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I'M THE MAN
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1991 EP ATTACK OF THE KILLER B'S)
Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
Words and Music by Anthrax and John Rooney
E5open
0 2 2 x x x
F5I
1 3 3 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
G#5
4 6 x x x x
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
D5
x 5 7 x x x
Eb5
x 6 8 8 x x
E5
x 7 9 9 x x
F5
x 8 10 10 x x
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Scott Ian'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Fill'
Intro
Q=120
G5
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H Q S S S S E E Q H
|------------||------------------|--------------|||------------||o-----------------|-------------o|||------------||------------------|--------------|||------------||----------5-x-x-x-|-5------------|||------------||o---------5-x-x-x-|-5-----------o|||------------||----------3-x-x-x-|-3------------||
B5G#G5 PM--| H Q S S S S E E Q +E E E E|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||---------5-x-x-x-|-5---5--(5)-4------||---------5-x-x-x-|-5---5--(5)-2-6-5--||---------3-x-x-x-|-3---3--(3)---4-3--|
B5 D5C5B5 C5 E5D5C5 B5 G#G5G#B5 PM--| PM--| PM E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E Q S S E H|------------------|------------------|---------------||------------------|------------------|---------------||-4---4--(4)-------|-5---5--(5)-------|-4--------4----||-4---4--(4)-7-5-4-|-5---5--(5)-9-7-5-|-4--------4----||-2---2--(2)-5-3-2-|-3---3--(3)-7-5-3-|-2--6s5-6-2----||------------------|------------------|----4s3-4------|
G5 W H Q S S S S W H Q S S S S 3x||-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------------||||o----------|-----------------|----------|------------------o||||-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------------||||-----------|---------5-x-x-x-|----------|---------5-x-x-x---||||o----------|---------5-x-x-x-|----------|---------5-x-x-x--o||||-----------|---------3-x-x-x-|----------|---------3-x-x-x---||
B5G#G5 B5 D5C5B5 C5 E5D5C5
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E||-------------------|------------------|------------------|||o------------------|------------------|------------------|||-------------------|-4---4--(4)-------|-5---5--(5)-------|||--5---5--(5)-4-----|-4---4--(4)-7-5-4-|-5---5--(5)-9-7-5-|||o-5---5--(5)-2-6-5-|-2---2--(2)-5-3-2-|-3---3--(3)-7-5-3-|||--3---3--(3)---4-3-|------------------|------------------|
Verse 1. 2. B5 G#G5G#B5 E5 PM Q S S E Q a Q E E Q H E E Q H|---------------------||-------------||-------------||--------------------o||-------------||-------------||-4--------4----------||-4-----------||-------------||-4--------4----------||-4-----------||-2-----------||-2--6s5-6-2---------o||-2-----------||-2-----------||----4s3-4----3s12\---||-------------||-0-----------|
E5 F5 Eb5 F5 E5 PM PM PM PM H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H|-------------|--------------------|-------------||-------------|--------------------|-------------||-------------|-9---10---8---10-10-|-9-----------||-------------|-9---10---8---10-10-|-9-----------||-------------|-7----8---6----8--8-|-7-----------||-----------0-|---0----0---0-------|-------------|
F5 G5 F5 PM PM PM PM E E Q H H Q E E E E E E E E E E|-------------|-------------|-----------------||-------------|-------------|-----------------||-9-----------|-------------|-----------------||-9-----------|-------------|-2---3---5---3-3-||-7-----------|-------------|-2---3---5---3-3-||-0-----------|-----------0-|---0---0---0-----|
E5 E E Q H W W|-------------|----------|------|||-------------|----------|------|||-------------|----------|------|||-2-----------|----------|------|||-2-----------|----------|------|||-0-----------|----------|------||
Chorus
$
N.C. G5 B5G#G5 B5 D5C5B5
PM--| PM--|
Wx4 E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E|------------|------------------|------------------||------------|------------------|------------------||------------|------------------|-4---4--(4)-------||------------|-5---5--(5)-4-----|-4---4--(4)-7-5-4-||------------|-5---5--(5)-2-6-5-|-2---2--(2)-5-3-2-||------------|-3---3--(3)---4-3-|------------------|
C5 E5D5C5 B5 G#G5G#B5 G5 B5G#G5
PM--| PM PM--|
E E Q +E E E E Q S S E Q a Q E E Q +E E E E|------------------|--------------------|-------------------||------------------|--------------------|-------------------||-5---5--(5)-------|-4--------4---------|-------------------||-5---5--(5)-9-7-5-|-4--------4---------|-5---5--(5)-4------||-3---3--(3)-7-5-3-|-2--6s5-6-2---------|-5---5--(5)-2-6-5--||------------------|----4s3-4----3s12\--|-3---3--(3)---4-3--|
To Coda
B5 D5C5B5 C5 E5D5C5 B5
PM--| PM--|
E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E Q H|------------------|------------------|-------------|||------------------|------------------|-------------|||-4---4--(4)-------|-5---5--(5)-------|-4-----------|||-4---4--(4)-7-5-4-|-5---5--(5)-9-7-5-|-4-----------|||-2---2--(2)-5-3-2-|-3---3--(3)-7-5-3-|-2-----------|||------------------|------------------|-------------||
Verse E5 F5 G5 F5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E Q H H Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S|-------------|---------------|-------------------------||-------------|---------------|-------------------------||-------------|---------------|-------------------------||-2-----------|---------------|-2-----3-----5-----3-----||-2-----------|---------------|-2-----3-----5-----3-----||-0-----------|-----------0-0-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-|
E5 PM| E E Q Q S S S S E E Q H E E Q Q E S S|-------------------|-------------|-----------------||-------------------|-------------|-----------------||-------------------|-------------|-----------------||-2---------2-x-x-x-|-2-----------|-2---------2-----||-2---------2-x-x-x-|-2-----------|-2---------2-----||-0---------0-x-x-x-|-0-----------|-0---------0-0-0-|
