Testament – Return To Serenity (Bass Tab)

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The bass follows the rhythm guitar mainly throughout the song, especially in the verses, and only ever plays when the drums are being played also. This makes for a pretty simplistic, yet very powerful ballad to play.
[Intro]
Start with drums
Gb|--------------------------|----------|-------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|-GUITAR---|-------------------------------|
Ab|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-ARPEGGIO-|---4----------3----2-----------|
Eb|--------------------------|----------|---------------------3-2-------|

Gb|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
Db|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
Ab|-------7---7------7---7---|-3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---|-4---4-4-4---4---4-|
Eb|-0---0---0---0--0---0-----|-----------0-----------0-|-----------0-------|

Gb|--------|
Db|--------|
Ab|-4-4----|
Eb|-----0--|

Gb|----------------------------4------|-end-on-|
Db|-------------------------5-----5---|--------|
Ab|-3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3-----------7-|--------|
Eb|-----------0-----------0-----------|--0~----|
                                    x2

[Verse]
Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------4~--|
Db|----------------------------------|------7-------7----2-----------|
Ab|------2-------2-------2-------2---|--5-5-----5-5------------------|
Eb|--0-0-----0-0-----3-3-----3-3-----|-------------------------------| x8
   |There is minor variation during the pauses where the hihat is
    heard; but its very simple-just miss out the 4 on the G String for
    the hihat breaks, which come after every 4 repeats|

[Chorus]
Gb|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|---------|-------5h7--------2---|-------5h7----5h7--2-2-|
Eb|--5--/12-|-0---0------0-0-3---3-|-0---0------0-----3-3--|

Gb|---------------------------------|----------------------|
Db|-------------------------14-13---|-14-------14----------|
Ab|-------5h7--/16-16-16-16------16-|----------------(12/)-|
Eb|-0---0---------------------------|----------------------|

[Verse 2]
Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------4~--|
Db|----------------------------------|------7-------7----2-----------|
Ab|------2-------2-------2-------2---|--5-5-----5-5------------------|
Eb|--0-0-----0-0-----3-3-----3-3-----|-------------------------------| x8

[Chorus]
Gb|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|---------|-------5h7--------2---|-------5h7----5h7--2-2-|
Eb|--5--/12-|-0---0------0-0-3---3-|-0---0------0-----3-3--|

Gb|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
Db|-------------------------14-13---|-12h14----------------------|
Ab|-------5h7--/16-16-16-16------16-|-------12h14----------2-----|
Eb|-0---0---------------------------|-------------10h12--3---3-0-|

Gb|---------|----------------------|-----------------------
Db|---------|----------------------|-----------------------
Ab|---------|-------5h7--------2---|-------5h7----5h7--2-2-
Eb|--5--/12-|-0---0------0-0-3---3-|-0---0------0-----3-3--

Gb|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|-12h14----------------------|
Ab|-------5h7--/16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-------12h14----------2-----|
Eb|-0---0-------------------------------|-------------10h12--3---3-0-|

[Guitar Solo]
Wait for drums
Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------4~--|
Db|----------------------------------|------7-------7----2-----------|
Ab|------2-------2-------2-------2---|--5-5-----5-5------------------|
Eb|--0-0-----0-0-----3-3-----3-3-----|-------------------------------| x3

Gb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|------7-------7----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
Ab|------2-------2-------2-------2---|--5-5-----5-5---------------------------|
Eb|--0-0-----0-0-----3-3-----3-3-----|----------------------------------------|

Gb|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
Db|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------7---7------7---7---|-3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---|
Eb|-------------------------|-0---0---0---0--0---0-----|-----------0-----------0-|

Gb|------------------------|----------------------------4------|-end-on-|
Db|------------------------|-------------------------5-----5---|--------|
Ab|-4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4--|-3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3-----------7-|--------|
Eb|-----------0-----------0|-----------0-----------0-----------|--0~----|

                                                             x5

[Verse 3]
Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------4~--|
Db|----------------------------------|------7-------7----2-----------|
Ab|------2-------2-------2-------2---|--5-5-----5-5------------------|
Eb|--0-0-----0-0-----3-3-----3-3-----|-------------------------------| x8

[Chorus]
Gb|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|---------|-------5h7--------2---|-------5h7----5h7--2-2-|
Eb|--5--/12-|-0---0------0-0-3---3-|-0---0------0-----3-3--|

Gb|---------------------------------|----------------------------|-end-on-|
Db|-------------------------14-13---|-12h14----------------------|--------|
Ab|-------5h7--/16-16-16-16------16-|-------12h14----------2-----|--------|
Eb|-0---0---------------------------|-------------10h12--3---3-0-|--0~----|
                                                               x2