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Testament: Do or die

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Testament - Do+or+die



Tabbed by: Steven Scifo
Email: stscifo@adelphia.net

Tuning: Standard

Legend:
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato

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This is a pretty fast song, and being thrash metal, that means during certain riffs, there
are a lot of notes played in very short amount of time, making it difficult to hear how the
notes are grouped.  So to make it easier, I indicate the grouping I use during some of the
more confusing parts.  Hope it saves you some trouble learning this killer song!

Intro:
Riff 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|7-----------------------------5-3--2---|
A|5-55|5555|5555|5555|5555|5555|3-1-|0---|
E|1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|7--------------------------12--------10---|
A|5-55|5555|5555|5555|101010|10---|888-|8---|
E|1___|2___|3___|4___|1_____|2____|3___|4___|

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|7-----------------------------5-3--2---|
A|5-55|5555|5555|5555|5555|5555|3-1-|0---|
E|1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|7--------------------------------------|
A|5-55|5555|5555|5555|-----5---------3---|
E|----|----|----|----|333-|3---|111-|1---|
 |1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|



Verse:
Riff 1(x2)
"Living my life on borrowed time..."

Chorus:
Riff 2 (x2)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3--3--4-----4-----4-----4-----4--4--|
A|-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5--5--6-666-6-666-6-666-6-666-6--6--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
   "Nobody can hear you scream or shout..."
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------3-----3-----3-----3-----3--3--|
A|-4-----4-----4-----4-----4--4--5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5--5--|
E|-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5--5--------------------------------|
  "Once you're in you won't come out..."



Melodic Lead (x2):
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7˜------5~----------------8˜---5˜---7~-----5----------5˜----------------------------7˜|
A|5~------8˜------7-8-7-5--6~------------------8---8-7-----------7˜---8~----7-8-7----5~-----|
E|------------------------------------------------------5˜------------------------9---------|

e|---------------------------|----------------|
B|---------------------------|----------------|
G|---------------------------|----------------|
D|8p7p5--7p5----5------------|----------------|
A|-----------8----8p7--8p7p5-|-5˜---8-7-5-----|
E|---------------------------|------------8---|
        First Ending 	     Second Ending

Lead fill during first ending:
e|--------------------------------|
B|--11p10p8-----------------------|
G|----------10p9p7----------------|
D|-----------------10p8p7---------|
A|------------------------10p8p7--|
E|--------------------------------|

Under Melodic Lead, play:
Riff 3 (x2):
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|7---------------------------------------8--------------------------------------|
A|5---|5-5-|5555|5555|5555|5555|5555|5555|6---|6-6-|6666|6666|6666|6666|6666|6666|
E|1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------7--------------------------------------|
A|7---------------------------------------5---|5-5-|5555|5555|5555|5555|5555|5555|
E|5---|5-5-|5555|5555|5555|5555|5555|5555|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
 |1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|



Riff 1


Verse:
Riff 1 (x2)
"Watching the clash between the forces below..."

Chorus
Riff 2 (x2)
"Nobody can hear you scream or shout..."


Melodic Lead (x2) played over Riff 3 (x2)

End with an E5 chord after Melodic Lead:
e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|-2----|
A|-2----|
E|-0----|


Riff 4 (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------9\8-----8\7---------------------9\8-----8\7------------|
A|--------7\6-----6\5-----5-6-7-----------7\6-----6\5-----5---7--|
E|000|000|---|000|---|000|3-4|5--|000|000|---|000|---|000|3--|5--|
 |1__|2__|3__|4__|1__|2__|3__|4__|1__|2__|3__|4__|1__|2__|3__|4__|



Solo over:
Riff 5 (x2)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----222-------222-------222-----------------444-------444---------------------|
E|0-0-|000-|0-0-|000-|0-0-|000-|6-5-|3-0-|2-2-|222-|2-2-|222-|2-2-|000-|222-|333-|
 |1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----222-------222-------222-----------------444-------444-------2----4----5---|
E|0-0-|000-|0-0-|000-|0-0-|000-|6-5-|3-0-|2-2-|222-|2-2-|222-|2-2-|0---|2---|3---|
 |1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|1___|2___|3___|4___|

										                      End Solo:


Riff 6 (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---4-------4-------4-----333222---4-------4-------4-----8---7--|
E|-0-2-333-0-2-333-0-2-333--------0-2-333-0-2-333-0-2-333-6---5--|



Breakdown:
Riff 7 (x2)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-6---6-5---5-4---4-3---3-2---2--7-6---6-5---5-4---4-3---7-6---6-|
A|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----3--------0-----0-----0-----0-----7---|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 7a (x2)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------10-9----9-|
A|-7-6---6-5---5-4---4-3---3-2---2--7-6---6-5---5-4---4-3--------10---|
E|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----3--------0-----0-----0-----0-----------|

During harmonized part, second guitar plays 3rd's.


Riff 8 (x4)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5\3---------------------------------5\3---------------3-------4---5--|
A|5\3-------------3-2-----------------5\3---------------1-------2---3--|
E|---|0-00|0-0|-0-1|0--|0-00|0-00|0-0|---|0-00|0-00|0-0|---|0-0|--0|--0|
 |1__|2___|3__|_4__|1__|2___|3___|4__|1__|2___|3___|4__|1__|2__|3__|4__|

"You can see me flying right over your head..."

At end of 2nd repeat, substitute this:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-3---------------|
A|-1------5---3-2--|
E||--|0-0|3-0|1-0|-|
  |1_|2__|3__|4__|


Riff 1


Verse:
Riff 1 (x2)
"Living my life on borrowed time..."

Chorus:
Riff 2 (x2)
"Nobody can hear you scream or shout..."


Play Melodic Lead (x2) over Riff 3 (x2)

Fill at end of 2nd repeat:
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-10p8p7----------------------|
A|--------10p8p7---------------|
E|---------------10p8p6-8p6p5--|

Song ends with:
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-8˜-7˜-5˜-----|
E|----------8˜--|



| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note

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Testament: Do or die

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