Sins of Omission Lyrics

SINS OF OMISSION (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1989 Album PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH)
Words and Music by Testament
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Moderately Q=130
Gtr I
Wx7 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H E E Q
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E. E. E S S S S S S S S H E E Q W E H. E
|-------------------------o||-||-------------|----------|-------------|
|-3--2--0-----------------o||-||-------------|----------|-------------|
W E H. E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
1st, 2nd and 4th Verses
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o---------------------------------|
||--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E. E. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
To Coda
E. E. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
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|-----------------------------o||
H E E Q q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
Guitar Solo Peterson
q q E Q E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|--------------||o---------------------------------|
|-3--3--3-5--3-||--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E S E E. E S E
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|-3--2--0-----------------o||-||--------------------|
3rd Verse
E. E S E Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-3--3-3-3-5--3--||-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S
|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S
|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chorus III
H E E Q q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
q q Q Q W +W Q E Q +Q.
Guitar Solo Alex
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q +Q.
Q E Q E E E Q E Q +Q. Q E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E
Q E E Q Q Q Q E E +Q Q Q E +Q E S S S E Q E E +Q Q
Q E E S S S S S S S S Q E E +Q Q
Q E +Q E S S S E Q E E +Q Q
Q E E S S S S S S S S Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E
Q E Q E E E W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-3s2-2-3s2-2-3-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D.S. al Coda
E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E S E E. E S E E. E S E Q Q
|-------------------------o||-||-------------------|----------------||
|-3--2--0-----------------o||-||-------------------|----------------||
Out-Chorus
&
H E E Q q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E q q E Q E
q q W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H Q Q
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths