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ALONE IN THE DARK - Testament
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Transcribed by: Ray Eicher
Tabbed out by: Jason Becker
Email: FeCross900@aol.com (Jason Becker)
Tuning: D (D, G, C, F, A, D)
. - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic
X - percussion mute ah - artificial harmonic
/ - slide up to \ - slide down to
th - tap harmonic hr - natural harmonic
~ - vibrato "- tremolo picking
h - hammer on p - pull off
b - bend rb - raise bend lb - lower bend
f - full bend h - half bend
t - tap with finger tb - tap at hieght of bend
p - pick when bent d - don't pick start of bend
> - accented note () - ghost note, sustained note
p - pre-bend w - use bar
hold - hold the bend,
and don't bring it back down
||o
||o - repeat
Author's notes:
As most will notice I am missing some of the sweep picking parts
and a few of the small little over dubed parts, but over all I'd
say this is a solid tab. Honestly I think it's the best one when
it comes to the Main Riff. Just for reference i put the begining
of each lyric under the tab. The lyrics will not match up with the music
you play like in an official tab book. They are just there for reference.
If you have any comments, correction or pieces that i'm missing
please feel free to let me know. ESPECIALLY if its for the solo...god thats hard.
{INTRO}
Rhythme (Guitar 1)
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|-4-----------------(4)--------------------(4)---------------------(4)------|
|-2-----------------(2)--------------------(2)---------------------(2)------|
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| Lead (Guitar 2) |
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|-12~--14--15--14_15_14_12--11/12-----12~--14--15--14_15_14_12--11/12-------|
|----------------h--p--p-----------------------------h--p--p----------------|
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|----------------------------4----------------------(4)---------------(4)---|
|-5---------------------(5)--2----------------------(2)---------------(2)---|
|-3---------------------(3)-------------------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------19-14-------------------------------------|
|-17fb~--17--15--14~---------12~--------15----------------------------------|
|--------------------14--11----------------16-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------(? about 10 notes missing ?)--|
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|-7----------------------------(7)------------------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------(5)-4--------------------------(4)-----------|
|----------------------------------2--------------------------(2)-5---------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------3---------|
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|----------------------------------17fb~--17fb~-17--17fb~-21hb-19-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------17hb(hold)|
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|---------9-11-12-11-9---------9~-------------------------------------------|
|-9-10-12--------------12-10-9----------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------7-------------------------------------------|
|--------------4------------(4)-5-----------------------------4--6--7-------|
|----------(5)-2------------(2)-------------------------------2--4--5-------|
|----------(3)--------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
| |
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|----------------12-------------------14-15-17-19-15--21-17---19-21-21fb----|
|-17hb-15-17--/12--14---12-12-------15--------------17-----19------------20~|
|--------------------14------14---16----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------17------------------------------------------|
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{MAIN RIFF}
Guitar 1 (plays through riff once while solo fades out)
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------------------5------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7--|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3-----|
^=guitar 2 comes
in here.
Guitar 1 & 2
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------------------5------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4------------7--|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2---------5--5--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3-----|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o---------------5-------------------------------5-------------------o||
||o--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---o||
||---2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5----||
||-------------------------------------------------------------3-------||
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|| Guitar 3 ||
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||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||o-16-------14--12--11------9--7---5-5----5-5-7-5---4----------------o||
||--14-------12--10--9-------7--5---3-3----3-3-5-3---2-----------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4------------7---|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2---------5--5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------|
VERSE: 1
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|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------|
When I was but..
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|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------|
The master of the...
CHORUS: 1
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||o---------------5-------------------------------5-------------------o||
||o--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---o||
||---2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5----||
||-------------------------------------------------------------3-------||
|| Alone in the... ||
|| The dark passages... ||
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|| Guitar 3 ||
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||o-------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||o-16-------14--12--11------9--7---5-5----5-5-7-5---4----------------o||
||--14-------12--10--9-------7--5---3-3----3-3-5-3---2-----------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
Segue into next part
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|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--9--------12-----7---|
|--7--------10-----5---|
|----------------------|
Guitar 1
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||o------------------------------------------------------------------7-10----o||
||o---------------------------------6--7-------------------------6-9---------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6--5-8--------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||
|| Armies of... ||
|| The high priest.. ||
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|| Guitar 2 ||
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||------------------------------------------------------------------------10~-||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------9-12-----||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------7-10--------o||
||o---------------------------------6--7---------------------6-9-------------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6-------------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||
VERSE: 2 X 4
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------------------5--------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7----|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3-------|
Slaughter of the...
The hissing of...
My terror has...
I fight off...
