Slayer - Raining Blood Chords & Tabs

Raining Blood
By: SLAYER
Album: Reign in Blood
Transcribed by: Mike Bower

Tune down ½ step:
6=Eb    3=Gb
5=Ab    2=Bb
4=Db    1=Eb

Intro; no guitar.
Riff 1 (2x)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------8-9-8----8-7-----7-6----------------------------------|
|-------7--------9------8---------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------------|
  pm---|
Riff 2 (2x)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------8-9-8----8-7----7-6-----------------------------------|
|-------7--------9------8---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------------|
  pm---|
Riff 3 (4x)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000---------------|
  pm---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3--2----------------------------------------------|
|----------4--------3--2----------------------------------------|
|-0--2--4-------------------------------------------------------|
  pm-----|
Riff 4 (2x)						(repeat)
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------%---------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------%---------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-|-----------------------------|
  pm-----------------------------|


[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/slayer/raining_blood_tab_ver_2.html ]
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|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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|
  pm-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------3--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------1--------------------------------------------------|
|-0-5-3-2-0---0-3-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3|
  pm-------|  pm-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5----8----------------------------------------------------|
|-0--3----6----------------------------------------------------|
 pm
Riff 5 (8x) (Trapped in Purgatory. . . . . . )
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------9--8---------7-----------------------------------------|               |-----7--9--8------7--7-----------------------------------------|
|-----7--7--6------7--5-----------------------------------------|
|0000-5-------0000-5--------------------------------------------|
 pm--|        pm--|
Riff 6 (4x) (pierced from below. . . . .)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------888888---------------------|
|-------------------------------8-7--888888-7-7-----------------|
|---------7h10p8-7-8-------7-10------666666-7-7-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------0-0-0------------------5-5-----------------|
  pm-----|           pm---|
Riff 7 (4x)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10-11-10-----10-9-----9-8----------------------------|
|--------9-----------11-------10--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------------|
  pm---|






Riff 8 2nd time with pick slide
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-22--22--22--22--22--22--22--22--------------------------------|
|-00--00--00--00--00--00--00--00--------------------------------|
  pm----------------------------|
Riff 9(6x w/Riff 8)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------9------------8------------7--------------------------|
|---7--10--------7--10--------7--10--------7-10-9---------------|
|-0-----------0------------0------------0-----------------------|
  pm          pm           pm           pm 
Riff 10 (4x) (Raining Bloooooood . . . . . . .)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5--9------5--8------5--7-----5--4-------------------------|
|-0-0-3--7--0-0-3--6--0-0-3--5-0-0-3--2-------------------------|
  pm-|      pm-|      pm-|     pm-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000|
Play this with "noise"
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|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|000000007777777777666666666633333344444444447777777777888888888|

Well, its not the most difficult Slayer song, but you really have to work on playing it as fast as King and Hanneman do. Questions, comments, requests, e-mail me at: gtrdeath@hotmail.com