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/ The following is the author’s own interpretation of the song, to be used /
/ for private use and studying /
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SLAYER — SEX, MURDER, ART
From the Album DIVINE INTERVENTION
Copyright 1995 AMERICAN RECORDS
Version 1.0 — October 1998
Transcription By: Mike Kimball
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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
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|———-5——-7—6—5—————————
|—4-6-7-4—7-4-6—6—6—7-6-5———————
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Play four times.
Fig. 2
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|———-1——-3—2—1—————————
|—0-2-3-0—3-0-2—2—2—3-2-1———————
Play four times; on fourth time hold last note.
Fig. 3
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|———————————4p3——————
|—3-33334p3333333336p333334p33333—336p333334p33333-
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I & III II
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|—————-|——- |——-
|—————-|5—4— |6—5—
|—————-|3—4— |6—5—
|—33334p3333333-|——- |——-
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Play sequence three times with corresponding chord
changes; then fourth sequence in full—
fourth sequence
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|—3-33334p3333333336p333334p33333—336p333334p33333-
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|——6—5—5—4-
|——6—5—3—4-
|—3333—————
End Fig. 3
Fig. 4
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|—1-1111114p11111113p11111112p1111111—————-
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Play twice; then twice more, a half-step up.
Note: Some of the pull-off notes sound like double-stops; use
your own judgment.
Fig. 5
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|—3-33333333334p36p34-44444444445p47p45-5555555555-
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|—6p58p56-6666666—5—4-
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Play twice, but last time stops on the 6th fret for a power
chord; then—
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|——5—————-
|——5—————-
|—665-3—————-
End Fig. 5
Second verse is the same as first; Fig. 3.
Second chorus is almost the same as first; Fig.4. (End is a little
different; use your ears).
Fig. 6
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|——2—5-4—7-6—9——-2—5-4—8-7—10——
|——2—5-4—7-6—9——-2—5-4—8-7—10——
|—0-1-0-0-3-2-0-5-4-0-7—0-1-0-0-3-2-0-6-5-0-8——
This riff lasts through the rest of the song. It has one
variation, which uses more of the open E string, but the same chords.
Note: I play all the chords of Fig.6 with the root on the E
string because of the sliding of the last chord in the sequence (B in
first; C in second), especially the last chord of the song.
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