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POSTMORTEM
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1986 Album REIGN IN BLOOD)
Transcribed by Fenian
Words and Music by Jeff Hanneman
Ab5
4 6 6 x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q.=140
12/8
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM PM PM--| PM PM
Q. E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|-9----------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|-7-----------8s7---7s=8---|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|
|-0----0-0-0------0------0-|--------0-0-0------0------0-|
PM--| PM PM
E Q E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10-----|
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10-----|
|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8-----|
|--------0-0-0------0------0---|
PM--| PM PM
Q. Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------||---------------------------|
|-----------------------||o--------------------------|
|-8----8----------------||-------------10s9---9s10---|
|-8----8----------------||-------------10s9---9s10---|
|-6----6----8-6---6-5---||o-------------8s7---7s=8---|
|---------------7-----7-||--0----0-0-0------0------0-|
PM--| PM PM PM--| PM PM
E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|
|--------0-0-0------0------0-|--------0-0-0------0------0-|
1. 2.
6/8 12/8
Q. Q. 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||-------------------------||
|-8----8----------------|--------------||-------------------------||
|-8----8----------------|-3------------||-3-----------2-----------||
|-6----6----8-6---6-5---|---5-4-3-----o||---5-4-3-------4-3-2-----||
|---------------7-----7-|---------4-0--||---------4-0---------3-0-||
Pre-Verse
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||--2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
||o-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
||--0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------o||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3--||
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3-o||
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1--||
Verse
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----|
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1----|
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----|
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1----|
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
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
-------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
PM-------------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
-------------------------------| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------9----------9-----||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-----||
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||--2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
||o-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
||--0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----||
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3---o||
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1----||
Verse
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-3-----------2--------------|
|-2--3-------------------|---5-4-3-------4-3-2--------|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------4-0---------3-0----|
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-3-----------2--------------|
|-2--3-------------------|---5-4-3-------4-3-2--------|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------4-0---------3-0----|
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
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/slayer/postmortem_tab_ver_4.html ]
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
PM--| PM--------|
Q. E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E E E E Q.
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|-6----------5----8----|-------------9-9-9-9-----||
|-4----4-4-4-3----6----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||
PM--| PM PM PM--| PM PM
Q. E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|------------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|-------------8s7---7s=8---|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|
|-0----0-0-0------0------0-|--------0-0-0------0------0-|
PM--| PM PM
E Q E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-8----8-------------------||
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-8----8-------------------||
|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|-6----6----8-6---6-5------||
|--------0-0-0------0------0-|---------------7-----7----||
PM--| PM PM
Q. E E E E E E E E E
||---------------------------|
||o--------------------------|
||-------------10s9---9s10---|
||-------------10s9---9s10---|
||o-------------8s7---7s=8---|
||--0----0-0-0------0------0-|
PM--| PM PM PM--| PM PM
E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|
|--------0-0-0------0------0-|--------0-0-0------0------0-|
1. 2.
6/8 12/8
Q. Q. 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||-------------------------||
|-8----8----------------|--------------||-------------------------||
|-8----8----------------|-3------------||-3-----------2-----------||
|-6----6----8-6---6-5---|---5-4-3-----o||---5-4-3-------4-3-2-----||
|---------------7-----7-|---------4-3--||---------4-3---------3-2-||
Interlude
Q=164
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------||
||------------------|-------------7-6--||
||o---8-7-6-----7-6-|---8-7-6-4-3-----o||
||--0-------5-4-----|-0----------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-------------------||
||o------------------|------------------o||
||-------------------|--------------9-8--||
||----10-9-8-----9-8-|---10-9-8-6-5-7-6--||
||o----8-7-6-7-6-7-6-|----8-7-6-4-3-----o||
||--0--------5-4-----|-0-----------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------||
||------------------|-------------7-6--||
||o---8-7-6-----7-6-|---8-7-6-4-3-----o||
||--0-------5-4-----|-0----------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||-------------------|-------------------||
||o------------------|------------------o||
||-------------------|--------------9-8--||
||----10-9-8-----9-8-|---10-9-8-6-5-7-6--||
||o----8-7-6-7-6-7-6-|----8-7-6-4-3-----o||
||--0--------5-4-----|-0-----------------||
H.=H
Ab5
Gtr II
W +W +W
| | |
/ / /
Gtr I
TP TP
H H H. Q +W
|-----------|-------------:--------||
|-----------|-------------:--------||
|-----------|-------------:--------||
|-6---------|-------------:--------||
|-6----6----|--6-------6--:-(6)----||
|-4----4----|--4-------4--:-(4)----||
Interlude 2
Q=240
Ab5
Gtr II
Q Q H W
|
/
Gtr I
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
W Q H.
|
x
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6--6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Gtrs I, II
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
Out-Verse 1 & 2
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1.
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-----||
2.
7/8 4/4
Q Q Q E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|--------------||--------------------------|
|--------------||o-------------------------|
|--------------||--------------------------|
|--------------||--------------------------|
|-9------------||o-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-7--------11\-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
1. 2. H.=H
E S S S S E E S S S S E H H W +W W
|--------------------------||-----------||----------|------------|------*|
|-------------------------o||-----------||----------|------------|------*|
|--------------------------||-----------||----------|------------|------*|
|--------------------------||-----------||----------|------------|------*|
|-------------------------o||-9----8----||-2--------|-(2)--------|------*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6--||-7----6----||-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
