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Spirit in Black
By: Slayer
Seasons in the Abyss
Tuning: Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, eb
Tempo= 124 bpm
Intro-
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|----------------------------------------------------
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|-----------------------------------------------5-3--
|-2----7p5----8p7----10p8----2----7p5----8p7----5-3--
|-0-00-----00-----00------00-0-00-----00-----00-3-1--
pm-- -- -- -- -- -- --
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-2----7p5----8p7----10p8----2----7p5----2-3-2-------3-|
-0-00-----00-----00------00-0-00-----00-------3-2-0-1-|
pm-- -- -- -- -- --------------
The verse is just a variation on the intro except with a
few palm muted E5 (-2-) chords played between the notes.
(-0-)
Chorus-
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|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------3-2-----------|
|-2----3--------3--------3----2-----3-2-1-----|
|-0-00-1-000000-1-000000-1-00-------------2-1-|
pm-- ------ ------ ------------------
Alt. endings:
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------| play E5 instead of F5 on
|----------------|---------------| last chord of 2nd Alt. ending
|--3-2---------1-|---------------| on 2nd chorus (does this make
|-2----3-2-1---1-|-2-3-2-------3-| sense?!?!?)
|------------3---|-------3-2-0-1-|
pm------------- -----------
1st lead= At the end of the lead the chorus starts in again and
there's lead stuff playing with that too. For the backup just play
the verse riff.
full full full 1 1/2
|-----/------------/\--/-----/\--/-----/\----------
|-/22/--(22)~~~-22/--\/---22/--\/---22/--\(22)p19--
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------t22p19-----------t22p19
-t22p19h22p19-t22p19h22p19-t22p19--------t22p19h22--------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
full
------------------/\--/-----
-t22p19-t22p19h22/--\/---19-
----------------------------
----------------------------
----------------------------
----------------------------
-21-------19-------17-------15-------------------------------------------------
----19\17----17\15----15\14----13-12h13p12h13p12h13----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------14-12-14p12h13p12----------
----------------------------------------------------------------------14p12h14-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------________------------------------------------------------------
----------------/--------------------------------------------------------12----
-12-14p12h14-14/---14--14\--11-12----11-12----11-12-14-13-12----11-12-14----14-
----------------------------------14-------14----------------14----------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------
-------
-12-11-
-------
-------
-------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------15-17-15----------------
----11-12-14-12-11----11-12-14/16-17-14-16-17-14-16-17----------17-16-14-16-17-
-14----------------14----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
w/Fill 1
--------------------------------------19--|
-15-17-15-------------20-17-19-20--17-----|
----------17-16-14-16---------------------|
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Fill 1:
----------------------
-15----------------15-
----17-16-14-16-17----
----------------------
----------------------
----------------------
Now, a chorus starts in and there's a lead playing with that too. Here it is:
1/4 step 1/2 step
|---------/\--/\--/\-----------/\--/\--/\---
|-17-(17)/--\/--\/--\--16-(16)/--\/--\/--\--
|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
---full----------------------------------17h18p17----------------------
----/---------------17h18h20----17h18h20----------20p18p17-------------
-19/-------16h17h19----------19----------------------------19p17p16h19-
--------19-------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Coils of the serpent unwind)
1/4 step 1/2 step
----/\--/\----------/\--/\--/\--/-|---------/\-------------------
-17/--\/--\-16-(16)/--\/--\/--\/--|-19-(19)/--\------------------
----------------------------------|------------------------------
----------------------------------|------------------------------
----------------------------------|---------------13\------------
----------------------------------|---------------0\-\-----------
\ \ trem. bar
\ \ slack
(Buried beneath you will find)
full full 1 1/4 1 1/4 full
-19-/--19----/\--/\---19-/--19----/\--/\--|-17---/\--/------------------
-22/------22/--\/--\--21/------21/--\/--\-|---20/--\/-------------------
------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
------------------------------------------|------------12\--------------
------------------------------------------|------------12\\-------------
\\ trem. bar
\\ slack
(Deep in the halls of the damned)
full full 1 1/4 1 1/4 full full
-19-/--19---/\--/\--19-/---19---/\--/\--|-17-/---17-/\--/-----------|
-22/-----22/--\/--\-21/------21/--\/--\-|-20/----20/--\/-----(20)\--|
----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
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(Spirit in black till the...end)
Do a pick slide, then....
