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Im The Man

Anthrax

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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