Bitter Peace tab by Slayer

Tabs

SLAYER : BITTER PEACE
From their '98 album 'Diabolus in Musica'

Comments:

I will only show the bottom three strings throughout this tab.

Guitars are drop-Db tuned, which means tune to Eb MajorEb but drop the sixth
string to Db. Hanneman is the LeftGtr and King the RightGtr.


Tempo: 80 bpm

Riff A1
DbDb |--LeftGtr-----------------------|
AbAb |0---2---1---0---2---1-2-5-5-4---|
DbDb |0---2---1---0---2---1-2-5-5-4---|
P.M |.  .  .  .  .  .      |
  |                |
DbDb |--RightGtr----------------------|
AbAb |----------------------2-5-5-4---|
DbDb |----------------------2-5-5-4---|

Play Riff A1 4x

Then play:
DbDb |--LeftGtr-----------------------|
AbAb |0---2---1---0---2---1---5-5-4---|
DbDb |0---2---1---0---2---1-025-5-4---|
P.M |.  .  .  .  .  .      |
  |                |
DbDb |--RightGtr----------------------|
AbAb |------------------------5-5-4---|
DbDb |----------------------025-5-4---|

Riff A2
DbDb |--------------------------------|
AbAb |0---2---1---0---2---1h2-5-5-4---|
DbDb |0---2---1---0---2---1h2-5-5-4---|

Both Gtrs Play Riff A2 4x

Then play:
  /=== repeat 3x =================
DbDb||*--------------------------------*||--------------------------------|
AbAb||*-3---6---5---3---6---5---4--1--*||3---6---5--1---------32-------|
DbDb||--3---6---5---3---6---5---4--1---||3---6---5--1---3-5-6-----5-4-1-|

Riff A3
DbDb |--------------------------------|
AbAb |0---2---1---0---2---1///5---4---|
DbDb |0---2---1---0---2---1///5---4---|

Play Riff A3 3x

Then play:
DbDb |---------------------------------|--------------------3-----------|
AbAb |-3---6---5---3---6---5---4--1---|3---6---5--1---2-3---2-1-------|
DbDb |-3---6---5---3---6---5---4--1---|3---6---5--1-------------5-4-1-|

Play Riff A2 4x, followed by

DbDb|0---------------|  After this there is 8 bars of bass and drums
AbAb|0-----let-ring--|  The drums sort of just peter out, after that
DbDb|0---------------|  there is about 3 beats silence and..

Tempo change to 200 bpm

Riff B1
DbDb |--LeftGtr-------5---3-------0-1-|--------------------------------|
AbAb |0---------------5---3-------0-1-|--let-ring----------------------|
DbDb |0---0-0-0-0-0-0-------------0-1-|--------------------------------|
P.M|  . . . . . .         |                |
  |                |                |
DbDb |---RightGtr-----------------0-1-|--------------------------------|
AbAb |0---------------------------0-1-|--let-ring----------------------|
DbDb |0---------------------------0-1-|--------------------------------|

Play Riff B1 3x

Play:
DbDb |--LGtr----------|----------------|----------------|--------0-1-----|
AbAb |0-------6-5~----|0-------8-6~----|0-------6-5~----|3-5-----0-1-----|
DbDb |00000000--------|00000000--------|00000000--------|--------0-1-----|
P.M|........    |........    |........    |        |
  |        |        |        |        |
DbDb |--RGtr----------|----------------|----------------|--------0-1-----|
AbAb |0---------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-1-----|
DbDb |0---------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-1-----|

Riff B2
DbDb |--LGtr----------|----------------|----------------|--------0-1-----|
AbAb |0-------6-5~----|0-------8-6~----|0-------6-5~----|3-5-----0-1-----|
DbDb |00000000--------|00000000--------|00000000--------|--------0-1-----|
P.M|........    |........    |........    |        |
  |        |        |        |        |
DbDb |--RGtr----------|----------------|----------------|--------0-1-----|
AbAb |0-------6-5-----|--------8-6-----|--------6-5-----|3-5-----0-1-----|
DbDb |0-------8-7-----|--------108-----|--------8-7-----|5-7-----0-1-----|

Play Riff B2

Riff C majorC
DbDb ||*-/=3=-/=3=-/=3=-/=3=-|/=3=-/=3=-/=3=-/=3=-|--
AbAb ||*-------------4-----------|------------6-----------|--
DbDb ||--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|--
P.M  . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . .

               /=== 1,3 ================
DbDb --|/=3=-/=3=-/=3=-/=3=-|/=3=-/=3=-/=3=-/=3=-*||--
AbAb --|------------4-----------|------------------------*||--
DbDb --|0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1--||--
P.M  . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    /=== 2 ==========/=== 4 ==============
DbDb  --|--------0-1----*||------------0-1-----|
AbAb  --|3-5-----0-1----*||------------0-1-----|
DbDb  --|5-7-----0-1-----||3-3-3-3-3-3-0-1-----|
P.M            . . . . . .

Play Riff C majorC with lyrics:

 Initiate blood purge            Coalition in massacre
 Mechanized high tech          Whole sale death in effect
 Mutually assured              Destruction will occur
 Genocide revised          Same pain through diverse eyes

Then play:    Can't stop the warring factions!
          /=== 1 ==========/=== 2 ==========/=== 3 ==========
DbDb||*---------------|---------------*||---------------*||----------------|
AbAb||*---------------|--------2-1-0--*||--------3-2-1--*||--------4-3-2---|
DbDb||3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|3-2-0-2-------2-||3-2-0-2-------2-||3-2-0-2-------2-|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . .    .  . . . .    .  . . . .    .

Play:
  /===== repeat 3x ================================
DbDb ||*-/=3=-/=3=-5-3-----|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*||-- Hostile from
AbAb ||*-------------5-3---5-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-*||--  the start
DbDb ||--0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-------------------------||--
P.M  . . . . . .     =3=/ =3=/ =3=/ =3=/   Always war
                               always
DbDb  --|------------------|2:-/=3=-/=3=-|
AbAb  --|3--------3--------|4:-2-----------|   Ending bitter peace
DbDb  --|3-3-33-3-3-3-33-3-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
P.M    . .. .  . .. .    . . . . .

Then play Riff C, only playing endings 1 & 2, with lyrics:

 Not the last third war         Blood spills for evermore
 Patriot hard time         Lay seige till the end of time

Now play this half-time section, with lyrics: (tempo: 100 bpm)
DbDb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
AbAb|0-----------00--|------------31--|------------00--|----31------01--|
DbDb|00000000000001--|00000000000031--|00000000000001--|000031--000001--|
P.M ...........   ............   ............   ....  ....

No longer kill your brother       Just slaughter one another
Watch for the deadly other         This sibling is a fucker

Back to double-time (200 bpm)
Play:    Can't stop the warring factions!
          /=== 1 ==========/=== 2 ==========
DbDb||*---------------|---------------*||----------------|
AbAb||*---------------|--------2-1-0--*||--------3-2-1---|
DbDb||3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|3-2-0-2-------2-||3-2-0-2-------2-|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . .    .  . . . .    .

Riff D MajorD
DbDb|2-------3-------|0-------2-------|3-------7-------|6-------1-------|
AbAb|2-------3-------|0-------2-------|3-------7-------|6-------1-------|
DbDb|2-------3-------|0-------2-------|3-------7-------|6-------1-------|

Play Riff D MajorD with lyrics:

 Global tension starts aggression
 Peace breaks out then breeds contempt, unrest

Play Riff B2, but change the last bar to 9/8. This is a very subtle
transition, be careful not to get caught off the beat.

