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Deaths Head

Slayer

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DEATH'S HEAD (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1998 Album DIABOLUS IN MUSICA)

Transcribed by Robin Mack
	

Words and Music by Jeff Hanneman

Gtr I (C# F# B E) - 'Tom'

   Intro
    Moderately Fast Rock Q=148
   4/4                     3/4
    Gtr I
    S S E E E S S E E E  3x S S E S S E S S E
||-----------------------||-------------------||
||o---------------------o||-------------------||
||o---------------------o||-------------------||
||--0-0-0-6-3-0-0-0-6-3--||-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-||


   1st & 2nd Verses
   4/4
    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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|


 Chorus
  W          H    H      W          H    Q  E E
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-3----2----|----------|-------------|
|-0--------|-----------|-1--------|-3----4--4-3-|


                                   1.
  W          H    H      W          H    S S E S S E
|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------||
|----------|-----------|----------|--------------------o||
|----------|-3----2----|----------|--------------------o||
|-0--------|-----------|-1--------|-3----3-2-0-3-2-0----||


                     Interlude I
  2.
  H    S S E S S E    W          +W           +W
|------------------||----------|------------|--------|
|------------------||----------|------------|--------|
|------------------||----------|------------|--------|
|-3----3-2-0-3-2-0-||-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|


  +W           +W           +W
|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|--------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|


  +W           +H.        Q
|------------|-------------------||
|------------|-------------------||
|------------|-------------------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)------(12)\----||


   3rd Verse
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--||


   Under Solo
    E E E E +Q   E E   E S S E E +Q   E E  4x
||-------------------|---------------------||
||o------------------|--------------------o||
||o------------------|--------------------o||
||--2-2-2-1-(1)--0-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-(1)--0-3--||


 Interlude II
  E E Q  H      W          W          W
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-3-----------|----------|----------|------|


    E S S E E +E  E E E   E S S E E +E  E E E
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4-|-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4--||


   4th Verse
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x W
||------------------|------------------||------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||------||
||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--||------||


    Slower Q=112(8=s8)
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    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-------4-4-4-3-3-3-------|-------4-4-4-3-3-3-------|
||--2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|


  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------4-4-4-3-3-3-------|-------4-4-4-3-3-3-------||
|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-||


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


  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-------2-2-2---2S4---5-4-|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4-------3-----6-----|


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


                           1.
  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|  |-3-|
  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||
|-------4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-------2-2-2-3------6-----o||
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------2-2/---5-4--||


 2.
  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|  |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E  E E E
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|-------2-2-2-3------6-----||
|-4-4-4---------2-2/---5-4-||


            |-3-|
    H    Q  E E E  4x H    Q    Q
||-----------------||---------------|
||o---------------o||---------------|
||o---------------o||---------------|
||----------5-4-5--||---------(12)\-|


 Outro
     |-3-|    |-3-|      |-3-|    |-3-|
  Q  E E E Q  E E E   Q  E E E Q  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------4-3--------|-------------------|
|-2--0-2------0-2S6-|-5--0-2-3-2--3-5-6-|


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


     |-3-|    |-3-|      |-3-|    |-3-|
  Q  E E E Q  E E E   Q  E E E Q  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------4-3--------|-------------------|
|-2--0-2------0-2S6-|-5--0-2-3-2--3-5-6-|


                     2/4
     |-3-|    |-3-|      |-3-|
  Q  E E E Q  E E E   Q  E E E
|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|
|--------4-3--------|----------|
|-0--0-2------0-2-3-|-2--3-2-0-|


 4/4
  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E Q  H
|-------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------|---------------*|
|---2-1---5-4---4-3---3-2-|---------------*|
|-3-----6-----5-----4-----|-3-2-0---------*|



Duration Legend
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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
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 |  - 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