Anthrax:  Startin' Up A Posse

transcribed by:  James Lee  (jameslee@leland.stanford.edu)
     edited by:  Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)

Date last modified: 04/29/02

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|-----------------|
B|---------1---1---|
G|---------0---0---|
D|---------2---2---|
A|---0-2-3-------3-|
E|-3---------3-----|

Guitar 2
e|----------15-|
B|-13-15/17----|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|

Sometimes this is played before the above:
e|-------------|
B|---------12--|
G|-12--14------|
D|-------------| 
A|-------------|
E|-------------| 



Riff 2                                
e|---------1--------------------|
B|---------0------------1---1---|
G|---------0------------0---0---|
D|---------0------------2---2---|
A|-3-2-0----------0-2-3-------3-|
E|-------3------3---------3-----|



Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2


Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-10--8-8-8-10--8-8-8-10--8-8-8-10-|
E|--8--6-6-6--8--6-6-6--8--6-6-6--8-|

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--8-8-8-10--8-8-8-10---------------------|
A|--6-6-6--8--6-6-6--8--8-8-8-10--8-8-8-10-|
E|----------------------6-6-6--8--6-6-6--8-|

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-8-8-8-5--5-5-5-3--8-8-8-10--8-8-8-10-|
E|-6-6-6-3--3-3-3-1--6-6-6--8--6-6-6--8-|

Guitar 2
e|--8--6-6-6-8--6-6-6-8--6-6-6-8-|
B|--8--6-6-6-8--6-6-6-8--6-6-6-8-|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

e|-11-11-11-13--11-11-11-13--6-6-6-8--6-6-6-8-|
B|-11-11-11-13--11-11-11-13--6-6-6-8--6-6-6-8-|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

e|-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-1--6-6-6-8--6-6-6-8-|
B|-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-1--6-6-6-8--6-6-6-8-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|


Play Riff 1   Solo Rhythm

Solo                                     x4
e|----------------------------------------|
B|-------13-15b17-15b17-15b17r15-13-15-13-|
G|-12-14----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------| 

End Solo


Play Riff 1   "Now I'm startin'..."
Play Riff 2   "You fucking whores..."
Play Riff 1   "Now you might..."
Play Riff 2   "You fucking whores..."
Play Riff 3   "Shit fuck satan..."

Riff 4                                               x2
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------7-------------------------------|
A|------------------8-----------------------------7-8-|
E|-8888888888888888------8888888888888888-8-88-10-----|
   ****************      **************** * **  *   x2
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------2------------------------------|
A|------------------3----------------------------2-3-|
E|-3333333333333333------3333333333333333-3-33-5-----|
   ****************      **************** * ** * 


Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3

Ending
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------7-------------------------------|
A|------------------8-----------------------------7-8-|
E|-8888888888888888------8888888888888888-8-88-10-----|
   ****************      **************** * **  *
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|---------7-8----------7-8----------7-8--3--|
E|-8-88-10------8-88-10------8-88-10------1--|
   * **  *      * **  *      * **  *


Notation:

10b12      = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret.
10b12r10   = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret,
             then release to the 10th fret.
[10]12r10  = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick,
             then release to the 10th fret.
10b12 [14] = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend.

10b15*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret.
7d2*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd fret. 
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h   =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill