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SERENITY IN MURDER (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1994 Album DIVINE INTERVENTION)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by Araya Music by Hanneman and King
Arranged by Slayer
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'T. Araya'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=208
6/4
Gtr I
E H. H E H H Q Q
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-8----------------|--------------6--|
4/4
E H. H E W H Q Q
|------------------|----------|------------||
|------------------|----------|------------||
|------------------|----------|------------||
|-8----------------|----------|---------3--||
6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-5-3-2-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------3-2-1-0-|-------------------------|
|-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0---------|-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-5-3-2-0-|
1. 2.
4/4 3/4 5/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|-----------------|--------------||-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------o||-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----2-------o||-------------|----------------|
|-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-3-4---5-4-3--||-2-0-2-3-2-0-|-3--------------|
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
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------3-------|-------------2-------|-------------1-------|
|-----3---3-4---4-3---|-----2---2-3---3-2---|-----1---1-2---2-1---|
|-4-5---5-----------4-|-3-4---4-----------3-|-2-3---3-----------2-|
Half time Q=104
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E W +H.. E E E Q H W
|---------------------||----------|--------------|-------------|------||
|-------------0-------||----------|--------------|-------------|------||
|-----0---0-1---1-0---||----------|--------------|-------------|------||
|-1-2---2-----------1-||-0--------|-(0)--------1-|-0-----------|------||
1st Verse
1.,2.,3.
S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E 4x
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|----------------------------o||
||o---------------------------|----------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1---||
Chorus
4.
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-----------------------1-----||---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-0-||-2-3-0-0-2-3-0-0-5-3-0-5-4-2-4-0-|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------1-----|---------------------------------|
|-2-3-0-0-2-3-0-5-4-2-0-5-3---3-2-|-2-3-0-0-2-3-0-0-5-3-0-5-4-2-4-0-|
Guitar Solo I
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---------------------------------|
|-------------------------1-------||o---------------------------------|
|-2-3-0-0-2-3-0-5-4-2-0-3---3-2-1-||--0-0-0-0-4-3-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S S 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
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-4-3-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-1-|-0-0-0-0-4-3-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
1. 2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E Q E E
|----------------------------------||----------------||
|---------------------------------o||----------------||
|-------------------------1-------o||----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-4-3-0-0-3-2-0-3---3-2-1--||-0-----0------1-||
2nd Verse
1.,2.,3.
S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E 4x
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|----------------------------o||
||o---------------------------|----------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1---||
Chorus II
4.
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-----------------------1-----||-2-------1-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-0-||---4-3-0---3-2-0-5-3-2-0-5-3-2-0-|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------1-----------------------|-2-------1-----------------------|
|---4-3-0---3-2-0-5-3-2-0-5-3-2-0-|---4-3-0---3-2-0-5-3-2-0-5-3-2-0-|
9/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|-2-------1--------------------------||
|---4-3-0---3-2-0-5-3-2-0-5-3-2-0----||
Guitar Solo II
Tempo I Q=208
4/4
Q Q H W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------|----------||----------------------------------|
|------------|----------||o---------------------------------|
|------------|----------||o---------------------------------|
|-0----------|----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Chorus III
Half time Q=104
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------||-||----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------o||-||----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------o||-||-2-------1------------------------|
|-0-0-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||-||---4-3-0---3-2-0-5-3-2-0-5-3-2-0--|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------1-----------------------|-2-------1-----------------------|
|---4-3-0---3-2-0-5-3-2-0-5-3-2-0-|---4-3-0---3-2-0-5-3-2-0-5-3-2-0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|-2-------1-----------------------||
|---4-3-0---3-2-0-5-3-2-0-5-3-2-0-||
Tempo I Q=208
6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------3-2-1-0-|
||--2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-5-3-2-0-|-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0---------|
1.
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-5-3-2-0-|-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-|
2.
3/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|--------------||-----------------|------------*|
|-------------o||-----------------|------------*|
|-----2-------o||-----------------|------------*|
|-3-4---5-4-3--||-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-2----------*|
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
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| - 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
