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KILL AGAIN (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1984 Album HELL AWAITS)
Transcribed by David Harris
Words by Kerry King Music by Jeff Hanneman/ Kerry King
Arranged by Slayer
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Araya'
Intro
Q=122
4/4
Gtr I
E S S E E S S S S S S S S E S S E E S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|----------------------------o||
||o-------3-2---------2-3-2---|-------3-2---------2-3-2----o||
||--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------0---||
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||o-------3-----1-------------|-------3-----1-------------o||
||--0-0-0---0-0---0-0-3-2-1-0-|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-3-2-1-0--||
Rhythm Change
Q=196
2/2
|---6---| |---6---| |---6---| |----6----|
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-2-1-0-|
|---6---| |---6---| |---6---| |--6--|
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E Q.
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-1----||
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|--------------|
||o-4-4-5-5-4-4-7-7-|-4-4-5-5-4-4-4-4-o||-4-4-5-5-4-4-7-7-|-3--2---------|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|-------2--1---|
12/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||--------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||--------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||--------------------------|
||--1-1-2-2-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-2-2-1-1-4-4-1-1-2-2--|
2/2
|---6---| |---6---| |---6---| |----6----|
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-2-1-0-|
|---6---| |---6---| |---6---| |--6--|
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E Q.
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-1----||
4/4
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-----------------|---------3-3-2-2-|-----------------|---------3-3-2-2--o||
||o-4-4-5-5---------|-2-2-3-3---------|-4-4-5-5---------|-2-2-3-3----------o||
||----------3-3-4-4-|-----------------|---------3-3-4-4-|-------------------||
2/2
|---6---| |---6---| |---6---| |----6----|
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-2-1-0-|
|---6---| |---6---| |---6---| |--6--|
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E Q.
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-1----||
Pre-Verse
Q=206
+W +W
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
|-(1)--------|-(1)----|
4/4
Q H. H. E E Q H. H. Q
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|
|------------|-------------|------------|---------6--|
|-0----------|---------3-1-|-0----------|------------|
W +H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-------------6---|
|-0--------|-(0)------3-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
Q=206
$$
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 Q
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----7-----8-----|-7-----8-----10p8-|-----7-----8-----|-7-----8-----6--o||
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----||
Verse
$
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 Q 4x
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----7-----8-----|-7-----8-----10p8-|-----7-----8-----|-7-----8-----6--o||
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------2--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-2---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-----------------|-----------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/slayer/kill_again_btab_ver_2.html ]
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q H.
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-------------2--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1---------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-----------------|-----------|
Bridge
E E q q q E E q q q E E q q q E E E E E E E E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------o||
||o-----1--2--1--|-----4--5--4--|-----1--2--1--|-----------2-1---o||
||--0-0----------|-0-0----------|-0-0----------|-3-2-0-2-3-----2--||
D.S.
E E q q q E E q q q E E q q q E E H.
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------||
|-----1--2--1--|-----4--5--4--|-----1--2--1--|-1-1--------||
|-0-0----------|-0-0----------|-0-0----------|------------||
Interlude
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-----------------|---------4-4-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-6-6-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-6-6-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-----6-6-o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-7------||
Guitar Solos
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-----------------|---------0-0-----|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-1-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-----4-4-|-1-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-----2-2-o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-3------||
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-----------------|---------4-4-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-6-6-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-6-6-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-----6-6-o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-7------||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
Bridge
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-----------------|---------3-3-2-2-|-----------------|---------3-3-2-2-o||
||o-4-4-5-5---------|-2-2-3-3---------|-4-4-5-5---------|-2-2-3-3---------o||
||----------3-3-4-4-|-----------------|---------3-3-4-4-|------------------||
Guitar Solo
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D.S.S. al Coda
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
Outro
&
E E q q q E E q q q E E q q q E E E E E E E E 3x
||---------------|--------------|--------------|------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------o||
||o-----1--2--1--|-----4--5--4--|-----1--2--1--|-----------2-1---o||
||--0-0----------|-0-0----------|-0-0----------|-3-2-0-2-3-----2--||
E E q q q E E q q q E E q q q E E H.
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------*|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------*|
|-----1--2--1--|-----4--5--4--|-----1--2--1--|-----------*|
|-0-0----------|-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
