Slayer - Chemical Warfare Chords & Tabs

 

Chemical Warfare Chords & Tabs

Slayer Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Bass Tab

Chemical Warfare Bass Tab

   
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CHEMICAL WARFARE (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1987 Album HAUNTING THE CHAPEL)

Transcribed by Jeff Perrin (DuffMcKagan7179)
	

Words and Music by Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'

  Q=200
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx16
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|


  q  Q  H        E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x
|------------||------------------|------------------||
|------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-7----------||o-----------------|---------------1-o||
|------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1----||


      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    8x
|-||------------------|--------------------||
|-||o-----------------|-------------------o||
|-||o-----------------|---------------1---o||
|-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1------||


  W          +H     E. S +E  E   W          +H     E S S +Q
|----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|----------0-0-(0)--|
|----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----2----------|


             |-3-| |-3-|
  W          Q Q Q Q Q Q   W          +H     E S S +Q
|----------|-------------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|--------------------|
|-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|----------0-0-(0)---|
|----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)----2-----------|


  W          +H     E. S +E  E   W          +H     E S S +Q
|----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|----------0-0-(0)--|
|----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----2----------|


             |-3-| |-3-|
  W          Q Q Q Q Q Q   W          +H.      Q    q  Q  H
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------||
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------||
|-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|-------------|------------||
|----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)------3--|-0----------||


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


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------||
|-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3----1----||


    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   4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|---------------1--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-----||


  W          +H     E. S +E  E   W          +H     +E  S S +Q
|----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------|
|-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)--|
|----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)----------|


             |-3-| |-3-|
  W          Q Q Q Q Q Q   W          +H     +E  S S +Q
|----------|-------------|----------|----------------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|----------------------|
|-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)---|
|----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)-----------|


  W          +H     E. S +E  E   W          +H     +E  S S +Q
|----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------|
|-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)--|
|----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)----------|


             |-3-| |-3-|
  W          Q Q Q Q Q Q   W          +H.      Q    q  Q  H
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------||
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------||
|-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|-------------|------------||
|----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)------3--|-0----------||


  Q=128
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------8p7-----------------8-|---------8p7-------------7-8-----|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-7h8-----8-7-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------8p7-----------------8---|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|


  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 E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------8p7-------------7-8-----|---------8p7-----------------8-|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-7h8-----8-7-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---------8p7-------------7-8------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-7h8-----8-7--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------8p7-----------------8-|---------8p7-------------7-8------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-7h8-----8-7--|


    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-6p5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-|-0-0-0-0-6p5-0-0-0-0-1-0-5-0-1--||


      S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-||---------------------------------|
|-||o--------------------------------|
|-||o---------5p4-----------------5--|
|-||--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|


                                      Faster Q=196
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     q  Q  H      W
|----------------------------------||------------|------||
|---------------------------------o||------------|------||
|---------5p4-------------4p3-----o||------------|------||
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-4h5-----4h5--||-0----------|------||


  W          W            E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------||------------------|
|----------|----------||o-----------------|
|----------|----------||o-----------------|
|----------|----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  S S E E S S E E E S S  4x q  Q  H
|------------------------||------------||
|-----------------------o||------------||
|-----------------------o||------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0----------||


    Slightly Faster Q=200
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E. S +E  E
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|---------5----------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4----4-(4)-5-|
||------------------|--------------------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/slayer/chemical_warfare_btab_ver_2.html ]
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E. S +E  E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------5-----------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4----4-(4)-5--|
|-----------------|---------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E. S +E  E
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|---------5----------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4----4-(4)-5-|
|-----------------|--------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E. S +E  E E. S +E  E
|-----------------|------------------------||
|-----------------|-5--4-(4)-3------------o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------5--6-(6)-5-o||
|-----------------|------------------------||


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E. S +E  E   4x
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-3--4-(4)-6---||


    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   4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|---------------1--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-----||


  $
  W          +H     E. S +E  E   W          +H     +E  S S +Q
|----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------|
|-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)--|
|----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)----------|


             |-3-| |-3-|
  W          Q Q Q Q Q Q   W          +H     +E  S S +Q
|----------|-------------|----------|----------------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|----------------------|
|-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)---|
|----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)-----------|


  W          +H     E. S +E  E   W          +H     +E  S S +Q
|----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------|---------------------|
|-1--------|-(1)----0--1-(1)-0-|----------|------------0-0-(0)--|
|----------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)----------|


                                          To Coda
             |-3-| |-3-|
  W          Q Q Q Q Q Q   W          +H.      Q    q  Q  H
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------||
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------------||
|-1--------|-0-1-0-0-1-0-|----------|-------------|------------||
|----------|-------------|-2--------|-(2)------3--|-0----------||


    E E E E E E +E  E   E E E E E E +E  E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------7-(7)-6-|-----------7-(7)-6-|
||--7-7-7-7-8---------|-7-7-7-7-8---------|


  E E E E E E +E  E   E E E E E. S +E   E
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-----------7-(7)-6-|----------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-8---------|-7-7-7-7-8--9-(9)-10---||


    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-----------7-(7)-6-|-----------7-(7)-6-|-----------7-(7)-6-|
||--7-7-7-7-8---------|-7-7-7-7-8---------|-7-7-7-7-8---------|


                                               D.S. al Coda
                                                 2/4
  E E E E E. S +E   E  4x E. S +E  E E. S +E  E   E. S +E  E
|----------------------||-----------------------|------------||
|---------------------o||-----------------------|------------||
|---------------------o||-----------------------|------------||
|-7-7-7-7-8--9-(9)-10--||-7--8-(8)-9-6--7-(7)-8-|-5--6-(6)-0-||


  &
 4/4
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-|


                   1.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3---||


  2.
  E E E E S S E E E   E E E E S S E S S E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


 2/4          4/4
               TP
  S S E E E    W          Q  Q   E  E  +E   E
|-----------||----------:---------------------*|
|-----------||----------:-------14-12-(12)-12-*|
|-----------||----------:-------12-10-(10)-10-*|
|-3-3-3-5-6-||-0--------:-0------0--0--(0)--0-*|



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