'Necrophiliac' by Slayer - Guitar Tutorial

                                             SLAYER
                              NECROPHILIAC
                   From their '85 album 'Hell Awaits'

Tabbed by:  Jason Mathie
            Mathie@unixg.ubc.ca

Classic Slayer tune.

Comments:

I will only show the necessary strings throughout this tab.

Notation explanation:
  |---------|
  |--3tr4---|  Trill.  Hammer on and off the 4th fret very quickly.
  |---------|

  |-------|-------////----|-------|  This means repeat the last
  |-------|----*-////-----|-------|  four measures.
  |-------|-----////-*----|-------|
  |-------|----////-------|-------|

Generally one dash is a sixteenth note in length.  So ---- is one beat.
Sometimes there's a lot of double digit fret positions or notation
symbols so I have to stretch it out more.  When that happens I'll use
8 dashes one beat.

Guitars are tuned to Eb.  On this album, opposite to all the others,
King is the LeftGtr and Hanneman is the RightGtr.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Tempo: 210 bpm

Play:
Gb ||-LGtr-----------|----------------|--
Db ||4-3-------------|1-0-------------|--
Ab ||----4-3-5-4-----|----1-0-2-1-----|--
Eb ||------------5-4-|------------2-1-|--
   ||                |                |
Gb ||2-1-------------|----------------|--
Db ||----2-1-3-2-----|4-3-------------|--
Ab ||------------3-2-|----4-3-5-4-----|--
Eb ||-RGtr-----------|------------5-4-|--

Db|-LGtr-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Eb|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  |                |                |                |                |
Db|-RGtr-----------|----------------|----------------|4---------------|
Ab|4-------4-------|5-------5-------|2-------2-------|4-------4-------|
Eb|2-2222222-222222|2-2222222-222222|2-2222222-222222|2-2222222-222222|
P.M  ......  ......   ......  ......   ......  ......   ......  ......

Db|-LGtr-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4---------------|5---------------|2---------------|4-------4-------|
Eb|2---------------|3---------------|0---------------|2-------2-------|
  |                |                |                |                |
Db|-RGtr-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4-------4-------|5-------5-------|2-------2-------|4-------4-------|
Eb|2-2222222-222222|2-2222222-222222|2-2222222-222222|2-------2-------|
P.M  ......  ......   ......  ......   ......  ......

Riff A
Ab|4-------4-------|5-------5-------|2-------2-------|4-------4-------|
Eb|2-2222222-222222|2-2222222-222222|2-2222222-222222|2-2222222-222222|
P.M  ......  ......   ......  ......   ......  ......   ......  ......

Play Riff A 2x

Riff B                                /=== 1 ==============
Db ||*----------------|----------------|----------------|--
Ab ||*----------------|----------------|----------------|--
Eb ||-0000000000000000|1111111155555555|4444444444444444|--

    =====================/=== 2 ===========================
Db  --|-----------------*||----------------|----------------|
Ab  --|3333333322222222-*||----------------|-----rest-------|
Eb  --|------------------||4---------------|----------------|

Play Riff B
Play Riff A 4x with lyrics:

  Mortuaries dead of night                       My body starts to rise
  In my mind the horror lives                 To feel death deep inside
  Relentless lust of rotting flesh          To thrash the tomb she lies
  Heathen whore of Satan's wrath                  I spit at your demise

Play Riff B, with this alternate second ending:
   /=== 2 ===========================         lyrics:
 --|----------------|5-------4-------| Virgin child now drained of life
 --|----------------|3-------2-------| Your soul cannot be free
 --|4---------------|----------------| Not given the chance to rot in hell

Play Riff A 3x with lyrics:

  Satan's cross points to hell                 The earth I must uncover
  A passion grows to feast upon             The frozen blood inside her
  I feel the urge, the growing need          To fuck this sinful corpse

Riff C
Ab|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Eb|4444444444444444|4444444444444444|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
P.M                                  . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .

Play Riff C with lyrics:

  My task's complete, the bitch's soul       Lies raped in demonic lust

Riff D
Db|--------4-5-4~--|--------4-5-----|
Ab|------7---------|------7-----6---|
Eb|0-000-----------|0-000-----------|
P.M. ...            . ...

