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TESTAMENT - FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY 2001

From the Album FIRST STRIKE STILL DEADLY

Full Version - OCTOBER 2002

Re-Transcribed/Editing/Updated by: death8699

Based On Previous Tabs & Solos by: Jarle Olsen & Zac Broaddus

For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact

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. - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic

/ - slide up to ah - artificial harmonic

- slide down to th - tap harmonic

~ - vibrato hr - natural harmonic

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend

" - tremolo picking r - release t - tap bend

X - percussion mute p - pick when bent

> - accented note Prefixes

() - ghost note, sustained note p - pre-bend w - use bar

* - see comment d - don't pick start of bend

--Transcriber's Notes--

I have spent the past 6 months on these songs trying to

get them as perfect as possible. If you think further

corrections are needed, have the updated solos, or a

better version of this song please mail me at ArchEnemies

@aol.com. I plan on tabbing this entire album, I have

been hard at work making my previous 'FSSD' tabs better.

Enjoy!

--Miscellaneous Notes--

P.M.H. - palm mute heavy

(**) - see comment(s)

Gtr.1 - right channel (Eric Peterson)

Gtr.2 - left channel (Alex Skolnick)

Tune Gtr to D (D,G,C,F,A,D)

--FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY--

(Drum Fill)

[Rhy.Fig.1]

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

||*---------------------------------|----------------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

||*----5-----4-----5-----4-----5--4-|----------------------------------||

||--4--3--0--2--4--3--0--2--4--3--2-|-0--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3--------||

||--2-----------2-----------2-------|----1-----1--1--1--1--1--1--------||

|| . . . . . . . . . . . . |______|_______| ||

|| 6 ||

|| ||

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

||----------------------------------|---------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

||----------------------------------|---------------------------------*||

||--333--3--3--3--3--3--3----3333-3/|/X____________________________---||

||--111--1--1--1--1--1--1----1111-1/|/X____________________________---||

... |______|_______| ....(**)Slides

(**) = Slide chord up and down the fretboard.

Repeat Rhy.Fig.1 [1x]

[Rhy.Fig.2]

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

||*---------------------------------|----------------------------------||[Gtr.1]

||*----7--65-----7--65-----7--65-|------------------5-----7/8-------||

||-----7--65-----7--65-----7--65-|------------------5-----7/8-------||

||--0------sl--0------sl--0------sl-|-0-0-0---0--0--0-----0---sl-------||

|| . . . . . . . . . . ||

|| ||

|| ----------P.M.H.---------- ||

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||[Gtr.2]

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

||--2----------2----------2---------|-2-2-2---2--2--2--5--2--(2)-------||

||--0----------0----------0---------|-0-0-0---0--0--0--3--0--(0)-------||

. . . . . . . .

--Both guitars--

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|-----7--65-----7--65--------6/7-|-------5-----5/6-----------------*||

|-----7--65-----7--65--------4/5-|-------3-----3/4------------------||

|--0------sl--0------sl--0--0---sl-|-0--3-----X---sl------------------||

. . . . . .

[Rhy.Fig.2a](**)

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

||*---------------------------------|----------------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

||*----7--65-----7--65-----7--65-|------------------5-----7/8-------||

||-----7--65-----7--65-----7--65-|------------------5-----7/8-------||

||--0------sl--0------sl--0------sl-|-0-0-0---0--0--0-----0--sl--------||

|| . . . . . . . . . . ||

|| ||

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

||----------------------------------|---------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

||-----7--65-----7--65--------6/7-|-------5-----5/6-----------------*||

||-----7--65-----7--65--------4/5-|-------3-----3/4------------------||

||--0------sl--0------sl--0--0---sl-|-0--3-----X--sl-------------------||

. . . . . .

