Mandatory Suicide
By: Slayer
Album: South of Heaven
Transcribed by: Mike Bower

Tune down ½ step.
156 BPM
HALF TIME FEEL
Intro riff (Guitar 1) 7x                      8th time
|----------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------|%----------------10-9-----------|--10-9------------%|
|----------|%------/9--8--------------------|------------------%|
|--5--4--3-|-2-----------7---------5--4--3--|--------4----------|
|--3--2--1-|-0---------------------3--2--1--|--------4--1-------|
Guitar 2 Intro                                          pm
|----------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------|-------/9--8--------------------|-------------------|
|----------|-------------7------------------|-------------------|
|--5--4--3-|-2---------------8-7--5--4--3--|--8-7--4----------|
|--3--2--1-|-0---------------------3--2--1--|--------4-1--------|
4x                    pm 
|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|
|%------------|-------------------%|
|%------------|-------------------%|
|--2----------|-(2)-----4----------|
|--0----------|-(0)-----4--1-------|
Riff 14x pm
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|%------------------------%|-------------------|
|%------------------------%|-------------------|
|---5---3-4-3---5---5-4-3--|---4---------------|
|-0-3-0-3-2-1-0-3-0-3-2-1--|---4------1--------|
  pm---------------------|            pm
Riff 2     
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---4-----------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---4----1------------------|
   pm--------------------------------|       pm







Riff 3            3x                                  4th time
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------9--8------------|--------9--8--------------------------|
|--------------10--------|--------------10---------------------|
|--0--0------------0-----|--0--0--------------------------------|
   pm--|           pm      pm---|
Riff 4              3x
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------4--3------------|--------4-----------------------------|
|--------2--1------------|--------2--4--------------------------|
|--0--0--------0-2h3 0---|--0--0-----4---1----------------------|
   pm--|       pm          pm---|
Guitar Solo (Hanneman)
|--12--------12-----------12----12----15^------12----12---------|
|------15^-------15^--15^----15----12-------------15----15-12-15| |-------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(15)-(15)p12-15p12----15--------------------------------------|
|--------------------14----14^-----14^---12----12---12----------|
|-------------------------------------------14----14---14-13----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------7-8-7-10-7h8h10-7------|
|--------------------------------7-9-7-9------------------------|
|--(13)-----------------7-9-7-9--------------------------------|
|---------------7--9-7-9----------------------------------------|
|--------7-9-10-------------------------------------------------|
           t         t                t         t
|-7h8p7h10-12p7h10p7-12p7h10p7h10p7h8-14p8h11p9-15p9h12p10------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
  t           t           t           t
|-16p10h13p11-17p11h14p12-18p12h15p13-19p13h16p14---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|


|-20p14h15-22p18p115-22p19p16p19------16-18^-18^~---------------|
|--------------------------------9/18---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|-16----16-16---------------------------------------------------|
|----18-------18---(18)---(18)---(18)------18-18-18-18-18~-|
|--------------------------------------14----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm under solo: (play 6x)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------3-3-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-3-3--------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0--------------------------------|
     pm-------------------------|
Then, go back and play some of the previous riffs a few times. You should be abl