Raining Blood
by Slayer
Tune Down 1/2 step 6=Eb 3=Gb 5=Ab 2=Bb 4=Db 1=Eb
Tempo: fast (178 bpm)
Intro: Drums w/Thunder and Rain effects
RIFF 1 ( play 2 times): Gtr.1Eb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gtr.2Bb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Db||-----------------8---9---8-------|-----8---7-----------7---6-------|| Ab||-------------7-------------------|-9---------------8---------------|| Eb||-0---0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------|| . . .
RIFF 1A:
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|------------------8---9---8-------|-----8---7-----------7---6-------| Ab|--------------7-------------------|-9---------------8---------------| Eb|--0---0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------| | . . . | | Gtr.2Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|------------------8---9---8-------|-----8---7-----------7---6-------| Db|--------------7-------------------|-9---------------8---------------| Ab|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Eb|--0---0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------| . . .
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|------------------8---9---8-------|-----8---7-----------7---6-------| Ab|--------------7-------------------|-9---------------8---------------| Eb|--0---0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------| | . . . | | Gtr.2Eb|-------------------------A.H.-----|----A.H.-------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|------------------8---9--?8>------|----?8>--7-----------7---6-------| Db|--------------7-------------------|-9---------------8---------------| Ab|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Eb|--0---0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------| . . . RIFF 2: (play 4 times)
Gtr.1Eb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Ab||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Eb||-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Db|---------------------------------|-----------------3---2-----------|| Ab|---------------------------------|-------------4-----------3---2---|| Eb|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0---2---4-----------------------|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tempo: faster (214 bpm) RIFF 3:
Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Ab|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Eb|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 3A: (play 3 times, the last time don't play the last 2 notes)
Gtr.1Eb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db||---------------------------------|-------------------------3-------| Ab||---------------------------------|-------------------------1-------| Eb||-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-----0-3-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Ab|---------------------------------|-----------------5-------8-------|| Eb|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-|-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-3-------6---0-3-|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VERSE 1:
Trapped in pur - ga - to - ry, a Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------9---8-------|---------------------------------| Ab|----------------10---7---6-------|-----------------9-------12------| Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-0---8---------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---7-------10------| . . . . . . . . . . . .
lifeless ob - ject a - live. A - Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------9---8-------|---------------------------------| Ab|----------------10---7---6-------|-----------------9-------12------| Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-0---8---------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---7-------10------| . . . . . . . . . . . .
waiting re - prisal, Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------9---8-------|---------------------------------| Ab|----------------10---7---6-------|-----------------9-------12------| Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-0---8---------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---7-------10------| . . . . . . . . . . . .
death will be their ac - quit - tance. Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------9---8-------|---------------------------------| Ab|----------------10---7---6-------|-----------------9-------12------| Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-0---8---------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---7-------10------| . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sky is tur - ning red. Re - Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------9---8-------|---------------------------------| Ab|----------------10---7---6-------|-----------------9-------12------| Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-0---8---------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---7-------10------| . . . . . . . . . . . .
turn to po - wer draws ne - ar. Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------9---8-------|---------------------------------| Ab|----------------10---7---6-------|-----------------9-------12------| Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-0---8---------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---7-------10------| . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fall in - to me, the sky's crim - son te - ars. A - Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------9---8-------|---------------------------------| Ab|----------------10---7---6-------|-----------------9-------12------| Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-0---8---------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---7-------10------| . . . . . . . . . . . .
bolish the ru - les made of sto - ne. Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------9---8-------|---------------------------------| Ab|----------------10---7---6-------|-----------------9-------12------| Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-0---8---------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---7-------10------| . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tempo: a little slower (188 bpm) RIFF 4: (play 2 times)
Gtr.1Eb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db||---------------------------------|---------------------8---7-------| Ab||----------------7h10p8p7-8-------|-------------7---10--------------| Eb||-0---0---0---0-------------------|-0---0---0-----------------------| . . . . . . .
Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gb|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8-------------------|| Db|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---7-------7-------|| Ab|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---7-------7-------|| Eb|---------------------------------|-----------------5-------5-------|| > >
BRIDGE with RIFF 4:
Pierced from below, so - uls of my treacherous past. Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------8---7-------| Ab|----------------7h10p8p7-8-------|-------------7---10--------------| Eb|-0---0---0---0-------------------|-0---0---0-----------------------| . . . . . . .
Be - Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8-------------------| Db|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---7-------7-------| Ab|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---7-------7-------| Eb|---------------------------------|-----------------5-------5-------| > >
trayed by ma - ny now, ornaments drip - ping a - bo - Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------8---7-------| Ab|----------------7h10p8p7-8-------|-------------7---10--------------| Eb|-0---0---0---0-------------------|-0---0---0-----------------------| . . . . . . .
