Testament – Trial By Fire (Bass Tab)
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TRIAL BY FIRE (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1988 Album THE NEW ORDER)
Transcribed by [email protected]
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 2/4 4/4
Gtr I
Wx5 W E. E. E. E. E E
|------------||------|-----------------|
|------------||------|-4--5--4---------|
|------------||------|----------3--2-0-|
|------------||------|-----------------|
2/4 4/4
H H H 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 4/4
H 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
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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
-----------
| - 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