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TESTAMENT - TRIAL BY FIRE 2001

From the Album FIRST STRIKE STILL DEADLY

Full Version - OCTOBER 2002

Re-Transcribed/Edited by: death8699

Based On Previous Tab by: Jarle Hille Olsen

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)

(^) - pause; stacatto

() - pick-up note(s)

Gtr.1 - right channel (Eric Peterson)

Gtr.2 - left channel (Alex Skolnick)

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

--TRIAL BY FIRE--

[Intro] (Clean)

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

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

|--------3-(3)--3----3-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3------------0----------|[Gtr.1]

|-------------------------------------|--------------------4----------------|

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

| |

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

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

|-----3---3-----3----3-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3------------0----------|[Gtr.2]

|-------------------------------------|--------------------4----------------|

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

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

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

|-------------------------0-----------|----1-----1-----------------------|[Gtr.1]

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

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

|-------------------------------------|-4------4-----43---3----------------|

| sl |

| |

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

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

|-------------------------0-----------|----1-----1--p-------------------|[Gtr.2]

|--4--------------------------------2-|------0-----10-------------------|

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

|-------------------------------------|-4------4-----43---3----------------|

[Rhy.Fig.1]

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

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

||*-3-----3-----3-----------0---------|-------0--------------1-----1--------|[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-------------------4-----------4---|----------------2-------0-----0------|

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

||------------------------------------|--------------------4-----4-----43--|

|| sl

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

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

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

||-----(Harm)-------------------------||

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

Repeat Rhy.Fig.1 [2x]

[Guitar Solo 1] p h

|---------------------------18-14----------------------14-18-X------18--|

|-----------------------------------p---------------14-----------19-----|

|---------------------------------18-15----------15--------------18-----|[Gtr.3]

|---------------------------------------------16------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------X---------------------------|

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

|--19_b21_r18---------16-18-19------------------------------------------|

|-------------19_b21--16-------19_b20------17_b19---r_17~---------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------15-16-18--|[Gtr.3]

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

|---------------------------------------------------15-------15-18-15---|

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

|--15-16-18----16---18-------18-----------------------------------------|[Gtr.3]

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

|--19-17-15------------------------h--------------------------------p---|

|-----------18-16-15------------15--16---------9_b11---r_9~b11----11-9--|[Gtr.3]

|--------------------18~----18---------17~-----------------------------|

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

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

|-------------------------------------------8------8-11-8---------------|

|------------7--------7-9----7-9-11-7--9-11---9-11---------11-9-7-------|[Gtr.3]

|--11-8-9-11---9---11-----11--------------------------------------11-9--|

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

|----------------h----------------(Blank for spacing purposes)----------|[Gtr.3]

|--8-----------8--9-----------------------------------------------------|

|----11~---11-------10~------------------------------------------------|

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

[Fill 1] (Electric)

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

|-----------------|[Gtr.3]

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

|--/-X--------|

|--/15--------|

(Hand/Pick Slides)

[Rhy.Fig.2]

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

||--->--------------------->--------->-|-------------------------------------|

||*-11--------------------11--------12-|------->--------->--------5----------|[Gtr.1]

||*-11--------------------11--------12-|-------4---------5--------5----------|

||--9---------------------9---------10-|-------4---------5--------3----------|

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

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

|| |

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

||-->--------------------->--------->--|------->--------->--------5----------|[Gtr.2]

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

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

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

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

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

|-----4------>-------------->----------|-------------->--->-----------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|-----4------6-(6)----------5-(5)------|--------------5---5-----------------*||

|-----2-0----6-(6)----------5-(5)------|-5-5-5--------5---5------------------||

|--0---p-----4-(4)----0--4--3-(3)----0-|-3-3-3--0--0--3---3------------------||

. . . . . . . (**)

(**) = Second time stacatto this chord, in other words abruptly stop after you

strike it.

Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 [1x]

[Next] [2x]

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

||*--------------*||----------------||-11-(11)--------*||[Gtr.1]

||*-------2------*||-----2-----2----||-11-(11)--------*||

||--2-2-2-2-------||-X--2--X--2----||-9--(9)----------||

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

|| . . . ^ sl ^ (Fade in w/volume)||

|| (switch. )||

|| ||

||(Tacet 2 bars) ||

||------15/19-----||-(19)-----------||-----------------||

||--17---sl-------||----------------||-----------------||

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

||*---------------||----------------||-4--(4)---------*||

||----------------||----------------||-4--(4)----------||

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

(Tremolo bar dive.) *

[Fill 2]

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

||--4--3-----------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

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

||--2--1--4--3--5--4-----||

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

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

[Rhy.Fig.3] 1st Ending

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

||*---------------------------|-43------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

||*---------------------------|-43-------54-------3/4----||

||-----3--44-3-------3--4444--|-21-------54-------3/4----||

||--0--1--22-1---0---1--2222--|-21---0---32---0---1/2----||

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

|| ||

|| 2nd & 3rd Endings 4th Ending ||

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

||--43-----------------------|-4--3----------->----------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

||--43-------43-------54---|-4--3--4--3--5--4----------*||

||--21-------43-------54---|-2--1--4--3--5--4-----------||

||--21---0---21---0---32---|-------2--1--3--2-----------||

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

[Rhy.Fig.2a]

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

||---------------------------->--------->-------------------------------|

||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12-------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.1]

||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12--------4---------5--------5---|

||--9----9---9---9---9---9---9---------10--------4---------5--------3---|

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

|| . . . . . . . . |

|| |

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

||*-------------------------->--------->--------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.2]

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

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

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

. . . . . . . .

