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Anvil - Race Against Time guitar tab

Anvil

'Race Against Time'

from the album 'Still Going Strong'

(2002, Massacre Records)

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Tabbed by: Vortigern

Tuning: the song was tabbed in D, but it could be a different

tuning.

h: hammer on

*: palm mute

b: bend

Riff 1

|-11-9-8--11-10-8--12-11-9-8-|

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|----------------------------|

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Ok, so I'm not too sure about this high pitched bit, but hey,

I'm only human.

Riff 2

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|-7--5-4-3-2---------------|

|-5--3-2-1-0---------------|

Comes in when first bit has been played about three times.

Riff 3

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|-2-3-5-7-8----------------|

|-0-1-3-5-6----------------|

Basically, this is the ending of riff 2.

Riff 4, main riff

|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|-------9----9----9----9-----|

|-0h5h8-7----7----7----7-----|

|---------00---00---00-------|

** ** **

This bit first then 4a. Endings are the same.

Riff 4a

|---------------------------|

|---------------------------|

|---------------------------|

|-------9-----9-----9-----9-|

|-0h5h8-7-----7-----7-----7-|

|---------000---000---000---|

*** *** ***

first ending

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|-8b-----------------------|

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second ending

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|-7------------------------|

|-5-8----------------------|

|---6----------------------|

Riff 5

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|-------------10-----------|

|-7-9-10---10----10--------|

|-5-7-8--------------------|

|--------------------------|

first ending

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|-8-7-5--------------------|

|-6-5-3--------------------|

second ending

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|-5-7-8----8--8--8---------|

|-3-5-6----6--6--6---------|

repeat riff 4

repeat riff 5

Riff 6

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|----2---------------------|

|-2----2-1-xx-2------------|

|-0--------xx-0------------|

Over this the second guitar plays this bit I think one octave higher.

Riff 7

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|----------------------------|

|-4-7-5-9-7-10---------------|

|-2-5-3-7-5-8----------------|

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|----------------------------|

One guitar plays this while other does solo-ish bit.

Repeat riff 4

Repeat riff 5

Repeat riff 4

But the ending of riff 4 here sometimes becomes this:

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|-10-----------------------|

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Just listen to the song for this. The sequence is: ending 1, ending 2, ending 1, this one, ending 3. This also has the second

solo.

From then on riff 4 first goes faster and faster, with more palm muted 0's on the E and finally grinds to a halt.

That's it!

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