Slayer-Raining Blood
Tabbed by: Paul Moreau 
(told how to play it by Kerry King) 

Tune Down 1/2 step         
6=Eb  3=Gb                 P.M.=Palm Mute
5=Ab  2=Bb                 %=Repeat Previous
4=Db  1=Eb                 h=Hammer-On
                           p= Pull-Off


Intro  Drums w/Thunder and Rain effects
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Fast Rock
Riff A (guitars 1&2)-------------------
P.M====|                                  Play 2 times
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||----------8-9-8------8-7-------7-6-----------------------||
||-------7----------9---------8----------------------------||
||0-0-0----------------------------------------------------||

W/Riff A (2 times)
GTR II
P.M.===|        +      +
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||----------8-9-8------8-7-----7-6-------------------------||
||-------7----------9--------8-----------------------------||
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Both Guitars
P.M.=======================================================
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||-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000---------|| 

P.M.=======|                            (play 4 times)
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||----------------3---2-----------------------------------O||
||------------4-----------3---2----------------------------||
||----2---4------------------------------------------------||

"Spider Crawl" Riff
P.M.==============================
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||5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-|------------------------||

Double Time Feel                                      (cont)..  
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||5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6||

..
P.M ===========|   P.M.================================(cont)...
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||4-3-0-5-3-2-0----0-3-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-----||
                                                         
P.M.=============|         (Play 2 times)                  
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||--------------------5------------8-----------------------||
||5-3-2-0-6-4-3-0-----3------------6-----------------------||

  (Trapped in purgatory.........)
P.M.===================|             P.M.=====| (Play 8 times)
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||------------------------------9---8-----------------------||
||-----------------------12-----9---8----------9-9---14-----||
||-----------------------12-----7---6----------9-9---14-----||
||000-000-000-000-00000--10-----------00000000-7-7---12-----||

(play 4 times, 3rd time with lyrics (pierced from below)
 P.M.====|           +P.M.==|
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||--------------------------------------888888888888--------||
||----------------------------------9-8-888888888888--7--7--||
||--------7h10p8p7h8---------7---9------666666666666--7--7--||
||0-0-0-0--------------0-0-0--------------------------5--5--||
                                                              
With Riff A (4 times, 3rd with Lyrics (awaiting........)
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||--------10-11-10------10-9-----9-8------------------------||
||------9------------11--------10---------------------------||
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||0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------||

Rhythm Fig 1  (Play 2 times, 2nd with drums)
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||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||    


With Rhy Fig 1 (12 Times)
   PM           PM         PM            PM
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||----7--9--------7--9---------7--9---------7-10-9----------||
||-7------------7-----------7------------7------------------||
                                                               
(Raining Blood...)                (Play 4 times)
  P.M.=|       ====|       ====|      ====|
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||---------4-----------3-----------2----------||
||-2-2--5--2---2-2--5--1---2-2--5--0--2-2--5-4||
||-0-0--3------0-0--3------0-0--3-----0-0--3-2||
                                                

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With "Whammy bar abuse" solo........ =)
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I Learned this from Guitar World, as taught by Kerry King, 
in his article "South of Heaven"
Garaunteed 100% correct, after all... Kerry was the one who told
how to play it.

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