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Electric Crown
Testament
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ELECTRIC CROWN (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1992 Album THE RITUAL)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by Billy and Skolnick Music by Skolnick and Peterson
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Greg Christian'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=162
2/4 4/4 6/4
Gtr I
E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q. Q. E E E E
|---------|-------------|---------------|----------------------|
|---------|-------------|---------------|----------------------|
|---------|-------------|---------------|----0----2------------|
|-0-2-3-2-|----2-----2--|----2--0-2-3-2-|--------------0-2-3-2-|
4/4 6/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q. Q. E E E E
|-------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|---------------|----2----5-------------|
|----2-----2--|----2--0-2-3-2-|--------------0-2-3-2--|
4/4 6/4
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q. Q. E E E E
|--------------|---------------|------------------------|
|--------------|---------------|------------------------|
|--------------|---------------|-----0----2-------------|
|----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-2-2-----------0-2-3-2--|
4/4 6/4
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q. Q. E E E E
|--------------|----------------|-----------------------||
|--------------|----------------|-----------------------||
|--------------|----------------|----5----2-------------||
|----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--0-2-3-2-|--------------0-2-3-2--||
Slightly Faster Q=166
4/4
+E H Q E Wx6 H E E S S E E q E q E E
|---------------|------------|----------------||-----------------|
|---------------|------------|----------------||o----------------|
|---------------|------------|----------------||o----------------|
|-(2)-----------|------------|------0-2-3-3-0-||--2-2--2-2--2-2--|
1. 2.
E E E E Q E E E q E q E E Q E E E E S S E E E Q H
|----------------|---------------|-------------------||-------------||
|----------------|---------------|------------------o||-------------||
|----------------|---------------|------------------o||-------------||
|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2-|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-0-2-3-3-0--||-2-2---------||
Verses 1 and 2
E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E Q E E E E S S E
||----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
||--2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2-|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-0--|
E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E Q E E E E S S E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2-|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------0---------|-------------------|-------0---------|---------0------|
|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-3-3-0-|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2----2-0-|
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 E E S S E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------0---------|---------0------|-------0---------|-------------------|
|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2----2-0-|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-3-3-0-|
Guitar Solo I
1.
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E
|----------------|----------------||---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||---------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0----2-2-|-2-2------------||---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|--------0-2-3-2-||-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2--|
E Q E Q E E Q E E E E S S E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-0-|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2-|
Chorus
2.
E q E Q E E E E Q H Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E
|---------------|--------------||-||--------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------o||-||--------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------o||-||--------------|----------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2-2----------||-||----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--0-2-3-2-|
Q Q +H H E E E E Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|----0--(0)----|-2------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|------0-2-3-2-|----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--0-2-3-2--|
Q Q +H H E E E E +E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----5--(5)----|-2------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|------0-2-3-2-|-(2)-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2--|
$
E Q E Q E E Q E E E E S S E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-0-|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2-|
3rd and 4th Verses
E Q E Q E E E E Q H E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E
|---------------|-------------||---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------------||---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------------||---------------|-----------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2-2---------||-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2--|
E Q E Q E E Q E E E E S S E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-0-|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2-|
E Q E Q E E Q E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|---------------|------------------|-------0---------|--------------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-0-|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-3-3-0--|
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 E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0---------|---------0------|-------0---------|---------0-------|
|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2----2-0-|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2----2-0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------0---------|-------------------|-0-0-0-0----2-2-|-2-2------------||
|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-3-3-0-|----------------|--------0-2-3-2-||
Chorus
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q +H H E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|----0--(0)----|-2-------------|
|----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--0-2-3-2-|--------------|------0-2-3-2--|
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q +H H E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|----2--(2)----|-5-------------|
|----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--0-2-3-2-|--------------|------0-2-3-2--|
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q +H H E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|----0--(0)----|-2-------------|
|----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--0-2-3-2-|--------------|------0-2-3-2--|
To Coda
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q +H H E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|----5--(5)----|-2-------------|
|----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--0-2-3-2-|--------------|------0-2-3-2--|
+E Q H E Wx6 E E Q H
|---------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|------------|-------------|
|-(2)-----------|------------|-2-2---------|
Guitar Solo II
E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E
||----------------|------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|
||--2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2---|
E Q E Q E E Q E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------||-||-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------o||-||-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------o||-||---3-----5-------|------------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-0--||-||-5---5-5---5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------|
|---3-----5-------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------|
|-5---5-5---5-5-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2--|
E Q E Q E E Q E E E E S S E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|---------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------|-0-0-0-0----2-2-|-2-2------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-0-|----------------|--------0-2-3-2-|
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q +H H E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|----0--(0)----|-2-------------|
|----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--0-2-3-2-|--------------|------0-2-3-2--|
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q +H H E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|----2--(2)----|-5-------------|
|----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--0-2-3-2-|--------------|------0-2-3-2--|
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q +H H E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|----0--(0)----|-2-------------|
|----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--0-2-3-2-|--------------|------0-2-3-2--|
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q +H H E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|----5--(5)----|-2-------------|
|----2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--0-2-3-2-|--------------|------0-2-3-2--|
D.S. al Coda
E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E Q E E E E S S E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2-|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-0-||
&
E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E W H E E E E
||----------------|----------------|----------|---------------||
||o---------------|----------------|----------|--------------o||
||o---------------|----------------|-5--------|-2------------o||
||--2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2-|----------|------0-2-3-2--||
E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E W H E E E E
|---------------|----------------|----------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|-5--------|-2-------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2--2-2-|----------|------0-2-3-0--|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-------------------|-----------------|------*|
|-------------------|-----------------|------*|
|-------------------|-----------------|------*|
|-(0)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------*|
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
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