Testament – The Haunting (Bass Tab)
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THE HAUNTING (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1987 Album THE LEGACY)
Transcribed by [email protected]
Words by Souza, Peterson Music by Skolnick, Peterson
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Greg'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=205Slightly Slower Q=200
6/4
Gtr I
Wx7 W. W.
|----------------||---------------|-------|
|----------------||---------------|-------|
|----------------||---------------|-------|
|----------------||-7-------------|-7-----|
W. W. e E Q W W
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------|
|---------------|---------------|-2---------------|------|
|-6-------------|-6-------------|-----------------|------|
4/4
W W E E Q E E Q E E Q H
|--------------|--------------||---------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------||---------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------||---------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------||-7-7----7-7----|-7-7---------|
E E Q E E Q E E Q H E E Q E E Q E E Q H
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-7-7----7-7----|-7-7---------|-6-6----6-6----|-6-6---------|
Faster Q=210
E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------|
|-6-6----6-6----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-7-7-7--7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Slightly Faster Q=212
E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8--8-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
$
E E Q E E 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
|---------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-----------------||-----4h5---------|------------------|
|---------------|-----------------||-------------4h5-|-----0-1---0------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3---3-1--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----4h5---------|---------------|-----4h5---------|-----------------|
|-------------4h5-|-----0-1-------|-------------4h5-|-----0-1---0-----|
|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3--1--|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3---3-1-|
Verses
Verse Tempo Q=206
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----4h5---------|--------------||-----4h5---------|-----------------|
|-------------4h5-|-----0-1------||-------------4h5-|-----0-1---0-----|
|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3----||-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3---3-1-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----4h5---------|---------------|-----4h5---------|-----------------|
|-------------4h5-|-----0-1-------|-------------4h5-|-----0-1---0-----|
|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3--1--|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3---3-1-|
Chorus
Chorus Tempo Q=207
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------||----------------|-------------------|
|-----4h5---------|---------------||----------------|-5h7p5---5---------|
|-------------4h5-|-----0-1-------||----------7---6-|-------7---7-6-5---|
|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3--1--||-5--5-5-5---5---|-----------------8-|
Q E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------7-5---5-|----------------|-5h7p5---5-----------|
|----------7---6-|-5-5-6-7-------7---|----------7---6-|-------7---7-6-5-----|
|-5--5-5-5---5---|---------5---------|-5--5-5-5---5---|-----------------8---|
D.S.
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|---------7-5---5-||
|----------7---6-|-----5-------7---||
|-5--5-5-5---5---|-5-8---5---------||
Slower Q=201 Faster Q=212
6/4
W. W. W. W.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
|-7-------------|-7-------------|-6-------------|-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 E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
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 E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Bridge
Fast Rock Q=200
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 W
|-------------------------|-------------------------||------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||------|
|-------------------------|---------------------5-4-||------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||-0----|
+W +W +H +E E E E W
|------------|------------|------------------|------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)-3-5-6-|------|
5/8
W H Q E E Q E E E
|----------|-------------|----------||
|----------|-------------|----------||
|----------|-------------|----------||
|----------|-----------6-|----6-5-3-||
Bridge Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-6-0-5-0-0-6-|-0-5-0-3---6-5-3-|-0-0-6-0-5-0-0-6-|-0-5-0-3---3-5-6-|
5/8
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 E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-0-0-6-0-5-0-0-6-|-0-5-0-3---6-5-3-|-0-0-6-0-5-0-0-6-|----6-5-3-||
Guitar Solo (Skolnick)
4/4
Q E E S S Q E +E E E E Q Q Q E E Q e E +E e Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--------2h4----4-|-(4)-2-----2-----|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------4-2----4--|---------------|-----------------|
|-2--2-2-----2----|-----------------|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2--1---|
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +E e Q Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------7p6---7-|-(7)---------------|--------7p6---7-|-(7)-------------|
|-0--0-0-----0---|-----0-0-0-0-2-4-5-|-0--0-0-----0---|-----0-0--0--1---|
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q e E +E e Q Q Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2--1---|
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +E e Q Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------||
|--------7p6---7-|-(7)---------------|--------7p6---7-|-(7)-------------||
|-0--0-0-----0---|-----0-0-0-0-2-4-5-|-0--0-0-----0---|-----0-0--0--1---||
Guitar Solo (Peterson)
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-2---2----------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----4---4-3-2----|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------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 E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
|-------------6-7-|-----------------|-------------6-7-|---------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0--0--1----||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-6-0-5-0-0-6-|-0-5-0-3---6-5-3-|-0-0-6-0-5-0-0-6-|-0-5-0-3---3-5-6-|
5/8
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 E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-0-0-6-0-5-0-0-6-|-0-5-0-3---6-5-3-|-0-0-6-0-5-0-0-6-|----6-5-3-||
4/4
E E Q E E Q E E Q H E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q
|---------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
|-0-0----0-0----|-0-0---------|-0-0----0-0----|-0-0----3--1--|
E E Q E E Q E E Q H E E Q E E Q E E Q H
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||
|-0-0----0-0----|-0-0---------|-0-0----0-0----|-0-0----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 E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----4h5---------|-----------------|-----4h5---------|---------------|
|-------------4h5-|-----0-1---0-----|-------------4h5-|-----0-1-------|
|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3---3-1-|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3--1--|
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 H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----4h5---------|-----------------|-----4h5---------|--------------||
|-------------4h5-|-----0-1---0-----|-------------4h5-|-----0-1------||
|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3---3-1-|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3----||
Last Verse
Verse Tempo Q=206
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 Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----4h5---------|-----------------|-----4h5---------|----------------o||
||o-------------4h5-|-----0-1---0-----|-------------4h5-|-----0-1--------o||
||--0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3---3-1-|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----3--1----||
Chorus
Chorus Tempo Q=207
Q E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-5h7p5---5---------|----------------|-----------7-5---5---|
|----------7---6-|-------7---7-6-5---|----------7---6-|-5-5-6-7-------7-----|
|-5--5-5-5---5---|-----------------8-|-5--5-5-5---5---|---------5-----------|
Q E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-5h7p5---5---------|----------------|---------7-5---5-||
|----------7---6-|-------7---7-6-5---|----------7---6-|-----5-------7---||
|-5--5-5-5---5---|-----------------8-|-5--5-5-5---5---|-5-8---5---------||
Slower Q=201
6/4
W. W. W. W.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
|-7-------------|-7-------------|-6-------------|-6-----|
e E Q W Wx9
|-----------------|--------*|
|-----------------|--------*|
|-----------------|--------*|
|-7---------------|--------*|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