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Slayer - "At Dawn They Sleep" Guitar Tab

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Updated: 2007-01-14 21:33:20

By:

Ema


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AT DAWN THEY SLEEP
 By SLAYER
 (Music: Hanneman  Lyrics: Araya, Hanneman, King)
 As Performed On HELL AWAITS 1985
 METAL BLADE Records

 Tabbed By Ema

 Tuning Eb


 RIFF 1 INTRO x2

|KING
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------8-7-----------------------------|
|-------9-------------8-7-----------------|
|-------------------9-------------7-6-----|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-8-----7-6-|
| . . .       . . .       . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------5-4-----------------------------|
|-------6-------------5-4-----------------|
|-------------------6-------------4-3-----|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-5-----4-3-|
  . . .       . . .       . . . .



 RIFF 1A INTRO x4

|KING
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------8-7-----------------------------|
|-------9-------------8-7-----------------|
|-------------------9-------------7-6-----|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-8-----7-6-|
| . . .       . . .       . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------5-4-----------------------------|
|-------6-------------5-4---------7-6-----|
|-------------------6-----------8-----7-6-|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-----------|
  . . .       . . .       . . . .



 FILL 1

|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-2--------|
|-0--------|
   x



 RIFF 2 VERSE x6

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------10-9-8--------------------------10-9-8---121110------------|
|---------8-7-6----------1110-9-----------8-7-6---10-9-8---121110---|
|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-9-8-7---0-0-0-0------------------10-9-8---|
  . . . .         . . . .         . . . .



 RIFF 3 CHORUS x2

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4---------3-2---4-------5---5---|-4---------3-2---4-------5---7---|
|-2-2-2-2-4-----3-2-2-2-2-3---3---|-2-2-2-2-4-----3-2-2-2-2-3---5---|
  . . . . . . . . . . . .           . . . . . . . . . . . .


|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4---------3-2---4-------5---5---|-4---------3-2---7-------5-------|
|-2-2-2-2-4-----3-2-2-2-2-3---3---|-2-2-2-2-4-----3-5-------3-------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . .           . . . . . . . .



 RIFF 2 VERSE x6

 RIFF 3 CHORUS x2


 SOLO 1 KING
  N.H. BAR   N.H. BAR
|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-17\\////\\-------------|-6-3h5-6-3h5-6-3h5-6-3h5-8-5h6-8-5h6-8-5h6-8-5h6-|
|------------6//\/\/\\\--|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
                           T     T     T     T     T     T     T     T

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-6h8-9-6h8-9-6h8-9-6h8-11-8h9-11-8h9-11-8h9-11-8h9-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------x\\\\-|
|-----------------------------------------------------x\\\\-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
  T     T     T     T      T      T      T      T

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-7h9-10-7h9-10-7h9-12-9h10-12-9h10-12-9h10-13-10h12-13-10h12-13-10h12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   T      T      T      T       T       T       T        T        T

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------15-17-18-|
|-15-12h13-15-12h13-15-12h13-16-13h15-16-13h15-16-13h15-15-16-18----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   T        T        T        T        T        T
                        BAR
|---------------------------------------------|
|----------18-20-21-/24b////\//\//\\/\/\\-----|
|-18-19-21------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


|-17-12h15-17-12h15-18-13h16-18-13h16-19-14h17-19-14h17-20-15h18-20-15h18-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   T        T        T        T        T        T        T        T

|-21-16h19-21-16h19-22-17h20-22-17h20-23-18h21-23-18h21-19-22b^^^^^-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   T        T        T        T        T        T
   BAR     BAR/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\    BAR
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0//\\\\\h4p3p0h4p3p0h12p9p0h12p9p0h12p9p0h12p9/16b///\/\/\\/\\---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

  BAR/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------15-17-18-|
|-18p16p0h18p16p0h18p16p0h18p16p0h18p16p0h18p16p0h18p16p0----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-/19b^^^---24-19-22-19-22-19-22-19-22-19-x\\\\\\----------------|
|-----------------------------------------x\\\\\\----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------21\\\\\3-----|
             T     T     T     T     T



