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Behind The Crooked Cross
By Slayer
From ‘South Of Heaven’
Tuning: ½ step down
Tabbed By Cam
Clarke@houseonrock87.freeserve.co.uk
Intro
I-----------------I
I-----------------I
I-----------------I x 16
I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I
I---------------I
I---------------I
I-4-3-----------I
I-----5-4-3h4r3-I
I---------------------------------------------------------------I
I---------------------------------------------------------------I
I-----4-----3-----------------3-4-----3-----2-----------------4-I x 4
I-2-2---2-2---2-2-4-2-2-3-2-2-----2-2---2-2---2-2-4-2-2-3-2-2---I
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I-4-3-------------------------------------------I x 3
I-----5-4-3h4r3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I
I---------------I
I---------------I
I-4-3-----------I
I-----5-4-3h4r3-I
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I-----4-----3-----------------3-4-----3-----2-----------------4-I x 6
I-2-2---2-2---2-2-4-2-2-3-2-2-----2-2---2-2---2-2-4-2-2-3-2-2---I
I-----------------------------------------------I
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I-4-3-------------------------------------------I x 3
I-----5-4-3h4r3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I
I-----------------I
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I-4-3-------------I
I-----5-4-3h4r3-2-I
Pause
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I-----4-----4-----3---3-------I x 8
I-2-2---2-2---2-2---2---5-5-4-I
Pause
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I--------5-5-4---------5-5-4-I
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I-4--4--3-3----4--4--3-3-------I
I------------------------5-5-4-I
I-----------------------------I
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I-----4-----4-----3---3-------I x 8
I-2-2---2-2---2-2---2---5-5-4-I
I---------------I
I---------------I
I-4-3-----------I
I-----5-4-3h4r3-I
I---------------------------------------------------------------I
I---------------------------------------------------------------I
I-----4-----3-----------------3-4-----3-----2-----------------4-I x 4
I-2-2---2-2---2-2-4-2-2-3-2-2-----2-2---2-2---2-2-4-2-2-3-2-2---I
I-----------------------------------------------I
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I-4-3-------------------------------------------I x 3
I-----5-4-3h4r3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I
I-----------------I
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I-4-3-------------I
I-----5-4-3h4r3-2-I
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
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FUCK Average |
#1 by FUCK at May 13, 1970 at 10:42 AM EST |
| The crooked cross is a swastika. | |
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bob Average |
#2 by bob whyte at Jul 10, 1978 at 8:43 AM EST |
| It's about the Swastika! Time melts away in this living inferno! Also saying how some Nazis were forced to fight! | |
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Ronnie Average |
#3 by Ronnie Lee at Mar 30, 1979 at 6:56 AM EST |
| i heard this is about nazis or something, coz jeff hanneman is interested in world war 2. | |
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Sir Bagel Average |
#4 by Sir Bagel at Dec 6, 1980 at 5:23 AM EST |
| The song could also be about the Crusades; the stuff about marching behind the crooked cross makes more sense in that context. | |
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Robert Wanna Be |
#5 by Robert Higgins at Jul 8, 1997 at 1:29 PM EST |
| thinking about it. its a song about the idealistic world christians desire. its just not there. Once you become enveloped within Christianitys grasp, you see a crooked cross. deception at its finest. | |
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alex Wanna Be |
#6 by alex v s at Jun 29, 2000 at 12:35 PM EST |
| "I heard it was the song that confirmed Jeff Hanneman's (and Slayer's) opposition against national-socialism, because of many criticisms they received (very frequently), even by former Sepultura vocalist, Max Cavalera!" That's pretty much it. He wrote this song to show that he wasn't a Nazi. | |
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Commie Badass |
#7 by Commie Hunter!!! at Jan 27, 2001 at 8:10 AM EST |
| Great thread! I think the line "Do only what is expected of me" sums it all up: When fleeing Nazi's were caught and tried, the common excuse was, "We were only following orders." | |
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Cocoboi Average |
#8 by Cocoboi Sisouphone at Apr 29, 2005 at 12:18 AM EST |
| The song is simply about what the German people thought throughout WWII and as Hitler's true intentions became more and more obvious | |
