Seasons In The Abyss Tab

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seasons in the abyss
 
 
[Intro]
 
                                      Low harmony
e||-----0---------------------------||------------------------------------||J
B||-----0---------------------------||------------------------------------||E
G||---------------------------------||------------------------------------||F
D||--2--------2---------------3--3--||--------------------2---------------||F
A||--2-----2-----1>---<1~~~---3--3--||-------3--2~~~---2-----1>---<1~~~---||
E||--0------------------------1--1--||-0--1-------------------------------||
 
 High harmony
e||---------------------------------------||K
B||---------------------17----------------||E
G||-------17-16~~~---16----14>---<14~~~---||R
D||-14-15---------------------------------||R
A||---------------------------------------||Y
E||---------------------------------------||
 
 
[Acoustic intro riff]
 
e||--------0---------------0---------|-------0----------------0-----------0--||K
B||------0---0-----------0---0-------|-----0---0------------0-----------0----||E
G||----3-------3---3---3-------3---3-|---3-------3---3----3-----------3------||R
D||--2-----------2---2-----------2---|-3-----------3-------------------------||R
A||----------------------------------|------------------3-----------2--------||y
E||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
 
e||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||J
B||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||E
G||----------------------------------|------------------5-----------4--------||F
D||--2-------------------------------|-3----------------5-----------4--------||F
A||--2-------------------------------|-3----------------3-----------2--------||
E||--0-------------------------------|-1----------------3-----------2--------||
 
e||-----------------------------------------------------||J
B||-----------------------------------------------------||E
G||-----------------------------------------------5--4--||F
D||-4/9-99-9-99-9-99-9999-10--10-10--10-10-10\5---5--4--||F
A||-2/7-77-7-77-7-77-7777-8---8--8---8--8--8-\3---3--2--||
E||-----------------------------------------------3--2--||
 
 
[Main thrash riff]
 
e||--------------------------------------------------|----------||
B||--------------------------------------------------|----------||
G||--------------------------------------------------|--5----4--||
D||-----------------------------------2--------1-----|--5----4--||
A||-----------------------------------2--------1-----|--3----2--||
E||--0--2--3--0--2--3--5--0--2--3--0-----3--0-----2--|--3----2--||
 
 
[Verse riff]
 
e||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G||----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--------------|--2-----2--1-----------|
A||-2-----2--1-----------|--2-----2--2-----------|--2-----2--1-----------|
E||-0-00--0------0--0--0-|--0-00--0--1---0--0--0-|--0-00--0------0--0--0-|
 
e|------------------------|-------------------------||
B|------------------------|-------------------------||
G|------------------------|-------------------------||
D|--2-----2----------1----|--2-----2-------6---5----||
A|--2-----2-------3--1----|--2-----2-------6---5----||
E|--0-00--0--0----3-------|--0-00--0--0----4---3----||
 
 
[Chorus]
 
e||-------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------||
D||-2--5--4---5-4--2--3--6---5-4--||
A||-2--5--4---5-4--2--3--6---5-4--||
E||-0--3--2---3-2--0--1--4---3-2--||
 
 
[1ST SOLO]
 
Kerry King
RYTHYM:  variation on Verse Riff played 1 step (2 frets) higher; no
1st and 2nd ending w/ power chords - instead continue riff for a 4th measure.
 
LEAD:
       /    /    /^^^^\    /          A.H.
e||-18/--18/--18/------\18/-----------------/halfstep-----------------------|
B||---------------------------0\-------5\--/--------------------------------|
G||-----------------------------\--------\/---------------------------------|
D||---------------------------1step----1step----------------------16-18-19--|
A||------------------------------------------------------16-17-19-----------|
E||------------------------------------------x\-16-17-19--------------------|
                                           PM ..........................
                              /
e|-------------------19-21-22/----------------------15-17-18----------|
B|----------19-21-22-----------------------------------------15-17-18-|
G|-16-18/21-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14-15-17----14-15-14-15-------------------------------------|
D|-----------17-------------14-15-17----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------13-15-17-------13----------|
E|--------------------------------------------15-17----13-17----|
                                 PM .......................
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------/|
G|---------------------------------------------10-12----------10-12/-|
D|---------------------10-12----------10-12-14-------10-12-14--------|
A|------------10-12-13-------10-12-13--------------------------------|
E|---10-12-13--------------------------------------------------------|
  PM........................................................
 
