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I'M ALIVE - Anthrax
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Tabbed by: Jim Luttrell
E-mail: jimluttrell@shaw.ca
Tuning: Dropped Db tuning (or drop C# tuning) (Tune guitar down a 1/2 step
Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,eb, then drop the 6th string down to Db)
Intro Guitar #1 - clean with chorus/delay
0:00 - 0:13
e|---1---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
B|---3---1---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G|---2---2---3---2---3---2---1---2---|
D|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
A|-------------------------------0---|
E|-------------------------------0---|
0:14 - 0:55 (play this section 6 times)
Guitar #1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------||
B|-6-----------5-----------3-----------3-------------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------||
G|-7-----------5-----------3-----------2-------------3-----------2-----------1-----------2-------||
D|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
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| Guitar #2 (Heavy Distortion)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-0---0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------0-0---0----0-0-0-0-0-0||
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
0:55 - 1:08
Guitar #2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-0---0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-0---0-|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-0---0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e|---1------------|
B|-----3-------3--|
G|-------2---2----|
D|---------0------|
A|----------------|
E|-0--------------|
1:09 - 1:21 (play this section twice)
Guitar #2
**Rhythm figure 1**
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------11---------------------------------------8------------||
G|-------------------------10---------------------------------------7------------||
D|-------------3-----------8----------3--------------------3--------5---------0--||
A|-------------3---0------------------3-0------8-8-8-8-8-8-3-0-------------x--0--||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-----0----0-----0-3-0----0-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-0----0---0----x--0--||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1:22 - 1:35 (play this section twice)
Guitar #2
**Rhythm figure 2**
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------3--||
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------2--||
D|-------------------------3-------------------3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------0--||
A|-------------3---0-------1--0-------3-0------1-1-1-1-1-1-3-0------5------x--0--||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-----0----0-----0-3-0----0-------------3-0----0-5-0----x--0--||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1:35 - 1:48
**Rhythm figure 1** two times
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anthrax/im_alive_tab_ver_2.html ]
1:49 - 2:02
Guitar #2
**Rhythm figure 3**
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---8---8-8---8-----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---8---8-8---8--8-8-8-8-8-8|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5---5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2:03 - 2:15
Guitar #2
**Rhythm figure 4**
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------7---9---10--3---5---7---2---0--------|
A|-5---7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------5---7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------|
E|-----7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------------------3---5---7---2---0--------|
2:16 - 2:29
**Rhythm figure 1** two times (this is over the first solo)
2:30 - 2:43
**Rhythm figure 2** two times
2:44 - 2:56
**Rhythm figure 3** once
2:27 - 3:10
**Rhythm figure 4** once
3:11 - 3:25
Guitar #2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------7---9---10--3---5---7---2------------|
A|-5---7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------5---7---8---3---5---7---2------------|
E|-----7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------------------3---5---7---2------------|
(let ring)
3:26 - 3:53
Guitar #2
(play 8 times)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-2-3-3----0-0-0-2-3-3-0-0-0-2-3-3-|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3:54 - 4:25
Guitar #2
(Over 2nd guitar solo)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------0---2---3---5---7---8---2---0--------|
A|-5---7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------0---2---3---5---7---8---2---0--------|
E|-----7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------0---2---3---5---7---8---2---0--------|
(let ring)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7---10--8---5---7---2---0--------0---2---3---5---7---8---2---0--------|
A|-5---7---8---8---5---7---2---0--------0---2---3---5---7---8---2---0--------|
E|-----7-------8---5---7---2---0--------0---2---3---5---7---8---2---0--------|
(let ring)
4:26 - 4:39
Guitar #2 (repeat 4 times)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-0---0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4:40 - 5:35
Guitar #2 (repeat 3 times)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------7---9---10--3---5---7---2---0--------|
A|-5---7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------5---7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------|
E|-----7---8---3---5---7---2---0--------------------3---5---7---2---0--------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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