Band: Slayer
Song: Raining Blood
Album: Reign in Blood (1986)
Bassist: Tom Araya
Tuning: Half-Step Down

Note:
I made this tab based on the bass master track of the song, so you can be
completely sure that this tab is 100% correct. 

You can hear the bass master track here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytrjv7Mpn6w

Intro

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C#|---|
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D#|-0-|

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C#|---------------------------------------------|
G#|---------7-------7-------7-------7-------7---|
D#|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|
  |
F#|---------------|
C#|-------3-2-----|
G#|-----4-----3-2-|
D#|-2-4-----------|

F#|-------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------7---|
D#|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|
  |                                                   x3
F#|---------------|
C#|-------3-2-----|
G#|-----4-----3-2-|
D#|-2-4-----------|

F#|-----------------|
C#|-----------------|
G#|-----------------|
D#|-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|

F#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-6\-55-5-6-5-6-5-6-55-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-3-|
  |
F#|--------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------|
D#|-5-6-5-6-5-6-55-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-3-|

Verse 1

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C#|--------------------|
G#|-----3---6------2-5-|
D#|-0-0---0----0-0-----|

F#|--------------------|
C#|--------------------|
G#|-----3---6------2-5-|
D#|-0-0---0----000-----|

F#|--------------------|
C#|--------------------| x5
G#|-----3---6------2-5-|
D#|-0-0---0----0-0-----|

F#|---------------------|
C#|---------------------|
G#|-----3---6------2-5/-|
D#|-0-0---0----0-0------|

F#|----------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------66666666666666666-----|
D#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-5-------------------5-5-|

F#|----------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------66666666666666666-----|
D#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-5-------------------5-5-|

Verse 2

F#|----------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------| x2
G#|------------------------------66666666666666666-----|
D#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-5-------------------5-5-|

F#|-------|
C#|-------| x2
G#|-------|
D#|-0-0-0-|

F#|---------------------------|
C#|---------------------------|
G#|---------------------------|
D#|-0-0-0-0-6-7-6-3-6-5-2-5-4-|

F#|-------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------|
D#|-0-0-0-0-6-7-6-3-6-5-2-5-0-0-0-|

F#|-----|
C#|-----| x15
G#|-----|
D#|-0-0-|

F#|-----|
C#|-----| x24
G#|-7-7-|
D#|-0-0-|

Chorus

F#|---------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------| x3
G#|-------2-------1-------0---------|
D#|-0-0-3---0-0-3---0-0-3---0-0-3-2-|

F#|-----------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------|
G#|-------2-------1-------0-----------|
D#|-0-0-3---0-0-3---0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-|

Guitar solo / Outro

F#|-------------------|
C#|-------------------| x4
G#|-------------------|
D#|-0-0-0-0-0-7-6-3-3-|

F#|-------------------------|
C#|-------------------------| x2
G#|-------------------------|
D#|-4-4-4-4-4-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-|

F#|-------------------|
C#|-------------------| x7
G#|-------------------|
D#|-0-0-0-0-0-7-6-3-3-|

F#|------------|
C#|------------| x2
G#|------------|
D#|-0--0-7-6-3-|

F#|---------|
C#|---------| x4
G#|---------|
D#|-0-7-6-3-|

Legend
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| / = slide up
| \ = slide down
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