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Seasons In The Abyss(Tabs)

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	        Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss   
 					    	 
 Tuning-Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,eb          
 Tempo= 128 bpm (w/half time feel) 
  
 Intro- 
 |----0---------------------| 
 |----0---------------------| 
 |--------------------------| 
 |---------2----/^^\---3-3--| 
 |-2-----2----1/----\--3-3--| 
 |-0-------------------1-1--| 
  
 Other guitar parts: 
 |----------|------------------12----------| 
 |----------|-------13-12---12-------/^^\--| 
 |----------|----14---------------15/----\-| 
 |----------|-15---------------------------| 
 |-----3-2--|------------------------------| 
 |-0-1------|------------------------------| 
  
 |---------------| 
 |---------------| hold E5 while other guitar 
 |---------------| plays the clean part 
 |-3-3-----------| 
 |-3-3--2---(2)--| 
 |-1-1--0---(0)--| 
  
 Tempo= 64 bpm 
 |-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0-| 
 |-----0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----------0-------0---| 
 |---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3-----| 
 |-2-----------2---2-----------2---3-----------3-------------------| 
 |-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
  
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------------------------5------4--------| 
 |--------------------------------3----------------5------4--------| 
 |-2------------------------------3----------------3------2--------| 
 |-0------------------------------1----------------3------2--------| 
  
 |-----------------------------------------------------| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------| 
 |-4/9-99-9-99-9-99-9999-10--10-10--10-10-10\5---5--4--| 
 |-----------------------------------------------5--4--| 
 |-2/7-77-7-77-7-77-7777-8---8--8---8--8--8-\3---3--2--| 
 |-----------------------------------------------3--2--| 
  
 Tempo=150 bpm                   x7 then play this once: 
 |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
 |-----------------------2-----1---|-------------------------6-5-| 
 |-----------------------2-----1---|-------------------------6-5-| 
 |-0-2-3-0-2-3-5-0-2-3-0---3-0---2-|-0-2-3-0-2-3-5-0-2-3-0-2-4-3-| 
 pm---------------------   ---   -   ----------------------- 
  
  
 Verse-                                             Alt. ending: 
 |-----------------------------------------------------------|-----| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------------|-----| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------------|-----| 
 |--------------------------------------------------------1--|-6-5-| 
 |-2----2-1-2222-2----2-2-2222-2----2-1-2222-2----2----3--1--|-6-5-| 
 |-0-00-0-0-0000-0-00-0-1-0000-0-00-0-0-0000-0-00-0-00-3-----|-4-3-| 
   pm--     ----   --     ----   --     ----   --   -- 
  
 Chorus- 
 |-------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------| 
 |-2--5--4---5-4--2--3--6---5-4--| 
 |-0--3--2---3-2--0--1--4---3-2--| 
  
 On last chorus, one of the 453634252 guitars plays 
 something like this: 
 |-------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------| 
 |-2--3--2---3-2--2--1--4---3-2--| 
 |-0--3--2---3-2--0--1--4---3-2--| 
  
 Guitar Solos- 
  
 Here is the backup riff played during the entire 1st lead.  It's played at the 
 same speed and rythm as the verse riff.    
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |o-------------------------------------------------------------------------------o| 
 |----------1-------------------1-------------------0------------------------------| 
 |o-3----3--1--3-3-3-3--3----3--1--3-3-3-3--3----3--0--3-3-3-3--3----3-----3-3-3-3o| 
 |--1-11-1-----1-1-1-1--1-11-1-----1-1-1-1--1-11-1-----1-1-1-1--1-11-1--4--1-1-1-1-| 
 pm  |--|     |-------|  |--|     |-------|  |--|     |-------|  |--|     |-------|      
  
