Trial by Fire Testament
TRIAL BY FIRE (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1988 Album THE NEW ORDER)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by C.Billy Music by Testament
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro Guitar Solo I
Slowly Q=60
[4/4] Gtr I[2/4] [4/4]
Wx5 W E. E. E. E. E E
|------------||------|-----------------| |------------||------|-4--5--4---------| |------------||------|----------3--2-0-| |------------||------|-----------------|
H H [2/4] H [4/4] E. E. E. E. E E Q +S S E H
|-----------|------|------------------|-----------------| |-----------|------|-4--5--4-------/7-|-6--(6)---6-5----| |-----------|------|----------3--2----|--------6--------| |-4----3----|-2----|------------------|-----------------|
Faster Q=184
[2/4] H [4/4] E. E. E. E. E E Q +S S E H +W
|------|-11--12--11----------|-----------------||--------| |-4----|-------------10--9-7-|-6--(6)---6-5----||-(5)----| |------|---------------------|--------6--------||--------| |------|---------------------|-----------------||--------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|---3-----2--0--|-----------------| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-|-0---0-0-------|-4--4-4-4-0-4-3--|
+E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------||-||------------------| |---------------------o||-||o-----------------| |---------------------o||-||o-----------------| |-(3)-3-3-0-3-0-0-3-3--||-||--0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-2-1-------------|-----------------| |-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-1-------------|-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------| |-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|
Verses
|--5:3--|
Q Q Q Q Q E E 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-----------o||-||o-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------| |-----2-1-3-2----||-||--0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-1-------------|-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------| |-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|
7/8 4/4
|--5:3--|
Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-1---------|-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------| |-----2-1-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-1-------------|-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------| |-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|
7/8 4/4
|--5:3--|
Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------| |-2-1---------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-----2--0--| |-----2-1-3-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-|-0---0-0-------|
Chorus
Q E E E E E E +E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------------||-----------------|------------------| |----------------|---------------------||-----------------|------------------| |----------------|---------------------||-----------------|------------------| |-4--4-4-4-0-4-3-|-(3)-3-3-0-3-0-0-3-3-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-0-3-0-0-2-0--|
Interlude
E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E S S E E E E E E E E Q E
|---------------|----------------|----------------------||-||----------------| |---------------|----------------|---------------------o||-||---------1-2----| |---3-----2--0--|----------------|---------------------o||-||-------0------4-| |-0---0-0-------|-4--4-4-4-0-4-3-|-(3)-3-3-0-3-0-0-3-3--||-||-4-3-4----------|
E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|---------1-2----|----------------|---------1-2----| |---0-1-2-4-3----|-------0------4-|---0-1-2-4-3----|-------0------4-| |-4--------------|-4-3-4----------|-4--------------|-4-3-4----------|
E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q. +W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------| |----------------|---------1-2----|----------------|--------| |---0-1-2-4-3----|-------0------4-|---0-1-2-4-3----|-(3)----| |-4--------------|-4-3-4----------|-4--------------|--------|
Guitar Solo II
Slower Q=90
+H Q Q S S S S S S S S S E. E E S S S S S S S S S E. E E 3x
|--------------||---------------------------|----------------------------|| |--------------||o--------------------------|---------------------------o|| |-(3)----------||o-7-----6-----7--------3-2-|-7-----6-----7-------------o|| |--------3--2--||----0-0---0-0---0-0-1------|---0-0---0-0---0-0-1--3-2---||
Faster Q=184
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------7---7---7---| |-3--3-3-3-3-3---|-------------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |--------------2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|-------------------|
Q E E E E E E +E +E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------| |-3--3-3-3-3-3---|-------------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-----| |--------------2-|-(2)-(2)-2-2-2--2--|----------------|--------------3--|
Faster Q=194
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-2s1-0-0-1p0-|-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-|-0-0-2s1-0-0-1p0-|-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-|
Slower Q=184
7/8
|--5:3--|
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 Q Q Q Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-1----------| |-0-0-2s1-0-0-1p0-|-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-|-0-0-2s1-0-0-1p0-|-----2-1-3-2--|
[4/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------|-2-1--------------| |-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2--|
|--5:3--|
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 Q Q Q Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|| |-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------|-2-1------------|| |-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----2-1-3-2----||
Last Verse
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------|-2-1-------------| |-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|
7/8
|--5:3--|
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 Q Q Q Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------|-2-1----------| |-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----2-1-3-2--|
[4/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------|-2-1--------------| |-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2--|
7/8
|--5:3--|
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 Q Q Q Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------|-2-1----------| |-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----2-1-3-2--|
[4/4] E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|---3-----2--0--|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-|-0---0-0-------|-4--4-4-4-0-4-3--|
Out-Chorus
+E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|---------------------||-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------------||-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------------||-----------------|-----------------|---3-----2--0---| |-(3)-3-3-0-3-0-0-3-3-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-|-0---0-0--------|
Q E E E E E E +E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-2-1--------------| |-4--4-4-4-0-4-3-|-(3)-3-3-0-3-0-0-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-2-1-------------|-----------------| |-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|
|--5:3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------*| |-2-1-------------|-----------------|-2-1-----------*| |-----0-2s1-0-3-2-|-0-1-2-1-0-1-2-0-|-----2-1-3-2---*|
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
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