 RIFF 2 x4 UNDER SOLO 1



 SOLO 2 HANNEMAN

|----11--------------------------------|
|-13----11--11h12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-16-17-13-14-16-11-13-14-13-11-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------14-12-11-12-14-12-11----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------13-11-10-11-13-11-10-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------/13b^^^---10-11-13-11-10--------------------------------------------|
|-12-10-9--------------------------12-10-9-10-12-10-9--------/12b^---/9b^^^---|
|-----------------------------------------------------11-9-8------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------/18b-/17b-|
|------------------10-11-13-11-13-14-13-14-16-14-16-17-16-17-19-----------|
|-9-10-12-10-12-13--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/18b-/15b\\\---11-8h9-11-8h9-11-8h9-11-8h9-11-8h9-11-8h9-11-8h9-11-8h9-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                  T      T      T      T      T      T      T      T

|---------------------------------------------------------15-11h14-15-11h14-|
|-10-7h8-10-7h8-10-7h8-10-7h8-10-7h8-10-7h8-10-7h8-10-7h8-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   T      T      T      T      T      T      T      T      T        T

|-16-12h15-16-12h15-17-13h16-18-14h17-19-15h18-20-16h19-21-17h20-22-18h21-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  T         T        T        T        T        T        T        T

|-23-19h22-24-x///-------------|
|-------------x///-------------|
|------------------x\\\\\\-----|
|------------------x\\\\\\-----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
   T        T



 RIFF 3A x4 UNDER SOLO 2

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4---------3-2---4---------------|-4---------3-2---7-------5-------|
|-2-2-2-2-4-----3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-----3-5-------3-------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .



 RIFF 1A BREAK x4


 FILL 2

|KING
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------7-------------|
|---------8-7---------------------------------------------5-7---7-6b^^^^----|
|-------9-------------8-7----------------------7-6----6-7-------------------|
|-------------------9-------------7-6----6-7-8-----7------------------------|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-8-----7-------------------------------------|
| . . .       . . .       . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------------------------------------------6-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------6-8---8-7b^^^^----|
|---------5-4----------------------------------7-6----6-7-------------------|
|-------6-------------5-4---------7-6----6-7-8-----7------------------------|
|-------------------6-----------8-----7-------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0---------------------------------------------|
  . . .       . . .       . . . .



 RIFF 4 INTERLUDE x3

|KING
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------1--------4-|
|-2-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|---3-2------6-5---|
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-1--------4-------|
|   . . .   . .     . . .   . .     . . .   . . .   .        .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------6-|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------6----8-7---|
|-2-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|---8-7----6-------|
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-6----------------|
    . . .   . .     . . .   . .     . . .   . . .   .        .


|KING
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------1----------|
|-2-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|---3-2------6-5---|
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-1--------4-----6-|
|   . . .   . .     . . .   . .     . . .   . . .   .        .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|--------6---6-5---|
|-2-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|---8-7----4-----6-|
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-6----------------|
    . . .   . .     . . .   . .     . . .   . . .   .        .



 FILL 3

|KING
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------1--------4-|
|-2-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|---3-2------6-5---|
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-1--------4-------|
|   . . .   . .     . . .   . .     . . .   . . .   .        .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------6-|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------6----8-7---|
|-2-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|---8-7----6-------|
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-6----------------|
    . . .   . .     . . .   . .     . . .   . . .   .        .


|BOTH
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-2-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|-------3-----5-|-3--------6-------|
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-|-1--------4-------|
    . . .   . .     . . .   . .     . . .   . . .



 RIFF 5 INTERLUDE x2

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------9----10-9-------9----10-9-------9----10-9-------9----10----|
|-7-------7-----8-7-------7-----8-7-------7-----8-7-------7-----8----|
|---0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0------------|
    . . .   . .     . . .   . .     . . .   . .     . . .



