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 (022xxx@1) 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 EE EE EE Q EE Q EE 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--| EE EE EE Q EE Q EE Q EE EE EE Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q EE 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--| | EE EE EE Q EE Q EE Q EE EE EE Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q EE 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 ES (022100@1)S ES (022100@1)S ES (022100@1)S E (022100@1) S S ES (022100@1)S ES (022100@1)S ES (022100@1)S E||--------------------------|-------------------------| (022100@1)||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 ES (022100@1)S ES (022100@1)S ES (022100@1)S E (022100@1) EE EE EE EE 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 ES (022100@1)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 ES (022100@1)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--------| ES (022100@1)S S S E (022100@1)EE Q ES (022100@1)S S S EQ (022100@1) 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--------| ES (022100@1)S S S E (022100@1)EE Q ES (022100@1)S S S EQ (022100@1) 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--| EE EE S S S S Q EE EE EE Q EE EE EE EE EE EE 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--| EE EE S S S S Q EE EE EE Q EE EE EE EE EE EE Q Q ||----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| 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(022100@1)EQ (022100@1) EE Q ||--------------------|-------------------|| ||o-------------------|------------------o|| ||--------------------|-------------------|| ||-----------8--9--8--|-----8-7-----7-6---|| ||o-------7-----------|--9--------8------o|| ||--0-0-0-------------|-------------------|| | | Gtr I | PM--| | EE EE E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q E (022100@1)EQ (022100@1) EE 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 EE Q EE Q EE Q EE Q EE Q EE Q EE Q EE 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 (022xxx@1) Gtr II EE Q EE Q EE Q EE Q EE Q EE Q | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / Gtr I PM PM PM PM PM PM EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE ||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||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--------| EE Q EE Q EE Q EE Q EE Q EE Q | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / PM PM PM PM PM PM EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------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| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||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 -------------------------------------------------| 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----------------------------------- EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE 4x ||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------------------|------------------|| ||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3--|| -------------------------------------| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-||------------------|------------------|| |-||o-----------------|-----------------o|| |-||------------------|------------------|| |-||------------------|------------------|| |-||o-----------------|-----------------o|| |-||--4-4-4-4-4-4-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8--|| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE 9x EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE ||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------| ||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--------------------------| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE 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 (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