South Of Heaven Tab by Slayer

South Of Heaven tab by Slayer

Guitar Tab

Slayer - South Of Heaven

	  E5       F5          F5/8th       E5/7th        Aflat5      G5
	o   xx      xxx        x   xx        o   xx          xxx         xxx
	======   ======        ------        ------       ------      ------
	------   ------ fret8   1      fret7  1      4fr. 1      3fr  1
fret1    11      1             ------        ------       ------      ------
	------   ------          33            33          34          34
fret2             34


	Fsharp5   Fsharp5 type2
	   xxx        xxxx
	------      ------
   2fr  1       2fr 1
	------      ------
	 34           3

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	Here's the rest of South of Heaven.  I'll start typing at measure 11.

Gtr 1 E5 (whole note)
Riff C
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------4---3----2---2-1-----|----------4---3----2---1(2)----|
|------2-5---5---4----3---------|------2-5---5---4----3---------|
|---2---------------------------|---2---------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------|-0-----------------------------|

At this point, the first verse comes in.

Gtr 1 E5 (sixteenth notes)
Play Riff C for four more times.

Gtr 1 low E flat 12th fret
Riff D
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------9---8----7---7-6----|-----------9---8----7---6(7)----|
|------9-10--10---9----8--------|------9-10--10---9----8---------|
|---7---------------------------|---7----------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------|-0------------------------------|

Play two more times
Gtr 1 E5                      F5|E5                            F5/8th|

|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------10----8---7-----10-------|------10----8---7-----10--------|
|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-|

Play two more times, then on the fourth time Gtr 1 plays E5/7th sixteenth notes.

Second Verse

Gtr 1&2
Rhy. Fig.1
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------5--------3--------|-------------5----------3-------|
|-------------5--------3--------|-------------5----------3-------|
|-0-0--0---0--3--0--0--1--0-----|-0-0--0---0--3--0-0--0--1-------|

Play Rhy. Fig. 1 six more times


Rhy. Fig.2
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------5--|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------5--|
|---4-------------4-------------|--4--------4--------4--------5--|
|---2--2--2-2--2--2--2--6\0-----|--2-2--2---2-2--2---2-2-2-2--3--|


|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------3-----------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------3-----------|
|---4-------4-------4-----------|---4-------4--------1-----------|
|---2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--5\0-|---2-2--2--2-2-2-0-----3--2--1--|

Play Riff C&D two times.

Gtr 1 E5
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------10|-9---------------------------10-|
|-2-------9-------------------10|-9---------9-----------------10-|
|-2----10-----8---7-----10----8-|-7-----10------8---7---10----8--|
|-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
Gtr 2
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------10-|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------10-|
|-------10----8---7-----10-------|-------10----8---7-----10----8--|
|-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----|

Both gtrs Rhy Fig 1 (2x's)

then Rhy Fig 2 once

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------1---2----------|
|---------6---5--------5---------|---4--------------2---3----------|
|---------6---5--------5---------|---4-----------------------------|
|---0--0--4---3--0--0--3---------|---2--0--0--0--0-----------------|


Play two more times
Gtr 1
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------5--|--------------------------------|
|---------6----5----------------|--------------------------------|
|---------6----5----------------|--------------------------------|
|---0--0--4----3--0--0----------|-6--Press bar 1/2 before hitting note|
Gtr 2
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------9---10---|
|----------6 ----5-----------5--|--4-----------------------------|
|----------6-----5-----------5--|--4--------------------7---8----|
|--0---0---4-----3---0---0---3--|--2----0---0---0---0------------|

Guitar Solo 1
Gtr 2
Rhy Fig 4|0000 0000 0000 F5|0000 aFlat5 0000 G5|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------bar---|-----------------------17----|
|------/9----9-------(9)---|---------------------------19|
|------/10-----------------|-/14---14--(14)\11--16-------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|

Gtr 2 play Rhy Fig 4 (5 times)
|-----------------------15--15-h-18--|--17-----17--17----(17)\-/--22-22|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-18\--slide-\12---------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  /full  /full                          (  3 ) [      6      ] (   6     )
|-22-----22-\slide\-12--17--19-|-24-21--19-21-21-19-17-17-16--17-17-----h--p--|
|------------------------------|----------------------------19-----17-17-19-17|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------12--|
|----------------------------------12-12--14-12-14-----|
|--------------------12-12-h-14-14---------------------|
|-12-12-14-12--14-12-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
     /full          /full
|---15-------------15--(15)\sl\8--/15--16--14----------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
 (     5    )  (      6      )  (      6       )  (     6      )
|17-15p14-15-14--18-18-16-16p15-16--15-18-18p17--16-19--18-17-20-20-21-x-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      /full                                               /grad release
|----22----(22)----(22)---Fdbk--|------------------------19------|
|--------------------------0----|--(0)---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---17\sl\13---------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------13/17--11/16\-/15/17|

|--(19)-------17-----15--x------|
|------------------------x-3/sl/|
|------------------------x------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

4th Verse
Rhy Fig 1
	Trem bar
|---------\/----\/-----\/--|--\/-----\/----------|
|-/17----(17)--(17)---(17)-|-(17)---(17)---(17)--|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|

|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------3|
|--Trem bar. (grad descend)|--------------------3|
|--0-----------------------|-(0)--------0-0--0--1|