Then RightGtr plays the following while LeftGtr solos:
           /=== 1,3 =========/=== 2,4 =========
DbDb ||*----------------|----------------*||----------------*||--
AbAb ||*--------1-------|----------------*||----------------*||--
DbDb ||-22222222--222222|2222222233333333-||3333333366666666-||--

DbDb  --|----------------|2:---------|
AbAb  --|--------0-2-----|4:-0-2-----|
DbDb  --|222222220-2-----|---0-2-----|

Then RightGtr plays the following while LeftGtr solos:
           /=== 1,3 =========/=== 2,4 =========
DbDb ||*----------------|----------------*||----------------*||--
AbAb ||*--------2-------|----------------*||----------------*||--
DbDb ||-33333333--333333|3333333344444444-||4444444477777777-||--

DbDb  --|----------------|----------------|
AbAb  --|--------0-2-----|0-3-----0-2-----|
DbDb  --|333333330-2-----|0-3-----0-2-----|

Then play:
DbDb |--LGtr----------|----------------|---------------slight-|2:-1------|
AbAb |0-------6-5~----|0-------8-6~----|0-------6-5~----|bend-|4:-1------|
DbDb |00000000--------|00000000--------|00000000--------|-----|---1------|
P.M|........    |........    |........    |   |     |
DbDb |--RGtr----------|----------------|----------------|-----|2:-1------|
AbAb |----------------|----------------|----------------|-----|4:-1------|
DbDb |----------------|----------------|----------------|-----|---1------|

Riff E MajorE                 /=== 1,2,3 =========
DbDb ||*----------------|--------4-3-2---|----------------|--
AbAb ||*----------------|--------------3-|----------------|--
DbDb ||-00000-0-00000-0-|00000-0---------|00000-0-00000-0-|--
P.M  ..... . ..... . ..... .     ..... . ..... .

  ===================/=== 4 ===========================
DbDb --|----------------||----------------|--------0-1-----|
AbAb --|--------4-------||----------------|--------0-1-----|
DbDb --|00000-0-4-------||00000-0-00000-0-|00000-0-0-1-----|
P.M  ..... .      ..... . ..... . ..... .

Play Riff E MajorE with lyrics:

 Without a reason to fight               A augmentedA time to kill
 Sick lust for skeletal flesh          A augmentedA taste for all decay
 Enter the soldier blind          Stalking the faceless hunt
 There is no conscience in this world  That can be reached for peace

Then play:
DbDb|----------------|----------------|----------------|
AbAb|----------------|--------3-------|7-------6-------|
DbDb|3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|3-2-0-2-3-------|7-------6-------|
P.M. . . . . . . . . . . .

Play Riff E MajorE with lyrics:

 Why face the human question             The need to hate
 Dead stare through cynical eyes         A augmentedA trust in only pain
 Murder within the skin            Engrave the art of war
 Become death's vile parade    March on, embrace the violent mind

Then play:    Can't stop the warring factions!
DbDb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
AbAb|----------------|----------1-0---|----------------|--------3-2-1---|
DbDb|3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|3-2-0-2-3-----2-|3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|3-2-0-2---------|
P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Play Riff D MajorD with lyrics:

 Global tension starts aggression
 Peace breaks out then breeds contempt, unrest

End with:
  /========== repeat 3x ============================================
DbDb||*---LeftGtr-------5---3---------1-|----------------------------*||--
AbAb||*-0---------------5---3---------1-|--let-ring------------------*||--
DbDb||--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-------------0-1-|-----------------------------||--
P.M|   . . . . . .       .  |               ||
 ||                 |               ||
DbDb||*---RightGtr--------------------1-|----------------------------*||--
AbAb||*-------------------------------1-|--let-ring------------------*||--
DbDb||--------------------------------1-|-----------------------------||--

   One   cryptic     reason      for life murder
DbDb --|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------||
AbAb --|0-------6-5-----|--------8-6-----|--------6-5-----|5-6-----------||
DbDb --|0-------8-7-----|--------108-----|--------8-7-----|7-8-----------||


Listen closely to the picking rhythms Hanneman plays while King solos.
Damn, I wish I could play that tight.
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