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POSTMORTEM
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1986 Album REIGN IN BLOOD)
Transcribed by Fenian
Words and Music by Jeff Hanneman
Ab5
4 6 6 x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q.=140
12/8
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM PM PM--| PM PM
Q. E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|-9----------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|-7-----------8s7---7s=8---|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|
|-0----0-0-0------0------0-|--------0-0-0------0------0-|
PM--| PM PM
E Q E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10-----|
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10-----|
|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8-----|
|--------0-0-0------0------0---|
PM--| PM PM
Q. Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------||---------------------------|
|-----------------------||o--------------------------|
|-8----8----------------||-------------10s9---9s10---|
|-8----8----------------||-------------10s9---9s10---|
|-6----6----8-6---6-5---||o-------------8s7---7s=8---|
|---------------7-----7-||--0----0-0-0------0------0-|
PM--| PM PM PM--| PM PM
E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|-13s12--------10s9---9s10---|
|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|-11s10---------8s7---7s=8---|
|--------0-0-0------0------0-|--------0-0-0------0------0-|
1. 2.
6/8 12/8
Q. Q. 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||-------------------------||
|-8----8----------------|--------------||-------------------------||
|-8----8----------------|-3------------||-3-----------2-----------||
|-6----6----8-6---6-5---|---5-4-3-----o||---5-4-3-------4-3-2-----||
|---------------7-----7-|---------4-0--||---------4-0---------3-0-||
Pre-Verse
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||--2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
||o-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
||--0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------o||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3--||
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3-o||
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1--||
Verse
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----|
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1----|
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----|
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----|
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1----|
PM-------------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
-------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
PM-------------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
-------------------------------| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------9----------9-----||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-----||
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||--2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
||o-2--3-------------------|-2--3-------------------|
||--0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3----||
|-2--3-------------------|-2s3-3-3s6-6-6s5-5-5s3-3---o||
|-0--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0s1-1-1s4-4-4s3-3-3s1-1----||
Verse
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--3-
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