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GHOSTS OF WAR
By SLAYER
(Music: Hanneman, King Lyrics: King)
As Performed On SOUTH OF HEAVEN 1988
AMERICAN Recordings
Tabbed By Ema
Tuning Eb
LEAD HANNEMAN
BAR N.H. BAR N.H. BAR N.H.BAR N.H. BAR N.H. BAR
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------6////\\-----------5\\/\/\-5//\/\/\\--7//\/\/\/\\--|
|-------------------------6//\/\-----------5//\/\/\\---------------|
|-0\\\\\\////------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BAR N.H. BAR BAR N.H. BAR
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0\\\\h3//\/\/\//\\//\\/\\-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------0\\\\//h5///\/\/\//\\//\\//\\///\\/\/\\--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------x\\\\--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------x\\\\--|
RIFF 1 x4 UNDER LEAD (LOWER VOLUME)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------------3-2---2---------|
|-5-----4---------------3-----|
|---222---222-----2---2---222-|
... ... . . ...
RIFF 2 x1 UNDER LEAD (LOWER VOLUME)
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------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-----|
.... .... .... .... .... .... ....
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2---|
|-333333333333333333333333333333330---|
................................ x
RIFF 1 & 2 ARE THE SAME IN CHEMICAL WARFARE OUTRO
FILL 1
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----3-----|
|-5---1-----|
|-3-0-------|
. .
RIFF 3 VERSE x2
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------2--------------|--------------2--------5-6---|
|-111111-4-111---111111-4-1-3-|-111111-4-111---111111-3-4---|
...... . ... ...... . . . ...... . ... ......
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------3---|
|--------------2--------------|--------------2------5---1---|
|-111111-4-111---111111-4-1-3-|-111111-4-111---1111-3-0-----|
...... . ... ...... . . . ...... . ... .... . .
RIFF 4 CHORUS x1
|x3
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-6---5-----6---9---8------------|
|-4---3-----4---7---666666666666-|
............
|x1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-6---5-----6---9---|
|-4---3-----4---7---|
FILL 2
|KING
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------3---|
|--------------2--------------|--------------2------5---1---|
|-111111-4-111---111111-4-1-3-|-111111-4-111---1111-3-0-----|
| ...... . ... ...... . . . ...... . ... .... . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------3---|
|-3---------------------------|---------------------5---1---|
|-1---------------------------|---------------------3-0-----|
x . .
RIFF 3 VERSE x1
RIFF 3A VERSE CHANGING x1
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------5--------------|--------------5--------6-----|
|-444444-7-444---444444-7-4-6-|-444444-7-444---444444-4-555-|
...... . ... ...... . . . ...... . ... ...... ...
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------3---|
|--------------5--------------|--------------5------5---1---|
|-444444-7-444---444444-7-4-6-|-444444-7-444---4444-3-0-----|
...... . ... ...... . . . ...... . ... .... . .
RIFF 4 CHORUS x1
SOLO 1 HANNEMAN
|-10fb^r-10b^^^---7-10-7---7-10-7---7-10-7-----------------------------------|
|------------------------9--------9--------9fb^r-9b^^^---6-8-9-8-6-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------9-7-6-7-9-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A.H.
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-7-6-----------------------------|
|-----8-6-5-6-8-6-5---------------|
|-------------------7-5-4-5b^^^---|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------15-16-18-15-16-18-|
|-------------------------------------14-15-17-14-15-17-------------------|
|-------------------13-14-16-13-14-16-------------------------------------|
|-12-13-15-12-13-15-------------------------------------------------------|
BAR BAR BAR N.H. BAR
|--------------------------------------------------15-17b^^^---17b^^^---|
|-17b//\/\\---20b//\/\\-------------------------------------------------|
|-16b//\/\\---19b//\/\\-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------0//\\\\/\/\\h5//\/\/\\------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------17------17-------------19-22-19----19-22-19----19-22-19----19-22-19-|
|-20b^----20b^----20b^^^---20----------20----------20----------20----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BAR
|--------------12-13-15-13-12------------------------------------------------|
|-20b/22b^^^------------------15-14-12-14-15-14-12----------14b///\/\/\/\\---|
|--------------------------------------------------15-13-12-13b///\/\/\/\\---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
WAH & BAR BAR
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|------------------/18b//\/\/\/\\-----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-0//\\\\\\/\/\\----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
RIFF 5 x4 UNDER SOLO 1
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-----------------8-9----|-5-----------------8-7-6--|
|-333333-4-33333333-6-7----|-333333-4-33333333-6-5-4--|
...... . ........ ...... . ........ . .
SOLO 2 KING
|-20-13h16-20-13h14-20-13h14-20-13h16-20-13h14-20-13h14-23-16h19-23-16h17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|-23-16h17-23-16h19-23-16h17-23-16h17-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
T T T T
|-19-20-22-20-19------------------------------------------------|
|----------------22-21-19-21-22-21-19------------------22b^^^---|
|-------------------------------------22-20-19-22b-22b-22b^^^---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A.H.
