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Piece By Piece Tab

by Slayer
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Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo: no capo
Author tonedeafidiot 49,008. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
PIECE BY PIECE
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                             G5
  Q     Q       H             E   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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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