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

|-----7--65-----7--65-----7--65-|------------------5-----7/8-------||

|--0------sl--0------sl--0------sl-|-0-0-0---0--0--0-----0--sl--------||

| . . . . . . . . . . ||

| ||

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|-----7--65-----7--65--------6/7-|-------5-----54-----------------*||

|-----7--65-----7--65--------4/5-|-------3-----32------------------||

|--0------sl--0------sl--0--0--sl--|-0--3-----X---sl--/X(***)--------||

. . . . . . (Slides)

(**) = This riff has many different gallop variations. I've put in the

backbone of them, but listen to the CD for the slight differences.

They execute so many different fills though I'm trying to keep

this as simple and understandable as possible.

(***) = Slide last time only.

[Rhy.Fig.3]

||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

||*------------------------------|--------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-------------4/5--------------|-4/5-4--2---------------4/5-----|

||--4---4---4---2/3------4---4---|-2/3-2--0--5--4---4---4-2/3-----|

||--2---2---2---sl-------2---2---|-sl--------3_02---2---2-sl------|

|| p |

|| |

|| ---------------P.M.H.--------------- |

||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||--4------2------4------5-------|--7---------5-------------------|

||--2------0------2------3-------|--5---------3-------------------|

||---------0------2------3-------|--5---------3-------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

|--------------4/5---------------|-4/5-4--2---------------4/5-----||

|--4---4---4---2/3------4---4----|-2/3-2--0--5--4---4---4-2/3-----||

|--2---2---2---sl-------2---2----|-sl--------3_02---2---2-sl------||

| . . . . . p ||

| ||

| ---------------P.M.H.--------------- ||

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||

|--------------------------------|-------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|--4------2------4------5--------|--7---------5------------------*||

|--2------0------2------3--------|--5---------3-------------------||

|---------0------2------3--------|--5---------3-------------------||

[Rhy.Fig.4]

||------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

||*-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

||---------------------------------| ___________16th Notes__________--|

||--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|-|

. . . . . . . . . . . . |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|

4 4 4 4

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

|--4/5--4--2--------------------------|--------------------4---2---4-----|

|--2/3--2--0--5--------------------|--------------------2---0---2-----|

|--sl---------3_0-2--2--2-2-2--2---|-2--2--2-2-2--2--2----------------|

| p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

| |

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

|--5---7---5--------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--3---5---3-----------------------|------------____16th's Con't___---|

|------------2--2-2-2--2--2--2--2--|-2-2--2--2-|2 2 2 2|2 2 2 2|2 2|--|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |___|___|___|___|_|_|

4 4 2

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

|--------------4/5---4--2-------------|----------------------------------||

|-___16th's__--2/3---2--0--5-------|----------------------------------||

||2 2 2 2|2 2|-sl----------3_0--2--|-2--2-2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2--2--2---||

|___|___|_|_| p . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 2

------1st Ending------- -------2nd Ending-------

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|---4--2---4---5---5------------------|--4---2---5------7------5--------*||

|---2--0---2---3---3------------------|--2---0---3------5------3---------||

|------0---2---3---3--------------X--|------0---3------5------3---/X---||

. . sl . . . . (Slides)

[Rhy.Fig.4a]

||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

||*----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||*----------------------4/5---5-----|------------------4/5---4--2-------|

||--------------------2/3---3-----|---------------2/3---2--0--5----|

||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--sl----------|--2-2-2-2-2-2--sl----------3_0--|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p

---------1st Ending---------

|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

|-----------------------4/5---5------|-4---2---4---5------7------5-------|

|--------------------2/3---3------|-2---0---2---3------5------3-------|

|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--sl-----------|-----0---2---3------5------3-------|

. . . . . . . . -----------P.M.H.-----------

-----------2nd Ending-----------

|------------------------------------||

|-----------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|--4---2---4---5------7------5------*||

|--2---0---2---3------5------3-------||

|------0---2---3------5------3--/X--||

-----------P.M.H.-----------(Slides)

Repeat Rhy.Fig.4 [1x]

Repeat Rhy.Fig.4a [1x](**)

(**) = End riff using Fill 1.

