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TESTAMENT - THE HAUNTING 2001
From the Album FIRST STRIKE STILL DEADLY
Copyright 2001 SPITFIRE RECORDS
Full Version - OCTOBER 2002
Re-Transcribed/Edited by: death8699
Based On Previous Tab by: Jarle Hille Olsen
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. - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic
/ - slide up to ah - artificial harmonic
\ - slide down to th - tap harmonic
~ - vibrato hr - natural harmonic
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend
" - tremolo picking r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute p - pick when bent
> - accented note Prefixes
() - ghost note, sustained note p - pre-bend w - use bar
* - see comment d - don't pick start of bend
--Transcriber's Notes--
I have spent the past 6 months on these songs trying to
get them as perfect as possible. If you think further
corrections are needed, have the updated solos, or a
better version of this song please mail me at ArchEnemies
@aol.com. I plan on tabbing this entire album, I have
been hard at work making my previous 'FSSD' tabs better.
Enjoy!
--Miscellaneous Notes--
P.M.H. - palm mute heavy
(**) - see comment(s)
(^) - pause; stacatto
(<>) - pick-up note(s)
Gtr.1 - right channel (Eric Peterson)
Gtr.2 - left channel (Alex Skolnick)
Tune Gtr to D (D,G,C,F,A,D)
--THE HAUNTING--
[Rhy.Fig.1]
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||*----4--5----------------------|--------------4--5-------------|[Gtr.1]
||*-------------4--5--------3--4-|-----------------------4--5----|
||--2--------2--------2--5-------|--2--5--4--2--------2----------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|| . . . . . . . . .
||
||
||-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||
||------------------------------*||[Gtr.1]
||--------3--4------------------*||
||--2--5--------2--5--4--2-------||
||-------------------------------||
. . . . . .
[Rhy.Fig.2]
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||*----3--4----------------------|-------------3--4------------|[Gtr.1]
||*-------------3--4--------2--3-|----------------------3--4---|
||--1--------1--------1--4-------|-1--4--3--1--------1---------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|| . . . . . . . . .
||
||
||-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||
||------------------------------*||[Gtr.1]
||--------2--3------------------*||
||--1--4--------1--4--3--1-------||
||-------------------------------||
. . . . . .
[Rhy.Fig.1a]
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||*----4--5----------------------|--------------4--5-------------|[Gtr.1]
||*-------------4--5--------3--4-|-----------------------4--5----|
||--2--------2--------2--5-------|--2--5--4--2--------2----------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|| . . . . . . . . . |
|| |
|| |
||-->----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-->----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||*-4----------------------------|-(4)---------------------------|[Gtr.2]
||*-4----------------------------|-(4)---------------------------|
||--2----------------------------|-(2)---------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------*||[Gtr.1]
|---------3--4------------------*||
|---2--5--------2--5--4--2-------||
|--------------------------------||
| . . . . . . ||
| ||
| ||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--(4)--------------------------*||[Gtr.2]
|--(4)--------------------------*||
|--(2)---------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
[Rhy.Fig.2a]
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||*----3--4----------------------|--------------3--4-----------||[Gtr.1]
||*-------------3--4--------2--3-|-----------------------3--4--||
||--1--------1--------1--4-------|--1--4--3--1--------1--------||
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|| . . . . . . . . . ||
|| ||
|| ||
||-->----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||-->----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||*-3----------------------------|-(3)-------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||*-3----------------------------|-(3)-------------------------||
||--1----------------------------|-(1)-------------------------||
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------*||[Gtr.1]
|---------2--3------------------*||
|---1--4--------1--4--3--1-------||
|--------------------------------||
| . . . . . . ||
| ||
| ||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--(3)---------------------------||[Gtr.2]
|--(3)---------------------------||
|--(1)---------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
[w/Rhy.Fig.1]
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||*------------------------------|-----------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||*----12--13--------------------|-----------------------------||
||----------------12--13---------|-11--12----------------------||
||--7----------7----------7--10--|---------7--10--9------------||
|| . . . . . . . ||
|| ||
|| ||
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||-------------------------------|----------------------------*||[Gtr.2]
||----12--13---------------------|----------------------------*||
||---------------12--13----------|-11--12----------------------||
||--7---------7----------7--10---|---------7--10--9--7---------||
. . . . . . . .
