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SOULS OF BLACK
                            As recorded by Testament
                      (From the Album SOULS OF BLACK)

Music by Testament
Transcribed by Rick Pawlyk@hotmail.com

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This is the whole song. It's played with alot of 2 guitar parts. I have them seperated 
but 
you can play it on one guitar. The solo is dead on balls accurate as I have watched him 
play it a million times.


  Q.=133
 12/8
  Gtr I
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------12---11----------------|--------------------------|
|-----9----9-----------12---11-|---9---9---7--------------|
|---9----------------9----9----|-----9---9---7-7--------7-|
|-7-------------7-10-----------|-7---------------10-9-9---|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2----------------------------|-5-------------4----------|
|-0----------------------------|-3-------------2----------|

|------------------------------|---------------------------
|-------12---11----------------|---------------------------
|-----9----9-----------12---11-|-------9---9-8-9-----------
|---9----------------9----9----|-----9---9-------9-9-------
|-7-------------7-10-----------|-7-7-----------------10-9--
|------------------------------|---------------------------
|
|                                            PM---------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------
|------------------------------|---------------------------
|------------------------------|---------------------------
|----------------------------5-|-5-------------------------
|-2----------------7-----------|---------------------------
|-0----------------0---------3-|-3-----------2-2-2-2--2-2--


  PM--|       PM--|         PM--|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------8--7--------5--4-|-------1-2---0---------|
|-------------------------|-----------2---0-3---2-|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-------------3---|
|
| PM--|       PM--|         PM--|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------11-10-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------12-11-|-------8-9-------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5---3---2-|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-----7---5---3---|


  PM--|       PM--|         PM--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------8--7--------5--4-|-------1-2---------------|
|-------------------------|--------------5-4--0---0-|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0------0-3-2----3---|
|
| PM--|       PM--|         PM--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------11-10-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------12-11-|-------8-9---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------5-4--0---0-|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0------0-3-2----3---|

|-------------------------|--------------|---------------|-
|-------------------------|--------------|---------------|-
|-------------------------|--------------|---------------|-
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3------------|---------------|-
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-2------12-|-------5--7--5-|-
|-------------------------|---0------10-|-0-0-0-3--5--3-|-

-----------------|
-----------------|
-----------------|
---------3--6----|
-------5-1--4-5--|
-0-0-0-3---------|


  PM--|                     PM--|           PM--|
--------------|---------|---------------|------------------
--------------|---------|---------------|------------------
------------7-|-6--5----|---------------|------------------
---------3----|-------3-|----------2----|----------3--6--7
------5--1--5-|-4--3--1-|-------5--4--5-|-------5--1--4--5
0-0-0-3-------|---------|-0-0-0-3--5--3-|-0-0-0-3----------


|---------------|------------||----------------|-----------
|---------------|------------||o---------------|-----------
|-------------7-|------------||----------------|-----------
|----------3----|-6--------7-||-----------2----|----------
|-------5--1--5-|-4--------5-||o-------5--4--5-|-------5--
|-0-0-0-3-------|----0-0-0---||--0-0-0-3--5--3-|-0-0-0-3---

--------|
--------|
--------|
3---6---|
1---4-5-|
--------|

  PM--|                     PM--|           PM--|
--------------|---------|---------------|------------------
--------------|---------|---------------|------------------
------------7-|-6--5----|---------------|------------------
---------3----|-------3-|----------2----|----------3--6--7
------5--1--5-|-4--3--1-|-------5--4--5-|-------5--1--4--5
0-0-0-3-------|---------|-0-0-0-3--5--3-|-0-0-0-3----------


  PM  PM              PM--|          PM--|     PM--|
|---------------|-------------||---------------------|-----
|---------------|-------------||---------------------|-----
|-------------7-|--6----------||---------------------|-----
|----------3----|-----------7-||-8-9-------3-2-------|-----
|-------5--1--5-|--4--------5-||-6-7-------1-0-------|-4-5-
|-0-0-0-3-------|-----0-0-0---||-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-2-3-


------------------|
------------------|
------------------|
------------------|
---1---1p0---5-0--|
0---0-----0-3---0-|


|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-8-9-------3-2-------|---------------------|
|-6-7-------1-0-------|-4-5---4-----4-7-4---|
|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-2-3-3---3-6-------6-|

|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-8-9-------3-2-------|-----------------------|
|-6-7-------1-0-------|-4-5---1---1p0---5-0---|
|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-2-3-0---0-----0-3---0-|


|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-8-9-------3-2-------|-------------------------|
|-6-7-------1-0-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


 -----|        PM--|         PM--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------8--7---------5--4-|--------1-2---------------|
|--------------------------|------------2-0---3---2---|
|-0-0-0--------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0----------0---3-----|
|
| PM--|        PM--|         PM--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------11-10--------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------12-11-|--------8-9---------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------5---3---2---|
|-0-0-0--------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0------7---5---3-----|


