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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-----------|--------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anthrax/im_the_man_tab_ver_2.html ]
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