Tempo= 220 bpm
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------5h6p5h7p6p5h6p5h6p5----------5h6p5h7p6p5-6-|
|-00000000---------------------00000000-------------4-|
pm-------- --------
Play w/more pm'd open e string but keep all that
5h6p5h6p5h6p5 crap going...
2nd Guitar Solo= I had to do this one, it's reeaallyy kick ass!!
It has a lot of weird bendy crap that is hell to figure out, I
hope it isn't too hard for anyone to understand. Sorry!
Backup riff played during most of the lead
4|o-----------------------------3--5--
5|------------------------------3--5--
6|o--333333333333333333333333-3-1--3--
pm--------------------------
--6---------------------------9--6--o|
--6---------------------------9--6---|
--4-44-44444444444444444444-4/7--4--o|
pm------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|--------19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-etc.-20~~--
|----------------------------------------------------
|-0\-------------------------------------------------
|---\------------------------------------------------
trem bar
to slack
1/4 bend
-------------------3--4--7-4-3----------------------------
----/\--/\---------------------6-4-3----------------------
-20/--\/--\-20\----------------------5-4------------------
-----------------------------------------6-5-3------------
----------------x\-----------------------------6-5-3------
-----------------------------------------------------7-4--
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
-5-4-2-----------------------------------------0\--/-6p0--
-------6-5-3-------------------------------------\/-------
-------------6-5-3----------------------------------------
-------------------7-4-3-7-4-3-4---4--3\------------------
\slack (2 steps,)
(1 1/4, 2)
1 1/4 1 1/4
----------------------full bend---full bend------/\------/---
-----1 step--full bend--/7\~~~------/9\~~~---/12/--\(12)/----
-6p0-\--/----/7\~~~------------------------------------------
------\/-----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
vib. w/bar>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
1 1/4 full bend
------_/~~~~\-------------/-------------------------------
-(12)/-------\(12)\9--(9)/--------15p13-15p13\12p9/16p13--
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
---------------------------------------------------------
-12p9/18p13-(13)-18p13-12p9/16p13-16p13-12p9/15p13-15p13-
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-12p9-16p13-16p13-12p9/18p13-18p13-12p9/16p13-16p13-12p9---
-----------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------0\
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slack
The kick ass 2 Gtr. part!!!!!!!
New Backup riff:
Keep struming an F5 then play one Gb5, repeat throughout
(listen to the album to get rythm obviously)
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|-------------------------------------------18------|
|----------------18----18-20-18-20-21-20-21----21---|
|-18-19-22-19-22----22------------------------------|
| |
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------13------|
|----------------13----13-15-13-15-16-15-16----16---|
|-13-14-17-14-17----17------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------18----18-19-18-19-|
|----------------------19----19-20-19-20----20-------------|
|-18-20-18-20-21-20-21----21-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------13----13-14-13-14-|
|----------------------14----14-15-14-15----15-------------|
|-13-15-13-15-16-15-16----16-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------18----18--19-22-22-22-22-22-22-18-18-18-18-18-18-|
|-21-19-21----21--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|----------13----13--14-17-17-17-17-17-17-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-16-14-16----16--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
gradual bend> /
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-22-22-22-22-22-22-23/---|
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| gradual bend> / |
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17-17-17-18/---|
|-------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------|
Backup:
Hold E5 chord / full bend
|-17--16--15--------------17--(17)/--~~~~~~----|
|-------------17-------------------------------|
|-----------------17--16-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
| |
|----------------------------------/full bend--|
|-15--14--13--------------15--(15)/--~~~~~~----|
|-------------14-------------------------------|
|-----------------15--14-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
At end of song, hold Ab5 (6th string, 4th fret) while drums
and bass do some thing, then play these chords to end
the song:
5|--9--6-5--|
6|--7--4-3--|
Then, it ends.
~~~~=vibrato
/
/ -bar up to the specified step
\
\ -bar down to the specified step
_______
/
/ 14 14 -pull bar up and play notes while keeping it up
14
pm- palm mute
\ or /- slide to next note/chord indicated
(2)- hold note
x-pick slide
>>>>>>- vibrato the note(s) w/the bar
Questions, comments, requests, death threats: dschellhaas@hotmail.com
Enjoy...or you'll be shot. :)
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