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RAINING BLOOD
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1986 Album REIGN IN BLOOD)
Transcribed by Cali_8o5
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kerry'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Jeff'
Postmortem/Drum Intro
Q=178
4/4
Gtr I
Wx20
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
Intro
Gtrs I, II
PM--|
W W E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
|----------|----------|----------------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|---------------|
|----------|----------|---------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6--|
|----------|----------|-------7--------|-9------8------|
|----------|----------|-0-0-0----------|---------------|
Gtr I
PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6--|---------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6--|
|-------7--------|-9------8------|-------7--------|-9------8------|
|-0-0-0----------|---------------|-0-0-0----------|---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--| PM--|
| E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6--|
|---------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6--|-------7--------|-9------8------|
|-------7--------|-9------8------|----------------|---------------|
|-0-0-0----------|---------------|-0-0-0----------|---------------|
Breakdown
PM--| PM--------------------|
E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q S S E S S E S S E S S E
|----------------|---------------||--------------------------|
|----------------|---------------||o-------------------------|
|----------------|---------------||--------------------------|
|---------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6--||--------------------------|
|-------7--------|-9------8------||o-------------------------|
|-0-0-0----------|---------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| PM--| PM--------------------|
| E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q S S E S S E S S E S S E
|----------------|---------------||--------------------------|
|----------------|---------------||o-------------------------|
|---------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6--||--------------------------|
|-------7--------|-9------8------||--------------------------|
|----------------|---------------||o-------------------------|
|-0-0-0----------|---------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Gtrs I, II
PM----------------------------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------3-2-------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------4-----3-2--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-4-------------||
Guitar Break
Q=214
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-|
PM------------------------------------------------------| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------3------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------1------|
|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0---0-3--|
PM----------------------------------------------| PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E S S
||----------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------5--8----|
||--5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-3--6-0-3|
PM------------------------------------------------------| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------3-------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------1------o||
|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0---0-3---||
PM----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------5--8--|
|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-3--6--|
Verse
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E Q Q E S S S S E E E Q
||------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------10-14-13--|-------------9--12--|-------------10-14-13--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0--8-12-11--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--10--|-0-0-0-0-0-0--8-12-11--|
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S E Q Q E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E Q Q 4x
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-------------9--12--|-------------10-14-13--|-------------9--12---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--10--|-0-0-0-0-0-0--8-12-11--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--10----||
Pre-Chorus
Q=188
PM----| PM--|
E E E E S S S S Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q 4x
||----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||----------------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8---------||
||----------------------|------------8-7--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8---------||
||o---------7h10p8p7h8--|-------7-10------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-7--7---o||
||--0-0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-----------|-----------------|---------5--5----||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/raining_blood/slayer_tab.html ]
Chorus
Q=185
PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------8-9-8--|---8-7----7-6--|---------8-9-8--|
|-------7--------|-9------8------|-------7--------|
|-0-0-0----------|---------------|-0-0-0----------|
Gtr I
PM--| PM--|
E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q
|---------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---8-7----7-6--|----------8--9--8--|-----8-7-----7-6--|----------8--9--8--|
|-9------8------|-------7-----------|--9--------8------|-------7-----------|
|---------------|-0-0-0-------------|------------------|-0-0-0-------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--| PM--|
| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q
|---------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------10-11-10--|----10-9-----9-8--|---------10-11-10--|
|---8-7----7-6--|-------9-----------|-11-------10------|-------9-----------|
|-9------8------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-0-0-0-------------|------------------|-0-0-0-------------|
Guitar Break
Q=180
PM-----------------------|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q 4x
|------------------||----------------|---------------||
|------------------||o---------------|--------------o||
|------------------||----------------|---------------||
|-----8-7-----7-6--||----------------|---------------||
|--9--------8------||o-2-2----2-2----|-2-2----2-2---o||
|------------------||--0-0----0-0----|-0-0----0-0----||
|
| PM-------------------------|
| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q 4x
|------------------||----------------|---------------||
|------------------||o---------------|--------------o||
|----10-9-----9-8--||----------------|---------------||
|-11-------10------||----------------|---------------||
|------------------||o-2-2----2-2----|-2-2----2-2---o||
|------------------||--0-0----0-0----|-0-0----0-0----||
Gtr I
PM-------------------------------------
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-2-2------2-2------|-2-2------2-2------|
||--0-0------0-0------|-0-0------0-0------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||---------9--------8-|--------7----------|
||o---7-10-----7-10---|---7-10-----7-10-9-|
||--0--------0--------|-0--------0--------|
----------------------------------|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q 4x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-2-2------2-2------|-2-2------2-2-------o||
|-0-0------0-0------|-0-0------0-0--------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|--------9--------8-|--------7------------||
|---7-10-----7-10---|---7-10-----7-10-9--o||
|-0--------0--------|-0--------0----------||
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
||o-----5-9-----5-8-|-----5-7-----5-4-|-----5-9-----5-8-|-----5-7-----5-4----o||
||--0-0-3-7-0-0-3-6-|-0-0-3-5-0-0-3-2-|-0-0-3-7-0-0-3-6-|-0-0-3-5-0-0-3-2-----||
Gtrs I, II
PM-------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
2/4
-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q=250
4/4
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|---------------------------------||------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|---------------------------------||------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------------||------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-|
||------------------|------------------||-|
||------------------|------------------||-|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-|
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||-------------------|-------------------||
||o------------------|------------------o||
||-------------------|-------------------||
||-------------------|-------------------||
||o------------------|------------------o||
||---0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3---||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
