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Fight Till Death
Slayer
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FIGHT TILL DEATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1983 Album SHOW NO MERCY)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words and Music by J.Hanneman
Arranged by Slayer
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'T.Araya'
Intro
Fast Q=180
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8 E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
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|------------||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|------------||-----------------|---------3--1--|-----------------|
|------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Verses
$
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
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|---------------||o-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------3--1--||o-----------------|---------3--1--|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-------||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
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|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------3--1--|-----------------|---------3--1--|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
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|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------3--1--|-----------------|---------3--1--|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
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|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------3--1--|-----------------|---------3--1--|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Chorus
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q
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|---------3--1--||-------------4--|---------4--3--|-------------4---|
|-4-4-4-4-------||-1-1-1-1-1-1----|-1-1-1-1-------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------------4--|---------4--3--|-------------4---|
|-1-1-1-1-4--4--|-1-1-1-1-1-1----|-1-1-1-1-------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|
E E E E Q 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
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|---------------||-----------------|---------5-------|------------------|
|---------------||---5-6-----7-8---|-----6-5---6-----|---5-6-----7-8----|
|-1-1-1-1-4--4--||-3-----5-6-----7-|-8-8---------4-6-|-3-----5-6-----7--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------5-------|-----------------|---------5-------|------------------|
|-----6-5---6-----|---5-6-----7-8---|-----6-5---6-----|---5-6-----7-8----|
|-8-8---------4-6-|-3-----5-6-----7-|-8-8---------4-6-|-3-----5-6-----7--|
To Coda
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
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|---------5-------o||-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-5---6-----o||-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8---------4-6--||-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-|-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 E E E E E E E E
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|-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q 4x
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|-----------------||o-----------------|---------1--1--o||
|-----------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-|-3-1-3-3-------o||
|-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-||------------------|----------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
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||o-----------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|---------1--1---o||
||o-----------------|---------1--1--o||-||o-3-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-|-3-1-3-3--------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-|-3-1-3-3--------||-||------------------|-----------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q
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||o-----------------|---------------o||-||----------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|---------1--1--o||-||-------------4--|---------4--3---|
||--3-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-|-3-1-3-3--------||-||-1-1-1-1-1-1----|-1-1-1-1--------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q
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|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------4--|---------------|-------------4--|---------4--3---|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1----|-1-1-1-1-4--4--|-1-1-1-1-1-1----|-1-1-1-1--------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q
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|-------------4--|---------------||----------------|-1--1-1-1-1--1---|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1----|-1-1-1-1-4--4--||-3--3-3-3-3--3--|-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3--3--|----------------|----------------|-1--1-1-1-1--1---|
|----------------|-2--2-2-2-2--2--|-3--3-3-3-3--3--|-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q
|-------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----|----------------|----------------|-1--1-1-1-1--1---|
|----------0--|-1--1-1-1-1--1--|-3--3-3-3-3--3--|-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3--3--|----------------|----------------|-1--1-1-1-1--1---|
|----------------|-2--2-2-2-2--2--|-3--3-3-3-3--3--|-----------------|
6/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
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|-2--2-2-2-2--2--|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--*|
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
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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
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