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Praise of Death

Slayer
Tab
★4.7(3)

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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Song: Praise of Death

Artist: Slayer

Album: Hell Awaits

Tabbed by Dimebolt (dime_bolt@email.com) with some major corrections by Chris Rezendes (dudemcrude@yahoo.com)

Tuning: Eb (half step down)

Notation Key

v: vibrato

t: tremolo bar

^: bend

.: palm mute

~: trill

p: pull-off

h: hammer-on

x: ghost note

/: slide up

\: slide down

Comments: I got the main idea of the song from Dimebolt's version, but there were some missing parts and some others were wrong. He nailed the intro riff, though. Anyway, this version is much better. Keep in mind it's a lot easier to correct a tab with a lot of mistakes than it is to make your own tab with a lot of mistakes in it from scratch. That being said, e-mail me if you spot a mistake, and I doubt you will. Later, Demigods and Fallen Elders.

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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

e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--4--|
A|--4--|
E|--2--|

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

e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|

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\--|

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