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Dead Skin Mask

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

Intro Riff 1

(Guitar 1 play 2x Then Guitar 2 Play x2)

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------9~~~~~|
D|-----9-10-----9-10-----9-10---9-10-------|
A|---7--------8--------7------8------------|
E|-0--------0--------0---------------------|

Guitar 1 after intro

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|

G|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Both guitars

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------9~~|
D|-----9-10-----9-10-----9-10---9-10----|
A|---7--------8--------7------8---------|
E|-0--------0--------0------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------9~~|
D|-----9-10-----9-10-----9-10---9-10----|
A|---7--------8--------7------8---------|
E|-0--------0--------0------------------|

THEN DURING VOICE BOTH GUITARS AFTER VOICE

e|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
B|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------------------------9~~|-----------------|
D|-----9-10-----9-10-----9-10---9-10----|-7-8-(8)\--------|
A|---7--------8--------7------8---------|-7-8-(8)\--------|
E|-0--------0--------0------------------|-5-6-(6)\-3-1-0-1|

AFTER THAT REPEAT RIFF 1 W/BOTH GUITARS THEN PLAY

RIFF 2

e|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-8-(8)\--------|--------1-------------2-------------3--------(8)\--------|
A|-7-8-(8)\--------|-2------1-------------2-------------3--------(8)\--------|
E|-5-6-(6)\-3-1-0-1|-0--0-0---0-0-3-1-0-1---0-0-3-1-0-3---0-0-5-6(6)\-3-1-0-1|

RIFF 3 WHEN TOM STARTS SINGING

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------7-8-(8)\---------|
A|-2------(2)--------------------2------(2)------------7-8-(8)\---------|
E|-0------(0)------------3-1-0-1-0------(0)------------5-6-(6)\--3-1-0-1|

THEN PLAY RIFF 1 W/BOTH GUITARS AND RIFF 3 AGAIN AFTER PLAY THIS

RIFF 4 (BRIDGE RIFF)

e|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|--------------------8------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------9--8~------9----|----------9--8~-(8)\--3--5--2|
A|--------7---------------10-|--------7-------------3--5--2|
E|-0----0-----------0--------|-0----0---------------1--3--0

Solo

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------5///|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------11H14P11-12-(12)~~-----|
D|-------------------11H12P11---------------11H12H14------------------------|
A|----------10H12H14----------14---10H12H14---------------------------------|
E|-10H12H14-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-/17P16-17P16-13P12-17P16-17P16-13P12|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17P15-17P15-13P12-17P15-17P15-13P12------------------|
G|-------------------------------------16P14-16P14-13P11|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-16P14-16P14-13P11------------------------|
D|-------------------15P14-15P14-12P10------|
A|-------------------------------------15P14|
E|------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------12--17--12---------|
B|------------------------15--------------15----^|
G|--------------------14----------------------14F|
D|---------------^-------------------------------|
A|-15P14-12P10-12F-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|--^----^---^----------------|
B|-/--\-/-\-/-\---------------|
G|^----^---^----(14)GR--------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-----------------------X\\\-|
E|----------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------12H13H15|
G|-----------------------------------------------12H13H15---------|
D|-----------------------------------12H14P12H14------------------|
A|-9H10H12-9H10H12-12H13H15-12H13H15------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------12H13P12H13P12---------------------^---^---^--|
B|-12H13H15----------------15P13P12-13P12P10-12B-12B-12B\-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-13P9H13P9\6P0H6H9/13P9H13P9\6P0H6H9/13P9H13P9\6P0H6H8/12P8H12P8\6P0H6H9/|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-13P9H13P9\6P0H6H9/13P9H13P9\6P0H6H8/12P8H12P8\6P0H3H6/10P6H10P6\3P0H3H6/|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------16|
B|-/12---12~~~~~~-10--12/17---|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

pick slide

e|-19P17P16-19P17P16-18P16P15-17P15P14-16P14P13-15P13P12------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------X\---|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------8h10h12|
D|----------------7h8h10-7h8h10--------|
A|-7h9h10-9h10h12----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------^----|
B|---------------------------------------------^-15----|
G|-8h10h12-9h11h13-9h11h13-10h11h13/15h13h15-17f-17f-17|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|------^----------^------^--^-|
B|-15-18b----------18--18b-\/--|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

pull bar up

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-18p15-18p15\13-15p13-15----------------(15)--------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------2h4h5-----2h5/7-----4h5h7/9-----6h7h9/10|
A|--5-----2h3h5-------3h5-------5h7---------7h9---------|
E|----3h5-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------11------8h9h11/12|
D|------7h8h10/12-------11h12h1----9h11----------|
A|-8h10-----------12h14--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-------9h10h12/13-------10h11h13/14|
D|-10h12------------11h12------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------15------------------------^|
G|----------11h12-9-11h12h14p12/17p14h16h17----17p16p14h16p14----14-16b|
D|-11h12h14---------------------------------------------------17-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---^---------------^------------^--------------------------|
G|-16b-16--16--16--16b---16--14-(14f)-(14)--11h12p11-14p12p11|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Use Bar

e|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------(14)-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-14p12p11-14p12p11---------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-(14)\-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------14---|
D|--------------------------------12(12)/14h15h17p15h17----17|
A|-----------------12----12-14h15----14----------------------|
E|--------12h13h15----15-------------------------------------|
e|------------------------17-(17)|
B|----------------19b-19F-19f(19)|
G|-14/16-19p17h19-19F-19F--------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

************************************

| = - palm mute

| / - slide up to

| \ - slide down to

| ~ - vibrato

| h - hammer on

| b - Bend

| p - pull off

| Suffixes for bend

| t - tap

| f - full bend

| h - half bend

| ph - pinched harmonic

| q - quarter bend

| t - tap bend

| * - see comment

| ^ - Hold bend

| r release bend

| x - Stuccatto

| ~ - vibrato bend

| , - slight palm mute

| () - ghost note, sustained note

| " - tremolo note

| <> - Trill

************************************

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