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Tormentor Bass

(ver. 2)
Slayer

TORMENTOR (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1983 Album SHOW NO MERCY)

	

Words and Music by J.Hanneman
Arranged by Slayer

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Araya'

   Intro
    Slow Rock Q=72    1.,2.,3.                     4.
   4/4
    Gtr I
             ~    ~~            ~                            ~
    E. S E E Q  S E.   E. S E E S S S S S S S S  4x E. S E E H
||-------------------|---------------------------||---------------|
||o------------------|--------------------------o||---------------|
||o--------2------3--|--------2-------------2---o||--------2------|
||--0--0-0---3--2----|-0--0-0---3-0-2-3-5-3---3--||-0--0-0---3----|


             Fast Rock Q=220
  +W           +W            Wx4          Q.   Q.   Q
|------------|------------||------------|--------------|
|------------|------------||------------|--------------|
|------------|------------||------------|-7----7----7--|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||------------|--------------|


  W          Q.   Q.   Q    W            Q.   Q.   Q
|----------|--------------|----------||---------------|
|----------|--------------|----------||o--------------|
|----------|-7----7----7--|----------||o-7----7----7--|
|----------|--------------|----------||---------------|


  E E E E Q  Q    Q.   Q.   Q    E E E E Q  Q          Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------|----------------||-||-----------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------o||-||o----------------|
|---5-3-2----2--|-7----7----7--|---5-3-2-------o||-||o------------5S7-|
|-5-------3-----|--------------|-5-------3--2---||-||--0--0-0-0-0-----|


                                                              1st and 2nd Verse
                                                            $
  +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E        Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------||-||----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------o||-||----------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------o||-||------------5S7-|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2--||-||-0--0-0-0-0-----|


  +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------|------------5S7-|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-----|


  +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------|------------5S7-|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-----|


  +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------|------------5S7-|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-----|


                                               To Coda
  +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E     Q.   Q.   Q
|------------------|------------------|-----------------||---------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------||o--------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------||o-7----7----7--|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2-||---------------|


                                                     Chorus
  E E E E Q  Q    Q.   Q.   Q    E E E E Q  Q         Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------|----------------||-||----------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------o||-||----------------|
|---5-3-2----2--|-7----7----7--|---5-3-2-------o||-||--------------2-|
|-5-------3-----|--------------|-5-------3--2---||-||-0--0-0-0-0-0---|


  +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------2-|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|


  +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +Q   H.        Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)----------|--------------2-|
|------------------|----------------|--------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|


  +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-3-|


  +Q   E E E E E E   +W           +W             Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|------------|------------||-----------------|
|------------------|------------|------------||o----------------|
|------------------|------------|------------||o------------5S7-|
|-(3)--3-3-3-3-1-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)--------||--0--0-0-0-0-----|


                                                              Chorus II
                                          D.S. al Coda      &
  +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E        Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------||-||----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------o||-||----------------|
|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|-(2)-------------o||-||--------------2-|
|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------3--2-5-3-2--||-||-0--0-0-0-0-0---|


  +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------2-|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|


  +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +Q   H.        Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)----------|--------------2-|
|------------------|----------------|--------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|


  +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-3-|


  +Q   E E E E E E   +W           +W           +W
|------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(3)--3-3-3-3-1-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|


                Guitar Solo
  +W             Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E
|------------||-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|------------||o----------------|----------------|------------------|
|------------||o------------5S7-|-7----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|
|-(0)--------||--0--0-0-0-0-----|----0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|


  +Q   Q  E E E E  4x    Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------||-||----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-----------------o||-||----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)-------------o||-||--------------2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|
|------3--2-5-3-2--||-||-0--0-0-0-0-0---|------------------|----------------|


  +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|
|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|------------------|----------------|


  +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------------2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2-|
|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|------------------|----------------|


  +Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   W
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|------------------|------|
|------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)--3-3-3-3-1-0-|------|


  W          Q  H.        W          Q  H.
|----------|------------|----------|----------|
|----------|------------|----------|----------|
|----------|------------|----------|----------|
|----------|-0----------|----------|-0--------|


  W            Q.   Q.   Q    E E E E Q  Q    Q.   Q.   Q
|----------||---------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------||o--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------||o-7----7----7--|---5-3-2----2--|-7----7----7--|
|----------||---------------|-5-------3-----|--------------|


                       Verse 3
  E E E E Q  Q          Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E
|----------------||-||-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------o||-||o----------------|------------------|------------------|
|---5-3-2-------o||-||o------------5S7-|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|
|-5-------3--2---||-||--0--0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|


                         Outro Solo
  +Q   Q  E E E E  4x     Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E
|------------------||-||-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------o||-||o----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-(2)-------------o||-||o------------5S7-|-(7)----------3S5-|-(5)----------0-2-|
|------3--2-5-3-2--||-||--0--0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-----|


  +Q   Q  E E E E  4x    Q   Q  Q  Q    +W           +W
|------------------||-||--------------|------------|--------|
|-----------------o||-||--------------|------------|--------|
|-(2)-------------o||-||--------------|------------|--------|
|------3--2-5-3-2--||-||-0--12-----0--|-(0)--------|-(0)----|


  +W           +W           Q  H.
|------------|------------|----------*|
|------------|------------|----------*|
|------------|------------|----------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-0--------*|



Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
 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
-----------
 |  - 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
            
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