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It Lives Tab by Overkill

It Lives tab by Overkill

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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 G C F A D) - `Untitled`
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - `Untitled`

 Intro: Drums.
  Q=157
                 E5                            N.C.
 4/4
                 Gtr I
  Wx4            E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E  E
|------------||------------------|-------------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-------------------|
|------------||------------------|-------------------|
|------------||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9---------|
|------------||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7------|
|------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------|
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  E5                            N.C.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E  E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-----------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7----------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--------||


    E5                            E5                   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
||-----------------------------||--------------------------|
||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--|


    E5  F5 E5  F5         E5    F5 E5    F5
    E E Q  E E Q          E E S E. E E 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.
    E5            N.C.                  E5            E5F5
    Gtr I
    Q  Q  Q  Q    W                     Q  Q  Q  Q    W
||--------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------|---------------------|-------------|----------------------o||
||--------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------------||
||--------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------------||
||o-2--2--2--2--|---------------------|-2--2--2--2--|----------------------o||
||--0--0--0--0--|---------------------|-0--0--0--0--|-----------------------||
|
|   Gtr II
|                                                         PM        PM
|   W             S S E E E S S E E E   W             S E E S E E S E S E
||--------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------------||
||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 S S S S S S E S S S S S   S E S S S S S S E S S S E   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             F E F   E             F E F
    PM--------|           PM--------|
    E S S S S E E E E E   E S S S S E E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|


  E             F E F   E             F E Bb
  PM--------|           PM--------|
  E S S S S E E E E E   E S S S S E E E E E  4x
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------1-o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0----||


    E       F E     G5 G#5A5  E       F E     G5 G#5A5
    PM------------|           PM------------|
    S S S S S S S S E. E. E   S S S S S S S S E. E. E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||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--||


  F E         F E F   F E         F E F
  S E E S E E E E E   S E E S E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|-1-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|


    E             F E F   E             F E F
    PM--------|           PM--------|
    E S S S S E E E E E   E S S S S E E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|


  E             F E F   E             F E Bb
  PM--------|           PM--------|
  E S S S S E E E E E   E S S S S E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------1-o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0----||


    E       F E     G5 G#5A5    E A5 Bb5B5E B5 C5    C#5
    PM------------|             PM        PM
    S S S S S S S S E. E. E  4x S E. E. E S E.  E.    E 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 S S S S E E S E S  3x S S E S S S S S S E 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 S S S S E E S E 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 S S S S S S E S S S S   S S E S S S S E S S S E 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
  E5    FFE   N.C.     E  F E F N.C.         E  F E F N.C.    E  F E F N.C.
  Gtr I
  E H..                W              3x     H      E  Q.     H      E  Q.
|------------------||-----------------||-||-----------15----|----------------|
|------------------||o---------------o||-||o----------------|----------15----|
|------------------||-----------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
|-2----------------||-----------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
|-2----------------||o---------------o||-||o----------------|----------------|
|-0----------------||-----------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
|       PM--|             PM--|                 PM--|            PM--|
| Q     E E E Q.       Q  E E E Q.    3x     Q  E E E  Q.     Q  E E E  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  F E F N.C.    E  F E F N.C.          E  F E F N.C.
  H      E  Q.     H      E  Q.           H      E  Q.
|----------15----|----------19-----||-||-----------15----|
|----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|
|----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|
|----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|
|
|    PM--|            PM--|                  PM--|
| Q  E E E  Q.     Q  E E E  Q.           Q  E E E  Q.
|----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|
|-----------0----|-----------0-----||-||------------0----|
|----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|
|-0--1-0-1-------|-0--1-0-1--------||-||--0--1-0-1-------|


  E  F E F N.C.    E  F E F N.C.    E  F E F N.C.
  H      E  Q.     H      E  Q.     H      E  Q.
|----------------|----------15----|----------19-----||
|----------15----|----------------|----------------o||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|
|    PM--|            PM--|            PM--|
| Q  E E E  Q.     Q  E E E  Q.     Q  E E E  Q.
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|-----------0----|-----------0----|-----------0-----||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|-0--1-0-1-------|-0--1-0-1-------|-0--1-0-1--------||


  E            F                E            F         B  Bb A
  Q  Q  E  E E E   +W           Q  Q  E  E E E   +Q.   Q  Q  E
|----------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|----7--7h10-7-8-|-(8)--------|----7--7h10-7-8-|-(8)-----------|
|-0--------------|------------|-0--------------|-------7--6--5-|


                                                                        D.S.
  E            F        N.C.                   E            F         B5 Bb5A5
                         /1    /1    /1
  Q  Q  E  E E E   +Q    E   E  E   E  E   E   Q  Q  E  E E E   +Q.   Q  Q  E
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----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  F E F N.C.    E  F E F N.C.    E  F E F N.C.    E  F E F N.C.
    H      E  Q.     H      E  Q.     H      E  Q.     H      E  Q.
||-----------15----|----------------|----------15----|----------19------||
||o----------------|----------15----|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|
|   Gtr II
|      PM--|            PM--|            PM--|            PM--|
|   Q  E E E  Q.     Q  E E E  Q.     Q  E E E  Q.     Q  E E E  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
  E5
  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|


    E5           E5               E5           E5      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--|


    E5  F5 E5  F5         E5    F5 E5    F5
    E E Q  E E Q          E E S E. E E 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---||


  E5            N.C.                  E5            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 E E S S E E E   W             W
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|-0h2p0-----0h2p0-----|-------------|------|
|-------------|-------2-1-------2-1-|-------------|------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|------|


    E             F E F   E             F E F
    PM--------|           PM--------|
    E S S S S E E E E E   E S S S S E E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|


  E             F E F   E             F E Bb
  PM--------|           PM--------|
  E S S S S E E E E E   E S S S S E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------1-o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-1-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0----||


    E       F       G5 G#5A5    E A5 Bb5B5E B5 C5    C#5
    PM------------|             PM        PM
    S S S S S S S S E. E. E  4x S E. E. E S E.  E.    E 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 S S S S E E S E S   S S E S S S S E E S E 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 S S S S E E S E S   S S E S S S S S S E 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                    E5
        PM--------------|
  S S E S S S S E E S E S   E H..
|-------------------------|----------*|
|-------------------------|----------*|
|-------------------------|----------*|
|-------------------------|-2--------*|
|-2h3p2-------------------|-2--------*|
|-0h1p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------*|



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.

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