Chord/Tab song: The Preacher

TESTAMENT - THE PREACHER 2001
From the Album FIRST STRIKE STILL DEADLY
Copyright 2001 SPITFIRE RECORDS
Tune Gtr to D (D,G,C,F,A,D)

[Rhy.Fig.1]

||-->---------------------|->----------------------||
||-->---------------------|->----------------------||
||-6-(6)-----------------|-6-(6)-----------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||-6-(6)-----------------|-6-(6)-----------------||
||--4-(4)-----------------|-4-(4)------------------||
||--4-(4)-0--2--3-443-220-|-4-(4)-0--2--3-443-220--||

|__|__| |_|_|_| |__|__| |_|_|_|
[3] [6] [3][6]

______________ ____________________________________
[Rhy.Fig.2] |1,3. |2.

||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||-->---->-------------->--->--->-----|->---->------------->--->--->-------|
||-6----6--------------4---6---7/9---|-6----6-------------4---6---7-------|[Gtrs.1&2]
||-6----6--------------4---6---7/9---|-6----6-------------4---6---7-------|
||--4-00-4-00-4_2_0-00--2-0-4-0-5/7-0-|-4-00-4-00-4_2_0-00-2-0-4-0-5-0-----|
||-------------p-p--------------sl----|------------p-p---------------------|

.. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . .


______________________________________
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|------------9------------------------|
|---------7---------------------------|
|------7------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|--/7---------------------------------|
|-sl-------------0--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

| @ @ @ . |
| |
| |

|------------9------------------------|
|------7--10--------------------------|
|--/7---------------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|-sl----------------------------------|
|----------------0--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

@ @ @ .


_____________________________________
|4. |

|-------------------------------------||
|-->---->------------>--->------------||
|--6----6------------4---6--->-->-->-||[Gtrs.1&2]
|--6----6------------4---6---5--5--5-||
|--4-00-4-00-4_2_0-0-2-0-4-0-5--5--5--||
|-------------p-p------------3--3--3--||

.. .. . . .

[Rhy.Fig.3]

||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||----------------------->------|------------------------>-----|
||----------------------3------|------------------------2-----|[Gtrs.1&2]
||-----2----------------3------|-----2------------------2-----|
||--2-222----------------1------|-2-222------------------0-----|
||--0-000-----------------------|-0-000------------------------|

|| . ..^ . ..^ |
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||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------8--------------|------------------8-----------|
||------------9---9------------|----------------9---9---------|[Gtr.3]
||----------9-------9---8~-----|--------------9-------9-7~----|
||------/710--------------------|---------/710-----------------|
||-----sl-----------------------|--------sl--------------------|

@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @

|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------>------|-------------------------->---||
|------------------------5------|-9----9---------------10-10--||[Gtrs.1&2]
|-------2----------------5------|-9----9---------------10-10--||
|--2222-2----------------3------|-7-77-7---------------8--8----||
|--0000-0----------------3------|-0-00-0---------------8--8----||

| .... ^ .. ^ ^(Hold!)||
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| ||

|-------------------------------|-----------------7------------||
|-----------------8-------------|---------------8---8----------||
|---------------9---9-----------|-------------9-------9-------||[Gtr.3]
|-------------9-------9-10~-----|-----------9----------10~----||
|--------/710-------------------|------/710--------------------||
|-------sl----------------------|-----sl-----------------------||

@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @

_____________ __________________
[Rhy.Fig.4] |1. ||2. |

||--------------------------------------------||------------------||
||------------------------------------>-------||-->------->-------||
||-----------------------------------3------||-3-------3-------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||-----------------------------------1------||-1-------3-------||
||--2-222--2-222--2-222--2-222--222---1-------||--1-------1-------||
||--0-000--0-000--0-000--0-000--000-----------||------------------||

. ... . ... . ... . ... ...


___________________________
|3. |

|---------------------------||
|-------->------------------||
|--------5------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
|--------5------------------||
|--222---3------------------||
|--000---3------------------||

...


