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SINS OF OMISSION (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1989 Album PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words and Music by Testament
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderately Q=130
4/4
Gtr I
Wx7 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H E E Q
|------------|---------------------------------|-------------||
|------------|-2-4-0-4---4---4---4-------------|-------------||
|------------|---------4---2---1---------------|-------------||
|------------|---------------------3-3-2-2-0-0-|-2----2------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E. E. E S S S S S S S S H E E Q W E H. E
|--------------------------||-||-------------|----------|-------------|
|-------------------------o||-||-------------|----------|-------------|
|-3--2--0-----------------o||-||-------------|----------|-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-||-3----3------|-2--------|-3-----------|
W E H. E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|----------|-------------|------------------------------|
|----------|-------------|------------------------------|
|----------|-------------|------------------------------|
|-2--------|-3-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-||
1st, 2nd and 4th Verses
$
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E. E. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3--2--0-----------------|---------------------------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1.
To Coda
E. E. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-3--2--0-----------------|------------------------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2--||
Chorus
2.
H E E Q q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|-------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3----3------||-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
Guitar Solo Peterson
q q E Q E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------||----------------------------------|
|--------------||o---------------------------------|
|--------------||o---------------------------------|
|-3--3--3-5--3-||--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E S E E. E S E
|--------------------------||-||--------------------|
|-------------------------o||-||--------------------|
|-3--2--0-----------------o||-||--------------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-||-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--|
3rd Verse
E. E S E Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-5--3--||-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3--2--0-----------------|
|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3--2--0-----------------|
|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chorus III
H E E Q q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|-------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3----3------||-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
Interlude
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3--3--3-5--3-||-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
q q Q Q W +W Q E Q +Q.
|-------------|----------|------------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|------------|---------------|
|-------------|-4--------|-(4)--------|-4--6-7--(7)---|
|-3--3--5--3--|----------|------------|---------------|
Guitar Solo Alex
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q +Q.
|---------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4--6-7--6-----||-4--6-7--7-7-7-|-4--6-7--6-----|-4--6-7--(7)---|
|-----------9-7-||---------------|-----------9-7-|---------------|
Q E Q E E E Q E Q +Q. Q E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-4--6-7--7-7-7-|-4--6-7--(7)---|-4--6-7----7---|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------0---0-|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q E E Q Q Q Q E E +Q Q Q E +Q E S S S E Q E E +Q Q
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|------7---6-5-|-4--4-4-(4)\-----|-4--4-(4)--4-4-4-4---|-4--4-4-(4)\-----|
|-0--0---0-----|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
Q E E S S S S S S S S Q E E +Q Q
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4---|-4--4-4-(4)\-----|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|-3-|
Q E +Q E S S S E Q E E +Q Q
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-4--4-(4)--4-4-4-4---|-4--4-4-(4)\-----|
|---------------------|-----------------|
Q E E S S S S S S S S Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E
|------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4--6-7--6-----|-4--6-7--6-----|-4--6-7--6-----|
|------------------------|-----------9-7-|-----------9-7-|-----------9-7-|
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4--6-7--6-----|-4--6-7--6-----|-4--6-7--6-----|-4--6-7--6-----|
|-----------9-7-|-----------9-7-|-----------9-7-|-----------9-7-|
Q E Q E E E W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------|----------|----------------------------------|
|---------------|----------|----------------------------------|
|-4--6-7--6-----|----------|----------------------------------|
|-----------9-7-|-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D.S. al Coda
E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E S E E. E S E E. E S E Q Q
|--------------------------||-||-------------------|----------------||
|-------------------------o||-||-------------------|----------------||
|-3--2--0-----------------o||-||-------------------|----------------||
|---------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-||-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|-3--3-3-3-5--3--||
Out-Chorus
&
H E E Q q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|-------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3----3------||-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3--3--3-5--3-||-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
Outro
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3--3--3-5--3-||-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|-3--3--3-5--3-|-2--2--2-2--0-|
2/4 4/4
q q W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H Q Q
|-------|----------|---------------------------------|--------------*|
|-------|----------|-2-4-0-4---4---4---4-------------|--------------*|
|-------|----------|---------4---2---1---------------|--------------*|
|-3--3--|-5--------|---------------------3-3-2-2-0-0-|-2----2-------*|
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
