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WE BURN (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1995 Album THE TIME OF THE OATH)
Transcribed by Asmogriff (ComfortablyDumb)
Words and Music by Andi Deris
Arranged by Helloween
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass (finger)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Wind'
Intro
Q=145
4/4 2/4 4/4
Gtr I
Wx7 W Wx2
|------------|------|--------|
|------------|------|--------|
|------------|------|--------|
|------------|------|--------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S e e Q
||----------------------------|-----------------5-8-7--|
||o-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-7-7---5---7-7----------|
||o---------------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------------|------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S e e Q
|---------------------------|-----------------5-8-7---||
|-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-7-7---5---7-7----------o||
|---------------------------|------------------------o||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
Verse
$
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 W
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------2-2-2-0-0-0-----|------|
||o-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------3-3-|------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-1----|
Pre-Chorus
$$
E. S +E E +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|
|----------2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||---------------------------------|
|----5-(5)-------------------o||---------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E. S +E E H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3--3-(3)-3-3----|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
To Coda
To Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E Q Q
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3--3-(3)-3-3--3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----|
Chorus
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------5-5---------|
|-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-7-7-5-5---------7-7-----7-7-5-5-|
|---------------------------|---------7-7-5-5-----------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E H Q Q
|---------------------5-7-----|------------|
|-3-3-3-3---------7-7-----3-2-|-0----------|
|-----------------------------|------3-----|
|---------1-1-1-1-------------|---------3--|
&
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----|
Chorus
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-7-7-5-5-------------5-5-7-7-2-2--|
||o---------------------------|---------7-7-5-5-7-7--------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
|---------------------------------|------------------------||
|-3-3-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------7-7-5-5-8-8-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----o||
|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|--------------------3---||
Guitar Solo
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 E E E
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------0-5---0-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----------||
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 Q.
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-5-----|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
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 S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Guitar Solo 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 E. S +E E
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|--------------------3-(3)---o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--------3--||
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
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 Q.
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------3----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3------|
&&
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----|
Chorus
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------|---------------------7-7-5-5------|
||o-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-7-7-5-5-----5-5-7-7---------7-7--|
||o---------------------------|---------7-7----------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
|---------------------------------|------------------------||
|-3-3-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------7-7-5-5-8-8-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----o||
|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|--------------------3---||
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------|-------------5-5--7-7-5-5----------|
||o-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-----5-5-7-7--------------7-7-2-2--|
||o---------------------------|-5-5-------------------------------|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H H
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-----------------15s===============|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|-3--3-----------------------------|
|------------------7-7-5-5-8-8-7-7-|
|------1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|
|
| Q Q H
|----------------------------------|
|-8\-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
1. 2.
S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S E E Q
|------------------------||--------------------------*|
|-----------------------o||--------------------------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-5----*|
|--------------------3---||--------------------------*|
|
| W W
|------------------------||--------------------------*|
|-----------------------o||--------------------------*|
|------------------------||--------------------------*|
|------------------------||--------------------------*|
|-----------------------o||--------------------------*|
|------------------------||--------------------------*|
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
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
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| - 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
