DIE BY THE SWORD By SLAYER (Music & Lyrics: Hanneman) As Performed On SHOW NO MERCY 1983 METAL BLADE Records Tabbed By Ema Standard Tuning RIFF 1A INTRO x2 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------4/5-|-----------------|-------------4/5-|-----------------| |-------------4/5-|-------------8---|-------------4/5-|-----8------10---| |-0-000-0-000-----|-0-000-0-000-6---|-0-000-0-000-----|-0-0-6-----0-8---| ... ... ... ... ... ... . . . RIFF 1 VERSE x2 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------4/5-|-----------------|-------------4/5-|-----------------| |-------------4/5-|-------------8---|-------------4/5-|------------10---| |-0-000-0-000-----|-0-000-0-000-6---|-0-000-0-000-----|-0-000-0-000-8---| ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... RIFF 2 BRIDGE x2 |KING |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------8-----8-----8--7-----7-----7------10-----9--| |-7-----7-----7--6-666-6-666-6--5-555-5-555-5--0-0--8--0--7--| |-5-555-5-555-5----------------------------------------------| | ... ... ... ... ... ... . . . | |HANNEMAN |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |-9-------------15-------------14-------------------5-----4--| |-7-------------13-------------12--------------0-0--3--0--2--| |------------------------------------------------------------| . . . RIFF 3 CHORUS x2 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7---6-----------| |-3-2-------------|-3-2-------------|-3-2-------------|-5---4---8---7---| |-----3-2-5-3-2-0-|-----3-2-5-3-2-0-|-----3-2-5-3-2-0-|---------6---5---| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RIFF 1 VERSE x2 RIFF 2 BRIDGE x2 RIFF 3 CHORUS x2 FILL 1 |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-5---4-----------| |-3---2---5---4---| |---------3---2---| FILL 2 x4 |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| . . . . . . . . RIFF 4 INTERLUDE x2 |KING |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------4------------4-3----|--------------------------5--10--| |-2-----5-----2------------2-1----|-2-----5-----3------------3---8--| |-0-0-0-3-0-0----------0-0--------|-0-0-0-3-0-0-1--------0-0---0----| | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |HANNEMAN |---------------------------------|-------------------------15b-15\-| |---------------------------------|-------------------------18b-18\-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------4------------4-3----|---------------------------------| |-2-----5-----2------------2-1----|-2-----5-----3-------------------| |-0-0-0-3-0-0----------0-0--------|-0-0-0-3-0-0-1-------------------| . . . . . . . . . . |KING |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------4------------4-3----|--------------------------5--10--| |-2-----5-----2------------2-1----|-2-----5-----3------------3---8--| |-0-0-0-3-0-0----------0-0--------|-0-0-0-3-0-0-1--------0-0---0----| | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |HANNEMAN A.H. |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------4------------4------|---------------------------------| |-2-----5-----2------------2-1b^--|-2-----5-----3-------------------| |-0-0-0-3-0-0----------0-0--------|-0-0-0-3-0-0-1--------x\\\\\\\\--| . . . . . . . . . . SOLO 1 HANNEMAN BAR BAR BAR |-15\/\/\/\\--------------------------------------| |-18\/\/\/\\-----------23//\/\/\\/\\/\\/\\//\//\--| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------0\\\\-------------------------------| BAR/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ N.H. BAR |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-0h9p7p6p0h9p7p6p0h9p7p6p0h9p7p6p0h9p7p6p0h9p7p6p0--5///\/\/\/\//\\\--| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| BAR/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ BAR N.H. 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BAR |-------------21//\/\/\-22//\/\/\\--|------------------------| |-21///\/\/\------------------------|-21//\/\\--5\\\\\\\\----| |-----------------------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------| RIFF 4 x2 (KING PART) UNDER SOLO 1 RIFF 5 INTERLUDE x1 |KING |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |----8--7-----------------------------|----8--7-----------------------------| |-------------8--7-----8-10-----8--7--|-------------8--7-----8-10-----------| |-0--------0--------0--------0--------|-0--------0--------0--------0--8--7--| | . . . . . . . . | |HANNEMAN |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-4-----------------------------------| |-2-----------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------| |-0-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |KING |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |----8--7-----------------------------|----8--7-----------------------------| |-------------8--7-----8-10-----8--7--|-------------8--7-----8-10-----------| |-0--------0--------0--------0--------|-0--------0--------0--------0--8--7--| | . . . . . . . . | |HANNEMAN |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-3-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-1-----------------------------------|-3-----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-1-----------------------------------| |KING |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |----8--7-----------------------------|----8--7-----------------------------| |-------------8--7-----8-10-----8--7--|-------------8--7-----8-10-----------| |-0--------0--------0--------0--------|-0--------0--------0--------0--8--7--| | . . . . . . . . | |HANNEMAN |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|10-----------------------------------| |-4-----------------------------------|-8-----------------------------------| |-2-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |KING |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |----8--7-----------------------------|----8--7-----------------------------| |-------------8--7-----8-10-----8--7--|-------------8--7-----8-10-----------| |-0--------0--------0--------0--------|-0--------0--------0--------0--8--7--| | . . . . . . . . | |HANNEMAN |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |12-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |10-----------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------| RIFF 5A INTERLUDE x2 |KING |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |----8--7-----------------------------|----8--7-----------------------------| |-------------8--7-----8-10-----8--7--|-------------8--7-----8-10-----------| |-0--------0--------0--------0--------|-0--------0--------0--------0--8--7--| | . . . . . . . . | |HANNEMAN 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SOLO 2 KING |-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------------5---5-7-5-7-7fb^^^r--| |---------------5---------------|-----------5---5-7-5-7---7------------------| |-7b^^--5-7b^^----7b^^--5-7b^^--|---5-7-5-7---7------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-7------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T |-19-15h18-19-15h18-19-15h18-19-15h18-19-15h18-19-15h18-19-15h18-19-15h18-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T |-22-15h18-22-15h18-22-15h18-22-15h18-22-15h18-22-15h18-22-15h18-22-15h18-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T |-15fb^--15b^^--18-16-15--------15b^^--15-16-18-16-15-| |-18fb^--18b^^-----------18-17--18b^^-----------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-18-17-15-18-17-15-------------------------------------| |-------------------18-16-15-18-16-15-------------------| |-------------------------------------17-15-14-12b\\\\--| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------12-14-15-| |---------------------------12-13-15-------------------12-13-15----------| |------------------11-12-14-------------------11-12-14-------------------| |---------10-11-13-------------------10-11-13----------------------------| |-9-10-12----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-17-12h15-19-12h15-17-12h15-19-12h15-17-12h15-| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-19-12h15-17-12h15-19-12h15-/17fb^--17b^^^----| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| RIFF 1B x4 UNDER SOLO 2 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----5-------4---| |-------------8-7-|-------------8-7-|-------------8-7-|-----3-------2---| |-0-000-0-000-6-5-|-0-000-0-000-6-5-|-0-000-0-000-6-5-|-0-0-------0-----| ... ... ... ... ... ... . . . SOLO 3 HANNEMAN |-0-12-0-12-13-15-13-12-13-12----0-12-0-12-13-15-13-12-13-12----| |-----------------------------15-----------------------------15-| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |-0-12-0-12-13-15-13-12--------------------------------------------| |-----------------------15-14-12-15-14-12--------------------------| |------------------------------------------15-13-12-15-13-12-------| |------------------------------------------------------------14b^^-| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-/15fb^-15b^--18fb^-18fb^--16fb^-16b^--------9-12-10-9-10-9---------| |----------------------------------------9-12----------------12-9b^--| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-19-12h15-19-12h15-19-12h15-19-12h15-19-12h15-19-12h15-19-12h15-19-12h15-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-19-12h14-19-12h14-19-12h14-19-12h14-19-12h14-19-12h14-19-12h14-19-12h14-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T |--------------------| |-/13-12-------------| |--------12-11\\\----| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |-2-3-5-3-2-------------------------------------------------| |-----------5-3-2-5-3-2-------------------------------------| |-----------------------5-3-2-3b^-3b^--5-3-2----------------| |--------------------------------------------3-2-3b^-2h3b^--| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |---------------9-10-12-9-10-12-9/12fb^^^^^^^^^^r\\\\----| |-8-9-11-8-9-11------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| RIFF 6 x2 UNDER SOLO 3 |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |-9-------------12-------------11-------------------5-----4--| |-7-------------10--------------9-------------------3-----2--| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------5-----4--| |-2--------------5--------------4-------------------3-----2--| |-0--------------3--------------2----------------------------| RIFF 1A INTRO x2 RIFF 3 CHORUS x2 FILL 1 FILL 3 |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-7---6-----------| |-5---4---8---7---| |---------6---5---| FILL 1 FILL 4 END |----------| |----------| |----------| |----------| |-2--------| |-0--------| x