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Altar of Sacrifice

Slayer
Bass Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

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Altar of Sacrifice - Slayer

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Tune down 1/2 step (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb)

166 bpm

9/8

|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-----2-----|-2-2-2-2-----2-----|-2-----2-2-2-2-----||

222 bpm

4/4

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222||

verse 1

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222||

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------3---|-------------4---|-------------6---|-------------5---|
|-3-33333-6-3-----|-3-33333-6-3-----|-3-33333-6-3-----|-3-33333-6-3-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------3---|-------------4---|-------------6---|-------------5---||
|-3-33333-6-3-----|-3-33333-6-3-----|-3-33333-6-3-----|-3-33333-6-3-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|

3/4

|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||

|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2-2-2-2---2-||

verse 2

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222|-2222222222222222||

chorus

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|--------------h-p--|-----------------|--------------h-p--|
|-7---------------|-------------8108\7|-7---------------|-------------8108\7|
|---00007\6---000-|-5---009\8---------|---00007\6---000-|-5---009\8---------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|--------------h-p--|-----------------|--------------h-p--|
|-7---------------|-------------8108\7|-7---------------|-------------8108\7|
|---00007\6---000-|-5---009\8---------|---00007\6---000-|-5---009\8---------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

guitar solo I

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------8-------|-6------------pp-|---------8-------|-6------------pp-|
|-5-55555---55555-|---555-55555-865-|-5-55555---55555-|---555-55555-865-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------8-------|-6------------pp-|---------8-------|-6------------pp-||
|-5-55555---55555-|---555-55555-865-|-5-55555---55555-|---555-55555-865-||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------11-------|-9-------------pp-|---------11-------|-9-------------pp-|
|-8-88888----88888-|---888-88888-1198-|-8-88888----88888-|---888-88888-1198-|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------11-------|-9-------------pp-|---------11-------|-9-------------pp-|
|-8-88888----88888-|---888-88888-1198-|-8-88888----88888-|---888-88888-1198-|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|------------h-p--||
|-----------------|-----------8108\7||
|-8---------------|-----------------||

chorus

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|--------------h-p--|-----------------|--------------h-p--|
|-7---------------|-------------8108\7|-7---------------|-------------8108\7|
|---00007\6---000-|-5---009\8---------|---00007\6---000-|-5---009\8---------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|--------------h-p--|-----------------|--------------h-p--|
|-7---------------|-------------8108\7|-7---------------|-------------8108\7|
|---00007\6---000-|-5---009\8---------|---00007\6---000-|-5---009\8---------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------1-0-----3-|-------1-0-----3-|-------1-0-----3-|-------1-0-----3-||
|-2-0-2-----1-2---|-2-0-2-----1-2---|-2-0-2-----1-2---|-2-0-2-----1-2---||

guitar solo II

144 bpm 12/8

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-5-----6-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-5-----6-----||

verse 3

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------2-1-0-----|
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-3-------2-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------2-1-0-----|
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-3-------2-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------2-1-0-----|
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-3-------2-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------2-1-0-----||
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-3-------2-0-||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-----------2-----------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-0-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-3-----------2-----1-----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-------||

guitar solo III

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-5-----6-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-5-----6-----||

verse 4

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------2-1-0-----|
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-3-------2-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------2-1-0-----|
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-3-------2-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------2-1-0-----|
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-3-------2-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------2-1-0-----||
|-1-0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-|-1-0-0-3-0-0-3-------2-0-||

guitar solo IV

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-----------2-----------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-0-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-----------2-----1-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-----------2-----------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-0-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-3-----------2-----1-----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-5\4-----0-0-0-|-3-----0-0-7\6-----0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-5\4-----0-0-0-|-3-----0-0-7\6-----0-0-0-|

grad. rit.

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|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-5---4-----0-0-0-|-3-----0-0-7-6-----0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-5---4-----0-0-0-|-3-----0-7-7-6-----0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-5---4-----0-0-0-|-3-----0-7---6-----------||

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