[Fill 1]

|--------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

|--4------2----4----5------4----5----7-------|

|--2------0----2----3------2----3----5-------|

|--------------------------------------------|

| |

| ------P.M.H.------ |

|--------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

|--5----7----9----7----9----10----12--9/14--|

|--3----5----7----5----7----8-----10--7/14--|

|-----------------5----7----8-----10--7/12--|

sl sl

[Rhy.Fig.5]

||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

||*-------------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-------------------------7-----------------------------------------|

||-------------7_8_7-----7------------------------------5----------|

||----0--0--0---h-p---0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--5_6_5--0--3_0--------|

|| . . . . . . . . . . h p . p |

|| |

||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

||--------------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||-------------------------6__(7)--------------3--------2-------------|

||--------------7__(8)------tr--------7__8-----1--------0-------------|

||--0--0--0--0---tr-----0----------0---tr---0-------------------------|

. . . . . . .

|---------------------------------------------------------------------||

|---------------------------------------------------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

|---------------------------------------------------------------------||

|--------------7_8_7-----5-------------------------------5-----------||

|--0--0--0--0---h-psl-0---3---0--0--0--0--0--0--5_6_5--0--3_0---------||

| . . . . . . . . . . h p . p ||

| ||

|---------------------------------------------------------------------||

|--------------------------------------------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|-------------------------6__(7)--------------3----------------------*||

|--------------7__(8)------tr--------7__8-----1--------3--------------||

|--0--0--0--0---tr-----0----------0---tr---0-----------1--------------||

. . . . . . .

[Rhy.Fig.5a](**)

||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

||*-------------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtr.2]

||*-------------6_7_6-----7-------------------------------------------|

||---------------h-p------7--------------------7_8_7-----5------------|

||--0--0--0--0---------0-----0--0--0--0--0--0---h-p---0--3_0----------|

|| . . . . . . . . . . . . p |

|| |

||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

||-----------------------7__8-----------------------------------------|[Gtr.2]

||--------------6__7------tr------6__7-----3--------2-----------------|

||---------------tr----------------tr------1--------0-----------------|

||--0--0--0--0--------0--------0--------0-----------------------------|

. . . . . . .

|---------------------------------------------------------------------||

|---------------------------------------------------------------------||[Gtr.2]

|--------------6_7_6-------------------------------------------------||

|---------------h-psl-----5--------------------7_8_7-----5------------||

|--0--0--0--0----------0--3--0--0--0--0--0--0---h-p---0--3_0----------||

| . . . . . . . . . . . p ||

| ||

|---------------------------------------------------------------------||

|-----------------------7__8-----------------------------------------*||[Gtr.2]

|--------------6__7------tr------6__7-----3--------------------------*||

|---------------tr----------------tr------1--------3------------------||

|--0--0--0--0--------0--------0--------0-----------1------------------||

. . . . . . .

(**) = Gtr.2 doubles Gtr.1; Gtr.1 plays Rhy.Fig.5.

[Rhy.Fig.6](**)

||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

||*------------------------------------109---------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||*----------------------9/10-----------------------------------------|

||------------7/8-----7/8------------87-----87-----------87-----|

||---0--0--0--5/6--0--sl----0--0--0---sl--0--65--0--0--0--65--0--|

|| . . . sl . . . . . sl . . . sl . |

|| |

|| --------Gtr.1 Fill-------- |

||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

||---------------109---------------9/10------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||--9/10-------------------7--------------------------------9/10------|

||--7/8-----------87----------8----7/8-------------7/8-----7/8-------|

||--sl----0--0-----sl--0------------sl-----0--0--0--5/6--0--sl--------|

. . . . . . sl .

-----Gtr.2 Fill

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------109-------------------------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

|-----------------------------------------9/10--------10___9----------|

|-----------87-----87-----------87-----7/8------------p-----7------|

|--0--0--0---sl--0--65--0--0--0--65--0--sl----0--0------------------|

. . . . sl . . . sl . . . .

