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The Ballad by Testament
The Ballad
* harmonic ~~ vibrato / slide
/fb full bend /hb\ half bend & release
p pull off h hammeron
|--0--0--|-------------------4-----0-----0h2-|-------4----0----0h2-0--0--------|
|--5--3--|-----2-----2---------2-----2-------|--2------2----2------5--3--------|
|--6--4--|.------3-----3---3-----3-----------|----4----------------6--4-------.|
|--7--5--|.--4-----4-----4-------------4-----|-4----5----4---4-----7--5-2h4h6-.|
|--------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------2-5-4-2-------------------|
|-------------------1-3-4-5~~(1)----1-----5-------4-3-1-3-1~~--------|
|-4------------1-2-4-------------2----4--4-------------------2-2/6-4-|
|---4-----1h2h4------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------9p--7p5---------------------------------------------|
|-----------4-5-7--------9p7p5-5--7-5h7--4h5p4-2----------------------|
|------3-4-5------------------------------------4-3-1-----------------|
|-2-4-6----------------------------------------------4-2-1------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------4-2-1-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------4-2-0--|
guitar 1
|-11h12p11p9--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------12p11p9-11h12p11p9--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------11p9p8-9h11p9p8-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------11p9p8-9h1p9p8---|
|----------------------------------------------------------11-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| guitar 2 |
|----------0----------------------0---------------------------|
|---0--------0-0---0----0-0--0-----------0------0-------------|
|-----3-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------2-----------------------2-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
guitar 1
|----12*----0h4h6h7-6-4--------------------|
|-12*------------------5-/7-5/7-5/7--------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
| guitar 2 |
|--------0---------0-----------------------|
|------------0-----------------------------|
|-1---1----------1----1-1-1-1---1----------|
|------------------------------------4-----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-18hb--16-16~~--16-14------------------------------------------------------14---|
|---------------------17-14----------------------------------14--16-14-17-16--17-|
|--------------------------16-15--------------15--15-13-16-15--16----------------|
|-------------------------------16-14-13-16-14--16-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-14-18-16-14---------------------------------------------------12--------------------|
|---------------17-16-14--------------------------------------14-16--16/hb\--------------|
|-----------------------16-15-13---15/-(16)13---------13-15-16--------------x-13/hb\15---|
|-------------------------------14---------------14-16--------------------------------16-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|----------13h14h16--13-----------------------|
|--13h14h16--------16--13h14--13--------------|
|---------------------------16--14h16p14-14---|
guitar 1
|------------------------------2-0-0h2-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----11/3--9----9/11---11\----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------10-9-7--------------|
|-----9/11--7----7/9----9\---------------------10-9-7--------|
|----------------------------------------------------10-7----|
| guitar 2 |
|------0-------0---------------------------------------------|
|--------0--------------------------2----------2--0-0--------|
|-1-1------1------1-1-1-1---1----------3---------------------|
|------------------------------4--4-------4------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Clean part under lyrics - repeat as needed
guitar 1
|----------------------------9--10--9--7-------7--8--7--5------7--5------0---3-|
|------------------3-------7--7---7--7--7-----6-6--6--6--6---6--6-------8--3---|
|---------------0-0-0-0-0-7-7--7---7--7--7---7---5--5--5--5-5-5--5-----9----4--|
|--------------2---------2------------------7--------------7---------10---5----|
|------------------------------------------5-----------------------------------|
|-10h12-------0----------------------------------------------------------------|
| guitar 2 |
|------0----------0-------2-0-------0------1-0--1--0-1-0h1p0-----0-0-----------|
|-----0-0--------0-0-----3-3-3------3-----3-3-3--3----------1-0-1-1-1----------|
|----0---0-0----0---0-0-4-----4---4------------2--2------------------0--0------|
|---2-----0----2---------------4-4-4-----0-----------------------------2--0----|
|-------------------------------2------------------------------0------3----2---|
|-0-----------0----------------------------------------------------------3--3--|
solo(interlude)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------8-7-5-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------6-5-6-8-----8-5--|
|---3---------------------------------7---------------7\--------------------|
|-----4---------5-7-7/hb\p5-7-5-7h9----9-7-7h9--9-9-9-----------------------|
|-------5---/7--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------5\---------------|
|--------------------------------------5\\--------------|
|-7/fb\p5------------------5---5-7p5h7-5\\--------------|
|--------7p5-7~~--7p5-5h7p5--7-----------\--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
"the games are played with your life on the line..." [repeat as needed]
|---0----0-0--|---0--------0-|------|---0-------|
|---0----0-0--|---3--------3-|---6--|---1--1--0-|
|---0----0-0--|---4--7--4--4-|---7--|---2--0--0-|
|---2----2-2--|-4-4--7--4--4-|-7-7--|---2--2--0-|
|---2----2-2--|-2----5--2--2-|-5-5--|-0-0--4--2-|
|-0----0------|--------------|------|---------0-|
end with: h------------|
|-----5---------|---------------------|
|-----5---------|---------------------|
|-----5---0--0--|---5-----------------|
|-----7---2--0--|-----4-----5--4------|
|-----7---3--2--|-------3-------------|
|-5---5------3--|-0-------3-----------|
Solo [guitar 2 repeats back clean part as needed]
guitar 1
|--------12-14-15-14-12-/14---12-------------7-9-10-9-7-5h6--5------------|
|------12-----------------------15-12~~----/7-----------------7-7~~~~-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| guitar 2 |
|------0-----------------------2--0---------------0--------1---3-----1----|
|-----0----------------------3--3--3--------------3------3---3---3----3---|
|----0---------------------4---------4-------4---------------------2---2--|
|---2----------------------------------4---4---4--------0-----------------|
|----------------------------------------2--------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------6-------------5/----------5------------------------------|
|----5-7---7-----------5/----------5-----------5-7/9~~---7-9/12~~-|
|-5/7--------7p5/7~~---5/----7~~---5---7~~------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| guitar 2 |
|-0-1-0h1p0------------0---0------------------------|
|-----------1-0------1---1-----1--------------------|
|---------------------------------0------0----------|
|--------------------------------------2-------0----|
|-----------------0------------------3-----------2--|
|--------------------------------------------3-----3|
guitar 1
|--------------------------------7-10/fb----10-7--------------------|
|----------10-11-12-10/fb~~---/7----------------10------------------|
|------9-12---------------------------------------9/hb\p7-9-7~~-----|
|-9h12---------------------------------------------------9-9--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
guitar 1
|---5-8-7-5/----------------------------8--------------6--------3---------|
|--6--------8/fb\6-8-6-8-8/fb\-8-8/fb-----8/fb~~~~--/10-8------3----------|
|-------------------7------------------------------------9----4--2/3~~~~--|
|---------------------------------------------------------10-5------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
from now its just riffs with distortion:
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|-7--7-7-7---777-777-777-7-7777--|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|-5--5-5-5---555-555-555-5-5555--|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ....
end with (2guitars)
|----------------8--------------------------|
|-------------------6---------------3-------|
|----------------------9---------4----------|
|----------------5----5---10--5-------------|
|-7--7-7-7--7777-3----3---5--5--5-----------|
|-5--5-5-5--5555----------3--3--3-----------|
. . .... . . .
"ive been robbed, i've been used..." part
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------4--------7--------6--------5-4---------|
|-2--------2--------5--------4--------3-2-5-------|
|-0---------------------------------------3-------|
. . .
