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RETURN TO SERENITY (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1995 Album LIVE AT THE FILLMORE)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by Chuck Billy, Eric Peterson and Del James Music by Eric Peterson
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Greg Christian'
Intro
Moderately Accel Q=121
4/4
Gtr I
Wx7 W E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E H
|------------|----------||-------------------||---------------|
|------------|----------||o-----------------o||---------------|
|------------|----------||o-----------------o||---7-8-10------|
|------------|----------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-5-------------|
3/4 12/8
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
Faster Q=123
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-|
Slower Q=117
>
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
Accel Q=119
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. H E E Q. E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-5----5--5-0-------|--------------------|-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 +Q. S S H +E E H.
|-----------------------|----------|--------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------|----------|--------------------||o------------------|
|-----------------------|-5----5-5-|-0--------(0)---5h7-||o------------------|
|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|----------|--------------------||--0----(0)-0-3-----|
H E E H. H +E E H +E E Q. Q E H.
|------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5-0-------|-----------------------|-5----5--5-0-----|
|------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|-----------------|
H +E E H. H E E H. H +E E H +E E
|--------------------|------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-5----5-5-0-------|------------------------|
|-0----(0)-0-3-------|------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3--|
Chorus
1Q=117
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.Q=122
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
Slower Q=118
>
W W. W. W.
|--------------|---------------|---------------||-------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------||-------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------||-------|
|--------------|-0-------------|---------------||-------|
W H +E E H.
|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------|-0----(0)-0-3-------|
H E E H. H +E E H +E E
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|-5----5-5-0-------|--------------------------|
|------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3----|
H E E Q. E E E H +E E H +E E H E E Q. E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-5----5-5-0----0-0-0-|-----------------------|-5----5-5-0----0-0-0--|
|---------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|----------------------|
Accel Q=120
6/8 12/8
H +E E H +E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-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
Q=119
H +E E H. H E E H. H +E E H +E E
|--------------------|------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-5----5-5-0-------|------------------------|
|-0----(0)-0-3-------|------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3--|
Q. Q E H. H +E E H. H E E Q. E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-5----5--5-0-------|--------------------|-5----5-5-0----0-0-0--|
|-------------------|-0----(0)-0-3-------|----------------------|
Q=117
6/8 12/8
H +E E H. H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|----------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-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 a Q. a Q. a Q E E E E
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-12h14----------------------------|
|------5h7-(7)s16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|----------12h14-------------2-----|
|-0--0---------------------------------|-------------------10h12--3---3-0-|
W. +W. Wx4
|---------------|----------------||--------*|
|---------------|----------------||--------*|
|---------------|----------------||--------*|
|-0-------------|-(0)------------||--------*|
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
