Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss Chords & Tabs

slayer
seasons in the abyss


Intro:                              Low harmony
||-----0---------------------------||------------------------------------||J
||-----0---------------------------||------------------------------------||E
||---------------------------------||------------------------------------||F
||--2--------2---------------3--3--||--------------------2---------------||F
||--2-----2-----1>---<1~~~---3--3--||-------3--2~~~---2-----1>---<1~~~---||
||--0------------------------1--1--||-0--1-------------------------------||

High harmony
||---------------------------------------||K
||---------------------17----------------||E
||-------17-16~~~---16----14>---<14~~~---||R
||-14-15---------------------------------||R
||---------------------------------------||Y
||---------------------------------------||

Acoustic intro riff:
||--------0---------------0---------|-------0----------------0-----------0--||K
||------0---0-----------0---0-------|-----0---0------------0-----------0----||E
||----3-------3---3---3-------3---3-|---3-------3---3----3-----------3------||R
||--2-----------2---2-----------2---|-3-----------3-------------------------||R
||----------------------------------|------------------3-----------2--------||y
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||

||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||J
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||E
||----------------------------------|------------------5-----------4--------||F
||--2-------------------------------|-3----------------5-----------4--------||F
||--2-------------------------------|-3----------------3-----------2--------||
||--0-------------------------------|-1----------------3-----------2--------||

||-----------------------------------------------------||J
||-----------------------------------------------------||E
||-----------------------------------------------5--4--||F
||-4/9-99-9-99-9-99-9999-10--10-10--10-10-10\5---5--4--||F
||-2/7-77-7-77-7-77-7777-8---8--8---8--8--8-\3---3--2--||
||-----------------------------------------------3--2--||

Main thrash riff:
||--------------------------------------------------|----------||
||--------------------------------------------------|----------||
||--------------------------------------------------|--5----4--||
||-----------------------------------2--------1-----|--5----4--||    
||-----------------------------------2--------1-----|--3----2--||
||--0--2--3--0--2--3--5--0--2--3--0-----3--0-----2--|--3----2--||

Verse riff:
||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--------------|--2-----2--1-----------|
||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--2-----------|--2-----2--1-----------|
||-0-00--0------0--0--0-|--0-00--0--1---0--0--0-|--0-00--0------0--0--0-|

|------------------------|-------------------------||    
|------------------------|-------------------------||    
|------------------------|-------------------------||    
|--2-----2----------1----|--2-----2-------6---5----||    
|--2-----2-------3--1----|--2-----2-------6---5----||
|--0-00--0--0----3-------|--0-00--0--0----4---3----||

Chorus:
||-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||
||-2--5--4---5-4--2--3--6---5-4--||
||-2--5--4---5-4--2--3--6---5-4--||
||-0--3--2---3-2--0--1--4---3-2--||

1ST SOLO 
Kerry King
RYTHYM:  variation on Verse Riff played 1 step (2 frets) higher; no
1st and 2nd ending w/ power chords - instead continue riff for a 4th measure.

LEAD:
      /    /    /^^^^\    /          A.H.
||-18/--18/--18/------\18/-----------------/halfstep-----------------------|
||---------------------------0\-------5\--/--------------------------------|
||-----------------------------\--------\/---------------------------------|
||---------------------------1step----1step----------------------16-18-19--|
||------------------------------------------------------16-17-19-----------|
||------------------------------------------x\-16-17-19--------------------|
                                           PM ..........................
                             /
|-------------------19-21-22/----------------------15-17-18----------|
|----------19-21-22-----------------------------------------15-17-18-|
|-16-18/21-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14-15-17----14-15-14-15-------------------------------------|
|-----------17-------------14-15-17----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------13-15-17-------13----------|
|--------------------------------------------15-17----13-17----|
                                 PM .......................
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/slayer/seasons_in_the_abyss_tab_ver_7.html ]
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------/|
|---------------------------------------------10-12----------10-12/-|
|---------------------10-12----------10-12-14-------10-12-14--------|
|------------10-12-13-------10-12-13--------------------------------|
|---10-12-13--------------------------------------------------------|
  PM........................................................

                                                             A.H
|-------1-1/2 step--1-step---1-step-----1-step-----1-step-------------||
|----------/---------/----------/---------/----------/----------------||
|-(12)\/10/-(10)\/13/--(13)\/15/-(15)\/17/--(17)\/20/--(20)\0\--/\----||
|-------------------------------------------------------------\/--\---||
|------------------------------------------------------------2-1/2-\--||
|------------------------------------------------------------step---\-||

Note: there are 2 versions of this solo, the album one and the one Kerry played for the clip. 
This is the clip version, which in my opinion kicks the **** outta the album one


2ND SOLO (cool!!!)
Jeff Hanneman 
RYTHYM: Same as Chorus
This solo is pretty easy ? its mostly tap picking. The only problem you might have 
is the speed with some of the ?interlude? parts between tap picking bits.
LEAD:
                                        /full
||------------------------12-15-15/17-17/-----17~~~~--|
||----------------8-10-13-----------------------------|
||--------------9-------------------------------------|
||-------5-7-10---------------------------------------|
||-----7----------------------------------------------|
||-5-8------------------------------------------------|

|-t19p15-t19p15-t19p15p12-t15p12-t15p12----/----/\--/\-------------------/--|
|---------------------------------------15/--17/--\/--\(17)p15-13-15--15/---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------/-----/\---|
|-13p11-----------------------------------------8-10/---10/--\--|
|-------13~~~---------------------------7-9-7-9-----------------|
|-------------------------------7-9-7-9-------------------------|
|---------------------7-10-7-10---------------------------------|
|-------------10-7-10-------------------------------------------|
           
     1/2      PM  harm.-------
|-----/\---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/10/--\(10)\-0-5/\/\/\/\/\/\-t12p5h8p5-t13p8h5h8p5-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                         A.H.1/2 step    1/2 down each
|-------------------------------------------/------full------------|
|-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-12p8p5-t12p8p5--5/--------/--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------5/----0\---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------\/\/\/---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


Tap picking bit TWO times
|-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-/t10p5h7h8-/t11p6h8h9-/t12p7h9h10-/t13p8h10h11-/t14p9h11h12-/t15p10h12h13--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-/t16p11h13h14-/t17p12h14h15-/t18p13h15h16-/t19p14h16h17-/t20p15h17h18-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-/t21p16h18h19-/t22p17h19h20-/t20p18\--||
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Order of riffs
Intro x2
Low harmony x4 (high harmony enter 2nd time)
Acoustic x9 
Heavy backing chord thing enter 5th time of acoustic x2
Higher backing bit x 2
Main thrash x 8
Verse x2 
Chorus x2
Verse x2
Chorus x2
Main thrash x4
Solo by Kerry King (continue solo rhythm bit till end of solo)
Solo by Jeff Hanneman (continue chorus riff till end of solo)
Main thrash x1
Verse x1
Chorus x2
Acoustic intro riff x4 
Heavy backing bit first 2 times of acoustic
High backing bit last 2 times