/---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ / The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be / / used for private use and studying / /---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ TESTAMENT - THE PREACHER 2001 From the Album FIRST STRIKE STILL DEADLY Copyright 2001 SPITFIRE RECORDS Full Version - OCTOBER 2002 Re-Transcribed/Edited/New Leads by: death8699 Based On Previous Transcription by: Jarle Hille Olsen For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact death8699: at secret_face_metal@yahoo.com Check Out Secret-Face.com, With More Transcriptions On It: http://www.secret-face.com/ . - 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) --THE PREACHER-- [Rhy.Fig.1] ||-->---------------------|->----------------------|| ||-->---------------------|->----------------------|| ||*-6-(6)-----------------|-6-(6)-----------------*||[Gtrs.1&2] ||*-6-(6)-----------------|-6-(6)-----------------*|| ||--4-(4)-----------------|-4-(4)------------------|| ||--4-(4)-0--2--3-443-220-|-4-(4)-0--2--3-443-220--|| |__|__| |_|_|_| |__|__| |_|_|_| 3 6 3 6 ______________ ____________________________________ [Rhy.Fig.2] |1,3. |2. ||------------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||-->---->-------------->--->--->-----|->---->------------->--->--->-------| ||*-6----6--------------4---6---7/9---|-6----6-------------4---6---7-------|[Gtrs.1&2] ||*-6----6--------------4---6---7/9---|-6----6-------------4---6---7-------| ||--4-00-4-00-4_2_0-00--2-0-4-0-5/7-0-|-4-00-4-00-4_2_0-00-2-0-4-0-5-0-----| ||-------------p-p--------------sl----|------------p-p---------------------| .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . . ______________________________________ | |------------9------------------------| |---------7---------------------------| |------7------------------------------|[Gtr.1] |--/7---------------------------------| |-sl-------------0--------------------| |-------------------------------------| | @ @ @ . | | | | | |------------9------------------------| |------7--10--------------------------| |--/7---------------------------------|[Gtr.2] |-sl----------------------------------| |----------------0--------------------| |-------------------------------------| @ @ @ . _____________________________________ |4. | |-------------------------------------|| |-->---->------------>--->------------|| |--6----6------------4---6--->-->-->-*||[Gtrs.1&2] |--6----6------------4---6---5--5--5-*|| |--4-00-4-00-4_2_0-0-2-0-4-0-5--5--5--|| |-------------p-p------------3--3--3--|| .. .. . . . [Rhy.Fig.3] ||------------------------------|------------------------------| ||----------------------->------|------------------------>-----| ||*----------------------3------|------------------------2-----|[Gtrs.1&2] ||*-----2----------------3------|-----2------------------2-----| ||--2-222----------------1------|-2-222------------------0-----| ||--0-000-----------------------|-0-000------------------------| || . ..^ . ..^ | || | || | ||------------------------------|------------------------------| ||---------------8--------------|------------------8-----------| ||*------------9---9------------|----------------9---9---------|[Gtr.3] ||*----------9-------9---8~-----|--------------9-------9-7~----| ||------/710--------------------|---------/710-----------------| ||-----sl-----------------------|--------sl--------------------| @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ |-------------------------------|------------------------------|| |------------------------>------|-------------------------->---|| |------------------------5------|-9----9---------------10-10--*||[Gtrs.1&2] |-------2----------------5------|-9----9---------------10-10--*|| |--2222-2----------------3------|-7-77-7---------------8--8----|| |--0000-0----------------3------|-0-00-0---------------8--8----|| | .... ^ .. ^ ^(Hold!)|| | || | || |-------------------------------|-----------------7------------|| |-----------------8-------------|---------------8---8----------|| |---------------9---9-----------|-------------9-------9-------*||[Gtr.3] |-------------9-------9-10~-----|-----------9----------10~----*|| |--------/710-------------------|------/710--------------------|| |-------sl----------------------|-----sl-----------------------|| @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ _____________ __________________ [Rhy.Fig.4] |1. ||2. | ||--------------------------------------------||------------------|| ||------------------------------------>-------||-->------->-------|| ||*-----------------------------------3------*||*-3-------3-------||[Gtrs.1&2] ||*-----------------------------------1------*||*-1-------3-------|| ||--2-222--2-222--2-222--2-222--222---1-------||--1-------1-------|| ||--0-000--0-000--0-000--0-000--000-----------||------------------|| . ... . ... . ... . ... ... ___________________________ |3. | |---------------------------|| |-------->------------------|| |--------5------------------||[Gtrs.1&2] |--------5------------------|| |--222---3------------------|| |--000---3------------------|| ... ___________________________ |4. || |---------------------------|| |-------------------->------|| |--------------------3-----*||[Gtrs.1&2] |------2-------------3-----*|| |--2-222-------------1------|| |--0-000--------------------|| | . ..