SLAYER - "seasons in the abyss" Tablature
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From: "Scott H. Andrews" <sha3u@fermi.clas.virginia.edu>
S E A S O N S I N T H E A B Y S S
by Slayer
from the album "Seasons in the Abyss"
transcribed and edited by Scott Andrews
sha3u@virginia.edu
harmony parts and general corrections by Matthew Holliman
mhollima@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu
intro: low harmony part
E5 F5
||-----0---------------------------||---------------------------------|
||-----0---------------------------||---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
||--2--------2---------------3--3--||--------------------2------------|
||--2-----2-----1>----<1-----3--3--||-------3--2~~~---2-----1>---<1---|
||--0------------------------1--1--||-0--1----------------------------|
bend up & down bend up & down
high harmony part
||------------------------------------||
||---------------------17-------------||
||----14-17-16~~~---16----15>---<15---||
||-15---------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
bend up & down
acoustic intro riff:
E5*
||-----------0-----------------------0----------------|
||--------0-----0-----------------0-----0-------------|
||-----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3-----3----|
||--2-----------------2-----2-----------------2-------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
F5* C5* B5*
|-----------0-----------------------0-----------0----||
|--------0-----0-----------------0-----------0-------||
|-----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3----------||
|--3-----------------3-------------------------------||
|--------------------------3-----------2-------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
power chords w/ * are the rythym guitar that comes in behind the acoustic
riff after the first four times or so.
E5 022--- F5 133--- C5 3355-- B5 2244--
a second rythym guitar comes in later playing the same chords in different
positions.
E5 -799-- F5 -81010-- C5 3355-- B5 2244--
the E5 and F5 are strummed in 16th notes.
main thrash riff:
E5 Eb5
||--------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------2--------1-----||
||-----------------------------------2--------1-----||
||--0--2--3--0--2--3--5--0--2--3--0-----3--0-----2--||
verse riff:
E5 Eb5 E5 F5? E5 Eb5
||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--------------|--2-----2--1-----------|
||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--2-----------|--2-----2--1-----------|
||-0-00--0------0--0--0-|--0-00--0--1---0--0--0-|--0-00--0------0--0--0-|
1/^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2/^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
E5 C5 Eb5 E5 G#5 G5
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|--2-----2----------1----||--2-----2-------6---5----|
|--2-----2-------3--1----||--2-----2-------6---5----|
|--0-00--0--0----3-------||--0-00--0--0----4---3----|
CHORUS:
E5 G5 F#5
close your eyes, look deep in your soul, step outside your mind
G5 F#5
and let yourself go
E5 F5 G#5 G5 F#5
as you go insane, go insane
1ST SOLO RYTHYM: variation on Verse Riff played 1 step (2 frets) higher; no
1st and 2nd ending w/ power chords - instead continue riff for a 4th measure.
2ND SOLO RYTHYM: Chorus chords.
SOLOS: comments by Matthew Holliman <mhollima@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu>
King's solo is based on G# locrian if I remember right.
Hanneman's begin with an arpeggiated Am7, played up an octave each time,
beginning with A (6 stg) 5 fr. The tapping bit is 12-8-5-8-5 13-8-5-8-5, on
the 2nd string, then again on the 1st string. The final bit is 10-5-7-8 on
the 1st string, then up to the 22nd fret, a half-step at a time.
S E A S O N S I N T H E A B Y S S
by Slayer
from the album "Seasons in the Abyss"
transcribed and edited by Scott Andrews
sha3u@virginia.edu
harmony parts and general corrections by Matthew Holliman
mhollima@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu
intro: low harmony part
E5 F5
||-----0---------------------------||---------------------------------|
||-----0---------------------------||---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
||--2--------2---------------3--3--||--------------------2------------|
||--2-----2-----1>----<1-----3--3--||-------3--2~~~---2-----1>---<1---|
||--0------------------------1--1--||-0--1----------------------------|
bend up & down bend up & down
high harmony part
||------------------------------------||
||---------------------17-------------||
||----14-17-16~~~---16----15>---<15---||
||-15---------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
bend up & down
acoustic intro riff:
E5*
||-----------0-----------------------0----------------|
||--------0-----0-----------------0-----0-------------|
||-----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3-----3----|
||--2-----------------2-----2-----------------2-------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
F5* C5* B5*
|-----------0-----------------------0-----------0----||
|--------0-----0-----------------0-----------0-------||
|-----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3----------||
|--3-----------------3-------------------------------||
|--------------------------3-----------2-------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
power chords w/ * are the rythym guitar that comes in behind the acoustic
riff after the first four times or so.
E5 022--- F5 133--- C5 3355-- B5 2244--
a second rythym guitar comes in later playing the same chords in different
positions.
E5 -799-- F5 -81010-- C5 3355-- B5 2244--
the E5 and F5 are strummed in 16th notes.
main thrash riff:
E5 Eb5
||--------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------2--------1-----||
||-----------------------------------2--------1-----||
||--0--2--3--0--2--3--5--0--2--3--0-----3--0-----2--||
verse riff:
E5 Eb5 E5 F5? E5 Eb5
||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--------------|--2-----2--1-----------|
||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--2-----------|--2-----2--1-----------|
||-0-00--0------0--0--0-|--0-00--0--1---0--0--0-|--0-00--0------0--0--0-|
1/^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2/^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
E5 C5 Eb5 E5 G#5 G5
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|--2-----2----------1----||--2-----2-------6---5----|
|--2-----2-------3--1----||--2-----2-------6---5----|
|--0-00--0--0----3-------||--0-00--0--0----4---3----|
CHORUS:
E5 G5 F#5
close your eyes, look deep in your soul, step outside your mind
G5 F#5
and let yourself go
E5 F5 G#5 G5 F#5
as you go insane, go insane
1ST SOLO RYTHYM: variation on Verse Riff played 1 step (2 frets) higher; no
1st and 2nd ending w/ power chords - instead continue riff for a 4th measure.
2ND SOLO RYTHYM: Chorus chords.
SOLOS: comments by Matthew Holliman <mhollima@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu>
King's solo is based on G# locrian if I remember right.
Hanneman's begin with an arpeggiated Am7, played up an octave each time,
beginning with A (6 stg) 5 fr. The tapping bit is 12-8-5-8-5 13-8-5-8-5, on
the 2nd string, then again on the 1st string. The final bit is 10-5-7-8 on
the 1st string, then up to the 22nd fret, a half-step at a time.
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