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South Of Heaven Bass Tab by Slayer

South Of Heaven bass tab by Slayer

Bass Tab 

Words and Music by Tom Araya and jeff Hanneman
Arranged by Jeff Perrin

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'w/finger'

   Intro
    Moderate Death Metal Q=106
    N.C.
   4/4
    Gtr I
    Wx4
||----------||
||o--------o||
||o--------o||
||----------||


  Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


   .
    Grad. Inc. Temp. to Q=116
    W          +W           W          +W
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||--0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)-----||


 Verse
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||


   .
    W          +W           W          +W
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||--0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)-----||


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-3-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||


   Verse
    $
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1---||


 Pre-Chorus
  S S E S S E S S E S S S S   S S E S S E S S E Q
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-3-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--|


                                         To Coda
                                         To Coda
  S S E S S E S S E S S S S   S S E S S E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------1-------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-3-0-|-2-0-2-2-2-2---3-2-1-||


   .
    w/half-time feel Q=124
    W          +W           W          +W
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||--0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)-----||


                                                          D.S. al Coda
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-3-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||


   Chorus
    &
    E E Q  E E E E   E E E E E E Q   3x E E Q  E E E E   E E E E E E Q
||-----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------||
||o----------------|----------------o||----------------|-----------------||
||o----------------|----------------o||----------------|-----------------||
||--0-0-4--3-0-0-3-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-1---||-0-0-4--3-0-0-3-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-1---||


 1st Guitar Solo
  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-4--0-0-0-0-3--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-4--0-0-0-0-3----|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-4--0-0-0-0-3--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-4--0-0-0-0-3----|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-4--0-0-0-0-3--|


                                   D.S. al Dbl. Coda
  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-4--0-0-0-0-3-----||


   Chorus
    &&
    E E Q  E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E Q  E E E E   E E E E E E Q
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-0-4--3-0-0-3-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-4--3-0-0-3-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-1----||


 2nd Guitar Solo
  S S S S Q  E S S S S E   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-4--3-0-0-0-0-3-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


  S S S S Q  E S S S S E   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-4--3-0-0-0-0-3-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


  S S S S Q  E S S S S E
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-4--3-0-0-0-0-3-|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S Q  E S S S S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-4--3-0-0-0-0-3-|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S Q  E S S S S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-4--3-0-0-0-0-3-|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S Q  E S S S S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-4--3-0-0-0-0-3---|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W          +W
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--------|-(0)----*|



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
n:  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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Slayer bass tabs for South of heaven

About this song

"South of Heaven" is a track by thrash metal legends Slayer, released in 1988 on their album of the same name. The song showcases the band's signature aggressive sound with eerie guitar riffs and intense drumming. It explores dark themes of death and the afterlife, solidifying Slayer's reputation as pioneers of extreme metal. "South of Heaven" remains a fan favorite and a staple in the band's live performances, cementing its status as a classic in the metal genre.