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MR. TORTURE (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 2000 Album THE DARK RUDE)
Transcribed by Pete (Delirium_Veil)
Words and Music by Uli Kusch
Arranged by Helloween
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb) - 'Markus Grosskopf'
Intro
Q=190
2/4 4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S Q
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------5-5-5---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------|
q q E E E E E S S E E H q q S S E E E Q E E E S S E E
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---5-5-5--------|-------5-5-5-----|----------5-5-5----|
|-0--0----0---0-|---------0------|-0--0----------0-|------0---------0--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
W +W W q Q Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|---------------|
|----------|------------|----------|---------------|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-3--------|-3-------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-------x\--x\--|
Verse
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S S S S S q
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S S S S S q 3x
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S S S S S q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-2-2-|
Chorus
$
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|---------5p0-2-2-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-|
Bb Eb
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +Q Q H. Q
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|------------|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------|------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------------|-1h3--1-(1)--1--|-1-------1--|
To Coda
E Q E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q
|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------||
|-1h3--1-(1)--1--|-(1)-1----3--3--||
S S S S e e S S S S e e E E E S S S S S S q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
S S S S e e S S S S e e E E E S S S S S S q S S S S e e S S S S e e
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E S S S S S S q S S S S e e S S S S e e E E E S S S S S S q
|----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
Verse 2
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S S S S S q
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S S S S S q 3x
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S S S S S q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D.S. al Coda
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-2-2-|
Interlude
&
|-3-|
E E E Q H Q E S S E E E E +Q Q H E E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|--------------|-1-0-----0-----0-|
|-0-0-0-0-------|------5-5-5-3-2-0-|-(0)----------|-----5-3---5-3---|
+Q Q H Q E E E E E E +Q Q +Q. E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------|----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-2-----2-------|
|--------------|----------------|-----------------|-------5-3---5-3-0-|
|-(0)----------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------5-5-3-2-0-|-(0)--0--(0)-----|-------------------|
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S q E E E E
|---------------------------|------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-|-5-0-0-3--5-3-2-0-|
|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-3-2-----2-------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-|-----5-3---5-3-0-|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S q E E E E
|---------------------------|------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-|-5-0-0-3--5-3-2-0-|
|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E Q
|---------------------------|-3-2-----2-------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-|-----5-3---5-----|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-------------x\--|
Solo - Roland Grapow
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
Verse 3
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S S S S S q
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S S S S S q 3x
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S S S S S q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
S S S S e e S S S S e e E e E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-0-2-2-|
Chorus
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|---------5p0-2-2-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +Q Q H. E E
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------|-------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------------|-1h3--1-(1)--1--|-1-------1h3-|
E Q E +Q Q +E Q. E E E E E Q E +Q Q +E Q. E E E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-1h3--1-(1)--1--|-(1)-1----1h3-1h3-|-1h3--1-(1)--1--|-(1)-1----1h3-1h3-|
Outro
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
+W +W +W W
|------------|------------|------------|------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------*|
|-(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
