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Jesus Saves

Slayer
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Song

JESUS SAVES

By SLAYER

(Music: Hanneman, King Lyrics:Kerry King)

As Performed On REIGN IN BLOOD 1984

AMERICAN Recordings

Tabbed By Metal_Mania_89

Email Metal_Mania_89@yahoo.com/ Terr16ance@aol.com

Tuning Eb

RIFF 1 INTRO x1

|KING TRILL

|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----1---1-----1---1-----4-3-1h2p1--|-----1---1-----1---4-3-----4-3-------|
|-----1---1-----1---1-----2-1--------|-----1---1-----1---2-1-4-6-2-1-------|
|-0-0---0---0-0---0---0-0------------|-0-0---0---0-0---0-----2-4-----------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|HANNEMAN

|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-(3)--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-(1)--------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------|

x

|KING TRILL

|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----1---1-----1---1-----4-3-1h2p1--|-----1---1-----1-----4---------3-----|
|-----1---1-----1---1-----2-1--------|-----1---1-----1-----2---------1-----|
|-0-0---0---0-0---0---0-0------------|-0-0---0---0-0---0-0-------0-0-------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|HANNEMAN

|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----1------------------------------|-----1---------------4---------3-----|
|-----1-------2-------2-------2------|-----1-------2-------2---------1-----|
|-------------0-------0-------0------|-------------0---0-0-------0-0-------|

x x x x x x . . . .

RIFF 1A INTRO x1

TRILL

|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----1---1-----1---1-----4-3-1h2p1--|-----1---1-----1---4-3-----4-3-------|
|-----1---1-----1---1-----2-1--------|-----1---1-----1---2-1-4-6-2-1-------|
|-0-0---0---0-0---0---0-0------------|-0-0---0---0-0---0-----2-4-----------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TRILL

|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----1---1-----1---1-----4-3-1h2p1--|-----1---1-----1-----4---------3-----|
|-----1---1-----1---1-----2-1--------|-----1---1-----1-----2---------1-----|
|-0-0---0---0-0---0---0-0------------|-0-0---0---0-0---0-0-------0-0-------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RIFF 2 INTRO x1

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0---000---0000000---0000000---0000000---|

. ... ....... ....... .......

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

|-0000000---0000000---0000000---0000018\\-|

....... ....... ....... .....

RIFF 3 INTRO x1

|KING

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0---000---0000000---0000000---0000000---|

| . ... ....... ....... .......

|

|HANNEMAN

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7---8-----8----111111--10----10-----|
|-5-5-5---6-----6-----9-9-9---8-----8-----|

|KING

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2---x\\-|
|-0000000---0000000---0000000---000-------|

| ....... ....... ....... ..

|

|HANNEMAN

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7---8-----8----111111--10-----------|
|-5-5-5---6-----6-----9-9-9---8----17\\\\-|

|BOTH

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7---8-----8----111111--10----10-----|
|-5-5-5---6-----6-----9-9-9---8-----8-----|

|KING

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7---8-----8----111111--10----10-----|
|-5-5-5---6-----6-----9-9-9---8-----8-----|

| . . .

|

|HANNEMAN

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7---8-----8----111111--101010101010-|
|-5-5-5---6-----6-----9-9-9---8-8-8-8-8-8-|

. . . . . . . . .

RIFF 4 INTRO x1

|BOTH GUITARS x3

|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-----8-7---8-7-11-10-|-----8-7---8-7-11-10h11p10-|
|-0-0-----0-----------|-0-0-----0-----------------|

. . . . . .

|KING x1

|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|----10-9--10-9-13-12-|----10-9--10-9-13----------|
|----10-9--10-9-13-12-|----10-9--10-9-13-12h13p12-|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0-----0-----------|-0-0-----0-----------------|

| . . . . . .

|

|HANNEMAN x1

|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|----10-9--10-9-13-12-|----10-9--10-9-13-12h13p12-|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0-----0-----------|-0-0-----0-----------------|

. . . . . .

RIFF 5A INTO VERSE x1

|KING

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--------5----------7----------6-9-8---|

|-00000000-3-00000000-5-00000000-4-7-6---|

| ........ ........ ........

|

|HANNEMAN

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------|

x

|KING

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--------5----------7----------6-9-8---|

|-00000000-3-00000000-5-00000000-4-7-6---|

| ........ ........ ........

|

|HANNEMAN

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

|KING

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--------5----------7----------6-9-8---|

|-00000000-3-00000000-5-00000000-4-7-6---|

| ........ ........ ........

|

|HANNEMAN

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

|-00000000000000000000000000000000000000-|

......................................

|KING

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--------5----------7----------6-9-8---|

|-00000000-3-00000000-5-00000000-4-7-6---|

| ........ ........ ........

|

|HANNEMAN

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

|-000000000000000000000000000000000019\\-|

..................................

