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 F#|---| C#|---| G#|---| D#|-0-| F#|---------------------------------------------| 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 F#|--------------------| 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 ------ | / = slide up | \ = slide down