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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 - ALTAR OF SACRIFICE
From the Album REIGN IN BLOOD
Copyright 1986 DEF JAM RECORDS
Version 1.0 - October 1998
Transcription By: Anonymous
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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)
intro
E---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------
Bb--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------
Gb--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------
Db--4--4--4--------4--|--4--4--4--------4--|--4--------4--4--4-----------
Ab--4--4--4--------4--|--4--4--4--------4--|--4--------4--4--4-----------
Eb--2--2--2--------2--|--2--2--2--------2--|--2--------2--2--2-----------
main riff
E---||---------------------------------------------------|---------------
Bb--||---------------------------------------------------|---------------
Gb--||*--------------------------------------------------|---------------
Db--||*--4-----------------------4-----5-----------------|---------------
Ab--||---------------------------------------------------|--4------------
Eb--||---------2--2--2--2--2--------------------2--2--2--|--------2------
E---------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Db-----------------------3--------------|--4-----------------------4-----
Ab-----------------4--------------------|--------------------------------
Eb--2--2--2--2-----------------2--2--2--|--------2--2--2--2--2-----------
E---------------------|--------------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------|--------------------------------------------------
Gb--------------------|--------------------------------------------------
Db-----5--------------|--------------------------------------------------
Ab--------------------|--4-----------------------4--5p4p2----------------
Eb-----------2--2--2--|--------2--2--2--2--2---------------5-----3-------
pre-chorus
E----||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|-----
Bb---||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|-----
Gb--*||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|-----
Db--*||-----------------||--------------------------------------3--|-----
Ab---||-----------------||--------------------------------------3--|-----
Eb---||-----------------||--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----6-----3--------|-----
E---------------------------------------------|--------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------|--------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------------|--------------------------
Db--------------------------------------4-----|--------------------------
Ab--------------------------------------4-----|--------------------------
Eb--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----6-----3-----------|--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----
E------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------
Gb-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------
Db-----------------6-----|--------------------------------------5--------
Ab-----------------6-----|--------------------------------------5--------
Eb-----6-----3-----------|--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----6-----3--------------
main riffx 1 and a half
E---||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Db--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
chorus
E---------------------------|--------------------||----------------------
Bb--------------------------|--------------------||----------------------
Gb--------------------------|--------------------||----------------------
Db--------------------------|--4--4--4--------4--||--9-------------------
Ab--------------------------|--4--4--4--------4--||--7-------------------
Eb--------------------------|--2--2--2--------2--||--------0--0--0--0----
E---------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Bb--------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Gb--------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Db--------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Ab--9\-8--------------|--7--------------1110--------8h10p8\7--||---------
Eb--7-\6-----0--0--0--|--5--------0--0--9\8-------------------||---------
under solo 1
E---------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Gb--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Db--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Ab-----------------------------8--------------------|--6-----------------
Eb-----5-----5--5--5--5--5-----------5--5--5--5--5--|--------5--5--5-----
E-------------------------------|--||----------------------------
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