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D.N.R (DO NOT RESUSCITATE)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1999 Album THE GATHERING)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com (slaya)
Words by Chuck Billy Music by Eric Peterson
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'James'
Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Eric'
Intro, 1st Verse
Fast Heavy Rock Q=190
$
E5 Bb5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM
Wx8 E E E E S S S S E E
|------------||---------------------||------------||---------------------||------------||---------------------||------------||-2-----------------8-||------------||-2-------7p5h7p5---8-||------------||-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|
N.C.(E) Bb5
PM------| PM PM PM--| PM
E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E|-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|---------------------8---||-----------7p5h7p5-----|-----------7p5h7p5---8---||-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6---|
Q=188
F5 D5 E5 Bb5 Bb5
PM------| PM PM--| PM PM------| PM
E E S S E E E S +S E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E|------------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||------------------------||o---------------------|-----------------------||-----------10---7-(7)s9-||--9-------------------|-----------------------||-----------10---7-(7)s9-||--9-----------------8-|-----------------------||------------8---5-(5)s7-||o-7-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5---8-||-0-0-0-0-0----0---------||----0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|
G5 Bb5 F5 D5 E5 PM PM--| PM PM------| PM E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E E E S +S E 3x|-----------------------|-------------------------|||-----------------------|------------------------o|||-----------------------|-----------10---7-(7)s9--|||---------------------8-|-----------10---7-(7)s9--|||---5-------7p5h7p5---8-|------------8---5-(5)s7-o|||-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0----0----------||
Chorus 2nd time
Em
PM----| PM--|
E S S S S E S S E S S E|-||--------------------------||-||o-------------------------||-||--------------------------||-||--5---------5-----5-----5-||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-||--------------------------|
Fm Dm Em
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM--|
S S S S E +S S S S S S S +S E E S S S S E S S E S S E|---------------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------||---------6-(6)s3---------3-(3)s5-|-5---------5-----5-----5-||-8-8-8-8-8-(8)s5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)s7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
1.
Fm Gm Am
PM----| PM------|
S S S S E +S S S S S S E +S S|--------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------o|||--------------------------------------------|||---------6-(6)s=8--------------8--(8)s10----|||-8-8-8-8-8-(8)s10-10-10-10-10-10-(10)s12---o|||--------------------------------------------||
2.
D.S. $$
F5 D5 E Bb5
PM----| PM----| PM| PM PM------| PM
S S S S E +E S S S S Q E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E|-----------------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------------||o---------------------|-----------------------||---------10-(10)\---------7--||----------------------|-----------------------||---------10-(10)\---------7--||--------------------8-|-----------------------||-8-8-8-8--8--(8)\-5-5-5-5-5--||o-7-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5---8-||-----------------------------||--0-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|
G5 Bb5 F5 D5 E5 PM PM--| PM PM------| PM E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E E E S +S E|-----------------------|-------------------------|||-----------------------|------------------------o|||-----------------------|-----------10---7-(7)s9--|||---------------------8-|-----------10---7-(7)s9--|||---5-------7p5h7p5---8-|------------8---5-(5)s7-o|||-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0----0----------||
2nd and 4th Verse Bb5 PM| PM PM------| PM E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E|-||----------------------|------------------------||-||o---------------------|------------------------||-||--9-------------------|------------------------||-||--9-----------------8-|------------------------||-||o-7-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5---8--||-||----0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6--|
G5 Bb5 F5 D5 E5 PM PM--| PM PM------| PM E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E E E S +S E|-----------------------|-------------------------|||-----------------------|------------------------o|||-----------------------|-----------10---7-(7)s9--|||---------------------8-|-----------10---7-(7)s9--|||---5-------7p5h7p5---8-|------------8---5-(5)s7-o|||-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0----0----------||
Chorus
Em
PM----| PM--|
E S S S S E S S E S S E|-||--------------------------||-||o-------------------------||-||--------------------------||-||--5---------5-----5-----5-||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-||--------------------------|
Fm Dm Em
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM--|
S S S S E +S S S S S S S +S E E S S S S E S S E S S E|---------------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------||---------6-(6)s3---------3-(3)s5-|-5---------5-----5-----5-||-8-8-8-8-8-(8)s5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)s7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
1.
Fm Gm Am
PM----| PM------|
S S S S E +S S S S S S E +S S|--------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------o|||--------------------------------------------|||---------6-(6)s=8--------------8--(8)s10----|||-8-8-8-8-8-(8)s10-10-10-10-10-10-(10)s12---o|||--------------------------------------------||
Bridge
2. Slightly slower Q=186
To Coda
F5 D5 F5 E5F5 E5 E5 Eb5
PM----| PM----| PM PM
S S S S E +E S S S S Q S +S E S +S E E S +S E E|-----------------------------||----------------------------------||-----------------------------||o---------------------------------||---------10-(10)\---------7--||--10-(10)s9-10-(10)s9---9-(9)s8---||---------10-(10)\---------7--||--10-(10)s9-10-(10)s9---9-(9)s8---||-8-8-8-8--8--(8)\-5-5-5-5-5--||o--8--(8)s7--8--(8)s7---7-(7)s6---||-----------------------------||----------------------0---------0-|
A5 Ab5F5 E5 EbBb5 A5 S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E 4x|---------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------o|||-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9-9-(9)s8----------|||-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9-9-(9)s8-8-(8)s7--|||-12-(12)s11--8--(8)s7-7-(7)s6-8-(8)s7-o|||------------------------------6-(6)s5--||
Guitar Break
Accel Q=188
A5
Gtr II
PM----| PM----| PM------| PM----|
S S S S S S S S 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---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------2p0---------------||||----------------------------------|---------------------2p0-----------||||o-3p0-0-0-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0-6p5-0-0-|-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0---------3p2p0----o||||----------------------------------|-------------------------------3---||
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| Gtr I| E E Q H W||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||--7-------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o-7-------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||--5-------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
N.C.
