Seasons In The Abyss

SEASONS IN THE ABYSS
by:SLAYER

Tuning-Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,eb         
Tempo: slow (64 bpm)

INTRO:

RIFF 1: (*2 times)

Gtr.1Eb||-------------0-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
Gtr.2Bb||-------------0-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Gb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Db||-2-----------------------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------3-----3-----||
     Ab||-2-----------------------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------3-----3-----||
     Eb||-0-----------------------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------1-----1-----||
       ||                                                 |                                                 ||
Gtr.3Eb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Bb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Gb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Db||----------------------------------------2--------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Ab||-------------------------------------2-----------|-1 bend 2 slowly release 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--||
     Eb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||

RIFF 1A: (*2 times)

Gtr.1Eb||-------------0-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
Gtr.2Bb||-------------0-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Gb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Db||-2-----------------------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------3-----3-----||
     Ab||-2-----------------------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------3-----3-----||
     Eb||-0-----------------------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------1-----1-----||
       ||                                                 |                                                 ||
Gtr.3Eb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Bb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Gb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Db||----------------------------------------2--------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Ab||-------------------------------------2-----------|-1 bend 2 slowly release 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--||
     Eb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
       ||                                                 |                                                 ||
Gtr.4Eb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Bb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Gb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Db||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Ab||-------3--2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|-------------------------------------------------||
     Eb||-0--1--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||

RIFF 1B: (*2 times)

Gtr.1Eb||-------------0-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
Gtr.2Bb||-------------0-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Gb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Db||-2-----------------------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------3-----3-----||
     Ab||-2-----------------------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------3-----3-----||
     Eb||-0-----------------------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------1-----1-----||
       ||                                                 |                                                 ||
Gtr.3Eb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Bb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Gb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Db||----------------------------------------2--------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Ab||-------------------------------------2-----------|-1 bend 2 slowly release 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--||
     Eb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
       ||                                                 |                                                 ||
Gtr.4Eb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Bb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Gb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Db||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Ab||-------3--2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|-------------------------------------------------||
     Eb||-0--1--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
       ||                                                 |                                                 ||
Gtr.5Eb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Bb||----------------------------------------17-------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Gb||----14-17-16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---16----------|-15 bend 16 slow release 15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--||
     Db||-15----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Ab||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Eb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||

RIFF 2: (*4 times) ( Gtrs 1?2 hold E5 and then fade out)

Gtr.3Eb||----------0-----------------------0--------------|----------0-----------------------0-----------0--||
     Bb||-------0-----0-----------------0-----0-----------|-------0-----0-----------------0-----------0-----||
     Gb||----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3-----3--|----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3--------||
     Db||-2-----------------2-----2-----------------2-----|-3-----------------3-----------------------------||
     Ab||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------3-----------2-----------||
     Eb||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||

RIFF 2A:

Gtr.1Eb|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
     Gb|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
     Db|--2-----------------------------------------------|-3-----------------------------------------------|
     Ab|--2-----------------------------------------------|-3-----------------------3-----------2-----------|
     Eb|--0-----------------------------------------------|-1-----------------------3-----------2-----------|
       |                                                  |                                                 |
Gtr.3Eb|-----------0-----------------------0--------------|----------0-----------------------0-----------0--|
     Bb|--------0-----0-----------------0-----0-----------|-------0-----0-----------------0-----------0-----|
     Gb|-----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3-----3--|----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3--------|
     Db|--2-----------------2-----2-----------------2-----|-3-----------------3-----------------------------|
     Ab|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------3-----------2-----------|
     Eb|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

Gtr.1Eb|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
     Gb|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------5-----------4-----------|
     Db|--2-----------------------------------------------|-3-----------------------5-----------4-----------|
     Ab|--2-----------------------------------------------|-3-----------------------3-----------2-----------|
     Eb|--0-----------------------------------------------|-1-----------------------------------------------|
       |                                                  |                                                 |
Gtr.3Eb|-----------0-----------------------0--------------|----------0-----------------------0-----------0--|
     Bb|--------0-----0-----------------0-----0-----------|-------0-----0-----------------0-----------0-----|
     Gb|-----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3-----3--|----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3--------|
     Db|--2-----------------2-----2-----------------2-----|-3-----------------3-----------------------------|
     Ab|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------3-----------2-----------|
     Eb|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

RIFF 2B: (*2 times)

