• Song:

    Mankind

  • Artist:

    Helloween

  • Album:

    Pink Bubbles Go Ape

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MANKIND (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1991 Album PINK BUBBLES GO APE)

Transcribed by Luca Abete
	

Words by M. Kiske Music by R. Grapow

Gtr I (B E A D G) - 'Bass'

   Intro
    Q=144
   4/4
    Gtr I
    E  E E  E E  E E  E 15x E  E E E E E E  E
||----11---11---11---11--||---11---8---9---10-|
||o---------------------o||-------------------|
||--9----9----9----9-----||-9----6---7---8----|
||o---------------------o||-------------------|
||-----------------------||-------------------|


   2/4       4/4
    E E E E   W          E H..         E E E E E E E S S   E H..
||----------|----------|-------------|-------------------|----------|
||o---------|-4--------|-------------|-------------------|----------|
||----------|----------|-------------|-------------------|----------|
||o-2-2---2-|----------|-2-----------|-2-----2---2---2-2-|-2--------|
||----------|----------|-------------|-------------------|----------|


                                     2/4       4/4        2/4
  E E E E E E E S S   E H..           E E E E   W          H
|-------------------|--------------||---------|----------|-------|
|-------------------|-------------o||---------|-4--------|-------|
|-------------------|--------------||---------|----------|-------|
|-2-----2---2---2-2-|-2-----------o||-2-2---2-|----------|-7\----|
|-------------------|--------------||---------|----------|-------|


   Riff A  0:51
   4/4
    Gtr I
                                          |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  8x q q q q q q
||------------------|------------------||-------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------|
||--2-----3-----2---|------------------||-5-3-2-3-5-6-|
||o---3-0---2-3---3-|-0---0---0---0---o||-------------|
||------------------|------------------||-------------|


 Riff B 1:20
  E Q.   E Q.     W          Q.   E E E Q    +E  E E E Q  Q
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x--------|
|-3-3----1------|----------|---------------|-----------6--5---|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|


                                                                   2/4
  E E E E E E E E   E E H.        Q.   E E E Q    +E  E E E Q  Q    H
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------|
|-------5-----5-7-|-7-8-8-------|---------------|-----------------|------|
|---5-------5-----|-------------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x-------|------|
|-3---------------|-------------|---------------|-----------6--5--|------|
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------|


   Verse 1  1:34
   4/4
    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    Q   q  q  q    q  q  q  q
||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
||o-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------|-5\-----------|--------------|
||o-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|--------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3---|


  E E E  E  q  E E   E E E E q  E E
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|--------------2-|
|-3-5---(3)-5--5-0-|-3-5---3-5--5---|
|------------------|----------------|


               1.              2.
                |-3-| |-3-|     |-3-| |-3-|
  q  q  q  q    q q q q q q     q q q q q q
|-------------|--------------||--------------|
|-------------|-------------o||---------1-4--|
|-3--3--3--3--|-5-3-2-3-5-6--||-----4-2------|
|-------------|-------------o||-2-5----------|
|-------------|--------------||--------------|


 Chorus 2:01
  E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|


  E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)-------------|
|--------------------|---------4-4-4-(4)---|


  E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|


  E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------2-2-4-6--|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)------------|
|--------------------|---------4----------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


    |-3-|         |-3-|         |-3-|
  E S S S E E +E  S S S E E   E S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-5-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------------|-------------------2-|


  Q.   E E E Q    S S S S S S S S Q  Q
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|-0----2-4-4-4--|-----------------------|


 Riff B 2:28
  E Q.   E Q.     W          Q.   E E E Q    +E  E E E Q  Q
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x--------|
|-3-3----1------|----------|---------------|-----------6--5---|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|


                                                                   2/4
  E E E E E E E E   E E H.        Q.   E E E Q    +E  E E E Q  Q    H
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------|
|-------5-----5-7-|-7-8-8-------|---------------|-----------------|------|
|---5-------5-----|-------------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x-------|------|
|-3---------------|-------------|---------------|-----------6--5--|------|
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------|


   Verse 2  2:42
   4/4
    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    Q   q  q  q    q  q  q  q
||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
||o-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------|-5\-----------|--------------|
||o-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|--------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3---|