RIFF 5 VERSE x4

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--------5----------7----------6-9-8---|

|-00000000-3-00000000-5-00000000-4-7-6---|

........ ........ ........

RIFF 6 CHORUS x3

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------7----8----|

|-0000006530000006530000006530-5----6----|

............................

RIFF 5 VERSE x6

SOLO 1 KING

WAH________________________________________________________

|-19-22-20-19-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------22-21-19-22-21-19----------16-19-18-16-19-18-16-|
|-------------------------------22-20-19----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

WAH___________________________________________________________

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-19-17-16-19-17-16--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------18-16-15-18-16-15--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------17-15-14-17-15-14--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------16-14-13b\\--|

WAH____________________________________________________________________

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------16-17-19-16-17-19-|
|-------------------------------------15-16-18-15-16-18-------------------|
|-------------------14-15-17-14-15-17-------------------------------------|
|-13-14-16-13-14-16-------------------------------------------------------|

WAH_____________________________________________________ BAR

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

|-16-18-19-16-18-19-18-19-21-18-19-21-19-21-22-19-21-22-19/24b///\/\/\/\\-|

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

RIFF 7 x2 UNDER SOLO 1

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------33332222-|

|-444444445544444444554444444455---------|

......................................

RIFF 6 CHORUS x3

SOLO 2 HANNEMAN

WAH______A.H._____ WAH____________________________________

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3b^^--3b-3b-3b---3b^^--2-5-3-2-5-3-2-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------4-2-1-4-2-1-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------3-1-0-3-1-0-1b^^--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

WAH______________________________________________________________

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------11-12-14-11-12-14b^^^--|
|-------------------------------10-11-13-10-11-13------------------------|
|---------------9-10-12-9-10-12------------------------------------------|
|-8-9-11-8-9-11----------------------------------------------------------|

WAH_________________________________________

|--------------------------------------------------|
|---11-8---11-8---11-8---8-11-10-8-----------------|
|-9------9------9------9-----------11-9-8-9/11b^^--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

WAH____________________________________________________________________

|-15h18p15----15h18p15----15h18p15----15h18p15----15h18p15----15h18p15----|
|----------17----------17----------17----------17----------17----------17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

WAH_________________________________

|-15h18p15----15h20p15-----15h18p15----------|
|----------17----------17-----------17fb^^^--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

WAH_______________________________________________

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-17-16-14----------------------------------------------|
|-------------17-15-14-17-15-14----------------------------|
|-------------------------------16-14-13-16-14-13----------|
|-------------------------------------------------15b\\\\--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

WAH___________________________________

|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-4-5b-5b-5b-5b\\--|
|-------------2-3-5-2-3-5--------------------|
|-1-2-4-1-2-4--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

WAH____________________________BAR

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

RIFF 8 x4 UNDER SOLO 2

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

|-000000333333222222666666-|-000000333333222222888888-|

........................ ........................

RIFF 5B INTO VERSE x1

|KING

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--------5----------7----------6-9-8---|

|-00000000-3-00000000-5-00000000-4-7-6---|

| ........ ........ ........

|

|HANNEMAN

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------|

x

|KING

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--------5----------7----------6-9-8---|

|-00000000-3-00000000-5-00000000-4-7-6---|

| ........ ........ ........

|

|HANNEMAN

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

|-00000000000000000000000000000000000000-|

......................................

RIFF 5 VERSE x2

RIFF 6 CHORUS x3

FILL 1

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7--------8-6-------8-7--------8--------|
|-5--------6-5-------6-5--------6--------|

x x x

SOLO 3 KING

|-20-23-21-20-21-20-18-20-18-17-20-18-17-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------20-19-17-20-19-17-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------20-18-17-20-18-17-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-19-17-16-19-17-16---------|
|-------------------18b^^^--|
|---------------------------|

BAR & WAH___________BAR___BAR_____BAR_____BAR_____BAR_____BAR______

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

|-3p2p0h3p2p0h3p2p0-3b/\/\-0\\\\-11b/\/\-14b/\/\-15b/\/\-24b/\/\/\/\\--|

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

WAH____________________________________________________________BAR

|-5-8-6-5-8-6-5--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------8-7-5-8-7-5--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------8-6-5-8-6-5--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------7-5-4-7-5-4--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------6-4-3-6-4-3-0\\\\--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

N.H. BAR N.H. BAR N.H. BAR N.H. BAR

|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4\\\\------------------------------------|
|-0h4\\\\------------5\\/\/\\/\\--4\\\\/\/\\--5/21\3-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

x

RIFF 9 x4 UNDER SOLO 3

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

|-665555555566555555556655555555666666666666-|

..........................................

FILL 2 END

|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-8-8-8-8\\----|
|-6-6-6-6\\----|

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