THE ANTHEM (Bassline) As recorded by Good Charlotte (From the 2003 Album YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS) Words and Music by Benjamin Combs, Joel Combs and John Feldman Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tune Down 1/2 Step' Intro Fast Rock Q=180 4/4 Gtr I Wx4 Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |------------||---------------|-----------------| |------------||---------------|-----------------| |------------||-5----5-5----5-|-5-5---5---5---5-| |------------||---------------|-----------------| Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E |---------------|-----------------|---------------| |---------------|-----------------|---------------| |---------------|-----------------|---------------| |-5----5-5----5-|-5-5---5---5---5-|-3----3-3----3-| E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|---------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------|| |-3-3---3---3---3-|-5----5-5----5-|-5-5---5---3-5-3-|| 1st Verse E E q E E E E E E q E E q E E q E E E E ||-----------------|---------------|----------------| ||o----------------|---------------|----------------| ||o-5-5-5----5-----|---------------|-5-5-5----5-----| ||---------------5-|---5-5--5-5-5--|--------------3-| E E q E E q E E q E E E E +E E E E +E E Q |---------------|----------------|---------------------| |---------------|----------------|---------------------| |---------------|-5-5-5----5-----|---------------------| |---3-3--3-3-3--|--------------5-|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5-5--| Pre-Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------------||-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--||-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------2-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-0-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| Chorus E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E |-----------------||---------------|----------------| |-----------------||---------------|----------------| |-----------------||-5-------------|----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||------5-5----0-|-3----0-5-5-5-5-| Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q E E |---------------|----------------|---------------| |---------------|----------------|---------------| |-5-------------|----------------|-5-------------| |------5-5----0-|-3----6-6-6-5-6-|------5-5--5-0-| Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E q Q H |----------------|---------------|------------|| |----------------|---------------|------------|| |----------------|-5-------------|------------|| |-3----0-5-5-5-5-|------5-5----0-|-3----------|| Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E |---------------|-----------------|---------------| |---------------|-----------------|---------------| |-5----5-5----5-|-5-5---5---5---5-|---------------| |---------------|-----------------|-5----5-5----5-| E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|---------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------| |-------------3---|---------------|-----------------| |-5-5---5---5---5-|-3----3-3----3-|-3-3---3---3---3-| 2nd Verse Q E E Q E E E E Q E E Q E E q E E E E |---------------|-------------------------||-----------------| |---------------|-------------------------||o----------------| |---------------|-/12-12-12--/12-12-12--||o-5-5-5----5-----| |-5----5-5----5-|-------------------------||---------------5-| E E q E E q E E q E E E E E E q E E q |---------------|----------------|---------------| |---------------|----------------|---------------| |---------------|-5-5-5----5-----|---------------| |---5-5--5-5-5--|--------------3-|---3-3--3-3-3--| E E q E E E E +E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E |----------------|---------------------|-----------------| |----------------|---------------------|-----------------| |-5-5-5----5-----|---------------------|-----------------| |--------------5-|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5-5--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| Pre-Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-------------2-4-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--||-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|| Chorus Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E |---------------|----------------|---------------| |---------------|----------------|---------------| |-5-------------|----------------|-5-------------| |------5-5----0-|-3----0-5-5-5-5-|------5-5----0-| Q. E E E E E Q. E Q E E Q. E E E E E |----------------|---------------|----------------| |----------------|---------------|----------------| |----------------|-5-------------|----------------| |-3----6-6-6-5-6-|------5-5--5-0-|-3----0-5-5-5-5-| Interlude Q. E Q. E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |---------------|---------------||-----------------| |---------------|---------------||-----------------| |-5-------------|---------------||-----------------| |------5-5----0-|-3----6-6-6-6--||-7-7---7-7-7---7-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-5-5---5-5-5---5-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|------------------| |-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-----------------|-5-5---5-5-5-5-5/-| E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E +E E E E |------------------------||---------------|---------------------| |------------------------||---------------|---------------------| |-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||-5--5--5-5-----|---------------------| |------------------------||-------------5-|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5-5-0-| Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E |---------------|-------------------|---------------| |---------------|-------------------|---------------| |-5--5--5-5-----|-------------------|-5--5--5-5-----| |-------------3-|-(3)-3---3-3-3-3-3-|-------------5-| +E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q |---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-(5)-5---5-(5)-5-5-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3S==|| W W Wx6 |-----------|-----------|--------| |-----------|-----------|--------| |-----------|-----------|--------| |-10s=======|=3--------|--------| Q Q +E Q. Q Q +E Q. Q Q +E Q. ||-----------------|----------------|----------------| ||o----------------|----------------|----------------| ||o-5--5--(5)------|----------------|-5--5--(5)------| ||------------5----|-3--3--(3)-5----|-----------5----| 1. Q Q E E E E Q Q +E Q. Q Q +E Q. |---------------|----------------|----------------| |---------------|----------------|----------------| |---------------|-5--5--(5)------|----------------| |-3--3--5-3-5-3-|-----------5----|-3--3--(3)-5----| 2. Q Q +E Q. Q E E H Q E E Q E E |----------------|--------------||---------------| |----------------|-------------o||---------------| |-5--5--(5)------|-------------o||-5-------------| |-----------5----|-3--3-3-------||------5-5----0-| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q E E E E |---------------|---------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------| |---------------|-5-------------|----------------| |-3----5-5----5-|------5-5----0-|-3-3-5--5-5-5-0-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q +Q |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*| |-5-5-5-5---------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5---------|-------5--(5)--*| |---------5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-5-|-3--5-----------*| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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