- ove. Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8-------------------| Db|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---7-------7-------| Ab|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---7-------7-------| Eb|---------------------------------|-----------------5-------5-------| > >
Repeat RIFF 1 (*2 times)
RIFF 1B:
A - waiting the ho - ur of repri - sal, Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|------------------8---9---8-------|-----8---7-----------7---6-------| Ab|--------------7-------------------|-9---------------8---------------| Eb|--0---0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------| | . . . | | Gtr.2Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|-----------------10--11--10-------|-----10--9-----------9---8-------| Db|--------------9-------------------|-11--------------10--------------| Ab|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Eb|--0---0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------| . . .
yo - ur ti - me slips aaaaaaaaaaaaa - Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|------------------8---9---8-------|-----8---7-----------7---6-------| Ab|--------------7-------------------|-9---------------8---------------| Eb|--0---0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------| | . . . | | Gtr.2Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|-----------------10--11--10-------|-----10--9-----------9---8-------| Db|--------------9-------------------|-11--------------10--------------| Ab|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Eb|--0---0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------| . . .
RIFF 5: (play 4 times; sing only 1st time) - waaaaay. Gtr.1Eb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gtr.2Bb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gb||---------R---------------R-------|---------R---------------R-------|| Db||---------E---------------E-------|---------E---------------E-------|| Ab||-2---2---S-------2---2---S-------|-2---2---S-------2---2---S-------|| Eb||-0---0---T-------0---0---T-------|-0---0---T-------0---0---T-------||
RIFF 6: (play 6 times)
Gtr.1Eb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Bb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gb||---------R---------------R-------|---------R---------------R-------|| Db||---------E---------------E-------|---------E---------------E-------|| Ab||-2---2---S-------2---2---S-------|-2---2---S-------2---2---S-------|| Eb||-0---0---T-------0---0---T-------|-0---0---T-------0---0---T-------|| || | || Gtr.2Eb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Bb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Gb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| Db||-------------9---------------8---|-------------7-------------------|| Ab||-----7---10----------7---10------|-----7---10----------7---10--9---|| Eb||-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|| . . . .
CHORUS:
Raining blo - ooooooooooooooooooooooooood! Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------sl----| Ab|---------5---9-----------5---8---|---------5---7-----------5--\4---| Eb|-0---0---3---7---0---0---3---6---|-0---0---3---5---0---0---3--\2---| . . . . . . . .
from a lacerated sky. Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------sl----| Ab|---------5---9-----------5---8---|---------5---7-----------5--\4---| Eb|-0---0---3---7---0---0---3---6---|-0---0---3---5---0---0---3--\2---| . . . . . . . .
Bleeding its hor - ror. Cre - Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------sl----| Ab|---------5---9-----------5---8---|---------5---7-----------5--\4---| Eb|-0---0---3---7---0---0---3---6---|-0---0---3---5---0---0---3--\2---| . . . . . . . .
ating my struc - ture, now I shall reign in Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------sl----| Ab|---------5---9-----------5---8---|---------5---7-----------5--\4---| Eb|-0---0---3---7---0---0---3---6---|-0---0---3---5---0---0---3--\2---| . . . . . . . .
RIFF 7: blood! Gtr.1Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Ab|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Eb|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gtr.1Eb|--------- 6/4 measure ---------------------------| Gtr.2Bb|-------------------------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------------------------| Db|-------------------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------------------------------| Eb|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tempo: extremely fast (247 bpm)
At this point, one of the guitars starts the solo, which employs lots of tremolo bar effects. Further down there's only rhythm part.
RIFF 8: (play 4 times) Gtr.1Eb||-------------------------|-------------------------|| Bb||-------------------------|-------------------------|| Gb||-------------------------|-------------------------|| Db||-------------------------|-------------------------|| Ab||-------------------------|-------------------------|| Eb||-0--0--0--0--0--0--7--7--|-6--6--6--6--3--3--3--3--|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 9: (play 2 times) Gtr.1Eb||-------------------------|-------------------------|| Bb||-------------------------|-------------------------|| Gb||-------------------------|-------------------------|| Db||-------------------------|-------------------------|| Ab||-------------------------|-------------------------|| Eb||-4--4--4--4--4--4--8--8--|-7--7--7--7--7--7--8--8--|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repeat RIFF 8 (*9 times)
OUTRO:
Gtr.1Eb|--------------------------|-------------------------| Bb|--------------------------|-------------------------| Gb|--------------------------|-------------------------| Db|--------------------------|-------------------------| Ab|--------------------------|-------------------------| Eb|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gtr.1Eb|--------------------------|-------------------------| Bb|--------------------------|-------------------------| Gb|--------------------------|----------------R--------| Db|--------------------------|----------------E--------| Ab|--------------------------|----------------S--------| Eb|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--T--------| . . . . . . . . . . . . .
sounds of rain and thunder