Artist: OverKill Song: Time To Kill Album: The Years Of Decay Transcribed by Kevin 'Agonymph' Pasman Tuning: DGCF (1 step down) While transcribing 'I Hate', I suddenly found out how to play the intro to the opener of the same album, 'Time To Kill'. It's been one of my favorite OverKill songs ever since I heard it for the first time (like most of the 'The Years Of Decay'-album) and as soon as I found out how to play the intro, I wanted to find out the rest. Enjoy! The song starts with a guitar chord (it sounds like an E) fading in for about 20 seconds. After that, the bass plays this (Note: the time measures look so short because they contain triplets): Riff A (Play 6 times): F|-----------|-----------|--------------|------------|| C|-----------|-----------|--------------|------------|| G|-----------|-----------|--------------|------------|| D|2-------242|5-------242|5---2425---245|2-----------|| Instead of the last measure of the 6th time, a new guitar riff enters (and a nice scream by Bobby), the bass supports it like this: Fill 1: |------------|------------|------------|------------| |------------|------------|------------|------------| |------------|------------|------------|------------| |2-----------|------------|2-----------|------------| |------------|------------|------------|------------| |------------|------------|------------|------------| |------------|------------|------------|------------| |---2-----2--|---2-----2--|--22-----2--|------522522| 2x |------------|------------|------------|------------|| |------------|------------|------------|------------|| |------------|------------|------------|------------|| |222222522222|3222256--5--|222222522222|322222522522|| |------------|------------|------------|| |------------|------------|------------|| |------------|------------|------------|| |2--222522522|2--222522522|2--222522522|| The last to bars of the Fill above are a riturando (so they slow down gradually), after that, a new guitar riff enters (in a "normal 4/4-measure) at a new (high) tempo: Fill 2: |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|| And the first verse starts Riff B: 2x |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-5/6---5---|| 2x |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |2-2-5-2-2-5/6-5-|2-2-5-2-2-5/6-5-|2-2-5-2-2-5/6-5-|2-2-2-5/6---5---|| (1st verse) Vioent indecision Surge of mass religion Let me out of prison I'm just killing time Every time I turn around I start to hear a familiar sound Counting down as time stands still Yes I think it's time to kill And the Chorus might have some tricky parts when it comes to timing, but furthermore it's quite easy to play (the last measure is 5/4) Riff C: 4x |----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|| |--------4-------|3-------2-------|| |2---------------|------------5-5-|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--------4-------|3-------2-------|--------4-------|3-------2-2-----| |2---------------|------------5-5-|2---------------|------------5---| |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|| |--------4-------|3-------2-------|----------------|----------------2-3-|| |2---------------|------------5-5-|2-------5-------|4-------3---2-2-----|| (Chorus) Time to kill Time to kill Time to kill Time to kill Then play Riff B and Riff C once more (2nd verse) All the mental anguish Speaks a common language I have yet to lavish A chance to walk away Every time I turn around I start to hear a familiar sound Counting down as time stands still Yes I think it's time to kill (Chorus) Time to kill Time to kill Time to kill Time to kill Riff D (Play 4 times): |----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|| |--------4-------|3-------2-------|| |2-2-2-2---5-----|--4-------3-----|| Riff E (Play twice): |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|------4---------|| |2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|4---3-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|4---5-----5-4-3-|| This is where the song slows down. At first, only the guitar plays, the bass and drums enter later. Fill 3: |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|4-2-------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----4-3---------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| Riff F (Play 3 times, vocals enter 2nd time): |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|3---------------|3---------------|3-------3-------| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-2-----2-2-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|3---------------|3---------------|3-------3---230-|----------------|| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-2---------|2---------------|| (Bridge) Unknowing, unseeing Revelations unfold before your eyes Relenting, repenting No time to think or compromise Time falling, time calling Into a void and seal the past You're waiting, annihilating Making it real, making it last Then instead of the last measure of the 3rd time, start playing the following riff (faster!): Riff G (Play 3 times): |----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|| |222-----555-----|444-----332-----|| Before going into the third verse, play this (last measure is a 5/4): Fill 4: |----------------|--------------------|| |----------------|--------------------|| |----------------|----------------2-3-|| |222-----222-----|222-----222---------|| Then play Riff B and Riff C once more (3rd verse) Worn out compromises Inside out demises See through all the lies We don't walk away And every time I turn around Start to hear that familiar sound New beginnings, time stands still Yes I think it's time to kill (Chorus) Time to kill Time to kill Time to kill Time to kill Then play Riff D 4 times, then Riff G 3 times, then Fill 4 (without the closing A and A#) then the bass holds an E (lowest string, 2nd fret) and the song closes off with some ad libs. The final part that's played goes back to the first tempo (thus including the triplets) to more or less return to Fill 1 and close off like this: |------------|------------|------------|| |------------|------------|------------|| |------------|------------|------------|| |222222522222|322222522522|2-----------|| Some tricky changes in time measures, but overall it's an easy and cool song to play.