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Burnt Offerings
Testament
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BURNT OFFERINGS (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1987 Album THE LEGACY)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by Souza, Peterson Music by Skolnick, Peterson
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Greg'
Intro
Moderately Q=131
4/4
Gtr I
W W H. Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|----------|------------|--------------|
|----------|----------|---------7--|-9--7--5--7---|
|----------|----------|------------|--------------|
|----------|----------|------------|--------------|
H. Q H. Q H. Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|---------7--|-9--7--5--7--|
|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|-2-------/5--|-4-------7--|-5----------|-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|---2-----2-------|---3-------2-----|-----2-----0---2---|-0-----0-----0---|
|-----2-----2-----|-----3-------2---|-------2-----------|---0-----0-------|
|-2-----2-----0-2-|-3-----3-2-----2-|-0h2-----0---2---0-|-----0-----0-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|---2-----2-------|---3-------2-----|-----2-----0---2---|--------------------||
|-----2-----2-----|-----3-------2---|-------2-----------|--------------------||
|-2-----2-----0-2-|-3-----3-2-----2-|-0h2-----0---2---0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Faster Q=145
|-3-|
Q. E Q Q H Q E E E Q. +E Q Q Q E E E E E E
||---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o--------------|-/8----7--7-7-7-|-7----(7)-5--7\--|-5--------------o||
||--2----2-2--0--|----------------|-----------------|----0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Faster Q=202
$
2/4 4/4
W +W +H E E H.
|----------|------------|--------||-----------|
|----------|------------|--------||-----------|
|----------|------------|--------||-----------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----||-2---------|
W W W E H. E
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-2---------2-|
E H. E E H. E W E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|----------||------------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------||o-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------||o-7-7-7-7-8s7-7-7-|
|-2---------2-|-2-----------|----------||------------------|
1. 2.
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||------|
|-7-7-7-7-7s8-7s8-|-7-7-7-7-8s7-7-3-|-(3)-2-1-0---------o||------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------6-5-4-3--||------|
Faster Q=212
E H. E E H. E Q E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------||-------------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------||o------------------|---------0--------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------||o------------------|---0-2-3---3-2-0--|
|-------------|-------------||--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-6----------------|
Q E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-0-3---2---1-----|------------------|---------0-------|
|------------------|-----4---3---2-0-|------------------|---0-2-3---3-2-0-|
|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-6---------------|
1st and 2nd Verses
1. 2.
Q E S S E E E E Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q E S S E E E E
|------------------|---------------||---------------||-------------------|
|------------------|--------------o||---------------||o------------------|
|------------------|--------------o||-10----9----8--||o-7----------------|
|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2----0----3---||---------------||-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------0-------|------------------|-0-3---2---1-----|------------------|
|---0-2-3---3-2-0-|------------------|-----4---3---2-0-|------------------|
|-6---------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E Q. Q. Q Q E S S E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------0-------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---0-2-3---3-2-0-|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|-6---------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2----0----3--|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------0-------|------------------|-0-3---2---1-----|------------------|
|---0-2-3---3-2-0-|------------------|-----4---3---2-0-|------------------|
|-6---------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chorus
1.,2.