      /     /     /^^^^\    /           A.H.                                              
 |-18/---18/---18/------\18/------------------/halfstep-----------------------------| 
 |------------------------------0\-------5\--/--------------------------------------| 
 |--------------------------------\--------\/---------------------------------16-18-| 
 |------------------------------1step----1step-----------------------16-18-19-------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------------16-17-19----------------| 
 |---------------------------------------------x\--16-17-19-------------------------|  
                                                 pm--------------------------           
                              / 
 |-------------------19-21-22/----18p17p15-18p17p15-18-17-15----------| 
 |----------18-21-22-----------------------------------------18-17-15-| 
 |-18-19-21-----------------------------------------------------------| 
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  
 |--------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |--------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |--17-15-14----15-14-15-14-------------------------------------| 
 |-----------17-------------17-15-14----------------------------| 
 |-----------------------------------17-15-13-------13----------| 
 |--------------------------------------------17-15----17-13----| 
                                  pm------------------------- 
  
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |------------------------------------------------------------------/| 
 |---------------------------------------------10-12----------10-12/-| 
 |---------------------10-12----------10-12-14-------10-12-14--------| 
 |------------10-12-13-------10-12-13--------------------------------| 
 |---10-12-13--------------------------------------------------------| 
   pm------------------------------------------------------------                
  
                                                            A.H.(pitch B) 
 |-------1-1/2 step--1-step---1-step-----1-step-----1-step-------------| 
 |----------/---------/----------/---------/----------/----------------| 
 |-(12)\/10/-(10)\/13/--(13)\/15/-(15)\/17/--(17)\/20/--(20)\0\--/\----| 
 |-------------------------------------------------------------\/--\---| 
 |------------------------------------------------------------2-1/2-\--| 
 |------------------------------------------------------------step---\-| 
                                                                   slack 
  
 Hanneman's lead: 
 Use the chorus riff to back this one up. 
                                         /full 
 |------------------------12-15-15/17-17/-----17~~~~--| 
 |----------------8-10-13-----------------------------| 
 |--------------9-------------------------------------| 
 |-------5-7-10---------------------------------------| 
 |-----7----------------------------------------------| 
 |-5-8------------------------------------------------| 
 pm----- 
                                          full   1 1/2                  full 
 |-t19p15-t19p15-t19p15p12-t15p12-t15p12----/----/\--/\-------------------/--| 
 |---------------------------------------15/--17/--\/--\(17)p15-13-15--15/---| 
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  
                                                    full  1 1/2 
 |----------------------------------------------------/-----/\---| 
 |-13p11-----------------------------------------8-10/---10/--\--| 
 |-------13~~~---------------------------7-9-7-9-----------------| 
 |-------------------------------7-9-7-9-------------------------| 
 |---------------------7-10-7-10---------------------------------| 
 |-------------10-7-10-------------------------------------------| 
             pm----------------- 
  
      1/2      pm  harm.------- 
 |-----/\---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |-/10/--\(10)\-0-5/\/\/\/\/\/\-t12p5h8p5-t13p8h5h8p5-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-| 
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  
                                          A.H.1/2 step    1/2 down each 
 |-------------------------------------------/------full------------| 
 |-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-12p8p5-t12p8p5--5/--------/--------------| 
 |-------------------------------------------------5/----0\---------| 
 |---------------------------------------------------------\/\/\/---| 
 |------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  
 Then do this little tap picking bit TWO times 
 |-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-| 
 |-------------------------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------------------------| 
  
 Do the slides w/right hand (or left for leftys) till end of solo 
 |-/t10p5h7h8-/t11p6h8h9-/t12p7h9h10-/t13p8h10h11-/t14p9h11h12-/t15p10h12h13--| 
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  
 |-/t16p11h13h14-/t17p12h14h15-/t18p13h15h16-/t19p14h16h17-/t20p15h17h18-| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  
 |-/t21p16h18h19-/t22p17h19h20-/t20p18\--| 
 |---------------------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------------| 
  
  
 key: 
  
 A.H.-artificial harmonic 
 N.H.-natural harmonic    /^^^\ 
 p-pull off              /     \ -bend up and gradually release	   
 h-hammer on 
 t-tap picking 
 /-slide up  
 \-slide down		 
 p.m.-palm mute	~~~-vibrato 
  /			x-pick scrape/slide 
 /  -bend up		|o-------o| 
 			|---------|  -repeat riff 
 \  			|o-------o| 
  \-bend down                            
 (0)-ghost note                                            
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     /  //_______||_|  \ \ / //_______||_|   \ \                               
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  /__/                                               
  
  
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