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                      DEATH - TO FORGIVE IS TO SUFFER
                  >From the Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE
                        Copyright 1998 NUCLEAR BLAST




Transcription Done By: Simon Haroon
You Can Contact Me At slayer_king@hotmail.com

Enjoy!!!!



.  - palm mute                          /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to                      ~  - vibrato
"  - tremelo picking                   ( ) - ghost note
b  - bend                                h - hammer-on
fb - full bend (1 step)                  p - pull-off
hb - half bend (1/2 step)                r - release a bend
t  - tapping                            ah - artificial harmonic

Tuning = D (D,G,C,F,A,D)

Riff A
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5~-----77-5---5~-|
|-------4-5-4~--------4-5-----5-------7----|GTRS I
|-7--77---------6--77---------5------------|  & II
|-7-------------6-------------3------------|
|-5-------------4--------------------------|
     ..            ..            ..


     *--------------*
|----5-4h5p4---7-4---|
|------------5-----6-|
|-4------------------|GTR I (* 2nd time use a.h.'s *)
|-4------------------|
|-2------------------|
|--------------------|
|                    |
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-4--2-1h2p1---4-1---|GTR II
|-4----------2-----3-|
|-2------------------|
|--------------------|


Riff A--fill
|---------------------------------------------|
|-10~--10-12-12/13-12-12~--12-13-13/15-13-17~-|
|---------------------------------------------|GTR III
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------|
|-17/18-15-13-12/13-12~-|
|-----------------------|GTR III
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

Play Riff A three times

Riff B
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------4-----4~~----------------4~-|GTR I
|-2-------------------2-----2-------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|                                   |
|-------------10-12h13-12-10--------|
|---12h13-12~----------------13-12~-|
|-9---------------------------------|GTR II
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------------5~-----5\7-----7~--|GTR I
|-3-----3------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|                                |
|-------------10-12h13-12-10-----|
|---12h13-12~----------------13~-|
|-9------------------------------|GTR II
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---4-4~-----4~-----5~-5\7-7~-|GTR I
|-2------2-2----3-3-----------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
|-
|-
|-
|-GTR II ???
|-
|-

Play Riff B three times


Riff C.1
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-------------------------------------|  & II
|---------3p2p0-----------------------|
|-0000000-------00-00000000-3p2p0-3-5-|
  .......       .. ........

Riff C.2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------------5-7--4-|GTRS I
|---------------5-7--4-|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-5--2-|
|-0000000--------------|
  .......

Riff C.3
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------------5-4----|GTRS I
|---------------5-4--5-|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-2--5-|
|-0000000------------3-|
  ......

Riff C.4
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|---------------5-4------|GTRS I
|---------------5-4------|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-2-a.h.-|
|-0000000------------3~--|
  .......

Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.3 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.4 one time


Riff D
|----0-------------|----0-------------|
|------0-----------|------0-----------|
|----------------7-|------------------|GTR I
|-2------------5-7-|-2------------3-5-|
|-2------3-2~--5-5-|-2------3-2~--3-5-|
|-0------------3---|-0------------1-3-|
|                                     |
|                                     |
|----0-------------|----0-------------|
|------0-----------|------0-----------|
|--------5-4~----7-|--------5-4~------|GTR II
|-2------------5-7-|-2------------3-5-|
|-2------------5-5-|-2------------3-5-|
|-0------------3---|-0------------1-3-|

Play Riff D two times
Play Riff A  three times

Riff E -- Solo 1
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|---------5---------2--5-5-|GTRS I
|------2--5-5-------2--5-3-|  & II
|------2--3-5--0000-0--3---|
|-0000-0----3--------------|

Play Riff E four times
Play Riff B three times
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.3 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.4 one time
Play Riff D two times
Play Riff A  three times


Riff F.1 -- Finger Tapping
|-12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8p5--------------------|
|----------------------12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8-|
|-----------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-----------------------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


|-11p7p4-11p7p4-11p7p4--------------------|
|----------------------11p7p4-11p7p4-11p7-|
|-----------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-----------------------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


|-10p6p3-10p6p3---------------|
|---------------10p6p3-10p6p3-|
|-----------------------------|GTRS I
|-----------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


Riff F.2
|-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15-------------------------|
|-------------------------19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


|-18p14p11-18p14p11-18p14-------------------------|
|-------------------------18p14p11-18p14p11-18p14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


|-17p13p10-17p13p10-------------------|
|-------------------17p13p10-17p13p10-|
|-------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Play Riff F.1 one time
Play Riff F.1/F.2 three times


Riff G -- with studio effects
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-9----8----7----10-----12-----10----|GTRS I
|-9-9--8-8--7-7--10-10--12-12--10-10-|  & II
|-7-9--6-8--5-7---8-10--10-12---8-10-|
|---7----6----5------8-----10------8-|

Play Riff G two times