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-18-19-18-16-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------19-17-16-17-19-17-16----------14b^^^------------|
|-------------------------------------18-16-15----------16b^^^---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A.H.
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-14-15-17-15-14----------------14-15-17-17b^^--|
|----------------16-14-13-14-16-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-15-17-15-14----------------14-15-17-15-14----------------|
|----------------16-14-13-14-16----------------16-14-13-14-16-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-15-17-15-14----------------14-15-17-15-14----------------|
|----------------16-14-13-14-16----------------16-14-13-14-16-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------16-17-19-16-17-19///22\\\---|
|-------------------15-16-18-15-16-18-----------------------------|
|-14-15-17-14-15-17-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-14-16-14-13----------------------------17-16-14----------|
|----------------16-15-13-16-15-13-------------------16-15-13-|
|----------------------------------16-14-13-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A.H. N.H. BAR
|-------------------------------------------|
|-16-15-13----------/21b---22//\\\\\\\\-----|
|----------16-14-13--------22//\\\\\\\\-----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
x
RIFF 3 x2 UNDER SOLO 2
RIFF 6 INTERLUDE x1
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9--------9--8b^^^---|
|----------------8--7---------10--9-------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
| . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-(8b)^^^---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------9--8b^^^---|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9-----9-------------|
|----------------8--7---------10----------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
. . .
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9--------9--8b^^^---|
|----------------8--7---------10--9-------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
| . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-(8b)^^^---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-(8b)^^^----------------------------x\\\\\\\---|
|------------------------------------x\\\\\\\---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------9--8b^^^---|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9-----9-------------|
|----------------8--7---------10----------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
. . .
RIFF 6A INTERLUDE x1
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9--------9--8b^^^---|
|----------------8--7---------10--9-------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
| . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------------5---|
|-0-----------------------------------------3---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------9--8b^^^---|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9-----9-------------|
|----------------8--7---------10----------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
| . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------5---|
|-6-----------------------------------------3---|
|-4---------------------------------------------|
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9--------9--8b^^^---|
|----------------8--7---------10--9-------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
| . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------------5---|
|-0-----------------------------------------3---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------9--8b^^^---|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9-----9-------------|
|----------------8--7---------10----------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
| . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-6----------------------------------x\\\\\\\---|
|-4----------------------------------x\\\\\\\---|
RIFF 6B INTERLUDE x1
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9--------9--8b^^^---|
|----------------8--7---------10--9-------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
| . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-9----------------------------------------12---|
|-7----------------------------------------10---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------9--8b^^^---|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9-----9-------------|
|----------------8--7---------10----------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
| . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------12---|
|-13---------------------------------------10---|
|-11--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9--------9--8b^^^---|
|----------------8--7---------10--9-------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
| . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-9----------------------------------------12---|
|-7----------------------------------------10---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------9--8b^^^---|
|----7--8----8--7-------10--9-----9-------------|
|----------------8--7---------10----------------|
|-0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
| . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-13---------------------------------------12---|
|-11---------------------------------------10---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
SOLO 3 HANNEMAN
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------12-15-15/17b^^^-----17-15b^^^---15b^^^--------------|
|----------12-14------------------------------------------16b^^^-----|
|----12-14-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------10fb^^^r--------------------|
|-------------------9-12------------12--9------------|
|---------7-9b^^^--------------------------9b^^^-----|
|----7-10--------------------------------------------|
|-10-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|----------13-15-17b^^^-----|
|-12-14-16------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
RIFF 7 x1 UNDER SOLO 3
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------5------------------------------|
|-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-6----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------5------------------------------|
|-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-6----------------------------|
|-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---4----------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-2----------------------------|
|-0----------------------------|
RIFF 8 OUTRO x4
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-|
... . . ... . . ... . . ... . .
RIFF 9 BRIDGE x1
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-4---------5-----3-----|
|-2---------3-----1-----|
RIFF 8 OUTRO x1
RIFF 9 BRIDGE x1
RIFF 8 OUTRO x1
RIFF 9 BRIDGE x1
RIFF 8 OUTRO x1
RIFF 9 BRIDGE x1
FILL 3
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|
|-2----|
|-0----|
x
RIFF 8 OUTRO x6
RIFF 10 OUTRO x2
|KING
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-|
| ... . . ... . . ... . . ... . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---2-3---3-2-------5-4-----4-3b^-|
|-------------3-2-------5-4-------|
|-0-----0---------0---------------|
. . .
|KING
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-|
| ... . . ... . . ... . . ... . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------4-3b^-|
|---2-3---3-2-------5-4---4-------|
|-------------3-2-------5---------|
|-0-----0---------0---------------|
. . .
RIFF 9 BRIDGE x1
RIFF 8 OUTRO x1
RIFF 9 BRIDGE x1
RIFF 8 OUTRO x1
RIFF 9 BRIDGE x1
RIFF 8 OUTRO x1
RIFF 9 BRIDGE x1
FILL 3 END
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