Slayer - Show No Mercy Chords & Tabs

 

Show No Mercy Chords & Tabs

Slayer Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Bass Tab

Show No Mercy Bass Tab

   
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SHOW NO MERCY (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1983 Album SHOW NO MERCY)

Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
	

Words and Music by K.King
Arranged by Slayer

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'T.Araya'

 Intro
  Fast  Q=192
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8          W          +W           W
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|-7--------|-(7)--------|-3----|
|------------|----------|------------|------|


  +W           W          H    H        E E E E E E E E
|------------|----------|-----------||------------------|
|------------|----------|-----------||o-----------------|
|-(3)--------|----------|-----------||o-----------------|
|------------|-3--------|-5----7----||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E. E +S  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E. E +S  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E. E +S  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


                        1st and 2nd Verses
  E E E E  E. E +S  E    E E E E E E E E
|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------10--9-(9)-5-||-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E. E +S  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E. E +S  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E. E +S  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5--8-(8)-7-|-(7)---------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


                        Chorus I and II
  E E E E  E. E +S  E    E Q  E E Q  E
|---------------------||---------------|
|---------------------||---------------|
|---------10--9-(9)-5-||-2-2--0-2-2--0-|
|-0-0-0-0-------------||---------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   E Q  E E Q  E   Q.   E Q.   E   E Q  E E Q  E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------0-2----0-|-2-2--0-5-5--0-|------0-2----0-|-2-2--0-2-2--0-|
|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------|---------------|


                                                       Guitar Solo
  Q.   E Q.   E   E Q  E E Q  E   Q.   E Q.   E         E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------||-||------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|
|------0-2----0-|-2-2--0-5-5--0-|------0-2----0-o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-3-------------|---------------|-3--------------||-||------------------|


  E E E E E.  E  +S  E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-9--10-(10)-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E. E +S  E  4x     E E E E E E E E
|---------------------||-||------------------|
|---------5--7-(7)-9-o||-||o-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7------------o||-||o-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-|
|---------------------||-||------------------|


  1.,2.,3.           4.
  E E E E E E E E  4x E E E E E E E E
|------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-1-0-0-0-3-2-2-2-o||-1-0-0-0---------|
|------------------||---------0-0-0-0-|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/slayer/show_no_mercy_btab_ver_2.html ]
   Bridge
    S S E E E S S E E E   S S E E E S S E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-|
||----------------------|---------------------|


  S S E E E S S E E E   S S E E E E Q  E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------------0----|
|-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-0----3-|
|---------------------|------------------|


  S S E E E S S E E E   S S E E E S S E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2---|
|---------------------|-----------------------|


                                               Chorus III
  S S E E E S S E E E   S S E E E E Q  E        E +Q   E E +Q   E
|---------------------|-------------------||-||-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------0--2-o||-||-------------------|
|-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-0------o||-||-9-(9)--7-9-(9)--7-|
|---------------------|-------------------||-||-------------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   E +Q   E E +Q   E   Q.   E Q.   E   E +Q   E E +Q   E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------7-(7)----|---------------|-------------------|
|-5----7-9----7-|-9-(9)--7--------7-|-5----7-9----7-|-9-(9)--7-9-(9)--7-|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   E +Q   E E +Q   E   Q.   E H        E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|-------------||------------------|
|---------------|----------7-(7)----|-------------||o-----------------|
|-5----7-9----7-|-9-(9)--7--------7-|-5----7-9----||o-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-|
|---------------|-------------------|-------------||------------------|


                                     1.                 2.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q  E     E E E E H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||--------------||
|-1-0-0-0-3-2-2-2-|-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-|-1-0-0-0-7-5--5-o||-1-0-0-0------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------0----||


    S S E E E S S E E E   S S E E E E.  E  +S  E   S S E E E S S E E E
||----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
||o-5s7-------5s7-------|-5s7-------9--10-(10)-9-|-5s7-------5s7--------|
||------0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-----0-0-0--------------|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0--|


  1.                      2H.=H                                         Slower Q=120
  S S E E E E. E +S  E     S S E E E E. E +S  E   E. E +S  E E. E +S  E   W
|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------:------|
|----------------------o||----------------------|-----------------------:------|
|-5s7----------0-(0)-2-o||-5s7----------3-(3)-2-|----3-(3)-2----3-(3)-2-:------|
|-----0-0-0-3-----------||-----0-0-0-3----------|-3----------3----------:-0----|


  +W           +W           +W           +W           +W
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|


  +W           +W
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|-(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