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DIE BY THE SWORD (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1983 Album SHOW NO MERCY)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words and Music by J.Hanneman
Arranged by Slayer
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'T.Araya'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=192
4/4
Gtr I
Q H. E E H. Q E E E Q. W
|------------|-------------|---------------|------|
|------------|-------------|---------------|------|
|------------|-------------|---------------|------|
|-0----------|-0-0---------|-0----0-0------|------|
E E E E E E S +S E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|
|-7-----7-----4-(4)s5-|-7-----7-----8--|
|---0-0---0-0---------|---0-0---0-0----|
E E E E E E S +S E E E Q E Q.
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|-----------------||
|-7-----7-----4-(4)s5-|-----8----10-----||
|---0-0---0-0---------|-0-0----0--------||
1st and 2nd Verses
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------5--|
||o-7-----7-----5--|-7-----7-----8--|-7-----7-----5--|-7-----7--------|
||----0-0---0-0----|---0-0---0-0----|---0-0---0-0----|---0-0---0-0----|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------5---|
|-7-----7-----5--|-7-----7-----8--|-7-----7-----5--|-7-----7---------|
|---0-0---0-0----|---0-0---0-0----|---0-0---0-0----|---0-0---0-0-----|
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 Q E Q.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7-----7-----8-7-|-7-----7-----8-7-|-7-----7-----8-7-|-----3----2-----|
|---0-0---0-0-----|---0-0---0-0-----|---0-0---0-0-----|-0-0----0-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
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 Q E Q.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-7-----7-----8-7-|-7-----7-----8-7-|-7-----7-----8-7-|-----3----2-----||
|---0-0---0-0-----|---0-0---0-0-----|---0-0---0-0-----|-0-0----0-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-3-2-------------|-3-2-------------|-3-2-------------|-5--4--------|
|-----3-2-5-3-2-0-|-----3-2-5-3-2-0-|-----3-2-5-3-2-0-|-------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 Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------o||
|-3-2-------------|-3-2-------------|-3-2-------------|-5--4--------o||
|-----3-2-5-3-2-0-|-----3-2-5-3-2-0-|-----3-2-5-3-2-0-|-------6--5---||
Breakdown
Slower Q=144
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 5x E E E E E E E E
|-------------||------------------|------------------||------------------|
|-------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
|-3--2--------||o-----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
|-------3--2--||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Bridge
~~
E E E E H E E E E E E Q +Q Q E Q. E E E E E E Q
|----------------||-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------||o----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------||o-------------2--|-(2)--2--2-1----|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-12\----||--0-0-0-3-0-0----|----------------|-0-0-0-3-0-0-1--|
Interlude
6/4
+Q E E E +E E +E 4x W. W. W.
|------------------------||-||---------------|---------------|-------|
|-----------------------o||-||---------------|---------------|-------|
|----------2-(2)S8-(8)\-o||-||---------------|-2-------------|-1-----|
|-(1)--0-0---------------||-||-0-------------|---------------|-------|
W. W. W. W.
|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|---------------|-/8-------------|-10-----|
|-1-------------|-2-------------|----------------|--------|
W. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------||---------------------------|
|---------------||o---8-7--------------------|
|-7-------------||o---------8-7---8-10---8-7-|
|---------------||--0-----0-----0------0-----|
1. 2.
5/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------||----------------------|
|---8-7--------------------o||---8-7----------------|
|---------8-7---8-10-------o||---------8-7---8-10---|
|-0-----0-----0------0-8-7--||-0-----0-----0------0-|
Guitar Solo
Faster Q=192
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 Q E Q. 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-7-----7-----8-7-|-7-----7-----8-7-|-7-----7-----8-7-|-----3----2-----o||
||----0-0---0-0-----|---0-0---0-0-----|---0-0---0-0-----|-0-0----0--------||
Solo Switch
H. E +E H. E +E W H H
||----------------|------------------|----------|-----------|
||o---------------|------------------|----------|-----------|
||o-7-------7-(7)S|=10-------10-(10)S|=9--------|-3----2----|
||----------------|------------------|----------|-----------|
W W W H H
|----------|----------|----------|------------||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
|-7--------|----------|----------|-3----2----o||
|----------|-3--------|-2--------|------------||
E E E E E E S +S E E E E E E E Q
||----------------------|----------------|
||o---------------------|----------------|
||o-7-----7-----4-(4)s5-|-7-----7-----8--|
||----0-0---0-0---------|---0-0---0-0----|
E E E E E E S +S E E E Q E Q.
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|----------------o||
|-7-----7-----4-(4)s5-|-----8----10----o||
|---0-0---0-0---------|-0-0----0--------||
Out-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||o-3-2-------------|-3-2-------------|-3-2-------------|-5--4---------o||
||------3-2-5-3-2-0-|-----3-2-5-3-2-0-|-----3-2-5-3-2-0-|-------6--5----||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------*|
|-3--2--------|-5--4--------|-3--2--------|----------*|
|-------3--2--|-------6--5--|-------3--2--|-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
