-/
/ The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be used /
/ for private use and studying /
/-------------------------------------------------------------------------/
SLAYER - ALTAR OF SACRIFICE
From the Album REIGN IN BLOOD
Copyright 1986 DEF JAM RECORDS
Version 1.0 - October 1998
Transcription By: Anonymous
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. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend
* - see comment r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend
@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
Tuning: Eb(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)
intro
E---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------
Bb--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------
Gb--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------
Db--4--4--4--------4--|--4--4--4--------4--|--4--------4--4--4-----------
Ab--4--4--4--------4--|--4--4--4--------4--|--4--------4--4--4-----------
Eb--2--2--2--------2--|--2--2--2--------2--|--2--------2--2--2-----------
main riff
E---||---------------------------------------------------|---------------
Bb--||---------------------------------------------------|---------------
Gb--||*--------------------------------------------------|---------------
Db--||*--4-----------------------4-----5-----------------|---------------
Ab--||---------------------------------------------------|--4------------
Eb--||---------2--2--2--2--2--------------------2--2--2--|--------2------
E---------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Db-----------------------3--------------|--4-----------------------4-----
Ab-----------------4--------------------|--------------------------------
Eb--2--2--2--2-----------------2--2--2--|--------2--2--2--2--2-----------
E---------------------|--------------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------|--------------------------------------------------
Gb--------------------|--------------------------------------------------
Db-----5--------------|--------------------------------------------------
Ab--------------------|--4-----------------------4--5p4p2----------------
Eb-----------2--2--2--|--------2--2--2--2--2---------------5-----3-------
pre-chorus
E----||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|-----
Bb---||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|-----
Gb--*||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|-----
Db--*||-----------------||--------------------------------------3--|-----
Ab---||-----------------||--------------------------------------3--|-----
Eb---||-----------------||--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----6-----3--------|-----
E---------------------------------------------|--------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------|--------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------------|--------------------------
Db--------------------------------------4-----|--------------------------
Ab--------------------------------------4-----|--------------------------
Eb--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----6-----3-----------|--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----
E------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------
Gb-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------
Db-----------------6-----|--------------------------------------5--------
Ab-----------------6-----|--------------------------------------5--------
Eb-----6-----3-----------|--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----6-----3--------------
main riffx 1 and a half
E---||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Db--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
chorus
E---------------------------|--------------------||----------------------
Bb--------------------------|--------------------||----------------------
Gb--------------------------|--------------------||----------------------
Db--------------------------|--4--4--4--------4--||--9-------------------
Ab--------------------------|--4--4--4--------4--||--7-------------------
Eb--------------------------|--2--2--2--------2--||--------0--0--0--0----
E---------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Bb--------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Gb--------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Db--------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Ab--9\-8--------------|--7--------------1110--------8h10p8\7--||---------
Eb--7-\6-----0--0--0--|--5--------0--0--9\8-------------------||---------
under solo 1
E---------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Gb--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Db--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Ab-----------------------------8--------------------|--6-----------------
Eb-----5-----5--5--5--5--5-----------5--5--5--5--5--|--------5--5--5-----
E-------------------------------|--||------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------|--||------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------|--||*-----------------------------------
Db------------------------------|--||*-----------------------------------
Ab------------------------------|--||---------------------------11-------
Eb-----5--5--5--5--5-----8p6p5--|--||---8-----8--8--8--8--8--------------
4x
E------------------|-----------------------------------------------||----
Bb-----------------|-----------------------------------------------||----
Gb-----------------|----------------------------------------------*||----
Db-----------------|----------------------------------------------*||----
Ab-----------------|--9--------------------------------------------||----
Eb--8--8--8--8--8--|--------8--8--8-----8--8--8--8--8-----11p9p8---||----
E----------------------------|---------------------------------||--------
Bb---------------------------|---------------------------------||--------
Gb---------------------------|---------------------------------||--------
Db---------------------------|---------------------------------||--------
Ab--10-----------------------|-----------------------8h10p9\7--||--------
Eb--8------------------------|---------------------------------||--------
"enter to the realm of satan"
E---------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------
Bb--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------
Gb--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------
Db--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------
Ab-----------1--0--------3--|-----------1--0--------3--|-----------1-----
Eb--2--0--2--------1--2-----|--2--0--2--------1--2-----|--2--0--2--------
under solo 2
E---------------|--------------------------||----------------------------
Bb--------------|--------------------------||----------------------------
Gb--------------|--------------------------||----------------------------
Db--------------|--------------------------||----------------------------
Ab--0--------3--|-----------1--0--------3--||--3--------5--------3-------
Eb-----1--2-----|--2--0--2--------1--2-----||--1--0--0--3--0--0--1--0----
cool slow part
E---------------|--------------------------------||----------------------
Bb--------------|--------------------------------||----------------------
Gb--------------|--------------------------------||----------------------
Db--------------|--------------------------------||----------------------
Ab-----5--------|--3--------5--------7--------8--||--3--------5----------
Eb--0--3--0--0--|--1--0--0--3--0--0--5--------6--||--1--0--0--3--0--0----
E---------------------|--------------------------------------||----------
Bb--------------------|--------------------------------------||----------
Gb--------------------|--------------------------------------||----------
Db--------------------|--------------------------------------||----------
Ab--3--------5--------|--3--------5-----------2--1--0--------||----------
Eb--1--0--0--3--0--0--|--1--0--0--3--0--0--3-----------2--0--||----------
satan,satan,satan...
