Im Alive by Helloween #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# I'M ALIVE (Bassline) As recorded by Helloween (From the 1987 Album KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS PT.1) Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com) Words and Music by K.Hansen Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Markus' Intro Fast Rock Q=300 4/4 Gtr I W +W +W +H. Q ||-----------|------------|------------|--------------| ||o----------|------------|------------|--------------| ||o----------|------------|------------|--------------| ||--2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)------0---| 1. W +W W +H. Q |----------|------------|----------|----------------|| |----------|------------|----------|---------------o|| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)\----------o|| |----------|------------|----------|-----------0----|| 1st Verse 2. W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W |-------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------| |-------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------| |-(7)\--------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------| |-------------||-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-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 W |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|| |-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0----|| Pre-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| 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-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|| Chorus E E E E E E E E Q H Q E E E E E E E E Q H Q |-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0---| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W Q H Q |-----------------|-----------------|----------|-------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-0--------|-------------| |-----------------|-----------------|----------|-4-----------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------|----2----0---| E E E E E E E E Q H Q E E E E E E E E Q H Q |-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|------------------| 2nd Verse H H H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------|-----------||-----------------|------------------| |-----------|-----------||-----------------|------------------| |-4----2----|-0---------||-----------------|------------------| |-----------|------4----||-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|----------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|----------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|----------|-----------------|------------------| |-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--------|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| Pre-chorus E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|----------||-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|----------||-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|----------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|------------------| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| Chorus Q Q Q Q W E E E E E E E E Q H Q |-------------|----------||-----------------|-------------| |-------------|----------||-----------------|-------------| |-7--7--7--7--|-7--------||-----------------|-------------| |-------------|----------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0---| E E E E E E E E Q H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| W Q H Q E E E E E E E E Q H Q |----------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |----------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |-5--------|-4----------|-----------------|-------------| |----------|----2----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0---| E E E E E E E E Q H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H H H |-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4----2----|-0---------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------|------4----|| 1st guitar solo 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-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |-----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----7-----7--|----7-----7---| |-----------------|-----------------|-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|| Interlude 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-4-4-2-2---------|-----4-4-2-2-----|-5-5-4-4-2-2------| |-2-2-5-5-4-4-2-2-|---------5-5-4-4-|-------------5-5-|-------------4-4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-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 Q Q H |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------| |-----------------|-4-4-2-2---------|-----4-4-2-2-----|------------| |-2-2-5-5-4-4-2-2-|---------5-5-4-4-|-------------5-5-|-1--4--2----| |-----------------|-----------------|-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-4-4-2-2---------|-----4-4-2-2-----|-5-5-4-4-2-2------| |-2-2-5-5-4-4-2-2-|---------5-5-4-4-|-------------5-5-|-------------4-4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-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 Q Q H |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------| |-----------------|-4-4-2-2---------|-----4-4-2-2-----|------------| |-2-2-5-5-4-4-2-2-|---------5-5-4-4-|-------------5-5-|-1--4--2----| |-----------------|-----------------|-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------0-(0)------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------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-|-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q. E +Q Q |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--|-2----3-(3)--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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|| 2nd guitar solo E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E 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--| 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-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-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 Q Q |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-5-5-5-5-7--5---| |-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--| |-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-7---7-7----7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| Pre-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 |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|------------------| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| Chorus Q Q Q Q W E E E E E E E E Q H Q |-------------|-----------||-----------------|-------------| |-------------|-----------||-----------------|-------------| |-7--7--7--7--|-7\--------||-----------------|-------------| |-------------|-----------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0---| E E E E E E E E Q H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| W Q H Q E E E E E E E E Q H Q |----------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |-0--------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |----------|-4----------|-----------------|-------------| |----------|----2----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0---| E E E E E E E E Q H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| Chorus E E E E E E E E E E Q H E E E E E E E E Q H Q |-----------------|-------------||-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------||-----------------|-------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-----------||-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0---| E E E E E E E E Q H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| W Q H Q E E E E E E E E Q H Q |----------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |-0--------|------------|-----------------|-------------| |----------|-4----------|-----------------|-------------| |----------|----2----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0---| E E E E E E E E Q H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E H Q W |-----------------|-------------|------*| |-----------------|-------------|------*| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-----------|------*| |-----------------|-----2----0--|-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 www.TAB6.com