Play Riff D 4x

Then RightGtr plays the following while LeftGtr solos:
                                        /=== 1,2,3 =========
Db ||*-----------------|----------------|----------------|--
Ab ||*-5555555555555555|5555555555556---|2222222222222222|--
Eb ||------------------|----------------|----------------|--

    =====================/=== 4 ===========================
Db  --|-----------------*||----------------|----------------|
Ab  --|222222222222/6---*||2---------------|1---------------|
Eb  --|------------------||2---------------|1---------------|

Then play:
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|----------------|----------------|3333333322222222|
Eb|0000000000000000|1111111155555555|4444444444444444|----------------|

Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|5-------4-------|
Ab|2---------------|3-------7-------|6---------------|3-------2-------|
Eb|0---------------|1-------5-------|4---------------|----------------|

Play Riff A 3x with lyrics:

  Her stomach burst, the casket breaks           The seed has taken form
  A writhing shape of twisted flesh          The devil's child is thrown
  Hungry for the smell of death                  He rules forbidden evil

Play Riff C with lyrics (slow down slighly, to 180 bpm):

  Vengeance with a frenzied hatred              The bastard now must die

Play (at 180 bpm):
Bb|--LGtr----------|----------------|----------------|----------3tr4--|
Gb|----------------|------5-4-------|----------------|------5-4-------|
Db|----2-1---2-1---|2-1-------5-4---|----2-1---2-1---|2-1-------------|
Ab|----------------|--------------6-|----------------|----------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  |                |                |                |                |
Db|--RGtr----------|----------------|3---------------|---------------2|
Ab|2---------------|------------1---|1---------------|---------------0|
Eb|0---------------|------------1---|----------------|----------------|

Gb|-------|-------////----|-------|-------|-------////----|-------|
Db|-------|----*-////-----|-------|-------|----*-////-----|-------|
Ab|-------|-----////-*----|-------|-------|-----////-*----|-------|
Eb|-------|----////-------|-------|-------|----////-------|-------|
  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Gb|-------|-------|5------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Db|-------|-----4-|3------|-----3-|2------|-----5-|4------|------4|
Ab|3------|-----2-|3------|-----3-|2------|-----5-|4------|------2|
Eb|1------|-------|-------|-------|0------|-----3-|2------|-------|

Gb  |-------|-------////----|-------|
Db  |-------|----*-////-----|-------|
Ab  |-------|-----////-*----|-------|
Eb  |-------|----////-------|-------|
    |       |       |       |       |
Gb  |-------|-------|-------|-------|
Db  |5------|-------|-------|-------|
Ab  |3------|-----7-|6------|5------|
Eb  |-------|-----7-|6------|5------|

Riff E
Db |-LGtr-(flanger)-|----------------|
Ab |----------------|----------------|
Eb |0-000-000-000-00|0-000-000-000-00|
P.M|. ... ... ... ..|. ... ... ... ..|
   |                |                |
Db |----9---9---9-8-|----let-ring----|
Ab |----9---9---9-8-|----------------|
Eb |0-0-------------|----------------|
P.M . .

Play Riff E 8x with lyrics:

  Lost souls of the dead
  Form legions that burst through Hell's gates
  Death of one sacrifice
  To avenge the raped corpse from the grave
  Blood of one mortal man
  The fire grows stronger within
  Fate of a frenzied lust
  Lucifer takes my dark soul

Then play:
    Down to the fiery depths of Hell
Db |4---------------|3---------------|----2-------4-3-|--
Ab |2-222-222-222-22|1-111-114---5---|----2-------2-1-|--
Eb |----------------|--------2---3---|0-------0-00----|--
P.M                                   .       . ..

                        Down to the fiery depths of HELL
Db  --|----------------|4---------------|3---------------|
Ab  --|----------------|2-222-222-222-22|1-111-114---5---|
Eb  --|0-000-000-000-00|----------------|--------2---3---|
P.M    . ... ... ... ..

Riff F
Gb|-LGtr-----------|----------------|----------------|------------3tr4|
Db|----------------|----0-5-4-------|----------------|----0-5-4p0-----|
Ab|----2-1---2-1---|2-1-------5-4---|----2-1---2-1---|2-1-------------|
Eb|----------------|--------------6-|----------------|----------------|
  |                |                |                |                |
Bb|-RGtr-----------|----------------|----------------|------------3tr4|
Gb|----------------|----0-5-4-------|----------------|----0-5-4p0-----|
Db|----2-1---2-1---|2-1-------5-4---|----2-1---2-1---|2-1-------------|
Ab|----------------|--------------6-|----------------|----------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Play Riff F 2x

Riff G1
Db|3---5-----------|----------------|
Ab|1---3-----------|----------------|
Eb|--------4-444-44|3-333-333-333-33|
P.M        . ... .. . ... ... ... ..

Play Riff G1 2x

Then speed back up to 210 bpm:

Riff G2
Db|3---5-----------|----------------|
Ab|1---3-----------|----------------|
Eb|--------4-444-44|3333333333333333|
P.M        . ... ..

LeftGtr plays Riff G2 8x while RightGtr solos

End on (LeftGtr only):
Db|3---5-----------||
Ab|1---3-----------||
Eb|----------------||

  E-mail me with any concerns, questions, requests, corrections...
      Mathie@unixg.ubc.ca