Guitar tabs with lyrics
IT LIVES As recorded by Overkill (From the 1997 Album FROM THE UNDERGROUND AND BELOW) Transcribed by Emre "EmAr" Akpolat
Words and Music by Overkill Gtr I (D MajorD
G+G
C majorC
FF
A augmentedA
E5E5 N.C. 4/4 Gtr I Wx4
E MajorE
E5E5 E5E5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM------| PM------| PM------| PM------|
S S S S S E. S S S S S E. 3x S S S S S E. S S S S Q
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||o---------------------------o||--------------------------|
||-----------------------------||--------------------------|
||-----------------------------||--------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2----o||-2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-----|
||--0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-----||-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-3--|
E5E5 
F5F5 E5E5 F5F5 E5E5 F5F5 E5E5 F5F5
E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE S E. E MajorE E MajorE S E.
||-----------------||-||---------------------||
||o---------------o||-||o-------------------o||
||-----------------||-||---------------------||
||-----------------||-||---------------------||
||o-2-2-3--2-2-3--o||-||o-2-2-2-3--2-2-2-3--o||
||--0-0-1--0-0-1---||-||--0-0-0-1--0-0-0-1---||
1.
E5E5 N.C. E5E5 E5F5
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q W
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||o-------------|---------------------|-------------|----------------------o||
||--------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------------||
||--------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------------||
||o-2--2--2--2--|---------------------|-2--2--2--2--|----------------------o||
||--0--0--0--0--|---------------------|-0--0--0--0--|-----------------------||
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| Gtr II
| PM PM
| W S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE W S E MajorE E MajorE S E MajorE E MajorE S E MajorE S E MajorE
||--------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------|---------------------|-------------|----------------------o||
||--------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------------||
||--------------|-0h2p0-----0h2p0-----|-------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------|-------2-1-------2-1-|-------------|-2h3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3--o||
||--------------|---------------------|-------------|-0h1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1---||
2.
E5F5 E5F5 E5F5 E5F5
Gtrs I, II
PM------| PM------| PM------| PM----|
S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S S S E MajorE W
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|------|
|-2h3-3---3-3-3-2h3-3---3-3-3-|-2h3-3---3-3-3-2h3-3---3-3-|------|
|-0h1-1---1-1-1-0h1-1---1-1-1-|-0h1-1---1-1-1-0h1-1---1-1-|------|
vocal enters the 3rd time
E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF
PM--------| PM--------|
E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|
E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE 
Bb majorBb
PM--------| PM--------|
E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE 4x
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------1-o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0----||
E MajorE FF E MajorE 
G5G5 G#5A5 E MajorE FF E MajorE G5G5 G#5A5
PM------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S E. E. E MajorE S S S S S S S S E. E. E MajorE
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------5--6--7-|-----------------5--6--7-o||
||--0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3--4--5-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3--4--5--||
FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF
S E MajorE E MajorE S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S E MajorE E MajorE S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|-1-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|
E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF
PM--------| PM--------|
E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|
E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE Bb majorBb
PM--------| PM--------|
E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------1-o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0----||
E MajorE FF E MajorE G5G5 G#5A5 E MajorE 
A5A5 Bb5B5E 
B5B5 
C5C5 
C#5C#5
PM------------| PM PM
S S S S S S S S E. E. E MajorE 4x S E. E. E MajorE S E. E. E MajorE H..
||---------------------------||--------------------|-----------|
||o-------------------------o||--------------------|-----------|
||---------------------------||--------------------|-----------|
||---------------------------||--------------------|-----------|
||o-----------------5--6--7-o||---7--8--9---9--10--|-11--------|
||--0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3--4--5--||-0-5--6--7-0-7---8--|--9--------|
Chorus
E5F5E5 E5F5E5 E5F5E5
PM--------------| PM----| PM----|
S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE S E MajorE S 3x S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S S S S
||---------------------------||------------------------------|
||o-------------------------o||------------------------------|
||---------------------------||------------------------------|
||---------------------------||------------------------------|
||o-2h3p2-------------------o||-2h3p2---------2h3p2----------|
||--0h1p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0h1p0-0-0-0-0-0h1p0-0-0-0-0--|
E5F5E5
PM--------------|
S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE S E MajorE S 3x
||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||o-2h3p2-------------------o||
||--0h1p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
E5F5E5 E5F5E5 E5F5E5
PM----| PM----| PM----------------|
S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE S S S E MajorE S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2h3p2---------2h3p2---------|-2h3p2-----------------------|
|-0h1p0-0-0-0-0-0h1p0-0-0-0-0-|-0h1p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
Breakdown
E5E5 FFE N.C. E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C. E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C. E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C.
Gtr I
E MajorE H.. W 3x H E MajorE Q. H E MajorE Q.
|------------------||-----------------||-||-----------15----|----------------|
|------------------||o---------------o||-||o----------------|----------15----|
|------------------||-----------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
|-2----------------||-----------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
|-2----------------||o---------------o||-||o----------------|----------------|
|-0----------------||-----------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
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| Gtr II
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
| Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q. 3x Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q.
|------------------||-----------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
|------------------||o---------------o||-||o----------------|----------------|
|-------------0----||-----------0-----||-||------------0----|-----------0----|
|------------------||-----------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
|------------------||o---------------o||-||o----------------|----------------|
|-0-----1-0-1------||--0--1-0-1-------||-||--0--1-0-1-------|-0--1-0-1-------|
$
E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C. E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C. E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C.
