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Closer to Home

Helloween
Bass Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Closer to Home

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Intro

8X

G ------------ | ----------------- | --7 |
D ------------ | -0-53-2-0-0------ | --- |
A ----5--5--5- | -----------3-0-03 | 5-- | 5-5 ... and so on.
E ---5--5--5-- | ----------------- | --- |

While singing:

Markus is frickin' quite a lot here. He varies the bass part freely.

I think there is no exact riff, only a basis to play on. I just write

down some standard patterns. Feel free to write something like this on

your own. Can't be wrong :)

1.) 2.)

G|:----------------|----------------:|------75-75------|
D|:----------------|----------------:|----35-----75----|
A|:5--505-3------3-|5-5505-3-------3:|5035---------7535|
E|:---------0123---|---------0-1-23-:|-----------------|

or so:

1.) 2.)

G|:----------------|----------------:|-------5-75------|
D|:----------------|----------------:|-----------75----|
A|:5--505-3------3-|5-5505-3-------3:|5-5505-------7505|
E|:---------0123---|---------0-1-23-:|-----------------|

The small bass riff before the "And in my cabin ..."

G|: ------------------------------- :|
D|: ----6-5---3-------------------- :|
A|: 5-0-----------5---0-3---2---1-0 :|
E|: ------------------------------- :|

The part "And in my cabin ..."

D, B-flat:

something like this ...

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

Sorry, but I don't know the F-maj and a-min part right now ...

The silent part is something like this:

8X

G|:----------------------------|-------------------:|
D|:--------12------------------|-------------------:|
A|:5----12----12--------------3|--(3)--------0-2-3-:|
E|:--------------10(slide to)3-|-(3)-0-1-2-3-------:|

The solo part is not transcriptable. Here Markus is frickin' on D maj and

C maj 2 measures each. Sometimes he uses the half riff (see above) from the

silent part. But later it seems to me that he just improvizes.

I play something like this:

G|:------------------------------|------------------------------:|
D|:------------------------------|------------------------------:|
A|:5-5----5-5-----5-5-----5-5----|3-3----3-3----3---------0-2-3-:|
E|:-----5-------5-------5------3-|-----3------3---0-1-2-3-------:|

Later I play something like this (ME, not Markus :) ):

Dmaj:

G|----------------------------------|----7-9-7-----------------------|
D|--------4---4-5---5-6---6-7---7---|7-9-------9-7-5---7-5---7-5-----|
A|5---5-5---------------------------|----------------7-----7-----7---|
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Rhythm

* * * * * * * * * * |* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

1...+...2...+...3...+...4...+...|1...+...2...+...3...+...4...+...

Cmaj:

G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|-8-10---8----------------------|
A|--------7---7-8---8-9---10---10---|------------10---8-7-8-7-------|
E|8---8-8---------------------------|---------------------------8---|

Rhythm:

* * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * *

1...+...2...+...3...+...4...+...| 1...+...2...+...3...+...4...+...

I think that's it ... (more or less :) ).

Thanks to Sebastian (almeyer@rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE)

for the tab!!

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