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RETURN TO SERENITY (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1992 Album THE RITUAL)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by Chuck Billy, Eric Peterson and Del James Music by Eric Peterson
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderately Q=112Faster Q=120
C B BbF#F Eb
4/4 3/4 12/8
Gtr I
Wx12 W H. Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|--------|--------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------|--------|--------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------|--------|-4-------3----2-----|--------------------------||
|-------------|--------|----------------3-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Guitar Solo I
Eb B C
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o------7---7------7---7-|-3--3-3-3---3--3-3-3---|-4--4-4-4---4--4-4-4-----|
||--0--0---0---0--0---0---|----------0----------0-|----------0----------0---|
B Eb
>
Q E E E E E E E E E E W. Wx3
|-------------------------||-||---------------|--------|
|------------------------o||-||---------------|--------|
|-3--3-3-3---3-----2-----o||-||---------------|--------|
|----------0-----3---3-0--||-||-0-------------|--------|
1st Verse
Eb F# C# G# Eb F#
H +E E H. Q +E +E E E H. H +E E H +E E
|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0-------|-----------------------|
|-0----(0)-0-3-------|------------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|
C# G# Eb F# C# G#
Q. Q E H. H +E E H. Q +E +E E E Q. E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-5----5--5-0-------|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0----0-0-0-|
|-------------------|-0----(0)-0-3-------|---------------------------|
2nd and 3rd Verses
6/8 12/8
H +E E H +E E H E E W. H +E E H.
|-----------------------|----------|---------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------|----------|---------------||o------------------|
|-----------------------|-5----5-5-|-0-------------||o------------------|
|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|----------|---------------||--0----(0)-0-3-----|
Q +E +E E E H. H +E E H +E E Q. Q E H.
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0-------|-----------------------|-5----5--5-0-----|
|------------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|-----------------|
H +E E H. Q +E +E E E H. H +E E H +E E
|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0-------|-----------------------|
|-0----(0)-0-3-------|------------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|
Chorus
1.
6/8 12/8
H E E H. +H Q Q E a E +Q Q E E E E
|----------|--------------------||---------------------------|
|----------|--------------------||---------------------------|
|-5----5-5-|--------------------||------5h7-(7)---------2----|
|----------|-5-------(5)s===12--||-0--0----------0--0-3---3--|
Q E a E +E E a E +E E E E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|------5h7-(7)---5h7-(7)---2---2-|
|-0--0---------0---------3---3---|
Q E a E +E E E S S E E E E H. E Q. Q
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------14-13----|-14-------14--------------o||
|------5h7-(7)s16-16-16-16-16-------16-|------------------(12)\---o||
|-0--0---------------------------------|---------------------------||
Chorus II
2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E a E +Q Q E E E E
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||------5h7-(7)---------2---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-0--0----------0--0-3---3-|
Q E a E +E E a E +E E E E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|------5h7-(7)---5h7-(7)---2---2-|
|-0--0---------0---------3---3---|
Q E a E +E E E S S E E E E
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------14-13----|
|------5h7-(7)s16-16-16-16-16-------16-|
|-0--0---------------------------------|
a Q. a Q. a Q E E E E Q E a E +Q Q E E E E
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-12h14----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------12h14-------------2-----|------5h7-(7)---------2-----|
|-------------------10h12--3---3-0-|-0--0----------0--0-3---3---|
Q E a E +E E a E +E E E E E Q E a E +E E E S S E E E E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------5h7-(7)---5h7-(7)---2---2-|------5h7-(7)s16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-0--0---------0---------3---3---|-0--0---------------------------------|
a Q. a Q. a Q E E E E
|-----------------------------------||
|-12h14-----------------------------||
|----------12h14-------------2------||
|-------------------10h12--3---3-0--||
Guitar Solo II
>
W. W. W.
|---------------|---------------||-------|
|---------------|---------------||-------|
|---------------|---------------||-------|
|-0-------------|---------------||-------|
W. H +E E H.
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-0----(0)-0-3-------|
Q +E +E E E H. H +E E H +E E
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0-------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3----|
Q +E +E E E Q. E E E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0----0-0-0-|
|---------------------------|
H +E E H +E E Q +E +E E E Q. E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0----0-0-0-|
|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|---------------------------|
6/8 12/8
H +E E H +E E Q +E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|----------------|-------------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o------7---7------7---7-|-3--3-3-3---3--3-3-3---|-4--4-4-4---4--4-4-4-----|
||--0--0---0---0--0---0---|----------0----------0-|----------0----------0---|
>
Q E E E E E E E E E E 4x W. Wx3
|-------------------------||-||---------------|--------|
|------------------------o||-||---------------|--------|
|-3--3-3-3---3-----2-----o||-||---------------|--------|
|----------0-----3---3-0--||-||-0-------------|--------|
4th Verse
H +E E H. Q +E +E E E H. H +E E H +E E
|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0-------|-----------------------|
|-0----(0)-0-3-------|------------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|
Q. Q E H. H +E E H. Q +E +E E E Q. E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-5----5--5-0-------|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0----0-0-0-|
|-------------------|-0----(0)-0-3-------|---------------------------|
6/8 12/8
H +E E H. Q +E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-0----(0)-0-3-------|----------------|-------------------------||
Chorus III
Q E a E +Q Q E E E E Q E a E +E E a E +E E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------5h7-(7)---------2---|------5h7-(7)---5h7-(7)---2---2-|
|-0--0----------0--0-3---3-|-0--0---------0---------3---3---|
Q E a E +E E E S S E E E E
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------14-13----|
|------5h7-(7)s16-16-16-16-16-------16-|
|-0--0---------------------------------|
a Q. a Q. a Q E E E E
|----------------------------------|
|-12h14----------------------------|
|----------12h14-------------2-----|
|-------------------10h12--3---3-0-|
Q E a E +Q Q E E E E Q E a E +E E a E +E E E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------5h7-(7)---------2---|------5h7-(7)---5h7-(7)---2---2---|
|-0--0----------0--0-3---3-|-0--0---------0---------3---3-----|
Q E a E +E E E S S E E E E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|------5h7-(7)s16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-0--0---------------------------------|
>
a Q. a Q. a Q E E E E W.
|----------------------------------|-------|
|-12h14----------------------------|-------|
|----------12h14-------------2-----|-------|
|-------------------10h12--3---3-0-|-0-----|
Wx9
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
