-/ / The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be used / / for private use and studying / /-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ SLAYER - CHEMICAL WARFARE From the Album SHOW NO MERCY Copyright 1987 METAL BLADE RECORDS Version 1.0 - October 1998 Transcription By: Lee Metcalfe For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact Lee at: L.Metcalfe@cm.cf.ac.uk Lee at: scm2lm@cm.cf.ac.uk Check out 's Death/Black Tab Webpage at join the death/black tab emailing list by emailing . - palm mute / - slide up to \ - slide down to ~ - vibrato h - hammer on b - bend p - pull off Suffixes for bend ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend * - see comment r - release t - tap bend X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend @ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note Tuning: Eb(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb) Note: Work in progress... :-) BTW I'm useless at identifying pick slides/scrapes... Notation: h = Hammer; p = Pull; . = Palmute \ = Slide down; / = Slide up; b = bend to note x = Palmute whilst muffling strings with left hand. tr= Trill. Tempo: Well, it's pretty quick, go listen to the cd! :8-) Intro: ------ Play 2x eb---||(Guitar1)-----------------------|--------------------------------|| Bb---||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| Gb---||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| Db---||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| Ab---||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| Eb---||0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Play 6x ||(Guitars1&2)--------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |15\-----------------------------| |13\-----------------------------| |--------------------------------| * Long pick slide... Maybe? :-) Pre-verse: ---------- Play 4x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|------------------------------2-|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verse 1: -------- Play 8x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|------------------------------2-|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chorus: ------- ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||3-------------------------------|--------------------2---3---2---| ||1-------------------------------|--------------------0---1---0---| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------2-------| |4-------------------------------|------------------------0-------| |2-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |3-------------------------------|--------2---3---2---2---3---2---| |1-------------------------------|--------0---1---0---0---1---0---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Play 2x |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|------------------------2-------|| |4-------------------------------|------------------------0-------|| |2-------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |\-------------------------------| |\-(Long pick slide)-------------| Pre-verse: ---------- Play 3x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|------------------------------2-|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|5---------------3---------------| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|3---------------1---------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verse 2: -------- Play 8x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|------------------------------2-|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chorus: ------- ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||3-------------------------------|--------------------2---3---2---| ||1-------------------------------|--------------------0---1---0---| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------2-------| |4-------------------------------|------------------------0-------| |2-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |3-------------------------------|--------2---3---2---2---3---2---| |1-------------------------------|--------0---1---0---0---1---0---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Play 2x |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|------------------------2-------|| |4-------------------------------|------------------------0-------|| |2-------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |\-------------------------------| |\-(Long pick slide)-------------| Interlude: ---------- Half-time feel. (Hell, I dunno, it seems slower ok!) :-) ||----------------------------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------------------| ||----------------10\-9----------------------------------10-------| ||----------------8-\-7----------------------------------8--------| ||0---0---0---0----------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . Play 4x |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------10\-9-------------------------------------------|| |----------------8-\-7-------------------------------------------|| |0---0---0---0-----------0---0---0---0---7---8---11--10--9---8---|| |. . . . . . . . ||----------------------------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------------------| ||----------------8-\-7----------------------------------8--------| ||0---0---0---0---6-\-5--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---6--------| . . . . . . . . . . . . Play 2x |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------8-\-7-------------------------------------------|| |0---0---0---0---6-\-5---0---0---0---0---0---1---4---3---2---1---|| |. . . . . . . . ||----------------------------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------------------| ||----------------7-\-6----------------------------------7--------| ||----------------5-\-4----------------------------------5--------| ||0---0---0---0----------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . Play 2x |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------7-\-6-------------------------------------------|| |----------------5-\-4-------------------------------------------|| |0---0---0---0-----------0---0---0---0---4---5---8---7---6---5---|| |. . . . . . . . Play 2x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------7\6-----------------7---|--------7\6---------------------|| ||--------5\4-----------------5---|--------5\4---------------------|| ||0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-4-5-8-7-6-5-|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Back to normal-time feel) |(Guitar1)-----------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Play 6x ||(Guitars1&2)--------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|----------------7---------------| ||--------------------------------|----------------5-----7-----9---| ||4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------5-----7---| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------7---------------| |--------------------------------|----------------5-----7-----9---| |4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------5-----7---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------7---------------| |--------------------------------|----------------5-----7-----9---| |4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------5-----7---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Play 2x |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|7-----6-----5-------------------|| |--------------------------------|5-----4-----3---7-----8-----7---|| |4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------5-----6-----5---|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| Sorry it isn't finished but I'm really busy these days - I'll try to finish it soon if I can... :-/ However, here's the end part for you - this is the riff that they used as the intro to ghost of war in case you didn't notice... :-) Play 4x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|3-----------2-------------------|| ||5---------------4---------------|------------------------3-------|| ||----2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2---|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Not too sure about this part...) Play 3x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|------------------------1---2---|| ||--------3---2-----------0---2---|--------3---2-------------------|| ||4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4---------|4-4-4-4---------3-3-3-3---------|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------3---2-----------0---2---|--------3---2-------------------| |4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4---------|4-4-4-4---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------2---------------| |--------------------------------|----------------2---------------| |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0---------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . With lots of crazy pick scrapes to finish off... ;-) Check out 's Death/Black Tab Webpage at