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CHEMICAL WARFARE
By SLAYER
(Music: Hanneman Lyrics: Hanneman, King)
As Performed On HAUNTING THE CHAPEL 1984
METAL BLADE Records
Tabbed By Ema
Tuning Eb
RIFF 1 INTRO x2 KING x2 BOTH GUITARS x4 BOTH WITH DRUMS
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-0-000-0-000-|
. . . . . . . . ... . ... . ...
FILL 1
|KING
| N.H. BAR
|----------|
|-5\\\\----|
|-5\\\\----|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-2--------|
|-0--------|
x
RIFF 2 VERSE x12
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--------------------------1h2-|
|------------------------------|
|-000000000000333333111111-----|
........................
RIFF 3 CHORUS x1
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------2-3-2---------2---|-3-------2-3-2-2-3-2---------2---|
|-1-------------0-1-0-4-------0---|-1-------0-1-0-0-1-0-4-------0---|
|---------------------2-----------|---------------------2-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------2-3-2---------2---|-3-------2-3-2-2-3-2-------------|
|-1-------------0-1-0-4-------0---|-1-------0-1-0-0-1-0-4-------5---|
|---------------------2-----------|---------------------2-------3---|
x
FILL 2
|KING
| N.H. BAR BAR
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-5//\\\\\\-----------------|
|-5//\\\\\\-----------------|
|-------------0//\\\\\\-----|
RIFF 2 VERSE x3
FILL 3
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-------------5-----3----------|
|-0000000000003-----1----------|
............
RIFF 2 VERSE x8
RIFF 3 CHORUS x1
FILL 3
|KING
| BAR
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-0///\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-----|
RIFF 4 INTERLUDE x2
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----10\9------10----10\9-----------------|
|-----8\7-------8-----8\7-----7-6-9-7-----|
|-000-----00000---000-----7-8---------8-7-|
... ..... ... . . . . . . . .
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----10\9------10----10\9-----------------|
|-----8\7-------8-----8\7-------6-7-6-----|
|-000-----00000---000-----8-7-8-------8-7-|
... ..... ... . . . . . . . .
RIFF 4A INTERLUDE x1
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----8\7-------8-----8\7-----------------|
|-000-6\5-00000-6-000-6\5-0-1-5-4-7-5-1-0-|
... ..... ... . . . . . . . .
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----8\7-------8-----8\7-----------------|
|-000-6\5-00000-6-000-6\5-1-0-1-4-5-4-1-0-|
... ..... ... . . . . . . . .
RIFF 4B INTERLUDE x1
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----7\6-------7-----7\6-----------------|
|-----5\4-------5-----5\4-----4-3-6-4-----|
|-000-----00000---000-----4-5---------5-4-|
... ..... ... . . . . . . . .
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----7\6-------7-----7\6-----------------|
|-----5\4-------5-----5\4-------3-4-3-----|
|-000-----00000---000-----5-4-5-------5-4-|
... ..... ... . . . . . . . .
RIFF 1 INTRO x1 KING x1 BOTH x4 BOTH WITH DRUMS
FILL 1A
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-2----------------------------|
|-0----------------------------|
x
RIFF 5 INTERLUDE x1
|x3 |x1
|--------------------|--------------------|-------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------|
|--------------7-----|--------------7-6-5-|-------|
|-6------------5-7-9-|-6------------5-4-3-|-7-8-7-|
|-444444444444---5-7-|-444444444444-------|-5-6-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------|
........... ...........
SOLO 1 KING
|-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-20-12h15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|-17-12h15-17-12h15-16-11h14-16-11h14-15-10h13-15-10h13-14-9h12-14-9h12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
BAR
|-13-8h11-13-8h11-12-7h10-12-7h10-11-6h9-11-6h9\---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------/8b^^^------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------9//\/\/\/\\----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T
A.H.
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-10-9-10-9-12-10-9----------------------------------|
|---------------------11-9-8-9-11-9-8------------------|
|-------------------------------------10-8-7-8b^^^-----|
|------------------------------------------------------|
RIFF 5 x1 UNDER SOLO 1
RIFF 6 BETWEEN SOLOS x4
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-----7-------------------------------------------------|
|-6-----5--------------7\6--------7\6---------------------|
|---000---000000000000-5\4-000000-5\4-8-------------------|
|-------------------------------------6666666666663333666-|
... ............ ...... ...................
SOLO 2 HANNEMAN
N.H.
