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MESSIAH
As recorded by Hellhammer
(From the 1983 Album SATANIC RITES)
Words by Tom Gabriel Fischer
Music by Tom "Satanic Slaughter" Warrior, Martin "Slayed Necros" Ain, Bruce Day
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Tom G. Warrior'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Feedback'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Also Tom G. Warrior'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Extra Overdrive'
Feedback Intro
Q=156
4/4
Gtr II
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H H
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Gtr I E H.. +W +W W +H. Q|-------------|------------|------------|----------|-------------||-------------|------------|------------|----------|-------------||-------------|------------|------------|----------|-------------||-3-3---------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)------3--||-3-3---------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)------3--||-1-1---------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-1--------|-(1)------1--|
Main Riff Q=182 E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1-|
AARRRGHHH! E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3--o||||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1---||
Q Q E E E E +E Q Q Q E Q Q E E E E +E Q Q Q E|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2--2--2--2-|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2--2--2--2-||-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0--0--0--0-|
Verse E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3--o||||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1---||
MESSIAH! W +W W +W||-----------|------------|----------|---------||||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||||-----------|------------|----------|---------||||-----------|------------|----------|---------||||o-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----o||||--0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)-----||
Weird timed riff 7/8 4/4 H.. W W W|-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-5---------|-4--------|-3--------|-2----||-3---------|-2--------|-1--------|-0----|
Q=175 4/4 W W|----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||-6--------------------------|-5-------------------------------||-4--------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
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| Gtrs III, IV| Q 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|----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||-6--9p7p6h9p7p6h9p7p6-6-6-6-|-8p7p5h8p7p5h8p7p5h8p7p5h8p5-5-5-||----------------------------|---------------------------------|
W W|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-4-------------------------------|-3----------------------------------||-2-------------------------------|-1----------------------------------|
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| 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|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5-5-5-|-6p5p3h6p5p3h6p5p3h6p5p3h6-6-6-5----||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
4/4 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||-4--------|-3--------|-2--------|-1----|
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| Gtr III| W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||----------|----------|----------|------|
4/4 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||-4--------|-3--------|-2--------|-1----|
Verse Q=182 4/4 E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-o||||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1--||
W +W W +W|----------|------------|----------|--------||----------|------------|----------|--------||----------|------------|----------|--------||----------|------------|----------|--------||-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----||-0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
6-6-6 E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3--o||||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1---||
MESSIAH! 1. W +W W +W||-----------|------------|----------|---------||||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||||-----------|------------|----------|---------||||-----------|------------|----------|---------||||o-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----o||||--0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)-----||
2. +W|----------------||----------------||----------------||----------------||-(2)------------||-(0)------------|
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| Gtr III| H H|----------------||----------------||----------------||----------------||----------------||--------4tr5----|
Weird timed riff 7/8 4/4 H.. W W W|-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-5---------|-4--------|-3--------|-2----||-3---------|-2--------|-1--------|-0----|
Q=175 4/4 W W|----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||-6--------------------------|-5-------------------------------||-4--------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| Q 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|----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||-6--9p7p6h9p7p6h9p7p6-6-6-6-|-8p7p5h8p7p5h8p7p5h8p7p5h8p5-5-5-||----------------------------|---------------------------------|
W W|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-4-------------------------------|-3----------------------------------||-2-------------------------------|-1----------------------------------|
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| 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|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5-5-5-|-6p5p3h6p5p3h6p5p3h6p5p3h6-6-6-5----||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
4/4 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||-4--------|-3--------|-2--------|-1----|
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| W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||----------|----------|----------|------|
4/4 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||-4--------|-3--------|-2--------|-1----|
Bridge W +Q. Q E +Q W +Q. Q E +Q 3x||-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------------||||o----------|-----------------|----------|------------------o||||-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------------||||-----------|-------9--9-(9)--|----------|-------9--9-(9)----||||o-2--------|-(2)---7--7-(7)--|-2--------|-(2)---7--7-(7)---o||||--0--------|-(0)-------------|-0--------|-(0)---------------||
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| Gtr III| W +W W +W 3x||-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------------||||o----------|-----------------|----------|------------------o||||-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------------||||-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------------||||o-2--------|-(2)-------------|-2--------|-(2)--------------o||||--0--------|-(0)-------------|-0--------|-(0)---------------||
Verse Q=182 E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3--o||||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1---||
W +W +W +W|----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)---------------||-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------------|
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| Gtr III| W W W Q E Q Q.|----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|--------2s7\-------||----------|------------|------------|--4tr5-------------|
Verse E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3--o||||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1---||
MESSIAH! 1. W +W +W +W||-----------|------------|------------|---------||||o----------|------------|------------|--------o||||-----------|------------|------------|---------||||-----------|------------|------------|---------||||o-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----o||||--0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----||
2. W W|----------|------||----------|------||----------|------||----------|------||----------|------||----------|------|
Weird timed, but groovy riff 7/8 4/4 H.. W W W|-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-5---------|-4--------|-3--------|-2----||-3---------|-2--------|-1--------|-0----|
Q=175 4/4 W W|----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||-6--------------------------|-5-------------------------------||-4--------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| Q 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|----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||-6--9p7p6h9p7p6h9p7p6-6-6-6-|-8p7p5h8p7p5h8p7p5h8p7p5h8p5-5-5-||----------------------------|---------------------------------|
W W|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-4-------------------------------|-3----------------------------------||-2-------------------------------|-1----------------------------------|
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| 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|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5-5-5-|-6p5p3h6p5p3h6p5p3h6p5p3h6-6-6-5----||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
4/4 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||-4--------|-3--------|-2--------|-1----|
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| W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||----------|----------|----------|------|
4/4 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||-4--------|-3--------|-2--------|-1----|
Verse Q=182 4/4 E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-o||||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1--||
W +W +W +W|----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)---------------||-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------------|
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| Gtr III| W W W Q E Q Q.|----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|-------------------||----------|------------|------------|--------2s7\-------||----------|------------|------------|--4tr5-------------|
Verse E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-3--3-3-3--o||||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1-1---||
MESSIAH! W +W W +W||-----------|------------|----------|---------||||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||||-----------|------------|----------|---------||||-----------|------------|----------|---------||||o-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----o||||--0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)-----||
Weird timed riff 7/8 4/4 H.. W W W|-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-----------|----------|----------|------||-5---------|-4--------|-3--------|-2----||-3---------|-2--------|-1--------|-0----|
Q=175 4/4 W W|----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||-6--------------------------|-5-------------------------------||-4--------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| Q 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|----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||-6--9p7p6h9p7p6h9p7p6-6-6-6-|-8p7p5h8p7p5h8p7p5h8p7p5h8p5-5-5-||----------------------------|---------------------------------|
W W|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-4-------------------------------|-3----------------------------------||-2-------------------------------|-1----------------------------------|
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| 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|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5p4h7p5-5-5-|-6p5p3h6p5p3h6p5p3h6p5p3h6-6-6-5----||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
4/4 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||-4--------|-3--------|-2--------|-1----|
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| W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||----------|----------|----------|------|
4/4 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||-6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----||-4--------|-3--------|-2--------|-1----|
Final chord / Fade-Out W +W|----------|--------*||----------|--------*||----------|--------*||----------|--------*||-2--------|-(2)----*||-0--------|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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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