----------------- -----------Gtr.2 2nd Fill-----------

|------------------------------------12-------------------------------||

|---------------------13___12-------------13---12___13----------------||

|--9---------------------p------------------------h------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|------10---9___10--------------14-----------------------------------*||

|-------------h-------------------------------------------------------||

|---------------------------------------------------------------------||

(**) = Gtr.1 plays same fill upon all repeats, Gtr.2 doubles

w/at least 2 harmony fills. Listen to the song for a

better idea as to what I'm talking about. Alex plays

the fills without a specific consistency but always

fitting them in right in conjunction with Eric.

Repeat Rhy.Fig.6 [1x]

[Rhy.Fig.7] (w/Solo)

||------------------------------|------------------------------||

||*-----------------------------|------------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-----------------------------|------------------------------||

||--2----------2--------4--X--4-|-X--X--4--4--5--------5-------||

||--0----0--0--0-----0--2--X--2-|-X--X--2--2--3--3--3--3----3--||

|| . . . . . . ||

|| ||

|| -------1st Ending------- --------2nd Ending-------- ||

||------------------------------|------------------------------||

||------------------------------|-----------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

||---------2--------4-----------|--------2---------5--4-------*||

||---------0--------2-----5-----|--------0---------3--2---5----||

||--3-3-3-----3--2--------3-----|-3-3-3------3--2---------3----||

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Rhy.Fig.8] (w/Solo)

||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

||*--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-2(2)---------------|---------------------|---------------------|

||--0(0)0--0--0--0-0-0-|-3-------------------|-5-------------------|

||---------------------|-1---1--1--1--1-1-1--|-3---3--3--3--3-3-3--|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

|----------------------|-5----------5--------|-5---------5---------|[Gtr.1]

|--5-------------------|-3---3--3---3---3--3-|-3---3--3--3---3--3--|

|--3--3--3--3--3-3-3---|---------------------|---------------------|

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

| |

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|[Gtr.2]

|--5-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

|--3--3--3--3--3-3-3---|-3----------3--------|-3---------3---1--1--|

|----------------------|-1---1--1---1---1--1-|-1---1--1--1---------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

|--3----------3--------|------------2/3------|-----------2---------||

|--1---1--1---1---1--1-|-2----------2/3------|-3-3-3-----2---------||

|----------------------|-0---0--0---sl----0--|-1-1-1-0-----------0-||

| . . . . . . . . . . . . ||

| ||

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||

|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|----------------------|---------------0-----|--------------------*||

|----------------0-----|-2------3------------|-3------2------------||

|--1------3------------|---------------------|---------------1-----||

. . . . . . . . .

[Rhy.Fig.9] (w/Solo) --P.M.H.--

||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

||*----------------------------------|----------------------------5------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-2---2----------------------------|-------------5---5-------2--3--2---|

||--0---0--0-2-----3---3-----------5-|-5-----------3---3-------0--3--0---|

||-------------3-2-1---1--0--1--0--3-|-3--0--3--0--------------0-----0---|

. . . . . . . . . .

|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||

|--5--------5------------------------|-----------------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

|--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3---------3--|-------3/4-------------------------||

|-----------------------1---1--1--1--|-1--1--1/2----------2---------2----||

|------------------------------------|-------sl--0--3_0---0---0--0--0----||

| . . . . . . . . . p . . ||

| ||

|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||

|------------------------------------|----------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|---------------2--------------------|----------------0-----------------*||

|--------2------2--------------------|-0----2----3---------3----2--------||

|--0--0--0------------0----1----3----|-------------------------------1---||

. . . . . . . . . . . .