___________________________
|4. ||

|---------------------------||
|-------------------->------||
|--------------------3-----||[Gtrs.1&2]
|------2-------------3-----||
|--2-222-------------1------||
|--0-000--------------------||

| . ..^ ||
| ||
| ||

|---------------------------||
|-------------8-------------||
|-----------9---9----------||[Gtr.3]
|---------9-------9--8~----||
|----/710-------------------||
|---sl----------------------||

@ @ @ @ @ @

____________ ___________________
[Rhy.Fig.4a] |1,5. ||2,6. |

||-------------------------------------------||-------------------||
||------------------------------------>------||-->------->--------||
||-----------------------------------3-----||-3-------3-------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||-----------------------------------1-----||-1-------3-------||
||--2-222--2-222--2-222--2-222--222---1------||--1-------1--------||
||--0-000--0-000--0-000--0-000--000----------||-------------------||

. ... . ... . ... . ... ...


_______________ _______________ ________________
|3,7. ||4. ||8. |

||---------------||---------------||----------------||
||-------->------||---------------||----------------||
||--------5------||->---->---->---||---------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||--------5------||-5----5----5---||---------------||
||--222---3------||-5----5----5---||----------------||
||--000---3------||-3----3----3---||-0-1-2-332-110--||

... |_|_| |_|_|_|
[3][6]

________________________________
[Rhy.Fig.5] |1,3. (Split) |

||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||-------------->-------------->-----------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
||------4-------3------4-------3-------7--8--\---|
||-------2_0-----1------2_0-----1-------5--6~-\---|
||--0--1--p---0----0--1--p---0-----0--0----ph-sl--|

. . . . . . . .


_________________________________________________
|2. |

|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|--------------->------->-------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
|-------4-------3-------4-------------------------||
|-------2_0-----1-------2-------------------------||
|--0--1--p---0-----0--1----0--1--2--3-3-2--1-1-0--||

| . . . . . |__|__| |_|_| |_|_| ||
| 3 3 3 ||
|_________________________________________________||
|4. ||

|---------------------->--------------------------||
|---------------------->--------------------------||
|-------------->-------4-------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
|------4-------3-------4-------------------------||
|------2_0-----1-------2--------------------------||
|--0-1--p---0-----0-0--2--------------------------||

. . . . .(Hold!)

Repeat Rhy.Fig.4a [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.5 [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.1 [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 [1x]

____________ ___________________
[Rhy.Fig.4b] |1,5. ||2,6. |

||-------------------------------------------||-------------------||
||------------------------------------>------||-->------->--------||
||-----------------------------------3-----||-3-------3-------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||-----------------------------------1-----||-1-------3-------||
||--2-222--2-222--2-222--2-222--222---1------||--1-------1--------||
||--0-000--0-000--0-000--0-000--000----------||-------------------||

. ... . ... . ... . ... ...


_______________ _______________ ________________
|3,7. ||4. ||8. |

||---------------||---------------||----------------||
||-------->------||---------------||----------------||
||--------5------||->---->---->---||---------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||--------5------||-5----5----5---||---------------||
||--222---3------||-5----5----5---||----------------||
||--000----------||-3----3----3---||-0-1-2-332-110--||

... . . . |_|_| |_|_|_|
[3][6]

[Rhy.Fig.2a]

||-----------------------------------||----------------------|
||-->---->------------->--->--->-----||--->---->-------------|
||-6----6-------------4---6---7/9\--||---6----6-------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
||-6----6----4_2_0----4---6---7/9\--||---6----6----4_2_0----|
||--4-44-4-44--p-p-----2---4---5/7\--||---4-44-4-44--p-p-----|
||------------------00---0---0-sl-sl-||-0-----------------00-|

.. .. .. . . . .. .. ..


______________________
|1. |

|----------------------||
|-->--->---------------||
|--4---6--->--->--->---||[Gtrs.1&2]
|--4---6---5---5---5---||
|--2---4---5---5---5---||
|----0---0-3---3---3---||

| . . . . . ||
| ||
|______________________||
|2. ||

|----------------------||
|-->--->---------------||
|--4---6--->--->--->--||[Gtrs.1&2]
|--4---6---5---5---5--||
|--2---4---5---5---5---||
|----0---0-3---3---3---||

. .

