First Strike is Deadly Lyrics

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TESTAMENT - FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY 2001
From the Album FIRST STRIKE STILL DEADLY
Copyright 2001 SPITFIRE RECORDS
Full Version - OCTOBER 2002
Re-Transcribed/Editing/Updated by: Death8699 (Ryan Fanucchi)
Based On Previous Tabs & Solos by: Jarle Olsen & Zac Broaddus
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. - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic
/ - slide up to ah - artificial harmonic
\ - slide down to th - tap harmonic
~ - vibrato hr - natural harmonic
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend
" - tremolo picking r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute p - pick when bent
> - accented note Prefixes
() - ghost note, sustained note p - pre-bend w - use bar
* - see comment d - don't pick start of bend
I have spent the past 6 months on these songs trying to
get them as perfect as possible. If you think further
corrections are needed, have the updated solos, or a
better version of this song please mail me at ArchEnemies
been hard at work making my previous 'FSSD' tabs better.
Enjoy!
--Miscellaneous Notes--
P.M.H. - palm mute heavy
(**) - see comment(s)
Gtr.1 - right channel (Eric Peterson)
Gtr.2 - left channel (Alex Skolnick)
Tune Gtr to D (D,G,C,F,A,D)
--FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY--
(Drum Fill)
Rhy.ig.1
trs.1&2
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . |______|_______| ||
trs.1&2
||--333--3--3--3--3--3--3----3333-3/|/X____________________________\---||
||--111--1--1--1--1--1--1----1111-1/|/X____________________________\---||
... |______|_______| ....(**)Slides
(**) = Slide chord up and down the fretboard.
Repeat Rhy.Fig.1
Rhy.ig.2
tr.1
||--0------sl--0------sl--0------sl-|-0-0-0---0--0--0-----0---sl-------||
|| ----------P.M.H.---------- ||
tr.2
--Both guitars--
trs.1&2
|--0------sl--0------sl--0--0---sl-|-0--3-----X---sl------------------||
Rhy.ig.2a
trs.1&2
||--0------sl--0------sl--0------sl-|-0-0-0---0--0--0-----0--sl--------||
trs.1&2
||--0------sl--0------sl--0--0---sl-|-0--3-----X--sl-------------------||
trs.1&2
|--0------sl--0------sl--0------sl-|-0-0-0---0--0--0-----0--sl--------||
trs.1&2
|--0------sl--0------sl--0--0--sl--|-0--3-----X---sl--/X\(***)--------||
. . . . . . (Slides)
(**) = This riff has many different gallop variations. I've put in the
backbone of them, but listen to the CD for the slight differences.
They execute so many different fills though I'm trying to keep
this as simple and understandable as possible.
(***) = Slide last time only.
Rhy.ig.3
trs.1&2
||--2---2---2---sl-------2---2---|-sl--------3_02---2---2-sl------|
|| ---------------P.M.H.--------------- |
trs.1&2
trs.1&2
|--2---2---2---sl-------2---2----|-sl--------3_02---2---2-sl------||
| . . . . . p ||
| ---------------P.M.H.--------------- ||
trs.1&2
Rhy.ig.4
trs.1&2
||---------------------------------| ___________16th Notes__________--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
trs.1&2
|--sl---------3_0-2--2--2-2-2--2---|-2--2--2-2-2--2--2----------------|
| p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
trs.1&2
|--3---5---3-----------------------|------------____16th's Con't___---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |___|___|___|___|_|_|
trs.1&2
|-___16th's__--2/3---2--0--5-------|----------------------------------||
||2 2 2 2|2 2|-sl----------3_0--2--|-2--2-2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2--2--2---||
|___|___|_|_| p . . . . . . . . . . . . .
trs.1&2
. . sl . . . . (Slides)
Rhy.ig.4a
trs.1&2
||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--sl----------|--2-2-2-2-2-2--sl----------3_0--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p
trs.1&2
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--sl-----------|-----0---2---3------5------3-------|
. . . . . . . . -----------P.M.H.-----------
trs.1&2
Repeat Rhy.Fig.4
Repeat Rhy.Fig.4a (**)
(**) = End riff using Fill 1.
