Piece by Piece Slayer
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1986 Album REIGN IN BLOOD)
Transcribed by Fenian
Words and Music by Kerry King
[F#5]2 4 x x x x
[G5]3 5 x x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q.=142
12/8 6/8
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--------| PM
H. Q. Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E 5x E E E E E E
|--------------------||---------------------------||-------------|| |--------------------||o-------------------------o||-------------|| |--------------------||---------------------------||-------------|| |--------------------||---------------------------||-------------|| |--------------------||o-5-4---8-7-3-------------o||-5-4---8-7-3-|| |--------------12\---||--3-2-0-6-5-1-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-3-2-0-6-5-1-||
12/8
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]
||--------------------------|--------------------------| ||o-------------------------|--------------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------------| ||o-------------------------|--------------------------| ||--2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-|-2-1-0-5-4-3-4-3-2-3-2-1--|
1. 2.
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 Q E Q E Q E Q E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------o||----------------------|| |-------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|| |-------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------o||-7----6----5----4-----|| |-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-|-5-4-3-4-3-2-3-2-1-2-1-0--||-5----4----3----2-----||
Chorus
Q=220
[4/4]
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-| PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4---| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2---| PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|
[5/4]
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------|| |-----------------------------|-------------------|| |-----------------------------|-------------------|| |-----------------------------|-------------------|| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-----|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-----||
[F#5]
[4/4] Gtr II
Q Q H W
|
[/]
Gtr I
PM------------| PM------| PM| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S E E E Q
|---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|---------------4-3--| |-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5-----5---2-1--| |-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-0-3-0------|
[F#5]Q Q H E [G5]E E E H
| | |
[/] [/] [/]
PM------------| PM------| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E E E H
|---------------------------|----------------|| |---------------------------|----------------|| |---------------------------|----------------|| |---------------------------|----------------|| |-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5---5------|| |-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-3------||
Verse 1 & 2
$
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM------| PM| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S E E E Q
|---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|---------------4-3--| |-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5-----5---2-1--| |-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-0-3-0------| PM------------| PM------| PM| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S E E E Q
|---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------4-3---| |-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5-----5---2-1---| |-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-------| PM------------| PM------| PM| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S E E E Q
|---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|---------------4-3--| |-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5-----5---2-1--| |-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-0-3-0------| PM------------| PM------| PM| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S E E E Q
|---------------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------4-3---|| |-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5-----5---2-1---|| |-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-------||
Pre-Chorus
[2/4]
PM----------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------| |-----------------------------|---------------| |-----------------------------|---------------| |-----------------------------|---------------| |-----------------------------|---------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
[4/4]
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------------|----------------| |-----------------------------|----------------| |-----------------------------|----------------| |-----------------------------|---4-3---6-5-4--| |-----------------------------|---2-1---4-3-2--| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-----0--------|
To Coda
[2/4]
PM----------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------| |-----------------------------|---------------| |-----------------------------|---------------| |-----------------------------|---------------| |-----------------------------|---------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
4/4 2/4 5/8
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q Q Q. Q
|-----------------------------|-------|---------|| |-----------------------------|-------|---------|| |-----------------------------|-------|---------|| |-----------------------------|-4-----|-5----4--|| |-----------------------------|-2-----|-3----2--|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------|---------||
Chorus
[4/4]
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-| PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4---| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2---| PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|
D.S. al Coda
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-||
&
[4/4]
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
Q.=162
12/8
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]
||--------------------------|--------------------------| ||o-------------------------|--------------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------------| ||o-------------------------|--------------------------| ||--2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-|-2-1-0-5-4-3-4-3-2-3-2-1--| 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]
|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------o|| |-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------o|| |-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-|-5-4-3-4-3-2-3-2-1-2-1-0--||
Q=220
[4/4] Gtr I
W W
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-5-------------------------------| |-4-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| |-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
W H H
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-4-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-2-------------------------------|-3---------------6----------------| |---------------------------------|-1---------------4----------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E E. S +E E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1------1-(1)---1---4------4-(4)---4----|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1--1-1-1--1--1-1-1-4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--|
Q. E +H W W H H
|------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------|| |------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------|| |------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------|| |------------------------------------|-5--------|-4--------|-----------|| |-4------------4---(4)---------------|-3--------|-2--------|-3----6----|| |-2------------2---(2)---------------|----------|----------|-1----4----||
|
| PM-------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W W H H
|------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------|| |------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------|| |------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------|| |------------------------------------|-5--------|-4--------|-----------|| |------------------------------------|-3--------|-2--------|-3----6----|| |-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------|----------|-1----4----||
Gtrs I, II
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------o|| ||------------------------------|------------------|| ||------------------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2--||
Out-Chorus
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-| PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-| PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-| PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|
PM PM
E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|-----------------|------------*| |-----------------|------------*| |-----------------|------------*| |-----------------|------------*| |---5-4---8-7-3-4-|-5----------*| |-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|-3----------*|
Duration Legend
--------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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