H E MajorE Q. H E MajorE Q. H E MajorE Q.
|----------15----|----------19-----||-||-----------15----|
|----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|
|----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|
|----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|
|
| PM--| PM--| PM--|
| Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q.
|----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|
|-----------0----|-----------0-----||-||------------0----|
|----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|
|-0--1-0-1-------|-0--1-0-1--------||-||--0--1-0-1-------|
E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C. E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C. E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C.
H E MajorE Q. H E MajorE Q. H E MajorE Q.
|----------------|----------15----|----------19-----||
|----------15----|----------------|----------------o||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|
| PM--| PM--| PM--|
| Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q.
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|-----------0----|-----------0----|-----------0-----||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|-0--1-0-1-------|-0--1-0-1-------|-0--1-0-1--------||
E MajorE FF E MajorE FF 
BB Bb majorBb A augmentedA
Q Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +W Q Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +Q. Q Q E MajorE
|----------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|----7--7h10-7-8-|-(8)--------|----7--7h10-7-8-|-(8)-----------|
|-0--------------|------------|-0--------------|-------7--6--5-|
D.S.
E MajorE FF N.C. E MajorE FF B5B5 Bb5A5
/1 /1 /1
Q Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +Q. Q Q E MajorE
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----7--7h10-7-8-|-(8)--10---8-10---8-10---8-|----7--7h10-7-8-|-(8)---9--8--7-|
|-0--------------|---------------------------|-0--------------|-------7--6--5-|
E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C. E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C. E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C. E MajorE FF E MajorE FF N.C.
H E MajorE Q. H E MajorE Q. H E MajorE Q. H E MajorE Q.
||-----------15----|----------------|----------15----|----------19------||
||o----------------|----------15----|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
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| Gtr II
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
| Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q.
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||------------0----|-----------0----|-----------0----|-----------0------||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||--0--1-0-1-------|-0--1-0-1-------|-0--1-0-1-------|-0--1-0-1---------||
Breakdown 2
E5E5
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
E5E5 E5E5 E5E5 E5E5 N.C.
PM------| PM------| PM------| PM------|
S S S S S E. S S S S S E. 3x S S S S S E. S S S S Q
||-----------------------------||--------------------------|
||o---------------------------o||--------------------------|
||-----------------------------||--------------------------|
||-----------------------------||--------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2----o||-2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-----|
||--0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-----||-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-3--|
E5E5 F5F5 E5E5 F5F5 E5E5 F5F5 E5E5 F5F5
E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE S E. E MajorE E MajorE S E.
||-----------------||-||---------------------||
||o---------------o||-||o-------------------o||
||-----------------||-||---------------------||
||-----------------||-||---------------------||
||o-2-2-3--2-2-3--o||-||o-2-2-2-3--2-2-2-3--o||
||--0-0-1--0-0-1---||-||--0-0-0-1--0-0-0-1---||
E5E5 N.C. E5E5 N.C.
Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q W
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-2--2--2--2--|---------------------|-2--2--2--2--|------|
|-0--0--0--0--|---------------------|-0--0--0--0--|------|
|
| Gtr II
| W S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE W W
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|-0h2p0-----0h2p0-----|-------------|------|
|-------------|-------2-1-------2-1-|-------------|------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF
PM--------| PM--------|
E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|
E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE Bb majorBb
PM--------| PM--------|
E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------1-o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0----||
E MajorE FF G5G5 G#5A5 E MajorE A5A5 Bb5B5E B5B5 C5C5 C#5C#5
PM------------| PM PM
S S S S S S S S E. E. E MajorE 4x S E. E. E MajorE S E. E. E MajorE H..
||---------------------------||--------------------|-----------|
||o-------------------------o||--------------------|-----------|
||---------------------------||--------------------|-----------|
||---------------------------||--------------------|-----------|
||o-----------------5--6--7-o||---7--8--9---9--10--|-11--------|
||--0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3--4--5--||-0-5--6--7-0-7---8--|--9--------|
Outro
E5F5E5 E5F5E5
PM--------------| PM--------------|
S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE S E MajorE S S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE S E MajorE S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-2h3p2-------------------|-2h3p2-------------------|
||--0h1p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0h1p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E5F5E5 E5F5E5 E5F5E5
PM--------------| PM----| PM----|
S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE S E MajorE S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S S S S 4x
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-2h3p2-------------------|-2h3p2---------2h3p2---------o||
|-0h1p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0h1p0-0-0-0-0-0h1p0-0-0-0-0--||
E5F5E5 E5E5
PM--------------|
S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE S E MajorE S E MajorE H..
|-------------------------|----------*|
|-------------------------|----------*|
|-------------------------|----------*|
|-------------------------|-2--------*|
|-2h3p2-------------------|-2--------*|
|-0h1p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 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.
ⓘ Guitar tab for 'It Lives' by Overkill, a thrash metal band formed in 1980 from New Jersey, USA. Overkill is known for their angry metal music.