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Signs of Chaos

Testament
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TESTAMENT

SIGNS OF CHAOS

>From the album "The Ritual" (1992)

Originally transcribed by Dave Whitehill, Jesse Gress and Andy Robyns

Computer transcribtion by Juhani Moilanen

Tune down half step

E lydian dominant

b+1 b+1 b+1

|---------------------|--------12-------12-----------12------------------------|
|---------------------|--12h15----15-------15p12-15-----15p12-15-------15p12---|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|

b+1 b+1 b+1 b+« release ph~~~~~~~

|--------12------12-------------12-----------12-------|------------------------|
|--12-15----15-------15-12-15------15-12-15-----15-12-|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--14-----(14)--14-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------|

b+1 b+1 b+1

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

b+1 release ~~~~~~~~~ b+1 b+1

|-16-------(16)--------------16----------|-------12------12-------12-----------12-------|
|----------------------------------------|-12h15----15------15p12----15p12-15-----15p12-|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

b+2 release b+1 ~~~~~~~~ b+«release

|------------------------------------12--|--18p16p12-------18p16p12-------18-(18)p16p12--------|
|-15-------(15)----15--------------------|-----------15p12----------15p12--------------15p12---|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|

*(bend both notes

half step)

b+«release b+« b+«~~~~~~~~ E half/whole diminished

|-18---(18)p16p12-------18---(18)---18---|-(18)\\---------10h12p10----------------------------|
|-----------------15p12-18*--(18)--------|-------------------------12p11p9\8h9h11p9-----------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

gradual dive w/bar

|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------|----\------------|
|--10p9p7\6h7h9p7p6-------------------------------|------------------------|-------\---------|
|-------------------9p8p6\5h6h8p6-----------------|------------------------|----------\------|
|---------------------------------8p7p5\4h5h7p5p4-|------------------------|-------------\---|
|-------------------------------------------------|-7p6p4\3h4h6p4p3--1--0--|-(0)------------\|

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