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TORMENTOR (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1983 Album SHOW NO MERCY)
Transcribed by cbliss66@dtnspeed.net
Words and Music by J.Hanneman
Arranged by Slayer
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Araya'
Intro
Slow Rock Q=72 1.,2.,3. 4.
4/4
Gtr I
~ ~~ ~ ~
E. S E E Q S E. E. S E E S S S S S S S S 4x E. S E E H
||-------------------|---------------------------||---------------|
||o------------------|--------------------------o||---------------|
||o--------2------3--|--------2-------------2---o||--------2------|
||--0--0-0---3--2----|-0--0-0---3-0-2-3-5-3---3--||-0--0-0---3----|
Fast Rock Q=220
+W +W Wx4 Q. Q. Q
|------------|------------||------------|--------------|
|------------|------------||------------|--------------|
|------------|------------||------------|-7----7----7--|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||------------|--------------|
W Q. Q. Q W Q. Q. Q
|----------|--------------|----------||---------------|
|----------|--------------|----------||o--------------|
|----------|-7----7----7--|----------||o-7----7----7--|
|----------|--------------|----------||---------------|
E E E E Q Q Q. Q. Q E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------|----------------||-||-----------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------o||-||o----------------|
|---5-3-2----2--|-7----7----7--|---5-3-2-------o||-||o------------5S7-|
|-5-------3-----|--------------|-5-------3--2---||-||--0--0-0-0-0-----|
1st and 2nd Verse
$
+Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------||-||----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------o||-||----------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------o||-||------------5S7-|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2--||-||-0--0-0-0-0-----|
+Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------|------------5S7-|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-----|
+Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------|------------5S7-|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-----|
+Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------|------------5S7-|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-----|
To Coda
+Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E Q. Q. Q
|------------------|------------------|-----------------||---------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------||o--------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------||o-7----7----7--|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2-||---------------|
Chorus
E E E E Q Q Q. Q. Q E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------|----------------||-||----------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------o||-||----------------|
|---5-3-2----2--|-7----7----7--|---5-3-2-------o||-||--------------2-|
|-5-------3-----|--------------|-5-------3--2---||-||-0--0-0-0-0-0---|
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------2-|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q H. Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)----------|--------------2-|
|------------------|----------------|--------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-3-|
+Q E E E E E E +W +W Q E E E E E E
|------------------|------------|------------||-----------------|
|------------------|------------|------------||o----------------|
|------------------|------------|------------||o------------5S7-|
|-(3)--3-3-3-3-1-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)--------||--0--0-0-0-0-----|
Chorus II
D.S. al Coda &
+Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------||-||----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------o||-||----------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------o||-||--------------2-|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2--||-||-0--0-0-0-0-0---|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/slayer/tormentor_btab_ver_3.html ]
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------2-|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q H. Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)----------|--------------2-|
|------------------|----------------|--------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-3-|
+Q E E E E E E +W +W +W
|------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(3)--3-3-3-3-1-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
Guitar Solo
+W Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|------------||-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|------------||o----------------|----------------|------------------|
|------------||o------------5S7-|-7----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|
|-(0)--------||--0--0-0-0-0-----|----0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|
+Q Q E E E E 4x Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------||-||----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-----------------o||-||----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)-------------o||-||--------------2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|
|------3--2-5-3-2--||-||-0--0-0-0-0-0---|------------------|----------------|
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|
|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|------------------|----------------|
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------------2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|
|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|------------------|----------------|
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E W
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|------------------|------|
|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)--3-3-3-3-1-0-|------|
W Q H. W Q H.
|----------|------------|----------|----------|
|----------|------------|----------|----------|
|----------|------------|----------|----------|
|----------|-0----------|----------|-0--------|
W Q. Q. Q E E E E Q Q Q. Q. Q
|----------||---------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------||o--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------||o-7----7----7--|---5-3-2----2--|-7----7----7--|
|----------||---------------|-5-------3-----|--------------|
Verse 3
E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|----------------||-||-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------o||-||o----------------|------------------|------------------|
|---5-3-2-------o||-||o------------5S7-|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|
|-5-------3--2---||-||--0--0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|
Outro Solo
+Q Q E E E E 4x Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|------------------||-||-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------o||-||o----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-(2)-------------o||-||o------------5S7-|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|
|------3--2-5-3-2--||-||--0--0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|
+Q Q E E E E 4x Q Q Q Q +W +W
|------------------||-||--------------|------------|--------|
|-----------------o||-||--------------|------------|--------|
|-(2)-------------o||-||--------------|------------|--------|
|------3--2-5-3-2--||-||-0--12-----0--|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
+W +W Q H.
|------------|------------|----------*|
|------------|------------|----------*|
|------------|------------|----------*|
|-(0)--------|-(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
