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Seasons In The Abyss
Slayer
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SEASONS IN THE ABYSS (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1990 Album SEASONS IN THE ABYSS)
Words by Tom Araya Music by Jeff Hanneman
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Picked Bass'
Q=62
4/4
Gtr I
W H. E E
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||o----------|-------------o||
||o----------|-------------o||
||--0--------|-0-------1-1--||
W H. E E
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||o----------|-------------o||
||o----------|-------------o||
||--0--------|-0-------1-1--||
W H. E E
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|
|-0--------|-0-------1-1-|
W H. S S E
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|-0--------|-0-------1-1---|
W +W
||-----------|---------||
||o----------|--------o||
||o----------|--------o||
||--0--------|-(0)-----||
Q. E Q. E E Q E Q Q
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|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|-0----0-0----0-|-1-1--1/-8--7--|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
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|-2----2-2----2-|-3----3/-10--9--|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
Q. E E. S E E H Q Q
|-----------------|------------|
|-----------------|------------|
|-----------------|------------|
|-0----0-0--0-0-0-|-1----3--2--|
E. S E E S E. E E H Q Q
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|-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-|-1----3--2--|
E. S E E S E. E E H Q Q
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|-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-|-1----3--2--|
E. S E E S E. E E H Q Q
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|-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-|-1----3--2--|
Q=152
E E Q H Q E E Q E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
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||o-------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-------------|------2----1---o||-||o-----------------|-------2-----1---o||
||--0-----------|----------------||-||--0-2-3-0-2-3-5-0-|-2-3-0---3-0---2--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
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|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-0-2-3-0-2-3-5-0-|-2-3-0-2-4--3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0---|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
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|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------1--|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-4--3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
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|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------1--|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q H H H H
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|-------------------|-----------------||o-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------------||o-----------|-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-4--3--||--0----0----|-3----3----|
W +H Q Q H H H H
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|-2--------|-(2)----3--2--|-0----0----|-1----1----|
W +H Q Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|----------|---------------||-------------------|---------------------|
|----------|--------------o||-------------------|---------------------|
|----------|--------------o||-------------------|---------------------|
|-4--------|-(4)----3--2---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0---|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
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|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------1--|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
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|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-4--3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
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|-------------------|--------------1--|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q H H H H
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-4--3--||--0----0----|-3----3----|
W +H Q Q H H H H
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|-2--------|-(2)----3--2--|-0----0----|-1----1----|
W +H Q Q E E Q H Q E E Q E E 3x
|----------|---------------||-||--------------|----------------||
|----------|--------------o||-||o-------------|---------------o||
|----------|--------------o||-||o-------------|------2----1---o||
|-4--------|-(4)----3--2---||-||--0-----------|----------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------1---------|-------1---------|
|-0-2-3-0-2-3-5-0-|-2-3-0-0-4--3--|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0---------|-----------------|-------1---------|-------1---------|
|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-4-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0---------|-----------------|-------1---------|-------1---------|
|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-4-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0---------|-----------------|-------1---------|-------1---------|
|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-4-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-4-1-1-1-1-|-0----0----|-3----3----|
W +H Q Q H H H H
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|-2--------|-(2)----3--2--|-0----0----|-1----1----|
W +H Q Q H H H H
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|-4--------|-(4)----3--2--|-0----0----|-3----3----|
W +H Q Q H H H H
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|-2--------|-(2)----3--2--|-0----0----|-1----1----|
W +H Q Q E E Q H Q E E Q E E
|----------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------|------2----1---|
|-4--------|-(4)----3--2--|-0-----------|---------------|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------1--|
|-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-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-----|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-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-|-0-0-0-0-0-4--3--|
H H H H W +H Q Q
||------------|-----------|----------|---------------|
||o-----------|-----------|----------|---------------|
||o-----------|-----------|----------|---------------|
||--0----0----|-3----3----|-2--------|-(2)----3--2---|
H H H H W +H Q Q
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|-----------|-----------|----------|--------------o||
|-----------|-----------|----------|--------------o||
|-0----0----|-1----1----|-4--------|-(4)----3--2---||
Q=62
W H Q Q
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|-0--------|-1----3--2--|
W E. S Q Q Q
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|-0--------|-1--1-1--3--2--|
W E. S Q Q Q
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|-0--------|-1--1-1--3--2--|
E. S E. S H H Q Q
|----------------|------------|
|----------------|------------|
|----------------|------------|
|-0--0-0--0-0----|-1----3--2--|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(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
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