Part with the lead fill
|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-|-----2-------2-------2-------2------|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-|-----2-------2-------2-------2------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
lead fill
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----9-7\5----Feedback------7--7h8p7----9-7\5-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------14h15p14----------------|
|-7-----8-7\5----17-A.h.--7h8p7--------------7h8p7p5----0--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
Solo
|-12t7p5p0h7-12t7p5p0h5-|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-12t7p5p0h7-12t7p5p0h5-|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---x2------------------|-----------------------|--12t7p5p0h5h7---|
|-----------------------|--x2-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--x4-------------|
(back guitar: E5 B5 D5
|------------------------------------7------------5----------------------|
|--------------------------------7-----7--------------5----5-------------|
|-------------------------------7-7------7~~-----7---7--7----------------|
|--------------9----9----------9----------------7---------7---7~~p.h.~~--|
|-0h2p0---7-10---10---10-7~~---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(back guitar:A5 C5-B5-A5 |after repeat until mentioned
|----8-7-5-----17-14-14----------14--16--17--16--17-16-14--------|
|---x-------------------17/fb~~---------------------------x------|
|--x-------------------------------------------------------13~~--|
|-x---------4----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|F#5 E5
|-(14)---------------------------------------------------------------14-17--16--14----------|
|-----14-----------------------------------------------------------14---------------17/fb~~-|
|-------14--13-14------------------------------------------------14-------------------------|
|---------15-----16-14-16-14-----------------------------------16---------------------------|
|---------------------------16-17-14-16----------------------16-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------17-16-14p.h.~~---14h17-------------------------------|
F#5
|-14-16-17-19/fb--19/fb~~-------12h17---14-12---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------15-------------14-15h17p15p14-15p14----------------|
|--------------------------x\------------------13---13-14-15--------------------16-12-12-14-12--|
|--------------------------x\\------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------\------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-11h14p11--9/fb\p11--9/fb\p11--9/fb\p11p9\7-9-6-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
p.h.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------7-9-10-9-7-9-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------7-9-10-------------|
|-7p6-------------------------------------------6/1&hb\6-------6-7-9-------------------|
|-----9-9p7-9p7------------------------6-7-9-6-7----------6-7-9------------------------|
|---------------9/1&hb\--x--5-7-9-5-7-9------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-9----------9--12--9--------------------9h12p9----------------9h14p9--------------|
|-----12-9-10-12---------(11)------------------------------------x------19------------|
|-----------------------------9----------10-------(11)---------10---------(11)--------|
|-------------------------------x-----11-------------(11)----11---------------11------|
|---------------------------------11---------------------9-12-------------------9p.h.-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
lead fill again
|----------------------------------14h15p14----------------|
|-7-----8-7\5----17-A.h.--7h8p7--------------7h8p7p5----0--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
and end with main (and first to appear) distortion riff
I'm not one to say
Where my feelings are going when they wither away
I pray to see another day
My heart's feeling like a needle lost in the hay
Restrained to meet again
My friend do you think that we ever will
I know we are free...
The games are played with your life on the line
Some lose, you win if you keep on trying
I don't mind doing the time, I'm happier being alive
Now I know the means to my opression were all lies
The only truth is your own most sacred lesson I've ever learned
I know we are free...
Yeah,
Don't go,
No,
Don't look back,
Just realize
I've been robbed, I've been fooled
I intent now to make my own rules
Dagger's edge cut the life, I've been down that road too many times
What's to fear, fear no more,
Show my conscience what fear's for
Now I know this is so real
What's done is done so do as you will!
I'm keeping alive! Go on, no don't look back
Just realise where you've gone.
Where are you going to, no life's not done wit you
You're only just begun, to live your life, for you...
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version 2
-------------------|-------9-----10------9-------7----------------|
-----------3-------|---7-----7------7------7-------7--------------|
-------0-0---0-0-0-|--7--7-----7------7------7-------7------------|
-----2-------------|-9--------------------------------------------|
-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
--0----------------|----------------------------------------------|
----------7-----8-----7-----5------|
--------6---6-----6-----6-----6----|
------7-------5-----5-----5-----5--|
----7------------------------------|
--5--------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|
-----------7------5----------8------------3---------------|
------5------5-------------8--------3---------------------|
----5---5------5---------9-------------4------------------|
--7-------------------10---------5------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------|
I'm not one to say
Where my feelings are going when they wither away
I pray to see another day
My heart's feeling like a needle lost in the hay
Restrained to meet again
My friend do you think that we ever will
I know we are free...
The games are played with your life on the line
Some lose, you win if you keep on trying
I don't mind doing the time, I'm happier being alive
Now I know the means to my opression were all lies
The only truth is your own most sacred lesson I've ever learned
I know we are free...
Yeah,
Don't go,
No,
Don't look back,
Just realize
I've been robbed, I've been fooled
I intent now to make my own rules
Dagger's edge cut the life, I've been down that road too many times
What's to fear, fear no more,
Show my conscience what fear's for
Now I know this is so real
What's done is done so do as you will!
I'm keeping alive! Go on, no don't look back
Just realise where you've gone.
Where are you going to, no life's not done wit you
You're only just begun, to live your life, for you...
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