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Master and Slave

KISS
TabTuningC# Tuning
4.6(3)

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Song

"Masters and Slaves" - KISS

from the album "Carnival of Souls"

tabbed by Colby Dove

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For this song, KISS is tuned to C#

low to high (C#, F#, B, E, G#, C#)

riff 1

C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------7----5-4-------------|
C#|-0-0-7-6-0-5-3-0-3-----0------7-----------|

riff 2

C#|-----------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------5---7---5------------|
C#|-3-0-7-6-0-5-3-0-3----0---0--------------|

fill 1 (volume swell)

C#|-------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------|
E |--16---------------------------------------|
B |--14---------------------------------------|
F#|--14---------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------|

fill 2

C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------|
C#|-7~-6~-3----------------------------------|

riff 3 (heavy palm mute)

C#|-------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------9----7-6-----------|
F#|------9-8----7-5----5---7----5-4--9--------|
C#|--0-0-7-6-0--5-3--0-3-----0-------7--------|
C#|-------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------7----9---7---------|
F#|--5---9-8----7-5----5---5----7---5---------|
C#|--3-0-7-6-0--5-3--0-3------0---0-----------|

riff 4 (clean tone)5/4 time

C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------|
E |--4--5--6--7--9---------------------------|
B |--2--3--4--5--7---------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------|

riff 5 5/4 time

C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |--2--3--4--5--7---------------------------|
F#|--2--3--4--5--7---------------------------|
C#|--0--1--2--3--5---------------------------|

riff 6 (fill at the end of the solo)

C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------|
F#|--5-5-5-5-4-------------------------------|
C#|-------------7--7~-6~-3-------------------|

riff 7 (replacement riff for outro choruses)

C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------|
C#|--0-0-7-6-0-7~-6~-3-----------------------|

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