Chemical Warfare by Slayer #----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# CHEMICAL WARFARE (Bassline) As recorded by Slayer (From the 1987 Album HAUNTING THE CHAPEL) Transcribed by Jeff Perrin (DuffMcKagan7179) Words and Music by Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled' Q=200 4/4 Gtr I Wx16 |---------| |---------| |---------| |---------| q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x |------------||------------------|------------------|| |------------||o-----------------|-----------------o|| |-7----------||o-----------------|---------------1-o|| |------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1----|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 8x |-||------------------|--------------------|| |-||o-----------------|-------------------o|| |-||o-----------------|---------------1---o|| |-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1------|| W +H E. S +E E W +H E S S +Q |----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| |----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| |-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|----------0-0-(0)--| |----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----2----------| |-3-| |-3-| W Q Q Q Q Q Q W +H E S S +Q |----------|-------------|----------|--------------------| |----------|-------------|----------|--------------------| |-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|----------0-0-(0)---| |----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)----2-----------| W +H E. S +E E W +H E S S +Q |----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| |----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| |-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|----------0-0-(0)--| |----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----2----------| |-3-| |-3-| W Q Q Q Q Q Q W +H. Q q Q H |----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------|| |----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------|| |-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|-------------|------------|| |----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)------3--|-0----------|| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|---------------1-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1---| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|| |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3----1----|| 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 4x ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||o-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|---------------1--o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-----|| W +H E. S +E E W +H +E S S +Q |----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------| |----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------| |-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)--| |----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)----------| |-3-| |-3-| W Q Q Q Q Q Q W +H +E S S +Q |----------|-------------|----------|----------------------| |----------|-------------|----------|----------------------| |-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)---| |----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)-----------| W +H E. S +E E W +H +E S S +Q |----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------| |----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------| |-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)--| |----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)----------| |-3-| |-3-| W Q Q Q Q Q Q W +H. Q q Q H |----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------|| |----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------|| |-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|-------------|------------|| |----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)------3--|-0----------|| Q=128 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------8p7-----------------8-|---------8p7-------------7-8-----| |-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-7h8-----8-7-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------8p7-----------------8---| |-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----| 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 E |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------8p7-------------7-8-----|---------8p7-----------------8-| |-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-7h8-----8-7-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |---------8p7-------------7-8------| |-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-7h8-----8-7--| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------8p7-----------------8-|---------8p7-------------7-8------| |-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-7h8-----8-7--| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| ||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| ||--0-0-0-0-6p5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-|-0-0-0-0-6p5-0-0-0-0-1-0-5-0-1--|| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E |-||---------------------------------| |-||o--------------------------------| |-||o---------5p4-----------------5--| |-||--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----| Faster Q=196 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S q Q H W |----------------------------------||------------|------|| |---------------------------------o||------------|------|| |---------5p4-------------4p3-----o||------------|------|| |-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-4h5-----4h5--||-0----------|------|| W W E E E E E E E E |----------|----------||------------------| |----------|----------||o-----------------| |----------|----------||o-----------------| |----------|----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| S S E E S S E E E S S 4x q Q H |------------------------||------------|| |-----------------------o||------------|| |-----------------------o||------------|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0----------|| Slightly Faster Q=200 E E E E E E E E E E E E E. S +E E ||------------------|--------------------| ||o-----------------|---------5----------| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4----4-(4)-5-| ||------------------|--------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E. S +E E |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------5-----------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4----4-(4)-5--| |-----------------|---------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E. S +E E |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|---------5----------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4----4-(4)-5-| |-----------------|--------------------| E E E E E E E E E. S +E E E. S +E E |-----------------|------------------------|| |-----------------|-5--4-(4)-3------------o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------5--6-(6)-5-o|| |-----------------|------------------------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E. S +E E 4x |-----------------|----------------------|| |-----------------|---------------------o|| |-----------------|---------------------o|| |-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-3--4-(4)-6---|| 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 4x ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||o-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|---------------1--o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-----|| $ W +H E. S +E E W +H +E S S +Q |----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------| |----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------| |-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)--| |----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)----------| |-3-| |-3-| W Q Q Q Q Q Q W +H +E S S +Q |----------|-------------|----------|----------------------| |----------|-------------|----------|----------------------| |-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)---| |----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)-----------| W +H E. S +E E W +H +E S S +Q |----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------| |----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------| |-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)--| |----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)----------| To Coda |-3-| |-3-| W Q Q Q Q Q Q W +H. Q q Q H |----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------|| |----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------|| |-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|-------------|------------|| |----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)------3--|-0----------|| E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E ||--------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------| ||o-----------7-(7)-6-|-----------7-(7)-6-| ||--7-7-7-7-8---------|-7-7-7-7-8---------| E E E E E E +E E E E E E E. S +E E |-------------------|-----------------------|| |-------------------|----------------------o|| |-----------7-(7)-6-|----------------------o|| |-7-7-7-7-8---------|-7-7-7-7-8--9-(9)-10---|| E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E ||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||o-----------7-(7)-6-|-----------7-(7)-6-|-----------7-(7)-6-| ||--7-7-7-7-8---------|-7-7-7-7-8---------|-7-7-7-7-8---------| D.S. al Coda 2/4 E E E E E. S +E E 4x E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E |----------------------||-----------------------|------------|| |---------------------o||-----------------------|------------|| |---------------------o||-----------------------|------------|| |-7-7-7-7-8--9-(9)-10--||-7--8-(8)-9-6--7-(7)-8-|-5--6-(6)-0-|| & 4/4 W W W W |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E ||------------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-------------------| ||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-| 1. E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E |-----------------|---------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------o|| |-----------------|--------------------o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3---|| 2. E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| 2/4 4/4 TP S S E E E W Q Q E E +E E |-----------||----------:---------------------*| |-----------||----------:-------14-12-(12)-12-*| |-----------||----------:-------12-10-(10)-10-*| |-3-3-3-5-6-||-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 - 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 www.TAB6.com