#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# DEATH'S HEAD As recorded by Slayer (From the 1998 Album DIABOLUS IN MUSICA) Transcribed by Cherry Lane Words and Music by Jeff Hanneman E50 (022xxx@1)2 x x x x F#52 (244xxx@1)4 x x x x F51 (133xxx@1)3 x x x x G53 (355xxx@1)5 x x x x A55 (x022xx@1)7 x x x x G#54 (133xxx@4)6 x x x x Gtr I (C# F# B E G# C#) - 'Hanneman' Gtr II (C# F# B E G# C#) - 'King' Gtr III (C# F# B E G# C#) - 'Guitar 3' Intro Moderately Fast Rock Q=148 4/4 3/4 Gtrs I, II PM-----------| PM----------------------------------| S S EQ (022100@1) S S EQ (022100@1) S S EQ (022100@1) S S EQ (022100@1) S S ES (022100@1)S ES (022100@1)S E||---------------------||-------------------|--------------------|| (022100@1)||o-------------------o||-------------------|--------------------|| ||---------------------||-------------------|--------------------|| ||---------------------||-------------------|--------------------|| ||o-------------------o||-------------------|--------------------|| ||--0-0-0----0-0-0-----||-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0--|| 1st & 2nd Verses 4/4 EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||o---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7--| ||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-| |-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-| Chorus W H H W H Q EE |----------|-----------|----------|-------------| |----------|-----------|----------|-------------| |----------|-----------|----------|-------------| |----------|-----------|----------|-------------| |-2--------|-3----2----|-3--------|-5----6--6-5-| |-0--------|-----------|-1--------|-3----4--4-3-| 1. PM--------| W H H W H S S ES (022100@1)S E|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------|| (022100@1)|----------|-----------|----------|--------------------o|| |----------|-----------|----------|---------------------|| |----------|-----------|----------|---------------------|| |-2--------|-3----2----|-3--------|-5------------------o|| |-0--------|-----------|-1--------|-3----3-2-0-3-2-0----|| Interlude I 2. E5 (022xxx@1) Gtr I W W | / Gtr II PM--------| ~~~~~~ H S S ES (022100@1)S E (022100@1) Q EE +Q E (022100@1)E|------------------||-------------------| (022100@1)|------------------||-------------------| |------------------||-------------------| |------------------||-------------------| |-5----------------||-/9--9-8-(8)----10-| |-3----3-2-0-3-2-0-||--------------0----| +W +W | | / / ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ES (022100@1)S EE +Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1) EE EE +Q E (022100@1)E|----------------------|---------------------| (022100@1)|----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |--9-9-9-9-8-(8)----10-|--9-9-9-8-(8)----10--| |-----------------0----|---------------0-----| +W +W +W | | | / / / ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ EE E (022100@1)E (022100@1)+Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1) EE EE +Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1) EE EE +Q E (022100@1)E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------| (022100@1)|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |--9-9-9-[8]-(8)----10-|--9-9-9-8-(8)----10-|--9-9-9-8-(8)----10-| |-----------------0----|---------------0----|---------------0----| +W +H. Q | | | / / x Gtr II ~~~~~~ ES (022100@1)S EE +Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1)E (022100@1)+E. +S Q |----------------------|-----------------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------------|| |--9-9-9-9-8-(8)----10-|--9---9-9-9-[8]-(8)-(8)/-----|| |-----------------0----|-------------------------x--|| | | Gtr III | W H. Q |----------------------|-(3)/------------------------|| |----------------------|-(3)/------------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------------x--|| 3rd Verse Gtrs I, II EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE 4x ||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------------------|------------------|| ||------------------|------------------|| ||o---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-o|| ||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--|| Solo F#5 (244xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) E5G5 F#5 (244xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) E5G5 Gtr II E (022100@1)EE E+Q (022100@1) EE E (022100@1) S S EE +Q EE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Gtr I / ~~~ W +W |-------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------| |----------------|-()-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------| F#5 (244xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) E5G5 F#5 (244xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) E (022100@1) EE E+Q (022100@1) EE E (022100@1) S S EE +Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / +W +H. S E. |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------19-----| |---------------------|----------------------------| |-()---------------|-()----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| F#5 (244xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) E5G5 F#5 (244xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) E5G5 E (022100@1) EE E (022100@1)+Q EE E (022100@1) S S EE +Q EE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 2/ / .5 5.5 Q. +E Q Q Q Q E (022100@1)Q. |---------------17--17---|-17--------17---17-----------| |-19-------(19)-19--19---|-19--------19---19-19--------| |------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------------| F#5 (244xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) E5G5 E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) +Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1)S S EE +Q EE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 1/ /0.5____| 1 / .5_________2 ~~~~~~~~ E (022100@1) +S +S +S +S +E +Q E (022100@1) +E W |--------------------------------------------------|-15------------------|| |-19---(19)----(19)-(19)-(19)-(19)-(19)------------|-17------------------|| |----------------------------------------0-----(0)-|---------------------|| |--------------------------------------------------|---------------------|| |--------------------------------------------------|---------------------|| |--------------------------------------------------|---------------------|| Interlude II G5 (355xxx@1) Gtrs I, II EE Q H W W | / Gtr III ES (022100@1)S EE +E EE E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S EE +E EE E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S EE +E EE E||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------| (022100@1)||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| ||--3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4-|-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4-|-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4-| 1. 