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Eerie Inhabitants
Testament
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EERIE INHABITANTS (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1988 Album THE NEW ORDER)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by Billy, Skolnick and Peterson Music by Skolnick and Peterson
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Q=118
4/4
Gtr I
W Wx6 W W
|----------|------------||-----------|------||
|----------|------------||o----------|-5----||
|----------|------------||o-1--------|------||
|----------|------------||-----------|------||
W +W 3x W W W
|----------|-------------||----------|----------|------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------o||----------|-5--------|-2----|
|----------|------------o||-1--------|----------|------|
|----------|-------------||----------|----------|------|
<
|-3-|
Wx2 Q Q Q +H +H. Q +W
|------------|--------------|-------------|--------||
|------------|-5-2----------|-------------|--------||
|------------|-----1-(1)----|-(1)---------|--------||
|------------|--------------|----------3--|-(3)----||
Faster Q=200
E E E Q E E E W E E E Q E E E E E E E S S E E E
||-----------------|----------|----------------|--------------------||
||o----------------|----------|----------------|-------------------o||
||o-1---1----1---1-|----------|-1---1----1---1-|-------------------o||
||-----------------|----------|----------------|-0-2-2-2-3-3-4-4-5--||
$
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
||------------------|------------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||-----------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||-----------------|----------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-4-4-5--||-||-0-0-3-2-0-0-5-3-|-0-0-3-2-0-1--1-|
E 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
|-----------------|----------------||------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------||o-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------||o-----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-3-2-0-0-5-3-|-0-0-3-2-0-1--1-||--0-0-3-0-3-0-5s3-|-0-0-3-0-0-1--1-|
Verses
E 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
|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-3-0-3-0-6s5-|-0-0-3-0-0-1--1-||-0-0-3-0-3-0-5s3-|-0-0-3-0-0-1--1-|
E 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
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-3-0-3-0-6s5-|-0-0-3-0-0-1--1-|-0-0-3-0-3-0-5s3-|-0-0-3-0-0-1--1-|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E Q Q Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------||--------------|--------2s3-----|
|-0-0-3-0-3-0-6s5-|-0-0-3-0-0-1--1-||-0----0-1--4--|-0--0-0-----1-1-|
Q E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q E E E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------2s3-----|
|-0----0-1--3--|-0--0-0-1-1-1-1-|-0----0-1--4--|-0--0-0-----1-1-|
To Coda
Q E E Q Q Q E E E E E E
|--------------|-----------------||-|
|--------------|----------------o||-|
|--------------|----------------o||-|
|-0----0-1--3--|-0--0-0-1-1-1-1--||-|
Interlude
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S Q 4x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||--0-0-0---0-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0---0-6-6-6-6----||
Bridge
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--|
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-3s2--|
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--|
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E Q E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|-1-1-1-1--0-3--3---|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q W +W
|---------------|---------------|----------|--------||
|---------------|---------------|----------|--------||
|---------------|---------------|----------|--------||
|-0-0----1-1----|-0-0----1-1----|-0--------|-(0)----||
Guitar Solo
Slower Q=94
|-3-|
W H. S S S S W +H. E E E
|----------|-----------------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|---------2-0-----|----------|----------2-0----|
|----------|-------------3-2-|-0--------|-(0)----------3--|
H H H Q S S S S H H H Q S S S S
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|
|------3----|-4----3--2-0-----|------3----|-4----3--2-0-----|
|-0---------|-------------3-2-|-0---------|-------------3-2-|
Faster Q=100
E S S E E E S S Q E S S Q E S S S S S S E S S Q E S S Q
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------3-3-3-3--|-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-2-0-----|-------7--3-3-3-3---|
|-0-0-0-0-0----------|--------------------3-2-|-0-0-0--------------|
Faster Q=200
Q Q Q Q E Q E Q E E E Q E Q Q E Q E Q E E
|---------------||----------------|--------------|---------------|
|---------------||o---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-3s=12---------||o---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------8--3\--||--0-0--0-0--0-0-|-1-1--1-1--1--|-0-0--0-0--0-0-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
E Q E E E Q 4x E Q E E Q E E E E Q E E E W
|-----------------||-||---------------||----------------|------|
|----------------o||-||---------------||----------------|------|
|----------------o||-||---------------||-1---1----1---1-|------|
|-1-1--1-/3-3-3---||-||-1-1--1---3--3-||----------------|------|
E E E Q E E E W E E E Q E E E W
|----------------|----------|----------------|------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|------|
|-1---1----1---1-|----------|-1---1----1---1-|------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|------|
D.S. al Coda
E E E Q E E E E E E E S S E E E
|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-------------------||
|-1---1----1---1-|-------------------||
|----------------|-0-2-2-2-3-3-4-4-5-||
Interlude II Outro
&
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S Q 4x E S S Q E S S Q
||----------------------|---------------------||-||--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------o||-||--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------o||-||--------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0---0-6-6-6-6---||-||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3--|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S E E E Q E E E Q E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|-1-1-1-1-0-0-3--3-|-0-0----1-1-----|
E E Q E E Q W +W +H. E E S S E E E S S E E E
|---------------|----------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|---------------|----------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|---------------|----------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-0-0----1-1----|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)------1-1-|-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-1---1--|
+E E S S E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-(1)-1-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-1-|---1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E Q E
|---------------------|------------------*|
|---------------------|------------------*|
|---------------------|------------------*|
|-0-0-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-1-|-0-0-1-1-1---1--1-*|
Duration Legend
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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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