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WE BURN (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1995 Album THE TIME OF THE OATH)
Transcribed by Asmogriff (ComfortablyDumb)
Words and Music by Andi Deris
Arranged by Helloween
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass (finger)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Wind'
Intro
Q=145
4/4 2/4 4/4
Gtr I
Wx7 W Wx2
|------------|------|--------| |------------|------|--------| |------------|------|--------| |------------|------|--------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S e e Q
||----------------------------|-----------------5-8-7--| ||o-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-7-7---5---7-7----------| ||o---------------------------|------------------------| ||----------------------------|------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S e e Q
|---------------------------|-----------------5-8-7---|| |-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-7-7---5---7-7----------o|| |---------------------------|------------------------o|| |---------------------------|-------------------------||
Verse
$
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------2-2-2-0-0-0-----|------| ||o-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------3-3-|------| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-1----|
Pre-Chorus
$$
E. S +E E +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||---------------------------------| |----------2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||---------------------------------| |----5-(5)-------------------o||---------------------------------| |-3---------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E. S +E E H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-3--3-(3)-3-3----|---------------------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
To Coda
To Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E Q Q
|---------------------------------|------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------| |---------------------------------|-3--3-(3)-3-3--3--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|---------------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----|
Chorus
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------5-5---------| |-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-7-7-5-5---------7-7-----7-7-5-5-| |---------------------------|---------7-7-5-5-----------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E H Q Q
|---------------------5-7-----|------------| |-3-3-3-3---------7-7-----3-2-|-0----------| |-----------------------------|------3-----| |---------1-1-1-1-------------|---------3--|
&
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|---------------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----|
Chorus
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-7-7-5-5-------------5-5-7-7-2-2--| ||o---------------------------|---------7-7-5-5-7-7--------------| ||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
|---------------------------------|------------------------|| |-3-3-----------------------------|-----------------------o|| |-----------------7-7-5-5-8-8-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----o|| |-----1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|--------------------3---||
Guitar Solo
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E
||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o|| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------0-5---0-o|| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e Q.
|---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-5-----| |---------------------------------|-------------------------|
Interlude
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Guitar Solo 2
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------o|| ||o---------------------------------|--------------------3-(3)---o|| ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--------3--||
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e Q.
|---------------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------3----| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3------|
&&
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|---------------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----|
Chorus
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------|---------------------7-7-5-5------| ||o-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-7-7-5-5-----5-5-7-7---------7-7--| ||o---------------------------|---------7-7----------------------| ||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
|---------------------------------|------------------------|| |-3-3-----------------------------|-----------------------o|| |-----------------7-7-5-5-8-8-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----o|| |-----1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|--------------------3---||
S S S S E S S S S E S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------|-------------5-5--7-7-5-5----------| ||o-7-7---5---7-7---5---7-7-5-|-----5-5-7-7--------------7-7-2-2--| ||o---------------------------|-5-5-------------------------------| ||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| W H H
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------|-----------------15s===============| ||----------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||----------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------| |-3--3-----------------------------| |------------------7-7-5-5-8-8-7-7-| |------1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|
|
| Q Q H
|----------------------------------| |-8\-------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|
1. 2.
S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S E E Q
|------------------------||--------------------------*| |-----------------------o||--------------------------*| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-5----*| |--------------------3---||--------------------------*|
|
| W W
|------------------------||--------------------------*| |-----------------------o||--------------------------*| |------------------------||--------------------------*| |------------------------||--------------------------*| |-----------------------o||--------------------------*| |------------------------||--------------------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
<n> - 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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