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------15b^^^---|
|----------15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17----------|
|-15----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
BAR
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17b^^^---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------0//\\\\//\/\\/\\/\\\\---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------15-16b^^--|
|-------------------------------------14-15-17-14-15-17-----------|
|-------------------13-14-16-13-14-16-----------------------------|
|-12-13-15-12-13-15-----------------------------------------------|
|-15-16-18-16-15-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------18-17-15-18-17-15-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------18-16-15-18-16-15----15-16b^---16b^^^---|
|----------------------------------------------------17--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7-8-10-7-8-10---------------8-10-11-8-10-11-----------------|
|-6-7-9-6-7-9---------------7-9-10-7-9-10-----------------9-10-12-9-10-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------24b^^----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12-13-15-12-13-15----------|
|-------------------11-12-14-11-12-14----------------------------|
|-10-11-13-10-11-13----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------16-------17--------|
|----------15-------16-----|
|-14-14-------14-------15--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
BAR
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------/21b//\/\/\/\\\---|
|-12-14-12----12-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------14----14-12-14-12----12-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------14----14-12-14-12----12-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------15----15-12-------------------|
RIFF 2 x8 UNDER SOLO 1
SOLO 3 KING
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------17-18-20-17-18-20-|
|-------------------------------------16-17-19-16-17-19-------------------|
|-------------------15-16-18-15-16-18-------------------------------------|
|-14-15-17-14-15-17-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------17-18-20-17-18-20--23b^^--23b-23b-23b^^--|
|-17-19-20-17-19-20------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18-21-18-20-18-21-18-20-18-21-18-20-18-21-18-20-18--21-20-18-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-20-19-17-19-20-19-17-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------20-18-17-18"20"18"17"-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------19"-17-16b\\\-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17fb^^17"17"17"17"17"-15"12"14"15"12"14"15"12"14"15-14-12-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------14-13-11-14-13-11-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-12-11-14-12-11-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------13-11-10-13-11-10-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12-10-9-12-10-9---------------9-10-12-9-|
|-----------------------------------------------------8-9-11-8-9-11-----------|
N.H. BAR
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------11-12-14-11-12-14---------------------------|
|-------10-11-13-10-11-13-------------------15//\\\///\/\//\/\/\\-----|
|-10-12---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
RIFF 3 x1 UNDER SOLO 3
RIFF 7 INTERLUDE x6
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------9-8----------9-8----------9-8-----------------|
|-9-----10-7-6-9-----10-7-6-9-----10-7-6-9-----10-11-12--|
|-777777-8-----777777-8-----777777-8-----777777-8--9-10--|
...... ...... ...... ......
FILL 4
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-888-556677-445566-555-|
... ...... ...... ...
RIFF 3A CHORUS x1
|KING BAR
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------2-3-2-------------|-3-------2-3-2-2-3-2---------2---|
|-1-------------0-1-0-4-----------|-1-------0-1-0-0-1-0-4-------0---|
|---------------------2-0\\\/\/\\-|---------------------2-----------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------2-3-2---------2---|-3-------2-3-2-2-3-2---------2---|
|-1-------------0-1-0-4-------0---|-1-------0-1-0-0-1-0-4-------0---|
|---------------------2-----------|---------------------2-----------|
|KING S.H. BAR BAR
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------3\\\//\/\-|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------2-3-2-------------|-3-------2-3-2-2-3-2-------------|
|-1-------------0-1-0-4-----------|-1-------0-1-0-0-1-0-4-------0//-|
|---------------------2-----------|---------------------2-----------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------2-3-2---------2---|-3-------2-3-2-2-3-2-------------|
|-1-------------0-1-0-4-------0---|-1-------0-1-0-0-1-0-4-------5---|
|---------------------2-----------|---------------------2-------3---|
RIFF 8A INTO OUTRO x1
|KING
| BAR
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|(0)\\\\\\\\------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------------3-2---2---------|
|-5-----4---------------3-----|
|---222---222-----2---2---222-|
... ... . . ...
|KING
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------------3-2---2---------|
|-5-----4---------------3-----|
|---222---222-----2---2---222-|
... ... . . ...
RIFF 8 OUTRO x2
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------------3-2---2---------|
|-5-----4---------------3-----|
|---222---222-----2---2---222-|
... ... . . ...
RIFF 9 OUTRO x1
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2p1-|---------------------------------1h2-|
|------3p2------2p1------3p2----------|------3p2------2p1------3p2----------|
|-4444-----3333-----4444-----3333-----|-4444-----3333-----4444-----3333-----|
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------2p1-|----------------------------|
|------3p2------2p1------3p2----------|------3p2------2p1------3p2-|
|-4444-----3333-----4444-----3333-----|-4444-----3333-----4444-----|
.... .... .... .... .... .... ....
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-33333333333333333333333333333333333-|
...................................
FILL 5 END
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|-22222222222222222222222222222222222---------------------------------------|
|-00000000000000000000000000000000000---------------------------------------|
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