[Rhy.Fig.9a] (w/Solo)

||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||

||*------------------------------------|---------------------------------5---||[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-2-----2----------------------------|--------------------5------------3---||

||--0-----0--0--2--------3-------------|-2--3--5------------3----------------||

||-----------------3--2--1-------------|-0--1--3------0--3---------0--0------||

|| . . . . . . . . ||

|| ||

||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||

||--------5----------------------------|------------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

||--3--3--3---3--3--3---------3--------|-3/4------------------------------2-*||

||------------------1---1--1--1---1--1-|-1/2-------2---------2---------2--2--||

||-------------------------------------|-sl--0-3_0-0---0--0--0---0--0--0-----||

. . . . . . . . . p . . . .

|--------------------------------------||

|-------------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|-----------------------0-------------*||

|-----------0---2---3-------3---2------||

|--0--1--3--------------------------1--||

. . . . . . . . . .

[Rhy.Fig.9b](**)

||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

||*-------------------------------|---------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-2-----------------------------|-5--5--5--5--------5---------5---|

||--0-----0--2--------3-----------|-5--5--5--5--------3---3--3--3---|

||--------------3--2--1------0--3-|-------------0--0----------------|

. . . . . . . . . .

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||

|--------5---------5--------------|---------------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

|--------3---3--3--3---3--3--3----|-------3--------3/4--------------||

|--3--3----------------------1----|-1--1--1--1--1--1/2-------2------||

|---------------------------------|----------------sl--0-3_0-0---0--||

| . . . . . . . . . . . p . ||

| ||

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|-------------------2-------------|-------------0------------------*||

|-----2---------2---2-------------|-0---2---3-------3---2-----------||

|--0--0---0--0--0------0---1---3--|-------------------------1-------||

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

(**) = First few bars, omit after Bb5 chords and substitute Fill 2.

Play Fill 2 once.

Repeat Rhy.Fig.9 [1x]

[Solo] (Gtr.3)

|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|-----------10_b_12__r_10-10_8---8-----|

|-----9-11-12-9~-------9-11-12-9~------|----9-11-12----------------p--11--9~--|

|-/12--------p.h.---12-----------------|-12------------------------------p.h.-|

|-sl-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------|--h-----------------------------------|

|-/15----13___12-12-10-10___12-10-8----|-810-8-7-8--------p-------------------|

|-sl--------p-------------h------------|-----------9b11__r__7-9~--7-----------|

|--------------------------------------|-------------------------9--9-7_5-----|

|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------p--7_5-|

|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------p--|

||-12121212121212121213-12-10-12-10--8-10--8--7-8-7-5--------------------||

||--|_|_|-|_|_|-|_|_|-|__|__|--|__|__|--|__|__|-|_|_|-8-6-5-6-5-3-5~-(5)-||

||----3-----3-----3------3--------3--------3------3---|_|_|-|_|_|--------||

||------------------------------------------------------3-----3----------||

||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||

|| ||

||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||

||--5-8-6-5-6-5-3--------------------------------------------------------||

||--|_|_|-|_|_|---9-7-5-7-5-4-5~-4-5---4---------------------------------||

||----3-----3-----|_|_|-|_|_|--------7---5-7-3-5-2-3---2-----------------||

||------------------3-----3------|_|_|-|_|_|-|_|_|---5---3-5-2-3---2-----||

||---------------------------------3-----3-----3---|_|_|-|_|_|---5---4~--||

3 3 |_|_|

(Arpeggios)

