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PIPELINE
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1991 EP ATTACK OF THE KILLER B'S)
Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
Music by Bob Spickard and Brian Carman
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Scott Ian'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dan Spitz'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dan Spitz'
Intro
Q=192
$
N.C. E5
4/4
Gtr I
TP
W E H.. E E Q H H Q Q
|----------|--------------||--------------|--------------|
|----------|--------------||o-------------|--------------|
|----------|--------------||--------------|--------------|
|----------|--------------||--2-----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------||o-2-----------|--------------|
|----------|---17S========||==0-----------|---------12\--|
N.C.
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
|-0---3---0---3---|-0---3---0---3---|-0---3---0---3---|-0---3---0---3---|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---------|
|-0---3---0---3---|-0---3---0---3---|-0---3---0---3---|-0---3---0-3-3-3-|
Gtr II
Q Q Q E E E E E E +E Q E Q Q E E E E +W
|--------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|----0--2--0-2-|-4-2-0-2-(2)-4--2-|-4--2--0-2-0---|----------------------------|
|-2------------|------------------|-------------2-|-(2)------------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W W E E E E +E E E E
|--------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------12-------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|--------12-14-(14)----14-12-|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|-----14---------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
Gtr II
Q Q Q E E E E E E +E Q E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------0---2---0-2-|---4--2-0-2-(2)-4---2-|
|--2---------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM--------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|----2---2---2---2-|------2---2-----2---2-|
|--0---3---0---3---|---0----3----0----3---|
|------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-14---------------|-(14)-----------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
Q Q E E E E +W
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|---4----2---0-2-----|-----------------------------|
|----------------4-2-|--(2)------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|------2---2---2---2-|-----------------------------|
|---0----3---0---3---|-------0--0--0---------------|
|--------------------|---0-------------3---0--2--0-|
|
|~~~~~~
| +W E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------12-------|
|--------------------|---------13-15-(15)----15-13-|
|-(14)---------------|-(14)-14---------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
B5 C5 B5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--|
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|--4----4-(4)-------|---5------5-(5)-------|-4----4-(4)-------|
|--2--2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|---3----3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~
| W +Q Q H W
|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-12----------------|-(12)\----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
To Coda
C5 B5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--|
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-5----5-(5)-------|-4----4-(4)-------|-4----4-(4)-------|
|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-2--0-2-(2)-0-2-0-|-2--0-2-(2)-0-2-0-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1.
A5 N.C.
TP TP
Q E E +E E E E E H. E
|------------------|---------------||
|------------------|--------------o||
|------------------|---------------||
|-2----2-(2)-------|---------------||
|-0----0-(0)---0---|-0------------o||
|----3-------3---3-|---17S=====9\--||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anthrax/pipeline_tab_ver_4.html ]
2.
A5 G5
Gtr I
PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-2---------2-------|-2----------2--------|-------------------|
|-2---------2-------|-2----------2--------|-5---------5-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-5---------5-------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-5-----------------|---------5-(5)-9-7-5-|-4-----------------|
|-------7---7---7-7-|-7-7---7-------------|-------5---5---5-5-|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
F5
PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-5----------5--------|-3---------3-------|-3----------3--------|
|-5----------5--------|-3---------3-------|-3----------3--------|
|-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-|
|
| E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------4-(4)-7-5-4-|-2-----------------|---------2-(2)-5-4-2-|
|-5-5---5-------------|-------3---3---3-3-|-3-3---3-------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
G5
PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-5---------5-------|-5----------5--------|
|-5---------5-------|-5----------5--------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|
|
| Q Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-4-----------------|---------4-(4)-7-5-4-|
|-------5---5---5-5-|-5-5---5-------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
A5 G5
Gtr I
PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--2---------2-------|---2-----------2--------|--------------------|
|--2---------2-------|---2-----------2--------|--5---------5-------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|--5---------5-------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| Q Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--5-----------------|------------5-(5)-9-7-5-|--4-----------------|
|--------7---7---7-7-|---7--7---7-------------|--------5---5---5-5-|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| TP TP TP
| W +W W
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|-13-----------------|-(13)-------------------|-12-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
F5
PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|---5-----------5--------|--3---------3-------|---3-----------3--------|
|---5-----------5--------|--3---------3-------|---3-----------3--------|
|---3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---1--1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-|
|
| E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------4-(4)-7-5-4-|--2-----------------|------------2-(2)-5-4-2-|
|---5--5---5-------------|--------3---3---3-3-|---3--3---3-------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|
| TP TP TP
| +W W +W
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|-(12)-------------------|-10-----------------|-(10)-------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
A5
Gtr I
W W
|-----------|---------||
|-----------|---------||
|--2--------|---------||
|--2--------|---------||
|--0--------|---------||
|-----------|---------||
|
| Gtr II
| ~~
| W W
|-----------|---------||
|-----------|---------||
|--1--------|---------||
|-----------|---------||
|-----------|---------||
|-----------|---------||
|
| TP
| W W
|-----------|---------||
|-----------|---------||
|-13--------|---------||
|-----------|---------||
|-----------|---------||
|-----------|-22\-----||
&
A5 E5
Gtr I
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E Q H H Q Q
|------------------|------------------|-------------|-------------*|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|-------------*|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|-------------*|
|-2----2-(2)---2---|-2----2-(2)---2---|-2-----------|-------2-----*|
|-0----0-(0)---0---|-0----0-(0)---0---|-2-----------|-------2-----*|
|----3-------3---3-|----3-------3---3-|-0-----------|-------0-----*|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E Q H H Q Q
|------------------|------------------|-------------|-------------*|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------12-----*|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|-------------*|
|-2----2-(2)---2---|-2----2-(2)---2---|-2-----------|-------------*|
|-0----0-(0)---0---|-0----0-(0)---0---|-2-----------|-------------*|
|----3-------3---3-|----3-------3---3-|-0-----------|-------------*|
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
