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Chemical Warfare
Slayer
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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
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