||------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||

||-----------5------------|-------------13-17_13----|--------------10-13_10---||

||-------4-7---7_5-7/9~---|----------14------p---14-|-----------10------p-----||

||-----6--------p---sl----|-------14----------------|--------10---------------||

||---7--------------------|/12-15-------------------|-8--12-------------------||

||-0----------------------|sl-----------------------|-------------------------||

|| ||

||-------------------p----|-------------------------|--------------17--20_17--||

||---------------121512---|-------------17-20_17----|-----------18-------p----||

||-10---------12-------12-|----------17------p---17-|--------17---------------||

||---------12-------------|-------17----------------|-15--19------------------||

||---10-14----------------|-15-19-------------------|-------------------------||

||------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||

|| ||

||------------------------|-------------------------|------16___19------------||

||-18---------------------|-15---18___15------------|-17------h---------------||

||---------------------15-|---------p------15---16--|-------------------------||

||----------------15------|-------------------------|-------------------------||

||------13---17-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------||

||------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||

|| ||

||---------12___16--------|-------------------------|-------------------------||

||-----12-----h-----------|---------12___17---15----|-13~---(13)(**)----------||

||-13---------------------|-----13-----h------------|-------------------------||

||------------------------|-14----------------------|-------------------------||

||------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||

(**) = End of guitar solo, lead melody follows.

[Lead Melody](**)

||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

||*-14-16-17--16_14-----12-14-16--14_12-----10-12-14--12_10-----9_10-----|[Gtr.3]

||*-------------p---15~-------------p---14~-------------p---12~--h-------|

||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|| |

||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

||*-10-12-14--12_10-----9-10-12---10_9------7--9-10---9_7----------------|[Gtr.4]

||*-------------p---12~-------------p---10~------------p----8~--9_10-----|

||---------------------------------------------------------------h-------|

||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------17-19-20--19_17-----15-17-19--17_15------|

|-----------9__(10)--12__(13)---------------p---18~-------------p---17~--|

|--9__(10)---tr--------tr------------------------------------------------|[Gtr.3]

|---tr-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|-------------------------------13-15-17--15_13-----12-13-15--13_12------|

|---------------------9__(10)---------------p---15~-------------p---13~--|

|-----------9__(10)----tr------------------------------------------------|[Gtr.4]

|--9__(10)---tr----------------------------------------------------------|

|---tr-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--13-15-17--15_13---------------------12__(13)--16__(17)--12__(13)------||

|--------------p---15~-12_13-12__(13)----tr--------tr--------tr----------||

|------------------------h-----tr---------------------------------------*||[Gtr.3]

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------*||

|------------------------------------------------------------------------||

| ||

|--10-12-13--12_10---------------------12__(13)--16__(17)--12__(13)(***)-||

|--------------p---11~-12_13-12__(13)----tr--------tr--------tr----------||

|------------------------h-----tr---------------------------------------*||[Gtr.4]

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------*||

|------------------------------------------------------------------------||

(**) = Gtrs.3&4 repeat 2 times. Played w/Rhy.Figs.9a, 9b & 9 1 time each.

On the last part of Rhy.Fig.9, some notes Gtrs.1&2 omit and play a

different ending.

(***) = Last time use this trill numerous times upon fading out of riff

completely.

[Fill 2] (w/Gtrs.3&4)(**)

||-------------------------------------------------------||

||*-9~-----------11~------------------------10~(10)----*||[Gtr.1]

||*----------------------------7~-----------------------*||

||--7~-----------9~-------------------------8~--(8)-----||

||-----------------------------5~------------------sl----||

|| ||

|| ---Sustain--- ||

||-------------------------------------------------------||

||*------------------------------tr---------------------*||[Gtr.2]

||*----tr-----------tr---------7___(8)--------tr--------*||

||--7___(8)------9___(10)-------------------8___(9)------||

||-------------------------------------------------------||

(**) = Gtrs.1&2 use pick slides and scrapes here to segue

into Rhy.Fig.10.

[Rhy.Fig.10]

||--------------------------------------------------------------|

||--------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||----------------------------------6/7-------------------5/6---|

||------4---5-------4---5-------4---4/5-------4---5-------3/4---|

||--0---2---3---0---2---3---0---2---sl----0---2---3---0---sl----|

|| . . . . . . . . . . . . |

|| |

||--------------------------------------------------------------|

||--------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||----------------------------------6/7-------------------54---|

||------4---5-------4---5-------4---4/5-------4---5-------32---|

||--0---2---3---0---2---3---0---2---sl----0---2---3---0----sl---|

. . . . . . . . . . . .

