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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
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/
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
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/ /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ 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
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/ / 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\--||
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| 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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
\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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
\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
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/
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
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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\-||
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| 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\-||
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| 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-||
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| 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---------*|
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| 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
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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
