Slayer – Deaths Head (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1998 Album DIABOLUS IN MUSICA)
Transcribed by Robin Mack
Words and Music by Jeff Hanneman
Gtr I (C# F# B E) - 'Tom'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=148
4/4 3/4
Gtr I
S S E E E S S E E E 3x S S E S S E S S E
||-----------------------||-------------------||
||o---------------------o||-------------------||
||o---------------------o||-------------------||
||--0-0-0-6-3-0-0-0-6-3--||-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-||
1st & 2nd Verses
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|
Chorus
W H H W H Q E E
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-3----2----|----------|-------------|
|-0--------|-----------|-1--------|-3----4--4-3-|
1.
W H H W H S S E S S E
|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------||
|----------|-----------|----------|--------------------o||
|----------|-3----2----|----------|--------------------o||
|-0--------|-----------|-1--------|-3----3-2-0-3-2-0----||
Interlude I
2.
H S S E S S E W +W +W
|------------------||----------|------------|--------|
|------------------||----------|------------|--------|
|------------------||----------|------------|--------|
|-3----3-2-0-3-2-0-||-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
+W +W +W
|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|--------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
+W +H. Q
|------------|-------------------||
|------------|-------------------||
|------------|-------------------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)------(12)\----||
3rd Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--||
Under Solo
E E E E +Q E E E S S E E +Q E E 4x
||-------------------|---------------------||
||o------------------|--------------------o||
||o------------------|--------------------o||
||--2-2-2-1-(1)--0-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-(1)--0-3--||
Interlude II
E E Q H W W W
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-3-----------|----------|----------|------|
E S S E E +E E E E E S S E E +E E E E
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4-|-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4--||
4th Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x W
||------------------|------------------||------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||------||
||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--||------||Slower Q=112(8=s8)
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-------4-4-4-3-3-3-------|-------4-4-4-3-3-3-------| ||--2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------4-4-4-3-3-3-------|-------4-4-4-3-3-3-------|| |-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-||
Bridge
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------4-4-4-3-3-3-------|-------------------2-2-2-| |-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-------2-2-2---2S4---5-4-| |-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4-------3-----6-----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------4-4-4-3-3-3-------|-------------------2-2-2-| |-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------|
1.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|--------------------------o|| |-------4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-------2-2-2-3------6-----o|| |-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------2-2/---5-4--||
2.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|-------2-2-2-3------6-----||
|-4-4-4---------2-2/---5-4-||
|-3-|
H Q E E E 4x H Q Q
||-----------------||---------------|
||o---------------o||---------------|
||o---------------o||---------------|
||----------5-4-5--||---------(12)\-|Outro
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |--------4-3--------|-------------------| |-2--0-2------0-2S6-|-5--0-2-3-2--3-5-6-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|------------------2-1-| |--------4-3--------|------------2-1-3-----| |-0--0-2------0-2-3-|-2--3-2-0-3-----------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |--------4-3--------|-------------------| |-2--0-2------0-2S6-|-5--0-2-3-2--3-5-6-|
2/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E |-------------------|----------| |-------------------|----------| |--------4-3--------|----------| |-0--0-2------0-2-3-|-2--3-2-0-|
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H |-------------------------|---------------*| |-------------------------|---------------*| |---2-1---5-4---4-3---3-2-|---------------*| |-3-----6-----5-----4-----|-3-2-0---------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
<n> - 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths