Piece by Piece Lyrics

As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1986 Album REIGN IN BLOOD)
Words and Music by Kerry King
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'
Q.=142
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-||
PM----------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
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-----||
Q=220
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E Q Q
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
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
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
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
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
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
PM----------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E Q
To Coda
PM----------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q Q Q. Q
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
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
&
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
Q.=162
PM----------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
PM----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
Q=220
Gtr I
W W
| 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
W H H
| 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
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
| 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
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
| 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
Q. E +H W W H H
| PM-------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W W H H
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||
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
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
PM----------------------------| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
PM PM
E E E E E E E E Q Q H
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