slayer seasons in the abyss Intro: Low harmony ||-----0---------------------------||------------------------------------||J ||-----0---------------------------||------------------------------------||E ||---------------------------------||------------------------------------||F ||--2--------2---------------3--3--||--------------------2---------------||F ||--2-----2-----1>------ ||--0------------------------1--1--||-0--1-------------------------------|| High harmony ||---------------------------------------||K ||---------------------17----------------||E ||-------17-16~~~---16----14>--- ||-14-15---------------------------------||R ||---------------------------------------||Y ||---------------------------------------|| Acoustic intro riff: ||--------0---------------0---------|-------0----------------0-----------0--||K ||------0---0-----------0---0-------|-----0---0------------0-----------0----||E ||----3-------3---3---3-------3---3-|---3-------3---3----3-----------3------||R ||--2-----------2---2-----------2---|-3-----------3-------------------------||R ||----------------------------------|------------------3-----------2--------||y ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||J ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||E ||----------------------------------|------------------5-----------4--------||F ||--2-------------------------------|-3----------------5-----------4--------||F ||--2-------------------------------|-3----------------3-----------2--------|| ||--0-------------------------------|-1----------------3-----------2--------|| ||-----------------------------------------------------||J ||-----------------------------------------------------||E ||-----------------------------------------------5--4--||F ||-4/9-99-9-99-9-99-9999-10--10-10--10-10-105---5--4--||F ||-2/7-77-7-77-7-77-7777-8---8--8---8--8--8-3---3--2--|| ||-----------------------------------------------3--2--|| Main thrash riff: ||--------------------------------------------------|----------|| ||--------------------------------------------------|----------|| ||--------------------------------------------------|--5----4--|| ||-----------------------------------2--------1-----|--5----4--|| ||-----------------------------------2--------1-----|--3----2--|| ||--0--2--3--0--2--3--5--0--2--3--0-----3--0-----2--|--3----2--|| Verse riff: ||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| ||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| ||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| ||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--------------|--2-----2--1-----------| ||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--2-----------|--2-----2--1-----------| ||-0-00--0------0--0--0-|--0-00--0--1---0--0--0-|--0-00--0------0--0--0-| |------------------------|-------------------------|| |------------------------|-------------------------|| |------------------------|-------------------------|| |--2-----2----------1----|--2-----2-------6---5----|| |--2-----2-------3--1----|--2-----2-------6---5----|| |--0-00--0--0----3-------|--0-00--0--0----4---3----|| Chorus: ||-------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------|| ||-2--5--4---5-4--2--3--6---5-4--|| ||-2--5--4---5-4--2--3--6---5-4--|| ||-0--3--2---3-2--0--1--4---3-2--|| 1ST SOLO Kerry King RYTHYM: variation on Verse Riff played 1 step (2 frets) higher; no 1st and 2nd ending w/ power chords - instead continue riff for a 4th measure. LEAD: / / /^^^^ / A.H. ||-18/--18/--18/------18/-----------------/halfstep-----------------------| ||---------------------------0-------5--/--------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------/---------------------------------| ||---------------------------1step----1step----------------------16-18-19--| ||------------------------------------------------------16-17-19-----------| ||------------------------------------------x-16-17-19--------------------| PM .......................... / |-------------------19-21-22/----------------------15-17-18----------| |----------19-21-22-----------------------------------------15-17-18-| |-16-18/21-----------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--14-15-17----14-15-14-15-------------------------------------| |-----------17-------------14-15-17----------------------------| |-----------------------------------13-15-17-------13----------| |--------------------------------------------15-17----13-17----| PM ....................... |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------/| |---------------------------------------------10-12----------10-12/-| |---------------------10-12----------10-12-14-------10-12-14--------| |------------10-12-13-------10-12-13--------------------------------| |---10-12-13--------------------------------------------------------| PM........................................................ A.H |-------1-1/2 step--1-step---1-step-----1-step-----1-step-------------|| |----------/---------/----------/---------/----------/----------------|| |-(12)/10/-(10)/13/--(13)/15/-(15)/17/--(17)/20/--(20)--/----|| |-------------------------------------------------------------/-----|| |------------------------------------------------------------2-1/2---|| |------------------------------------------------------------step----|| Note: there are 2 versions of this solo, the album one and the one Kerry played for the clip. This is the clip version, which in my opinion kicks the **** outta the album one 2ND SOLO (cool!!!) Jeff Hanneman RYTHYM: Same as Chorus This solo is pretty easy ? its mostly tap picking. The only problem you might have is the speed with some of the ?interlude? parts between tap picking bits. LEAD: /full ||------------------------12-15-15/17-17/-----17~~~~--| ||----------------8-10-13-----------------------------| ||--------------9-------------------------------------| ||-------5-7-10---------------------------------------| ||-----7----------------------------------------------| ||-5-8------------------------------------------------| |-t19p15-t19p15-t19p15p12-t15p12-t15p12----/----/--/-------------------/--| |---------------------------------------15/--17/--/--(17)p15-13-15--15/---| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------/-----/---| |-13p11-----------------------------------------8-10/---10/----| |-------13~~~---------------------------7-9-7-9-----------------| |-------------------------------7-9-7-9-------------------------| |---------------------7-10-7-10---------------------------------| |-------------10-7-10-------------------------------------------| 1/2 PM harm.------- |-----/---------------------------------------------------------------------| |-/10/--(10)-0-5//////-t12p5h8p5-t13p8h5h8p5-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A.H.1/2 step 1/2 down each |-------------------------------------------/------full------------| |-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-12p8p5-t12p8p5--5/--------/--------------| |-------------------------------------------------5/----0---------| |---------------------------------------------------------///---| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| Tap picking bit TWO times |-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-/t10p5h7h8-/t11p6h8h9-/t12p7h9h10-/t13p8h10h11-/t14p9h11h12-/t15p10h12h13--| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-/t16p11h13h14-/t17p12h14h15-/t18p13h15h16-/t19p14h16h17-/t20p15h17h18-| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-/t21p16h18h19-/t22p17h19h20-/t20p18--|| |---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|| Order of riffs Intro x2 Low harmony x4 (high harmony enter 2nd time) Acoustic x9 Heavy backing chord thing enter 5th time of acoustic x2 Higher backing bit x 2 Main thrash x 8 Verse x2 Chorus x2 Verse x2 Chorus x2 Main thrash x4 Solo by Kerry King (continue solo rhythm bit till end of solo) Solo by Jeff Hanneman (continue chorus riff till end of solo) Main thrash x1 Verse x1 Chorus x2 Acoustic intro riff x4 Heavy backing bit first 2 times of acoustic High backing bit last 2 times