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                    TESTAMENT - TRIAL BY FIRE 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)

--TRIAL BY FIRE--

[Intro] (Clean)
|--0--------0----------0-----0-----0--|---0-----0-----0------0-----0--------|
|-----2-------2----------2-----2------|-----2-----2------------2-----2------|
|--------3-(3)--3----3-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3------------0----------|[Gtr.1]
|-------------------------------------|--------------------4----------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|                                                                           |
|                                                                           |
|                                                                           |
|--0--------0----------0-----0-----0--|---0-----0-----0------0-----0--------|
|--2----------2------2---2-----2------|-----2-----2------------2-----2------|
|-----3---3-----3----3-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3------------0----------|[Gtr.2]
|-------------------------------------|--------------------4----------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|




|-----0-<0>---------------------------|-------------------------<0>---------|
|-------<0>-------------0------0------|-------------------------<0>---------|
|-------------------------0-----------|----1-----1--------------<0>---------|[Gtr.1]
|--4--------------------------------2-|------0-----0------------<0>---------|
|--------------------3------2----0----|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-4------4-----4\3---3----------------|
|                                                     sl                    |
|                                                                           |
|                                                                           |
|-----0-<0>---------------------------|-------------------------<12>--------|
|-------<0>-------------0------0------|-------------------------<12>--------|
|-------------------------0-----------|----1-----1--p-----------<12>--------|[Gtr.2]
|--4--------------------------------2-|------0-----10-----------<12>--------|
|--------------------3------2----0----|------------------------(Harm)-------|
|-------------------------------------|-4------4-----4\3---3----------------|
                                                      sl


 [Rhy.Fig.1]
||----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------------------------|
||------2-----2-----------2-----2-----|-0---0-----0-------------------------|
||*-3-----3-----3-----------0---------|-------0--------------1-----1--------|[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-------------------4-----------4---|----------------2-------0-----0------|
||------------------------------------|---3-----2---0-----------------------|
||------------------------------------|--------------------4-----4-----4\3--|
||                                                                      sl
||
||
||------<12>--------------------------||
||------<12>--------------------------||
||------<12>-------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||------<12>-------------------------*||
||-----(Harm)-------------------------||
||--3---------------------------------||


Repeat Rhy.Fig.1 [2x]


[Guitar Solo 1]               p                          h
|---------------------------18-14----------------------14-18-X------18--|
|-----------------------------------p---------------14-----------19-----|
|---------------------------------18-15----------15--------------18-----|[Gtr.3]
|---------------------------------------------16------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------X---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------14------------------------------|




|--19_b21_r18---------16-18-19------------------------------------------|
|-------------19_b21--16-------19_b20------17_b19---r_17~---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------15-16-18--|[Gtr.3]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|




|---------------------------------------------------15-------15-18-15---|
|-----------15---------15-17----15-17-19-15---17-19----17-19------------|
|--15-16-18----16---18-------18-----------------------------------------|[Gtr.3]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--19-17-15------------------------h--------------------------------p---|
|-----------18-16-15------------15--16---------9_b11---r_9~b11----11-9--|[Gtr.3]
|--------------------18~----\18---------17~-----------------------------|
|--------------------------sl-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------8------8-11-8---------------|
|------------7--------7-9----7-9-11-7--9-11---9-11---------11-9-7-------|[Gtr.3]
|--11-8-9-11---9---11-----11--------------------------------------11-9--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------h----------------(Blank for spacing purposes)----------|[Gtr.3]
|--8-----------8--9-----------------------------------------------------|
|----11~---\11-------10~------------------------------------------------|
|---------sl------------------------------------------------------------|


[Fill 1] (Electric)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|[Gtr.3]
|-----------------|
|--/-X-\--\--\--\-|
|--/15-\--\--\--\-|
(Hand/Pick Slides)


 [Rhy.Fig.2]
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--->--------------------->--------->-|-------------------------------------|
||*-11--------------------11--------12-|------->--------->--------5----------|[Gtr.1]
||*-11--------------------11--------12-|-------4---------5--------5----------|
||--9---------------------9---------10-|-------4---------5--------3----------|
||------0--0--0--0--0--0------0--0-----|-0--0------0--0-----0--0-------------|
||      .  .  .  .  .  .      .  .       .  .      .  .     .  .             |
||                                                                           |
||                                                                           |
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||-->--------------------->--------->--|------->--------->--------5----------|[Gtr.2]
||--4---------------------4---------5--|-------4---------5--------5----------|
||--4---------------------4---------5--|-------4---------5--------3----------|
||--2---0--0--0--0--0--0--2---0--0--3--|-0--0--2---0--0--3--0--0-------------|
        .  .  .  .  .  .      .  .       .  .      .  .     .  .




|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----4------>-------------->----------|-------------->--->-----------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|-----4------6-(6)----------5-(5)------|--------------5---5-----------------*||
|-----2-0----6-(6)----------5-(5)------|-5-5-5--------5---5------------------||
|--0---p-----4-(4)----0--4--3-(3)----0-|-3-3-3--0--0--3---3------------------||
   .                                 .   . . .  .  .     (**)


(**) = Second time stacatto this chord, in other words abruptly stop after you
       strike it.


Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 [1x]



 [Next]        [2x]
||----------------||----------------||-----------------||
||----------------||----------------||-----------------||
||*--------------*||----------------||-11-(11)--------*||[Gtr.1]
||*-------2------*||-----2-----2----||-11-(11)--------*||
||--2-2-2-2-------||-X\--2--X--2----||-9--(9)----------||
||--0-0-0-0-------||-X\--0--X--0----||-*---------------||
||  . . . ^           sl       ^     (Fade in w/volume)||
||                                   (switch.         )||
||                                                     ||
||(Tacet 2 bars)                                       ||
||------15/19-----||-(19)-----------||-----------------||
||--17---sl-------||----------------||-----------------||
||*---------------||----------------||----------------*||[Gtr.2]
||*---------------||----------------||-4--(4)---------*||
||----------------||----------------||-4--(4)----------||
||----------------||----------------||-2--(2)----------||
         (Tremolo bar dive.)           *


 [Fill 2]
||-----------------------||
||-----------------------||
||--4--3-----------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||--4--3--4--3--5--4-----||
||--2--1--4--3--5--4-----||
||--------2--1--3--2-----||
    ----P.M.H.---- ^


 [Rhy.Fig.3]                   1st Ending
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||*---------------------------|-4\3------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*---------------------------|-4\3-------5\4-------3/4----||
||-----3--44-3-------3--4444--|-2\1-------5\4-------3/4----||
||--0--1--22-1---0---1--2222--|-2\1---0---3\2---0---1/2----||
||  .  .  .. .   .   .  ....     sl   .    sl   .   sl     ||
||                                                         ||
||                                                         ||
|| 2nd & 3rd Endings           4th Ending                  ||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||--4\3-----------------------|-4--3----------->----------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||--4\3-------4\3-------5\4---|-4--3--4--3--5--4----------*||
||--2\1-------4\3-------5\4---|-2--1--4--3--5--4-----------||
||--2\1---0---2\1---0---3\2---|-------2--1--3--2-----------||
     sl   .    sl   .    sl     ----P.M.H.----


 [Rhy.Fig.2a]
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------->--------->-------------------------------|
||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12-------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.1]
||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12--------4---------5--------5---|
||--9----9---9---9---9---9---9---------10--------4---------5--------3---|
||-------------------------------0--0------0--0------0--0-----0--0------|
||                               .  .      .  .      .  .     .  .      |
||                                                                      |
||                                                                      |
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*-------------------------->--------->--------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.2]
||*-4----4---4---4---4---4---4---------5---------4---------5--------5---|
||--4----4---4---4---4---4---4---------5---------4---------5--------3---|
||--2----2---2---2---2---2---2---0--0--3---0--0--2---0--0--3--0--0------|
                                 .  .      .  .      .  .     .  .




|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------4------>-------------->-----------------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|------4------6-(6)----------5-(5)--------------------5---5------------*||
|------2-0----6-(6)----------5-(5)-------5-5-5--------5---5-------------||
|---0---p-----4-(4)----0--4--3-(3)----0--3-3-3--0--0--3---3-------------||
    .                                 .  . . .  .  .  .   ^


Repeat Rhy.Fig.3 [1x]


 [Rhy.Fig.2b]
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------->--------->-------------------------------|
||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12-------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.1]
||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12--------4---------5--------5---|
||--9----9---9---9---9---9---9---------10--------4---------5--------3---|
||-------------------------------0--0------0--0------0--0-----0--0------|
||                               .  .      .  .      .  .     .  .      |
||                                                                      |
||                                                                      |
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------->--------->--------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.2]
||--4----4---4---4---4---4---4---------5---------4---------5--------5---|
||--4----4---4---4---4---4---4---------5---------4---------5--------3---|
||--2----2---2---2---2---2---2---0--0--3---0--0--2---0--0--3--0--0------|
                                 .  .      .  .      .  .     .  .



|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------4------>-------------->-----------------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|------4------6-(6)----------5-(5)--------------------5----------------*||
|------2-0----6-(6)----------5-(5)-------5-5-5--------5-----------------||
|---0---p-----4-(4)----0--4--3-(3)----0--3-3-3--0--0--3-----------------||
    .                                 .  . . .  .  .  ^



Repeat Fill 2                 [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.3              [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 + Rhy.Fig.2a [1x]


 [Rhy.Fig.4]
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||------------------------------|------------------>-----------||
||*-6----5--6--7--8--9----------|-6----7--8--9--6--5-(5)------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-6----5--6--7--8--9----------|-6----7--8--9--6--5-(5)------*||
||--4----3--4--5--6--7----------|-4----5--6--7--4--3-(3)-------||
||--4----3--4--5--6--7----------|-4----5--6--7--4--3-(3)-------||
         .  .  .  .  ^                 .  .  .  .


