Chord/Tab song: Command of the Blade

Song: Command Of The Blade
Album: Pleasure To Kill
Year: 1986

Tabbed by Jori Merilainen, send any corrections, suggestions
or questions to: [email protected]

Tune down one whole step (DGCFAd)

The thrashing just keeps on getting better!!
One of my all-time favorites from the kings of thrash,
the one and only KREATOR :)

1a) Intro:

F|-------------------|------|
C|-------------------|------|
G|-------------------|-%%-|
D|--4444554477445544-|------|

................

1b): (repeat 2x)

F|--------------------------------|----|
C|--------------------------------|----|
G|-----2---3---5---3---2---3-2----|-%-|
D|--000--0---0---0---0---0-----3~-|----|

... . . . . .

2) Fill 1:

F|--------------|
C|--------------|
G|--4--5--7--5--|
D|--2--3--5--3--|

3a) Verse riff: "Mist is falling..."

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|--8-------9-8-------6-8---------11-10-10-11--10--|
G|--6-6666667-6-6666664-6-66666666-9--8--8--9---8--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|

...... ...... ........

3b) Verse riff 2: "Flesh and bones, scared to scream..."

F|---------------------------------------------|
C|--3-------4-3-------4-3-------4-------5-5-5--|
G|--1-1111112-1-1111112-1-1111112-4-4-4-3-3-3--|
D|--------------------------------2-2-2--------|

...... ...... ......
4) Chorus: "Command of the blade!"

F|--------------------------------------------------------|
C|--7---3--5-------------------7---3--5-------------------|
G|--5---1--3-------------------5---1--3-------------------|
D|------------0000000000000000----------3333333333333333--|

................ ................

5) Post-chorus: "DEATH!!!"

F|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------4-5-------------6-7-------------8-9-----10-11----12-13--|
G|--------------2-3-------------4-5-------------6-7-----8--9-----10-11--|
D|--000000000000----000000000000----000000000000----0000-----0000-------|

............ ............ ............ .... ....

6a) Solo rhytm:

F|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
C|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
G|--0000000000000000-|-0000000000000000-|-0000000000000000-|-0000000000000000--|
D|--................-|-................-|-................-|-................--|

[6b)]

F|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
C|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
G|--2222222222222222-|-2222222222222222-|-2222222222222222-|-2222222222222222--|
D|--................-|-................-|-................-|-................--|

6c)

F|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
C|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
G|--4444444444444444-|-4444444444444444-|-4444444444444444-|-4444444444444444--|
D|--................-|-................-|-................-|-................--|

[6d)]

F|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
C|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
G|--6666666666666666-|-6666666666666666-|-6666666666666666-|-6666666666666666--|
D|--................-|-................-|-................-|-................--|

End with:

F|------|

C|--10--|
G|---8--|

D|------|

7) Post-solo:

F|----------------------------|
C|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-10-8--|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6--9-6--|
D|----------------------------|

8a) Interlude: "When you die by his blade..."

F|----------------------------|
C|--------------------8-10-8--|
G|--5555555555555555556--8-6--|
D|--..................--------|

8b)

F|---------------------------|
C|--------------------6-8-6--|
G|--3333333333333333334-6-5--|
D|--..................-------|

Play 7) again 2x and end with:
F|-----|
C|--7--|
G|--5--|
D|-----|

Then play chorus again and end with intro,
and replace fill 1 with...
9) Ending:

F|-----------------|
C|-----------------|
G|--4--5--7--4--2--|
D|--2--3--5--2--0--|

THE END.