Testament - "Down For Life" Guitar Tab
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Band: Testament
Album: The Gathering
Song: Down for life
Transcribed By: Loker69
Email: philosopher69@poczta.onet.pl
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note
ah - artifical harmonics <> - Trill
Tunning C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#
Riff A
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|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-----3-----2-----3-----5/7-7/8-|
|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3/5-5/6-|
. . . . . . . .
Riff A1
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-----3-----2-----8/7---7---7/8-|
|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-6/5-0-5-0-5/6-|
. . . . . . . .
Riff A2
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-2-----3-----2-| (pause)
|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-|
. . . .
repeat (A + A1) x 6
Riff B
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---8\7---7/8---8\7---7/8---8\7-|
|-0-6\5-0-5/6-0-6\5-0-5/6-0-6\5-|
. . . . .
Riff B2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---8\7---7/8---11\10---10\9---7/8-|
|-0-6\5-0-5/6-0-9 \8 -0-8 \7-0-5/6-|
. . . . .
repeat (A + A1) x 3
repeat A + ( a couple artifical harmonics on 5 and 6 fret
i think :)
repeat (B + B1) x 2
Riff C
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------8-------------------------8\3-3-
|-----5h7---5h7---5h7---5h7---8-----5h7---5h7---5h7-----8\3-3-
|-0-0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-0-----0-----0-----0-0-------
. . . . . . . . . . . .
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-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|
----------------------------8\-----2-|
----5h7---5h7---5h7---5h7---8\-2-2-2-|
0-0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0-0-0-|
. . . . . . . .
repeat (A + A1) x 4
repeat (B + B1) x 2
repeat C
( now comes a riff that is very similar to the upper part of
riff C.[I play it the same]
Riff D
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-------10-9-8-3--------3-------|
|-2-------8 -7-6-3--------1-----3-|
|-0---0-0-------------0-0---0-0-1-|
. . . . . .
Riff D1 play 3 times
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--------2-------10-9-8-3--------3-------|
|-2-2--2-2-------8 -7-6-3--------1-----3-|
|-0-0--0-0---0-0-------------0-0---0-0-1-|
. . . . . . . . .
Riff E play 4 times
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|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------3------------3------|
|-----------------1------------1----3-|
|-000-000-000-000---000-000000---00-1-|
... ... ... ... ... ...... ..
Riff F
|---|
|---|
|---|
|-2-|
|-2-|
|-0-|
repeat (A + A1) x 4
repeat (B + B1) x 2
repeat C
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