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SAVE US (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1988 Album KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS PART II)
Transcribed by Asmogriff
Words and Music by Kai Hansen
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=260
4/4
Gtr I
Wx21
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
W +W +W Q. Q. Q
|----------|------------|------------|---------------|
|----------|------------|------------|---------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-0---------2---|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|------0--------|
Q H. +W +W Q. Q. Q
|------------|------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|------------|-2----0--------||
|-0--2-------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-----------0---||
Pre-Verse
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. Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------2--|
||--0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------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 Q. Q. Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2----0--------o||
|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------0----||
Verse
$
$$
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. Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------2--|
||--0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------0-------|
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 Q. Q. Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2----0--------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------0----||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
E E Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-0---------2----||
|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------0---------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
Q E E E E E E Q. Q. Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0----0-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|----------------|-----------2--|------------------|
|----------------|--------------|------------------|
1.
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
2.
D.S.
D.S.
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|----------------|-----------------||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-------||
|----------------|------------2----||
|----------------|-----------------||
Bridge
W +H. Q W +Q H Q
|----------|-------------|----------|---------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------4--|----------|---------------|
|-2--------|-(2)---------|-0--------|-(0)--4----5---|
Q H. +H. Q W +Q H Q
|------------|-------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|-------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|----------4--|----------|---------------|
|----2-------|-(2)---------|-0--------|-(0)--4----5---|
Q H. +H. Q Q H. +Q H Q
|------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|----------4--|------------|---------------|
|----2-------|-(2)---------|----0-------|-(0)--4----5---|
Q H. +H. Q Q H. +H. Q
|------------|-------------|------------|--------------||
|------------|-------------|------------|--------------||
|------------|----------4--|------------|--------------||
|----2-------|-(2)---------|----0-------|-(0)----------||
Verse
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0---------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--o||
|-----------------|---------4-4-4-4-|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
2.
Q. Q. Q W Q. Q. Q W
|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
|-4----2----4--|----------|-4----2----4--|------||
|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------1-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4---4-2-|-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 H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|-1h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---------|-1----2----|
|-----------------|-----------------|------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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-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-o||
|-----------------|-----1-1-1-1-4-4-|-----------------|------------------||
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. Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------1--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
W +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|------------|-----------------|------------------||
|----------|------------|-----------------|------------------||
|----------|------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Guitar Solo 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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------------1-1-o||
||------------------|-----------------|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E E E E E E E E W +W
|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-1--------|-(1)----|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E H. Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------||
|----5-----5-----|-5-----5-----5--|----5-----5-----|-------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------||
|-3----3-3---3-3-|---3-3---3-3----|-3----3-3---3-3-|-3-----------||
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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
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-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0--1-------||
Pre-Out-Chorus
&&
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(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 H
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5----o||
||--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-------||
Out-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 H 10x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5----o||
||--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 Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-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--0---||
Outro
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
+W +W Q Q H
|------------|------------|------------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-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
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