 RIFF 6 INTERLUDE x3

|KING
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------7---------------7--8------------------7---------------------|
|---7--8---7--8-10-----7--8---7--8--------7--8---7--8-10-----7--8---7--8-------|
|-0------0-----------0------0-----------0------0-----------0------0-------8-10-|
| .      .           .      .           .      .           .      .
|
|HANNEMAN
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------9---------------9-10------------------9---------------------|
|---9-10---9-10-11-----9-10---9-10--------9-10---9-10-11-----9-10---9-10-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------10-12-|
|-0------0-----------0------0-----------0------0-----------0------0------------|
  .      .           .      .           .      .           .      .



 RIFF 7 BRIDGE x8

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----9-9----1010-|
|-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------|
  . .     . .



 RIFF 7A x4

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-2-2-2---3-3-3---|
|-0-0-0---1-1-1---|




 RIFF 7B x4

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-0000000-1111111-|
  ....... .......



 RIFF 8A BREAK x1

|KING
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-----3-----|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----1-----|
|  x
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-----3-----|
|-210-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-210-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-210-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-2-0-2-----1-----|
  ... . . . . . .   ... . . . . . .   ... . . . . . .   . .



 RIFF 8 BREAK x4

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-----3-----|
|-210-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-210-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-210-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-2-0-2-----1-----|
  ... . . . . . .   ... . . . . . .   ... . . . . . .   . .



 RIFF 9 VERSE x4

|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-12\9-|-9-9-9-9-9-12\9-|-9-9-9-9-9-10--8-7-----7-6---6-5-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-10\7-|-7-7-7-7-7-10\7-|-7-7-7-7-7--8--6-5-7-6-5-4-6-4-3-|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------5-4-----4-----|




 SOLO 3 HANNEMAN
   BAR      BAR/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0//\\\\\\h3h4p3p0h4p3p0h4p3p0h6p4p0h6p4p0h6p4p0h7p6p0h7p6p0h7p6p0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  BAR/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0h9p7p0h9p7p0h9p7p0h10p9p0h10p9p0h10p9p0h12p10p0h12p10p0--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------x\\\\--|
|----------------------------------------------------------x\\\\--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------19-20-22-19-20-22-19-20-22-19-20-22-|
|-18-19-21-18-19-21-18-19-21-18-19-21-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18-19-21-19-18\16------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------19-17-16-19-17-16------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------18-16-15-18-16-15------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------17-15-14b\-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-----13b^-----14b^-----15b^-----16b^-----17b^-----18b^-----19b^------20b^-|
|-16b^16b^-17b^17b^-18b^18b^-19b^19b^-20b^20b^-21b^21b^-22b^22b^-23b^-23b^-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------22fb^^r--22b^^---19-20-22-20-19-------22-20-19-------22-20-19-|
|-24b^----------------------------------22-21----------22-21----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------------------------16b^^^------------|
|-22-21-19-21-22-21-19-------22-21-19-------22-21-19-------19b^^^-19b^\\\\---|
|----------------------22-20----------22-20----------22-20-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|




 RIFF 8B x4 UNDER SOLO 3

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-8-7---7-6---6-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-6-5-7-5-4-6-4-3-|
|-210-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-210-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-210-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-----5-----4-----|
  ... . . . . . .   ... . . . . . .   ... . . . . . .



 RIFF 8B OUTRO x2


 RIFF 8C OUTRO x3

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-8-7---7-6---6-5-|
|-----------------|-6-5-7-5-4-6-4-3-|
|-210-2-3-2-0-2-0-|-----5-----4-----|
  ... . . . . . .



 FILL 4

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-8-7---7-6---6-5-|
|-6-5-7-5-4-6-4-3-|
|-----5-----4-----|
                 x



 DRUM FILL

 RIFF 2 OUTRO x1


 RIFF 2A END x1

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------10-9-8--------------------------10-9-8---121110------------|
|---------8-7-6----------1110-9-----------8-7-6---10-9-8---121110---|
|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-9-8-7---0-0-0-0------------------10-9-8---|
  . . . .         . . . .         . . . .                        x

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