E---------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Db--------------------------------------|--5-----------------4-----------
Ab--4-----------------5-----------------|--3-----------------2-----------
Eb--2--2--2--2--2--2--3--2--2--2--2--2--|-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2-----
E---------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------
Bb--------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------
Gb--------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------
Db--------|--------------------------------------|--5--------------------
Ab--2-----|--4-----------------5-----------------|--3--------------------
Eb--0-----|--2--2--2--2--2--2--3--2--2--2--2--2--|-----2--2--2--2--2-----
outro
E---------------------||-------------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------||-------------------------------------------------
Gb--------------------||-------------------------------------------------
Db--4--------3--------||--2--2--2--2--2--6\----2--2--2--5--------2--2----
Ab--2--------1--------||--2--2--2--2--2--6-----2--2--2--5--------2--2----
Eb-----2--2-----------||--0--0--0--0--0-\4-----0--0--0--3--------0--0----
E--------------------------||--------------------------------------------
Bb-------------------------||--------------------------------------------
Gb--4\3--------------------||--------------------------------------------
Db--4-3-----------2--2--2--||--------------------------------------------
Ab--2\1-----------2--2--2--||--------------------------------------------
Eb----------------0--0--0--||--------------------------------------------
solo 1
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------12h15p12h15p12------15-----
Gb------------------------------------------------------------14---------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------|----------------------------------------------
Bb--p12h15p12------15p12--|h15p12------15p12h15p12--15--15--15^----------
Gb-------------14---------|--------14------------------------------------
Db------------------------|----------------------------------------------
Ab------------------------|----------------------------------------------
Eb------------------------|----------------------------------------------
1/2 full
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-----15--------------------------15------------------------------------
Gb-------------------------------------------14--------11--------14------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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E--------------------------|----------------------------|----------------
Bb-------------------------|----------------------------|----------------
Gb-----14p12p11------------|----------------------------|----------------
Db---------------14p12p11--|--14p12p11-----------------\|--x\------------
Ab-------------------------|------------14p12p11--11^--x|--\---12--12----
Eb-------------------------|----------------------------|----------------
harm. harm
E------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Gb-----------------------------------------|----------------14--14-------
Db----------------------12--12--12--14-----|--12h14--14------------------
Ab--12--12--15--12--12---------------------|-----------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
harm
E---17^-----------------|---------------------|--------------------------
Bb----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------
Gb----------------------|--3~~~--(3)p0--3-----|--(3)---------------------
Db-------------------14\|---------------------|--------------------------
Ab----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------
Eb----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------
trem bar:-2 -2 -2 -2
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------|--21^-----21~~~--18h21--21--18------18h|--21p18h21p18------
Bb-----------|--------------------------------21-----|-------------------
Gb-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
Db-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
Ab-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
Eb-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
E---------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Bb--21--21--21^~~~--18h21p18------|--------------------------------------
Gb----------------------------20--|--(20)--18--18--20--20--18-----18-----
Db--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Ab--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Eb--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------|---------------------------------
Bb-------------------------------------|---------------------------------
Gb-------------------------------------|---------------------------------
Db-----21--20--18--17--------19p17\16--|---------------------------------
Ab-------------------------------------|--17--------16--19--17--16-------
Eb-------------------------------------|---------------------------------
E------------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Gb-----------------|----------------------------------7--7--9p7--9p7-----
Db-----------------|-----------------------7--7--9p7---------------------
Ab-----------------|--6--6--6--7--9--------------------------------------
Eb-----17~~~--(17)\|-----------------------------------------------------
E---|-------------------------------------------------------|------------
Bb--|----------------8--------10^-----------12p10--8--8--8--|--7--8------
Gb--|--9p7--9-----9-----------------------------------------|------------
Db--|-------------------------------------------------------|------------
Ab--|-------------------------------------------------------|------------
Eb--|-------------------------------------------------------|------------
E---------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Bb-----10-----(10)p8p7------------------------------|--------------------
Gb----------------------9p7p6--9------p7--6---------|--------------------
Db-------------------------------------------9p7p6--|--9-----------------
Ab--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Eb--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
hram... trem bar -2 1/2
