#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# ALONE IN THE DARK (Bassline) As recorded by Testament (From the 1987 Album THE LEGACY) Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com Words by Souza Music by Skolnick and Peterson Arranged by Testament Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass' Intro Solo Moderately Q=140 4/4 Gtr I W +W W +W ||-----------|------------|----------|---------|| ||o----------|------------|----------|--------o|| ||o----------|------------|----------|--------o|| ||--5--------|-(5)--------|-1--------|-(1)-----|| H a E Q E +E E Q E E E E |---------------|------------------| |------5h7-5----|----------------7-| |-------------7-|-(7)-6-5------7---| |-5-------------|------------5-----| Q. S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S S E |----------------------|-2-2-0---------------------| |--------------3-3-2-0-|-------3-3-3-2-0-----------| |------3-3-2-0---------|---------------------------| |-1--------------------|-----------------3-3-3-1-0-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| Q a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W |------------------------|-------------------------|------| |----5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---5-----|------| |------------------------|-----------------7---7-5-|-8----| |-5----------------------|-------------------------|------| Fast Rock Q=194 E E H. +W Wx3 H Q Q |-------------|------------||------------|------------| |-------------|------------||------------|------------| |-5-7-8-------|-(8)--------||------------|---------3--| |-------------|------------||------------|------1-----| E H. E E H. E E H. E E Q. Q Q |-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|| |-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-12---------3--|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|---------1-----|| 1.,2.,3. E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q 4x ||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| ||o-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--|---------------o|| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----3---o|| ||-----------------|----------------|----------------|--------1-------|| 1st and Last Verses 4. $ E Q. Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q |--------------||-----------------|----------------|----------------| |--------------||o-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--| |-0---------3--||o-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----| |--------1-----||-----------------|----------------|----------------| Chorus E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q |---------------||-||----------------|----------------|-----------------| |--------------o||-||-------------1--|----------------|-------------1---| |-0-0-0-----3--o||-||-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----| |--------1------||-||----------------|----------------|-----------------| E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q |--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--------------|-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--| |-0-0-0-----3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----| |--------1-----|----------------|----------------|----------------| Breakdown E E Q Q Q W H H E E E E E E E E |--------------|----------|-----------||-----------------| |--------------|----------|-3---------||-----------------| |-0-0-0--1--3--|-5--------|------3----||-----------------| |--------------|----------|-----------||-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-------1-4-0-4--|-----------------| |---------2-0-3--|-----------------|---0-3----------|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-| 2nd Verse To Coda E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E H. E E E E E E E Q |----------------|-----------------|-------------||-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-------------||o-------------1--| |---------2-0-3--|-----------------|-------------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0----| |-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|-2-----------||-----------------| Chorus II E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q 4x E E E E E E Q |----------------|----------------|---------------||-||-----------------| |----------------|-------------1--|--------------o||-||-------------1---| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----3--o||-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-----| |----------------|----------------|--------1------||-||-----------------| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q |----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------| |----------------|-------------1--|--------------|-------------1--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----| |----------------|----------------|--------1-----|----------------| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q W |----------------|----------------|--------------|------| |----------------|-------------1--|--------------|------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0--1--3--|-5----| |----------------|----------------|--------------|------| Breakdown II H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |-----------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-3---------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |------3----||-----------------|---------2-0-3--|-----------------| |-----------||-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-------1-4-0-4--|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |---0-3----------|-----------------|---------2-0-3--|-----------------| |-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-| 3rd Verse E H. E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q |-------------||----------------|----------------|----------------| |-------------||-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--| |-------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----| |-2-----------||----------------|----------------|----------------| E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q |--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--------------|-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--| |-0-0-0-----3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----| |--------1-----|----------------|----------------|----------------| Interlude E Q. Q Q H E E E E +E E E Q E E E W |--------------||--------------|------------------|------| |--------------||------7p5---7-|-(7)-5---7--5-----|------| |-0---------3--||----------7---|-------7------5-7-|-8----| |--------1-----||-5------------|------------------|------| E E E Q E E E H E E E E +E E E Q E E E W |----------------|--------------|------------------|------| |----------------|------7p5---7-|-(7)-5---7--5-----|------| |-8-7-5-7--5-5-7-|----------7---|-------7------5-7-|-8----| |----------------|-5------------|------------------|------| E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-8-7-5-7--5-5-7-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--|-----------------| |----------------||-----------------|----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-------------3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| |-1-1-1-1-1-1----|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| Guitar Solo E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-----------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E Q Q Q 4x H Q. E W H Q. E |---------------||-||-------------|----------|--------------| |--------------o||-||-------------|----------|--------------| |-0-0-0--------o||-||-------------|----------|--------------| |--------1--0---||-||-1----3----5-|-5--------|-1----3----5--| W H Q. E W H Q. E |----------|-------------|----------|-------------| |----------|-------------|----------|-------------| |----------|-------------|----------|-------------| |-5--------|-1----3----5-|-5--------|-1----3----0-| 2/4 4/4 W +H Wx3 E E Q Q Q |----------|--------||------------|--------------| |----------|--------||------------|--------------| |----------|--------||------------|-0-0-0-----3--| |-0--------|-(0)----||------------|--------1-----| D.S. al Coda E H. E E H. E E H. E E Q. Q Q |-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|| |-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-12---------3--|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|---------1-----|| Outro & E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------| |-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--|--------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----3--| |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------1-----| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E H. E |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------*| |-------------1--|----------------|-------------1--|-------------*| |-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-----------*| |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------*| 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- natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting / - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip - 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths