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/ The following is the author’s own interpretation of the song, to be used /
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SLAYER — CRIONICS
From the Album SHOW NO MERCY
Copyright 1987 METAL BLADE RECORDS
Version 1.0 — October 1998
Transcription By: Kiowa Jackson
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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)
My name is Kiowa Jackson and this thing took me forever to
to do so you better. This is definetley one of Slayerґs best,
itґs called Crionics and is from Show No Mercy.
Riff 1a
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2————————————————————-
3————————————————————-
4-9-9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-10-12————————-
5-9-9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-10-12————————-
6-7-7-7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7-8—10————————
xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
Riff 1b
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2————————————————————-
3————————————————————-
4-9-9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-9-3-3————————
5-9-9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-9-3-3————————
6-7-7-7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7-7-5-5————————
xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
Riff 1c
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2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-9-9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-9—7-7-7-7-7———————
5-9-9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-9—7-7-7-7-7———————
6-7-7-7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7-7—5-5-5-5-5———————
xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
Play Riff 1a + b 3 times (2 times with only one guitar)
Then Riff 1a + c 1 time
Then again Riffa 1a + b but this time only 2 times
This is then followed by:
Riff 2
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2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-5-5-5-5-5-5—5-5-5-5—7-7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7———
5-5-5-5-5-5-5—5-5-5-5—7-7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7———
6-3-3-3-3-3-3—3-3-3-3—5-5-5-5-5—5-5-5-5———
xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx
And then itґs riff 1a, riff 2 and 2 times riff 1a
Then comes this (2 times):
Riff 3
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2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-9-7-5-12—————————————————
5-9-7-5-12—————————————————
6-7-5-3-10—————————————————
Then Riff 1a + c, 2 times Riff 1a + b
Then Riff 2, Riff 1a, Riff 2, 2 times Riff 1a
Then 2 times Riff 3, Riff 1a plus this:
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2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-9-9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-9—12-12-12-12-12————
5-9-9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-9—12-12-12-12-12————
6-7-7-7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7-7—10-10-10-10-10————
xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
Then
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2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4————————————————————
5————————————————————
6-5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9—7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11—————
1————————————————————
2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4————————————————————
5————————————————————
6-3-7-3-7-3-7-3-7—5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9———————
Play this 4 times:
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2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-9-12-9-12-9-12—14-14———————————-
5-9-12-9-12-9-12—14-14———————————-
6-7-10-7-10-7-10—12-12———————————-
Then one guitar plays this:
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2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11—9-13-9-13-9-13-9-13———
5————————————————————
6————————————————————
1————————————————————
2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9—7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11—————
5————————————————————
6————————————————————
The other plays this:
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2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-10-14-10-14-10-14-10-14—12-16-12-16-12-16-12-16
5————————————————————
6————————————————————
1————————————————————
2————————————————————
3-12-16-12-16-12-16-12-16——————————-
4———————————14-18-14-18-14-18-14-18
5————————————————————
6————————————————————
Then itґs Riff 1a + c and then this:
4a
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2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-9-9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9—9-7————————————
5-9-9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9—9-7————————————
6-7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7-7—7-5———————————-
x x x x x x
4b
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2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-5-5-5-5—5-5-5—5-5—5————————————
5-5-5-5-5—5-5-5—5-5—5————————————
6-3-3-3-3—3-3-3—3-3—3-2———————————-
x x x x x x
4c
1————————————————————
2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-5-5-5-5—5-5-5—5-5—5-7———————————-
5-5-5-5-5—5-5-5—5-5—5-7———————————-
6-3-3-3-3—3-3-3—3-3—3-5———————————-
x x x x x x
Now play Riff 5(=4a two times + b and c one time) two times .
Then one guitar plays this:
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2————————————————————
3————————————————————
4-9—7-9—7-5—4-5——————————————
5-9—7-9—7-5—4-5——————————————
6-7—5-7—5-3—2-3——————————————
While the other plays like this:
6
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2————————————————————
3-4-5-4——————————————————
4———5-4—4-5-4-5-4—————————
5————7————7-5-4——————————
6——————————7——————————
After this is played together the second guitar continues to
play Riff 6 while the other playes Riff 5.
After this is played together a couple of times the solo comes
in and Riff 5 continues during that.
Then after the solo Riff 6 is played by both guitars 4 times.
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