[Rhy.Fig.3]
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||*----5--6----------------------|-------------4--5------------|[Gtr.1]
||*-------------5--6--------4--5-|----------------------4--5---|
||--3--------3--------3--6-------|-3--6--5--2--------2---------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|| . . . . . . . . .
||
||
||-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||
||------------------------------*||[Gtr.1]
||--------3--4------------------*||
||--2--5--------2--5--4--2-------||
||-------------------------------||
. . . . . .
[w/Rhy.Fig.3]
||-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||*------------------------------|------------------------------------|[Gtr.2]
||*----13-14---------------------|-------------------12-13------------|
||---------------13-14--------11-|-12--------------------------12-13--|
||--8---------8---------8--11----|-----8--11--10--7---------7---------|
|| . . . . . . . . .
||
||
||-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||
||------------------------------*||[Gtr.2]
||------------------------------*||
||---------11--12----------------||
||--7--10----------7--10--9--7---||
. . . . . .
[Rhy.Fig.4]
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||*-------4__5-------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.1]
||*--------h----------4__5-------|-3--4--------2--3---------------||
||--2--2--------2--2---h----2--5-|-------2--4--------2--5--4--2---||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
|| ||
|| ||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------4__5-------------------|-------------------------------*||[Gtr.1]
||---------h----------4__5-------|-3--4--------2--3--------------*||
||--2--2--------2--2---h----2--5-|-------2--4--------2--5--4--2---||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
[w/Rhy.Fig.4]
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||*------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||*-------12_13------------------|--------------------------------||
||----------h----------12_13-----|----11-12-----10-11-------------||
||--7--7---------7--7----h----7--|-10-------7-9-------7-10-9-7----||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
|| ||
|| ||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------*||[Gtr.2]
||--------12_13------------------|-------------------------------*||
||----------h----------12_13-----|----11-12-----10-11-------------||
||--7--7---------7--7----h----7--|-10-------7-9-------7-10-9-7----||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
[Rhy.Fig.5]
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||*-------3__4-------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.1]
||*--------h----------3__4-------|-2--3--------1--2---------------||
||--1--1--------1--1---h----1--4-|-------1--3--------4--3--1--3---||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
|| ||
|| ||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------3__4-------------------|-------------------------------*||[Gtr.1]
||---------h----------3__4-------|-2--3--------1--2--------------*||
||--1--1--------1--1---h----1--4-|-------1--3--------4--3--1--3---||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
[w/Rhy.Fig.5]
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||*------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||*-------11_12------------------|--------------------------------||
||----------h----------11_12-----|---10-11-----9-10---------------||
||--6--6---------6--6----h----6--|-9-------6-8------12-11-9-11----||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
|| ||
|| ||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||*------------------------------|-------------------------------*||[Gtr.2]
||*-------11_12------------------|-------------------------------*||
||----------h----------11_12-----|---10-11-----9-10---------------||
||--6--6---------6--6----h----6--|-9-------6-8------12-11-9-11----||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
[Rhy.Fig.6]
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||*-------5__6-------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.1]
||*--------h----------5__6-------|-4--5--------3--4---------------||
||--3--3--------3--3---h----3--6-|-------3--5--------6--5--3--5---||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
|| ||
|| ||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------4__5-------------------|-------------------------------*||[Gtr.1]
||---------h----------4__5-------|-3--4--------2--3--------------*||
||--2--2--------2--2---h----2--5-|-------2--4--------2--5--4--2---||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
[w/Rhy.Fig.6]
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||*------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||*-------13_14------------------|--------------------------------||
||----------h----------13_14-----|----11-12------10-11------------||
||--8--8---------8--8----h----8--|-11-------8-10-------11-10-8-10-||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
|| ||
|| ||
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|------------------------------*||[Gtr.2]
||--------12_13-------------------|------------------------------*||
||----------h----------12_13------|----11-12-----10-11------------||
||--7--7---------7--7----h----7---|-10-------7-9-------10-9-7-9---||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
[Rhy.Fig.7]
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||*--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
||*--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||--------9__10--------------------|-------------------------9__10--------|
||--0--0---h-----0--0--9__10--0--0-|-5__6--3__5--3-\1--0--0---h-----0--0--|
|| . . . . h . . h h sl . . . .