CHORUS: 2
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||o---------------5-------------------------------5-------------------o||
||o--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---o||
||---2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5----||
||-------------------------------------------------------------3-------||
|| Alone in the... ||
|| The dark passages... ||
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|| Guitar 3 ||
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||o-------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||o-16-------14--12--11------9--7---5-5----5-5-7-5---4----------------o||
||--14-------12--10--9-------7--5---3-3----3-3-5-3---2-----------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
Segue
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|--9--------12-----7---|
|--7--------10-----5---|
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Guitar 1
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||o------------------------------------------------------------------7-10----o||
||o---------------------------------6--7-------------------------6-9---------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6--5-8--------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||
|| Faustus prepares... ||
|| Aimlessly people... ||
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|| Guitar 2 ||
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||------------------------------------------------------------------------10~-||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------9-12-----||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------7-10--------o||
||o---------------------------------6--7---------------------6-9-------------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6-------------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||
VERSE: 3
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|--------------5-------------------------------5----------------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7------------|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3---------------|
I fall in my...
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|--------------5-------------------------------5----------------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4------------7------------|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2---------5--5------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3---------------|
I fight until...
Guitar 1
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|-------------------------------------------7-------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------4-----------5-------------------------------|
|-2---------------5-------------2-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
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| Guitar 2 |
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|-----------------------------------------------------10--7~----------------|
|-7~-----8--7-------------------7--------7-----10--7------------------------|
|--------------9--6----------------7--------9-------------------------------|
|--------------------7----------------9-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------9~-10~----------------------------------------------|
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^= Guitar 1 starts
next riff here.
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|---4-3-2---4-3-2-------2-----5----4-3-2---4-3-2-------2-----5--------------|
|-2-------2-------2-4-5---2-2-3--2-------2-------2-4-5---2-2-3--------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--------------|
|---4-3-2---4-3-2-------2-----5--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--------------|
|-2-------2-------2-4-5---2-2-3----2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-2---2------------|
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SOLO RHYTHM:
Repeat 4 times
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|o-----------------7--X--7--X--7-----------------------5-------------------o|
|o--4--X--4--X--4--5--X--5--X--5-----------------------5-------------------o|
|---2--X--2--X--2-----------------4--X--4--X--4--2--2-----5--4--------------|
|---------------------------------2--X--2--X--2-----------3--2--------------|
Fermata this line
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|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---5----7----9--9--|--5----7----9--9--|--5----7----9--9--|--5----7----4--4-|
|---3----5----7--7--|--3----5----7--7--|--3----5----7--7--|--3----5----2--2-|
SOLO: Played in D major or B natural minor
|-14_15_14----14-14_15_14---------------------------------------------------|
|---h--p---17------h--p---17-15-14------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------16-14------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------17-16~-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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^insert crazy fast part....
|------------------------------------9--9_10_9--7---------------------------|
|-------------------------------7-10-----h--p-----10~-----------------------|
|-------------------------6-7-9---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------9---------------------------------------------------|
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...still crazy fast^ ^missing fast section
|-14_12_10------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---p--p---14_12_10---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------p--p---------------------------9fb-7-9~--9fb-7-6---------------|
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^missing section......^
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^huge hole which i apologize for but i'm not that good....................^
|------17--------------------------14-15-17-19-21-22---------17fb--17-15-14-|
|-17rb-----(17)lb-15-14----14------"--"--"--"--"--"--22fb-------------------|
|-----------------------16----14~-------------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-------------14-19-14---------------------------------------------------|
|----17-15----15----------15------------------------------------------------|
|----------16----------------16-------------------------------------------16|
|-------------------------------17-16-14-16----14----------------14-16-17---|
|-------------------------------------------17----16-17-14-16-17------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------|
|-14-15-17-17fb--|
|----------------| Solo fades out as main riff begins
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4------------7---|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2---------5--5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------|
VERSE: 4
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|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------|
When I was but..
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|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------|
The master of the...
CHORUS: 3
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||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o---------------5-------------------------------5-------------------o||
||o--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---o||
||---2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5----||
||-------------------------------------------------------------3-------||
|| Alone in the... ||
|| The dark passages... ||
|| ||
|| Guitar 3 ||
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||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||o-16-------14--12--11------9--7---5-5----5-5-7-5---4----------------o||
||--14-------12--10--9-------7--5---3-3----3-3-5-3---2-----------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
Segue
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|----------------------|
|--9--------12-----7---|
|--7--------10-----5---|
|----------------------|
Guitar 1
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||------------------------------------------------------------------------9~--||
||o------------------------------------------------------------------7-10----o||
||o---------------------------------6--7-------------------------6-9---------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6--5-8--------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||
|| Armies of... ||
|| The high priest.. ||
|| ||
|| Guitar 2 ||
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||------------------------------------------------------------------------10~-||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------9-12-----||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------7-10--------o||
||o---------------------------------6--7---------------------6-9-------------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6-------------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---|
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------------------5-----|
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--| THE END
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--|
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Questions, Comments, corrections? Please send all of them
to Jason Becker at FeCross900@aol.com
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