Gtr.1Eb||--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Bb||--------------------------------------------------|--------------------sl---------------------------||
     Gb||-/9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-10----10-10-10-10-10\---------------------------||
     Db||-/9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-10----10-10-10-10-10\---------------------------||
     Ab||-/7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-8-----8--8--8--8--8-\---3-----------2-----------||
     Eb||--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------3-----------2-----------||
       ||                                                  |                                                 ||
Gtr.2Eb||--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
     Bb||--------------------------------------------------|---------------------sl--------------------------||
     Gb||--9-----------------------------------------------|-10--------------(10)\---------------------------||
     Db||--9-----------------------------------------------|-10--------------(10)\---------------------------||
     Ab||--7-----------------------------------------------|-8----------------(8)\---3-----------2-----------||
     Eb||--0-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------3-----------2-----------||
       ||                                                  |                                                 ||
Gtr.3Eb||-----------0-----------------------0--------------|----------0-----------------------0-----------0--||
     Bb||--------0-----0-----------------0-----0-----------|-------0-----0-----------------0-----------0-----||
     Gb||-----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3-----3--|----3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3--------||
     Db||--2-----------------2-----2-----------------2-----|-3-----------------3-----------------------------||
     Ab||--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------3-----------2-----------||
     Eb||--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||

Tempo increases: 152 bpm

RIFF 3: (play 7 times)

Gtr.1Eb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
Gtr.2Bb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
     Gb||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
     Db||---------------------------------|-------------2-----------1-------||
     Ab||---------------------------------|-------------2-----------1-------||
     Eb||-0---2---3---0---2---3---5---0---|-2---3---0-------3---0-------2---||
          .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   >   .   .   >   .

RIFF 3A:

Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|----------------------------------|-----------------6-------5-------|
     Ab|----------------------------------|-----------------6-------5-------|
     Eb|--0---2---3---0---2---3---5---0---|-2---3---0---2---4-------3-------|
          .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .

RIFF 4:

Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Ab|--2-------2---1-------------------|-2-------2---2-------------------|
     Eb|--0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0-0-0---1---0---0---0---0---|
              . .         .   .   .   .         . .         .   .   .   .

Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|----------------------------------|-------------------------1-------|
     Ab|--2-------2---1-------------------|-2-------2-------3-------1-------|
     Eb|--0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0-0-0---0-0-3---------------|
              . .         .   .   .   .         . .     . .

Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Ab|--2-------2---1-------------------|-2-------2---2-------------------|
     Eb|--0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0-0-0---1---0---0---0---0---|
              . .         .   .   .   .         . .         .   .   .   .

Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|----------------------------------|-----------------6-------5-------|
     Ab|--2-------2---1-------------------|-2-------2-------6-------5-------|
     Eb|--0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0-0-0---0---4-------3-------|
              . .         .   .   .   .         . .     .

VERSE 1 with RIFF 4:

         Ra  -  zor's  edge   o - ut - li - nes   the de - ad,          in - 
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Ab|--2-------2---1-------------------|-2-------2---2-------------------|
     Eb|--0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0-0-0---1---0---0---0---0---|
              . .         .   .   .   .         . .         .   .   .   .

       - ci - si - ons  in   my     he  -  ad.                          An - 
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|----------------------------------|-------------------------1-------|
     Ab|--2-------2---1-------------------|-2-------2-------3-------1-------|
     Eb|--0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0-0-0---0-0-3---------------|
              . .         .   .   .   .         . .     . .

        - ti  -  ci - pa  -  tion,   the  sti  -  mu - la   -  tion     to 
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Ab|--2-------2---1-------------------|-2-------2---2-------------------|
     Eb|--0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0-0-0---1---0---0---0---0---|
              . .         .   .   .   .         . .         .   .   .   .

          kill  the   ex - hi  -  la - ra  -  tion. 
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|----------------------------------|-----------------6-------5-------|
     Ab|--2-------2---1-------------------|-2-------2-------6-------5-------|
     Eb|--0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0-0-0---0---4-------3-------|
              . .         .   .   .   .         . .     .

