Band:  Testament
Album: The Gathering
Song:  Down for life

Transcribed By: Loker69
Email:          philosopher69@poczta.onet.pl


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note
ah - artifical harmonics       <> - Trill

Tunning C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#



Riff A
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-----3-----2-----3-----5/7-7/8-|
|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3/5-5/6-|
    . .   . .   . .   . .


Riff A1
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-----3-----2-----8/7---7---7/8-|
|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-6/5-0-5-0-5/6-|
    . .   . .   . .     .   .


Riff A2
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-2-----3-----2-| (pause)
|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-|
    . .   . .

repeat (A + A1) x 6


Riff B
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---8\7---7/8---8\7---7/8---8\7-|
|-0-6\5-0-5/6-0-6\5-0-5/6-0-6\5-|
  .     .     .     .     .


Riff B2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---8\7---7/8---11\10---10\9---7/8-|
|-0-6\5-0-5/6-0-9 \8 -0-8 \7-0-5/6-|
  .     .     .       .      .

repeat (A + A1) x 3

repeat A + ( a couple artifical harmonics on 5 and 6 fret
             i think :)

repeat (B + B1) x 2



Riff C
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------8-------------------------8\3-3-
|-----5h7---5h7---5h7---5h7---8-----5h7---5h7---5h7-----8\3-3-
|-0-0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-0-----0-----0-----0-0-------
  . .     .     .     .     .   . .     .     .     . .

                       -------------------------------------|
                       -------------------------------------|
                       -------------------------------------|
                       ----------------------------8\-----2-|
                       ----5h7---5h7---5h7---5h7---8\-2-2-2-|
                       0-0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0-0-0-|
                       . .     .     .     .     .    . .

repeat (A + A1) x 4

repeat (B + B1) x 2

repeat C

( now comes a riff that is very similar to the upper part of
  riff C.[I play it the same]



Riff D
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-------10-9-8-3--------3-------|
|-2-------8 -7-6-3--------1-----3-|
|-0---0-0-------------0-0---0-0-1-|
      . .             . .   . .



Riff D1                          play 3 times
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--------2-------10-9-8-3--------3-------|
|-2-2--2-2-------8 -7-6-3--------1-----3-|
|-0-0--0-0---0-0-------------0-0---0-0-1-|
  . .  .     . .             . .   . .



Riff E                      play 4 times
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------3------------3------|
|-----------------1------------1----3-|
|-000-000-000-000---000-000000---00-1-|
  ... ... ... ...   ... ......   ..


Riff F
|---|
|---|
|---|
|-2-|
|-2-|
|-0-|


repeat (A + A1) x 4

repeat (B + B1) x 2

repeat C