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SOULS OF BLACK (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1990 Album SOULS OF BLACK)
Transcribed by B. Johnson
Words and Music by Testament
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Greg Christian'
Intro
Heavy Metal Q.=134
12/8
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E
|---------16-14-15--------12-10-11-|-------9\---2-5-0-2---2-|
|------14---------------9----------|--------------------4---|
|---14---------------10------------|---7-7------------------|
|-0----------------0---------------|-0----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|---------16-14-15--------12-10-11-|-------9-(9)---9---------|
|------14---------------9----------|-----9----9-------8--5---|
|---14---------------10------------|---7---------7-----------|
|-0----------------0---------------|-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
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-/3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-/3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------1--2---------------|
|-----------------------|------------(2)-5-0-3---2-|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0----------------3---|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------1--2----------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------0-3-2-5-2-5----|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------1--2---------------|
|-----------------------|------------(2)-5-0-3---2-|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0----------------3---|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------1--2----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------3----|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------0-3-2-5-3------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q. Q. Q.
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--------------7\---|
|-------------------------|----0----------------|
~~
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q Q. E Q.
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------1----4-5----|
|-0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3--------------|
E E E Q. Q E Q. Q. +Q Q. +E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------3-3-3----|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------1------5----|-4----(4)--3----(3)----------|
|-0-0-0-3-------(0)------|-----------------------------|
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q E E E E Q.
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|----------1---4---5\---|
|-0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3---------------|
9/8
E E E Q. Q E Q. Q E E E E Q.
|------------------------||------------------|
|------------------------||------------------|
|------------1------5----||-4----------5\----|
|-0-0-0-3-------(0)------||----0-0-0-0-------|
1st, 2nd Verses
12/8
~~
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q Q. E Q.
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------1----4-5----|
||--0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3--------------|
E E E Q. Q E Q. Q. +Q Q. +E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------3-3-3-|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------1------5----|-4----(4)--3----(3)-------|
|-0-0-0-3-------(0)------|--------------------------|
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q E E E E Q.
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|----------1---4---5\---|
|-0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3---------------|
9/8
E E E Q. Q E Q. Q E E E E Q.
|------------------------||------------------|
|------------------------||------------------|
|------------1------5----||-4----------5\----|
|-0-0-0-3-------(0)------||----0-0-0-0-------|
Chorus
12/8
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-1--2------------------|--------------------------|
|------------1--0-------|--------(1)---1p0---------|
|------0-0-0------0-0-0-|-2--3-0-----0-----0h3h5p0-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-1--2------------------|---------------------------|
|------------1--0-------|----------4---4---4---4----|
|------0-0-0------0-0-0-|-2--3-(3)-------3---3---3--|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-1--2------------------|--------------------------|
|------------1--0-------|--------(1)---1p0---------|
|------0-0-0------0-0-0-|-2--3-0-----0-----0h3h5p0-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-1--2------------------|----------------------------|
|------------1--0-------|----------------------------|
|------0-0-0------0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
1.
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------1--2---------------|
|-----------------------|------------(2)-5-0-3---2-|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0----------------3---|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------1--2----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------3----|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------0-3-2-5-3------|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------1--2---------------|
|-----------------------|------------(2)-5-0-3---2-|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0----------------3---|
2:3 2:3
E E E Q E E E E Q E Q. Q. E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-------8--7-------5--4-|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-----------6-5-3---||
Guitar Solo
2.
E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------||------------------1----|--------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-6--5--3--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------1----|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---------|------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5----------6----------|-7-----------------------|
|-------------------------|----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E E E E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------1----|-------------------------|------------------1-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3----------|
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 E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-|--------------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-5----------6----------|-7----------------------|
|----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q. Q. Q.
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--------------7\----||
|-------------------------|----0-----------------||
3rd Verse
~~
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q Q. E Q.
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------1----4-5----|
|-0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3--------------|
E E E Q. Q E Q. Q. +Q Q. +E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------3-3-3----|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------1------5----|-4----(4)--3----(3)----------|
|-0-0-0-3-------(0)------|-----------------------------|
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q E E E E Q.
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|----------1---4---5\---|
|-0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3---------------|
9/8
E E E Q. Q E Q. Q E E E E Q.
|------------------------||------------------|
|------------------------||------------------|
|------------1------5----||-4----------5\----|
|-0-0-0-3-------(0)------||----0-0-0-0-------|
Chorus
12/8
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-1--2------------------|--------------------------|
|------------1--0-------|--------(1)---1p0---------|
|------0-0-0------0-0-0-|-2--3-0-----0-----0h3h5p0-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-1--2------------------|---------------------------|
|------------1--0-------|----------4---4---4---4----|
|------0-0-0------0-0-0-|-2--3-(3)-------3---3---3--|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-1--2------------------|--------------------------|
|------------1--0-------|--------(1)---1p0---------|
|------0-0-0------0-0-0-|-2--3-0-----0-----0h3h5p0-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-1--2------------------|----------------------------||
|------------1--0-------|----------------------------||
|------0-0-0------0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||
Outro
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------1--2---------------|
|-----------------------|------------(2)-5-0-3---2-|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0----------------3---|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------1--2----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------3----|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------0-3-2-5-3------|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------1--2---------------|
|-----------------------|------------(2)-5-0-3---2-|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0----------------3---|
E E E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q. H.
|-----------------------|-----------------*|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-----------------*|
|-----------------------|-7---------------*|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-----------------*|
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
