D.N.R. (Do Not Resuscitate) Testament
D.N.R (DO NOT RESUSCITATE)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1999 Album THE GATHERING)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com (slaya)
Words by Chuck Billy Music by Eric Peterson
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'James'
Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Eric'
Intro, 1st Verse
Fast Heavy Rock Q=190
$
[E5] [Bb5]
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
PM| PM
Wx8 E E E E S S S S E E
|------------||---------------------| |------------||---------------------| |------------||---------------------| |------------||-2-----------------8-| |------------||-2-------7p5h7p5---8-| |------------||-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|
N.C.(E) Bb5
PM------| PM PM PM--| PM
E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------8---| |-----------7p5h7p5-----|-----------7p5h7p5---8---| |-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6---|
Q=188
[F5] [D5] [E5] [Bb5] [Bb5]
PM------| PM PM--| PM PM------| PM
E E S S E E E S +S E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E
|------------------------||----------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------||o---------------------|-----------------------| |-----------10---7-(7)s9-||--9-------------------|-----------------------| |-----------10---7-(7)s9-||--9-----------------8-|-----------------------| |------------8---5-(5)s7-||o-7-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5---8-| |-0-0-0-0-0----0---------||----0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|
[G5] [Bb5] [F5] [D5] [E5]
PM PM--| PM PM------| PM
E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E E E S +S E 3x
|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|------------------------o|| |-----------------------|-----------10---7-(7)s9--|| |---------------------8-|-----------10---7-(7)s9--|| |---5-------7p5h7p5---8-|------------8---5-(5)s7-o|| |-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0----0----------||
Chorus 2nd time
[Em]
PM----| PM--|
E S S S S E S S E S S E
|-||--------------------------| |-||o-------------------------| |-||--------------------------| |-||--5---------5-----5-----5-| |-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-||--------------------------|
[Fm] [Dm] [Em]
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM--|
S S S S E +S S S S S S S +S E E S S S S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------6-(6)s3---------3-(3)s5-|-5---------5-----5-----5-| |-8-8-8-8-8-(8)s5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)s7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |---------------------------------|-------------------------|
1.
[Fm] [Gm] [Am]
PM----| PM------|
S S S S E +S S S S S S E +S S
|--------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------------------------|| |---------6-(6)s=8--------------8--(8)s10----|| |-8-8-8-8-8-(8)s10-10-10-10-10-10-(10)s12---o|| |--------------------------------------------||
2.
D.S. $$
PM----| PM----| PM| PM PM------| PM
S S S S E +E S S S S Q E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E
|-----------------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------||o---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------10-(10)\---------7--||----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------10-(10)\---------7--||--------------------8-|-----------------------|
|-8-8-8-8--8--(8)\-5-5-5-5-5--||o-7-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5---8-|
|-----------------------------||--0-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|
PM PM--| PM PM------| PM
E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E E E S +S E
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------10---7-(7)s9--||
|---------------------8-|-----------10---7-(7)s9--||
|---5-------7p5h7p5---8-|------------8---5-(5)s7-o||
|-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0----0----------||
2nd and 4th Verse
PM| PM PM------| PM
E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E
|-||----------------------|------------------------|
|-||o---------------------|------------------------|
|-||--9-------------------|------------------------|
|-||--9-----------------8-|------------------------|
|-||o-7-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5---8--|
|-||----0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6--|
PM PM--| PM PM------| PM
E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E E E S +S E
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------10---7-(7)s9--||
|---------------------8-|-----------10---7-(7)s9--||
|---5-------7p5h7p5---8-|------------8---5-(5)s7-o||
|-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0----0----------||
Chorus
PM----| PM--|
E S S S S E S S E S S E
|-||--------------------------|
|-||o-------------------------|
|-||--------------------------|
|-||--5---------5-----5-----5-|
|-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-||--------------------------|
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM--|
S S S S E +S S S S S S S +S E E S S S S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------6-(6)s3---------3-(3)s5-|-5---------5-----5-----5-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-(8)s5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)s7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
1.