^ || | || | || |---------------------------|| |-------------8-------------|| |-----------9---9----------*||[Gtr.3] |---------9-------9--8~----*|| |----/710-------------------|| |---sl----------------------|| @ @ @ @ @ @ ____________ ___________________ [Rhy.Fig.4a] |1,5. ||2,6. | ||-------------------------------------------||-------------------|| ||------------------------------------>------||-->------->--------|| ||*-----------------------------------3-----*||*-3-------3-------*||[Gtrs.1&2] ||*-----------------------------------1-----*||*-1-------3-------*|| ||--2-222--2-222--2-222--2-222--222---1------||--1-------1--------|| ||--0-000--0-000--0-000--0-000--000----------||-------------------|| . ... . ... . ... . ... ... _______________ _______________ ________________ |3,7. ||4. ||8. | ||---------------||---------------||----------------|| ||-------->------||---------------||----------------|| ||--------5------||->---->---->---||---------------*||[Gtrs.1&2] ||--------5------||-5----5----5---||---------------*|| ||--222---3------||-5----5----5---||----------------|| ||--000---3------||-3----3----3---||-0-1-2-332-110--|| ... |_|_| |_|_|_| 3 6 ________________________________ [Rhy.Fig.5] |1,3. (Split) | ||------------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------------| ||*-------------->-------------->-----------------|[Gtrs.1&2] ||*------4-------3------4-------3-------7--8--\---| ||-------2_0-----1------2_0-----1-------5--6~-\---| ||--0--1--p---0----0--1--p---0-----0--0----ph-sl--| . . . . . . . . _________________________________________________ |2. | |-------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------|| |--------------->------->-------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2] |-------4-------3-------4-------------------------|| |-------2_0-----1-------2-------------------------|| |--0--1--p---0-----0--1----0--1--2--3-3-2--1-1-0--|| | . . . . . |__|__| |_|_| |_|_| || | 3 3 3 || |_________________________________________________|| |4. || |---------------------->--------------------------|| |---------------------->--------------------------|| |-------------->-------4-------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2] |------4-------3-------4-------------------------*|| |------2_0-----1-------2--------------------------|| |--0-1--p---0-----0-0--2--------------------------|| . . . . .(Hold!) Repeat Rhy.Fig.4a [1x] Repeat Rhy.Fig.5 [1x] Repeat Rhy.Fig.1 [1x] Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 [1x] ____________ ___________________ [Rhy.Fig.4b] |1,5. ||2,6. | ||-------------------------------------------||-------------------|| ||------------------------------------>------||-->------->--------|| ||*-----------------------------------3-----*||*-3-------3-------*||[Gtrs.1&2] ||*-----------------------------------1-----*||*-1-------3-------*|| ||--2-222--2-222--2-222--2-222--222---1------||--1-------1--------|| ||--0-000--0-000--0-000--0-000--000----------||-------------------|| . ... . ... . ... . ... ... _______________ _______________ ________________ |3,7. ||4. ||8. | ||---------------||---------------||----------------|| ||-------->------||---------------||----------------|| ||--------5------||->---->---->---||---------------*||[Gtrs.1&2] ||--------5------||-5----5----5---||---------------*|| ||--222---3------||-5----5----5---||----------------|| ||--000----------||-3----3----3---||-0-1-2-332-110--|| ... . . . |_|_| |_|_|_| 3 6 [Rhy.Fig.2a] ||-----------------------------------||----------------------| ||-->---->------------->--->--->-----||--->---->-------------| ||*-6----6-------------4---6---7/9\--||---6----6-------------|[Gtrs.1&2] ||*-6----6----4_2_0----4---6---7/9\--||---6----6----4_2_0----| ||--4-44-4-44--p-p-----2---4---5/7\--||---4-44-4-44--p-p-----| ||------------------00---0---0-sl-sl-||-0-----------------00-| .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. ______________________ |1. | |----------------------|| |-->--->---------------|| |--4---6--->--->--->---||[Gtrs.1&2] |--4---6---5---5---5---|| |--2---4---5---5---5---|| |----0---0-3---3---3---|| | . . . . . || | || |______________________|| |2. || |----------------------|| |-->--->---------------|| |--4---6--->--->--->--*||[Gtrs.1&2] |--4---6---5---5---5--*|| |--2---4---5---5---5---|| |----0---0-3---3---3---|| . . [Guitar Solo] (Gtr.3) |-12_(15)\11--12_(15)\11-|-12_(15)\11--12_(15)\11-|------------------| |---tr---sl-----tr---sl--|---tr---sl-----tr---sl--|-15_fb17~---------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| | | | | | | |------15-17_18_17_15----|-15-17_18_17_15---------|-15-17_18_17_15---| |--/17------h--p--p--17~-|------h--p--p---17~-----|------h--p--p--17~| |-sl-----------------h---|----------------h-------|---------------h--| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| |--15-17_18_17_15\12-----|------------------------|------------------| |-------h--p--p--sl-1512-|-11~-----12-14-15-14-12-|-14-12-------12---| |---------------------p--|-----/14----------------|-------14-15------| |------------------------|----sl------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| | | | | | | |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|-------------10-11-10-8-|-10-8---7---------| |--15-14-12-14-12----12--|------------------------|------9---10-9-7--| |-----------------15-----|-15-14-12-14~-----------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----7-----------9-7--------------/9~---_7--------------------------| |--10---10-9-7--------10-7-10-9---sl-----p----9---8~---8_9_8_7\5-/7~-| |--------------10---------------10----------------------h-p-p-sl-sl--| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------_14-----------7_9_7---7---------------7_9_7---7-------------| |--/9----t---9~---------h-p--9---9_7----7-------h-p--9---9_7----7----| |-sl--------ph--------------------p--10---10_7------------p--10------| |-------------------------------------------p------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------7_9_7---7---------------------7-------------------------12---| |--------h-p--9---9_7-----9~--------9---9_7----7-------------12------| |--10_7------------p--10-ph----7-10------p--10---10_7-/10-14---------| |----p---------------------------------------------p-sl--------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------14-----| |-------------------------------14-------------------12_fb~----------| |--14_12----12---------------14----15_12----12-----------------------| |----p---14----14_12\-/12-15---------p---15----15_12-----------------| |----------------p--sl---------------------------p-------------------| | | | | | | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--15_12-14_b15~-r14_12-14_b15r14_12-14_b15r14_12-14_b15r14_12-------| |----p--------------p---ph-------p---ph-----p-----ph-------p---14_12-| |----------------------------------------------------------------p---| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------12141514121412------12----------------------------| |--------------/14-|_____|______|-1514--|-151412----12---------------| |-------------sl---------7--------|__|__|-|__|_|-14--|-1412----------| |------------------------------------3-------3----|__|_|__|-1412-----| |--14_12\10-10~--------------------------------------4------|__|-14--| |----p--sl-----------------------------------------------------|__|--| | (Fast!) 3 | | | | | |-----------------------------121415---------------------------------| |----------------------121415-|__|_|-121415--------------------------| |---------12----121415-|__|_|----3---|__|_|-121415-------------------| |--121415-|_-15-|__|_|----3-------------3---|__|_|-121415----121415--| |--|__|_|---|_|----3---------------------------3---|__|_|-15-|__|_|--| |-----3------2----------------------------------------3---|__|--4----| |------------------------------121415--------------------------------| |---------121415--------121415-|__|_|-151412-------------------------| |--121415-|__|_|-121415-|__|_|----3---|__|_|-151412------------------| |--|__|_|----3---|__|_|----3-------------3---|__|_|-151412----12-----| |-----3-------------3---------------------------3---|__|_|-15-||-15--| |------------------------------------------------------3---|__||_|---| | 3 | | | | | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--1412~-----------------------(12)~--------------------------(12)\--| |-----------------------------------------------------------------sl-| [Rhy.Fig.3a] ||--------------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------->------| ||*------------------------------------------3------|[Gtrs.1&2] ||*------------------------------------------3------| ||--2-222---2-222---2--222---2-222---2222----1------| ||--0-000---0-000---0--000---0-000---0000-----------| || . ... . ... . ... . ... .... | || | || | ||------------------------15------------------------| ||-------------------17---------17------------------| ||*-------------16-------------------16-----15~-----|[Gtr.3] ||*--14----17---------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------->------| |--------------------------------------------2------|[Gtrs.1&2] |--------------------------------------------2------| |---2-222---2-222---2--222---2-222---2222----0------| |---0-000---0-000---0--000---0-000---0000-----------| | . ... . ... . ... . ... .... | | | | | |-------------------------15------------------------| |--------------------17---------17------------------| |---------------16-------------------16-----14~-----|[Gtr.3] |----14----17---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------->------| |--------------------------------------------5------|[Gtrs.1&2] |--------------------------------------------5------| |---2-222---2-222---2--222---2-222---2222----3------| |---0-000---0-000---0--000---0-000---0000----3------| | . ... . ... . ... . ... .... | | | | | |-------------------------15------------------------| |--------------------17---------17------------------| |---------------16-------------------16-----17~-----|[Gtr.3] |----14----17---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------>-->-->--|| |-----------------------------------------10-10-10-*||[Gtrs.1&2] |-----------------------------------------10-10-10-*|| |---2-222---2-222---2--222---2-222---2222-8--8--8---|| |---0-000---0-000---0--000---0-000---0000-8--8--8---|| | . ... . ... . ... . ... .... || | || | || |-------------------------19----15------------------|| |--------------------17----------------17-----------|| |---------------16---------------------------17~---*||[Gtr.3] |----14----17--------------------------------------*|| |---------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------------|| Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 [1x] [Rhy.Fig.6] ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||------------------------->------|------------------------>-------| ||*------9---7-----9--7"-/10------|------9---7-----7----7"-8--->---|[Gtr.1] ||*-------------------7"-/10------|---------------------7"-8---8---| ||--7-7---7---7-7---7-5"-/8-------|-7-7---7---7-7---7-7-5"-6---8---| ||----------------------sl--------|----------------------------6---| || . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | || | || | ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|------------------------>-------| ||*->-----------------------------|------------------------8--->---|[Gtr.2] ||*-2-----------------------------|------------------------8---8---| ||--2-----------------------------|------------------------6---8---| ||--0-----------------------------|----------------------------6---| Let ring - - - ] |---------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |------9---7-----7_9---9----7---9-|---7---7_9--7---->--->--->-----*||[Gtr.1] |-----------------h---------------|--------h----X\--5---5---5-----*|| |-7-7---7---7-7-----7---7---7-7---|-7--7----7---X\--5---5---5------|| |---------------------------------|--------------sl-3---3---3------|| | || | || | || |---------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |->-------------------------------|----------------->--->--->-----*||[Gtr.2] |-2-(2)---------------------------|-----------------5---5---5-----*|| |-2-(2)---------------------------|-----------------5---5---5------|| |-0-(0)---------------------------|-----------------3---3---3------|| Repeat Rhy.Fig.4a [2x] (1st time, substitute below ending.) _______________ |4. | |---------------|| |---------------|| |-->------>----*||[Gtrs.1&2] |--5------5----*|| |--5------5-----|| |--3------3-----|| Repeat Rhy.Fig.5 [2x] (Last time, use below ending.) [Outro] |-->--------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-->--------------------------|-----------------------------|| |--4--------------------------|-(4)---------------------->-*||[Gtrs.1&2] |--4--------------------------|-(4)----------------------2-*|| |--2--------------------------|-(2)----------------------2--|| |--2--------------------------|-(2)-0-2-3-443-332-0-0-1--0--|| |_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_|(End!) 3 6 3 --'THE PREACHER' LYRICS-- (Skolnick, Peterson, Billy) In days of old When the books were untold Speak of a world crushed by sin. "The people will mourn of a war to be born" Nobody would listen to him. Think back in time When the future you find Is so faint that it's too hard to see. Don't disavow his word For the truth must be heard Cause the preacher tells visions he sees. In 1906 Like the future predicts The city will crumble to the bay Then what's in store When the worlds go to war? Peace will have come another day Then came the one In the year of '41 Warfare would light up the sky He beckoned the call Of the future for all Blinded by what's in his eyes In days of old When the books were untold Speak of a world crushed by sin. "The people will mourn of a war to be born" Nobody would listen to him. Think back in time When the future you find Is so faint that it's too hard to see. Don't disavow his word For the truth must be heard Cause the preacher tells visions he sees. Listen to these words I preach Catastrophic lessons they shall teach Listen to these words I preach Catastrophic lessons they shall teach Check Out Secret-Face.com, With More Transcriptions On It: http://www.secret-face.com/