[Guitar Solo] (Gtr.3)

|-12_(15)\11--12_(15)\11-|-12_(15)\11--12_(15)\11-|------------------|
|---tr---sl-----tr---sl--|---tr---sl-----tr---sl--|-15_fb17~---------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|

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|------15-17_18_17_15----|-15-17_18_17_15---------|-15-17_18_17_15---|
|--/17------h--p--p--17~-|------h--p--p---17~-----|------h--p--p--17~|
|-sl-----------------h---|----------------h-------|---------------h--|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
|--15-17_18_17_15\12-----|------------------------|------------------|
|-------h--p--p--sl-1512-|-11~-----12-14-15-14-12-|-14-12-------12---|
|---------------------p--|-----/14----------------|-------14-15------|
|------------------------|----sl------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|

| |
| |
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-------------10-11-10-8-|-10-8---7---------|
|--15-14-12-14-12----12--|------------------------|------9---10-9-7--|
|-----------------15-----|-15-14-12-14~-----------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7-----------9-7--------------/9~---_7--------------------------|
|--10---10-9-7--------10-7-10-9---sl-----p----9---8~---8_9_8_7\5-/7~-|
|--------------10---------------10----------------------h-p-p-sl-sl--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------_14-----------7_9_7---7---------------7_9_7---7-------------|
|--/9----t---9~---------h-p--9---9_7----7-------h-p--9---9_7----7----|
|-sl--------ph--------------------p--10---10_7------------p--10------|
|-------------------------------------------p------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7_9_7---7---------------------7-------------------------12---|
|--------h-p--9---9_7-----9~--------9---9_7----7-------------12------|
|--10_7------------p--10-ph----7-10------p--10---10_7-/10-14---------|
|----p---------------------------------------------p-sl--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------14-----|
|-------------------------------14-------------------12_fb~----------|
|--14_12----12---------------14----15_12----12-----------------------|
|----p---14----14_12\-/12-15---------p---15----15_12-----------------|
|----------------p--sl---------------------------p-------------------|

| |
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| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--15_12-14_b15~-r14_12-14_b15r14_12-14_b15r14_12-14_b15r14_12-------|
|----p--------------p---ph-------p---ph-----p-----ph-------p---14_12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------p---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------12141514121412------12----------------------------|
|--------------/14-|_____|______|-1514--|-151412----12---------------|
|-------------sl---------7--------|__|__|-|__|_|-14--|-1412----------|
|------------------------------------3-------3----|__|_|__|-1412-----|
|--14_12\10-10~--------------------------------------4------|__|-14--|
|----p--sl-----------------------------------------------------|__|--|

| (Fast!) 3 |
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| |

|-----------------------------121415---------------------------------|
|----------------------121415-|__|_|-121415--------------------------|
|---------12----121415-|__|_|----3---|__|_|-121415-------------------|
|--121415-|_-15-|__|_|----3-------------3---|__|_|-121415----121415--|
|--|__|_|---|_|----3---------------------------3---|__|_|-15-|__|_|--|
|-----3------2----------------------------------------3---|__|--4----|
|------------------------------121415--------------------------------|
|---------121415--------121415-|__|_|-151412-------------------------|
|--121415-|__|_|-121415-|__|_|----3---|__|_|-151412------------------|
|--|__|_|----3---|__|_|----3-------------3---|__|_|-151412----12-----|
|-----3-------------3---------------------------3---|__|_|-15-||-15--|
|------------------------------------------------------3---|__||_|---|

| 3 |
| |
| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--1412~-----------------------(12)~--------------------------(12)\--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------sl-|

[Rhy.Fig.3a]

||--------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------->------|
||------------------------------------------3------|[Gtrs.1&2]
||------------------------------------------3------|
||--2-222---2-222---2--222---2-222---2222----1------|
||--0-000---0-000---0--000---0-000---0000-----------|

|| . ... . ... . ... . ... .... |
|| |
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||------------------------15------------------------|
||-------------------17---------17------------------|
||-------------16-------------------16-----15~-----|[Gtr.3]
||--14----17---------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------->------|
|--------------------------------------------2------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|--------------------------------------------2------|
|---2-222---2-222---2--222---2-222---2222----0------|
|---0-000---0-000---0--000---0-000---0000-----------|