ill 1
trs.1&2
| ------P.M.H.------ |
trs.1&2
sl sl
Rhy.ig.5
trs.1&2
||-------------7_8_7-----7------------------------------5----------|
||----0--0--0---h-p---0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--5_6_5--0--3_0--------|
|| . . . . . . . . . . h p . p |
trs.1&2
||-------------------------6__(7)--------------3--------2-------------|
||--------------7__(8)------tr--------7__8-----1--------0-------------|
||--0--0--0--0---tr-----0----------0---tr---0-------------------------|
trs.1&2
|--------------7_8_7\-----5-------------------------------5-----------||
|--0--0--0--0---h-psl-0---3---0--0--0--0--0--0--5_6_5--0--3_0---------||
| . . . . . . . . . . h p . p ||
trs.1&2
|-------------------------6__(7)--------------3----------------------*||
|--------------7__(8)------tr--------7__8-----1--------3--------------||
|--0--0--0--0---tr-----0----------0---tr---0-----------1--------------||
Rhy.ig.5a
tr.2
||*-------------6_7_6-----7-------------------------------------------|
||---------------h-p------7--------------------7_8_7-----5------------|
||--0--0--0--0---------0-----0--0--0--0--0--0---h-p---0--3_0----------|
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . p |
tr.2
||-----------------------7__8-----------------------------------------|
||--------------6__7------tr------6__7-----3--------2-----------------|
||---------------tr----------------tr------1--------0-----------------|
tr.2
|--------------6_7_6\-------------------------------------------------||
|---------------h-psl-----5--------------------7_8_7-----5------------||
|--0--0--0--0----------0--3--0--0--0--0--0--0---h-p---0--3_0----------||
| . . . . . . . . . . . p ||
tr.2
|-----------------------7__8-----------------------------------------*||
|--------------6__7------tr------6__7-----3--------------------------*||
|---------------tr----------------tr------1--------3------------------||
(**) = Gtr.2 doubles Gtr.1; Gtr.1 plays Rhy.Fig.5.
Rhy.ig.6
trs.1&2
||---0--0--0--5/6--0--sl----0--0--0---sl--0--6\5--0--0--0--6\5--0--|
|| . . . sl . . . . . sl . . . sl . |
|| --------Gtr.1 Fill-------- |
trs.1&2
||--sl----0--0-----sl--0------------sl-----0--0--0--5/6--0--sl--------|
. . . . . . sl .
trs.1&2
|-----------------------------------------9/10--------10___9----------|
|--0--0--0---sl--0--6\5--0--0--0--6\5--0--sl----0--0------------------|
. . . . sl . . . sl . . . .
|---------------------13___12-------------13---12___13----------------||
trs.1&2
|------10---9___10--------------14-----------------------------------*||
(**) = Gtr.1 plays same fill upon all repeats, Gtr.2 doubles
w/at least 2 harmony fills. Listen to the song for a
better idea as to what I'm talking about. Alex plays
the fills without a specific consistency but always
fitting them in right in conjunction with Eric.
Repeat Rhy.Fig.6
Rhy.ig.7
(w/Solo)
trs.1&2
|| -------1st Ending------- --------2nd Ending-------- ||
trs.1&2
Rhy.ig.8
(w/Solo)
trs.1&2
tr.1
tr.2
trs.1&2
|----------------------|-0---0--0---sl----0--|-1-1-1-0-----------0-||
trs.1&2
Rhy.ig.9
(w/Solo) --P.M.H.--
trs.1&2
trs.1&2
|------------------------------------|-------sl--0--3_0---0---0--0--0----||
| . . . . . . . . . p . . ||
trs.1&2
Rhy.ig.9a
(w/Solo)
trs.1&2
trs.1&2
||-------------------------------------|-sl--0-3_0-0---0--0--0---0--0--0-----||
. . . . . . . . . p . . . .
trs.1&2
Rhy.ig.9b
trs.1&2
trs.1&2
|---------------------------------|----------------sl--0-3_0-0---0--||
| . . . . . . . . . . . p . ||
trs.1&2
(**) = First few bars, omit after Bb5 chords and substitute Fill 2.
Play Fill 2 once.
Repeat Rhy.Fig.9
(Gtr.3)
|--------------------------------------|-----------10_b_12__r_10-10_8---8-----|
|-/12--------p.h.---12-----------------|-12------------------------------p.h.-|
|-sl-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-/15----13___12-12-10-10___12-10-8----|-810-8-7-8--------p-------------------|
|-sl--------p-------------h------------|-----------9b11__r__7-9~--7-----------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------9--9-7_5-----|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------p--7_5-|
||--|_|_|-|_|_|-|_|_|-|__|__|--|__|__|--|__|__|-|_|_|-8-6-5-6-5-3-5~-(5)-||
||----3-----3-----3------3--------3--------3------3---|_|_|-|_|_|--------||
||--|_|_|-|_|_|---9-7-5-7-5-4-5~-4-5---4---------------------------------||
||----3-----3-----|_|_|-|_|_|--------7---5-7-3-5-2-3---2-----------------||
||------------------3-----3------|_|_|-|_|_|-|_|_|---5---3-5-2-3---2-----||
||---------------------------------3-----3-----3---|_|_|-|_|_|---5---4~--||
3 3 |_|_|
(Arpeggios)
||-----------5------------|-------------13-17_13----|--------------10-13_10---||
||-------4-7---7_5-7/9~---|----------14------p---14-|-----------10------p-----||
||-----6--------p---sl----|-------14----------------|--------10---------------||
||-0----------------------|sl-----------------------|-------------------------||
||-------------------p----|-------------------------|--------------17--20_17--||
||---------------121512---|-------------17-20_17----|-----------18-------p----||
||------------------------|-------------------------|------16___19------------||
||-18---------------------|-15---18___15------------|-17------h---------------||
||---------12___16--------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
||-----12-----h-----------|---------12___17---15----|-13~---(13)(**)----------||
(**) = End of guitar solo, lead melody follows.
