Slayer – Cleanse The Soul (Guitar Tab)

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From their fine album 'South of Heaven' Tabbed by: Jason Mathie [email protected] Comments: Only the bottom four strings required for this tune, so I'll leave out the first two. Riff B below I had to make a guess on, 'cause it's hard to hear and really fast. It'd be great if people told me if they think it's close or not.

Time signature changes are shown like this:
|----
|3:--
|4:--
|----

This means to repeat the last two measures:
----|//--
--*-//---
---//-*--
--//|----

As usual, guitars are tuned to Eb. Hanneman has the left stereo channel. Starting Tempo: 145 bpm

Intro Riff
Gb|---|-LeftGtr--------|----------------|----------------|
Db|---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|-5-|4-------------5-|4-------------5-|4-------------5-|
Eb|-3-|2-------------3-|2-------------3-|2-------------3-|

  |   |                |                |                |
Gb|---|-RightGtr-------|----------------|----------------|
Db|---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|-5-|4-------------5-|4-------------5-|4-------------5-|
Eb|-3-|2-------------3-|2-------------3-|2-------------3-|
P.M .                .                .                .

Tempo change to 220 bpm (!)          /---repeat this 3x------------\
Gb|-LeftGtr--------|----------------||----------------|------------||
Db|----------------|----------------||*---------------|-----------*||
Ab|4-------5---4---|----------------||*-------5---4---|-----------*||
Eb|2-------3---2---|----------------||--------3---2---|------------||

  |                |                ||                |            ||
Gb|-RightGtr-------|----------------||----------------|//----------||
Db|9---------------|7-------6/9-----||*-------------*-//----------*||
Ab|7-------5---4---|5-------4/7-----||*--------------//-*---------*||
Eb|--8-7-0-3---2---|--000000----0000||--------------//|------------||
P.M  . . .            ......    ....

Riff A
Gb|----------------|----------------|
Db|9---------------|7-------6/9-----|
Ab|7-------5---4---|5-------4/7-----|
Eb|--8-7-0-3---2---|--000000----0000|
P.M  . . .            ......    ....

Both Gtrs play Riff A 4x

Riff B
Gb|----------------|--------5p4---4/|7---------------|--------5p4-----|
Db|----------------|--------5p4---4/|7---------------|--------5p4---5-|
Ab|2---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|
Eb|0000000000000000|00000000----0---|--00000000000000|00000000----0---|
P.M ............... ........    .      .............. ........    .

Gb|----------------|--------5p4-----|----------------|-----------------|
Db|----------------|--------5p4---5-|----------------|--------10p9-8---|
Ab|----------------|--------------5-|----------------|--------10p9-8---|
Eb|0000000000000000|00000000----0---|0000000000000000|00000000---------|
P.M................ ........    .    ................ ........
              RightGtr slides quickly down (Ab?) string here---^

Both Gtrs play Riff B 4x with lyrics: Body that rest before me With every dying breath Spellbound and gagged I commence your flesh to dirt Both Gtrs play Riff A 4x Both Gtrs play Riff B 4x with lyrics: Body that lay before me In everlasting death Entombed in abscess To rot and lie stinking in the earth Both Gtrs play Riff A 3x followed by

Gb|----------------|---------|
Db|9---------------|2:-------|
Ab|7-------5---4---|4:-rest--|
Eb|--8-7-0-3---2---|---------|
P.M  . . .

Riff C
Gb|----------------|----------------|
Db|----4-----4\3---|----------------|
Ab|--0-2-----2\1---|----------------|
Eb|0-----2-3-----0-|0000000000000000|
P.M. .   . .     .  ................

Left Gtr plays Riff C 6x while Right Gtr solos

Riff D
                     /-- 1,3 ---------\/-- 2 -----------\/-- 4 ----------\
Gb||-----------------|----------------||----------------||----------------|
Db||*----4-----4\3---|---------------*||--------5\4----*||--6\5---5\4-----|
Ab||*--0-2-----2\1---|---------------*||--------3\2-4/5*||--4\3---3\2-4/5-|
Eb||-0-----2-3-----0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||0-0-0-0-----2/3-||0-----0-----2/3-|
P.M  . .   . .     .  . . . . . . . .   . . . .           .     .

