Slayer - Dead Skin Mask guitar tab
Well, as Iain Purdie posted South of Heaven, I thought I would repost this.
Adam.
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Here's Slayers Dead Skin Mask (taken from Guitar)
Guitars should be tuned down half step
The song is played at tempo 109
Intro (two guitars)
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|-------------------|-----------------9-|-(9)-------fdbk.---|
|-----9-10-----9-10-|-----9-10---9-10---|-------------------|
|---7--------8------|---7------8--------|-------------------|
|-0--------0--------|-0-----------------|-------------------|
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|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----9-10-----9-10-|
|-------------------|-------------------|---7--------8------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-0--------0--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(9)----------(9)\-|-------------------|-----------------9-|
|-------------------|-----9-10-----9-10-|-----9-10---9-10---|
|-------------------|---7--------8------|---7------8--------|
|-------------------|-0--------0--------|-0-----------------|
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|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----9-10---9-10-9-|-(9)~~~ etc.-------|-(9)---------------|
|---7------8--------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(9)--------fdbk.--|-(9)-------- \bar--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
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|-----9-10-----9-10-|-----9-10---9-10-9-|
|---7--------8------|---7------8--------|
|-0--------0--------|-0-----------------|
both guitars
fill---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-fill-|
|-------------------|-----------------8(ah)-|------|
|-----9-10-----9-10-|-----9-10---9-10-------|------|
|---7--------8------|---7------8------------|------|
|-0--------0--------|-0---------------------|------|
|--------------------|------|-----------------------|------|
|--------------------|-fill-|-----------------------|-fill-|
|------------------7~|------|-----------------8(ah)-|------|
|------9-10---9-10---|------|-----9-10---9-10-------|------|
|----7------8--------|------|---7------8------------|------|
|-0------------------|------|-0---------------------|------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-----9-10-7-8-----------|
|---7------7-8-----------|
|-0--------5-6-r-3-1-0-1-|
s s e s s s s
Rhy.fig 1
|------|-------------------|------|-------------------|------|
|-fill-|-------------------|-fill-|-------------------|-fill-|
|------|-----------------8-|------|-----------------7-|------|
|------|-----9-10---9-10---|------|-----9-10---9-10---|------|
|------|---7------8--------|------|---7------8--------|------|
|------|-0-----------------|------|-0-----------------|------|
end Rhy.fig1
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|-------------------|-fill-|------------------------|
|-----------------8-|------|------------------------|
|-----9-10---9-10---|------|-----9-10-7-8-----------|
|---7------8--------|------|---7------7-8-----------|
|-0-----------------|------|-0--------5-6-r-3-1-0-1-|
s s e s s s s
4 times
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||--------1-------------2-----|---------3-----7-8-(8)\---------||
||-2------1-------------2-----|---------3-----7-8-(8)\---------||
||-0--0-0---0-0-3-1-0-1---0-0-|-3-1-0-1---0-0-5-6-(6)\-3-1-0-1-||
e s s e s s s s s s e s s s s s s e s s s s e s s s s
1st verse
Rhy.fig2 end Rhy.fig2
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|---|---------------|---|------------------------|
|---|---------------|---|------------------------|
|---|---------------|---|-------7-8-(8)\---------|
|-2-|-(2)-----------|-2-|-(2)---7-8-(8)\---------|
|-0-|-(0)---3-1-0-1-|-0-|-(0)---5-6-(6)\-3-1-0-1-|
s s s s s s e s s s s
Rhy.fig2
Rhy.fig1
2nd verse
Rhy.fig2
Bridge
Rhy.fig3 end Rhy.fig3
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|---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------8------|-----------------------|
|--------9-8-----9----|--------9-8-(8)\-3--5--|
|------7-----------10-|------7----------3--5--|
|-0--0-------0--------|-0--0------------1--3--|
e. s s e q s s s e e. s s e s e e. e.
Rhy.fig3 3 times
Guitar Solo
Rhy.fig2 4 times
Rhy.fig4 end Rhy.fig4
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|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------1-------------2-----|---------3-----7-8-(8)\---------|
|-2-----1-------------2-----|---------3-----7-8-(8)\---------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-5-6-(6)\-3-1-0-1-|
e s s e s s s s s s e s s s s s s e s s s s e s s s s
|----
|----
|----
|---- hold long
|-2--
|-0--
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|-fill-|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|
|------|-----------------9-|-(9) fdbk.-|-(9)--------(9)\---|
|------|-----9-10---9-10---|-----------|-------------------|
|------|---7------8--------|-----------|-------------------|
|------|-0-----------------|-----------|-------------------|
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|------|-------------------|-fill------|-------------------|
|------|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|
|------|-------------------|-----------|-----9-10---9-10-9-|
|-(2)--|-(2)---------------|-----------|---7------8--------|
|-(0)--|-(0)---------------|-----------|-0-----------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------|
|-fill----------|-------------------|-----------|
|---------------|-----------------9-|-(9) fdbk.-|
|---------------|-----9-10---9-10---|-----------|
|---------------|---7------8--------|-----------|
|---------------|-0-----------------|-----------|
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|---------------|-------------------|-----------|
|---------------|-------------------|-fill------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------|
|-(9)--9ah-(9)\-|-2~~~--------------|-----------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------|
h. e e
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|----------------|
|-(9)\bar--------|
|----------7-8---|
|----------7-8---|
|----------5-6-r-|
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|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-----9-10-7-8---|
|---7------7-8---|
|-0--------5-6-r-|
s s q.
