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Test of Time

Petra
Tab

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Song

* Petra - Test Of Time *

* Album: Jekyll & Hyde *

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Tabbed by: Oliver Nemitz

E-Mail: Tabs@OliverNemitz.de

Homepage: www.OliverNemitz.de

This file represents the authors own work.

Please send me an e-mail if you find mistakes!

Tuning: Tune down one whole step (D-G-C-F-A-D)

Intro & Verse

| Riff A | C

D||------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------||
A||------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------||
F||*-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------*||
C||*--2-2---2-2---2-2--2---|---2-2---2-2---2-2--2---|----------------------*||
G||---2-2---2-2---2-2--2---|---2-2---2-2---2-2--2---|---5~~~----------------||
D||---0-0---0-0---0-0--0---|---0-0---0-0---0-0--0---|-----------------------||
D|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
F|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
C|----5-5---5-5---5-5---5.-|---3-3---3-3---3-3---5--|----- Riff A ----------|
G|----5-5---5-5---5-5---5.-|---3-3---3-3---3-3---5--|-----------------------|
D|----3-3---3-3---3-3---3.-|---1-1---1-1---1-1---3--|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
F|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C|----7-7---7-7---7-7---7--|---8-8---8-8---8-8---8--|-----2------------------|
G|----5-5---5-5---5-5---5--|---6-6---6-6---6-6---6--|-----2------------------|
D|-------------------------|------------------------|-----0------------------|

Play Riff A (listen to the song for playing the C at the correct positions)

Refrain (the rhyme pattern is something like this, I only notate it for E)

D|-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------------------------------|
F|-------------------|-------|---7---|-------|-------------------------------|
C|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|---5---|---7---|---3---|-------------------------------|
G|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|---5---|---5---|---3---|-------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|---3---|-------|---1---|-------------------------------|

Guitar 1 plays Riff A and Guitar 2 plays

D|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
C|--9-9-9--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6------6------------|------------------------------|
G|---------------------------9-9---7~~~-------|------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|

"Tomorrow is a chance ..." (listen for the exact rhyme pattern)

Riff B

D|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------5--------|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|---7----5----5---|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7----3----5---|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5---------3---|----------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 plays Riff A and Guitar 2 plays (use w/wsh)

D|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
C|--9-9-9--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6------6-7~~~-------|------- Riff B --------------|
G|---------------------------9-9--------------|-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

Guitar 1 plays Riff A and Guitar 2 plays

D|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------|----7-------------------------|
C|--9-9-9--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-------------------|----7----7--------------------|
G|---------------------------9-9-7-5~~~-------|----5----7--------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|---------5--------------------|

play Riff A

Part B

At "time will slip away ..." Guitar 1 plays Riff A and Guitar 2 plays

D|--------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---9~~~-10p9--7~~~--|---9p7--------------------|---------------------------|
F|--------------------|--------9~~~--11p9--------|---------------------------|
C|--------------------|--------------------9~~~--|---------------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
A|---9~~~-10p9--7~~~--|---9p7------------------------|-----------------------|
F|--------------------|--------9~~~--7--9b(11)b9~~~--|-----------------------|
C|--------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
G|--------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
D|--------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|

Refrain

Part B

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| b bend

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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