|---------------------------------------------------------------||

|---------------------------------------------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

|----------------------------------6/7-------------------5/6----||

|------4---5-------4---5-------4---4/5-------4---5-------3/4----||

|--0---2---3---0---2---3---0---2---sl----0---2---3---0---sl-----||

| . . . . . . . . . . . . ||

| ||

|---------------------------------------------------------------||

|--------------------------------------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|----------------------------------6/7-------------------------*||

|------4---5-------4---5-------4---4/5-------4---5-------/X----||

|--0---2---3---0---2---3---0---2---sl----0---2---3---0---/X----||

. . . . . . . . . . . .(Slides)

Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 [1x]

Repeat Rhy.Fig.2a [1x]

[Rhy.Fig.2b] (Gtr.2; w/Rhy.Fig.2a)

||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

||*---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|[Gtr.2]

||*---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

||-----7--65-----7--65-----7--65-|-------------------5-------7/8-----|

||--0--5--43--0--5--43--0--5--43-|-0-0-0---0--0--0---3---0---5/6-----|

|| . sl . sl . sl . . . . . . . sl |

|| |

||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|[Gtr.2]

||------------------------------6/7-|---------5-------5/6---------------|

||-----7--65-----7--65--------4/5-|---------3-------3/4---------------|

||--0--5--43--0--5--43--0--0--4/5-|-0---3---3---X---3/4---------------|

. sl . sl . . sl . . sl

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||

|-----7--65-----7--65-----7--65--|-------------------5-------7/8-----||

|--0--5--43--0--5--43--0--5--43--|-0-0-0---0--0--0---3---0---5/6-----||

| . sl . sl . sl . . . . . . . sl ||

| ||

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||

|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------*||

|------------------------------6/7--|---------5-------54--------------*||

|-----7--65-----7--65--------4/5--|---------3-------32---------------||

|--0--5--43--0--5--43--0--0--4/5--|-0---3---3---X---32---------------||

. sl . sl . . sl . . sl

[Rhy.Fig.3a]

||------------------------------|-------------------------------|

||*-----------------------------|-------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-------------4/5-------------|-4/5-4--2---------------4/5----|

||--4---4---4---2/3------4---4--|-2/3-2--0--5--4---4---4-2/3----|

||--2---2---2---sl-------2---2--|-sl--------3_02---2---2-sl-----|

|| p |

|| |

|| ---------------P.M.H.--------------- |

||------------------------------|-------------------------------|

||------------------------------|-------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||-4------2------4------5-------|--7---------5------------------|

||-2------0------2------3-------|--5---------3------------------|

||--------0------2------3-------|--5---------3------------------|

|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||

|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

|--------------4/5--------------|-4/5-4--2---------------4/5----||

|--4---4---4---2/3------4---4---|-2/3-2--0--5--4---4---4-2/3----||

|--2---2---2---sl-------2---2---|-sl--------3_02---2---2-sl-----||

| p ||

| ||

| --P.M.H.-- ||

|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||

|-------------------------------|------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|--4------2------4------5(5)----|------------------------------*||

|--2------0------2------3(3)----|--4----------------------------||

|---------0------2------3(3)----|--2----------------------------||

(End!)

--'FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY' LYRICS--

Music: Skolnick, Peterson

Lyrics: Souza, Christian

Prisoners of the venom master

Guilty for what you've been charged

Sit in cells condemned to face

The deadly snap of their jaws

Terror stricken you lie and wait

In the final hour

Knowing of your wretched fate

And the serent power

FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY

The evil path that you must take

Is filled with the slither of snakes

Their hiding and waiting for the time to lunge

For your flesh and your fate

No one escapes or comes out alive

For the snakes they'll never lose

For if they hit you just one time

You have just faced your doom

FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY

Deadly strike bred to kill

The venoms howling in your veins

Psychotic spell a gift from hell

The sound of a deadly lead remains

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