3rd verse
Rhy.fig5 end Rhy.fig5
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|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------0-----|----------------3--5--|
|-------------1-----1---|-------------1--3--5--|
|-0-r-0-0-0-r---0-----2-|-0-r-0-0-0-r----1--3--|
e s s s s s q s s s e e s s s s s e. e. e.
Rhy.fig5 3 times (2nd time gtr1 plays pick slide in 2nd bar on 2nd rest)
Rhy.fig4 4 times
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|-fill-|-------------------|-fill-|---------------------|
|------|-----------------8-|------|-----------------7ah-|
|------|-----9-10---9-10---|------|-----9-10---9-10-----|
|------|---7------8--------|------|---7------8----------|
|------|-0-----------------|------|-0-------------------|
|------|-------------------|------|-------------------|
|-fill-|-------------------|-fill-|-------------------|
|------|-----------------8-|------|-----------------7-|
|------|-----9-10---9-10---|------|-----9-10---9-10---|
|------|---7------8--------|------|---7------8--------|
|------|-0-----------------|------|-0-----------------|
Gtr2 plays 1st 2 bars of Rhy.fig2 , 2 times followed by Rhy.fig2
Gtr1
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|-fill-|-------------------|-fill-|-------------------|
|------|-----------------8-|------|-----------------7-|
|------|-----9-10---9-10---|------|-----9-10---9-10---|
|------|---7------8--------|------|---7------8--------|
|------|-0-----------------|------|-0-----------------|
|------|-------------------|------|--------------------|
|-fill-|-------------------|-fill-|--------------------|
|------|-----------------8-|------|-----------------7/-|
|------|-----9-10---9-10---|------|-----9-10---9-10----|
|------|---7------8--------|------|---7------8---------|
|------|-0-----------------|------|-0------------------|
Gtr 2 plays E5 chord
Gtr 1 slides to 9th fret and feedback for a long time
Bassline
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rest 8 measures
play 7 times
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|-r---r---|
|---------|
|---0---0-|
|------------|
|-r----------|
|------------|
|---0-5-6-r--|
q q s s q.
BassFig1 3 times end BassFig1
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||-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-|-0-0-0-0-5-6-r-|
4 times
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||---------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------1-------------2-----|---------3----------------------||
||-0-0-0---0-0-3-1-0-1---0-0-|-3-1-0-1---0-0-5-6-(6)\-3-1-0-1-||
e s s e s s s s s s e s s s s s s e s s s s e s s s s
1st verse
BassFig2 end BassFig2
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-1-0-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-5-6-(6)\-3-1-0-1-|
e e q e e q e e q e e s s s s e e q e e q e e q s s e s s s s
BassFig2
Chorus
BassFig1
2nd verse
BassFig2 (2 times)
Bridge
BassFig3 end BassFig3
|--------------8------|-----------------------|
|--------9-8-----9----|--------9-8-(8)\-------|
|------7-----------10-|------7----------------|
|-0--0-------0--------|-0--0------------1--3--|
e. s s e q s s s e e. s s q s e e. e.
BassFig3 (3 times)
Guitar Solo
BassFig2 (4 times)
BassFig4
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|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------1-------------2-----|---------3----------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-5-6-(6)\-3-1-0-1-|
e s s e s s s s s s e s s s s s s e s s s s e s s s s
|----
|---- hold long
|----
|-0--
(Guitar)
|----|----|---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----------|
|----|----|---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----------|
|--r-|--r-|---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----------|
|----|----|-0-|-(0)-|-(0)-|-(0)-|-(0)-|-(0)-5-6-r-|
w w w w w w w w s s q.
3rd verse
BassFig5 end BassFig5
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|-----------------0-----|---------------------|
|-------------1-----1---|-------------1-------|
|-0-r-0-0-0-r---0-----2-|-0-r-0-0-0-r---1--3--|
e s s s s s q s s s e e s s s s s q e. e.
BassFig5 ( 3 times)
BassFig4 ( 4 times)
BassFig1 ( 1st 2 bars only, 7 times)
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|-----------------|--------------------------|---|-----
|-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-|-0-0-0-0-5-6-(6)\-3-1-0-1-|-0-|-(0)-hold very long
e e e e s s e s s s s w
w = whole
h = half
q = quarter
e = eight
etc.
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