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/ The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be used /
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SLAYER - CHEMICAL WARFARE
From the Album SHOW NO MERCY
Copyright 1987 METAL BLADE RECORDS
Version 1.0 - October 1998
Transcription By: Lee Metcalfe
For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact
Lee at: L.Metcalfe@cm.cf.ac.uk
Lee at: scm2lm@cm.cf.ac.uk
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. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend
* - see comment r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend
@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
Tuning: Eb(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)
Note: Work in progress... :-)
BTW I'm useless at identifying pick slides/scrapes...
Notation: h = Hammer; p = Pull; . = Palmute
\ = Slide down; / = Slide up; b = bend to note
x = Palmute whilst muffling strings with left hand.
tr= Trill.
Tempo: Well, it's pretty quick, go listen to the cd! :8-)
With lots of crazy pick scrapes to finish off... ;-)
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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Intro
Fast Rock Q=200
N.C(E)
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------------------------|
Q E E E E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 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-|
(E) N.C.(E)
Gtrs I, II
PM-----------------------------------------------
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------||------------------|
|-----------------------------||o-----------------|
|-----------------------------||------------------|
|-----------------------------||------------------|
|-----------------------------||o-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
---------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 6x
|-------------------------------||
|------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
F
(E)
Gtr I
5_________________/0_______|
H.. +E a
|----------------()----()-|
|----------------()----()-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM TPTPTPTP TP TP
| E H S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----------xsxsxsxs==xs==x-------|
|--0--------xsxsxsxs==xs==x-------|
aster Q=212
N.C.(E) (G) (F)
PM------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E 4x
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|---------------------------2--||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------1---o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1------||
|
| PM------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E 4x
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|---------------------------2--||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------1---o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1------||
1st and 2nd Verses
$
N.C.(E) (G) N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E 8x
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|---------------------------2---||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------1----o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-------||
Bb5 A5BbA5 F#5 A5
|-3-|
W +H Q Q Q W +H +E Q.
|----------|--------------|----------|------------------|
|----------|--------------|----------|------------------|
|----------|--------------|----------|------------------|
|-3--------|-(3)----2-3-2-|----------|------------2-----|
|-1--------|-(1)----0-1-0-|-4--------|-(4)----(4)-0-----|
|----------|--------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)-------|
To Dbl. Coda
Bb5 A5BbA5 BbA5 F#5 G5
|-3-| |-3-|
W Q Q Q Q Q Q W +H +E E Q
|----------|-------------|----------|------------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|------------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|------------------|
|-3--------|-2-3-2-2-3-2-|----------|------------------|
|-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|-4--------|-(4)----(4)-5-5--|
|----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)-3-3--|
To Coda
E5 N.C.(E)
Gtr I
7
PM-------------------------------
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------||----------------------------------|
|--------------||o---------------------------------|
|--------------||----------------------------------|
|--------------||----------------------------------|
|--------------||o---------------------------------|
|-0------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM-------------------------------
| E H.. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------||----------------------------------|
|--------------||o---------------------------------|
|--------------||----------------------------------|
|--------------||----------------------------------|
|-2------------||o---------------------------------|
|-0------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
D.S. al Coda
(G) (F) N.C. G5 F5
-----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E 4x H H
|------------------------------||------------||
|-----------------------------o||------------||
|------------------------------||------------||
|---------------------------2--||------------||
|-------------------------1---o||-5----3-----||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1------||-3----1-----||
|
|-----------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E 4x H H
|------------------------------||------------||
|-----------------------------o||------------||
|------------------------------||------------||
|---------------------------2--||------------||
|-------------------------1---o||-5----3-----||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1------||-3----1-----||
Breakdown
Half-time feel Q=132
&
N.C.(E) F5 E5(E) F5 (E) F5 E5(E) N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM------------| PM----| PM----| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------10s9-----------------10-|---------10s9----------------------||
||o----------8s7------------------8-|----------8s7-------------7-6-----o||
||--0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-7-8-----8-7--||
(E) BbA5(E) Bb5 (E) BbA5(E) N.C.
PM----| PM------------| PM----| PM----| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------8s7-----------------8-|---------8s7-------------0-------o||
||--0-0-0-0-6s5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-|-0-0-0-0-6s5-0-0-0-0-1-2---4-2-1--||
(E) D5Db(E) D5 (E) D5Db(E) N.C.
PM----| PM------------| PM----| PM----| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||----------7s6-----------------7-|---------7s6----------------------||
||o---------5s4-----------------5-|---------5s4-------------4-3-----o||
||--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-4-5-----5-4--||
Intro/Recap
Tempo I Q=200
E5
Gtr I
PM---------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|
| Gtr II
| TPTPTPTP
| E H.. H. S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-2-----------------|----------------------xsxsxsx-|
|-0-----------------|----------------------xsxsxsx-|
N.C.(E) E5
PM--------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 5x E H..
||------------------|------------------------------||----------||
||o-----------------|-----------------------------o||----------||
||------------------|------------------------------||----------||
||------------------|------------------------------||----------||
||o-----------------|-----------------------------o||-2--------||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0--------||
|
| PM--------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 5x E H..
||------------------|------------------------------||----------||
||o-----------------|-----------------------------o||----------||
||------------------|------------------------------||----------||
||------------------|------------------------------||----------||
||o-----------------|-----------------------------o||-2--------||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0--------||
Bridge
Tempo II Q=212
C#5
PM----------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
G5 C#5 B#5
----------------------|
S S S S S S S S E Q E 3x
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------12--------------||
|-------------------------10-11-------10-o||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----9--------8--||
|
|----------------------|
| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S Q Q Q 3x
|-----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------15-------------o||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12----13-14-----||
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-------11-12-----||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
C#5 G5 F#5F5 C#5 D#D5
Gtr III
W H Q. S S
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------14-||
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------13----||
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|
| Gtr I
| PM------------------------------------------|
| |--3--| |-3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-12-11-10-----8-7-------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-10--9--8-11--6-5-------||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-----------9------------||
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------------------------------------|
| |--3--| |-3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|------------------------||
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-12-11-10-----8-7-------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-10--9--8-11--6-5-------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------9------------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.(C#)
T T T T T T T T T
|--------6---------| |--------5--------| |--------6---------| |--------6---------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-21p==16p12-21p==12h16-21p==12---21p==16-21p12h==16-21p12h==16-21p16p==12-21p16---21p=|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9----9-----9----9-----9----9----9----9-----9----9-----9----9-----9----9-----9----9-----|
(C#) G5 C#5 B#5
T T T T T T T T
|--------6---------| |--------6---------| |------6-------| |---------7----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12h16---21p12-21p==12h16-21p==12h16-21p==16p12-21p16-21p12s13h16-21p16p13----21p13h17-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S E Q E
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------12----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------10-------11-------------------10----------|
|--9----9-----9----9-----9----9-----9----9--------------9--------------------8----------|
(C#)
T T T T T T T T T
|--------5--------| |--------5--------| |--------6---------|
T T T T T T T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-22p18p17-22p15h17h19-21p17-20p==18h==19p==16---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------17-24p==21---23p==18-23p20p==18-22p18---22p=|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----9-----9-----9-----9----9----9----9-----9----9----9----9-----9----9-----9----9-----|
(C#) G5 C#5 B#5
T T TP
|--------5--------|
S S S S S E E E E Q
|---------------------------15---15-14-------|
|-17s15---21p==17---21p15---15---15-14-5/----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S E Q E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------12----------|
|--------------------------------10-11----10-|
|--9----9----9----9-----9-9--9-9-----9-----8-|
(C#) G5 C#5 B#5
5__________________________________|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E +E +Q +Q. +E +H S S S S E S S
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------9-9----9-10-------|
|-11b13====(11)---(11)--------(11)-----------(11)---|-(11)r--------------------11------10-10-|
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------12-----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------10---11------10----|
|--9-----9---9--9---9---9-9-9---9--9-9-9-9-9---9--9-|---9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------9-------8----|
(C#)
|-------5--------| |---3----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------9-9------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-11-----11-9-9-----------------------------------|
|---------------------12-12---12---12---9-12--------9---|
|----------------------------------------------12-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9----9----9----9----9-9----9---9-|
3rd Verse
A5 G#5 (A) Eb5 D5
PM--| PM------------------------------| PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S E S S S S
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--9-9-9-----8-----------------|---------------------------------|
||--7-7-7-----6-----------------|-----------------8-(8)s7---------|
||o-------0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-(6)s5-0-0-0-0-|
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| PM--| PM------------------------------| PM----|
| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S E S S S S
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--9-9-9-----8-----------------|---------------------------------|
||--7-7-7-----6-----------------|-----------------8-(8)s7---------|
||o-------0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-(6)s5-0-0-0-0-|
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E5 (Bb)
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------|
|-7-0-0-0-0------------------------|
|-----------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|
|
| PM------------------------|
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------|
|-7-0-0-0-0------------------------|
|-----------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|
1.,2.,3. 4.
(Bb) G5A5(E) (Bb) G5 A5(E)
Gtr III
- 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
Song info
Chemical Warfare
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