It (song)

Name	It
Album/single	Devolve EP
Length	6.11
Alternative titles
First live performance
Recorded	May 1990
Writer/composer	Jon Toogood, Tom Larkin and Phil Knight
Producer	Malcolm Welsford and Shihad

Lyrics

The Leper, the Dead Boys
I got you running scared
Creatures so gruesome
Straight from your worst nightmares
You exist for me
For me and no-one else
You are my flock
I'll meet you at the slaughterhouse

You defeated me once, but not again
Remember you were only children
Now your minds have grown old
You cannot accept me
And this time round I'm champion
Because I am it
I am infinity
I am it, I am all
I'll take your fuckin' life
But it's your soul I feed on
'Cause I am it

The principle is still the same
It's me who's after you
Don’t kid yourself, you cannot win
there's nothing you can do
47 years have passed
I'm the one you all despise
Death, destruction
say hello to Pennywise

You've beaten me once, but not again
Remember you were only children
Now your minds have grown old
You gotta/cannot accept me
And this time round I'm champion
Because I am it
I am infinity
I am it, I am all
I'll take your fuckin' life
But it's your soul I feed on
'Cause I am it

Don't scream for help
The reaper's on my side
Thinking(?) a ritual (this line is wrong but I can't remember what it was!)
My laws you abide
The locking of tongues
Your blood runs down my chin
take one last look around you
Before I suck you in

You've beaten me once, but not again
Remember you were only children
Now your minds have grown old
You gotta/cannot accept me
And this time round I'm champion
Because I am it
I am infinity
I am it, I am all
I'll take your fuckin' life
But it's your soul I feed on
'Cause I am it

Tab

Ok this song is a monster of riffs and just shows how talented shihad really are...

firstly its in STANDARD TUNING not shihad standard tuning but regular standard tuning (EADGBE)

this song is wicked!! this tab is just the first few riffs for now, any comments welcome as it will no doubt need a few corrections.....

(0:00)

*light feedback volume swell*


Intro Riff: (0:15)

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-------2-2--------------------|
|-------2-2---5\4---6\5---7----|
|-0-3p0-0-0-0-3\2-0-4\3-0-5----| 
        PM-

(0:47)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------3------------5--2-----------------------3------------5-------------------------5--|
|-2-(let ring)---/5-4-3-0-3-(let ring)-5--2-(let ring)---/5-4-3-0-3-(let ring)-5-------------------------5--|
|-0-----------------------1------------3--0-----------------------1------------3-(stop mute all strings)-3--|


(0:57) 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------3------------5--2-----------------------3------------5----------------------------|
|-2-(let ring)---/5-4-3-0-3-(let ring)-5--2-(let ring)---/5-4-3-0-3-(let ring)-5-------------------------2--|
|-0-----------------------1------------3--0-----------------------1-----------/3-(stop mute all strings)-0--|


(1:08)
|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|    
|--------2-2--------------------| 
|--------2-2---5\4---6\5---7----| 
|--0-3p0-0-0-0-3\2-0-4\3-0-5----|    
         PM-


(1:28)
|------------|
|------------| 
|------------| 
|------------| 
|---7-7-8----| 
|---5-5-6----|      


(1:30)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-------------2--------------2--------------7-7-8----|
|-0-3p0-0-3p0-3p0-3p0--0-3p0-3p0-3p0--0-3p0-3p0---5-5-6----|



(1:52)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2----------9-7-9--2----------3-5-7-9--2---------9-7-9--2-------------9-9---8---7------|
|-2----------7-5-7--2----------1-3-5-7--2---------7-5-7--2-------------9-9---8---7------|
|-0---0-2-3---------0---0-2-3-----------0---0-2-3--------0---0-0-0-0-0-7-7-0-6-0-5------|
      PM---             PM--   PM-          PM--             PM-----


|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|    
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|    
|-2----------9-7-9--2----------3-5-7-9--2---------9-7-9--2-------------9-9---8---7-2-----|    
|-2----------7-5-7--2----------1-3-5-7--2---------7-5-7--2-------------9-9---8---7-2-----|    
|-0---0-2-3---------0---0-2-3-----------0---0-2-3--------0---0-0-0-0-0-7-7-0-6-0-5-0-----|    
        PM---           PM--   PM-          PM--             PM-------


|---------------------------------|   
|---------------------------------|    
|---------------------------------|    
|-2-------------9-9---8---7-2-----|    
|-2-------------9-9---8---7-2-----|    
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-7-7-0-6-0-5-0-----|


|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------|    
|-------2-2--------------------| 
|-------2-2---5\4---6\5---7----| 
|-0-3p0-0-0-0-3\2-0-4\3-0-5----|    
        PM-

more to come......