F5 G5 F5 E5 N.C. PM| PM| PM| PM| E S S E S S E S S E S S E E Q H Wx2|-------------------------|-------------|--------|||-------------------------|-------------|--------|||-------------------------|-------------|--------|||-2-----3-----5-----3-----|-2-----------|--------|||-2-----3-----5-----3-----|-2-----------|--------|||-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-|-0-----------|--------||
Chorus
G5 B5G#G5 B5 D5C5B5
PM--| PM--|
Wx4 E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E|------------|------------------|------------------||------------|------------------|------------------||------------|------------------|-4---4--(4)-------||------------|-5---5--(5)-4-----|-4---4--(4)-7-5-4-||------------|-5---5--(5)-2-6-5-|-2---2--(2)-5-3-2-||------------|-3---3--(3)---4-3-|------------------|
C5 E5D5C5 B5G5A5G5B5G5A5 G5 B5G#G5
PM--------------------| PM--|
E E Q +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E E E E|------------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------||-5---5--(5)-------|-----------------|------------------||-5---5--(5)-9-7-5-|-4-------4-------|-5---5--(5)-4-----||-3---3--(3)-7-5-3-|-2-5-7-5-2-5-7---|-5---5--(5)-2-6-5-||------------------|---3-5-3---3-5-0-|-3---3--(3)---4-3-|
B5 D5C5B5 G5 E5D5C5 B5
PM--| PM--|
E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E Q H|------------------|------------------|-------------|||------------------|------------------|-------------|||-4---4--(4)-------|-5---5--(5)-------|-4-----------|||-4---4--(4)-7-5-4-|-5---5--(5)-9-7-5-|-4-----------|||-2---2--(2)-5-3-2-|-3---3--(3)-7-5-3-|-2-----------|||------------------|------------------|-------------||
E5 F5 G5 F5
PM--------------------------------| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-2-----3-----5-----3-----||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-2-----3-----5-----3-----||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-|
E5
PM------------------------------|
E E Q Q a Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-2----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-2----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-0---------2s14\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D.S. al Coda F5 G5 F5 E5 N.C. PM| PM| PM| PM| E S S E S S E S S E S S E E Q H Wx2|-------------------------|-------------|---------|||-------------------------|-------------|---------|||-------------------------|-------------|---------|||-2-----3-----5-----3-----|-2-----------|---------|||-2-----3-----5-----3-----|-2-----------|---------|||-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-|-0-----------|---------||
& G5 E5 F5 G5 F5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E Q H H Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S|-------------|---------------|-------------------------||-------------|---------------|-------------------------||-------------|---------------|-------------------------||-5-----------|---------------|-2-----3-----5-----3-----||-5-----------|---------------|-2-----3-----5-----3-----||-3-----------|-----------0-0-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-|
E5 N.C. E5 F5 G5 F5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E Q Q E S S Wx2 E S S E S S E S S E S S|-----------------|------------|-------------------------||-----------------|------------|-------------------------||-----------------|------------|-------------------------||-2---------------|------------|-2-----3-----5-----3-----||-2---------------|------------|-2-----3-----5-----3-----||-0-----------0-0-|------------|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-|
N.C. E5
Gtr I
PM--------------------------|
Wx3 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E a E E a Q Q Q|------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------------||------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------------||------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------------||------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------------||------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|--------------------------||------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3s14s3-|-3s16s3-3s14s==2s==16\----|
|
| Gtr II
| PM-----------------|
| W W W E E E E E E E E|------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------------||------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------------||------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------------||------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------------||------------|-----------------|--------------------|----2-2----2-2-2-5--5--5--||------------|-----------------|--------------------|----0-0----0-0-0-3--3--3--|
Q Q Q Q +W +H. +Q|-------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------||-/17\-----/17\--/17\--/12b17===|=(12)-----------|-(12)r===================(12)-------|
|
| ~~~~~| H +H E E Q H E Q E +Q. +E|-------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------|---------------19--(19)-------(19)\-||-/15b18=========(15)r==========|==15\-----------|------19pb22--(19)-(19)-------(19)\-|
+Q. +E +Q +Q +Q. Q E Q W|-------------------------|-----------------|------*||-------------------------|-----------------|------*||-------------------------|-----------------|------*||-------------------------|-----------------|------*||-------------------------|-----------------|------*||-(12)r==(12)-(12)--(12)r=|=(12)\---0-------|------*|
|
| W W W|-------------------------|-----------------|------*||-------------------------|-----------------|------*||-------------------------|-----------------|------*||-------------------------|-----------------|------*||-------------------------|-----------------|------*||-------------------------|-----------------|------*|
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