PM--|       PM--|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------8--7--------5--4-|-------1-2-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5-4-0---3-|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-----0-3-2---3---|
|
| PM--|       PM--|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------11-10-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------12-11-|-------8-9-------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5-4-0---3-|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-----0-3-2---3---|


  PM--|       PM--|         PM--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------8--7--------5--4-|-------1-2---------------|
|-------------------------|------------2-0---3---2--|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0----------0---3----|
|
| PM--|       PM--|         PM--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------11-10-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------12-11-|-------8-9---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------5---3---2--|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0------7---5---3----|


  PM--|       PM--|
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------|-------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------||
|--------8--7--------5--4-|-2-----3-2----||
|-------------------------|-2-----1-0-5-o||
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0---------3--||
|
| PM--|       PM--|
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-------11-10-------------|-------------o||
|-------------------12-11-|--------------||
|-------------------------|-2-----3-2----||
|-------------------------|-2-----1-0-5-o||
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0---------3--||


SOLO

|-----------------------||---------------------------------
|---------------------8-||-10b12-10(22)pb12r==10p8-10-8-10-
|-------------------9---||---------------------------------
|-----------------------||---------------------------------
|-----------------------||---------------------------------
|-----------------------||---------------------------------
|
|
|Rhtym under solo
|
| PM--------|                                   PM--|
|-----------------------||---------------------------------
|-----------------------||---------------------------------
|-----------------------||---------------------------------
|-2-2-2-2-2-2--3--2-----||-------------------------------3-
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--1--0---5-||--2--------------------------5-1-
|---------------------3-||--0-------------------0-0--0-3---



|---------------------------|------------------------------
|-8-----------------------8-|-10b12-10pb12r==10p8-10--8h10-
|---9-----9(21)---------9---|------------------------------
|---------------------------|-----------------------------
|---------------------------|------------------------------
|---------------------------|------------------------------
|
|
|       PM|       PM|   PM|                     PM---|
|---------------------------|------------------------------
|---------------------------|------------------------------
|---------------------------|------------------------------
|---------------------------|----------------------------3-
|-2---2---------2-----2-----|--2-----------------------5-1-
|-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0----------------0--0-0-3---



|--8h11p8--------------------------------------------------
|---------10p8p7-8h10p8p7----------------------------------
|-------------------------9p8----8h9p8---------------------
|-----------------------------10-------10p9p7-9h10p9p7-----
|-----------------------------------------------------10p9-
|----------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
|--4-------------4-------------4------------4--------------
|--2-------------2----2---2----2---2----2---2------2----2--
|----------------------------------------------------------


|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----12-12-12s11-11-11s14-14-14s12-12-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-7--10-10-10s=9--9--9s12-12-12s10-10-|
|-------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-2---------2--------5--------4-------|
|-0---------0--0--0--3--------2-----3-|


|-------------------------------------|--------------------
|-------------------------------------|--------------------
|-12s17-17-17s16-16-16s14-14-14s12-12-|-12s11-11-11s==8-8-
|-------------------------------------|--------------------
|-10s15-15-15s14-14-14s12-12-12s10-10-|-10p=9--9--9s==6-6-
|-------------------------------------|--------------------

------------|
------------|
------------|
8s5-5-5s4-4-|
------------|
6S3-3-3s2-2-|
-----------|

|-----5h6p5p3-----5h6p5p3-----5h6p5p3-----|----------------
|-------------5p3---------5p3---------5p3-|-3s5--5h7h8h12--
|-4---------------------------------------|----------------
|-----------------------------------------|----------------
|-2---------------------------------------|----------------
|-----------------------------------------|----------------



-------------|
-8h12p8-7--8-|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|

|------------------------15-17-|-17b19-17pb19----17p15-
|---------------------17-------|-----------------------
|-/9--9(21)--------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------------|-----------------------



17p15-17b19-17pb19-------|
-------------------12----|
----------------------12-|
-------------------------|
-------------------------|
-------------------------|



|-17h18p17p15-------17h18p17p15-------17h18p17p15-------
|-------------17----------------17----------------17----
|----------------16----------------16----------------16-
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------


17h18p17p15---------|
------------17------|
----------------15--|
--------------------|
--------------------|
--------------------|



|-------------------------------|--------------12-15-14-12-
|----------------14p12----------|------------12------------
|-12-------------14p12----14-12-|---------12---------------
|-----14p12------------14-------|------14------------------
|-----------14------------------|-12-15--------------------
|-------------------------------|--------------------------




----------------|
-[15]b17--------|
----------------|
----------------|
----------------|
----------------|


|-12------------------------------------------|
|----15-12------------------------------------|
|----------[14]p==12----14-12-----------------|
|--------------------14-------14--------------|
|--------------------------------14s12--10----|
|------------------------------------------12-|


|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------16h18h19-|
|---------------------------14h16h17-16h17h19----------|
|------10-12h14h15-14h16h17----------------------------|
|-12---------------------------------------------------|



|-----------------------------------------------19h20h22---
|--------------------------------------17h20s22----------
|-----------16h18h19----------16h18h19---------------------
|-16h=17h19----------16h17h19------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------



