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Victim of Fate

Helloween
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 16:03:43 +0100

From: g9404781@student.anu.edu.au (SJG)

Subject: Victim_of_fate.tab (Victim of fate by Helloween)

Victim of Fate

by

Helloween

Off Judas mini-LP

Transcribed by Stefan Gabriel

g9404781@student.anu.edu.au

Key

br - bend then release

fb - full bend

x^y - trill

/or\ - slide

h or p - hammer-on or pull-off

Fast Tempo

Verse (triplets) (copied 1 octave above by 2nd guitar)

A5

|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0--2-0-0--3-0-0--2-0-0-|-0-0-0--2-0-0--3-0-0--2-0-0-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|

F5 G5 C5 B5

|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------3-3-3--2-3-2-||
|-1-1-1--3-1-1--5-1-1--3-1-1-|-3-3-3--3-3-3---------------||

Bridge 1

F#5 E5 F#5 A5

|---------------------|-----|----------------------------|-------|
|---------------------|-----|----------------------------|-------|
|*--------------------|--%--|----------------------------|------*|
|*--------------------|-----|----------------------------|----2-*|
|-4---------4---------|-----|----------------------------|-4--0--|
|-2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--|-----|-0-0-0--0-0-0--5-5-5--4-2-0-|-2-----|

P.M.] P.M.] P.M......................]

Bridge 2 (copied 1 octave up by 2nd guitar)

G5 B5

|----------------------------|-----|----------------------------|-----|
|----------------------------|-----|----------------------------|-----|
|----------------------------|--%--|----------------------------|--%--|
|----------------------------|-----|----------------------------|-----|
|----------------------------|-----|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|-----|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-----|----------------------------|-----|

P.M........................] P.M.......................]

C5

|----------------------------|-----|
|----------------------------|-----|
|----------------------------|--%--|
|----------------------------|-----|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-----|
|----------------------------|-----|

P.M........................]

D5

|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-8-7-5--7-5-----5------------||
|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-------------8----8-7--8-7-5-||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||

Chorus

E5 C5 D5

|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|*----------------------------|-----------------------|
|*----------------------------|---------------5--5--7-|
|-7-7-7--9-7-7--10-7-7--9-7-7-|-7-7-7--9-7-7--3--3--5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|

E5 G5 F#5

|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------12--12--11-|
|-7-7-7--9-7-7--10-7-7--9-7-7-|-7-7-7--9-7-7--10--10--9--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

D5 G5 F#5

|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------12--12--11-|
|-5-5-5--7-5-5--9-5-5--7-5-5-|-5-5-5--7-5-5--10--10--9--|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|

E5 C5 [D5] B5

|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------[5]-5--[7]--4--||
|-7-7-7--9-7-7--10-7-7--9-7-7-|-7-7-7--9-7-7--[3]-3--[5]--2--||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||

[] on 1st time only

Fill 1

E5

|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|--2--|
|--2--|
|--0--|

Bridge 3 (slow tempo)

E5 C5 A5 B5

|-----|--------------|-----|----------|----|------------|---|-----||
|-----|--------------|-----|----------|----|------------|---|-----||
|-----|--------------|-----|----------|----|------------|---|-----||
|--9--|-(9)--9-11-12-|--5--|-(5)--5-4-|-2--|-(2)--2-4-5-|-4-|-(4)-||
|--7--|-(7)--7-9--10-|--3--|-(3)--3-2-|-0--|-(0)--0-2-3-|-2-|-(2)-||
|-----|--------------|-----|----------|----|------------|---|-----||

Variation of Bridge 3

|-----|-------|-----|-------|------|-------|---|-------||
|-----|-------|-----|-------|------|-------|---|-------||
|-----|-------|-----|-------|------|-------|---|-------||
|--9--|--9\\--|--5--|--5\\--|---2--|--2\\--|-4-|--4\\--||
|--7--|--7\\--|--3--|--3\\--|---0--|--0\\--|-2-|--2\\--||
|-----|-------|-----|-------|------|-------|---|-------||

Solo 1

E5 C5

|-----|-------------|--------------|------------------------|
|-----|-------------|--------------|------------------------|
|-----|-------------|--------------|------------------------|
|--9--|-(9)---------|/10~--10-10~--|-(10)-10-12-14-12-10-12-|
|--7--|-(7)--7-9-10-|--------------|------------------------|
|--0--|-(0)---------|--------------|------------------------|

A5 B5

|--------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------|---------11-12--11^12^11(tr)-|
|-/14~--14-14~-|-(14)-14---------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|
|-11~-11-12-14-|-14br--14br--14br--14br-|
|--------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|

E5

|------15-------15-------------|
|-15fb-----15fb-----15fb--15fb-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

C5

|------12-15-15b-14-12-------------------------------|
|-15fb-----------------15-13-12----------------------|
|-------------------------------14-12^14^12-11-------|
|----------------------------------------------14----|
|-------------------------------------------------14-|
|----------------------------------------------------|

A5

|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|

|-14b--14b--14br-(14)^12-|-14~--12^14^12----12-14br-(14)^12-|

|------------------------|---------------14-----------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------||
|------------------------||

|-14~--12^14^12-11-12-14-||

|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|------------------------||

Harmony Section

That's all for now. Will repost when finished transcribing.

Song Structure

Section Riff

Intro Verse

Verse 1 Verse

Verse 2 Bridge 1

Verse 3 Bridge 2

Chorus Chorus

Verse 4 Verse

Verse 5 Bridge 1

Verse 6 Bridge 2

Chorus Chorus

Interlude Verse, fill 1

Bridge (spoken part) Bridge 3 (incl variation)

Solo 1

Harmony Section

Chorus Chorus

Interlude 2

Solo 2

Coda

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