Slayer – Crionics (Guitar Tab)

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<pre><font face=courier, fixedsys> -/ / The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be used / / for private use and studying / /-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ From the Album SHOW NO MERCY Copyright 1987 METAL BLADE RECORDS Version 1.0 - October 1998 Transcription By: Kiowa Jackson For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact at: Check out 's Death/Black Tab Webpage at join the death/black tab emailing list by emailing . - palm mute / - slide up to \ - slide down to ~ - vibrato h - hammer on b - bend p - pull off Suffixes for bend ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend * - see comment r - release t - tap bend X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend @ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note Tuning: Eb(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb) My name is Kiowa Jackson and this thing took me forever to to do so you better. This is definetley one of Slayer´s best, it´s called Crionics and is from Show No Mercy.
Riff 1a
1-------------------------------------------------------------
2-------------------------------------------------------------
3-------------------------------------------------------------
4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-10-12-------------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-10-12-------------------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-8--10------------------------
    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx

Riff 1b
1-------------------------------------------------------------
2-------------------------------------------------------------
3-------------------------------------------------------------
4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-3-3-----------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-3-3-----------------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-5-5-----------------------
    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx

Riff 1c
1------------------------------------------------------------
2------------------------------------------------------------
3------------------------------------------------------------
4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7--------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7--------------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--------------------
    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx    
Play Riff 1a + b 3 times (2 times with only one guitar) Then Riff 1a + c 1 time Then again Riffa 1a + b but this time only 2 times
This is then followed by:
Riff 2
1------------------------------------------------------------
2------------------------------------------------------------
3------------------------------------------------------------
4-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---------
5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---------
6-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---------
    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx     xxxxx    xxxxxxx
And then it´s riff 1a, riff 2 and 2 times riff 1a Then comes this (2 times):
Riff 3
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-9-7-5-12--------------------------------------------------
5-9-7-5-12--------------------------------------------------
6-7-5-3-10--------------------------------------------------
Then Riff 1a + c, 2 times Riff 1a + b Then Riff 2, Riff 1a, Riff 2, 2 times Riff 1a Then 2 times Riff 3, Riff 1a plus this:
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10------------
    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx    
Then
1------------------------------------------------------------
2------------------------------------------------------------
3------------------------------------------------------------
4------------------------------------------------------------
5------------------------------------------------------------
6-5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9--7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11---------------

1------------------------------------------------------------
2------------------------------------------------------------
3------------------------------------------------------------
4------------------------------------------------------------
5------------------------------------------------------------
6-3-7-3-7-3-7-3-7--5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9---------------------

Play this 4 times:
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-9-12-9-12-9-12--14-14----------------------------------
5-9-12-9-12-9-12--14-14----------------------------------
6-7-10-7-10-7-10--12-12----------------------------------

Then one guitar plays this:
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11--9-13-9-13-9-13-9-13---------
5-----------------------------------------------------------
6-----------------------------------------------------------

1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9--7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11---------------
5-----------------------------------------------------------
6-----------------------------------------------------------

The other plays this:
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-10-14-10-14-10-14-10-14--12-16-12-16-12-16-12-16
5-----------------------------------------------------------
6-----------------------------------------------------------

1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-12-16-12-16-12-16-12-16-------------------------------
4--------------------------------14-18-14-18-14-18-14-18
5-----------------------------------------------------------
6------------------------------------------------------------
Then it´s Riff 1a + c and then this:
4a
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-7-----------------------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-7-----------------------------------
6-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-5----------------------------------
    x x    x x   x x

4b
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5------------------------------------
5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5------------------------------------
6-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-2----------------------------------
    x x    x x    x x 

4c
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-7----------------------------------
5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-7----------------------------------
6-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-5----------------------------------
    x x    x x    x x 
Now play Riff 5(=4a two times + b and c one time) two times .
Then one guitar  plays this:
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-9--7-9--7-5--4-5------------------------------------------
5-9--7-9--7-5--4-5------------------------------------------
6-7--5-7--5-3--2-3-----------------------------------------

While the other plays like this:
6
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-4-5-4-----------------------------------------------------
4--------5-4---4-5-4-5-4--------------------------
5------------7-----------7-5-4------------------------------
6-----------------------------7------------------------------
After this is played together the second guitar continues to play Riff 6 while the other playes Riff 5. After this is played together a couple of times the solo comes in and Riff 5 continues during that. Then after the solo Riff 6 is played by both guitars 4 times. Check out 's Death/Black Tab Webpage at