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METAL STORM/FACE THE SLAYER (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1983 Album SHOW NO MERCY)

Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com


Words by K.King Music by J.Hanneman,K.King
Arranged by Slayer

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'

   Intro
    Moderate Rock Q=114
   4/4
    Gtr I
    S S S S E E Q.   E   Q  Q  Q   Q    S S S S E E Q.   E   Q  Q    Q  Q
||---------------------|--------------|--------------------|----------------||
||o--------------------|--------------|--------------------|---------------o||
||o-------------7------|-------5\-----|-------------7------|-------/10--9--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0------7-|-8--8------5--|-0-0-0-0-0-0------7-|-8--8-----------||


 9/8
  E H    H      Wx3             W        +E   4x
|-------------|-------------||----------------||
|-------------|-------------||o--------------o||
|-------------|-------------||o-0--------(0)-o||
|-0-----------|-------------||----------------||


  W           W           W        +E    W        +E
|-----------|-----------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------|-----------|-0--------(0)-|-0--------(0)-|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|--------------|


  W        +E    W        +E    W        +E    W        +E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-0--------(0)-|-0--------(0)-|
|-1--------(1)-|-3--------(3)-|--------------|--------------|


  W        +E    W        +E    W        +E    W        +E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|-0--------(0)-|-0--------(0)-||
|-1--------(1)-|-3--------(3)-|--------------|--------------||


  Faster Q=174
 4/4
  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|


  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|


  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|       |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E Q     E E E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E Q  Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\--|-------------3--2--|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|----------------3--|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-----|


  |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------3--2--|-------------------|-------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|----------------3--|-0--0--0--3--|
|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-----|-------------|


                                               |-3-| |-3-|
  Q  Q  E S S Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E Q  Q
|----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------5--|-------------|-------------|-------------3--2---|
|-0--0--0-5-7----|-0--0--0--3--|-0--0--0--3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------|


  |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E Q  Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------3--2--|-------------------|
|----------------3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|----------------3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-----|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-----|


  Q  Q  E S S Q    Q  Q  E S S Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------------|----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------5--|----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-0--0--0-5-7----|-0--0--0-5-7----|-0--0--0--3--|-0--0--0--3--||
|----------------|-------------5--|-------------|-------------||


    |3| |3| |3| |3|   |3| |3| |3|
    E Q E Q E Q E Q   E Q E Q E Q Q    4x    E H.      E   W
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------|------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||-------------|------|
||o-7---7---7---7---|-8---5---7---3/--o||-||-------------|------|
||----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0------||-||-0-----------|------|


  W          W          E S S E Q  E E E   E S S E Q  E E E
|----------|----------|------------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|------------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----|
|----------|----------|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-|


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


  E S S E Q  E E E   E S S E Q  E E E   E S S E Q  E E E   E S S E Q  E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----|
|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-|


  E S S E Q  E E E   E S S E Q  E E E   E S S E E +H       +W
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------|
|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----|---------1-(1)----|-(1)----|
|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-|-0-0-0-0----------|--------|


  E S S E E +H       +W           E S S E Q  E E E   E S S E Q  E E E
|------------------|------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------1-(1)----|-(1)--------|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7------|
|-0-0-0-0----------|------------|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7--|


                                       1.
  E S S E Q  E E E   E S S E Q  E E E   E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|------------------|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------------------|
|---------7--7-8---|---------7--7-----|-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0--------0-|-0-0-0-0------8-7-|------------------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------8-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


                       2.
  E S S E E E E E E     E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|--------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------------o||-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---7-8-7---o||-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------8-------8--||-----------------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------8-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


   Guitar Solo
    E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|
||o-7---------5-----------------|
||o---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||------------------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S S S S S  4x     H     H      H     Q  Q   4x
|------------------------------||-||-------------|--------------||
|-4---------5-----------------o||-||o------------|-------------o||
|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-||o-5----/8----|-7----\3-----o||
|------------------------------||-||-------------|----------5---||


    Faster Q=190             1.,2.,3.                    4.
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|     |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E  4x E E E E E E Q  Q
||--------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||----------------4--|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-3--2--|
||--------------------------|-------------8-8-8-5-5-5--||-------------------|


                                     Guitar Break
                                   Slower Q=174
                           2/4       4/4
                                      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  +W           +W           +H        E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|------------|--------||-------------------------|
|------------|------------|--------||-------------2-----2-----|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----||-------2-------3-0---3-2-|
|------------|------------|--------||-0-2-3---3-0-------------|


  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------2-----2-----|-------------2-----2-----|-------------2-----2------|
|-------2-------3-0---3-2-|-------2-------3-0---3-2-|-------2-------3-0---3-2--|
|-0-2-3---3-0-------------|-0-2-3---3-0-------------|-0-2-3---3-0--------------|


 3/4          4/4
  |-3-|        |-3-| |-3-|                     |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E H      E E E E E E H      Q  Q  H      E E E E E E H
|------------|------------------|------------|------------------|
|------------|-----------2------|-5----------|-----------2------|
|-------2----|-3-2---2-3---2----|-3--5--2----|-3-2---2-3---2----|
|-0-2-3-0----|-----3-------0----|----3--0----|-----3-------0----|


        Slower Q.=167
 2/4      12/8
  Q  Q     E E E E E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------||------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-----||------------------------|-------------8-7---7-----|
|-3--5--||-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7-------8---8-7-|
|----3--||-----0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0-------------|


  E E E E E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E E Q.   Q.     E E E E E E E E E Q  E
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7--------3----|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5-----|
|-----0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0-1---------|-----0-----0-----0----0--|


  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 Q.   Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------8-7---7-----|------------------------|------------------------||
|-5h7---5h7-------8---8-7-|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7--------3-----||
|-----0-----0-------------|-----0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0-1----------||


   3rd and 4th Verses
    E E E E E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E Q  E
||-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|-------------8-7---7-----|------------------------|
||o-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7-------8---8-7-|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|
||------0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0-------------|-----0-----0-----0----0-|


  E E E E E E Q.   Q.     E E E E E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------8-7---7------|
|-5h7---5h7--------3----|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7-------8---8-7--|
|-----0-----0-1---------|-----0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0--------------|


                                                  1.
  E E E E E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E E Q.   Q.     E E E E E E  Q.   Q.
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-5h7---5h7---5h7---5----|-5h7---5h7--------3----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-/5----4-----|
|-----0-----0-----0----0-|-----0-----0-1---------|-------------------------|


  E E E E E E Q.   Q.     E E E E E E  Q.   Q.     E E E E E E Q.   Q.
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------o||
|------------------0----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-/5----4----|------------------0-----o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---------|------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-----------||


  2.
  E Q  E Q  E Q  E Q    E Q  E Q  E Q  Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-8----5----7----3/---|
|---0----0----0----0--|---0----0----0-------|


  E Q  E Q  E Q  E Q    E Q  E Q  E Q  Q.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-8----5----7----3/----|
|---0----0----0----0--|---0----0----0--------|


  E E E E E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E E E E  Q.
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------5----|-------------------8----|-------------------10-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|


  E E E E E E E E E  Q.     E E E E E E E E E Q.     E E E Q.   E E E  Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------12----|-------------------5----|-------8----------10-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0------0-0-0--------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|


              Slower Q=114
 6/8           9/8                                   4/4
  E E E  Q.     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   Q  H.
|-------------|-0-2-3-0-2---0-----------------------|----------*|
|-------12----|-----------3---2-3-0-2---0-2-3-0-2---|----------*|
|-0-0-0-------|-----------------------3-----------3-|-0--------*|
|-------------|-------------------------------------|----------*|



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
 - 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 -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths