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Song: Praise of Death
Artist: Slayer
Album: Hell Awaits
Notation Key
v: vibrato
t: tremolo bar
^: bend
.: palm mute
~: trill
p: pull-off
h: hammer-on
x: ghost note
/: slide up
\: slide down
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Riff 1 x4
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 6 |
| A | 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 |
| E | 33333333333 33333333333 33333 33333 0 5 6 |
Fill 1 x1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 5 5 4 4 3 |
| A | 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 |
| E | |
Fig. 1 x4
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 3 5 6 |
| A | 1 3 4 7/6 |
| E | 00000 000000000 000000000 000000000000000 5/4 |
..... ......... ......... ...............
Riff 2 x1 (Stricken to live, hell on earth, shackled and bound we lie...)
| e | | | |
| B | | | |
| G | | | |
| D | | | |
| A | 3 2 | 3 2 | 3 2 |
| E | 444444444444444444 2 | 444444444444444444 2 | 444444444444444444 2 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 3 2 3 2 |
| E | 444444444444 3 3 |
Repeat Riff 1 x4
Repeat Fig. 1 x4
Repeat Riff 2 x1
Riff 3 x4
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 3 2 5 4 |
| A | 3 2h3p2p0 2 4 |
| E | 2 2 |
Fill 2 x1
Riff 4 x2
| e | | |
| B | | |
| G | | |
| D | | 2 |
| A | 3 2 | 2 3 |
| E | 555555555555555555 2 | 555555555555555555 |
Fig. 2 x4
| e | | |
| B | | |
| G | | |
| D | | |
| A | 2 3 5 3 | 2 3 5 6 |
| E | 000 0 000 1 000 3 000 1 | 000 0 000 1 000 3 000 4 |
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Riff 5 x4
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | 000000 555555 444444 333333 |
Fill 3 x1
Fig. 3 x6
| e | | |
| B | | |
| G | | |
| D | | 6 |
| A | 2 5 4 5 | 5 4 5 4 |
| E | 000000000000 3 000 2 000 3 | 000000000000000 3 00 2 00 3 00 |
............ ... ... ............... .. .. ..
Fig. 4 x2 (the slow part)
| e | | | |
| B | | | |
| G | | | |
| D | | | 5/6 |
| A | 8/9 2 2 2 | 7/8 2 2 2 | 3/4 7/8 2 2 2 |
| E | 6/7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5/6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 5/6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7\6 2 2 2 |
| E | 5\4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
. . . . . . . .
Fig. 4B x2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6/7 9/10 |
| A | 8/9 2 4/5 2 7/ 8 2 7\6 5\4 |
| E | 6/7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5\4 0 0 3\2 0 0 |
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fig. 5 x4
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 3 3 3 3 |
| A | 2 4 5 2 4 5 2 4 5 2 4 5 1 1 1 1 |
| E | 0h2 222 3 222 0h2 222 3 222 0h2 222 3 222 0h2 222 3 222 000 000 000 000 |
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Repeat Fill 3 x1
All kinds of stupid effects for a while
Repeat Riff 1 x4
Repeat Fig. 1 x4
Repeat Riff 2 x1
Repeat Riff 1 x2
End x1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 5 5\ |
| A | 8 7 7 6 5\ |
| E | 3\ |