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

[Intro] (Clean)
|--0--------0----------0-----0-----0--|---0-----0-----0------0-----0--------|
|-----2-------2----------2-----2------|-----2-----2------------2-----2------|
|--------3-(3)--3----3-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3------------0----------|[Gtr.1]
|-------------------------------------|--------------------4----------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|                                                                           |
|                                                                           |
|                                                                           |
|--0--------0----------0-----0-----0--|---0-----0-----0------0-----0--------|
|--2----------2------2---2-----2------|-----2-----2------------2-----2------|
|-----3---3-----3----3-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3------------0----------|[Gtr.2]
|-------------------------------------|--------------------4----------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|




|-----0----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------0------0------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------0-----------|----1-----1-----------------------|[Gtr.1]
|--4--------------------------------2-|------0-----0---------------------|
|--------------------3------2----0----|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-4------4-----43---3----------------|
|                                                     sl                    |
|                                                                           |
|                                                                           |
|-----0----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------0------0------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------0-----------|----1-----1--p-------------------|[Gtr.2]
|--4--------------------------------2-|------0-----10-------------------|
|--------------------3------2----0----|------------------------(Harm)-------|
|-------------------------------------|-4------4-----43---3----------------|
                                                      sl


 [Rhy.Fig.1]
||----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------------------------|
||------2-----2-----------2-----2-----|-0---0-----0-------------------------|
||*-3-----3-----3-----------0---------|-------0--------------1-----1--------|[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-------------------4-----------4---|----------------2-------0-----0------|
||------------------------------------|---3-----2---0-----------------------|
||------------------------------------|--------------------4-----4-----43--|
||                                                                      sl
||
||
||--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------||
||-------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||-------------------------------*||
||-----(Harm)-------------------------||
||--3---------------------------------||


Repeat Rhy.Fig.1 [2x]


[Guitar Solo 1]               p                          h
|---------------------------18-14----------------------14-18-X------18--|
|-----------------------------------p---------------14-----------19-----|
|---------------------------------18-15----------15--------------18-----|[Gtr.3]
|---------------------------------------------16------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------X---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------14------------------------------|




|--19_b21_r18---------16-18-19------------------------------------------|
|-------------19_b21--16-------19_b20------17_b19---r_17~---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------15-16-18--|[Gtr.3]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|




|---------------------------------------------------15-------15-18-15---|
|-----------15---------15-17----15-17-19-15---17-19----17-19------------|
|--15-16-18----16---18-------18-----------------------------------------|[Gtr.3]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--19-17-15------------------------h--------------------------------p---|
|-----------18-16-15------------15--16---------9_b11---r_9~b11----11-9--|[Gtr.3]
|--------------------18~----18---------17~-----------------------------|
|--------------------------sl-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------8------8-11-8---------------|
|------------7--------7-9----7-9-11-7--9-11---9-11---------11-9-7-------|[Gtr.3]
|--11-8-9-11---9---11-----11--------------------------------------11-9--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------h----------------(Blank for spacing purposes)----------|[Gtr.3]
|--8-----------8--9-----------------------------------------------------|
|----11~---11-------10~------------------------------------------------|
|---------sl------------------------------------------------------------|


[Fill 1] (Electric)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|[Gtr.3]
|-----------------|
|--/-X--------|
|--/15--------|
(Hand/Pick Slides)


 [Rhy.Fig.2]
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--->--------------------->--------->-|-------------------------------------|
||*-11--------------------11--------12-|------->--------->--------5----------|[Gtr.1]
||*-11--------------------11--------12-|-------4---------5--------5----------|
||--9---------------------9---------10-|-------4---------5--------3----------|
||------0--0--0--0--0--0------0--0-----|-0--0------0--0-----0--0-------------|
||      .  .  .  .  .  .      .  .       .  .      .  .     .  .             |
||                                                                           |
||                                                                           |
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||-->--------------------->--------->--|------->--------->--------5----------|[Gtr.2]
||--4---------------------4---------5--|-------4---------5--------5----------|
||--4---------------------4---------5--|-------4---------5--------3----------|
||--2---0--0--0--0--0--0--2---0--0--3--|-0--0--2---0--0--3--0--0-------------|
        .  .  .  .  .  .      .  .       .  .      .  .     .  .




|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----4------>-------------->----------|-------------->--->-----------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|-----4------6-(6)----------5-(5)------|--------------5---5-----------------*||
|-----2-0----6-(6)----------5-(5)------|-5-5-5--------5---5------------------||
|--0---p-----4-(4)----0--4--3-(3)----0-|-3-3-3--0--0--3---3------------------||
   .                                 .   . . .  .  .     (**)


(**) = Second time stacatto this chord, in other words abruptly stop after you
       strike it.


Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 [1x]



 [Next]        [2x]
||----------------||----------------||-----------------||
||----------------||----------------||-----------------||
||*--------------*||----------------||-11-(11)--------*||[Gtr.1]
||*-------2------*||-----2-----2----||-11-(11)--------*||
||--2-2-2-2-------||-X--2--X--2----||-9--(9)----------||
||--0-0-0-0-------||-X--0--X--0----||-*---------------||
||  . . . ^           sl       ^     (Fade in w/volume)||
||                                   (switch.         )||
||                                                     ||
||(Tacet 2 bars)                                       ||
||------15/19-----||-(19)-----------||-----------------||
||--17---sl-------||----------------||-----------------||
||*---------------||----------------||----------------*||[Gtr.2]
||*---------------||----------------||-4--(4)---------*||
||----------------||----------------||-4--(4)----------||
||----------------||----------------||-2--(2)----------||
         (Tremolo bar dive.)           *


 [Fill 2]
||-----------------------||
||-----------------------||
||--4--3-----------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||--4--3--4--3--5--4-----||
||--2--1--4--3--5--4-----||
||--------2--1--3--2-----||
    ----P.M.H.---- ^


 [Rhy.Fig.3]                   1st Ending
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||*---------------------------|-43------------------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*---------------------------|-43-------54-------3/4----||
||-----3--44-3-------3--4444--|-21-------54-------3/4----||
||--0--1--22-1---0---1--2222--|-21---0---32---0---1/2----||
||  .  .  .. .   .   .  ....     sl   .    sl   .   sl     ||
||                                                         ||
||                                                         ||
|| 2nd & 3rd Endings           4th Ending                  ||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||--43-----------------------|-4--3----------->----------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||--43-------43-------54---|-4--3--4--3--5--4----------*||
||--21-------43-------54---|-2--1--4--3--5--4-----------||
||--21---0---21---0---32---|-------2--1--3--2-----------||
     sl   .    sl   .    sl     ----P.M.H.----


 [Rhy.Fig.2a]
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------->--------->-------------------------------|
||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12-------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.1]
||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12--------4---------5--------5---|
||--9----9---9---9---9---9---9---------10--------4---------5--------3---|
||-------------------------------0--0------0--0------0--0-----0--0------|
||                               .  .      .  .      .  .     .  .      |
||                                                                      |
||                                                                      |
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*-------------------------->--------->--------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.2]
||*-4----4---4---4---4---4---4---------5---------4---------5--------5---|
||--4----4---4---4---4---4---4---------5---------4---------5--------3---|
||--2----2---2---2---2---2---2---0--0--3---0--0--2---0--0--3--0--0------|
                                 .  .      .  .      .  .     .  .




|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------4------>-------------->-----------------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|------4------6-(6)----------5-(5)--------------------5---5------------*||
|------2-0----6-(6)----------5-(5)-------5-5-5--------5---5-------------||
|---0---p-----4-(4)----0--4--3-(3)----0--3-3-3--0--0--3---3-------------||
    .                                 .  . . .  .  .  .   ^


Repeat Rhy.Fig.3 [1x]


 [Rhy.Fig.2b]
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------->--------->-------------------------------|
||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12-------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.1]
||*-11---11--11--11--11--11--11--------12--------4---------5--------5---|
||--9----9---9---9---9---9---9---------10--------4---------5--------3---|
||-------------------------------0--0------0--0------0--0-----0--0------|
||                               .  .      .  .      .  .     .  .      |
||                                                                      |
||                                                                      |
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------->--------->--------->--------->--------5---|[Gtr.2]
||--4----4---4---4---4---4---4---------5---------4---------5--------5---|
||--4----4---4---4---4---4---4---------5---------4---------5--------3---|
||--2----2---2---2---2---2---2---0--0--3---0--0--2---0--0--3--0--0------|
                                 .  .      .  .      .  .     .  .



|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------4------>-------------->-----------------------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|------4------6-(6)----------5-(5)--------------------5----------------*||
|------2-0----6-(6)----------5-(5)-------5-5-5--------5-----------------||
|---0---p-----4-(4)----0--4--3-(3)----0--3-3-3--0--0--3-----------------||
    .                                 .  . . .  .  .  ^



Repeat Fill 2                 [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.3              [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 + Rhy.Fig.2a [1x]


 [Rhy.Fig.4]
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||------------------------------|------------------>-----------||
||*-6----5--6--7--8--9----------|-6----7--8--9--6--5-(5)------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-6----5--6--7--8--9----------|-6----7--8--9--6--5-(5)------*||
||--4----3--4--5--6--7----------|-4----5--6--7--4--3-(3)-------||
||--4----3--4--5--6--7----------|-4----5--6--7--4--3-(3)-------||
         .  .  .  .  ^                 .  .  .  .


Repeat Rhy.Fig.4 [3x]


[Lead] (w/Rhy.Fig.4)
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||*-13-139---9/13-----1312-12------|-13-139---98-----8/9-9-----------||[Gtr.3]
||*----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||--11-117---7/11-----1110-10------|-11-117---76-----6/7-7-----------||
||-------sl---sl---------sl----------|------sl----sl-----sl--------------||
||                                                                       ||
||                                                                       ||
||                                                                       ||
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||*-13-139---9/13-----1312-12------|-13-139--98--8/9-9--13--12-(12)-*||[Gtr.3]
||*----------------------------------|----------------------------------*||
||--11-117---7/11-----1110-10------|-11-117--76--6/7-7--11--10-(10)--||
||-------sl---sl---------sl----------|------sl---sl--sl------------------||


Repeat Fill 1 [1x]


 [Rhy.Fig.5]                         1st Ending     2nd Ending
||---------------------------------||-------------||-------------||
||---------------------------------||->----->-----||-------------||
||*---------------------------->---||-5-----4-----||->----->----*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-2--------1--------2--------3---||-5-----4-----||-5-----4----*||
||--2--------1--------2--------3---||-3-----2-----||-5-----4-----||
||-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--1---||-3-----2-----||-3-----2-----||
       .  .     .  .     .  .


Repeat Rhy.Fig.5 [2x]


 [Rhy.Fig.6]
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||-->------------------>---->--------|------------------->----->---------||
||*-5------>---->----X-2----5----X->-|--------->---->----5---X-2---------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-5----X-4----2----X-2----5----X-4-|--4--4---4----4----5---X-2---------||
||--3----X-4----3----X-0----3----X-4-|--4--4---4----4----3---X-0---------||
||-------X-2-----------------------2-|--2--2---2----2--------------------||
||                                      .  .
||
||
||-----------------------------------||
||-->--------------------------------||
||--2--------(For spacing purposes)-*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||--2-------------------------------*||
||--0--------------------------------||
||-------3~--------------------------||


 [Rhy.Fig.7]
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||*------------------------|------------------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*------------------------|------------------------*||
||--------44-3-------33-2--|-------3-----------3-----||
||--0--0--22-1-0--0--11-0--|-0--0--1--0--0--0--1--0--||
    .  .  .. . .  .  .. .    .  .     .  .  .     .


Repeat Rhy.Fig.7 [3.5x]


[Guitar Solo 2]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------12_b13-r_13~-----------|
|-----------------------------------------7-9-10------------------------|[Gtr.3]
|--9_b10-r_10~----7-9-10-9-10-12-10-12-14-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|



                             p
|-------------------------/20-15----------------------------------------|
|------------------------sl------17---------------------15---------p----|
|-----------------h-----------------16------------------14_b16---r--12--|[Gtr.3]
|----------17---14-15-17---------------17---p---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------19-14-------------------------|
|--12--13---------------------------------------12~---------------------|




|------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-15___r--|
|---------15_b17---15_b17---15_b17---15_b17---15_b17---15_b17-----------|
|--14~------------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtr.3]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|



   p
|---12---------------------12-14-14_b15----12---p-----------------------|
|------15_b17----------/12--------------------15-12---------------------|
|---------------------sl----------------------------14------------------|[Gtr.3]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Repeat Fill 2                 [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.3              [2x]
Repeat Fill 2                 [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.3              [1x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.2 + Rhy.Fig.2a [2x]
Repeat Rhy.Fig.3              [1x]
End!

--'TRIAL BY FIRE' LYRICS--

(Peterson, Skolnick, Billy)

Accuse you of a crime
Sentenced to endless time
The price you have to pay
Won't get away!
Sworn in by the stand
Your rights are gone
The system's banned
They think you are a liar
A trial by fire

Hey!
This is what the people say,
A new way
A trial by fire!

Locked in an empty cell
Your life becomes a living hell
The river of fire flows
Time only knows!
Trapped by flames of fury
Ordered unto by the jury
Death is their desire
Thrown in the fire!

Hey!
This is what the people say,
A new way
A trial by fire!

Quiver by the fiery light
Cringing as your soul ignites
The book of law's been thrown away
Starting today!
The system before the war
Is gone for now and evermore
There is no sentence higher
A trial by fire!

Hey!
This is what the people say,
A new way
A trial by fire!

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