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Bitter Peace

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BITTER PEACE (Bassline)
As recorded by SLAYER
(From the 1998 Album DIABOLUS IN MUSICA)

Transcribed by pfiell
	

Words and Music by Hanneman

Gtr I (Db Gb B E) - 'Bass'

 Intro
  Q=80
 4/4
       Gtr I
  H    E. S  S S E   H    E. S  S S E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|---------0-/5-5-4-|---------0-/5-5-4-|


  H    E. S  S S E   H    E. S  S S E   H    E. S  S S E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------0-/5-5-4-|---------0-/5-5-4-|---------0-/5-5-4-|


  E E E E E S S S S E   E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|


  E E E E E S S S S E   E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4--|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-6-5-3-6-5-4-1-|-3-6-5-3-6-5-4-1-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------5-4-------|
|-3-6-5-3-6-5-4-1-|-3-6-5-1-3-5-6-----5-4-1-|


  E E E E E S S S S E   E E E E E S S S S E   E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4--|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------5-----------|
|-----------------|---------4-5---4-3-------|
|-3-6-5-3-6-5-4-1-|-3-6-5-1-----------5-4-1-|


  E E E E E S S S S E   E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|


  E E E E E S S S S E   E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4--|


   Breakdown
    E E  E E +H       E E  E E +H       E E  E E +H       E E  E Q   E Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-0-/6-5-(5)----|-0-0-/6-5-(5)----|-0-0-/6-5-(5)----|-0-0-/6-5--/3-2----||


 Interlude
  Q=200
  Wx10          H    E Q.     E Q.   E Q.
|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|------0-1----|-0------8-7----|


  E Q.    E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0------10-8----|-0------8-7----|-5-7----0-1-----|


 Verse
  PM--------|   PM--------------------|   PM--------------------|   PM------|
  |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------8-----------|-------------6------------|
|-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--|


                            PM--------|   PM--------------------|   PM------|
  |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------6-----------|-------------8------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--|


  PM--------|   PM------|                   PM--------|   PM------|
  |----6----| |----6----|                   |----6----| |----6----|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E Q.   E Q.     E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|---------------|-------------6------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-5-7----0-1----|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--|


  PM--------|   PM--------------------|   PM------|
  |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------8-----------|-------------6-----------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1--|


  PM--------|   PM--------------------|   PM--------------------|   PM------|
  |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------8-----------|-------------6------------|
|-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--|


                       Chorus
  |----6----|
  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 E E
|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|--------------------||-----------------|---------2-1-0---|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-1----||-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2---|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------3-2-1---|-----------------|---------4-3-2---|
|-3-2-0-2-------2-|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|


                  |----6----| |----6----|
    H    E Q.     E E E E E E E E E E E E  3x Wx2
||--------------|--------------------------||--------||
||o-------------|-------------------------o||--------||
||o------7-5----|-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-o||--------||
||--0-----------|--------------------------||--------||


 Verse
  PM--------|   PM--------------------|   PM--------------------|   PM------|
  |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------8-----------|-------------6------------|
|-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--|


                            PM--------|   PM--------------------|   PM------|
  |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------6-----------|-------------8------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--|


  PM--------|   PM------|
  |----6----| |----6----|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E Q.   E Q.
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------6-----------|---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-5-7----0-1----|


  Q=100
  E 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
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-1-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-||


 Chorus
  Q=200
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------2-1-0---|-----------------|---------3-2-1---|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|---------4-3-2---|-----------|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|-2----3----|


  H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-0----2----|-3----7----|-6----1----||


 Interlude
  E Q.   E Q.     E Q.    E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|-0------8-7----|-0------10-8----|-0------8-7----|-5-7----0-1----||


 Guitar Solo 1
  |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------1-----------|-------------------------|-------------1------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--|


  |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------1-----------|--------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3--|


  |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|   |----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 Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------1-----------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2----|


           Guitar Solo 2
 2/4       4/4
            |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|
  E Q.      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-----------|--------------------------|
|-0-2----||-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4--|


  |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------2-----------|-------------------------|-------------2------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3--|


  |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |----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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------2-----------|--------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7--|


  |----6----|
  E E E E E E E Q.     E Q.   E Q.
|--------------------|---------------||
|--------------------|---------------||
|--------------------|---------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2----|-0-3----0-2----||


 Interlude
  W          W          W          H    E Q.
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------0-1----|


   Verse
    Q=100
    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 Q    3x
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------------6-5-4---|-----------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------5-|-----------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4----||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------6-5-4---|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5-|------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|


                              2/4
  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    Q  Q
|----------------------------|-------|
|----------------------------|-------|
|----------------------------|-2--1--|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3--|-------|


   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 S S S S Q   3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------6-5-4---|----------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------5-|----------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------6-5-4---|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5-|------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|


 Out-Chorus
  Q=200
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------2-1-0---|-----------------|---------3-2-1---|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|


  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-2----3----|-0----2----|-3----7----|-6----1----|


   Outro
                         1.
    W          W          W          W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|-1--------|----------|-1-----||


  2.
  E Q.   E Q.     H     E Q.     H    E Q.     E Q.   H
|---------------|--------------|-------------|-------------*|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|-------------*|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|-------------*|
|-0------8-7----|------10-8----|------8-7----|-5-7---------*|



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