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                        Slayer - Black Magic
                        From the Album Show No Mercy
                        Copyright Metal Blade Records
                        Version 1.0 - March 2001

Transcribed by: death8699

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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
"  - tremolo pick

"Black Magic"

Tune to E

Fade in picking open E (approximately 4 measures)

Riff 1
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------7~------7-8---7-8-10-8----8-7---|
|--0000----0000-----0----------10-------|


Riff 2
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------9-----9-10-------9------5-7--|
|-------7-----7-8--------7------3-5--|
|--0000---0000------0000---0000------|


Riff 3 (fast)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9------9---9-----10-9-------12-11-10-9------9----9----10-9----------------|
|--7------7---7-----8--7-------10-9--8--7------7----7----8--7--------5-4-3-2-|
|----0"----0"---0"--------0"---------------0"----0"---0"-------0"----3-2-1-0-|


Riff 4 (no palm muting!)
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-5555555555557777777777777222222222222333333333333-|


Riff 5
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------------7------5------4------|
|--------------7------7------5------|
|-000000000000---0000---0000--------|
|-----------------------------------|


Rhythm over solo
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--4----3------------|
|--2----1----2----3--|
|------------0----1--|
  Hold---------------]

Riff 6                     1.------|2.-----------|3.----|
|----------------------------------|-------------|------|
|----------------------------------|-------------|------|
|---------------------------9-10---|--9/10-10----|--10--|
|---------------------------9-10---|--9/10-10----|--10--|
|---------------------------7-8----|--7/8--8-----|--8---|
|-0-0000000-0000000-000000---------|-------------|------|
  . ....... ....... ......


Riff 7 (outro)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-9/12---(12)\9--|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-9/12---(12)\9--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8--7/10---(10)\7--|
|--------------------------------------|

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