|| _____
|| |Last |
||--------------------------||-----||
||--------------------------||-----||
||--------------------->-->-||-->-*||[Gtr.1]
||---------------------5--3-||--5-*||
||---------------------5--3-||--5--||
||--9__10--0--0--5__6--3--1-||--3--||
h . . h
[w/Rhy.Fig.7]
||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||*--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|[Gtr.2]
||*-------7__8---------------------|-----------------------7__8--------|
||---------h----------7__8---------|------------------------h----------|
||--0--0--------0--0---h----0--0---|--5__6--3__5--3-\1--0--0-----0--0--|
|| . . . . . . h h sl . . . .
|| ______
|| |Last |
||-------------------------||------||
||-------------------------||------||
||-------------------->-->-||-->--*||[Gtr.2]
||--------------------5--3-||--5--*||
||--7__8--------------5--3-||--5---||
||---h----0--0--5__6--3--1-||--3---||
. . h
[Rhy.Fig.8]
||------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------|
||*------------------------8\---------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-7----------------7-----8\----/10\-/8-\7-/8--8--<7>--|
||--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--6\----------------------<0>--|
||--------------------------sl---/8-\-/6-\5-/6--6-------|
. . . . . ----Slides----
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------8\---------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|--7----------------7-----8\----/10\-/8-\7-/8--8\------*||
|--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--6\----------------------------||
|--------------------------sl---/8-\-/6-\5-/6--6\--X\---||
. . . . . --------Slides--------
[Half-time]
|-->----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-->----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-->----------------------|-----------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|--2----------------------|-(2)-------------------------|
|--2----------------------|-(2)-------------------------|
|--0----------------------|-(0)-------------------------|
| |
| |
| |
|-->----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-->----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--9----------------------|-(9)-------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|--9----------------------|-(9)-------------------------|
|--7----------------------|-(7)-------------------------|
|--0----------------------|-(0)-------------------------|
[Bridge Riff]
||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||*----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
||*-----8---7------8---7---5-X-8\7-5-|-----8---7-----8---7---5-X-5/7-8-----|
||------8---7------8---7---5-X-8\7-5-|-----8---7-----8---7---5-X-5/7-8-----|
||--0-0---0---0-0----0---0------sl---|-0-0---0---0-0---0---0-----3/5-6-0-0-|
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sl . . |
|| |
|| |
||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|--------------------------->->-------|[Gtr.2]
||--2--------------------------------|---------------------------5-7-8-----|
||--2--------------------------------|---------------------------5-7-8-----|
||--0--------------------------------|---------------------------3-5-6-----|
^ ^
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-------->---------->----------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|--8---7---5-X-8\7-5-----8---7-----8-|---7----5--X--8\7--5----------------*||
|--8---7---5-X-8\7-5-----8---7-----8-|---7----5--X--8\7--5-----------------||
|----0---0------sl---0-0---0---0-0---|-0---0--3-----6\5--3-----------------||
. . . . . . . . . sl
[Rhy.Fig.9]
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*-----------pp------------------------------------pp------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-4--------4__2--------4--------------------4----4__2--------4--------|
||--4--------4__2--------4--------------------4----4__2--------4--------|
||--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----2-----2--2--2--2--2--|
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
|| |
|| |
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
||-4----3----2----------p---------2----------------------p---------2----|
||-4----3----2--------7__6--------2--------------------7__6--------2----|
||-2----1----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0----|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------(Blank-for-spacing-purposes)--------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|--------2----3--------------------------------------------------------*||
|--------2----3---------------------------------------------------------||
|--0--0--0----1---------------------------------------------------------||
. .
[Rhy.Fig.10]
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*-----------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-4-------------------------------------4-------------------------|
||--4-------------------------------------4-------------------------|
||--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
|| |
|| |
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
||---------------4--3--2--------------------------------------------|
||---------------4--3--2-----------------6--7-----------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2--2--1--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|--------------------------------------------2----3----------------*||
|--6--7-----------------------6--7-----------2----3-----------------||
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0----1-----------------||
. . . . . . . . . . .
