RETURN TO SERENITY 
As recorded by Testament
From the 1992 Album THE RITUAL
Words by Chuck Billy, Eric Peterson and Del James Music by Eric Peterson

Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com


Bass (Eb Ab Db Gb)

[Intro]
Moderately Q=112  Faster Q=120
                          C#      C    B G F#  E
   4/4           3/4      12/8
   Bass
    Wx12         W        H.      Q.   E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
Gb|------------|--------|--------------------|--------------------------||
Db|------------|--------|--------------------|--------------------------||
Ab|------------|--------|-4-------3----2-----|--------------------------||
Eb|------------|--------|----------------3-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||


[Guitar Solo 1]
      E                       C                       C#
      Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
Gb||------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
Db||o-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
Ab||o------7---7------7---7-|-3--3-3-3---3--3-3-3---|-4--4-4-4---4--4-4-4-----|
Eb||--0--0---0---0--0---0---|----------0----------0-|----------0----------0---|


    C                             E
                                  >
    Q  E E E E E E E E E E        W.              Wx3
Gb|-------------------------||-||---------------|--------|
Db|------------------------o||-||---------------|--------|
Ab|-3--3-3-3---3-----2-----o||-||---------------|--------|
Eb|----------0-----3---3-0--||-||-0-------------|--------|


[Verse 1]
    E          G         D              A         E          G
    H    +E  E H.        Q  +E  +E  E E H.        H    +E  E H    +E  E
Gb|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Db|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0-------|-----------------------|
Eb|-0----(0)-0-3-------|------------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|


    D         A         E          G         D              A
    Q.   Q  E H.        H    +E  E H.        Q  +E  +E  E E Q.   E E E
Gb|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
Db|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
Ab|-5----5--5-0-------|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0----0-0-0-|
Eb|-------------------|-0----(0)-0-3-------|---------------------------|


                                                     [Verse 2, 3]
                           6/8        12/8
    H    +E  E H    +E  E   H    E E   W.                H    +E  E H.
Gb|-----------------------|----------|---------------||-------------------|
Db|-----------------------|----------|---------------||o------------------|
Ab|-----------------------|-5----5-5-|-0-------------||o------------------|
Eb|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|----------|---------------||--0----(0)-0-3-----|


    Q  +E  +E  E E H.        H    +E  E H    +E  E   Q.   Q  E H.
Gb|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
Db|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
Ab|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0-------|-----------------------|-5----5--5-0-----|
Eb|------------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|-----------------|


    H    +E  E H.        Q  +E  +E  E E H.        H    +E  E H    +E  E
Gb|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Db|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0-------|-----------------------|
Eb|-0----(0)-0-3-------|------------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|


[Chorus]
              1.
   6/8        12/8
    H    E E   H.      +H      Q     Q  E a E +Q   Q  E E E E
Gb|----------|--------------------||---------------------------|
Db|----------|--------------------||---------------------------|
Ab|-5----5-5-|--------------------||------5h7-(7)---------2----|
Eb|----------|-5-------(5)s===12--||-0--0----------0--0-3---3--|


    Q  E a E +E  E a E +E  E E E E
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|------5h7-(7)---5h7-(7)---2---2-|
Eb|-0--0---------0---------3---3---|


    Q  E a E +E   E  E  S  S  E  E  E  E    H.       E Q.     Q
Gb|--------------------------------------|---------------------------||
Db|-----------------------------14-13----|-14-------14--------------o||
Ab|------5h7-(7)s16-16-16-16-16-------16-|------------------(12)\---o||
Eb|-0--0---------------------------------|---------------------------||


                              [Chorus 2]
    2.
    E E E E E E E E E E E E    Q  E a E +Q   Q  E E E E
Gb|-------------------------||--------------------------|
Db|-------------------------||--------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------||------5h7-(7)---------2---|
Eb|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-0--0----------0--0-3---3-|


    Q  E a E +E  E a E +E  E E E E
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|------5h7-(7)---5h7-(7)---2---2-|
Eb|-0--0---------0---------3---3---|


    Q  E a E +E   E  E  S  S  E  E  E  E
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------14-13----|
Ab|------5h7-(7)s16-16-16-16-16-------16-|
Eb|-0--0---------------------------------|


     a  Q.    a  Q.    a  Q  E E E E   Q  E a E +Q   Q  E E E E
Gb|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
Db|-12h14----------------------------|----------------------------|
Ab|----------12h14-------------2-----|------5h7-(7)---------2-----|
Eb|-------------------10h12--3---3-0-|-0--0----------0--0-3---3---|


