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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---<7>---|
|------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------|

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---<7>-----||

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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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