CAUGHT IN A MOSH Bassline
As recorded by Anthrax
From the 1987 Album AMONG THE LIVING
Words and Music by Anthrax
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
[Intro]
Moderately Q=94 Fast Q=188
4/4
Gtr I
Wx6 W W +W
G|------------|----------|----------|--------||
D|------------|----------|-9--------|-(9)----||
A|------------|----------|-7--------|-(7)----||
E|------------|----------|-0--------|-(0)----||
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|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-6-7-8-0-|-(0)-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-8-7-6-0-|
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 3x
G||------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------||
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------o||
A||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------o||
E||--0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-6-7-8-0-|-(0)-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-8-7-6-0---||
[Verses]
3. Faster Q=205
$
E E E E E E E E +E H. E Wx3 E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|---------------|------------||------------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|------------||o-----------------|
A|---------------7-|-(7)-----------|------------||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-4-0-5-0-8-7-6---|---------------|------------||------------------|
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 E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-------8-7-7-7-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|---------------7-|-8-0-0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-------8-7-7-7-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|---------------7-|-8-0-0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-------8-7-7-7-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|---------------7-|-8-0-0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
2/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q. E
G|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-------8-7-7-7-6-|-7-7-7-7-7------|----------||
E|---------------7-|-8-0-0-----------|-----------0-3--|-(3)---2--||
4/4
+E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E
G|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-(2)-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-|-2-0-2-3--3--2-|-(2)-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-|-2-0-2-3-(3)---2-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
G|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------||
D|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------||
A|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------||
E|-(2)-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-|-2-0-2-3--3--2-|-(2)-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-|-2-0-2-3--3-3-5-||
[Chorus]
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|--------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0---|-----3-2-0---------|
A|-5--5--5-5-5--|-5-5-5--5-5-3-0-|---------------3-|-(3)-------3-2-----|
E|--------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------3-2-|
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|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-6-7-8-0-|-(0)-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-8-7-6-0-|
Q E E E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E Q.
G|----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------17----17-------|
D|----------------|----------------|-15--15-----15-----|-17-17----17----17\---|
A|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5/--|-15--15--15----15--|----------------------|
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|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-6-7-8-0-|-(0)-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-8-7-6-0-|
1.
To Coda
+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|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------7-o||
E|-(0)-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-6-7-8-0-|-(0)-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-8-7-6----||
[Bridge]
2. Slower Q=164
E E E E E E E E +H.. E H.. E H.. E
G|-----------------||--------------|-------------|-------------|
D|---------------9-||-(9)----------|-9-----------|-9-----------|
A|---------------7-||-(7)----------|-7-----------|-7-----------|
E|-4-0-5-0-8-7-6---||------------1-|-----------1-|-----------1-|
W E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
G|----------||------------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-9--------||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|-7--------||o-------------7\--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|----------------|
E|-0--------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-----------------|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
[Bridge Verse]
E E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
G|-----7------9\---||-||------------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-5-----7--7-----o||-||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|---5------------o||-||o-------------7\--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|----------------|
E|-----------------||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-----------------|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Faster Q=205
E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E
G|-----7------9\---||-||-----------------|
D|-5-----7--7-----o||-||-----------------|
A|---5------------o||-||-----------------|
E|-----------------||-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E a E E E E a E E E E
G|-----------------|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------|-12h14-14-14-14-12h14-14-14-14--|
A|-----------------|--------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------------|
a E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------------||--------------------|
D|-12h14-14-14-14-14\------||o-------------------|
A|-------------------------||o-------------------|
E|-----------------------2-||--(2)-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-|
[Guitar Solo]
E E E Q Q E 4x +E E E E E E E E
G|----------------||-||----------------------|
D|---------------o||-||o---------------------|
A|---------------o||-||o---------------------|
E|-2-0-2-3--3--2--||-||--(2)-0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|
[Harmony Guitar Part]
1.,2.,3. 4.
E E E Q Q E 4x E E E Q Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
G|----------------||---------------||--------------------|----------------|
D|---------------o||---------------||o-------------------|----------------|
A|---------------o||---------------||o-------------------|----------------|
E|-2-0-2-3--3--2--||-2-0-2-3--3--0-||--(0)-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-|-3-0-0-3-0-0-2--|
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|-----------------|----------------o||-||-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-------------2--o||-||-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-|-3-0-0-3-0-0-----||-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-----4-4-----|-4-4-----4-4-----|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-5-5-----5-5-----|---7------9----|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----3-3-----3-3-|-5------7------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E Q Q E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------17--------|-----------17-------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----15h17----17-----|-----15h17----17\---|-4-4-----4-4-----|-4-4-----4-4-----|
A|-15--------------15--|-15-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E H. H. E E
G|-----------------|---------------||-------------|-------------|
D|-5-5-----5-5-----|---7------9----||-------------|-------------|
A|-----------------|---------------||-------------|-----------7-|
E|-----3-3-----3-3-|-5------7------||-0-----------|-------------|
W H. E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|----------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|----------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|----------|-----------7-|-(7)---7-----7-----|-7---7---5-4-3---|
E|----------|-------------|-----0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-------0-|
+E E Q E Q 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|-----------------|-9-7-6-----------||--------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-------9-7-6-----||o-------------------|-----------------|
A|-------7----7----|-------------9---||o-------------------|-----------------|
E|-(0)-0----0----0-|---------------0-||--(0)-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-6-7-8-0-|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
+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||---------------7-|
E|-(0)-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-4-0-5-0-8-7-6-0--||-4-0-5-0-8-7-6---|
&
E E E E E E E E H Q. E H E E Q
G|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-4-0-5-0-8-7-6-0-|------3----0-|------5-7-8--|
+H E E E E Q +Q H
G|----------------|---------------*|
D|----------------|---------------*|
A|----------------|-3--(3)\-------*|
E|-(8)----0-0-0-0-|---------------*|
************************************
| (n) Ghost note
| \ Slide down
| / Slide up
| h Hammer-on
************************************
Bass Tabs |
|
Title |
Caught In A Mosh |
Artist |
Anthrax |
Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
YouTube ID |
XphUURIAx5g |
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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).