Imitation of Life Lyrics

As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1987 Album AMONG THE LIVING)
Words and Music by Anthrax
Arranged by warlockmb
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Moderately Q=142
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM----| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S E
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
PM| PM| PM|
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0----0-----o||
4. Slower Q=110
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM|
E E E E H +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E 4x
|--------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)--------||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o||
| Gtr III
| H H +W W W 4x
|--------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------o||
|---------4----|-(4)--------||o-----------------|-------------------o||
PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-|
PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o||
PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E +W E E E E E E S S S S
Faster Q=236
F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5
PM PM PM------------------------| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
||o-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||--5s4-------------|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|
||--3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|
||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|
||------------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|
N.C. N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5
PM------------------------| PM PM
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------o||-----------||o-----------------|
|------------------------------||-----------||--5s4-------------|
|------------------------------||-----------||--3s2---4s3-------|
|-----------------------------o||-----------||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-----------||------------0-1s0-|
N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C.
PM------------------------| PM PM PM------------------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C.
PM PM PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------|
|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|
|-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|
|-----------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. N.C.
PM PM PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W
|-----------------|-----------------------------o||-------|
|-5s4-------------|------------------------------||-------|
|-3s2---4s3-------|------------------------------||-------|
|-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------o||-------|
|-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------|
PM PM--| PM PM
||o------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
PM PM--| PM PM
|------------------|----------------------o||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----||
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-o||
$
PM PM--| PM PM
||o------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
PM PM--| PM|
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9----------------||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----9s10-9s10-o||
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-7s=8-7s=8--||
F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5
PM PM PM------------------------| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
||o-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||--5s4-------------|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|
||--3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|
||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|
||------------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|
N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C.
PM------------------------| PM PM PM------------------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
To Coda
F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. N.C.
PM PM PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W
|-----------------|-----------------------------o||-------|
|-5s4-------------|------------------------------||-------|
|-3s2---4s3-------|------------------------------||-------|
|-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------o||-------|
|-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------|
PM PM--| PM PM
||o------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
PM PM--| PM PM
|------------------|----------------------o||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----||
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-o||
PM PM--| PM PM
||o------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
PM PM--| PM|
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9----------------||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----9s10-9s10-o||
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-7s=8-7s=8--||
Slower Q=164
E5N.C. E5F5 B5C5
PM--------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|---------9s10------|
||o-2---------------|---------7s=8-9s10-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------7s=8-|
E5N.C. E5F5 B5C5
PM--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|---------9s10-------||
|-2---------------|---------7s=8-9s10-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------7s=8--||
PM PM--| PM PM
||o------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
PM PM--| PM PM
|------------------|----------------------o||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---o||
PM PM--| PM PM
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
PM PM--| PM PM
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----|
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--| PM PM
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
| Gtr III
| W W
PM PM--| PM PM
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----|
| W H Q. E
|------------------|------------2s======7--|
Guitar Solo
N.C. A5 G5
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--|
| T T T T T T
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
F#5 G5 N.C.
PM---------------------|
|-4s===5--------------------------------|
|-2s===3---0----0----1---1----1----1----|
| T T T T T
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p=|
N.C. A5 G5
PM---| PM----| PM----|
| T T T T T T T
| S S S S S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T
F#5 G5 N.C.
PM-----------------|
|--4s====5----------------------------|
|--2s====3-----0-----0------1-1-1-1---|
| T T T T ~~
| S T T S T T S T T S T T H
N.C. A5 G5 F#5 G5 N.C.
PM| PM| PM-| PM------------|
|-------7--------5-------|-4s==5---------------------|
|--0-0--5--0--0--3--0--0-|-2s==3---0-0--1--1-1---1---|
| E E +E E +E E +E E S S S S E E +E E S S S S
|-/3-5-(5)-6-(6)-5-(5)-3-|-5h7p5h7p5-8-(8)-7-5h7p5h7-|
N.C. A5 G5 F#5 G5 N.C.
PM| PM| PM-| PM------------------|
|-------7--------5-------|--4s====5-------------------------------|
|--0-0--5--0--0--3--0--0-|--2s====3-----0---0---1---1--1-----1----|
| E E +E E +E E +E E S S S S E E +E E S S S S
|------------------------|-10h12p10h12p10-/13-(13)-12-10h12p10h12-|
B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 N.C.
PM PM PM-------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E
|--9s=====8------9s==8-------------9s===8--|----------------------------------------------|
|--7s=====6---0--7s==6--------0----7s===6--|--0------0---0-0--0---0--------0----0--0---0--|
|-12b14r(12)p10h12-(12)b14==(12)-(12)r(12)-|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-12b14r(12)p10h==12-(12)b14==(12)-(12)r==(12)-|
B5 Bb5 B5Bb5 D5 C#5 N.C.
PM PM PM-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E
|---9s===8---9s8----12s==11-----|------------------------------------|
|---7s===6-0-7s6-0--10s===9-----|---0------0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-----|
| H. +E S S +H. +E S S
|---------------------------/21-|-(21)b23==============(21)\---------|
|-/21b23-----------(21)\--0-----|------------------------------------|
PM PM
|--9s====8-----------9s====8-----------9s====8----|
|--7s====6-----0-----7s====6-----0-----7s====6----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
N.C.
PM---------------------------------------|
E E S S E E E S S E
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
PM PM
|--9s====8-----------9s====8----------12s===11----|
|--7s====6-----0-----7s====6-----0----10s====9----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
N.C.
PM------------------------------|
E E S S E E E S S E
| S S S S S S S S H
Faster Q=234
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--| PM PM
||o------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
D.S. al Coda
PM PM--| PM|
|------------------|----------------------o||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9-----12s11--------||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----10s=9-12s11--||
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-------10s=9-o||
Slower Q=110 1.,2.,3. 4.
&
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E +H.. E
||o-----------------|-------------------o||-------------------|--------------*|
||------------------|--------------------||-----------------3-|-(3)s======19-*|
||--------------5---|-----------------3--||-----------------3-|-(3)s======19-*|
||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o||-4-4-5-2-4-4-------|--------------*|
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