| . ... . ... . ... . ... .... |
| |
| |

|-------------------------15------------------------|
|--------------------17---------17------------------|
|---------------16-------------------16-----14~-----|[Gtr.3]
|----14----17---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------->------|
|--------------------------------------------5------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|--------------------------------------------5------|
|---2-222---2-222---2--222---2-222---2222----3------|
|---0-000---0-000---0--000---0-000---0000----3------|

| . ... . ... . ... . ... .... |
| |
| |

|-------------------------15------------------------|
|--------------------17---------17------------------|
|---------------16-------------------16-----17~-----|[Gtr.3]
|----14----17---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------>-->-->--||
|-----------------------------------------10-10-10-||[Gtrs.1&2]
|-----------------------------------------10-10-10-||
|---2-222---2-222---2--222---2-222---2222-8--8--8---||
|---0-000---0-000---0--000---0-000---0000-8--8--8---||

| . ... . ... . ... . ... .... ||
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| ||

|-------------------------19----15------------------||
|--------------------17----------------17-----------||
|---------------16---------------------------17~---||[Gtr.3]
|----14----17--------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||

Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 [1x]

[Rhy.Fig.6]

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------------------------->------|------------------------>-------|
||------9---7-----9--7"-/10------|------9---7-----7----7"-8--->---|[Gtr.1]
||-------------------7"-/10------|---------------------7"-8---8---|
||--7-7---7---7-7---7-5"-/8-------|-7-7---7---7-7---7-7-5"-6---8---|
||----------------------sl--------|----------------------------6---|

|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
|| |
|| |

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------------------>-------|
||->-----------------------------|------------------------8--->---|[Gtr.2]
||-2-----------------------------|------------------------8---8---|
||--2-----------------------------|------------------------6---8---|
||--0-----------------------------|----------------------------6---|

Let ring - - - ]

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|------9---7-----7_9---9----7---9-|---7---7_9--7---->--->--->-----||[Gtr.1]
|-----------------h---------------|--------h----X\--5---5---5-----||
|-7-7---7---7-7-----7---7---7-7---|-7--7----7---X\--5---5---5------||
|---------------------------------|--------------sl-3---3---3------||

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|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|->-------------------------------|----------------->--->--->-----||[Gtr.2]
|-2-(2)---------------------------|-----------------5---5---5-----||
|-2-(2)---------------------------|-----------------5---5---5------||
|-0-(0)---------------------------|-----------------3---3---3------||

Repeat Rhy.Fig.4a [2x] (1st time, substitute below ending.)

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|4. |

|---------------||
|---------------||
|-->------>----||[Gtrs.1&2]
|--5------5----||
|--5------5-----||
|--3------3-----||

Repeat Rhy.Fig.5 [2x] (Last time, use below ending.)

[Outro]

|-->--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-->--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--4--------------------------|-(4)---------------------->-||[Gtrs.1&2]
|--4--------------------------|-(4)----------------------2-||
|--2--------------------------|-(2)----------------------2--||
|--2--------------------------|-(2)-0-2-3-443-332-0-0-1--0--||

|_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_|(End!)
[3][6][3]
--'THE PREACHER' LYRICS--

(Skolnick, Peterson, Billy)

In days of old
When the books were untold
Speak of a world crushed by sin.
"The people will mourn
of a war to be born"
Nobody would listen to him.
Think back in time
When the future you find
Is so faint that it's too hard to see.
Don't disavow his word
For the truth must be heard
Cause the preacher tells visions he sees.

In 1906
Like the future predicts
The city will crumble to the bay
Then what's in store
When the worlds go to war?
Peace will have come another day
Then came the one
In the year of '41
Warfare would light up the sky
He beckoned the call
Of the future for all
Blinded by what's in his eyes

In days of old
When the books were untold
Speak of a world crushed by sin.
"The people will mourn
of a war to be born"
Nobody would listen to him.
Think back in time
When the future you find
Is so faint that it's too hard to see.
Don't disavow his word
For the truth must be heard
Cause the preacher tells visions he sees.

Listen to these words I preach
Catastrophic lessons they shall teach

Listen to these words I preach
Catastrophic lessons they shall teach