Die By The Sword tab by Slayer

SLAYER - DIE BY THE SWORD
                          From the Album SHOW NO MERCY

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.  - 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)

Fig. 1
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------3-----------------------
|--2-----2-----4-5-2-----2-----3---2-----2-----4-5-----
|--2-----2-----4-5-2-----2-----1---2-----2-----4-5-----
|--0-000-0-000-2-3-0-000-0-000-----0-000-0-000-2-3-0-0-

|----------
|----------
|--3-----5-
|--3-----5-
|--1-----3-
|------0---
End Fig. 1

Fig. 2
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------3-------------------
|--2-----2-----5---2-----2-----3---2-----2-----5---
|--2-----2-----5---2-----2-----1---2-----2-----5---
|--0-000-0-000-3---0-000-0-000-----0-000-0-000-3---

|------------------
|------------------
|--------------5---
|--2-----2-----5---
|--2-----2-----3---
|--0-000-0-000-----
	End Fig. 2

Fig. 3
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--2-----2-----8-7-2-----2-----8-7-2-----2-----8-7-
|--2-----2-----8-7-2-----2-----8-7-2-----2-----8-7-
|--0-000-0-000-6-5-0-000-0-000-6-5-0-000-0-000-6-5-
|--------------------------------------------------

|--------------------
|--------------------
|------10-----9------
|------10-----9------
|--0-0-8----0-7------
|--------------------
		End Fig. 3

Fig. 4
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--3-2-------------3-2-------------3-2-------------
|------3-2-5-3-2-0-----3-2-5-3-2-0-----3-2-5-3-2-0-

|----------------
|----------------
|--7---6---------
|--7---6---8---7-
|--5---4---8---7-
|----------6---5-
		End Fig. 4

First solo
E-G-B-B.Bb-E-G-F-B-F


Fig. 5
Gtr.1
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----8-7----------------------8-7--------------------
|----------8-7---8-10---8-7---------8-7---8-10-------
|--0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0-----0------0-8-7-

Gtr.2 (chord changes)
|----|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----------------
|----|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----------------
|----|-4-|-3-|---|---|---|---|-----------------
|--2-|-4-|-3-|-3-|-4-|-3-|-5-|-----------------
|--2-|-2-|-1-|-3-|-4-|-3-|-5-|-----------------
|--0-|---|---|-1-|-2-|-1-|-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
			End Fig. 5

Second Solo
First part is the same pattern as Fig. 3, but with the root
on the E (6th) string.

Second part
E-G-F#-C-B

End Second Solo

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