---------19h20h22-|-22b24------------------22b24-|
17h20s22----------|-------------------------------|
------------------|-------------------------------|
------------------|-------------------------------|
------------------|-------------------------------|
------------------|-------------------------------|


|----------------|------------------|----------------|----|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|----|
|----------------|------------------|-------------7--|-6-5-
|----------------|---------3---6----|----------3-----|---3-
|-------5--7--5--|-------5-1---4-5--|-------5--1--5--|-4-3-
|-0-0-0-3--5--3--|-0-0-0-3----------|-0-0-0-3--------|-----



|----------------|------------------|----------------|-----
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-----
|----------------|------------------|-------------7--|-6---
|----------------|----------3--6--7-|----------3-----|-----
|-------5--7--5--|-------5--1--4--5-|-------5--1--5--|-4---
|-0-0-0-3--5--3--|-0-0-0-3----------|-0-0-0-3--------|-----




---------||
---------||
---------||
------7--||
------5--||
0-0-0----||

|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-8-9-------3-2-------|-----------------------|
|-6-7-------1-0-------|-4-5---1---1p0---5-0---|
|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-2-3-0---0-----0-3---0-|


      PM--|     PM--|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-8-9-------3-2-----------|-----------------|
|-6-7-------1-0-------4-5-|---4-----4-7-4---|
|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-2-3-|-3---3-6-------6-|


      PM--|     PM--|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-8-9-------3-2-----------|-------------------|
|-6-7-------1-0-------4-5-|---1---1p0---5-0---|
|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-2-3-|-0---0-----0-3---0-|


      PM--|     PM-----------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-8-9-------3-2-------|--------------------------|
|-6-7-------1-0-------|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


                            PM--|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------8--7--------5--4-|-------1-2---0---------|
|-----7-------------------|-----------2---0-3---2-|
|-5-9---------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-------------3---|
|
|                           PM--|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------11-10-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------12-11-|-------8-9-------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----7-------------------|-------------5---3---2-|
|-5-9---------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-----7---5---3---|


  PM--|       PM--|             PM
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------8--7--------5--4-|-------1-2---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5--4-0---0--|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-----0-3--2---3----|
|
| PM--|       PM--|             PM
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------11-10-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------12-11-|-------8-9---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5--4-0---0--|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-----0-3--2---3----|


  PM--|       PM--|       PM---
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------8--7--------5--4-----|
|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-|
|
| PM--|       PM--|       PM---
|-----------------------------|
|-------11-10-----------------|
|-------------------12-11-----|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-|


 -|                 PM--|         PM--|
|-------------------------|-------------------|---*|
|-------------------------|-------------------|---*|
|-------------------------|-------------------|---*|
|---1-2---0---------------|--8--7--------5--4-|---*|
|-------2---0-3---2-------|-------------------|-7-*|
|-0-------------3---0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-------|-0-*|
|
|-|                 PM--|         PM--|
|-------------------------|-------------------|---*|
|-------------------------|-11-10-------------|---*|
|---8-9-------------------|-------------12-11-|---*|
|-------------------------|-------------------|-9-*|
|---------5---3---2-------|-------------------|-7-*|
|-0-----7---5---3---0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-------|---*|


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture chOxY Rhythm Player	#1 by chOxY at Mar 13, 1972 at 6:31 PM EST
	Oh my fucking god! how can i be only the SECOND comment on this song, wtf, why hasnt more ppl commented, too busy listening to your p.o.s (c)rap music or something? Anyways this is one of TestAmenT's best songs ever, and the solo is so fucking good, if their was ever a top 10 solos list, the solo in this song would DEFINITELY be on there. Now I agree with Thrash Metal Rulez to some extent, but personally to me i think it is more about how (at least in America) the government lies to us and has total control over us, and we are pretty much black souls, we have no idea whats true or not, whats happening, were lied to, were pretty much blinded by the goverments lies and the media, and if we would just open our eyes, we would see that the "system" is one whole lie, and that the "system" is/will corrupting us. anyways thats my opinion, might be wrong or not, idk, but i do know that ppl need to start commenting on the good music (like TestAmenT) and stop commenting so much on crap like hilary puff and shit-182. BTW off topic, maybe its just me, but doesnt this song sound sorta similar to "For Whom The Bells Toll" by "Rap"tallica (oh and btw metallica are/were VERY overated and the good thrash like testament did NOT get the popularity that they deserved). anyways guys THRASH ON! \m/ \m/

No Picture Chris Wanna Be	#2 by Chris H at Sep 26, 1976 at 5:13 PM EST
	WHAT THE FUCK! Why hasn't anyone commented on this song already? This song is AWESOME, this is Testament's best song ever. The solo is unbelivable. The song seems to be about how government injustice will lead to an end to the world as we know it.

No Picture Matthew Average	#3 by Matthew Spencer at Sep 22, 1980 at 7:49 PM EST
	Great old school trash TestAmenT song... as on the meaning, I agree totally with MasterCraker.