CHORUS:

        Close    your  eyes,  look    deep     in  your so - ul, step out -
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|--2-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
     Ab|--2-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
     Eb|--0-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|

         side    yourself     and     let     your mind    go. 
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|--4-------------------------------|-(4)-------------5-------4-------|
     Ab|--4-------------------------------|-(4)-------------5-------4-------|
     Eb|--2-------------------------------|-(2)-------------3-------2-------|

        Fro  -  zen  eyes    stare    deep     in  your  mind   as you die -  
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|--2-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
     Ab|--2-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
     Eb|--0-------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|

         - eeeeeeeeeeeee!
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|--6-------------------------------|-(6)-------------5-------4-------|
     Ab|--6-------------------------------|-(6)-------------5-------4-------|
     Eb|--4-------------------------------|-(4)-------------3-------2-------|

        Close    your  eyes    and  for - get  your   na - me,  step out - 
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|--2-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
     Ab|--2-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
     Eb|--0-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|

         side    yourself     and     let   your thoughts drain. 
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|--4-------------------------------|-(4)-------------5-------4-------|
     Ab|--4-------------------------------|-(4)-------------5-------4-------|
     Eb|--2-------------------------------|-(2)-------------3-------2-------|

              As you     go       in  -  sane,         go       in  -  sa - 
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|--2-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
     Ab|--2-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
     Eb|--0-------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|

         - neeeeeeeeeeeee!
Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|--6-------------------------------|-(6)-------------5-------4-------|
     Ab|--6-------------------------------|-(6)-------------5-------4-------|
     Eb|--4-------------------------------|-(4)-------------3-------2-------|

RIFF 4

VERSE 2

CHORUS

RIFF 3 (*3 times)

RIFF 3A

SOLO

RIFF under the 1st lead: (*4 times)

Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|--3-------3---1---3---3---3---3---|-3-------3---1---3---3---3---3---|
     Ab|--3-------3---1---3---3---3---3---|-3-------3---1---3---3---3---3---|
     Eb|--1---1-1-1-------1---1---1---1---|-1---1-1-1-------1---1---1---1---|
              . .         .   .   .   .         . .         .   .   .   .

Gtr.1Eb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr.2Bb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     Db|--3-------3---0---3---3---3---3---|-3-------3-------3---3---3---3---|
     Ab|--3-------3---0---3---3---3---3---|-3-------3---4---3---3---3---3---|
     Eb|--1---1-1-1-------1---1---1---1---|-1---1-1-1---4---1---1---1---1---|
              . .         .   .   .   .         . .         .   .   .   .




SOLO 1

     /     /     /^^^^\    /           A.H.                                             
|-18/---18/---18/------\18/------------------/halfstep-----------------------------|
|------------------------------0\-------5\--/--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------\--------\/---------------------------------16-18-|
|------------------------------1step----1step-----------------------16-18-19-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------16-17-19----------------|
|---------------------------------------------x\--16-17-19-------------------------| 
                                                pm--------------------------          
                             /
|-------------------19-21-22/----18p17p15-18p17p15-18-17-15----------|
|----------18-21-22-----------------------------------------18-17-15-|
|-18-19-21-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17-15-14----15-14-15-14-------------------------------------|
|-----------17-------------17-15-14----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------17-15-13-------13----------|
|--------------------------------------------17-15----17-13----|
                                 pm-------------------------

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------/|
|---------------------------------------------10-12----------10-12/-|
|---------------------10-12----------10-12-14-------10-12-14--------|
|------------10-12-13-------10-12-13--------------------------------|
|---10-12-13--------------------------------------------------------|
  pm------------------------------------------------------------        

                                                           A.H.(pitch B)
|-------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---\-|
                                                                  slack



Hanneman's lead:
Use the chorus riff to back this one up.
                                        /full
|------------------------12-15-15/17-17/-----17~~~~--|
|----------------8-10-13-----------------------------|
|--------------9-------------------------------------|
|-------5-7-10---------------------------------------|
|-----7----------------------------------------------|
|-5-8------------------------------------------------|
pm-----
                                         full   1 1/2                  full
|-t19p15-t19p15-t19p15p12-t15p12-t15p12----/----/\--/\-------------------/--|
|---------------------------------------15/--17/--\/--\(17)p15-13-15--15/---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                   full  1 1/2
|----------------------------------------------------/-----/\---|
|-13p11-----------------------------------------8-10/---10/--\--|
|-------13~~~---------------------------7-9-7-9-----------------|
|-------------------------------7-9-7-9-------------------------|
|---------------------7-10-7-10---------------------------------|
|-------------10-7-10-------------------------------------------|
            pm-----------------

     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\---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------\/\/\/---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then do this little tap picking bit TWO times
|-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Do the slides w/right hand (or left for leftys) till end of solo
|-/t10p5h7h8-/t11p6h8h9-/t12p7h9h10-/t13p8h10h11-/t14p9h11h12-/t15p10h12h13--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|-/t21p16h18h19-/t22p17h19h20-/t20p18\--|
|---------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------------|
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