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In The Middle Of A Heartbeat

Helloween

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IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEARTBEAT (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1994 Album MASTER OF THE RINGS)

Transcribed by Luca Abete
	



Gtr I (A# D# G# C# F# A#) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q=68
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx3
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


 Verse
  Q  +E. S e E +Q     H    Q  Q    H    +E  e E E
|-------------------|------------|----------------|
|-------------------|------------|----------------|
|-------------------|------------|----------------|
|-------------------|---------3--|----------------|
|-------------------|-3----1-----|----------------|
|-3--(3)-5-6-6-(6)--|------------|-3----(3)-3-3-3-|


  Q  +E. S e E +E. S   H    Q  Q    H    +E  e E E
|--------------------|------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|---------3--|-----------------|
|--------------------|-3----1-----|-----------------|
|-3--(3)-5-6-6-(6)-6-|------------|-3----(3)-3-3-3--|


 Bridge
  Q=69
  $
  E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  S S S S S S S S
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------3-2-------------|
|-----3--2-----|-0-0-3--2--0--|-----3--2-----|----2------5-3-2-3-2-2-|
|-1-1-------3--|--------------|-1-1-------1--|-0---------------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|


 Chorus
  H    E E E E   +Q.   S S S S E Q    Q  E S S S S E Q
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5----0-0-0-1-|-(1)---1-3-5-5-5-5--|-1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|


   S  S  S  S  e  E.  S  S  S  S S  S  S
|----------10-13-------------------------|
|----10-12--------------------10-9-------|
|-12--------------------10-12------12-10-|
|----------------12--12------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


  H    E E E E   +Q.   S S S S E Q
|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|
|-5----0-0-0-1-|-(1)---1-3-5-5-5-5--|
|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|


             To Coda
  Q  E S S S S E Q     S  S  S  S  e E +H
|-------------------|----------10-13----------|
|-------------------|----10-12----------------|
|-------------------|-12----------------------|
|-1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|-------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------5-(5)----|
|-------------------|-------------------------|


 Guitar Break
  Q=68
  Q  +E. S e E +Q     Q.   S S S S S S S S S S   Q..   S S S S S  E S S
|-------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------5-7-|-------------5---/7-5----|
|-------------------|------7-5-3-------5-7-----|-------5-6-7---7------7--|
|-------------------|------------3-5-3---------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-3------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3--(3)-5-6-6-(6)--|--------------------------|-3-----------------------|


 Verse
  Q  +E. S e E +Q     Q.   S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------2---------------5-7-|
|-------------------|--------5-3-----3-5-7-----|
|-------------------|------------3-5-----------|
|-------------------|-3------------------------|
|-3--(3)-5-6-6-(6)--|--------------------------|


  Q  E. S S S S S S      +S   E
|--------------------------------|
|-------7-5-------5b5.5==(5)r----|
|-----------5-6-7-------------3--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-3--3---------------------------|


                                                          D.S. al Coda
  Q  +E. S e E +Q     Q.   S S S S S S S S S S   Q  E. S S S S S  E S S
|-------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------2---------------2-5-|-------------5---/7-5----|
|-------------------|--------------3---3-5-----|-------5-6-7---7------7--|
|-------------------|--------3-4-5---5---------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-3------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3--(3)-5-6-6-(6)--|--------------------------|-3--3--------------------|


  Q=66
  &
   S  S  S  S  e E.  S  S  S  S S  S  S    S  S  S  S  e E +H
|---------------------------------------|----------10-15----------|
|----10-12-13-14-------------10-9-------|----10-12----------------|
|-12-------------------10-12------12-10-|-12----------------------|
|-------------------12------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------5----------------------|----------------5-(5)----|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|


 Interlude
  Q=67
  Q  +E. S e E +E. S   Q  +E. S E. T T S S S S
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------7-7-7-5-----|
|-5--(5)---5-5-(5)---|-3--(3)--------------8-7-|
|--------5---------5-|--------3-5--------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|


  Q  +E. S e E +E. S   Q  +E. S H
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|-5--(5)---5-5-(5)---|-3--(3)--------|
|--------5---------5-|--------3-5----|
|--------------------|---------------|


                                             Q=5HQ=60
                          7/8               3/4
    E. S E. S Q  +E. S     E. S E. S E. E.   H.
||----------------------||-----------------|---------|
||o--------------------o||-----------------|---------|
||----------------------||-----------------|---------|
||----------------------||--------------3--|-1-------|
||o-1--1-3--3-5--(5)-1-o||-1--1-3--3-5-----|---------|
||----------------------||-----------------|---------|


 Breakdown
  Q=68
 4/4
  Wx2          W          +W           +W
|------------|----------|------------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|------------|
|------------|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|


                                            |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   H.      S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------7-5------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------7-7-5-3----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5----------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|


   Chorus
    H    E E E E   +Q.   S S S S E Q    Q  E S S S S E Q
||---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
||---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
||--5----0-0-0-1-|-(1)---1-3-5-5-5-5--|-1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
||o--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
||---------------|--------------------|-------------------|


   S  S  S  S  e  E.  S  S  S  S S  S  S
|----------10-13----------------------------||
|----10-12--------------------10-9---------o||
|-12--------------------10-12------12-10----||
|----------------12--12---------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||


  H    E E E E   +Q.   S S S S E Q    Q  E S S S S E Q
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5----0-0-0-1-|-(1)---1-3-5-5-5-5--|-1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|


   S  S  S  S  e  E.  S  S  S  S S  S  S
|----------10-13-------------------------|
|----10-12--------------------10-9-------|
|-12--------------------10-12------12-10-|
|----------------12--12------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


       Q=60
  H    E E E E   E E H.
|--------------|-----------|
|--------------|-----7-----|
|--------------|---7-------|
|-1----3-3-3-3-|-----------|
|--------------|-----------|
|--------------|-3---------|


 Outro
  Q=68          H.=H      Q=40
                         2/4
  W          Q  H.        H
|----------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------*|



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