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab--6--------7---------~~~-----------------------------(7)---------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------|--(0)---------------------------------
Db-----------------4--------------|--------------------------------------
Ab--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Eb--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
trem bar: -1 -1 1/2 -3 1/2
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb-----------------------------------------------(0)--------------(0)----
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------||--------------------------------
Bb-------------------------------------||--------------------------------
Gb--------------------------(0)--------||--------------------------------
Db-------------------------------------||--------------------------------
Ab-------------------------------------||--------------------------------
Eb-------------------------------------||--------------------------------
solo 2 trem bar:/1
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb--------(0)------------------------------------------------------------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
trem bar:1/2
E----------------------|-------------------------------------------------
Bb------------------8--|--------------8p7--------------------------------
Gb--~~~---~~~--8p7-----|-------------------------------------------------
Db---------------------|-------------------------------------------------
Ab---------------------|-------------------------------------------------
Eb---------------------|-------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------8~~~--||-------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------||-------------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------||-------------------------------------
Db--------------------------------||-------------------------------------
Ab--------------------------------||-------------------------------------
Eb--------------------------------||-------------------------------------
solo 3 trem bar:-1
E---------------------------------------------------------|--------------
Bb--0-----------------------------------------------------|--(0)~~~------
Gb--------------------------------------------------------|--------------
Db--------------------------------------------------------|--------------
Ab--------------------------------------------------------|--------------
Eb--------------------------------------------------------|--------------
trem bar :-3 1/2
E------------------------------------------------------------------|-----
Bb-----------------------3--------------------------------------0--|-----
Gb-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----
trem bar:-2
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|------
Bb--(0)--------------------------------4-----------------x--------|------
Gb----------------------------------------------------------x-----|------
Db-------------------------------------------------------------6--|------
Ab----------------------------------------------------------------|------
Eb----------------------------------------------------------------|------
solo 4 trem bar:-2 1/2
E---------||-------------------------------------------------------------
Bb--------||--0----------------------------------------------------------
Gb--------||-------------------------------------------------------------
Db--------||-------------------------------------------------------------
Ab--3-----||-------------------------------------------------------------
Eb--------||-------------------------------------------------------------
trem bar:2 , 2 1/2 ,3 ,2 1/2 ,vib.
E------------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------|--0--------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----------------
Gb-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Db-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------|--12-------------------------
Gb-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Db-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
E---------------p----|-------------------------------------------|--7----
Bb---------p0h7ph10--|--(10)-------------------------------------|-------
Gb-------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------
Db-------------------|----------------------0-----------x--x--x--|-------
Ab-------------------|-----------------7\15p0-----------x--x--x--|-------
Eb-------------------|----------------------------------x--x--x--|-------
E---^~~~-------------------------------------|---------------------------
Bb----------0--------------------------------|---------------------------
Gb------\11p0-----0--0--0-----5~~~--0--0--0--|--0--0--5-----0-----2------
Db-------------------------------------------|---------------------------
Ab-------------------------------------------|---------------------------
Eb-------------------------------------------|---------------------------
harm
E-----------------------------|----------------21--21^-------------------
Bb-------------2h4p2--2h4\21--|~~~~~~------19----------------------------
Gb--5-----2h4-----------------|--------20--------------------------------
Db----------------------------|------------------------------------------
Ab----------------------------|------------------------------------------
Eb----------------------------|------------------------------------------
E------------|-----------------------------21h23p21--|-------------------
Bb-----------|---------------------------------------|--x--x--x--x-------
Gb-----------|---------------------------------------|--x--x--x--x-------
Db-----------|---------------------------------------|--x--x--x--x-------
Ab-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
Eb-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
E----------------------------------------------||------------------------
Bb-----x--x--x--x-----------8^-----------------||------------------------
Gb-----x--x--x--x------------------------------||------------------------
Db-----x--x--x--x-----x--x------------x--x--x--||------------------------
Ab--------------------x--x------------x--x--x--||------------------------
Eb--------------------x--x------------x--x--x--||------------------------
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