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Alone In The Dark
Testament
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ALONE IN THE DARK (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1987 Album THE LEGACY)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by Souza Music by Skolnick and Peterson
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro Solo
Moderately Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
W +W W +W
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||--5--------|-(5)--------|-1--------|-(1)-----||
H a E Q E +E E Q E E E E
|---------------|------------------|
|------5h7-5----|----------------7-|
|-------------7-|-(7)-6-5------7---|
|-5-------------|------------5-----|
Q. S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S S E
|----------------------|-2-2-0---------------------|
|--------------3-3-2-0-|-------3-3-3-2-0-----------|
|------3-3-2-0---------|---------------------------|
|-1--------------------|-----------------3-3-3-1-0-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|------------------------|-------------------------|------|
|----5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---5-----|------|
|------------------------|-----------------7---7-5-|-8----|
|-5----------------------|-------------------------|------|
Fast Rock Q=194
E E H. +W Wx3 H Q Q
|-------------|------------||------------|------------|
|-------------|------------||------------|------------|
|-5-7-8-------|-(8)--------||------------|---------3--|
|-------------|------------||------------|------1-----|
E H. E E H. E E H. E E Q. Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-12---------3--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------1-----||
1.,2.,3.
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q 4x
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
||o-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--|---------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----3---o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|--------1-------||
1st and Last Verses
4.
$
E Q. Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|--------------||-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------||o-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--|
|-0---------3--||o-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|--------1-----||-----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chorus
E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|---------------||-||----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------o||-||-------------1--|----------------|-------------1---|
|-0-0-0-----3--o||-||-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
|--------1------||-||----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--|
|-0-0-0-----3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|--------1-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Breakdown
E E Q Q Q W H H E E E E E E E E
|--------------|----------|-----------||-----------------|
|--------------|----------|-3---------||-----------------|
|-0-0-0--1--3--|-5--------|------3----||-----------------|
|--------------|----------|-----------||-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|
E 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
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------1-4-0-4--|-----------------|
|---------2-0-3--|-----------------|---0-3----------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|
2nd Verse
To Coda
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E H. E E E E E E E Q
|----------------|-----------------|-------------||-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------||o-------------1--|
|---------2-0-3--|-----------------|-------------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|-2-----------||-----------------|
Chorus II
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q 4x E E E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|---------------||-||-----------------|
|----------------|-------------1--|--------------o||-||-------------1---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----3--o||-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
|----------------|----------------|--------1------||-||-----------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------1--|--------------|-------------1--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|----------------|----------------|--------1-----|----------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q W
|----------------|----------------|--------------|------|
|----------------|-------------1--|--------------|------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0--1--3--|-5----|
|----------------|----------------|--------------|------|
Breakdown II
H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------3----||-----------------|---------2-0-3--|-----------------|
|-----------||-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|
E 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
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------1-4-0-4--|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---0-3----------|-----------------|---------2-0-3--|-----------------|
|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|
3rd Verse
E H. E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-------------||----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------||-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--|
|-------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|-2-----------||----------------|----------------|----------------|
E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--|
|-0-0-0-----3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|--------1-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Interlude
E Q. Q Q H E E E E +E E E Q E E E W
|--------------||--------------|------------------|------|
|--------------||------7p5---7-|-(7)-5---7--5-----|------|
|-0---------3--||----------7---|-------7------5-7-|-8----|
|--------1-----||-5------------|------------------|------|
E E E Q E E E H E E E E +E E E Q E E E W
|----------------|--------------|------------------|------|
|----------------|------7p5---7-|-(7)-5---7--5-----|------|
|-8-7-5-7--5-5-7-|----------7---|-------7------5-7-|-8----|
|----------------|-5------------|------------------|------|
E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-8-7-5-7--5-5-7-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--|-----------------|
|----------------||-----------------|----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E 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
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1----|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
Guitar Solo
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E Q Q Q 4x H Q. E W H Q. E
|---------------||-||-------------|----------|--------------|
|--------------o||-||-------------|----------|--------------|
|-0-0-0--------o||-||-------------|----------|--------------|
|--------1--0---||-||-1----3----5-|-5--------|-1----3----5--|
W H Q. E W H Q. E
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
|-5--------|-1----3----5-|-5--------|-1----3----0-|
2/4 4/4
W +H Wx3 E E Q Q Q
|----------|--------||------------|--------------|
|----------|--------||------------|--------------|
|----------|--------||------------|-0-0-0-----3--|
|-0--------|-(0)----||------------|--------1-----|
D.S. al Coda
E H. E E H. E E H. E E Q. Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-12---------3--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------1-----||
Outro
&
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--|--------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----3--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------1-----|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E H. E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------*|
|-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--|-------------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-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
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