    Q  E a E +E  E a E +E  E E E E   Q  E a E +E   E  E  S  S  E  E  E  E
Gb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Ab|------5h7-(7)---5h7-(7)---2---2-|------5h7-(7)s16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
Eb|-0--0---------0---------3---3---|-0--0---------------------------------|


     a  Q.    a  Q.    a  Q  E E E E
Gb|-----------------------------------||
Db|-12h14-----------------------------||
Ab|----------12h14-------------2------||
Eb|-------------------10h12--3---3-0--||


                                    [Guitar Solo 2]
    >
    W.              W.               W.
Gb|---------------|---------------||-------|
Db|---------------|---------------||-------|
Ab|---------------|---------------||-------|
Eb|-0-------------|---------------||-------|


    W.              H    +E  E H.
Gb|---------------|--------------------|
Db|---------------|--------------------|
Ab|---------------|--------------------|
Eb|---------------|-0----(0)-0-3-------|


    Q  +E  +E  E E H.        H    +E  E H    +E  E
Gb|------------------------|--------------------------|
Db|------------------------|--------------------------|
Ab|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0-------|--------------------------|
Eb|------------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3----|


    Q  +E  +E  E E Q.   E E E
Gb|---------------------------|
Db|---------------------------|
Ab|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0----0-0-0-|
Eb|---------------------------|


    H    +E  E H    +E  E   Q  +E  +E  E E Q.   E E E
Gb|-----------------------|---------------------------|
Db|-----------------------|---------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0----0-0-0-|
Eb|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|---------------------------|


                           6/8              12/8
    H    +E  E H    +E  E   Q  +E  +E  E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
Gb|-----------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
Db|-----------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Eb|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|----------------|-------------------------|


      Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
Gb||------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
Db||o-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
Ab||o------7---7------7---7-|-3--3-3-3---3--3-3-3---|-4--4-4-4---4--4-4-4-----|
Eb||--0--0---0---0--0---0---|----------0----------0-|----------0----------0---|


                                  >
    Q  E E E E E E E E E E  x4    W.              Wx3
Gb|-------------------------||-||---------------|--------|
Db|------------------------o||-||---------------|--------|
Ab|-3--3-3-3---3-----2-----o||-||---------------|--------|
Eb|----------0-----3---3-0--||-||-0-------------|--------|


[Verse 4]
    H    +E  E H.        Q  +E  +E  E E H.        H    +E  E H    +E  E
Gb|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Db|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0-------|-----------------------|
Eb|-0----(0)-0-3-------|------------------------|-0----(0)-0-3----(3)-3-|


    Q.   Q  E H.        H    +E  E H.        Q  +E  +E  E E Q.   E E E
Gb|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
Db|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
Ab|-5----5--5-0-------|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-0----0-0-0-|
Eb|-------------------|-0----(0)-0-3-------|---------------------------|


                       6/8              12/8
    H    +E  E H.        Q  +E  +E  E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
Gb|--------------------|----------------|-------------------------||
Db|--------------------|----------------|-------------------------||
Ab|--------------------|-5--(5)-(5)-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Eb|-0----(0)-0-3-------|----------------|-------------------------||


[Chorus 3]
    Q  E a E +Q   Q  E E E E   Q  E a E +E  E a E +E  E E E E
Gb|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
Ab|------5h7-(7)---------2---|------5h7-(7)---5h7-(7)---2---2-|
Eb|-0--0----------0--0-3---3-|-0--0---------0---------3---3---|


    Q  E a E +E   E  E  S  S  E  E  E  E
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------14-13----|
Ab|------5h7-(7)s16-16-16-16-16-------16-|
Eb|-0--0---------------------------------|


     a  Q.    a  Q.    a  Q  E E E E
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|-12h14----------------------------|
Ab|----------12h14-------------2-----|
Eb|-------------------10h12--3---3-0-|


    Q  E a E +Q   Q  E E E E   Q  E a E +E  E a E +E  E E E E
Gb|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
Ab|------5h7-(7)---------2---|------5h7-(7)---5h7-(7)---2---2---|
Eb|-0--0----------0--0-3---3-|-0--0---------0---------3---3-----|


    Q  E a E +E   E  E  S  S  E  E  E  E
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|------5h7-(7)s16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
Eb|-0--0---------------------------------|


                                       >
     a  Q.    a  Q.    a  Q  E E E E   W.
Gb|----------------------------------|-------|
Db|-12h14----------------------------|-------|
Ab|----------12h14-------------2-----|-------|
Eb|-------------------10h12--3---3-0-|-0-----|


    Wx9
Gb|--------*|
Db|--------*|
Ab|--------*|
Eb|--------*|



Duration Legend
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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
Multi-bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.

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| >    Accented note
| h    Hammer-on
|(n)   Ghost/tied note
| \    Slide down
| s    Legato slide
| =    Continue articulation
| *|   Double bar (end)

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