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SLAYER
BEHIND THE CROOKED CROSS
From their fine album 'South of Heaven'
Tabbed by: Jason Mathie
Mathie@unixg.ubc.ca
Another one of my favorite songs on 'South of Heaven'. The only tabbed
version I've seen around of this song is of considerably low quality (no
offense intended to the author of that tab - at least the main riff was
right).
Comments:
Another Slayer song that you could play on a four-string guitar (except
for those nutty solos, of course). I've ignored the top two strings
again.
I didn't even attempt to do the solos.
Throughout the song, play all downpicks. I know it's fast and your wrist
starts to hurt. Quit whining. Slayer is supposed to hurt.
As usual, guitars are tuned to Eb. Hanneman has the left stereo channel.
Generally one dash is a sixteenth note in length. So ---- is one beat.
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Tempo 220 bpm (ie crazy fast)
Intro
Gb |-----------------|
Db |-----------------|
Ab |-----------------|
Eb |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
P.M . . . . . . . .
Left Gtr plays the intro riff 4x
Both Gtrs play the intro riff 16x (after 4x the drums enter)
Riff A
Gb|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db|-----3-----2-----|-----------------|-----3-----2-----|-------------4---|
Ab|-----3-----2-----|-4-----3-----3-4-|-----3-----2-----|-4-----3-----4---|
Eb|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|-4-2-2-3-2-2-----|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|-4-2-2-3-2-2-----|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Both Gtrs play Riff A 2x
Riff B1
Gb |-Left-Gtr--------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |/4~----3~--------|---------5-6-5---|
Eb |-------------5---|---4-----3-4-3---|
| | |
Gb |-Right-Gtr-------|-----------------|
Db |/6~----5~--------|-----------------|
Ab |-------------7---|---6-----5-6-5---|
Eb |-----------------|-----------------|
P.M . .
Both Gtrs play Riff B1
Both Gtrs play Riff A 4x with lyrics:
Time melts away in this living inferno
Trapped by a cause that I once understood
Feeling a sickness building inside of me
Who will I really have to answer to
Riff C
Gb|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab|/4~----3~--------|---------5-6-5---|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb|-------------5---|---4-----3-4-3---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Both Gtrs Play Riff C 3.5x with lyrics:
March on through the rivers of red
Souls drift, they fill the air
Forced to fight behind
The crooked cross.
Both Gtrs play Riff A 6x, lyrics after 2x:
Do only what is expected of me
With no emotions my feelings suppressed
Blind obedience carries me through it all
Conscience a word I learned to forget.
Both Gtrs play Riff C 3x, then Riff B1, with these lyrics:
March on through the rivers of ... (same as before)
Then both Gtrs play
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-4---------------|-----------------|
Eb |-2---------------|------rest-------|
^---quick chord
Riff D
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-----4-----4-----|-3---3---7-7-6---|
Eb |-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-----5-5-4---|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Right Gtr plays Riff D 4x while Left Gtr solos
Left Gtr plays Riff D 4x while Right Gtr solos
Then this little intermission:
Left Gtr continues P.M like in Riff D
Gb|-Left-Gtr--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab|-----4-----4-----|-3---3---7-7-6---|-----4-----4-----|-3---3---7-7-6---|
Eb|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-----5-5-4---|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-----5-5-4---|
| | | | |
Gb|-Right-Gtr-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab|-----------------|---------7-7-6---|-----------------|---------7-7-6---|
Eb|-----------------|---------5-5-4---|-----------------|---------5-5-4---|
Gb|-Left-Gtr--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab|-----4-----4-----|-3---3---7-7-6---|-----4-----4-----|-3---3---7-7-6---|
Eb|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-----5-5-4---|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-----5-5-4---|
| | | | |
Gb|-Right-Gtr-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db|-----6-----6-----|-5---5-----------|-----6-----6-----|-5---5-----------|
Ab|-----4-----4-----|-3---3-----------|-----4-----4-----|-3---3---7-7-6---|
Eb|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-5-4---|
Then Left Gtr plays Riff D 4x while Right Gtr solos
Then Right Gtr plays Riff D 4x while Left Gtr solos
Riff B2
Gb |-Left-Gtr--------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |/4~----3~--------|---------5-6-5---|
Eb |-------------5---|---4-----3-4-3---|
| | |
Gb |/6~----5~--------|-----------------|
Db |-------------7---|---6-----5-6-5---|
Ab |-----------------|-----------------|
Eb |-Right-Gtr-------|-----------------|
P.M . .
Play Riff B2
Both Gtrs play Riff A 4x with lyrics:
Time melts away in this living inferno
Trapped by a cause that I once understood
Blind obedience carries me through it all
Do only what is expected of me.
Both Gtrs play Riff C 2x \
Both Gtrs play Riff B1 and last half of Riff C >--all with lyrics:
Both Gtrs play Riff B2 and last half of Riff C /
March on through the rivers of ... (same as before)
And, end on the quick chord:
Gb |---|
Db |---|
Ab |-4-|
Eb |-2-|
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E-mail me with any concerns, questions, requests, corrections...
Mathie@unixg.ubc.ca
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