RAINING BLOOD
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1985 Album REIGN IN BLOOD)
Words by Jeff Hanneman And Kerry King
Music by Jeff Hanneman
Transcribed by Ethereal Sin
I didn't actually transcribe this. My friend had tabs for this that came from some
magazine and I simply copied it into Powertab.
E5
0 2 x x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kerry'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Jeff'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=178
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM--|
Wx2 E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
|------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|------------||o----------------|----------------o||
|------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|------------||----------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6----||
|------------||o-------7--------|-9------8-------o||
|------------||--0-0-0----------|-----------------||
Feedback
4/4
Gtr II
PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
|----------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|----------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|----------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|---------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6--|---------8-9--8---|----8--7----7-6--||
|-------7--------|-9------8------|-------7----------|-9--------8------||
|-0-0-0----------|---------------|-0-0-0------------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr I
| PM--| PM--|
| E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
|----------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|----------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|---------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6--|---------8-9-[8]--|---[8]-7----7-6--||
|-------7--------|-9------8------|-------7----------|-9--------8------||
|----------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0----------|---------------|-0-0-0------------|-----------------||
Gtrs I, II
PM-------------------------------------------------
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-------------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|---------3-2--------||
|-------------------------|-------4-----3-2---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-4--------------||
Faster Q=214
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------||-||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------||-||----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------||-||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------|
||--5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0--||-||--5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-|
PM--------------------| PM----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------3-----|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------1-----|----------------------------------|
|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0---0-3-|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0--|
1.,2. 3.
PM------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
|---------------------------||-----------------------||
|--------------------------o||-----------------------||
|---------------------------||-----------------------||
|---------------------------||-----------------------||
|-----------------5--8-----o||-----------------5--8--||
|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-3--6-0-3--||-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-3--6--||
1st Verse
PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E Q Q
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||-----------------9-8--|--------------------|
||o-------------10-7-6--|-------------9--12--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0--8------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--10--|
PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E Q Q 4x
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|----------------9-8--|---------------------||
|-------------10-7-6--|-------------9--12--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--8------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--10---||
Slower Q=188
PM----| PM--|
E E E E S S S S Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||----------------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8---------||
||----------------------|------------8-7--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-7--7----||
||o---------7h10p8p7-8--|-------7-10------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-7--7---o||
||--0-0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-----------|-----------------|---------5--5----||
Bridge
PM----| PM--|
E E E E S S S S Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||----------------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8---------||
||----------------------|------------8-7--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-7--7----||
||o---------7h10p8p7-8--|-------7-10------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-7--7---o||
||--0-0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-----------|-----------------|---------5--5----||
Slightly Slower Q=185
PM--|
E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
||-----------------|----------------||-|
||o----------------|---------------o||-|
||-----------------|----------------||-|
||----------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6---||-|
||o-------7--------|-9------8------o||-|
||--0-0-0----------|----------------||-|
|
| W W
||-----------------|----------------||-|
||o----------------|---------------o||-|
||-----------------|----------------||-|
||-----------------|----------------||-|
||o----------------|---------------o||-|
||-----------------|----------------||-|
Gtr II
PM--|
E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------------|------------------o||
||--------------------|-------------------||
||-----------8--9--8--|-----8-7-----7-6---||
||o-------7-----------|--9--------8------o||
||--0-0-0-------------|-------------------||
|
| Gtr I
| PM--|
| E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------------|------------------o||
||----------10-11-10--|----10-9-----9-8---||
||--------9-----------|-11-------10-------||
||o-------------------|------------------o||
||--0-0-0-------------|-------------------||
Slightly Slower Q=180
Gtrs I, II
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o-2-2----2-2----|-2-2----2-2----|-2-2----2-2----|-2-2----2-2-----o||
||--0-0----0-0----|-0-0----0-0----|-0-0----0-0----|-0-0----0-0------||
E5
Gtr II
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
PM PM PM PM PM 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
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||---------9--------8-|--------7----------|--------9--------8-|
||o---7-10-----7-10---|---7-10-----7-10-9-|---7-10-----7-10---|
||--0--------0--------|-0--------0--------|-0--------0--------|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
PM PM PM PM PM 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
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|--------7----------|--------9--------8-|--------7-----------||
|---7-10-----7-10-9-|---7-10-----7-10---|---7-10-----7-10-9-o||
|-0--------0--------|-0--------0--------|-0--------0---------||
Chorus
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| 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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----5-9-----5-8-|-----5-7-----5s4-|-----5-9-----5-8-|-----5-7-----5s4--o||
||--0-0-3-7-0-0-3-6-|-0-0-3-5-0-0-3s2-|-0-0-3-7-0-0-3-6-|-0-0-3-5-0-0-3s2---||
PM-----------------------------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
2/4 4/4
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Outro
Faster Q=247
PM-----------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------||
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3--||
-------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-||------------------|------------------||
|-||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-||------------------|------------------||
|-||------------------|------------------||
|-||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-||--4-4-4-4-4-4-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8--||
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 9x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
PM--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q W
|-----------------|----------------|------*|
|-----------------|----------------|------*|
|-----------------|----------------|------*|
|-----------------|----------------|------*|
|-----------------|----------------|------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0------|------*|
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
