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DEATH'S HEAD
 By SLAYER
 (Music & Lyrics: Hanneman)
 As Performed On DIABOLUS IN MUSICA 1998
 AMERICAN Recordings

 Tabbed By Ema

 Tuning Db


 RIFF 1 INTRO x1

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-000-----000-----000-----000-----000-----000-----|
  ...x    ...x    ...x    ...x    ...x    ...x



 FILL 1

|KING
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-5\4---5\4---5\4---|
|-3\2---3\2---3\2---|
|    x     x     x
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-320---320---320---|
  ...   ...   ...



 RIFF 2 VERSE x8

|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-2--5--8--7--|-2--3--8--7--|
|-0--3--6--5--|-0--1--6--5--|




 RIFF 3 BRIDGE x1

|KING
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-----3b^---2b^---3-----5---666---666---|
|-0-----------------1-----3---444---444---|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------3-----5---6-----6-----|
|-0-----------------1-----3---4-----4-----|


|KING
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-----3b^---2b^---3-----5---5\4---5\4---|
|-0-----------------1-----3---3\2---3\2---|
|                                x    x
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------3-----5---------------|
|-0-----------------1-----3---320---320---|
                              ...   ...



 RIFF 2 VERSE x8

 RIFF 3 BRIDGE x1


 RIFF 4 BREAK x1

|KING   WAH      WAH_____ WAH      WAH_____ WAH      WAH_____ A.H.
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------|


|KING
| WAH________          N.H._ WAH      WAH_____ WAH      WAH_____ A.H.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN                                                  A.H. WAH & BAR
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------3//////--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(2)--------------------------------------------------------------x\\\\--|
|-(0)---------------------------------------------------------------------|




 RIFF 2 VERSE x8


 SOLO HANNEMAN
  A.H.             BAR              N.H. BAR
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5////////\/\/\\////\\/\/\\----|
|-3^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^////////---------5////////\/\/\\////\\/\/\\----|
|----------------------------x\\\\--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

       BAR          N.H. BAR WITH TREMOLO EFFECT
|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------24////\\\\\\\\\\\\----|
|-//21b/\/\/\/\\----24////\\\\\\\\\\\\----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|




 RIFF 5 x4 UNDER SOLO

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-3-----2-5-|-4-4-4-3-----2-5-|
|-2-2-2-1-----0-3-|-2-2-2-1-----0-3-|




 RIFF 6 BREAK x1

|HANNEMAN WITH TREMOLO EFFECT
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|
|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|
|
|
|KING
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|
   x


|HANNEMAN WITH TREMOLO EFFECT x2
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|
|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|
|
|
|KING x2
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


|HANNEMAN WITH TREMOLO EFFECT
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|
|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|
|
|
|KING
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------12\\-|
|-----------------|------------12\\-|




 RIFF 2 VERSE x7


 RIFF 2A VERSE x1

|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-2--5--8--7--|-2--3--8--7--|
|-0--3--6--5--|-0--1--6--5--|
                .  .  .  .x



 BASS FILL


 RIFF 7 INTERLUDE x1

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


|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2---2-4---5-4-|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4-------3-----6-----|
                                        .     .


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


|KING
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-4-----6-----|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------3-2---5-4-|
|                                         . .   . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-4-------5-4-|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------3-2-6-----|
                                          . . .



 BASS FILL

 KING FINGER SLIDE


 RIFF 7A INTERLUDE x1

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


|KING
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-3-----6-----|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------2-4---5-4-|
|                                       . . . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2---2-4---5-4-|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4-------3-----6-----|
                                        .     .


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


|KING
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-3-----6-----|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------4-3---5-4-|
|                                       . . . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2---4-3---5-4-|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4-------3-----6-----|
                                        .     .



 RIFF 8 BREAK x1

|KING WITH WAH x3
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------6666-4444-------------|
|-4444-4444-3333-------------|
|-2222-----------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN x3
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------------------5-7-8-----|
|------------------3-5-6-----|
                        x


|KING WITH WAH
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------6666-4444-------------|
|-4444-4444-3333---x\\\\\\\--|
|-2222-----------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-x\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\----|
|----------------------------|




 RIFF 9 OUTRO x1

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------4-3b^^------------------------------------------4-3b^^---------------|
|-2---0-2----------0-2-6-5b^^---0-2-3-2b^^--3-5-6-0---0-2---------0-2-3-2b^^---|
      . .          . .          . .         . . .     . .         . .


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


|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------4-3b^^------------------------------------------4-3b^^---------------|
|-2---0-2----------0-2-6-5b^^---0-2-3-2b^^--3-5-6-0---0-2---------0-2-3-2b^^---|
      . .          . .          . .         . . .     . .         . .


|KING
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------3-2-------------------5-4-2---|
|-3-2-0-2-----5-6-5-4-5-4-3-4-3-3-2-0---|
| . . . .     . . . . . . . . .      x
|
|HANNEMAN
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------3-2---6-5---5-4---4-3-5-4-2---|
|-3-2-0-2-----5-----4-----3-----3-2-0---|
  . . . .     .     .     .          x

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