Both Gtrs play Riff D 2x with lyrics: Empty altar awaits its victim Stained glass windows black Candles burn the midnight oil Incense fills the night Observing trance awakening state Lying still unknowing Reciting the passages of time Prepare for the impaling

Then both Gtrs play the following interlude:
Gb|--------------|------------|------------|-----------|
Db|3:--------5-4-|--------5-6-|--------5-4-|2:-----3-2-|
Ab|4:----5-6-----|----5-4-----|----5-6-----|4:-3-4-3-2-|
Eb|--------------|------------|------------|---3-4-----|

Gb|--------------|------------|------------|
Db|3:--------5-4-|--------5-6-|--------5-4-|
Ab|4:----5-6-----|----5-4-----|----5-6-----|
Eb|--------------|------------|------------|

Right Gtr plays Riff D 2x while Left Gtr solos

Riff E1
Gb|--------------|------------|-----------|
Db|3:----5-4-----|----4-3-----|2:-----2-1-|
Ab|4:--------5-4-|--------4-3-|4:-2-3-2-1-|
Eb|--------------|------------|---2-3-----|

Riff E2
Gb|--------------|------------|-----------|
Db|3:------------|------------|2:-----2-1-|
Ab|4:----5-4-----|----4-3-----|4:-2-3-2-1-|
Eb|----------5-4-|--------4-3-|---2-3-----|

Both Gtrs play Riff E1 Left Gtr plays Riff E1 while Right Gtr plays Riff E2 Both Gtrs play Riff E1 2x

Then some very cool riffery:
Gb|--LeftGtr-----|----8-7-----|------------|---5-4-----|
Db|3:----6-5-----|--------8-7-|----6-5-----|2:-----5-4-|
Ab|4:--------6-5-|------------|--------6-5-|4:---------|
Eb|--------------|------------|------------|-----------|

  |              |            |            |           |
Gb|--RightGtr----|----8-7-----|------------|---5-4-----|
Db|3:----6-5-----|--------8-7-|----6-5-----|2:-----5-4-|
Ab|4:--------6-5-|------------|--------6-5-|4:---------|
Eb|--------------|------------|------------|-----------|

Gb|--LeftGtr-----|----8-7-----|------------|---5-4-----|
Db|3:----6-5-----|--------8-7-|----6-5-----|2:-----5-4-|
Ab|4:--------6-5-|------------|--------6-5-|4:---------|
Eb|--------------|------------|------------|-----------|

  |              |            |            |           |
Gb|--RightGtr----|----8-7-----|------------|---8-7-----|
Db|3:----6-5-----|--------8-7-|----6-5-----|2:-----8-7-|
Ab|4:--------6-5-|------------|--------6-5-|4:---------|
Eb|--------------|------------|------------|-----------|

Gb|--LeftGtr-----|------------|------------|-----------|
Db|3:----6-5-----|----8-7-----|----6-5-----|2:-5-4-----|
Ab|4:--------6-5-|--------8-7-|--------6-5-|4:-----5-4-|
Eb|--------------|------------|------------|-----------|

  |              |            |            |           |
Gb|--RightGtr----|----8-7-----|------------|---5-4-----|
Db|3:----6-5-----|--------8-7-|----6-5-----|2:-----5-4-|
Ab|4:--------6-5-|------------|--------6-5-|4:---------|
Eb|--------------|------------|------------|-----------|

Gb|--LeftGtr-----|----8-7-----|------------|
Db|3:----6-5-----|--------8-7-|----6-5-----|
Ab|4:--------6-5-|------------|--------6-5-|
Eb|--------------|------------|------------|

  |              |            |            |
Gb|--RightGtr----|----8-7-----|------------|
Db|3:----6-5-----|--------8-7-|----6-5-----|
Ab|4:--------6-5-|------------|--------6-5-|
Eb|--------------|------------|------------|

Both Gtrs play Riff D 2x with lyrics: Death's an art, flesh and earth never part A power of the mind Death shines on the air of silence A ritual of endless time Purged of your dead body Sacrificed of your life Unearthly ritual sealed in fire Enter the kingdom of desire.

However, the second time through the pattern, substitute the following
for the 4th repeat (both Gtrs):
Gb|----------------|----------------|
Db|----4-----4\3---|--5-5---4-------|
Ab|--0-2-----2\1---|003-3-0-2----5--|
Eb|0-----2-3-------|-------------3--|
P.M. .   . .                     .

Then replay the intro pattern (both Gtrs):
Tempo back to 145 bpm
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4-------------5-|4-------------5-|4-------------5-|
Eb|2-------------3-|2-------------3-|2-------------3-|
P.M              .                .                .

Tempo changes back to 220
Gb|-LeftGtr--------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4-------5---4---|--------14\\\\\\|
Eb|2-------3---2---|--------12\\\\\\|

  |                |                |
Gb|-RightGtr-------|----------------|
Db|9---------------|7-------6/9-----|
Ab|7-------5---4---|5-------4/7-----|
Eb|--8-7-0-3---2---|--000000----0000|
P.M  . . .            ......    ....

Riff F
Gb|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|7-------6-------|
Ab|----------------|5-------4-------|
Eb|0000000000000000|--000000--000000|
P.M................   ......  ......

Left Gtr plays Riff F 6x while Right Gtr solos
then Left Gtr plays last half of Riff F while Right Gtr solos
Song ends on this bar, while King's lead ends:
Gb|----------------|
Db|9---------------|
Ab|7-------5---4---|
Eb|--8-7-0-3---2---|
P.M  . . .

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