PM----| PM------|
S S S S E +S S S S S S E +S S
|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||
|---------6-(6)s=8--------------8--(8)s10----||
|-8-8-8-8-8-(8)s10-10-10-10-10-10-(10)s12---o||
|--------------------------------------------||
Bridge
2. Slightly slower Q=186
To Coda
PM----| PM----| PM PM
S S S S E +E S S S S Q S +S E S +S E E S +S E E
|-----------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||o---------------------------------|
|---------10-(10)\---------7--||--10-(10)s9-10-(10)s9---9-(9)s8---|
|---------10-(10)\---------7--||--10-(10)s9-10-(10)s9---9-(9)s8---|
|-8-8-8-8--8--(8)\-5-5-5-5-5--||o--8--(8)s7--8--(8)s7---7-(7)s6---|
|-----------------------------||----------------------0---------0-|
S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E 4x
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9-9-(9)s8----------||
|-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9-9-(9)s8-8-(8)s7--||
|-12-(12)s11--8--(8)s7-7-(7)s6-8-(8)s7-o||
|------------------------------6-(6)s5--||
Guitar Break
Accel Q=188
Gtr II
PM----| PM----| PM------| PM----|
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||
||----------------------------------|-----------------2p0---------------||
||----------------------------------|---------------------2p0-----------||
||o-3p0-0-0-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0-6p5-0-0-|-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0---------3p2p0----o||
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------3---||
|
| Gtr I
| E E Q H W
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||--7-------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-7-------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--5-------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
N.C.
PM----| PM----| PM------| PM----|
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||
||----------------------------------|-----------------2p0---------------||
||----------------------------------|---------------------2p0-----------||
||o-3p0-0-0-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0-6p5-0-0-|-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0---------3p2p0----o||
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------3---||
|
| PM----| PM----| PM------| PM----|
| 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||
||----------------------------------|-----------------2p0---------------||
||----------------------------------|---------------------2p0-----------||
||o-3p0-0-0-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0-6p5-0-0-|-0-0-3p0-0-0-0-0---------3p2p0----o||
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------3---||
3rd Verse
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 E E
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7----|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7----|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5----|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| 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 E E
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5----|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------9--9--9--9-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
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 E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7---|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| 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 E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-7---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------9--9--9--9-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7--||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--7--7-5-5-5-5-o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
D.S.S. al Coda
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
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9-9-9-||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9-9-9-||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| ~~~
| 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 Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------[7]-------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Bridge
&
Gtrs I, II
PM PM
S +S E S +S E E S +S E E
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--10-(10)s9-10-(10)s9---9-(9)s8---|
||--10-(10)s9-10-(10)s9---9-(9)s8---|
||o--8--(8)s7--8--(8)s7---7-(7)s6---|
||----------------------0---------0-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E 4x S +S E S +S E H
|---------------------------------------||-----------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||-----------------------------||
|-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9-9-(9)s8----------||-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9--------||
|-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9-9-(9)s8-8-(8)s7--||-14-(14)s13-10-(10)s9--------||
|-12-(12)s11--8--(8)s7-7-(7)s6-8-(8)s7-o||-12-(12)s11--8--(8)s7--------||
|------------------------------6-(6)s5--||----------------------12\----||
Outro
Q=181
Gtr I
PM| PM PM------| PM PM PM--| PM
E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-----------------8-|-------------------------|------------------------8--|
|-2-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5-----8-|------5-------7p5h7p5---8--|
|-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0-----------0-6-|---0--3-0-0-0---------0-6--|
|
| Gtr II
| <
| ~~~~~~~~~~~
| E E Q H H Q Q +W
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------/12---|-(12)----------------------|
|-2-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
PM--------| PM PM--| PM PM------| PM
E E S S E E E S +S E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E
|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------10---7-(7)s==9---|-9-------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------10---7-(7)s==9---|-9-----------------8-|-----------------------|
|----------------8---5-(5)s==7---|-7-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5---8-|
|---0---0-0-0-0----0-------------|---0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|
|
| ~~~~~ PM--| PM PM------| PM
| +H.. +E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E
|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-(12)---------------------(12)\-|-9-------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-9-----------------8-|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-7-------7p5h7p5---8-|-----------7p5h7p5---8-|
|--------------------------------|---0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-6-|
PM PM--| PM PM------| PM
E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E E E S +S E E E Q H
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------------|-----------10---7-(7)s9-|-9-----------*|
|---------------------8-|-----------10---7-(7)s9-|-9-----------*|
|---5-------7p5h7p5---8-|------------8---5-(5)s7-|-7-----------*|
|-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0----0---------|-------------*|
|
| PM PM--| PM PM------| PM
| E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E E E S +S E E E Q H
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------------|-----------10---7-(7)s9-|-9-----------*|
|---------------------8-|-----------10---7-(7)s9-|-9-----------*|
|---5-------7p5h7p5---8-|------------8---5-(5)s7-|-7-----------*|
|-0-3-0-0-0---------0-6-|-0-0-0-0-0----0---------|-------------*|
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
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