Lead Melody
tr.3
||*-14-16-17--16_14-----12-14-16--14_12-----10-12-14--12_10-----9_10-----|
tr.4
||*-10-12-14--12_10-----9-10-12---10_9------7--9-10---9_7----------------|
||*-------------p---12~-------------p---10~------------p----8~--9_10-----|
|-------------------------------17-19-20--19_17-----15-17-19--17_15------|
|-----------9__(10)--12__(13)---------------p---18~-------------p---17~--|
tr.3
|--9__(10)---tr--------tr------------------------------------------------|
|---tr-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------13-15-17--15_13-----12-13-15--13_12------|
|---------------------9__(10)---------------p---15~-------------p---13~--|
tr.4
|-----------9__(10)----tr------------------------------------------------|
|--9__(10)---tr----------------------------------------------------------|
|---tr-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--13-15-17--15_13---------------------12__(13)--16__(17)--12__(13)------||
|--------------p---15~-12_13-12__(13)----tr--------tr--------tr----------||
tr.3
|------------------------h-----tr---------------------------------------*||
|--10-12-13--12_10---------------------12__(13)--16__(17)--12__(13)(***)-||
|--------------p---11~-12_13-12__(13)----tr--------tr--------tr----------||
tr.4
|------------------------h-----tr---------------------------------------*||
(**) = Gtrs.3&4 repeat 2 times. Played w/Rhy.Figs.9a, 9b & 9 1 time each.
On the last part of Rhy.Fig.9, some notes Gtrs.1&2 omit and play a
different ending.
(***) = Last time use this trill numerous times upon fading out of riff
completely.
ill 2
(w/Gtrs.3&4)(**)
tr.1
||*-9~-----------11~------------------------10~(10)\----*||
||--7~-----------9~-------------------------8~--(8)\-----||
||-----------------------------5~------------------sl----||
|| ---Sustain--- ||
tr.2
||*------------------------------tr---------------------*||
||*----tr-----------tr---------7___(8)--------tr--------*||
||--7___(8)------9___(10)-------------------8___(9)------||
(**) = Gtrs.1&2 use pick slides and scr*pes here to segue
into Rhy.Fig.10.
Rhy.ig.10
trs.1&2
||--0---2---3---0---2---3---0---2---sl----0---2---3---0---sl----|
trs.1&2
||--0---2---3---0---2---3---0---2---sl----0---2---3---0----sl---|
trs.1&2
|--0---2---3---0---2---3---0---2---sl----0---2---3---0---sl-----||
trs.1&2
|--0---2---3---0---2---3---0---2---sl----0---2---3---0---/X\----||
. . . . . . . . . . . .(Slides)
Repeat Rhy.Fig.2
Repeat Rhy.Fig.2a
Rhy.ig.2b
(Gtr.2; w/Rhy.Fig.2a)
tr.2
|| . sl . sl . sl . . . . . . . sl |
tr.2
. sl . sl . . sl . . sl
| . sl . sl . sl . . . . . . . sl ||
. sl . sl . . sl . . sl
Rhy.ig.3a
trs.1&2
||--2---2---2---sl-------2---2--|-sl--------3_02---2---2-sl-----|
|| ---------------P.M.H.--------------- |
trs.1&2
trs.1&2
|--2---2---2---sl-------2---2---|-sl--------3_02---2---2-sl-----||
| --P.M.H.-- ||
trs.1&2
(End!)
--'FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY' LYRICS--
Music: Skolnick, Peterson
Lyrics: Souza, Christian
Prisoners of the venom master
Guilty for what you've been charged
Sit in cells condemned to face
The deadly snap of their jaws
Terror stricken you lie and wait
In the final hour
Knowing of your wretched fate
And the serent power
FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY
The evil path that you must take
Is filled with the slither of snakes
Their hiding and waiting for the time to lunge
For your flesh and your fate
No one escapes or comes out alive
For the snakes they'll never lose
For if they hit you just one time
You have just faced your doom
FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY
Deadly strike bred to kill
The venoms howling in your veins
Psychotic spell a gift from hell
The sound of a deadly lead remains
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