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Show No Mercy
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SHOW NO MERCY (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1983 Album SHOW NO MERCY)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words and Music by K.King
Arranged by Slayer
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'T.Araya'
Intro
Fast Q=192
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8 W +W W
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|-7--------|-(7)--------|-3----|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
+W W H H E E E E E E E E
|------------|----------|-----------||------------------|
|------------|----------|-----------||o-----------------|
|-(3)--------|----------|-----------||o-----------------|
|------------|-3--------|-5----7----||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E. E +S E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E. E +S E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E. E +S E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1st and 2nd Verses
E E E E E. E +S E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------10--9-(9)-5-||-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E. E +S E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E. E +S E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E. E +S E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus I and II
E E E E E. E +S E E Q E E Q E
|---------------------||---------------|
|---------------------||---------------|
|---------10--9-(9)-5-||-2-2--0-2-2--0-|
|-0-0-0-0-------------||---------------|
Q. E Q. E E Q E E Q E Q. E Q. E E Q E E Q E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------0-2----0-|-2-2--0-5-5--0-|------0-2----0-|-2-2--0-2-2--0-|
|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------|---------------|
Guitar Solo
Q. E Q. E E Q E E Q E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------||-||------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|
|------0-2----0-|-2-2--0-5-5--0-|------0-2----0-o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-3-------------|---------------|-3--------------||-||------------------|
E E E E E. E +S E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-9--10-(10)-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E. E +S E 4x E E E E E E E E
|---------------------||-||------------------|
|---------5--7-(7)-9-o||-||o-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7------------o||-||o-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-|
|---------------------||-||------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E
|------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-1-0-0-0-3-2-2-2-o||-1-0-0-0---------|
|------------------||---------0-0-0-0-|
Bridge
S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E Q E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------------0----|
|-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-0----3-|
|---------------------|------------------|
S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2---|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
Chorus III
S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E Q E E +Q E E +Q E
|---------------------|-------------------||-||-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------0--2-o||-||-------------------|
|-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-0------o||-||-9-(9)--7-9-(9)--7-|
|---------------------|-------------------||-||-------------------|
Q. E Q. E E +Q E E +Q E Q. E Q. E E +Q E E +Q E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------7-(7)----|---------------|-------------------|
|-5----7-9----7-|-9-(9)--7--------7-|-5----7-9----7-|-9-(9)--7-9-(9)--7-|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
Q. E Q. E E +Q E E +Q E Q. E H E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|-------------||------------------|
|---------------|----------7-(7)----|-------------||o-----------------|
|-5----7-9----7-|-9-(9)--7--------7-|-5----7-9----||o-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-|
|---------------|-------------------|-------------||------------------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||--------------||
|-1-0-0-0-3-2-2-2-|-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-|-1-0-0-0-7-5--5-o||-1-0-0-0------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------0----||
S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E. E +S E S S E E E S S E E E
||----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
||o-5s7-------5s7-------|-5s7-------9--10-(10)-9-|-5s7-------5s7--------|
||------0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-----0-0-0--------------|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0--|
1. 2H.=H Slower Q=120
S S E E E E. E +S E S S E E E E. E +S E E. E +S E E. E +S E W
|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------:------|
|----------------------o||----------------------|-----------------------:------|
|-5s7----------0-(0)-2-o||-5s7----------3-(3)-2-|----3-(3)-2----3-(3)-2-:------|
|-----0-0-0-3-----------||-----0-0-0-3----------|-3----------3----------:-0----|
+W +W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
+W +W
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|-(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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