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A Little Time

Helloween
Tab

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Song

Band: Helloween

Album: Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt 1

Song: A Little Time

Copyright (c) (Noise) (1987)

Version 1.0 - (20/04/06)

(-PM-) (-PM-) (--PM-)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------4----2--------------7----2-2-------4----2-----------------2-2-2|
A|-2-2-2-2----0----5---/7----5----0-0-2-2-2-2----0----5------------0-0-0|
E|-----------------3---/5-----------------------------3----3-3-3-3------|

Guitar 1

(-PM-) (-PM-) (--PM-)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------4----2--------------7----2-2-------4----2-----------------2-2-2|
A|-2-2-2-2----0----5---/7----5----0-0-2-2-2-2----0----5------------0-0-0|
E|-----------------3---/5-----------------------------3----3-3-3-3------|

Guitar 2

(-PM-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------4-----------------(4)------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-----------------(2)----To feedback---------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Main Riff

(-PM-) (-PM-) (--PM-)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------7------------------------------------------|
D|-------4----2--------------7----2-2-------4----2-----------------2-2-2|
A|-2-2-2-2----0----5---/7---------0-0-2-2-2-2----0----5------------0-0-0|
E|-----------------3---/5-----------------------------3----3-3-3-3------|

Main Riff end harmonised fill

Guitar 1

(-PM-)

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------4-6-7-|
D|-------2-4-5-------|
A|-2-4-5-------------|
E|-------------------|

Guitar 2

(-PM-)

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|---------------0-2-|
D|---------0-2-4-----|
A|---0-2-4-----------|
E|-3-----------------|

Rpt Main Riff 4 X

Bridge

(------------------PM----------------------)

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-77-7-7-7-7-77-7-7-7-7-77-7-7-7-7-77-|
A|-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-5-55-|
E|---------------------------------------------|

(------------------PM----------------------)

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-44-4-4-4-4-44-4-4-4-4-44-4-4-4-4-44/|
E|-2-2-2-2-22-2-2-2-2-22-2-2-2-2-22-2-2-2-2-22/|

(------------------PM----------------------)

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-5-55-|
E|-3-3-3-3-33-3-3-3-3-33-3-3-3-3-33-3-3-3-3-33-|

(--PM-) (PM-) (PM-)

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-4--------4--4------4--4------4--4--4-|
E|-2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-7--------------(7)-------------------|
A|-5--------------(5)-------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-4--------------(4)-------------------|
E|-2--------------(2)-------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-5--------------(5)-------------------|
E|-3--------------(3)-------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-2-----(2)-------3--------(3)---------|
A|-0-----(0)-------1--------(1)---------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Rpt Verse and Bridge

Chorus

Guitar 1

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-4------(4)----------------2---(2)-----|
A|-2------(2)------5---(5)---0---(0)-----|
E|-----------------3---(3)---------------|

Guitar 2

e|----22fb22fb\--------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Guitar 3

e|----17fb17fb\--------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------| x3
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-4------(4)--------2------(2)---------|
A|-2------(2)--------0------(0)---------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Guitar solo

~~~~~~~~trem ~~~~~~~ h

e|-------------------------------14-15-14-15p14-------------|
B|---14b----------15fb-----r--17----------------15-13p12-12-|
G|-x-14b-------0\-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~ pull on trem h trem dive

e|----------------20-b-----22\------------------------------|
B|----11----12----------19----------------------------------|
G|-12----13----19b-------------x\-6b-------r-2-4p2\---------|
D|-----------------------------x\---------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

h h ~~~~~~ h h

e|-------10-12-13b---r---------14-16-17--16-17p16-14-16--17p16-|
B|-10-12-----------------13-12---------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

~~~ ~~~~~~~ trem dive

e|-16br16-14-19fb---------------------trem dive----------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------<12>trem dive------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------0\--|

Guitar 2

e|-----------------------17-19p17-19--trem dive----------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Backing for guitar solo

PM PM PM PM PM PM

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-222----------------------------------------------7-7--|
A|-000-5-------2-2--5-------2-2--5-------2-2--4-4-4-5-5--|
E|-----3--0000-0-0--3--0000-0-0--3--0000-0-0--2-2-2------|

PM PM PM

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-2---------------------------------------2-2-2-|
A|-0-------4-4--0-------4-4--0-------5-5-5-0-0-0-|
E|----2222-2-2-----2222-2-2-----2222-3-3-3-------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---------------------------(2)-----------------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------(0)-----------------------------------|

Interlude

Backward guitar, trem dives and clock effects

Clean guitar

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Guitar 1

h h

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5----------------------------4-5--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

h h

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------4-5-----------------------------4-5------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-<5>------------------------<7>------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

trem dive

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------<9>-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0\----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

h h

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-7----------------------------5-7--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

h h

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------5-7-----------------------------5-7------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-13-12-10-12-13-12-10-12-13-12-10-13-12-10----------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------12-11-10-9-7-5-4-2-0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

h h

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5----------------------------4-5--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

trem dive

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0\------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

Depress trem and pull up pull up on trem pull up on trem

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------0/--------------\<9>/--------------|
D|-2/----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2/----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0/----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----12----------------------(12)----------------------------------|
D|-----12----------------------(12)----------------------------------|
A|-----10----------------------(10)----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Alarm Clock noise

Rpt Chorus to fade replacing chorus ending 2nd time with below.

Chorus ending

(-----------PM----------)

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-4------(4)--------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A|-2------(2)--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Outro solos

e|---------------------9-10-9-10p9---|
B|-10fb------10fb--------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~

e|------------------------------------------------------12-14-15p14---|
B|-10fb-----------------------------------------8-10-12---------------|
G|------------11-9-----------6-7-6----6---7-6-------------------------|
D|-----------------12-11---9--------9---9-----9-----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~ h

e|-17fb----r-17b--r17-19-21-21fbr-19-17-17fb---r-15-14-15p14----------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------17-17b-r-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

e|-14-15----21-21fb---r-19-21-19-----------19-21-22b-fb--|
B|-------17----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

h h ~~~~~

e|-22-21-17-17-19p17\15-17p15-14-15-12--------|
B|-------------------------------------12-----|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

Fade out

~~~~~~~~~

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-10fb-12fb-13fb-15fb-17fb-19fb-20fb------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

************************************

| / Slide up

| PM Palm mute

| (n) Ghost note

| ~ Vibrato

| p Pull-off

| r Release

| b Bend

| x Dead note

| \ Slide down

| br Bend release

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