2. W H Q Q | x ES (022100@1)S EE +E EE E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S EE +E EE E|----------------------||---------------------|| (022100@1)|---------------------o||---------------------|| |----------------------||---------------------|| |----------------------||---------------------|| |---------------------o||---------------------|| |-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4--||-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4-|| 4th Verse Gtrs I, II EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE 4x W ||------------------|------------------||------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o||------|| ||------------------|------------------||------|| ||------------------|------------------||------|| ||o---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-o||------|| ||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--||------|| Slower Q=112(8=s8) Gtr III < H Q Q +W +W +H. Q |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |---------0--|-(0)-----------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------|| |---------0--|-(0)-----------|-(0)--------|-(0)------x-|| | | Gtr I | W H Q EE +W +H. Q |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|-------------x-|-(x)--------|-(x)---------|| |------------|-----------x---|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|----------x-|| Bridge Gtrs I, II PM--------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-| |-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------| PM----| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2---2S4---5-4-| |-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4-------3-----6-----| PM--------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-| |-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------| PM| PM| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE E (022100@1)EE E|-------------------------|--------------------------|| (022100@1)|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4--------------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-3------6-----|| |-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------2-2/---5-4-|| Gtr III < H Q Q +W +W +H. Q |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |---------0--|-(0)-----------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------|| |---------0--|-(0)-----------|-(0)--------|-(0)------x-|| | | Gtr I | W H Q EE +W +H. Q |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|-------------x-|-(x)--------|-(x)---------|| |------------|-----------x---|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|---------------|------------|----------x-|| Gtrs I, II PM--------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-| |-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------| PM| PM| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-3-----4-----| |-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------3-3---6-6-| PM--------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-| |-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------| PM| PM| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE E (022100@1)EE E|-------------------------|--------------------------|| (022100@1)|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4--------------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-3------6-----|| |-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------2-2/---5-4-|| Gtr II |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| EE EE EE EE EE EE 4x EE EE EE E (022100@1)EE E (022100@1)EE ||---------------------------||---------------------------|| ||o-------------------------o||---------------------------|| ||---------------------------||---------------------------|| ||--------6-6-6-5-5-5--------||-------6-6-6-5--5-5--------|| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-7-6-7-o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-3--3-3-7--6-7-|| ||--2-2-2-------------5-4-5--||-2-2-2--------------5--4-5-|| | | Gtrs I, III | |-3-| | H Q EE E (022100@1)4x Q Q Q Q ||---------------------------||---------------------------|| ||o-------------------------o||---------------------------|| ||---------------------------||---------------------------|| ||---------------------------||---------------------------|| ||o-------------------7-6-7-o||---------------------------|| ||--------------------5-4-5--||-xs====xs====x-----x-----|| Outro Gtrs I, II PM| PM--| PM--| PM--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| Q EE EQ (022100@1) EE E (022100@1) Q EE EQ (022100@1) EE E|-------------------|-------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |--------4-3--------|-------------------| |-2--0-2------0-2S6-|-5--0-2-3-2--3-5-6-| PM| PM--| PM--------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| Q EE EQ (022100@1) EE E (022100@1) Q EE EE EE EE E|-------------------|----------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|------------------2-1-| |--------4-3--------|------------2-1-3-----| |-0--0-2------0-2-3-|-2--3-2-0-3-----------| PM| PM--| PM--| PM--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| Q EE EQ (022100@1) EE E (022100@1) Q EE EQ (022100@1) EE E|-------------------|-------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |--------4-3--------|-------------------| |-2--0-2------0-2S6-|-5--0-2-3-2--3-5-6-| 2/4 PM| PM--| PM--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| Q EE EQ (022100@1) EE E (022100@1) Q EE E|-------------------|----------| (022100@1)|-------------------|----------| |-------------------|----------| |-------------------|----------| |--------4-3--------|----------| |-0--0-2------0-2-3-|-2--3-2-0-| 4/4 Gtr I PM--------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EQ (022100@1) H |-------------------------|---------------*| |-------------------------|---------------*| |-------------------------|---------------*| |-------------------------|---------------*| |---2-1---5-4---4-3---3-2-|-5-4-2---------*| |-3-----6-----5-----4-----|-3-2-0---------*| | | Gtr II | PM--------------------| | |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| | EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EQ (022100@1) H |-------------------------|---------------*| |-------------------------|---------------*| |-------------------------|---------------*| |---------5-4---3-2---2-1-|---------------*| |---2-1-6-----4-----3-----|-5-4-2---------*| |-3-----------------------|-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 (x24432@1) - 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