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SOUTH OF HEAVEN
By SLAYER
(Music: Hanneman Lyrics: Araya)
As Performed On SOUTH OF HEAVEN 1988
AMERICAN Recordings
Tabbed By Ema
Tuning Eb
RIFF 1 INTRO x1
|HANNEMAN x2 TRILL
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------9^-----8^----7---7-6b^^^---|----------9^-----8^----7---6h7p6h7p6-|
|-----9-10-----10-----9---8-----------|-----9-10-----10-----9---8-----------|
|---7---------------------------------|---7---------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------|
. . . .
|KING N.H.N.H. N.H.
|----------------------------------12-|---------------------------------7---|
|-------------------------------12----|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN TRILL
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------9^-----8^----7---7-6b^^^---|----------9^-----8^----7---6h7p6h7p6-|
|-----9-10-----10-----9---8-----------|-----9-10-----10-----9---8-----------|
|---7---------------------------------|---7---------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------|
. . . .
|KING N.H.N.H. TRILL
|----------------------------------5--|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5-----|---------------------------910p910p9-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN TRILL
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------9^-----8^----7---7-6b^^^---|----------9^-----8^----7---6h7p6h7p6-|
|-----9-10-----10-----9---8-----------|-----9-10-----10-----9---8-----------|
|---7---------------------------------|---7---------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------|
. . . .
RIFF 2 INTRO x2
|KING TRILL
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------9^-----8^----7---7-6b^^^---|----------9^-----8^----7---6h7p6h7p6-|
|-----7-10-----10-----9---8-----------|-----7-10-----10-----9---8-----------|
|-0-7---------------------------------|-0-7---------------------------------|
| . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------|
RIFF 2A INTRO x2
|KING TRILL
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------9^-----8^----7---7-6b^^^---|----------9^-----8^----7---6h7p6h7p6-|
|-----7-10-----10-----9---8-----------|-----7-10-----10-----9---8-----------|
|-0-7---------------------------------|-0-7---------------------------------|
| . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 1A INTRO x2
|KING TRILL
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------9^-----8^----7---7-6b^^^---|----------9^-----8^----7---6h7p6h7p6-|
|-----9-10-----10-----9---8-----------|-----9-10-----10-----9---8-----------|
|-0-7---------------------------------|-0-7---------------------------------|
| . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN TRILL
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------9^-----8^----7---7-6b^^^---|----------9^-----8^----7---6h7p6h7p6-|
|-----9-10-----10-----9---8-----------|-----9-10-----10-----9---8-----------|
|---7---------------------------------|---7---------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------|
. . . .
RIFF 3 INTRO x1
|KING
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------1010-|
|-2---------------------------3-3-|-2---------------------------888-|
|-0---------------------------1-1-|-0-------------------------------|
| . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2----10-----8--------10-----3-3-|-2----10-----8--------10-----3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|KING
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------10---|----------------------------1010-|
|-2---------------------------8---|-2---------------------------8-8-|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2----10-----8--------10-----3-3-|-2----10-----8--------10-----3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 4 VERSE x4
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------5------3---|---------5------3---|
|-0-000-0-3-0000-1-0-|-0-000-0-3-0000-1---|
. ... . .... . . ... . ....
RIFF 5 BRIDGE x1
|KING
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
|-------------5-4-|-------------5---|-------------4-5-|---------1-5-4-3-|
|-222-222-222-5-4-|-222-222-222-3---|-222-222-222-4-5-|-222-222---3-2-1-|
| ... ... ... . . ... ... ... ... ... ... . . ... ... . . .
|
|HANNEMAN N.H. BAR S.H. BAR
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7b^^^^^^^^^^^^^-|(7)b^^^^^^^^^^^^-|-7\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-9//\\\\\\\------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------x\\\-|
RIFF 1A INTRO x2
RIFF 3 INTRO x1
|KING
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------1010-|----------------------------1010-|
|-2----10-----8---7----10-----8-8-|-2----10-----8---7----10-----8-8-|
|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------1010-|
|-2----10-----8---7----10-----3-3-|-2----10-----8---7----10-----8-8-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 4A VERSE x2
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------5------3---|---------5------3-3-|
|-0-000-0-3-0000-1-0-|-0-000-0-3-0000-1-1-|
. ... . .... . . ... . ....
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------5------3---|---------5------3---|
|-0-000-0-3-0000-1-0-|-0-000-0-3-0000-1---|
. ... . .... . . ... . ....
