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Intro: Low harmony
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||--2--------2---------------3--3--||--------------------2---------------||F
||--2-----2-----1>---<1~~~---3--3--||-------3--2~~~---2-----1>---<1~~~---||
||--0------------------------1--1--||-0--1-------------------------------||
High harmony
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||---------------------17----------------||E
||-------17-16~~~---16----14>---<14~~~---||R
||-14-15---------------------------------||R
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Acoustic intro riff:
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||------0---0-----------0---0-------|-----0---0------------0-----------0----||E
||----3-------3---3---3-------3---3-|---3-------3---3----3-----------3------||R
||--2-----------2---2-----------2---|-3-----------3-------------------------||R
||----------------------------------|------------------3-----------2--------||y
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||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||J
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||E
||----------------------------------|------------------5-----------4--------||F
||--2-------------------------------|-3----------------5-----------4--------||F
||--2-------------------------------|-3----------------3-----------2--------||
||--0-------------------------------|-1----------------3-----------2--------||
||-----------------------------------------------------||J
||-----------------------------------------------------||E
||-----------------------------------------------5--4--||F
||-4/9-99-9-99-9-99-9999-10--10-10--10-10-10\5---5--4--||F
||-2/7-77-7-77-7-77-7777-8---8--8---8--8--8-\3---3--2--||
||-----------------------------------------------3--2--||
Main thrash riff:
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||--------------------------------------------------|--5----4--||
||-----------------------------------2--------1-----|--5----4--||
||-----------------------------------2--------1-----|--3----2--||
||--0--2--3--0--2--3--5--0--2--3--0-----3--0-----2--|--3----2--||
Verse riff:
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||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--------------|--2-----2--1-----------|
||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--2-----------|--2-----2--1-----------|
||-0-00--0------0--0--0-|--0-00--0--1---0--0--0-|--0-00--0------0--0--0-|
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|--2-----2----------1----|--2-----2-------6---5----||
|--2-----2-------3--1----|--2-----2-------6---5----||
|--0-00--0--0----3-------|--0-00--0--0----4---3----||
Chorus:
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||-2--5--4---5-4--2--3--6---5-4--||
||-2--5--4---5-4--2--3--6---5-4--||
||-0--3--2---3-2--0--1--4---3-2--||
1ST SOLO
Kerry King
RYTHYM: variation on Verse Riff played 1 step (2 frets) higher; no
1st and 2nd ending w/ power chords - instead continue riff for a 4th measure.
LEAD:
/ / /^^^^\ / A.H.
||-18/--18/--18/------\18/-----------------/halfstep-----------------------|
||---------------------------0\-------5\--/--------------------------------|
||-----------------------------\--------\/---------------------------------|
||---------------------------1step----1step----------------------16-18-19--|
||------------------------------------------------------16-17-19-----------|
||------------------------------------------x\-16-17-19--------------------|
PM ..........................
/
|-------------------19-21-22/----------------------15-17-18----------|
|----------19-21-22-----------------------------------------15-17-18-|
|-16-18/21-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14-15-17----14-15-14-15-------------------------------------|
|-----------17-------------14-15-17----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------13-15-17-------13----------|
|--------------------------------------------15-17----13-17----|
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
|-------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---\-||
Note: there are 2 versions of this solo, the album one and the one Kerry played for the clip.
This is the clip version, which in my opinion kicks the **** outta the album one
2ND SOLO (cool!!!)
Jeff Hanneman
RYTHYM: Same as Chorus
This solo is pretty easy – its mostly tap picking. The only problem you might have
is the speed with some of the ‘interlude’ parts between tap picking bits.
LEAD:
/full
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||----------------8-10-13-----------------------------|
||--------------9-------------------------------------|
||-------5-7-10---------------------------------------|
||-----7----------------------------------------------|
||-5-8------------------------------------------------|
|-t19p15-t19p15-t19p15p12-t15p12-t15p12----/----/\--/\-------------------/--|
|---------------------------------------15/--17/--\/--\(17)p15-13-15--15/---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------/-----/\---|
|-13p11-----------------------------------------8-10/---10/--\--|
|-------13~~~---------------------------7-9-7-9-----------------|
|-------------------------------7-9-7-9-------------------------|
|---------------------7-10-7-10---------------------------------|
|-------------10-7-10-------------------------------------------|
1/2 PM harm.-------
|-----/\---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/10/--\(10)\-0-5/\/\/\/\/\/\-t12p5h8p5-t13p8h5h8p5-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A.H.1/2 step 1/2 down each
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|-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-12p8p5-t12p8p5--5/--------/--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------5/----0\---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------\/\/\/---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Tap picking bit TWO times
|-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-|
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|-/t10p5h7h8-/t11p6h8h9-/t12p7h9h10-/t13p8h10h11-/t14p9h11h12-/t15p10h12h13--|
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|-/t16p11h13h14-/t17p12h14h15-/t18p13h15h16-/t19p14h16h17-/t20p15h17h18-|
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|-/t21p16h18h19-/t22p17h19h20-/t20p18\--||
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Order of riffs
Intro x2
Low harmony x4 (high harmony enter 2nd time)
Acoustic x9
Heavy backing chord thing enter 5th time of acoustic x2
Higher backing bit x 2
Main thrash x 8
Verse x2
Chorus x2
Verse x2
Chorus x2
Main thrash x4
Solo by Kerry King (continue solo rhythm bit till end of solo)
Solo by Jeff Hanneman (continue chorus riff till end of solo)
Main thrash x1
Verse x1
Chorus x2
Acoustic intro riff x4
Heavy backing bit first 2 times of acoustic
High backing bit last 2 times
Yer man he's right, this is a great song and a great tab but Kerry plays the intro 4 times and Jeff comes in on the third with the low harmony.
3 3
Also Kerry does not play the 1 1 bit, if you listen carefully, it's the drums but Jeff plays it on the last of
2
the low harmonies and holds 0 while Kerry starts to play the acoustic riff which he only plays 8 times. You also forgot to show where alot of palm mutes are but that's nothing.
Comments on this version of the 'Seasons In The Abyss' guitar tab
3 3
Also Kerry does not play the 1 1 bit, if you listen carefully, it's the drums but Jeff plays it on the last of
2
the low harmonies and holds 0 while Kerry starts to play the acoustic riff which he only plays 8 times. You also forgot to show where alot of palm mutes are but that's nothing.
Great tab!
Cheers.
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