E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E Q. Q. Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|---------------||------------------|
|---------0-------|------------------|---------------||------------------|
|---0-2-3---3-2-0-|------------------|-10----9----8--||-7-7-7-7-8s7-7-7--|
|-6---------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------||------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7s8-7s8-|-7-7-7-7-8s7-7-3-|-(3)-2-1-0---------|-7-7-7-7-8s7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------6-5-4-3-|-----------------|
Breakdown
3.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E 3x W
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||-||------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||-||------|
|-7-7-7-7-7s8-7s8-|-7-7-7-7-8s7-7-3-|-(3)-2-1-0---------o||-||------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------6-5-4-3--||-||-2----|
+H Q Q W +H Q Q W
|--------------|----------|--------------|------|
|--------------|----------|--------------|------|
|-----------2--|-1--------|-(1)----2-----|------|
|-(2)----5-----|----------|-----------5--|-2----|
+H Q Q W +H Q Q W
|--------------|----------|--------------|------|
|--------------|----------|--------------|------|
|-----------2--|-1--------|-(1)----2-----|------|
|-(2)----5-----|----------|-----------5--|-7----|
+H Q Q W +H Q Q W
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|------------7--|-6--------|-(6)----7------|------|
|-(7)----10-----|----------|-----------10--|-7----|
Bridge
Faster Q=224
+H Q Q W +H Q Q E E S S E E E Q
|---------------|----------|--------------||--------------------|
|---------------|----------|--------------||o-------------------|
|------------7--|-6--------|-(6)----7-----||o---------------1---|
|-(7)----10-----|----------|-----------8--||--2-0-2-2-0-2-2-----|
S E S E E Q Q E E S S E E E Q
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------2-----|------------------|
|--------------1--|---------------1--|
|-2-0-2-2-0-------|-2-0-2-2-0-2-2----|
S E S E E E E. E. E E S S E E E S S E
|--------------------||-||-----------------------|
|-----------2-------o||-||o----------------------|
|-------------1--1--o||-||o----------------------|
|-2-0-2-2-0----------||-||--2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-2-0--|
E E S S E E E Q E E S S E E E S S E
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|---------------1--|---------------------|
|-2-0-2-2-0-2-0----|-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-2-0-|
1. 2.
E E S S E Q Q E E S S E E E. E.
|------------------||-------------------|
|-----------2-----o||-----------2-------|
|--------------1--o||-------------1--1--|
|-2-0-2-2-0--------||-2-0-2-2-0---------|
E E S S E E E Q S E S E E Q Q
||-------------------|-----------------|
||o------------------|-----------2-----|
||o---------------1--|--------------1--|
||--2-0-2-2-0-2-2----|-2-0-2-2-0-------|
1.
E E S S E E E Q S E S E E E E. E.
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-----------2-------o||
|---------------1--|-------------1--1--o||
|-2-0-2-2-0-2-2----|-2-0-2-2-0----------||
2.=H S
5/8
E E S S E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-----------7-----6-|-----5-----|
|-2-0-2-2-0---8-7---|-7-6---5-6-|
lower Q=210
4/4
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S Q E
||--------------------------|----------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------0---|
||o-------------------------|---------------------2------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
E E E S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S a Q E S
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-2---------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------7s8--8s7-|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|
+S S S E E S S S S E E S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-(7)-----------------------|
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S Q E E E E S S S S E E S S H H
|--------------------------|-----------------------|------------||
|------------------------0-|-2---------------------|-3---------o||
|---------------------2----|-----------------------|------3----o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------||
Guitar Solo
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S Q E E E E S S S S E E S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------0-|-2---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------2----|-----------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S a Q E S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------------------7s8--8s7-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|
+S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S Q E
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------0-|
|-(7)-----------------------|---------------------2----|
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
E E E S S S S E E S S H H
|-----------------------|------------||-|
|-2---------------------|-3---------o||-|
|-----------------------|------3----o||-|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------||-|
E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S E. E 4x
||------------------|----------------------||
||o-----2s0-2-0---0-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-2s3--3--o||
||o-------------2---|---------------------o||
||--2-2-------------|----------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D.S. al Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|--------------||
|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----6-----4--|----6-----4--|-2--3--4--5---||
Q=212
&
E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|-------------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------||------------------|---------0-------|------------------|
|-(3)-2-1-0---------||-7----------------|---0-2-3---3-2-0-|------------------|
|-----------3-2-1-0-||----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-6---------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-3---2---1-----|------------------|---------0-------|------------------|
|-----4---3---2-0-|------------------|---0-2-3---3-2-0-|------------------|
|-----------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-6---------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Verse Out
Q. Q. Q Q E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|--------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|--------------||------------------|---------0-------|------------------|
|--------------||-7----------------|---0-2-3---3-2-0-|------------------|
|-2----0----3--||----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-6---------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-3---2---1-----|------------------|---------0-------|------------------|
|-----4---3---2-0-|------------------|---0-2-3---3-2-0-|------------------|
|-----------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-6---------------|-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-10----9----8--|-10----9----8--|-10----9----8--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
W +W E Q. H
|----------|------------|-------------*|
|----------|------------|-------------*|
|----------|------------|-------------*|
|-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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