[Guitar Solo 1] (Alex Skolnick)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------17__fb~----17__fb__r_14---|
|----------------[[[tacet]]]-----------------------------------p-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------14---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------17_14---------------------------------|
|--16-16_fb-----14-16-16_fb------p---16_14-16_fb___r_14--------------|
|-----------/16------------------------p------------p---16~~16_14----|
|----------sl-------------------------------------------------p---16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------14-13-------|
|------------------------------------------12-14--/16-16-------16~---|
|-15-14~~11-12----11--------------12-14-16-------sl------------------|
|--------------14----12~~12-14-16---------------------------------14-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------11-13------11-14------11-13----11~---------11-13------11-14--|
|----11---------11---------11-------------------11---------11--------|
|-12---------12---------12----------12-------12---------12-----------|
|-----------------------------------------14-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------14-------14-------14-------14----|
|-------------------16_fb--------17-------17-------17-------17-------|
|-------11-13---13~-16_fb_r___14~------18-------18-------18-------18-|
|----11---------------------p----------------------------------------|
|-12---------12------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----14-------14----14--14---19------21------------------------------|
|-17-------17-------17--17-------------------------------------------|
|-------18-------18--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar Solo 2] (Eric Peterson)
|----------14-14-17_14-14-14-19_14-14-14-17_14-14-14-19_14-14-14-17_14-|
|------------------p-----------p-----------p-----------p-----------p---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-19_14-14-14-17_14-14-14-19_14-14-14-17_16-14-------------------|
|---------p-----------p-----------p-----------p------19_17-15-17_15-14-|
|------------------------------------------------------p--------p------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------17_15-14----------------------|
|-19_18-16-18_16-14-16_14-13---------------p------16_14-13-------------|
|---p--------p--------p------18_19-18-16~~----------p------16_14-12----|
|------------------------------p-----------------------------p------16_|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------6-7-9-7--|
|_14-13-14_12-11----------------7-9-10-7-9-10-9-11-12-9-11-12----------|
|p--------p------17_16-14-{12}~~---------------------------------------|
p
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------9___10-9-------------|
|------9-11-13--11_fb___r___911~~11_fb___r___911~~----------11_911_fb_-|
|-9-10--------------------p----------------p---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------12_10-9-------------------------------|
|--------10_14-12_fb___r___1012~~--p-----12_10-9-----------------------|
|-__r___9--p-------------p-----------------p-----11\7-6_7-9------------|
|-----p--------------------------------------------sl--h-----9_7-6-{7}-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------p--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------14----------|
|--------------------------------------------12-14-15--/14----14-17fb__|
|---------------------------9-11-13-11-13-14----------sl---------------|
|--7-9-11-9-11-12-11-12-14---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----4--5-------------------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|--------------4--5--------3--4--------2--3----|--------------------------|
|--2--------2--------2--5--------2--4--------2-|-5~~~~2~~~~5~~~~4~~~2~~~~~|
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| . . . . . . . |
| |
[w/Outro] |
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|------12-13-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------12-13-------11-12-----10-11---|--------------------------|
|--7----------7---------7-10-------7-9-------7-|-10~~~7~~~10~~~~9~~~7~~~~~|
. . . . . . .
--'THE HAUNTING' LYRICS--
Music: Skolnick, Peterson
Lyrics: Souza, Peterson
BRIDGE:
Hear the screams,screams of fright
Shrieks of terror through the night
Souls of old band to hold
The meeting for the haunting night
CHORUS:
Headless ghosts fill the halls
Shadow plays of grief and pain
Phantom speaks his final note
Tenants of the castle slain
Black cats will appear
As the witching hour nears
Lost souls will all be told
For a haunting we will go
See their dreams come to life
Under pressure holding tight
Feel the cold grabbing hold
To feed you to the haunting night
Evil witch black as pitch
Starts a fire with a flinch
Burning fire rising higher
Making music like a choir
Stay away from the shining light
Can't seem to find the answer there
Bring back the terror in the night
That we all share tonight
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