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/ The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be used /
/ for private use and studying /
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SLAYER - SEX, MURDER, ART
From the Album DIVINE INTERVENTION
Copyright 1995 AMERICAN RECORDS
Version 1.0 - October 1998
Transcription By: Mike Kimball
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. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend
* - see comment r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend
@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
Tuning: Eb(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)
Fig. 1
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|----------5-------7---6---5--------------------------
|--4-6-7-4---7-4-6---6---6---7-6-5--------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
Play four times.
Fig. 2
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|-----------------------------------------------------
|----------1-------3---2---1--------------------------
|--0-2-3-0---3-0-2---2---2---3-2-1--------------------
Play four times; on fourth time hold last note.
Fig. 3
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|---------------------------------4p3-----------------
|--3-33334p3333333336p333334p33333---336p333334p33333-
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I & III II
|----------------|------- |-------
|----------------|------- |-------
|----------------|------- |-------
|----------------|5---4-- |6---5--
|----------------|3---4-- |6---5--
|--33334p3333333-|------- |-------
|__||___||__|
Play sequence three times with corresponding chord
changes; then fourth sequence in full--
fourth sequence
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|---------------------------------4p3-----------------
|--3-33334p3333333336p333334p33333---336p333334p33333-
|__||___||__||__||___||___||__||___||___||___||__|
|--------------------
|--------------------
|--------------------
|------6---5---5---4-
|------6---5---3---4-
|--3333--------------
End Fig. 3
Fig. 4
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|--1-1111114p11111113p11111112p1111111----------------
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Play twice; then twice more, a half-step up.
Note: Some of the pull-off notes sound like double-stops; use
your own judgment.
Fig. 5
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|--3-33333333334p36p34-44444444445p47p45-5555555555-
|__||__||__||____||__||__||__||____||__||__||__|
|--------------------------
|--------------------------
|--------------------------
|--------------------------
|--------------------------
|--6p58p56-6666666---5---4-
|____||__||__|
Play twice, but last time stops on the 6th fret for a power
chord; then--
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|-----------------------
|-----------------------
|------5----------------
|------5----------------
|--665-3----------------
End Fig. 5
Second verse is the same as first; Fig. 3.
Second chorus is almost the same as first; Fig.4. (End is a little
different; use your ears).
Fig. 6
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|------2---5-4---7-6---9-------2---5-4---8-7---10-----
|------2---5-4---7-6---9-------2---5-4---8-7---10-----
|--0-1-0-0-3-2-0-5-4-0-7---0-1-0-0-3-2-0-6-5-0-8------
This riff lasts through the rest of the song. It has one
variation, which uses more of the open E string, but the same chords.
Note: I play all the chords of Fig.6 with the root on the E
string because of the sliding of the last chord in the sequence (B in
first; C in second), especially the last chord of the song.
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