  E E E  E  q  E E   E E E E q  E E
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|--------------2-|
|-3-5---(3)-5--5-0-|-3-5---3-5--5---|
|------------------|----------------|


               1.              2.
                |-3-| |-3-|     |-3-| |-3-|
  q  q  q  q    q q q q q q     q q q q q q
|-------------|--------------||--------------|
|-------------|-------------o||---------1-4--|
|-3--3--3--3--|-5-3-2-3-5-6--||-----4-2------|
|-------------|-------------o||-2-5----------|
|-------------|--------------||--------------|


 Chorus 3:08
  E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|


  E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)-------------|
|--------------------|---------4-4-4-(4)---|


  E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|


  E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------2-2-4-6--|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)------------|
|--------------------|---------4----------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


    |-3-|         |-3-|         |-3-|
  E S S S E E +E  S S S E E   E S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-5-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------------|-------------------2-|


  Q.   E E E E E   E E E E H
|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|-2-2-2-4-5----|
|-0----2-4-4-4-5-|--------------|


   Pre-Solo 3:35
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E         E E E E E E E E E E E E  6x
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||--3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0--||
||o-7-3-0-7-3-0-7-3-0-7-3-0-o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||


   Guitar Solo 1  3:49
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||--2-----3-----2---|------------------||
||o---3-0---2-3---3-|-0---0---0---0---o||
||------------------|------------------||


   Guitar Solo 2  4:02
    E E E E E E E E  3x E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E +E  E   E E E E +H
||-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
||o-----------------o||-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
||-------------------||---3-2---2-------|-----2---2-3-(3)---|-2---2-3-(3)----|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-3-----3---3-2-0-|-0-0---0---------0-|---0------------|
||-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|----------------|


                                 |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E +Q     H    H      q q q q q q   q q q q q q
|------------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
|------------------|-----------|-------------|---------1-4-|
|-----2---2-3-(3)--|-----------|-5-3-2-3-5-6-|-----4-2-----|
|-0-0---0----------|-0----2----|-------------|-2-5---------|
|------------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|


 Interlude 4:19
  Wx8          Q  E E +H       +Q   E E H      Q  E E +H       +Q   E E H
|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|------2-2------|----0-0-(0)----|-(0)--2-2------|
|------------|----0-0-(0)----|-(0)-----------|---------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|


                                              6/4
  Q  E E E E Q    E E H.        Q  Q  Q  E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|--------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------|--------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-2-2---------|-2--2--2--2-2-|-2---------2-2-2-0-2-4-5-|
|----0-----0----|-------------|--------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------|--------------|---2-2-3-4---------------|


 Bass Solo 4:46
 4/4
  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-9-8---7-6---5-4-|------------------|
|------2---------|-----------------|-----9-----7-----|-5----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2-1-2-3-4-5-6--|
|-0--------0-0-0-|---0-0---0---0---|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


 Verse 3  4:53
  q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    Q   q  q  q    q  q  q  q
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-5\-----------|-------------|
|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|


                                                    |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E  E  q  E E   E E E E q  E E   q  q  q  q    q q q q q q
|------------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------------|----------------|-------------|---------1-4-|
|------------------|--------------2-|-3--3--3--3--|-----4-2-----|
|-3-5---(3)-5--5-0-|-3-5---3-5--5---|-------------|-2-5---------|
|------------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|


   Chorus 5:06
    E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E +Q
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
||o-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|


  E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)------------|
|--------------------|---------4-4-4-(4)--|


  E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|


  E E +E  E E E +Q     E E +E  E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------2-2-4-6--|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)------------|
|--------------------|---------4----------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


    |-3-|         |-3-|         |-3-|
  E S S S E E +E  S S S E E   E S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-5-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------------|-------------------2-|


  Q.   E E E E E   E E E E H
|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|--------------o||
|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|-2-2-2-4-5----o||
|-0----2-4-4-4-5-|---------------||


 Outro 6:00
  E Q.   E Q.     W          Q.   E E E Q    +E  E E E Q  Q
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x--------|
|-3-3----1------|----------|---------------|-----------6--5---|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|


 2/4       4/4
  E E E E   W          +W           +W           +W           Wx2
|---------|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|---------|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|--------*|
|---------|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2-2---2-|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|---------|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|



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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