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A Million To One

Helloween

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A million to one,  Helloween.
Bass tab.
Transcribed by Steve Begin (sbegin@qc.autoroute.net)
All strings tuned down 1/2 step (and the song is probably played with a 
5-string bass but I've transcribed it for a 4-string one)

B |--------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
D |--------------|-------7---------|-------------|-------------|
A |-5---5-7--5-7-|-8--10---10--8-7-|-5---5-7---7-|-7---8-7-5---|
E |---5----------|-----------------|---5-----8---|-------------|

Rhythm 1
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A |-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-|-8-8-8-10-10-10-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-77|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|end of
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|rhythm
A |-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-7-7-7-3-3-3-7-7-|-7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-5-----sl.--sl.--| #1
E |---------------------------------|-----------------------5/--14\---|

Repeat rhythm 1

Rhythm 2
B |----------------------|-----------------------|
D |----------------------|-----------------------|
A |----------------------|-----------------------|
E |-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--0-|

B |-H------------------------------|--H---------------------------| End of
D |/\------------------------------|-/\---------------------------| Rhythm
A |3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|  #2
E |--------------------------------|---------------------------0--|

Repeat 3 first bars of rhythm 2 then :

B |--H------------------------|------/5---3------|-----sl.-------|
D |-/\------------------------|----3-sl.---------|-----/7--5-----|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3---|-1----------------|---5-----------|
E |---------------------------|--------------x-5-|-3---------x-3-|
                                Take me        a-way    into  your

B |-----------------|-------------|------/5---3-----|-----sl.-------|
D |-----------------|-------------|----3-sl.--------|-----/7--5-----|
A |-----------------|-5----5---3--|-1---------------|---5-----------|
E |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------|-------------x-5-|-3---------x-3-|
    innocent         dreams        Maybe        I'd  see      what it all

B |---------------------------------|---------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------|
E |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5--3---1---0--|
    means....

Chorus 1 : Play rhythm 1, 2 times.

Now play the 2nd verse, prechorus and chorus.

The interlude :
B |--------------|---|------------|----|------------|-----------------------|
D |--------------|---|------------|----|------------|-----------------------|
A |-5-----5--7---|---|-5---5--3---|-3--|-5----5--7--|-5---5-----------------|
E |----5---------|---|---5--------|----|----5-------|---5---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

B |------------|
D |------------|
A |------------|
E |-3-3-3-3-3--|


B |--H------------------------------|--H------------------------------|
D |-/\------------------------------|-/\------------------------------|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

B |--H------------------------------|----------------------------|
D |-/\------------------------------|--(*)-----------------------|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-5-5-1--5-5-0--5-5----5-5---|
E |---------------------------------|-------------------3------1-|

(*) Here the 5s are probably played on the 3rd fret of the 5th strings of a
5-string bass.

B |--H------------------------------|--H------------------------------|
D |-/\------------------------------|-/\------------------------------|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

B |--H------------------------------|----------------------------|
D |-/\------------------------------|--(*)-----------------------|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-5-5-1--5-5-0--5-5----5-5---|
E |---------------------------------|-------------------3------1-|


Keyboard solo                         Guitar Solo
B |----------------|-----|-----|-----|----------|-----|-----------|-----|
D |----------------|-----|-----|-----|----------|-----|-----------|-----|
A |----------------|-----|-----|-----|----------|-----|-----------|-----|
E |-0-000-000-...--|-...-|-...-|-...-|-33333333-|-...-|-0-000-00..|-...-|


B |--H------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-/\------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

B |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-(*)-------------------------|
A |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-1--5-5-0--5-5----5-5----|
E |---------------------------------|-------------------3------1--|
(*) Same as before.

B |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-5-5-1--5-5-0--5-5----5-5----|-5-5-5--5-5-7--5-5-8--5-5-10-|
E |-------------------3------1--|-----------------------------|

The next 8 bars is a bass solo, too hard to transcribe sorry!

After the bass solo :
B |----------|----------|------|-----|-----|
D |----------|-sl.------|------|-----|-----|
A |-5--------|-5\-------|------|-----|-----|
E |----------|----------|------|-----|-----|
              
Chorus 3:
B |---------------------------------|----------------------------------
D |---------------------------------|----------------------------------
A |-7-7-7-------7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-|-10-10-10-12-12-12-14-14-12-12-12-
E |-------7-7-7---------------------|----------------------------------

B --------------|------------------------------------|----------------------|
D --------------|------------------------------------|----------------------|
A -10-10-10-9-9-|-7-7-7-------7-7-9-9-9----------9-9-|-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-7-|
E --------------|-------7-7-7-----------10-10-10-----|----------------------|

Repeat this rhythm until the end...

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A Million To One

Helloween