Anthrax – Medusa
One of my favourite Anthrax songs! What a solo! Contact me at: rattlehead.coolio@hotmail.com
Tablature legend:
PM|-| - Palm mute
?(?) - Bend (to what is in the brackets)
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
x - muted note
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
d - dive-bomb
~ - vibrato
Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4---5---4-4-4-4-4---5---4-4-4-4-4---5---4-4-4-4-4---5---4-4---|
E|-0-2-2---2---2-0-0-2-2---2---2-0-0-2-2---2---2-0-0-2-2---2---2-0-0---|
PM |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |---------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----4--9-------4--9-------4--9-------4--9-|
A|-2-2-2--7-4-2-2-2--7-4-2-2-2--7-4-2-2-2--7-|
E|-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------|
PM |-| |-| |-|
Repeat the above
Verse I:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4---5---4-4-4-4-4---5---4-4-4-4-4---5---4-4-4-4-4---5---4-4---|
E|-0-2-2---2---2-0-0-2-2---2---2-0-0-2-2---2---2-0-0-2-2---2---2-0-0---|
PM |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |---------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----4--9-------4--9-------4--9-------4--9-|
A|-2-2-2--7-4-2-2-2--7-4-2-2-2--7-4-2-2-2--7-|
E|-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------|
PM |-| |-| |-|
Repeat the above
Interlude I:
(x2)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------2------------------------4--5--|
A|-2-4--2-4---2-4--4-0--2---2-4--2-4---2-4--4-2--3--|
E|-0-2--0-2---0-2--2----0---0-2--0-2---0-2--2-------|
Verse II:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4---5---4-4-4-4-4---5---4-4-4-4-4---5---4-4-4-4-4---5---4-4---|
E|-0-2-2---2---2-0-0-2-2---2---2-0-0-2-2---2---2-0-0-2-2---2---2-0-0---|
PM |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |---------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----4--9-------4--9-------4--9-------4--9-|
A|-2-2-2--7-4-2-2-2--7-4-2-2-2--7-4-2-2-2--7-|
E|-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------|
|PM |-| |-| |-|
|Gtr II
e|----------------------------------------------------------------15(17)(15)----15(17)~-|
B|--------14(15)(14)-----------------------14(15)(14)-14p12----12------------12---------|
G|--------14(15)(14)---14(15)(14)-14p12---------------------14--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------14----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat the above (without Gtr II)
Interlude II: same as Interlude I except that a second guitar pick slides down the neck
the strings B & G at a point in the interlude (listen to the song for timing)
Bridge I:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------5-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7----7-6-5---------5----------------3----------------5----------|
E|------------------7-7-7-7----7-6-5-5-5-5-5----5-4-3-7-7-7-7----5-6-7---|
|PM------| |-------| |-------| |-------------------|
|Gtr II
e|-----------------------------------------------------19~~~~~-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------5--------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7----7-6-5---------5----------------3----------|
E|------------------7-7-7-7----7-6-5-5-5-5-5----5-4-3---|
PM|-------| |-------| |-------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anthrax/medusa_tab_ver_5.html ]
Chorus I:
(x4)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------2-------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-0-4-2-4-x-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-|
E|-2-2-2---2-0-2—x-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-|
Verse III: same as Verse II
Interlude III: same as Interlude I except that the following is added by a second guitar
to the song for timing):
e|----------------------------|
B|-14(15)(14)—17(19)(18)(19)--|
G|-14(15)(15)-----------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Bridge II: same as Bridge I
Chorus II: same as Chorus I
Solo Rhythm: same as Chorus I (x4)
Then it changes to the same as the interlude riff (x4)
Solo:
(x3)
e|-19~-----------------------------||-14-17-17-16-16-14-14-------------------||---------|
B|-----------19~~-\-17~--17-19~~-\-||----------------------17-17-16-16-14-14-||-17(19)~-|
G|------16~------------------------||----------------------------------------||---------|
D|---------------------------------||----------------------------------------||---------|
A|---------------------------------||----------------------------------------||---------|
E|---------------------------------||----------------------------------------||---------|
(x3)
e|-9-12-12-11-11-9-9-----------------||-20(21)~~|
B|-------------------12-12-11-11-9-9-||---------|
G|-----------------------------------||---------|
D|-----------------------------------||---------|
A|-----------------------------------||---------|
E|-----------------------------------||---------|
e|-2-2-2p0-0-0-0-2h4--4-4-4p2-2-2-2-4/5--5-5-5p4-4-4-4-5/7--7-7-7p5-5-5-5-7/9--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-9-9-9p7-7-7-7-9/10--10-10-10p9-9-9-9-10/12--12-12-12p10-10-10-10-12/14--|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------17(19)-17p14-------------14----------------------|
B|-14-----17—17(19)(18)(19)~~---------------------------------------------------|
G|-----17-----------------------------------18~--16(17)----16p14-16p15p14----14-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------16----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------14-16-14~--4-2-4(6)(4)---4(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)-|
D|-16p15p14----14-16p15p14-16-------------------------------------------------|
A|----------16----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--(6)—(6)—(6)—(6)(4)~---------11-9----------------------------|
D|-----------------------10(11)------11-10-9-7------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------9-8-7------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------9-8-7-5-2~-|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4--4-4-4/6--6-6-6/7--7-7-7/9--9-9-9/11-11-11-11/12-12-12-12/14-14-14-14/16-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------19(21)(20)~~~~~~~-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-16-16-16/17-17-17-17/19--16--19--16-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|End Solo
Verse IV: same as Verse I
Interlude IV:same as Interlude I except that the following is added by a second guitar
to the song for timing):
e|--------------------|
B|-17(19)(18)(19)~~~--|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Chorus III: same as Chorus I
Outro:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2--------------2--------------2--------------2--------|
A|-4-2-4-0-4-2-4--4-2-4-0-4-2-4--4-2-4-0-4-2-4--4-2-4-0-4-2-4--|
E|-2-0-2---2-0-2--2-0-2---2-0-2--2-0-2---2-0-2--2-0-2---2-0-2--|
At the end a second guitar adds the following (listen to the song for timing):
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-19d-----\----------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Enjoy!
