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3 Days in Darkness

Testament
Tab
★4.6(6)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

I tabbed all the parts in the order they appear, figure out the song order for yourself, you lazy bastards, lol.

Gtr I (C# F# B E G# C#) - '3 Days In Darkness'

Q.=120

12/8

Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-2-----3-------3---6-5-3-|-2-----3-------------[5]---[5]-|
|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-4-3-1-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-5-6-7-----7-----|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-----3-------3---6-5-3-|-2-----3-------5-----------|
|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-4-3-1-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0---6-5-3-5-6-| <-- That's as close as I could get

Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E

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

|-------------------------|---------------------------------| <-- Alternate ending in verses

|-2-----3-------3---6-5-3-|-2-----3-------------[8]-[7]-[5]-|
|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-4-3-1-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-5-6-7-------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------|----------------------------|
|-------------8-8-8-7-8-7-|----------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|-2-----3-------3---6-5-3----|
|-------------6-6-6-5-6-5-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-4-3-1----|

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Those notes have a bit of

a gallop in them

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-----3-------3---6-5-3----|
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-4-3-1----|

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------9-10-12-9----|
|---9-7-9-------7-9-10-9-7-|---9-7-9-------10--------------|
|--------------------------|------------------6--7--9-6----|
|---7-5-7-------5-7--8-7-5-|---7-5-7--------8--------------|
|-0-------0-0-0------------|-0-------0-0-0-----------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-11-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6--9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Gallop

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|---5-4-5-------4-5-7-5-4----|
|---7-5-7-------5-7-8-7-5----|
|-0-------0-0-0--------------|

Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E

|------0----------------|------0-------------------|
|--------0--------------|--------0-----------------|
|----------0------------|----------0---------------|
|-7----------5----8-7-8-|-7----------5----8-7-8----|
|-7----------5----8-7-8-|-7----------5----8-7-8----|
|-5----------3----6-5-6-|-5----------3----6-5-6----|

Q=70

4/4

|----3----|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7-8-9----|
|---7-8-7---7-8-7---7-8-7-7-8-9-5-6-7----|
|-0-------0-------0-------5-6-7----------|

|----3----|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|---7-8-7---7-8-7-|---7-8-7-8-7-5-4-3-3----|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------6-5-3-2-1-1----|

E E E E E E S S E

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

|-----------------8----|<-- second guitar plays that bit occasionally, you should hear it

|---7-8-7---7-7-8------|
|-0-------0------------|

Q.=120

12/8

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-9-9-9-9-9----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--8-7-7-7-7-7----|
|------------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-9-10-10----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7--8-7-7-7-7-7-7--8--8-7--8--8----|
|---------------------------------------------|

W. W. W +E Q. E E E +W +E

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------10-(10)-----12---9-10-9-(9)-(9)----|
|-9---------7--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||----------------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-10-9-7--------9-9-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-9-10-12----|
||---------------------10-9-7-------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x

|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------o||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-9-7--------10-9-7--------10-9-7------------||
|--------------------10-9-7--------10-9-7--------10-9-7-----||
|----------------------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||

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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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