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

|------4------>-------------->-----------------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|------4------6-(6)----------5-(5)--------------------5---5------------*||

|------2-0----6-(6)----------5-(5)-------5-5-5--------5---5-------------||

|---0---p-----4-(4)----0--4--3-(3)----0--3-3-3--0--0--3---3-------------||

. . . . . . . . ^

Repeat Rhy.Fig.3 [1x]

[Rhy.Fig.2b]

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

||---------------------------->--------->-------------------------------|

||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12-------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.1]

||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12--------4---------5--------5---|

||--9----9---9---9---9---9---9---------10--------4---------5--------3---|

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

|| . . . . . . . . |

|| |

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

||--------------------------->--------->--------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.2]

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

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

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

. . . . . . . .

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

|------4------>-------------->-----------------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

|------4------6-(6)----------5-(5)--------------------5----------------*||

|------2-0----6-(6)----------5-(5)-------5-5-5--------5-----------------||

|---0---p-----4-(4)----0--4--3-(3)----0--3-3-3--0--0--3-----------------||

. . . . . . . ^

Repeat Fill 2 [1x]

Repeat Rhy.Fig.3 [1x]

Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 + Rhy.Fig.2a [1x]

[Rhy.Fig.4]

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

||------------------------------|------------------>-----------||

||*-6----5--6--7--8--9----------|-6----7--8--9--6--5-(5)------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-6----5--6--7--8--9----------|-6----7--8--9--6--5-(5)------*||

||--4----3--4--5--6--7----------|-4----5--6--7--4--3-(3)-------||

. . . . ^ . . . .

Repeat Rhy.Fig.4 [3x]

[Lead] (w/Rhy.Fig.4)

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

||*-13-139---9/13-----1312-12------|-13-139---98-----8/9-9-----------||[Gtr.3]

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

||--11-117---7/11-----1110-10------|-11-117---76-----6/7-7-----------||

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

|| ||

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

||*-13-139---9/13-----1312-12------|-13-139--98--8/9-9--13--12-(12)-*||[Gtr.3]

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

||--11-117---7/11-----1110-10------|-11-117--76--6/7-7--11--10-(10)--||

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

Repeat Fill 1 [1x]

[Rhy.Fig.5] 1st Ending 2nd Ending

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

||---------------------------------||->----->-----||-------------||

||*---------------------------->---||-5-----4-----||->----->----*||[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-2--------1--------2--------3---||-5-----4-----||-5-----4----*||

||--2--------1--------2--------3---||-3-----2-----||-5-----4-----||

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

. . . . . .

Repeat Rhy.Fig.5 [2x]

[Rhy.Fig.6]

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

||-->------------------>---->--------|------------------->----->---------||

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

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

||--3----X-4----3----X-0----3----X-4-|--4--4---4----4----3---X-0---------||

||-------X-2-----------------------2-|--2--2---2----2--------------------||

|| . .

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

||-->--------------------------------||

||--2--------(For spacing purposes)-*||[Gtrs.1&2]

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

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

||-------3~--------------------------||

[Rhy.Fig.7]

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

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

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

||--------44-3-------33-2--|-------3-----------3-----||

||--0--0--22-1-0--0--11-0--|-0--0--1--0--0--0--1--0--||

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

Repeat Rhy.Fig.7 [3.5x]

[Guitar Solo 2]

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

|------------------------------------------------12_b13-r_13~-----------|

|-----------------------------------------7-9-10------------------------|[Gtr.3]

|--9_b10-r_10~----7-9-10-9-10-12-10-12-14-------------------------------|

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

|-------------------------/20-15----------------------------------------|

|------------------------sl------17---------------------15---------p----|

|-----------------h-----------------16------------------14_b16---r--12--|[Gtr.3]

|----------17---14-15-17---------------17---p---------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------19-14-------------------------|

|--12--13---------------------------------------12~---------------------|

|------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-15___r--|

|---------15_b17---15_b17---15_b17---15_b17---15_b17---15_b17-----------|

|--14~------------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtr.3]

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

|---12---------------------12-14-14_b15----12---p-----------------------|

|------15_b17----------/12--------------------15-12---------------------|

|---------------------sl----------------------------14------------------|[Gtr.3]

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

Repeat Fill 2 [1x]

Repeat Rhy.Fig.3 [2x]

Repeat Fill 2 [1x]

Repeat Rhy.Fig.3 [1x]

Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 + Rhy.Fig.2a [2x]

Repeat Rhy.Fig.3 [1x]

End!

--'TRIAL BY FIRE' LYRICS--

(Peterson, Skolnick, Billy)

Accuse you of a crime

Sentenced to endless time

The price you have to pay

Won't get away!

Sworn in by the stand

Your rights are gone

The system's banned

They think you are a liar

A trial by fire

Hey!

This is what the people say,

A new way

A trial by fire!

Locked in an empty cell

Your life becomes a living hell

The river of fire flows

Time only knows!

Trapped by flames of fury

Ordered unto by the jury

Death is their desire

Thrown in the fire!

Hey!

This is what the people say,

A new way

A trial by fire!

Quiver by the fiery light

Cringing as your soul ignites

The book of law's been thrown away

Starting today!

The system before the war

Is gone for now and evermore

There is no sentence higher

A trial by fire!

Hey!

This is what the people say,

A new way

A trial by fire!

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