RIFF 5A BRIDGE x1
|KING
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
|-------------5-4-|-------------5---|-------------4-5-|---------1-5-4-3-|
|-222-222-222-5-4-|-222-222-222-3---|-222-222-222-4-5-|-222-222---3-2-1-|
| ... ... ... . . ... ... ... ... ... ... . . ... ... . . .
|
|HANNEMAN N.H. BAR BAR N.H. BAR
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7b^^^^^^^^^^^^^-|(7)b^^^^^^^^^^^^-|-7//\/\\\--------|-5\\////////////-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5\\////////////-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------0//\\\-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
RIFF 6 CHORUS x4
|KING
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------6-7b^^^---|
|-----6---5-----5-4-------------------|
|-0-0-4---3-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-----------|
| . . . . . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----6---5-----5-4---------7-8b^^^---|
|-0-0-4---3-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-----------|
. . . . . . . .
SOLO 1 KING
BAR S.H. BAR A.H.
|--------------------------------------------------------------15-18-17b^^^---|
|--------------------------------------------17-15-14b^^^---15----------------|
|-------------------9b^^^-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------/7---------/14b-14b^^^---16----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0///h5\\\\\\----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-24b^---24fb^^^---18-19-21-19-18--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------21-20-18-20-21-20-18-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------21-19-18-19/21b^^^\---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------18-20-21-18-20-21-18-|
|-------------------------------------18-19-21-18-19-21----------------------|
|-------------------17-18-20-17-18-20----------------------------------------|
|-16-17-19-16-17-19----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------12-15-13-12-16-15-13-18-16-15-19-18-16-21-19-18-/24b^^^^^---|
|-21b^^^^^---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
N.H. BAR BAR/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ N.H. BAR
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-24/\/\\---4p3p0h4p3p0h4p3p0h4p3p0h4p3p0h4p3p0-3//\\\\\\-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
OVER VERSE BAR
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-/21b^^^^^--------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----------------0//\\\\\\-----|
RIFF 7 x6 UNDER SOLO 1
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--------------3-------6-------5--|
|-000000000000-1--0000-4--0000-3--|
............ .... ....
RIFF 4A VERSE x2
RIFF 5B BRIDGE x1
|KING
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
|-------------5-4-|-------------5---|-------------4-5-|---------1-5-4-3-|
|-222-222-222-5-4-|-222-222-222-3---|-222-222-222-4-5-|-222-222---3-2-1-|
| ... ... ... . . ... ... ... ... ... ... . . ... ... . . .
|
|HANNEMAN N.H. BAR BAR N.H. BAR
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7b^^^^^^^^^^^^^-|(7)b^^^^^^^^^^^^-|-7\\\\\\\\\\-----|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------x\\-|-x\\\\-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5\\/\/\-|
RIFF 6 CHORUS x4
SOLO 2 HANNEMAN
BAR
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17b^^^-17b^^/\/\/\/\\-------------------------------------------------------|
|-16b^^^-16b^^/\/\/\/\\-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------11-12-14-11-12-14-|
|-----------------------------------------10-11-13-10-11-13-------------------|
|-------------------------9-10-12-9-10-12-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12-13-15-13-12-------------------|
|-------------------12-14-15-12-14-15----------------15-14-12-15-14-12-|
|-12-13-15-12-13-15----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-13-12-15b^^^---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------14-15-17-14-15-17-|
|-------------------------------------13-14-16-13-14-16-------------------|
|-------------------12-13-15-12-13-15-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-16-18-15-16-18-16-18-19-18-16-18-19-18-16-18-19-18-16-18-19-18-16-18-19-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BAR
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------18b^^^---18b^^^---18b//\\/\/\\---|
|-18-16-18-19-18-16-18-19-18-16-18-19-18-16-18b^^^---18b^^^---18b//\\/\/\\---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----16-19b^^^---19b^^^---19b-19b-19b-19b-19b-19b-19b-19b-19b-19b-19b-19b-|
|-17----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BAR//\\//\\//\\//\\/\/\//\\/\//\\/\/\//\\ WAH & BAR
|-15h18p15h18p15h18p15h18p15h18p15h18p15h18----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------0///\\\\\\\\--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
BAR
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-//19b/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
RIFF 6A x1 UNDER SOLO 2
|x5
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----6---5-----5-4----------2-3--|
|-0-0-4---3-0-0-3-2--0-0-0-0-0-1--|
. . . . . . . .
|x1
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-----6---5-----5--|
|-0-0-4---3-0-0-3--|
. . . .
FILL 1 END
|KING
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|KING
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------------------------|
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