Repeat Rhy.Fig.4 [3x]


[Lead] (w/Rhy.Fig.4)
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||*-13-13\9---9/13-----13\12-12------|-13-13\9---9\8-----8/9-9-----------||[Gtr.3]
||*----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||--11-11\7---7/11-----11\10-10------|-11-11\7---7\6-----6/7-7-----------||
||-------sl---sl---------sl----------|------sl----sl-----sl--------------||
||                                                                       ||
||                                                                       ||
||                                                                       ||
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||*-13-13\9---9/13-----13\12-12------|-13-13\9--9\8--8/9-9--13--12-(12)-*||[Gtr.3]
||*----------------------------------|----------------------------------*||
||--11-11\7---7/11-----11\10-10------|-11-11\7--7\6--6/7-7--11--10-(10)--||
||-------sl---sl---------sl----------|------sl---sl--sl------------------||


Repeat Fill 1 [1x]


 [Rhy.Fig.5]                         1st Ending     2nd Ending
||---------------------------------||-------------||-------------||
||---------------------------------||->----->-----||-------------||
||*---------------------------->---||-5-----4-----||->----->----*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-2--------1--------2--------3---||-5-----4-----||-5-----4----*||
||--2--------1--------2--------3---||-3-----2-----||-5-----4-----||
||-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--1---||-3-----2-----||-3-----2-----||
       .  .     .  .     .  .


Repeat Rhy.Fig.5 [2x]


 [Rhy.Fig.6]
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||-->------------------>---->--------|------------------->----->---------||
||*-5------>---->----X-2----5----X->-|--------->---->----5---X-2---------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-5----X-4----2----X-2----5----X-4-|--4--4---4----4----5---X-2---------||
||--3----X-4----3----X-0----3----X-4-|--4--4---4----4----3---X-0---------||
||-------X-2-----------------------2-|--2--2---2----2--------------------||
||                                      .  .
||
||
||-----------------------------------||
||-->--------------------------------||
||--2--------(For spacing purposes)-*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||--2-------------------------------*||
||--0--------------------------------||
||-------3~--------------------------||


 [Rhy.Fig.7]
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||*------------------------|------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*------------------------|------------------------*||
||--------44-3-------33-2--|-------3-----------3-----||
||--0--0--22-1-0--0--11-0--|-0--0--1--0--0--0--1--0--||
    .  .  .. . .  .  .. .    .  .     .  .  .     .


Repeat Rhy.Fig.7 [3.5x]


[Guitar Solo 2]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------12_b13-r_13~-----------|
|-----------------------------------------7-9-10------------------------|[Gtr.3]
|--9_b10-r_10~----7-9-10-9-10-12-10-12-14-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|



                             p
|-------------------------/20-15----------------------------------------|
|------------------------sl------17---------------------15---------p----|
|-----------------h-----------------16------------------14_b16---r--12--|[Gtr.3]
|----------17---14-15-17---------------17---p---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------19-14-------------------------|
|--12--13---------------------------------------12~---------------------|




|------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-15___r--|
|---------15_b17---15_b17---15_b17---15_b17---15_b17---15_b17-----------|
|--14~------------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtr.3]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|



   p
|---12---------------------12-14-14_b15----12---p-----------------------|
|------15_b17----------/12--------------------15-12---------------------|
|---------------------sl----------------------------14------------------|[Gtr.3]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Repeat Fill 2                 [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.3              [2x]
Repeat Fill 2                 [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.3              [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 + Rhy.Fig.2a [2x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.3              [1x]
End!

--'TRIAL BY FIRE' LYRICS--

(Peterson, Skolnick, Billy)

Accuse you of a crime
Sentenced to endless time
The price you have to pay
Won't get away!
Sworn in by the stand
Your rights are gone
The system's banned
They think you are a liar
A trial by fire

Hey!
This is what the people say,
A new way
A trial by fire!

Locked in an empty cell
Your life becomes a living hell
The river of fire flows
Time only knows!
Trapped by flames of fury
Ordered unto by the jury
Death is their desire
Thrown in the fire!

Hey!
This is what the people say,
A new way
A trial by fire!

Quiver by the fiery light
Cringing as your soul ignites
The book of law's been thrown away
Starting today!
The system before the war
Is gone for now and evermore
There is no sentence higher
A trial by fire!

Hey!
This is what the people say,
A new way
A trial by fire!

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