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MARCH OF THE SOD/SERGEANT D & THE SOD
As recorded by Stormtroopers of Death
(From the 1985 Album STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH)

Transcribed by Jordan
        

Words and Music by SOD

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Scott Ian'

   March of the SOD
    Moderate Rock Q=144
    Eb5D5       F5 E5       Eb5D5       F5 E5
   3/4
    Gtr I
          PM|         PM|         PM|         PM|
    Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E  6x
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||--1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2-------||
||o-1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2------o||
||--1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0-|-1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0--||


    E5 F5 G#5G5     BbA5G#G5  E5 F5 G#5G5     BbA5G#G5
   7/4
                PM|                       PM|
    Q  Q  Q  Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q  E E E E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5--||
||o-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-o||
||--2--3--6--5--0-0-8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5--0-0-8-7-6-5--||


    Eb5D5       F5 E5       Eb5D5       F5 E5
   3/4
          PM|         PM|         PM|         PM|
    Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||--1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2-------||
||o-1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2------o||
||--1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0-|-1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0--||


  E5 F5 G#5G5     BbA5G#G5  E5 F5 G#5G5     BbA5G#G5
 7/4
              PM|                       PM|
  Q  Q  Q  Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q  E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5--|
|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5--|
|-2--3--6--5--0-0-8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5--0-0-8-7-6-5--|


  E5 F5 G#5G5     BbA5G#G5  E5 F5 G#5G5
                           5/4
              PM|                       PM|
  Q  Q  Q  Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q  E E
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------|
|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------|
|-2--3--6--5--0-0-8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5--0-0-|


  BbA5G#G5A5G#G5F#5 G#G5F#F5G5F#F5E5  BbA5G#G5A5G#G5F#5 G#G5F#F5G5F#F5E5
 4/4
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|
|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|


  BbA5G#G5A5G#G5F#5 G#G5F#F5G5F#F5E5  BbA5G#G5A5G#G5F#5 G#G5F#F5G5F#F5E5
  PM------------------------------|
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2--|
|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2--|


    Eb5D5       F5 E5       Eb5D5       F5 E5
   3/4
          PM|         PM|         PM|         PM|
    Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||--1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2-------||
||o-1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2------o||
||--1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0-|-1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0--||


           Faster Q=200
  D5
 4/4
  W          +W
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)----||
|-0--------|-(0)----||
|-0--------|-(0)----||


 Sergeant D Intro
  +W           +W           +W           +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|


                                                G#5G5
  +W           +W           +W           +H     Q  Q
|------------|------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|------------|---------------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----6--5---||
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----6--5---||


   1st Verse
    D5E5D5F5D5E5D5F5  D5      G#5G5
    PM----------------------|
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q
||------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|
||o-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|
||--0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|


  D5E5D5F5D5E5D5F5  D5      G#5G5
  PM----------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q   4x +W
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-----------------|---------------o||--------||
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--o||-(5)----||
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5---||-(5)----||


   1st Chorus
    G5                                G#5             F5BbG#5
                                                      |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||


    G5                                G#5             F5BbG#5
                                                      |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S Q Q Q  3x
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||


  Slower Q=172
  G5                    D5
  W          +H..       E
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||


   2nd Verse
    Faster Q=188
    D5  E5D5F5D5E5D5F5  D5      G#5G5
     PM-----------------------|
    +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q
||--------------------|---------------|
||o-------------------|---------------|
||--------------------|---------------|
||--------------------|---------------|
||o-(0)-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|
||--(0)-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|


  D5E5D5F5D5E5D5F5  D5      G#5G5
  PM----------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q   3x +W
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-----------------|---------------o||--------||
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--o||-(5)----||
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5---||-(5)----||


   2nd Chorus
    Faster Q=200
    G5                                G#5             F5BbG#5
                                                      |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||


    G5                                G#5             F5BbG#5
                                                      |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S Q Q Q  3x
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||


  Slower Q=172
  G5                    D5
  W          +H..       E
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||


   Mosh Part/Breakdown
    D5    E5F5G#G5F#D5        E5F5F#G5G#D5
    +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-|
||--(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0-|


        E5F5G#G5F#D5        E5F5F#G5G#D5
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-o||
|-(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0--||


    Faster Q=194
    D5    E5F5G#G5F#D5        E5F5F#G5G#D5
    +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-|
||--(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0-|


        E5F5G#G5F#D5        E5F5F#G5G#D5
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-o||
|-(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0--||


    FASTER Q=208
    D5    E5F5G#G5F#D5        E5F5F#G5G#D5
    +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-|
||--(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0-|


        E5F5G#G5F#D5        E5F5F#G5G#D5
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-o||
|-(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0--||


   Final Verse
    Slower Q=200
    D5  E5D5F5D5E5D5F5  D5      G#5G5
     PM-----------------------|
    +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q
||--------------------|---------------|
||o-------------------|---------------|
||--------------------|---------------|
||--------------------|---------------|
||o-(0)-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|
||--(0)-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|


  D5E5D5F5D5E5D5F5  D5      G#5G5
  PM----------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q   3x +W
|-----------------|----------------||--------|
|-----------------|---------------o||--------|
|-----------------|----------------||--------|
|-----------------|----------------||--------|
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--o||-(5)----|
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5---||-(5)----|


   Final Chorus
    G5                                G#5             F5BbG#5
                                                      |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||


    G5                                G#5             F5BbG#5
                                                      |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S Q Q Q  3x
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||


  Slower Q=172
  G5                    D5
  W          +H..       E
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||


 Outro
  D5    E5F5G#G5F#D5
  +E  E E E E E E E   W
|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|------*|
|-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|------*|
|-(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|------*|



Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
 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
 - 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
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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