|---------5-3-5-||
E|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3----------||
W H Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|----------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|----------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|----------|---------5-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|----------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
W H Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|----------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|----------|-------------|-------------------|---------3-------|
A|----------|---------5-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-5---5-3-5-|
E|----------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
[Guitar Solo]
+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
G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-------2-2-3-3-5-5-|-----2-2-3-3-5---|
A|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3-------------|-3-3-----------5-|
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 E
G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-------2-2-3-3-5-5-|-----2-2-3-3-5---|
A|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3-------------|-3-3-----------5-|
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 E
G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-------2-2-3-3-5-5-|-----2-2-3-3-5---|
A|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3-------------|-3-3-----------5-|
E|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
W H Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
G|----------|-------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|----------|-------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|----------|-----------3-|-(3)-3-2-0-3----3-|-(3)-3-2-0-3-3-3-5-|
E|----------|-------------|------------------|-------------------|
W H Q E E +E E E E Q E E
G|----------|-------------|------------------|
D|----------|-------------|------------------|
A|----------|-----------3-|-(3)-3-2-0-3----3-|
E|----------|-------------|------------------|
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
G|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-(3)-3-2-0-3----3-|-(3)-3-2-0-3----3-|-(3)-3-2-0-3--3--|
E|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
[Verse 3]
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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
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 Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---7-5---7-5----|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-----7-----7--|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|
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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H.. E
G|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------7-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-|-(5)----------|
+H +E E E E E E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
D|-(7)----(7)p5-----|----------------|-----------3--------|
A|--------------7---|----------------|-------3-5---5-3----|
E|----------------5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-----------3--|
[Chorus]
H Q E E +H.. E +H.. E +E E E E E E E E
G|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
D|-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------3-------|
A|---------5-3-|-(3)----------|--------------|-----3-3-5---5-3-5-|
E|-------------|------------3-|-(3)--------1-|-(1)---------------|
+H.. E +E E E E E E E E +H.. E +E E E E E E E E
G|--------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------3-------|
A|-(5)--------3-|-(3)---3---3---3---|--------------|-----3-3-5---5-3-5-|
E|--------------|-----5---5---5---3-|-(3)--------1-|-(1)---------------|
H Q E E +H.. E +H.. E +E E E E E E E E
G|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
D|-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------3-------|
A|---------5-3-|-(3)----------|--------------|-----3-3-5---5-3-5-|
E|-------------|------------3-|-(3)--------1-|-(1)---------------|
D.S. al Coda
+H.. E +H.. E +E E E E E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
D|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
A|-(5)--------3-|-(3)----------|-------------------||
E|--------------|------------3-|-(3)-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-||
[Out-Chorus]
&
Q Q Q Q Wx4
G|-------------||--------|
D|-------------||--------|
A|-------------||--------|
E|-3--3--3--3--||--------|
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 Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
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 E E E E Q
G||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D||o-----------------|----------------|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5-----o||
A||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-----------------|-----------------o||
E||------------------|----------------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3----||
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 E E E E E E
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
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 E E E E E E
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-----------------|---------------5-|
E|-----------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
[Outro]
H.=H Slower Q=120
TP TP
|3| |3|
+Q. E Q E Q E W +W W
G|-----------------:----------:------------||------*|
D|-----------------:----------:------------||------*|
A|-(5)---5-3-5-3-5-:-3--------:-(3)--------||------*|
E|-----------------:----------:------------||-3----*|
************************************
| (n) Tied note
| tp Tremolo picking
| p Pull-off
************************************
Bass Tabs |
|
Title |
Antisocial |
Artist |
Anthrax |
Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
YouTube ID |
Hx_m7Y9nGtU |
Interactive Bass Tab Guide
Interactive bass tabs provide a better experience than ASCII tabs. With playback, loop, print features and a responsive display that follows the screen of your device.
Use these buttons to control the digital tab player.
Symbol | Function |
| Move cursor to the first bar |
| Play interactive tabs |
| Pause playback |
| Loop |
| Print the tab |
| Zoom |
Page | Switch between page and horizontal view mode |
How to Read Bass Tab: A Beginner's Guide
1. Understanding the Basics
a. Strings:
Bass tab consists of horizontal lines representing the strings of the bass guitar.
The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string
(usually the G string) is at the top.
b. Numbers:
Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string.
For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.
2. Reading Bass Tab Example
In this tab:
- Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
- Play the open E string.
- Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
- Play the 1st fret on the A string.
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
3. Playing Techniques
a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:
Hammer-ons are represented by an "h" (e.g., 5h7 means play the 5th fret and hammer onto the 7th fret).
Pull-offs are represented by a "p" (e.g., 7p5 means play the 7th fret and pull off to the 5th fret).
b. Slides:
Slides are often indicated by an "/" or "\\" between two numbers (e.g., 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret to the 7th fret).