Testament – Down For Life (Bass Tab)
Drop Db (Db-Ab-Db-Gb)
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As recorded by Testament
(From the 1999 Album THE GATHERING)
Transcribed by BOTE
Words by Chuck Billy Music by Eric Peterson, Chuck Billy
Gtr I (Db Gb B E) - 'Steve DiGiorgio'
Intro
Q=210
4/4
Gtr I
E E Q H H Q Q E E Q H E E E E E E Q
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|-------------|------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|----------------|
|-0-----------|------3--5--|-0-----------|---6S5-5-5-5-6--|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q Q Q E Q E Q W
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------||
|-0----1----0--|---1----3--5--|-0----1----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 Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-1-0-0-3-5-5-6-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-6S5-5-5-5-6----||
1st & 2nd 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 Q
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||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-1-0-0-3-5-5-6-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-6S5-5-5-5-6---|
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 Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-1-0-0-3-5-5-6-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-6S5-5-5-5-6--|
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 Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-1-0-0-3-5-5-6-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-6S5-5-5-5-6--||
Pre-Chorus
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0S1-0-0S1-0-|-0S1-0-0S1-0-1S0-|-0-0-0S1-0-0S1-0-|-0S1-0-1S3-0-3S1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-0-0-0S1-0-0S1-0-|-0S1-0-0S1-0-1S0-|-0-0-0S1-0-0S1-0-|-0S1-0-1S3-0-3S1-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Chorus
Q Q H H Q Q W H Q Q
|------------|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|------------|----------|------1-----|
|-0----------|---------1--|----------|---------1--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E Q E Q W
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|------||
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|------||
|-----5h7---5h7---|-5h7---5h7---8--|--------------|------||
|-0-0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0----|-0----0----0--|------||
3rd 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 Q 3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-1-0-0-3-5-5-6-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-6S5-5-5-5-6----||
Pre-Chorus
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-0-0-0S1-0-0S1-0-|-0S1-0-0S1-0-1S0-|-0-0-0S1-0-0S1-0-|-0S1-0-1S3-0-3S1--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Chorus
Q Q H H Q Q W H Q Q
|------------|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|------------|----------|------1-----|
|-0----------|---------1--|----------|---------1--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E Q E Q W
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|------||
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|------||
|-----5h7---5h7---|-5h7---5h7---8--|--------------|------||
|-0-0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0----|-0----0----0--|------||
Bridge
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 Q Q 4x
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----5h7---5h7---|-5h7---5h7---8--|-----5h7---5h7---|-----5h7-1------o||
||--0-0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0----|-0-0-----0-----0-|-0-0--------1----||
4th Verse
W +Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E H E E E E 3x
||-----------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
||o----------|----------------|---------------|---------------o||
||o----------|----------8--7--|-6-------------|---------------o||
||--0--------|-(0)--0-0-------|----0-0-1--1-1-|-3----1-1---1---||
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 Q E E Q 4x
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----------------|-------------1--|-----------------|-----1----------o||
||--0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---0-0----|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0-0----0-0-1----||
W +W +W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------||
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|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||
5th 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 Q 3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-1-0-0-3-5-5-6-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-6S5-5-5-5-6----||
Pre-Chorus
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-0-0-0S1-0-0S1-0-|-0S1-0-0S1-0-1S0-|-0-0-0S1-0-0S1-0-|-0S1-0-1S3-0-3S1--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Outro
Q Q H H Q Q W H Q Q
|------------|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|------------|----------|------1-----|
|-0----------|---------1--|----------|---------1--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E Q E Q
|-----------------|----------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------*|
|-----5h7---5h7---|-5h7---5h7---8--|--------------*|
|-0-0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0----|-0----0----0--*|Duration Legend
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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
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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
<n> - 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths