Anthrax:  Soldiers Of Metal

transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)

Date last modified: 03/16/02

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Tuning: Standard

Intro
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-10--9--5--2--|
A|--8--7--3--0--|
E|--------------|
                

Riff 1                        
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-7------7------7------5------|
A|-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-3-3333-|
E|-----------------------------|
     ****   ****   ****   ****
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-7------7-------------2--5-|
A|-5-5555-5-5555--3--5--0--3-|
E|----------------1--3-------|
     ****   ****


Riff 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-9------9------9------7------|
A|-7-7777-7-7777-7-7777-5-5555-|
E|-----------------------------|
     ****   ****   ****   ****
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-9------9----------------7-|
A|-7-7777-7-7777--5--7--9--5-|
E|----------------3--5--7----|
     ****   ****


Riff 3
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-4------4------4------------------|
E|-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-0-2-3-5-3-2-|
     ****   ****   **** * * * * * * 
   "We..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|----------------------5--5-|
A|-4------4------4------3--3-|
E|-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222------|
     ****   ****   ****
   "...are fighting..."


Riff 4
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-7------7------7------5--5-|
E|-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-3--3-|
     ****   ****   ****
   "Oooh..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|----------------------5--5-|
A|-7------7------7------3--3-|
E|-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555------|
     ****   ****   ****
   "...soldiers..."


Riff 5
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-7------7------7------5------|
A|-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-3-3333-|
E|-----------------------------|
     ****   ****   ****   ****
   "Down in the trenches..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-7------7------7------10-10-|
A|-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555--8--8-|
E|----------------------------|
     ****   ****   ****
   "...we wait for the night..."


Riff 4a
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-7------7------7------5--5-|
E|-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-3--3-|
     ****   ****   ****
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|----------------------5----|
A|-7------7------7------3--5-|
E|-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555----3-|
     ****   ****   ****


Play Riff 3   "We'll stop at nothing..."


Final time, Riff 3 is played like this:
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-4------4------4------------------|
E|-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-0-2-3-5-3-2-|
     ****   ****   **** * * * * * * 
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----------------------5--5----|
A|-4------4------4------3--3--4-|
E|-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-------2-|
     ****   ****   ****



Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-4------4------4------5------|
A|-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-3-3333-|
E|-----------------------------|
     ****   ****   ****   ****
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-4------4------4------7------|
A|-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-5-5555-|
E|-----------------------------|
     ****   ****   ****   ****
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-4------4------4------5------|
A|-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-3-3333-|
E|-----------------------------|
     ****   ****   ****   ****
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-4------4------4------10-10-|
A|-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222--8--8-|
E|----------------------------|
     ****   ****   ****


Riff 7 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-7-------10-10--7--------12-12-|
A|-5--------8--8--5--------10-10-|
E|-------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-7-------10-10--7--------12-12--7-|
A|-5--------8--8--5--------10-10--5-|
E|----------------------------------|


Riff 8
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-2------2------2------8--7-|
A|-0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-6--5-|
E|---------------------------|
     ****   ****   ****
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|------------------7--9-|
D|-2----------------5--7-|
A|-0-00000000000000------|
E|-----------------------|
     **************


Play Riff 3   "Blasting the cannons..."
Play Riff 1   "Warriors in battle..."
Play Riff 2   "The rages of fury..."

Ending
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-9-------7------5---------------9\-|
A|-7--10---5--9---3--7---2--------7\-|
E|-----8------7------5---0-----------|
   "...night..."


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