ACTIVITY
Piece By Piece
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PIECE BY PIECE
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1986 Album REIGN IN BLOOD)
Transcribed by Fenian
Words and Music by Kerry King
F#5
2 4 x x x x
G5
3 5 x x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q.=142
12/8 6/8
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--------| PM
H. Q. Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E 5x E E E E E E
|--------------------||---------------------------||-------------||
|--------------------||o-------------------------o||-------------||
|--------------------||---------------------------||-------------||
|--------------------||---------------------------||-------------||
|--------------------||o-5-4---8-7-3-------------o||-5-4---8-7-3-||
|--------------12---||--3-2-0-6-5-1-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-3-2-0-6-5-1-||
12/8
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-|-2-1-0-5-4-3-4-3-2-3-2-1--|
1. 2.
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||----------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||-7----6----5----4-----||
|-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-|-5-4-3-4-3-2-3-2-1-2-1-0--||-5----4----3----2-----||
Chorus
Q=220
4/4
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2---|
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|
5/4
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-----||
F#5
4/4
Gtr II
Q Q H W
|
/
Gtr I
PM------------| PM------| PM| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S E E E Q
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------4-3--|
|-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5-----5---2-1--|
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-0-3-0------|
F#5 G5
Q Q H E E E E H
| | |
/ / /
PM------------| PM------| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E E E H
|---------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------|----------------||
|-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5---5------||
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-3------||
Verse 1 & 2
$
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM------| PM| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S E E E Q
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------4-3--|
|-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5-----5---2-1--|
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-0-3-0------|
PM------------| PM------| PM| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S E E E Q
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------4-3---|
|-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5-----5---2-1---|
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-------|
PM------------| PM------| PM| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S E E E Q
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------4-3--|
|-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5-----5---2-1--|
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-0-3-0------|
PM------------| PM------| PM| PM
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S E E E Q
|---------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------4-3---||
|-4-----------------4-5-----|-----5-----5---2-1---||
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-------||
Pre-Chorus
2/4
PM----------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
4/4
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|---4-3---6-5-4--|
|-----------------------------|---2-1---4-3-2--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-----0--------|
To Coda
2/4
PM----------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
4/4 2/4 5/8
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q Q Q. Q
|-----------------------------|-------|---------||
|-----------------------------|-------|---------||
|-----------------------------|-------|---------||
|-----------------------------|-4-----|-5----4--||
|-----------------------------|-2-----|-3----2--||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------|---------||
Chorus
4/4
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2---|
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|
D.S. al Coda
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-||
&
4/4
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
Q.=162
12/8
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-|-2-1-0-5-4-3-4-3-2-3-2-1--|
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-|-5-4-3-4-3-2-3-2-1-2-1-0--||
Q=220
4/4
Gtr I
W W
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
W H H
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-3---------------6----------------|
|---------------------------------|-1---------------4----------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E E. S +E E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1------1-(1)---1---4------4-(4)---4----|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1--1-1-1--1--1-1-1-4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--|
Q. E +H W W H H
|------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|------------------------------------|-5--------|-4--------|-----------||
|-4------------4---(4)---------------|-3--------|-2--------|-3----6----||
|-2------------2---(2)---------------|----------|----------|-1----4----||
|
| PM-------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W W H H
|------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|------------------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|------------------------------------|-5--------|-4--------|-----------||
|------------------------------------|-3--------|-2--------|-3----6----||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------|----------|-1----4----||
Gtrs I, II
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------||
||------------------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2--||
Out-Chorus
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|---5-4---8-7-3-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|
PM PM
E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|-----------------|------------*|
|-----------------|------------*|
|-----------------|------------*|
|-----------------|------------*|
|---5-4---8-7-3-4-|-5----------*|
|-0-3-2-0-6-5-1-2-|-3----------*|
Duration Legend
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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
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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
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| - 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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