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OVER THE WALL (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1987 Album THE LEGACY)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by Souza Music by Peterson, Skolnick, Christian
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Christian'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=220
4/4
Gtr I
Q H. H.. E q H. W
|------------|-------------|------------|------|
|------------|-------------|------------|------|
|------------|-------------|------------|------|
|-0----------|-----------0-|-0----------|------|
Q H. H.. E q H. q H.
|------------|-------------|------------|----------|
|------------|-------------|------------|----------|
|------------|-------------|------------|-8--------|
|-0----------|-----------0-|-0----------|----------|
Slower Q=190
14/8
q H. q H. W.. W..
|------------|------------||------------------|--------|
|------------|------------||------------------|--------|
|-7----------|-5----------||------------------|--------|
|------------|------------||-0----------------|-0------|
7/8
E E E. E E E. E E E. E E E. E E E. E E E. Q.. Q +E.
|-----------------------------|---------------||--------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------||--------------||
|-6s7----7s8----8s7----7s6----|-6s7----7s8----||-7-----6--(6)-||
|-----------------------------|---------------||--------------||
Faster Q=210
4/4
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
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-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
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 Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3--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 E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------2s1-|-------------1s2-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-4s3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2s1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-4s3-0-0------||
1st and 2nd Verses
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------2s1-|-------------1s2-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-4s3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2s1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-4s3-0-0-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2s1-|-------------1s2--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-4s3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2s1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-4s3-0-0------||
Pre-Verse/Pre-Chorus
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------3-2-0-|----------------|-------------------|
|-----2--2-0-----|---2---0-2-------|-----2--2-0---0-|-------------------|
|-0-0--------0-0-|-0---0-----------|-0-0--------0---|---3-3-3-3-5-3-2-1-|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------------||
|----------------|-----------3-2-0-|----------------|-------------------o||
|-----2--2-0-----|---2---0-2-------|-----2--2-0---0-|-------------------o||
|-0-0--------0-0-|-0---0-----------|-0-0--------0---|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-2-1--||
Verse III
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------2s1-|-------------1s2-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-4s3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2s1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-4s3-0-0------||
Chorus
E E q q q E E E E E E E E E E q q q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-6-5-3-2---------|
|-----5--7--8--|-8-7-----8-7-----|-----5--7--8--|---------------5-|
|-0-0----------|-----8-7-----0-0-|-0-0----------|---------3-1-0---|
E E q q q E E E E E E E E E E q q q E E.. E H +T
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------||
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------||
|-----5--7--8--|-8-7-----8-7-----|-----5--7--8--|-5-5--------------||
|-0-0----------|-----8-7-----0-0-|-0-0----------|-------5-5----(5)-||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||o-----------3-2-0-|-----------2-3--|-----------3-2-0-|-------------------o||
||o-----2---2-------|-----2---2------|-----2---2-------|-------------------o||
||--0-0---0---------|-0-0---0--------|-0-0---0---------|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-2-1--||
Verse IV
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------2s1-|-------------1s2-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-4s3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2s1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-4s3-0-0------||
Interlude
Moderately Q=120
Q. E Q Q E Q E H Q. E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------14--12--|-10-9---------|---------14--12--|-10-9-----6-------|
|------14---------|--------------|------14---------|------7-8---8-7-8-|
|-0---------------|-------0-1----|-0---------------|------------------|
Q. E Q Q E Q E H
|-----------------|----10------10----|
|---------14--12--|-10-----/10-------|
|------14---------|------------------|
|-0---------------|------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q. E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|---------14--12--|-10-9--------------------||
|------14---------|----------0--------------||
|-0---------------|------1-2---3-2-3-1-0-2--||
Guitar Solo
E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|---------6-------|----------------|------------------o||
||o----------------|-----7-8---8-7-8-|----------------|---------1--------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-1--1-|-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-1--1-|-0-3-2-3---3-2-3---||
Faster Q=140
6/4
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-----------------------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E. E.
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--|
||--------------------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-----------------------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------------------------------|
1.,2.,3.
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 4x
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|------------------------------------------||
4.
E S S S S E. E. S S S S S S S S S S S S W +E E S E S
|-----------------------------------------||----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------||----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-5--------(5)-5---3---|
|-----------------------------------------||----------------------|
W. H. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-1-------------|-3-------4-------|-5---------1----------||
|---------------|-----------------|------5---------1-----||
Breakdown
Faster Q=210
4/4
E H. E W W E S S E E E E E E
|-------------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|-0-----------|----------|----------|---3-3-3-3-5-3-2-1--|
E H. E E H. E E H. E E S S E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-0---------0-|-0-----------|-0-----------|---3-3-3-3-5-3-2-1-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------||------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------||o-----------3-2-0-|-----------2-3--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||o-----2---2-------|-----2---2------|
|-----------------|----------------||--0-0---0---------|-0-0---0--------|
E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------3-2-0-|-------------------o||
|-----2---2-------|-------------------o||
|-0-0---0---------|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-2-1--||
Last Verse
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-||-----------------|-------------------|
|-||o----------------|-----------3-2-0---|
|-||o-----2--2-0-----|---2---0-2---------|
|-||--0-0--------0-0-|-0---0-------------|
Out-Chorus
E E Q E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E q q q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|--------------------||-||--------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------o||-||--------------|-------------------|
|-----2--2-0-----|-------------------o||-||-----5--7--8--|-8-7-----8-7-------|
|-0-0--------0-0-|---3-3-3-3-5-3-2-1--||-||-0-0----------|-----8-7-----0-0---|
E E q q q E E E E E E E E E E q q q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-6-5-3-2---------|--------------|-----------------|
|-----5--7--8--|---------------5-|-----5--7--8--|-8-7-----8-7-----|
|-0-0----------|---------3-1-0---|-0-0----------|-----8-7-----0-0-|
E E q q q q H Q q H Q
|--------------|------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|------------|
|-----5--7--8--|-8----------|-7----------|
|-0-0----------|------------|------------|
q H. E S S E E E E E E E H Q E
|------------|-------------------|-------------*|
|------------|-------------------|-------------*|
|-5----------|-------------------|-------------*|
|------------|---3-3-3-3-5-3-2-1-|-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
