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DEATH'S HEAD
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1998 Album DIABOLUS IN MUSICA)
Transcribed by Cherry Lane
Words and Music by Jeff Hanneman
E5
0 2 x x x x
F#5
2 4 x x x x
F5
1 3 x x x x
G5
3 5 x x x x
A5
5 7 x x x x
G#5
4 6 x x x x
Gtr I (C# F# B E G# C#) - 'Hanneman'
Gtr II (C# F# B E G# C#) - 'King'
Gtr III (C# F# B E G# C#) - 'Guitar 3'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=148
4/4 3/4
Gtrs I, II
PM-----------| PM----------------------------------|
S S E Q S S E Q S S E Q S S E Q S S E S S E S S E
||---------------------||-------------------|--------------------||
||o-------------------o||-------------------|--------------------||
||---------------------||-------------------|--------------------||
||---------------------||-------------------|--------------------||
||o-------------------o||-------------------|--------------------||
||--0-0-0----0-0-0-----||-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0--||
1st & 2nd Verses
4/4
E E E E E E E E 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---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7--|
||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-|
|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|
Chorus
W H H W H Q E E
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|
|-2--------|-3----2----|-3--------|-5----6--6-5-|
|-0--------|-----------|-1--------|-3----4--4-3-|
1.
PM--------|
W H H W H S S E S S E
|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------||
|----------|-----------|----------|--------------------o||
|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------||
|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------||
|-2--------|-3----2----|-3--------|-5------------------o||
|-0--------|-----------|-1--------|-3----3-2-0-3-2-0----||
Interlude I
2.
E5
Gtr I
W W
|
/
Gtr II
PM--------| ~~~~~~
H S S E S S E Q E E +Q E E
|------------------||-------------------|
|------------------||-------------------|
|------------------||-------------------|
|------------------||-------------------|
|-5----------------||-/9--9-8-(8)----10-|
|-3----3-2-0-3-2-0-||--------------0----|
+W +W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E S S E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-8-(8)----10-|--9-9-9-8-(8)----10--|
|-----------------0----|---------------0-----|
+W +W +W
| | |
/ / /
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--9-9-9-[8]-(8)----10-|--9-9-9-8-(8)----10-|--9-9-9-8-(8)----10-|
|-----------------0----|---------------0----|---------------0----|
+W +H. Q
| | |
/ / x
Gtr II
~~~~~~
E S S E E +Q E E E S S E E +E. +S Q
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|--9-9-9-9-8-(8)----10-|--9---9-9-9-[8]-(8)-(8)/-----||
|-----------------0----|-------------------------x\--||
|
| Gtr III
| W H. Q
|----------------------|-(3)/------------------------||
|----------------------|-(3)/------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------x\--||
3rd Verse
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------||
||------------------|------------------||
||o---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-o||
||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--||
Solo
F#5 F5 E5G5 F#5 F5 E5G5
Gtr II
E E E E +Q E E E S S E E +Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
/
~~~
W +W
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-<3>---------------|-(<3>)-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
F#5 F5 E5G5 F#5 F5 E5 G5
E E E E +Q E E E S S E E +Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+W +H. S E.
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------19-----|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-(<3>)---------------|-(<3>)----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
F#5 F5 E5 G5 F#5 F5 E5G5
E E E E +Q E E E S S E E +Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
\2/ / \0.5 \5.5
Q. +E Q Q Q Q E Q.
|---------------17--17---|-17--------17---17-----------|
|-19-------(19)-19--19---|-19--------19---19-19--------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
F#5 F5 E5 G5 F#5 F5 E5G5
E E E E +Q E E E S S E E +Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
\1/ /0.5____| \1 / \0.5_________\2
~~~~~~~~
E +S +S +S +S +E +Q E +E W
|--------------------------------------------------|-15------------------||
|-19---(19)----(19)-(19)-(19)-(19)-(19)------------|-17------------------||
|----------------------------------------0-----(0)-|---------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------||
Interlude II
G5
Gtrs I, II
E E Q H W W
|
/
Gtr III
E S S E E +E E E E E S S E E +E E E E E S S E E +E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4-|-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4-|-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4-|
1. 2.
W H Q Q
|
x
E S S E E +E E E E E S S E E +E E E E
|----------------------||---------------------||
|---------------------o||---------------------||
|----------------------||---------------------||
|----------------------||---------------------||
|---------------------o||---------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4--||-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-4-||
4th Verse
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x W
||------------------|------------------||------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||------||
||------------------|------------------||------||
||------------------|------------------||------||
||o---5-8-7---5-8-7-|---5-8-7---5-8-7-o||------||
||--0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5-|-0-3-6-5-0-3-6-5--||------||
Slower Q=112(8=s8)
Gtr III
<
H Q Q +W +W +H. Q
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|---------0--|-(0)-----------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------||
|---------0--|-(0)-----------|-(0)--------|-(0)------x\-||
|
| Gtr I
| W H Q E E +W +H. Q
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------x-|-(x)--------|-(x)---------||
|------------|-----------x---|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|----------x\-||
Bridge
Gtrs I, II
PM--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------|
PM----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2---2S4---5-4-|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4-------3-----6-----|
PM--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------|
PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4--------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-3------6-----||
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------2-2/---5-4-||
Gtr III
<
H Q Q +W +W +H. Q
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|---------0--|-(0)-----------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------||
|---------0--|-(0)-----------|-(0)--------|-(0)------x\-||
|
| Gtr I
| W H Q E E +W +H. Q
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------x-|-(x)--------|-(x)---------||
|------------|-----------x---|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------|------------|----------x\-||
Gtrs I, II
PM--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------|
PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-3-----4-----|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------3-3---6-6-|
PM--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------|
PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4--------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-3------6-----||
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------2-2/---5-4-||
Gtr II
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------------------||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||---------------------------||
||--------6-6-6-5-5-5--------||-------6-6-6-5--5-5--------||
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-7-6-7-o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-3--3-3-7--6-7-||
||--2-2-2-------------5-4-5--||-2-2-2--------------5--4-5-||
|
| Gtrs I, III
| |-3-|
| H Q E E E 4x Q Q Q Q
||---------------------------||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||---------------------------||
||o-------------------7-6-7-o||---------------------------||
||--------------------5-4-5--||-xs====xs====x\-----x\-----||
Outro
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM--| PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------4-3--------|-------------------|
|-2--0-2------0-2S6-|-5--0-2-3-2--3-5-6-|
PM| PM--| PM--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|------------------2-1-|
|--------4-3--------|------------2-1-3-----|
|-0--0-2------0-2-3-|-2--3-2-0-3-----------|
PM| PM--| PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------4-3--------|-------------------|
|-2--0-2------0-2S6-|-5--0-2-3-2--3-5-6-|
2/4
PM| PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|
|--------4-3--------|----------|
|-0--0-2------0-2-3-|-2--3-2-0-|
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H
|-------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------|---------------*|
|---2-1---5-4---4-3---3-2-|-5-4-2---------*|
|-3-----6-----5-----4-----|-3-2-0---------*|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H
|-------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------|---------------*|
|---------5-4---3-2---2-1-|---------------*|
|---2-1-6-----4-----3-----|-5-4-2---------*|
|-3-----------------------|-3-2-0---------*|
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
