At Dawn They Sleep
Performed by: Slayer
Tabbed by: James Zamora (misterz@earthlink.net)

Tuning: Eb,Ab,Db,Gb

            Guitars             Riff A (2x)
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------|--------------9--9--9-------------------------------------------------------------||--------------9--9--9-----------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------|-------------------------------------9--9--9--------------------------------------||-------------------------------------9--9--9------------------------------------|

|-----------------------|---0--0--0---------------0--0--0--------------0--0--0----8--8--8--8--8--------||---0--0--0---------------0--0--0---------------0--0--0---8--8--8--8--8---6---|

Rhythm Fig. 1 (2x)
Rhythm Fig. 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------8--8--8-------------------------------------------8--8--8--8------10--10--10-------------------------------|

|---0--0--0--0--------------0--0--0--0---9--9--9---0--0--0--0----------------0------------------0---10--10--10---0-------|

1st Verse w/Rhythm Fig. 1 (4x)

1st Chorus w/Rhythm Fig. 2 (2x)
Rhythm Fig. 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------3--2--------------------------------------------------3--2--------------------------------------------------3--2---------------------------------------------------3--2-------------------------------------|

|---2--2--2--2---4-----------3---2--2--2--2---3--3-----2--2--2--2---4-----------3---2--2--2--2---3--5-----2--2--2--2---4-----------3---2--2--2--2---3--3------2--2--2--2---4----------3---2--2--2--2---5--5---3--3---|

Rhythm Fig. 1 (2x)

2nd Verse w/Rhythm Fig. 1 (4x)

2nd Chorus w/Rhythm Fig. 2 (2x)

Guitar Solo I w/Rhythm Fig. 1 (4x)

Rhythm Fig. 3 (4x)
Rhythm Fig. 3
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------3--2--------------------------------------------------------3--2-----------------------|

|---2--2--2--2---4------------3---2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2---4-----------3---5--5---3--3---|

Riff A (3x)

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11----------------------|

|--------------9--9--9----------------------------------------------------------------7--6-----6--7-----11--12---------12--11~~~~------|

|-------------------------------------9--9--9-------------------7--6-------6--7--8---------7-----------------------------------------------|

|---0--0--0---------------0--0--0---------------0--0--0----8----------7-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm Fig. 4 (2x)
Rhythm Fig. 4
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1----------------4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-------------------------|

|----p---p-----------------------------p--p-----------------------------p--p-----------------------------------3--2-------------6--5-------------------------------------p---p-----------------------------p--p-----------------------------------3--2---------------6--5----------|

|---3--1--0---0--0--0---1---0--0---3--1--0---0--0--0---1---0--0---3--1--0---0--0--0---1---0--0--0---1----------------4-------------------0---0--0--0--1--0--0--3--1--0---0--0--0---1---0--0---3--1--0---0--0--0---1---0--0--0---1------------------4-----------5-----|

Rhythm Fig. 4 (1x)

Admonish...
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1---------------4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----p---p-----------------------------p--p-----------------------------p--p------------------------------------3--2------------6--5---------------------------------------p--p-----------------------------p--p---------------------------------------------|

|---3--1--0---0--0--0---1---0--0---3--1--0---0--0--0---1---0--0---3--1--0---0--0--0---1---0--0--0---1----------------4--------------------0---0--0--0--1--0--0--3--1--0---0--0--0---1---0--0---3--1--0---0--0--0---1---0--0--0---1------4------|

Rhythm Fig. 5 (5x)
Rhythm Fig. 5
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---7--7--7--7--7---7/8------7--7--7--7--7---7/8------7--7--7--7--7---7/8------7--7--7--7--8--|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

/ = slide w/first note struck only

Rhythm Fig. 6 (10x)
Rhythm Fig. 6
Driven by the instinct...
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------7--7-------8--8--------|
|---0----------0----------------|

Kill!    Kill!...
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---0--0--0--0---1--1--1--1-----0--0--0--0---1--1--1--1-----0--0--0--0---1--1--1--1-----0--0--0--0---1--1--1--1---|

Rhythm Fig. 7 (3x)
Rhythm Fig. 7
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---2---0--0--2---0--0--2--3--2---0----2---0--0--2---0--0--2--3--2---0----2---0--0--2---0--0--2--3--2---0----2---0--0--2---0--0--2---0--0--1---|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5---|

|---2---0--0--2---0--0--2--3--2---0----2---0--0--2---0--0--2--3--2---0----2---0--0--2---0--0--2--3--2---0----2---0--0--2---0--0--2---0--0------|

Rhythm Fig. 8 (4x)
Rhythm Fig. 8
Emerging from the hellish tomb...
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---7--7--7---7--10--7----7--7--7---7--9--7----7--7--7---7--8--7--6-----------6--5-------5--4-----|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------6--5----------5-------------|

Guitar Solo II w/Rhythm Fig. 7 (4x)

Rhythm Fig. 9 (2x)
Rhythm Fig. 9
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|----------*------------|---------*------------|---6--5------5--4------4--3--------||---6--5-------5--4-------4--3--|

|---2---0--0--2---0--0--2---0--0--2--3--2---0---|-----------------------|----------------------|----------5---------4----------------||----------5----------4----------|

* = Repeat previous measure

Rhythm Fig. 1 (1x)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------8--8--8--------------------------------------------------8--8--8--------8--8--8---------10--10--10---------------------|

|---0--0--0--0--------------0--0--0--0--0---9--9--9---0--0--0--0--0---------------0---------------0-------------------0---3--2--0-----|

This is a rather hard song to play for bass players.  Either with pick
or fingers.  Sorry about the uneven ends, I am new at this.  Any
requests?  E-mail me if you do.