Return To Serenity Ver 3 by Testament
Testament - Return To Serenity ver 3 bass tab
Song: Return To Serenity
Band: Testament
Album: The Ritual (1992)
Tabber: Loaf Of Meat, with help from cbliss66's powertab and the tab in mxtab's archive (can't find the author's name) for order and basic note structure
Tuning: Half Step Down (EbAbDbGb)
The bass follows the rhythm guitar mainly throughout the song, especially in the verses, and only ever plays when the drums are being played also. This makes for a pretty simplistic, yet very powerful ballad to play.
Intro
Start with drums
Gb|--------------------------|----------|-------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|-GUITAR---|-------------------------------|
Ab|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-ARPEGGIO-|---4----------3----2-----------|
Eb|--------------------------|----------|---------------------3-2-------|
Fill
Gb|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|-------7---7------7---7---|-3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---|-4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4---|
Eb|-0---0---0---0--0---0-----|-----------0-----------0-|-----------0-----------0-|
Gb|----------------------------4------|-end-on-|
Db|-------------------------5-----5---|--------|
Ab|-3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3-----------7-|--------|
Eb|-----------0-----------0-----------|--0~----|
x2
Verse
Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------4~--|
Db|----------------------------------|------7-------7----2-----------|
Ab|------2-------2-------2-------2---|--5-5-----5-5------------------|
Eb|--0-0-----0-0-----3-3-----3-3-----|-------------------------------| x8
[There is minor variation during the pauses where the hihat is
heard; but its very simple-just miss out the 4 on the G String for
the hihat breaks, which come after every 4 repeats]
Chorus
Gb|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|---------|-------5h7--------2---|-------5h7----5h7--2-2-|
Eb|--5--/12-|-0---0------0-0-3---3-|-0---0------0-----3-3--|
Gb|---------------------------------|----------------------|
Db|-------------------------14-13---|-14-------14----------|
Ab|-------5h7--/16-16-16-16------16-|----------------(12/)-|
Eb|-0---0---------------------------|----------------------|
Verse II x4
[End the last repeat with Eb|-555555555555-|]
Chorus II
Gb|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|---------|-------5h7--------2---|-------5h7----5h7--2-2-|
Eb|--5--/12-|-0---0------0-0-3---3-|-0---0------0-----3-3--|
Gb|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
Db|-------------------------14-13---|-12h14----------------------|
Ab|-------5h7--/16-16-16-16------16-|-------12h14----------2-----|
Eb|-0---0---------------------------|-------------10h12--3---3-0-|
Gb|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|---------|-------5h7--------2---|-------5h7----5h7--2-2-|
Eb|--5--/12-|-0---0------0-0-3---3-|-0---0------0-----3-3--|
Gb|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|-12h14----------------------|
Ab|-------5h7--/16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-------12h14----------2-----|
Eb|-0---0-------------------------------|-------------10h12--3---3-0-|
Guitar Solo
Wait for drums
Gb|----------------------------------|---------------------------4~--|
Db|----------------------------------|------7-------7----2-----------|
Ab|------2-------2-------2-------2---|--5-5-----5-5------------------|
Eb|--0-0-----0-0-----3-3-----3-3-----|-------------------------------| x3
Gb|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|------7-------7----2222222222--|
Ab|------2-------2-------2-------2---|--5-5-----5-5------------------|
Eb|--0-0-----0-0-----3-3-----3-3-----|-------------------------------|
Gb|--------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
Db|--------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|-000000000000-|-------7---7------7---7---|-3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---|
Eb|--------------|-0---0---0---0--0---0-----|-----------0-----------0-|
x1
Gb|------------------------|----------------------------4------|-end-on-|
Db|------------------------|-------------------------5-----5---|--------|
Ab|-4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4--|-3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3-----------7-|--------|
Eb|-----------0-----------0|-----------0-----------0-----------|--0~----|
x5
Verse II x4
Chorus III
Gb|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|---------|-------5h7--------2---|-------5h7----5h7--2-2-|
Eb|--5--/12-|-0---0------0-0-3---3-|-0---0------0-----3-3--|
Gb|---------------------------------|----------------------------|-end-on-|
Db|-------------------------14-13---|-12h14----------------------|--------|
Ab|-------5h7--/16-16-16-16------16-|-------12h14----------2-----|--------|
Eb|-0---0---------------------------|-------------10h12--3---3-0-|--0~----|
x2
Guitars finish song
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