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BLACK MAGIC (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1983 Album SHOW NO MERCY)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com

Words by K.King Music by K.King , J.Hanneman
Arranged by Slayer
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
 Intro
  Fast  Q=164
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx12           Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------||-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7----|
|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|

                 5/4              4/4           5/4
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q
||--------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------||
||o-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------o||
||o-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--7--o||
||--------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------||

   4/4
    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o----7-----7-8-|----7-----3-5-|----7-----7-8-|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|

                                5/4              4/4
  Q  Q  Q  E E     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------||-------------|----------------|-------------|
|--------------o||-------------|----------------|-------------|
|----7-----3-5-o||-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|
|---------------||-------------|----------------|-------------|

                 Faster Q=180
 5/4               4/4
  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q     E H    Q.     W          W
|----------------||-------------|----------|------|
|----------------||-------------|----------|------|
|-7--7--7--7--7--||-7-----------|----------|------|
|----------------||-------------|----------|------|

  W          E H    Q.     E Q  E Q  Q    E H    E Q
|----------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------|-7-----------|-7----7----8--|-7------------|
|----------|-------------|--------------|----------5\--|

  Q.   Q.   Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-7---------------|-7-----7-----8--|-7---------------|
|-3----2----1--|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

   Q.   Q.   Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-10----9----8--|-7---------------|-7-----7-----8--|-7---------------|
|---------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

                  1st and 2nd Verse
  Q.   Q.   Q      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|--------------||------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------||o-7---------------|-7-----7-----8--|-7---------------|
|-3----2----1--||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

   Q.   Q.   Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-10----9----8--|-7---------------|-7-----7-----8--|-7---------------|
|---------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

  Q.   Q.   Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
|-3----2----1--|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-7---------------|-7-----7-----8--|-7---------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

   Q.   Q.   Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-10----9----8--|-7---------------|-7-----7-----8--|-7---------------|
|---------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

                      Bridge (verse3)
  Q.   Q.   Q          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|---------------||-||------------------|----------------|------------------|
|--------------o||-||o-----------------|-7-----7-----5--|------------------|
|--------------o||-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-3----2----1---||-||------------------|----------------|------------------|

                     Slightly Slower Q=164
                                      5/4              4/4
  E E E E E E Q          Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------||-||--------------|----------------|--------------|
|-7-----7-----5--o||-||o-------------|----------------|--------------|
|---0-0---0-0----o||-||o-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7---|
|-----------------||-||--------------|----------------|--------------|

                        Guitar Solo I
                     Faster Q=202
 5/4                    4/4
  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q          W          W          W
|-----------------||-||-----------|----------|------|
|----------------o||-||o----------|----------|------|
|-7--7--7--7--7--o||-||o-2--------|-1--------|------|
|-----------------||-||-----------|----------|-0----|

                  Interlude
               Slower Q=162
  W         4x     E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E
|-----------||-||------------------|---------------|------------------|
|----------o||-||o-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|----------o||-||o-7-------7-------|-7-------------|-7-------7--------|
|-1---------||-||----0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0--1--|---0-0-0---0-0-0--|

                          Interlude (verse)
  E E E E E +E  Q          E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E
|-------------------||-||------------------|---------------|------------------|
|------------------o||-||o-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-7----------------o||-||o-7-------7-------|-7-------------|-7-------7--------|
|---0-0-0-0-(0)s1---||-||----0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0--1--|---0-0-0---0-0-0--|

                                       Guitar Solo II
  1.                  2.            Faster Q=180
  E E E E E +E  Q      E E E E H        E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-------------------||--------------||------------------|----------------|
|------------------o||--------------||o-----------------|----------------|
|-7----------------o||-7-------8----||o-7---------------|-7-----7-----8--|
|---0-0-0-0-(0)s1---||---0-0-0------||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|

                                        Guitar Solo III
  E E E E E E E E    Q.   Q.   Q   4x    W          W
|-----------------|----------------||-||----------|------|
|-----------------|---------------o||-||----------|------|
|-7---------------|-10----9----8--o||-||-2--------|-1----|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------||-||----------|------|

  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-2--------|-1----|
|-0--------|-1--------|----------|------|

                      Slowly Q=H.=H
  W          W           Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------|----------||-------------|-------------|
|----------|----------||-------------|-------------|
|----------|----------||-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|
|-0--------|-1--------||-------------|-------------|

  Q  Q  Q   Q     +W            +W            +H.       +Q     Q  H.
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------*|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------*|
|-7--8--7s=10--|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)------(10)S=|=7--------*|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------*|

Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths