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Postmortem

Slayer

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#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# POSTMORTEM As recorded by Slayer (From the 1986 Album REIGN IN BLOOD) Transcribed by Fenian Words and Music by Jeff Hanneman Ab5 4 6 6 x x x Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled' Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled' Intro Q.=140 12/8 Gtrs I, II PM--| PM PM PM--| PM PM Q. E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |------------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---| |-9----------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---| |-7-----------8s7---7s=8---|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---| |-0----0-0-0------0------0-|--------0-0-0------0------0-| PM--| PM PM E Q E E E E E E E E E |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |-13s12--------10s9---9s10-----| |-13s12--------10s9---9s10-----| |-11s10---------8s7---7s=8-----| |--------0-0-0------0------0---| PM--| PM PM Q. Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------||---------------------------| |-----------------------||o--------------------------| |-8----8----------------||-------------10s9---9s10---| |-8----8----------------||-------------10s9---9s10---| |-6----6----8-6---6-5---||o-------------8s7---7s=8---| |---------------7-----7-||--0----0-0-0------0------0-| PM--| PM PM PM--| PM PM E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---| |-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---| |-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---| |--------0-0-0------0------0-|--------0-0-0------0------0-| 1. 2. 6/8 12/8 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 |-----------------------|--------------||-------------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------o||-------------------------|| |-8----8----------------|--------------||-------------------------|| |-8----8----------------|-3------------||-3-----------2-----------|| |-6----6----8-6---6-5---|---5-4-3-----o||---5-4-3-------4-3-2-----|| |---------------7-----7-|---------4-0--||---------4-0---------3-0-|| Pre-Verse Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E ||-------------------------|------------------------| ||o------------------------|------------------------| ||-------------------------|------------------------| ||--2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| ||o-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| ||--0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|--------------------------|| |------------------------|-------------------------o|| |------------------------|--------------------------|| |-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3--|| |-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3-o|| |-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1--|| Verse Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| |-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| |-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------| |-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----| |-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----| |-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1----| Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| |-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| |-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------| |-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----| |-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----| |-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1----| PM------------------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| -------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----| PM------------------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| -------------------------------| PM--| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E Q. |-------------------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------9----------9-----|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-----|| Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E ||-------------------------|------------------------| ||o------------------------|------------------------| ||-------------------------|------------------------| ||--2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| ||o-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| ||--0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|---------------------------o|| |------------------------|----------------------------|| |-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----|| |-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3---o|| |-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1----|| Verse Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| |-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| |-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| Q 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-----------2--------------| |-2--3-------------------|---5-4-3-------4-3-2--------| |-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------4-0---------3-0----| Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| |-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------| |-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| Q 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-----------2--------------| |-2--3-------------------|---5-4-3-------4-3-2--------| |-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------4-0---------3-0----| PM------------------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| -------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----| PM----------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| PM--| PM--------| Q. E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. |----------------------|-------------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------------|| |-6----------5----8----|-------------9-9-9-9-----|| |-4----4-4-4-3----6----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|| PM--| PM PM PM--| PM PM Q. E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |------------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---| |------------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---| |-------------8s7---7s=8---|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---| |-0----0-0-0------0------0-|--------0-0-0------0------0-| PM--| PM PM E Q E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E |----------------------------|--------------------------|| |----------------------------|--------------------------|| |-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-8----8-------------------|| |-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-8----8-------------------|| |-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|-6----6----8-6---6-5------|| |--------0-0-0------0------0-|---------------7-----7----|| PM--| PM PM Q. E E E E E E E E E ||---------------------------| ||o--------------------------| ||-------------10s9---9s10---| ||-------------10s9---9s10---| ||o-------------8s7---7s=8---| ||--0----0-0-0------0------0-| PM--| PM PM PM--| PM PM E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---| |-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---| |-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---| |--------0-0-0------0------0-|--------0-0-0------0------0-| 1. 2. 6/8 12/8 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 |-----------------------|--------------||-------------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------o||-------------------------|| |-8----8----------------|--------------||-------------------------|| |-8----8----------------|-3------------||-3-----------2-----------|| |-6----6----8-6---6-5---|---5-4-3-----o||---5-4-3-------4-3-2-----|| |---------------7-----7-|---------4-3--||---------4-3---------3-2-|| Interlude Q=164 4/4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------------------|------------------|| ||------------------|-------------7-6--|| ||o---8-7-6-----7-6-|---8-7-6-4-3-----o|| ||--0-------5-4-----|-0----------------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||-------------------|-------------------|| ||o------------------|------------------o|| ||-------------------|--------------9-8--|| ||----10-9-8-----9-8-|---10-9-8-6-5-7-6--|| ||o----8-7-6-7-6-7-6-|----8-7-6-4-3-----o|| ||--0--------5-4-----|-0-----------------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------------------|------------------|| ||------------------|-------------7-6--|| ||o---8-7-6-----7-6-|---8-7-6-4-3-----o|| ||--0-------5-4-----|-0----------------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x ||-------------------|-------------------|| ||o------------------|------------------o|| ||-------------------|--------------9-8--|| ||----10-9-8-----9-8-|---10-9-8-6-5-7-6--|| ||o----8-7-6-7-6-7-6-|----8-7-6-4-3-----o|| ||--0--------5-4-----|-0-----------------|| H.=H Ab5 Gtr II W +W +W | | | / / / Gtr I TP TP H H H. Q +W |-----------|-------------:--------|| |-----------|-------------:--------|| |-----------|-------------:--------|| |-6---------|-------------:--------|| |-6----6----|--6-------6--:-(6)----|| |-4----4----|--4-------4--:-(4)----|| Interlude 2 Q=240 Ab5 Gtr II Q Q H W | / Gtr I E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S S S |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-| W Q H. | x E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6--6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-| Gtrs I, II E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S S S |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7----|| Out-Verse 1 & 2 E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S S S ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------| ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------| ||--4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7---| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S S S |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-| 1. E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7----| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------------------| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------------------| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------o|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|| 2. 7/8 4/4 Q Q Q E E S S S S E E S S S S E |--------------||--------------------------| |--------------||o-------------------------| |--------------||--------------------------| |--------------||--------------------------| |-9------------||o-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-7--------11\-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-------------| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------------| |-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3--| 1. 2. H.=H E S S S S E E S S S S E H H W +W W |--------------------------||-----------||----------|------------|------*| |-------------------------o||-----------||----------|------------|------*| |--------------------------||-----------||----------|------------|------*| |--------------------------||-----------||----------|------------|------*| |-------------------------o||-9----8----||-2--------|-(2)--------|------*| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6--||-7----6----||-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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