PM----| PM----| PM------| PM----|
S S S S S S S S 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---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------2p0---------------||||----------------------------------|---------------------2p0-----------||||o-3p0-0-0-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0-6p5-0-0-|-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0---------3p2p0----o||||----------------------------------|-------------------------------3---||
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| PM----| PM----| PM------| PM----|
| S S S S S S S S 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---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------2p0---------------||||----------------------------------|---------------------2p0-----------||||o-3p0-0-0-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0-6p5-0-0-|-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0---------3p2p0----o||||----------------------------------|-------------------------------3---||
3rd Verse E5 F5 E5 D5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------|||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7----|||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7----|||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5----|||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------|||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5----|||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
F5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||-------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------9--9--9--9-||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-------------||-------------------------------------------------|
E5 D5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-||--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-||---------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
E5 F5 E5 D5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7---||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7---||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7---||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||-------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------9--9--9--9-||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-------------||-------------------------------------------------|
E5 D5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------------o|||-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7--|||-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7--|||--8--8--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--7--7-5-5-5-5-o|||----------------------------------------------||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------------o|||-------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9--|||-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------------------|||---------------------------------------------o|||----------------------------------------------||
D.S.S. al Coda E5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9-9-9-|||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9-9-9-|||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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| ~~~| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----------|||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||---------------------------------|-------------------------[7]-------|||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Bridge
&
F5 E5F5 E5 E5 Eb5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM
S +S E S +S E E S +S E E
||----------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|||--10-(10)s9-10-(10)s9---9-(9)s8---|||--10-(10)s9-10-(10)s9---9-(9)s8---|||o--8--(8)s7--8--(8)s7---7-(7)s6---|||----------------------0---------0-|
1.,2.,3. 4. A5 Ab5F5 E5 EbBb5 A5 A5 Ab5F5 E5 S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E 4x S +S E S +S E H|---------------------------------------||-----------------------------|||--------------------------------------o||-----------------------------|||-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9-9-(9)s8----------||-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9--------|||-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9-9-(9)s8-8-(8)s7--||-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9--------|||-12-(12)s11--8--(8)s7-7-(7)s6-8-(8)s7-o||-12-(12)s11--8--(8)s7--------|||------------------------------6-(6)s5--||----------------------12\----||
Outro
Q=181
E5 Bb5 G5 Bb5
Gtr I
PM| PM PM------| PM PM PM--| PM
E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------||-2-----------------8-|-------------------------|------------------------8--||-2-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5-----8-|------5-------7p5h7p5---8--||-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0-----------0-6-|---0--3-0-0-0---------0-6--|
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| Gtr II| <| ~~~~~~~~~~~| E E Q H H Q Q +W|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|-------------------/12---|-(12)----------------------||-2-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------||-2-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------||-0-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
F5 D5 E5 Bb5 Bb5 PM--------| PM PM--| PM PM------| PM E E S S E E E S +S E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||---------------10---7-(7)s==9---|-9-------------------|-----------------------||---------------10---7-(7)s==9---|-9-----------------8-|-----------------------||----------------8---5-(5)s==7---|-7-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5---8-||---0---0-0-0-0----0-------------|---0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|
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| ~~~~~ PM--| PM PM------| PM| +H.. +E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||-(12)---------------------(12)\-|-9-------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------------|-9-----------------8-|-----------------------||--------------------------------|-7-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5---8-||--------------------------------|---0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|
G5 Bb5 F5 D5 E5 PM PM--| PM PM------| PM E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E E E S +S E E E Q H|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------*||-----------------------|------------------------|-------------*||-----------------------|-----------10---7-(7)s9-|-9-----------*||---------------------8-|-----------10---7-(7)s9-|-9-----------*||---5-------7p5h7p5---8-|------------8---5-(5)s7-|-7-----------*||-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0----0---------|-------------*|
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| PM PM--| PM PM------| PM| E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E E E S +S E E E Q H|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------*||-----------------------|------------------------|-------------*||-----------------------|-----------10---7-(7)s9-|-9-----------*||---------------------8-|-----------10---7-(7)s9-|-9-----------*||---5-------7p5h7p5---8-|------------8---5-(5)s7-|-7-----------*||-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0----0---------|-------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
\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
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| - 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
