Testament – Perilous Nation (Bass Tab)
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PERILOUS NATION (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1989 Album PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH)
Transcribed by B. Johnson
Words by Skolnick Music by Testament
Arranged by Billy, Skolnick
Gtr I (D# G# C# F#) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=92
4/4
Gtr I
S T T S S S S S S +S T T E S E S S T T S S S S S S +S T T E S E S
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|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-(2)---0-2-0-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-(2)---0-2-0-2---|
S T T S S S S S S +S T T E S E S S T T S S S S S S +S T T E S E S
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-(2)---0-2-0-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-(2)---0-2-0-2----||
S T T S S S S S S +S T T E S E S S T T S S S S S S +S T T E S E S
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-(2)---0-2-0-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-(2)---0-2-0-2---|
S T T S S S S S S +S T T E S E S S T T S S S S S S +S T T E S E S
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-(2)---0-2-0-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-(2)---0-2-0-2-----||
E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S S S S S S S S S E 3x
||----------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o---------0-------------2---|-----------0-5---4---3---2---o||
||--2-2-0-2---2-(2)-2-0-2---2-|-(2)-2-0-2--------------------||
Q.. S +H Q.. S +H
|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------||
|-2-----4-(4)----|-5-----8-(8)----||
|----------------|----------------||
1st, 3rd Verses
$
Q S S S S +Q S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S E.
||--------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------------|
||o--------0------------0---|------------5---4---3-2----|
||--2--0-2---2-(2)--0-2---2-|-(2)--0-2-0----------------|
Q S S S S +Q S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------0------------0---|------------5---4---3-2----|
|-2--0-2---2-(2)--0-2---2-|-(2)--0-2-0----------------|
1.
S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S s S S S S S E.
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------5---4---3---2--|
|-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-0-2----------------|
S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------5---4---3-2----o||
|-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-----------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|-2-2-2s5-5-5-5s8-8-8-8s7-7s5-5s7-|-2-2-2s5-5-5-5s8------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-2-2-2s5-5-5-5s8-8-8-8s7-7s5-5s7-|-2-2-2s5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-||
Chorus
S S S S +S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S H
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-2-2s5-(5)-5-5/-8-8-8-8-7s5-5s7-|-2-2-2s5-(5)-5-5s8------|
2/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------||-----------------||
|---------------------------------||-----------------||
|---------------------------------||-----------------||
|-2-2-2s5-5-5-5s8-8-8-8s7-7s5-5s7-||-2-2-2s5-5-5-5s8-||4/4
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
To Coda
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-||
Q S S S S +Q S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S E.
||--------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-------------------------|---------------------------o||
||o--------0------------0---|------------5---4---3-2----o||
||--2--0-2---2-(2)--0-2---2-|-(2)--0-2-0-----------------||
S T T S S S S S S +E S S S S E S T T S S S S S S +E E E E
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------5-(5)-4-3-2--o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-(2)-0-2-0-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-0---------------||
2nd Verse
Q S S S S +Q S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------0------------0---|------------5---4---3-2----|
|-2--0-2---2-(2)--0-2---2-|-(2)--0-2-0----------------|
Q S S S S +Q S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------0------------0---|------------5---4---3-2----|
|-2--0-2---2-(2)--0-2---2-|-(2)--0-2-0----------------|
S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S s S S S S S E.
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------5---4---3---2--|
|-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-0-2----------------|
S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S s S S S S S E.
|-----------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------5---4---3---2--||
|-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-0-2----------------||
Guitar Solo
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---|
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E 3x
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-----||
E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------0-------------0---|-----------0-5-(5)-4-3-2-|
|-2-2-0-2---2-(2)-2-0-2---2-|-(2)-2-0-2---------------|
E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------0-------------0---|-----------0-5-(5)-4-3-2-|
|-2-2-0-2---2-(2)-2-0-2---2-|-(2)-2-0-2---------------|
E S S S S S S +E S S E E E S S S S S S +E S S E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4-4-4-2-4-2-4-(4)-2-4-2-4-|-4-4-4-2-4-2-4-(4)-2-4-2-4-|
E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E E E 4x
||----------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o---------0-------------0---|-----------0-5-(5)-4-3-2-o||
||--2-2-0-2---2-(2)-2-0-2---2-|-(2)-2-0-2----------------||
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---|
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-----|
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---|
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-----||
Bridge
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E
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|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---|
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-----|
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---|
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-----|
Q S S S S +Q S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------0------------0---|------------5---4---3-2----|
|-2--0-2---2-(2)--0-2---2-|-(2)--0-2-0----------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q S S S S +Q S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------0------------0---|------------5---4---3-2----||
|-2--0-2---2-(2)--0-2---2-|-(2)--0-2-0----------------||Out-Chorus-Guitar Solo
&
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
Q S S S S +E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |------------------------||-------------------------------------------------| |------------------------||-------------------------------------------------| |--------0---------------||-------------------------------------------------| |-2--0-2---2-(2)-2-0-2-5-||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|
Q S S S S +Q S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S E.
||--------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------------|
||o--------0------------0---|------------5---4---3-2----|
||--2--0-2---2-(2)--0-2---2-|-(2)--0-2-0----------------|
Q S S S S +Q S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--------0------------0---|------------5---4---3-2----o||
|-2--0-2---2-(2)--0-2---2-|-(2)--0-2-0-----------------||
>
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---||
S T T T T T T S S E S T T T T T T S S E 10x
||-------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2----||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