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METAL STORM/FACE THE SLAYER (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1983 Album SHOW NO MERCY)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by K.King Music by J.Hanneman,K.King
Arranged by Slayer
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=114
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S E E Q. E Q Q Q Q S S S S E E Q. E Q Q Q Q
||---------------------|--------------|--------------------|----------------||
||o--------------------|--------------|--------------------|---------------o||
||o-------------7------|-------5\-----|-------------7------|-------/10--9--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0------7-|-8--8------5--|-0-0-0-0-0-0------7-|-8--8-----------||
9/8
E H H Wx3 W +E 4x
|-------------|-------------||----------------||
|-------------|-------------||o--------------o||
|-------------|-------------||o-0--------(0)-o||
|-0-----------|-------------||----------------||
W W W +E W +E
|-----------|-----------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------|-----------|-0--------(0)-|-0--------(0)-|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|--------------|
W +E W +E W +E W +E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-0--------(0)-|-0--------(0)-|
|-1--------(1)-|-3--------(3)-|--------------|--------------|
W +E W +E W +E W +E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|-0--------(0)-|-0--------(0)-||
|-1--------(1)-|-3--------(3)-|--------------|--------------||
Faster Q=174
4/4
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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 E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\--|-------------3--2--|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|----------------3--|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------3--2--|-------------------|-------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|----------------3--|-0--0--0--3--|
|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-----|-------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q E S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q Q
|----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------5--|-------------|-------------|-------------3--2---|
|-0--0--0-5-7----|-0--0--0--3--|-0--0--0--3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------3--2--|-------------------|
|----------------3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|----------------3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-----|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-----|
Q Q E S S Q Q Q E S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------5--|----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-0--0--0-5-7----|-0--0--0-5-7----|-0--0--0--3--|-0--0--0--3--||
|----------------|-------------5--|-------------|-------------||
|3| |3| |3| |3| |3| |3| |3|
E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q Q 4x E H. E W
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------|------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||-------------|------|
||o-7---7---7---7---|-8---5---7---3/--o||-||-------------|------|
||----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0------||-||-0-----------|------|
W W E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E
|----------|----------|------------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|------------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----|
|----------|----------|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-|
1st and 2nd Verse
E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E
|------------------|------------------||-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------||o------------------|------------------|
|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----||o---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----|
|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-||--0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-|
E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----|
|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-|
E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E E +H +W
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------|
|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----|---------1-(1)----|-(1)----|
|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-|-0-0-0-0----------|--------|
E S S E E +H +W E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E
|------------------|------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------1-(1)----|-(1)--------|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7------|
|-0-0-0-0----------|------------|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7--|
1.
E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|------------------|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------------------|
|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----|-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-|------------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------8-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
2.
E S S E E E E E E E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|--------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------------o||-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---7-8-7---o||-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------8-------8--||-----------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------8-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Guitar Solo
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|
||o-7---------5-----------------|
||o---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||------------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S 4x H H H Q Q 4x
|------------------------------||-||-------------|--------------||
|-4---------5-----------------o||-||o------------|-------------o||
|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-||o-5----/8----|-7----\3-----o||
|------------------------------||-||-------------|----------5---||
Faster Q=190 1.,2.,3. 4.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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 4x E E E E E E Q Q
||--------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||----------------4--|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-3--2--|
||--------------------------|-------------8-8-8-5-5-5--||-------------------|
Guitar Break
Slower Q=174
2/4 4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+W +W +H E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|------------|--------||-------------------------|
|------------|------------|--------||-------------2-----2-----|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----||-------2-------3-0---3-2-|
|------------|------------|--------||-0-2-3---3-0-------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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 E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------2-----2-----|-------------2-----2-----|-------------2-----2------|
|-------2-------3-0---3-2-|-------2-------3-0---3-2-|-------2-------3-0---3-2--|
|-0-2-3---3-0-------------|-0-2-3---3-0-------------|-0-2-3---3-0--------------|
3/4 4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E H E E E E E E H Q Q H E E E E E E H
|------------|------------------|------------|------------------|
|------------|-----------2------|-5----------|-----------2------|
|-------2----|-3-2---2-3---2----|-3--5--2----|-3-2---2-3---2----|
|-0-2-3-0----|-----3-------0----|----3--0----|-----3-------0----|
Slower Q.=167
2/4 12/8
Q Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------||------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-----||------------------------|-------------8-7---7-----|
|-3--5--||-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7-------8---8-7-|
|----3--||-----0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0-------------|
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E E E E Q E
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7--------3----|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5-----|
|-----0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0-1---------|-----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 Q E E E E E E E Q. Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------8-7---7-----|------------------------|------------------------||
|-5h7---5h7-------8---8-7-|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7--------3-----||
|-----0-----0-------------|-----0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0-1----------||
3rd and 4th Verses
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
||-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|-------------8-7---7-----|------------------------|
||o-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7-------8---8-7-|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|
||------0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0-------------|-----0-----0-----0----0-|
E E E E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------8-7---7------|
|-5h7---5h7--------3----|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7-------8---8-7--|
|-----0-----0-1---------|-----0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0--------------|
1.
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E Q. Q.
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7--------3----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-/5----4-----|
|-----0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0-1---------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------o||
|------------------0----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-/5----4----|------------------0-----o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---------|------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-----------||
2.
E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-8----5----7----3/---|
|---0----0----0----0--|---0----0----0-------|
E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q Q.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-8----5----7----3/----|
|---0----0----0----0--|---0----0----0--------|
E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q.
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------5----|-------------------8----|-------------------10-----|
|-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--------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------12----|-------------------5----|-------8----------10-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0------0-0-0--------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
Slower Q=114
6/8 9/8 4/4
E E E Q. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q H.
|-------------|-0-2-3-0-2---0-----------------------|----------*|
|-------12----|-----------3---2-3-0-2---0-2-3-0-2---|----------*|
|-0-0-0-------|-----------------------3-----------3-|-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
