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THE TIME OF THE OATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1995 Album THE TIME OF THE OATH)
Transcribed by Asmogriff (ComfortablyDumb)
Words by Andi Deris Music by Roland Grapow
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Strings'
Intro
Q=100
4/4 2/4
Gtr I
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
4/4
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S E Q
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------5----|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S E Q
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------5-----|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------3---2--|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-3h5---5----|
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S E Q
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------5------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--------|
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S S S E W +W
|------------------------|-----------------------------|----------|--------||
|------------------------|-----------------------------|----------|--------||
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------3---2-----|----------|--------||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-3h5---5---3-1-|-0--------|-(0)----||
Pre-Verse
E E E E S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
1. 2.
S S E E E S S E E S S E E E E E S S S E. E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||----------------||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-------0h1--o||-----3---2------||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-------||-3-5---5---3-1--||
Verse
E E E E S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
1. 2.
S S E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E S E. E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||----------------||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-------0h1--o||-----3---2------||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-------||-3-5---5---3-1--||
Pre-Chorus
H +E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E +W
||-------------------|-------5s7-5-------|-----------------|---------||
||o------------------|-----5-------5-----|-----------------|--------o||
||o--------------2---|---3-----------3---|---5-------3-----|--------o||
||--0----(0)-2h3---3-|-1---------------1-|-3---3-0-1---1-0-|-(0)-----||
Chorus
S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3--|
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0--------------|
S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3---|
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---------------|
E S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S E. S E.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------5---|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-3-2--3-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-5-7---7-|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------------3---2-----||
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-3h5---5---3-1-||
Guitar Solo
E E E E S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
1. 2.
S S E E E S S E E S S E E E E E E S E. E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-------------------||-----------------||
|-----------------------|------------------o||-----------------||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-----0h1--o||-----3---2-------||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------||-3-5---5---3-1---||
Verse
E E E E S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
1. 2.
S S E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E S E. E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||----------------||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-------0h1--o||-----3---2------||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-------||-3-5---5---3-1--||
Pre-Chorus
H +E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E +W
||-------------------|-------5s7-5-------|-----------------|---------||
||o------------------|-----5-------5-----|-----------------|--------o||
||o--------------2---|---3-----------3---|---5-------3-----|--------o||
||--0----(0)-2h3---3-|-1---------------1-|-3---3-0-1---1-0-|-(0)-----||
Chorus
S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3--|
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0--------------|
S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3---|
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---------------|
E S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S E. S E.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------5---|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-3-2--3-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-5-7---7-|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------------3---2-----|
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-3h5---5---3-1-|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E S S Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------3h|=5\--------------|-----------------||
|-0--0------0---|----0------0-----|-----0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---||
Bridge
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S E Q
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||o---------5---------5----|---------5---------5----|
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------3---2---o||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-3h5---5------||
8/8
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S E Q
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------5----|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------3---2--|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-3h5---5----|
S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S a E S S S S E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------5---------5-----5-|-----3---3h5---------5-----5-|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---|-3h5---5-----0-0-0-0---0-0---|
S S S S a E S S S S E S S E S S S S a E S S S S S S Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----3---3h5---------5-----5-|-----3---3h5---------3---2---||
|-3h5---5-----0-0-0-0---0-0---|-3h5---5-----0-0-3h5---5-----||
Interlude
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 E
|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-7-5---5-(5)--------------|
|-------------------------5-5-5-7-|-------------7-------7-6-5-5------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-8---------|-----------------------------8-5--|
|-------------------8-------------|----------------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----3-----3-|-----2-----2-----1-----0-|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------5-7-5---5-|-----------5---7p5---5-------|
|-----------2-3---5-6-7-------7---|-7-6-5-6-7---7-----7---6-5-3-|
|-------3-5-----5-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0---------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----5-----5-----3-----3-|-----2-----2-----1-----0-||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---||
Interlude 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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S +S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------7-(7)-5---5--------||
|---------------------------------|---3---3-5-7---------7---7-5-3-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5-------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
2.
E E Q H S S S S S S E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------------||
|-------------|-----------------------||
|-5-----------|-----3---2-------------||
|-------------|-3h5---5---3-0-3-5-1-3-||
Pre-Chorus
4/4
H +E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E +W
|------------------|-------5s7-5-------|-----------------|--------|
|------------------|-----5-------5-----|-----------------|--------|
|--------------2---|---3-----------3---|---5-------3-----|--------|
|-0----(0)-2h3---3-|-1---------------1-|-3---3-0-1---1-0-|-(0)----|
H +E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------5s7-5-------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-----5-------5-----|-----------------|-------------------||
|--------------2---|---3-----------3---|---5-------3-----|-------------------||
|-0----(0)-2h3---3-|-1---------------1-|-3---3-0-1---1-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Chorus
S S S S E S S E S S E S S
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||o-3h5-----------------------|
||------0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S E E S S S S S E. S S S S E S S E S S E S S
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3--|-3h5-----------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0--------------|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S E E S S S S S E. E S S S S S S +S S S S S E S
|--------------------------|---------------------------5---|
|--------------------------|-------------5-(5)-7-5-6-7---7-|
|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3--|-0-0-0-5-6-7-------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0--------------|-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S E. S E.
|-7p5------------------------|
|-----7-7-5h6h7-7-3-2--3-2---|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
1.
S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5-------------3---2-----o||
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-3h5---5---3-1--||
2.
S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-3h5---------------3---2-------||
|-----0-0-0-0-0-3h5---5---3-0---||
Bridge
E E E E S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| E Q E Q E E S S Q E Q E E
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||--2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
||--2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|
1. 2.
S S E E E S S E E S S E E E E E S S S E. E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||-----------------||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-------0h1--o||---------------1-||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-------||-0-5-4-3-2-0-1---||
|
| S S Q E Q E E E Q E Q S E. W
|-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||-----------------||
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-3-----2-------2s3---||-----------------||
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-3-----2-------2s3---||-----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||-----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------||
Outro
E E E E S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
|
| E Q E Q E E S S Q E Q E E
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||--2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
||--2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|
S S E E E S S E E S S E E E E E S S S E. 3x
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------o||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-------0h1----o||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0---------||
|
| S S Q E Q E E E Q E Q S E. 3x
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------o||
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-3-----2-------2s3-----||
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-3-----2-------2s3-----||
|-----------------------|----------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
E E E E S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
|---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
|
| E Q E Q E E S S Q E Q E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
|-2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
H.=H
S S E E E S S E E S S E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-----3---2-------|
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3-5---5---3-1---|
|
| S S Q E Q E E W
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-----------------|
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
Q=40 Q=100
6/4 4/4
H. E. E. Q. S S S S E S S S S E Q W
|--------------------|------------------------|------*|
|--------------------|------------------------|------*|
|-3-------3--3--3----|---------5---------5----|------*|
|--------------------|-0-0-0-0---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