                                                              A.H
e|-------1-1/2 step--1-step---1-step-----1-step-----1-step-------------||
B|----------/---------/----------/---------/----------/----------------||
G|-(12)\/10/-(10)\/13/--(13)\/15/-(15)\/17/--(17)\/20/--(20)\0\--/\----||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------\/--\---||
A|------------------------------------------------------------2-1/2-\--||
E|------------------------------------------------------------step---\-||
 
Note: there are 2 versions of this solo, the album one and the one Kerry played for the clip.
This is the clip version, which in my opinion kicks the **** outta the album one
 
 
[2ND SOLO] (cool!!!)
 
Jeff Hanneman
RYTHYM: Same as Chorus
This solo is pretty easy ? its mostly tap picking. The only problem you might have
is the speed with some of the ?interlude? parts between tap picking bits.
 
LEAD:
                                        /full
e||------------------------12-15-15/17-17/-----17~~~~--|
B||----------------8-10-13-----------------------------|
G||--------------9-------------------------------------|
D||-------5-7-10---------------------------------------|
A||-----7----------------------------------------------|
E||-5-8------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-t19p15-t19p15-t19p15p12-t15p12-t15p12----/----/\--/\-------------------/--|
B|---------------------------------------15/--17/--\/--\(17)p15-13-15--15/---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------/-----/\---|
B|-13p11-----------------------------------------8-10/---10/--\--|
G|-------13~~~---------------------------7-9-7-9-----------------|
D|-------------------------------7-9-7-9-------------------------|
A|---------------------7-10-7-10---------------------------------|
E|-------------10-7-10-------------------------------------------|
 
      1/2      PM  harm.-------
e|-----/\---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/10/--\(10)\-0-5/\/\/\/\/\/\-t12p5h8p5-t13p8h5h8p5-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
                                          A.H.1/2 step    1/2 down each
e|-------------------------------------------/------full------------|
B|-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-12p8p5-t12p8p5--5/--------/--------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------5/----0\---------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------\/\/\/---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 Tap picking bit TWO times
e|-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-t12p8p5h8p5-t13p8p5h8p5-|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-/t10p5h7h8-/t11p6h8h9-/t12p7h9h10-/t13p8h10h11-/t14p9h11h12-/t15p10h12h13--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-/t16p11h13h14-/t17p12h14h15-/t18p13h15h16-/t19p14h16h17-/t20p15h17h18-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-/t21p16h18h19-/t22p17h19h20-/t20p18\--||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||
 
 
[Order of riffs]
 
Intro x2
Low harmony x4 (high harmony enter 2nd time)
Acoustic x9
Heavy backing chord thing enter 5th time of acoustic x2
Higher backing bit x 2
Main thrash x 8
Verse x2
Chorus x2
Verse x2
Chorus x2
Main thrash x4
Solo by Kerry King (continue solo rhythm bit till end of solo)
Solo by Jeff Hanneman (continue chorus riff till end of solo)
Main thrash x1
Verse x1
Chorus x2
Acoustic intro riff x4
Heavy backing bit first 2 times of acoustic
High backing bit last 2 times
 
 
************************************
 
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| >  Accented note
| t  Tapping
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
 
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I guess he never recorded it on an ESP either because he was using a BC Rich at Sonisphere? And he wasnt young when he recorded it because he was old at Sonsiphere?
I'm just saying though, I didn't think he recorded it on acoustic either but what does tabbing out a recorded version have to do with how artists choose to play a song live? No offense intended.
Sitting here a playing the intro chords and the acoustic riff. Sounds great but are you not suppose to tune down your guitar here? Tune down so the E string would be A. I´m no expert here but if you listen to the song on youtube it is lower then this.