Gtr 2 doubles Gtr 1 for 8 more times with Rhy Fig 1

Gtr 2
|-0--0--AFlat5---G5--0-0--0--G5-|-Fsh5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
Gtr 1
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-15----15----------------15----|-15--------15--------------15-----|
|-14----14----------------14----|-14--------14--------------14\sl--|
|-Full bends on 14--------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Rhy Fig 5
|-0-0-0-0---AFl5-----------G5-------0-0-0-0-----G5----|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------12-13-12-|
|--------------------------------12h14p12-14----------|
|------------------12h1412h14-14----------------------|
|----10h12--12sl14------------------------------------|
|-12--------------------------------------------------|

|Fsh5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|

|-----------------------15-15-------------------------------------|
|-18sl15-17-18-17-18-17-------18p17-15p13p12-13-12---12----------/Full|
|--------------------------------------------------14---12h14-(14)|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr 2 Rhy Fig 5 (3 Times)

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------(     5    )|
|--------( 3 )-(    5    )--(  3 )-15h17/19-19-17h19-19|
|--------9h10-12-14p12---14/16--15h17-17---------------------|
|-9sl10------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------/full-15-----15--15--15--18-|
|-19---17h19--19-17h19--19-17h19--19-17-----17/full----17/full----|
|-//------//--//--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|---/1 1/2------------------/ 2-------------------------|
|--18--------------(18)----18----(18)------19-----------|
|--17--------------(17)----17----(17)------18/2 1/2-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
					      / 1 1/2  /1 1/2          /1 1/2
|----------------------------13--17--17--|--(17)------17--------------17-|
|----(19)-----(19)-----15-15-------------|-------------------------------|
|----(18)-----(18)---/sl-----------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------x/--------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------x/--------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------x/--------------------|-------------------------------|
	     /1 1/2                 trem bar while trilling
|--(17)-----17-----------14h17--|---14----(17)----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------press bar|
|-------------------------------|------------------------0----|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

Gtr 1 Fsh5 Type 2 (1/8) notes
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|--(0)-----------------------|--(0)-------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|

FREE TIME

Gtr 2
|------------------------|--0---------------|--(0)----------------|
|-----/1 1/2-------------|--0---------------|--(0)----------------|
|----17------------------|(17)--------------|--(17)---------------|
|---x Rake---------------|------------------|---------------------|
|--x---------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
Gtr 1
|------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|--2---------------------|-(2)--------------|-(2)-----------------|
|--0---------------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)-----------------|

Gtr 2
|--(0)-------------|
|--(0)-------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|

Gtr 1
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-(2)--------------|
|-(0)--------------|


--
+--------------------------------------------------+
| Fabrice LABRADOR               labrad_f@epita.fr |
+--------------------------------------------------+




Here is Slayer's "South of Heaven" tabbed out.  Sorry that I only have a few
of the parts - I played along with the live album.  If there are any
questions/comments/gripes/regrets, please feel free to Email me at
3H33MUELLERS@vms.csd.mu.edu


Notation:
---------

h - hammer
p - pulloff

~~~ - vibrato

^ - indicates bend (and always followed by a number in parenthenses to
    show the step of the bend)

/ - slide up

\ - slide down

4(5)~~~ - trill (here,we would trill between the 4th and 5th fret)

A.H. - artificial harmonics

N.H. - natural harmonics

P.M. - palm mute





Intro (Riff 1)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------8~~~--0--7~~~-0--6~~~--0--5-4~~~-----------------------------
---------7-8---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-0--0----------------------------------------------------------------------

-P.M.-




(Riff 2)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------8~~~-0--7~~~-0--6~~~-0--5(6)~~~-------------------------------
--------7-8----------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-0--0----------------------------------------------------------------------

-P.M.-



Now repeat Riff 1 and Riff 2 a second time.



Now repeat Riff 1 and Riff 2 a third time, yet play Fill 1 over the Riff 2 on
this time.



(Fill 1)


       -----N.H.----
---------------12--~~~~~~~-(shake and dive with tremolo bar)---------------
-----------12--------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------



Now play Riff 1 and Riff 2 a fourth time, yet play Fill 2 over Riff 1 and
Fill 3 over Riff 2 this time.



(Fill 2)                         (Fill 3)

   -N.H.-                        --N.H.--

-----7~~~ (with bar)-----------------5~~~(with bar)------------------------
----------------------------------5----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------




Main Riff

          |-------random A.H.------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------8~~~-0--7~~~-0--6~~~-0--5-4~~~----------------------------------
------7-8------------------------------------------------------------------
-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-P.M.-


          |-------random A.H.-------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------8~~~-0--7~~~-0--6~~~--5(6)~~~~----------------------------------
------7-8------------------------------------------------------------------
-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-P.M.-



Now repeat Main Riff five more times (for a total of 6 times played).





Fill 4 (before Main Verses)


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2--------(2)-------------2----------3-3---2-------3--2---2-2-2---2--------
-0--------(0)-------2-3---0--------1-1-1---0-------1--0---0-0-0---0--------
                   -P.M.-                                --P.M--

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