Mankind Helloween
MANKIND (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1991 Album PINK BUBBLES GO APE)
Transcribed by Luca Abete
Words by M. Kiske Music by R. Grapow
Gtr I (B E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=144
[4/4] Gtr I
E E E E E E E E 15x E E E E E E E E
||----11---11---11---11--||---11---8---9---10-| ||o---------------------o||-------------------| ||--9----9----9----9-----||-9----6---7---8----| ||o---------------------o||-------------------| ||-----------------------||-------------------|
[2/4] E E E E [4/4] W E H.. E E E E E E E S S E H..
||----------|----------|-------------|-------------------|----------| ||o---------|-4--------|-------------|-------------------|----------| ||----------|----------|-------------|-------------------|----------| ||o-2-2---2-|----------|-2-----------|-2-----2---2---2-2-|-2--------| ||----------|----------|-------------|-------------------|----------|
E E E E E E E S S E H.. [2/4] E E E E [4/4] W [2/4] H
|-------------------|--------------||---------|----------|-------| |-------------------|-------------o||---------|-4--------|-------| |-------------------|--------------||---------|----------|-------| |-2-----2---2---2-2-|-2-----------o||-2-2---2-|----------|-7\----| |-------------------|--------------||---------|----------|-------|
Riff A 0:51
[4/4] Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 8x q q q q q q
||------------------|------------------||-------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------| ||--2-----3-----2---|------------------||-5-3-2-3-5-6-| ||o---3-0---2-3---3-|-0---0---0---0---o||-------------| ||------------------|------------------||-------------|
Riff B 1:20
E Q. E Q. W Q. E E E Q +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------| |---------------|----------|---------------|------------------| |---------------|----------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x--------| |-3-3----1------|----------|---------------|-----------6--5---| |---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E H. Q. E E E Q +E E E E Q Q [2/4] H
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------| |-------5-----5-7-|-7-8-8-------|---------------|-----------------|------| |---5-------5-----|-------------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x-------|------| |-3---------------|-------------|---------------|-----------6--5--|------| |-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------|
Verse 1 1:34
[4/4] q q q q q q q q Q q q q q q q q
||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| ||o-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| ||--------------|-------------|-5\-----------|--------------| ||o-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|--------------|--------------| ||--------------|-------------|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3---|
E E E E q E E E E E E q E E
|------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|--------------2-| |-3-5---(3)-5--5-0-|-3-5---3-5--5---| |------------------|----------------|
1. 2.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
|-------------|--------------||--------------| |-------------|-------------o||---------1-4--| |-3--3--3--3--|-5-3-2-3-5-6--||-----4-2------| |-------------|-------------o||-2-5----------| |-------------|--------------||--------------|
Chorus 2:01
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--| |-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)-------------| |--------------------|---------4-4-4-(4)---|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--| |-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|-----------2-2-4-6--| |-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(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]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E E +E S S S E E E S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-5-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| |---------------------------|-------------------2-|
Q. E E E Q S S S S S S S S Q Q
|---------------|-----------------------| |---------------|-----------------------| |---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--| |---------------|-----------------------| |-0----2-4-4-4--|-----------------------|
Riff B 2:28
E Q. E Q. W Q. E E E Q +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------| |---------------|----------|---------------|------------------| |---------------|----------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x--------| |-3-3----1------|----------|---------------|-----------6--5---| |---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E H. Q. E E E Q +E E E E Q Q [2/4] H
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------| |-------5-----5-7-|-7-8-8-------|---------------|-----------------|------| |---5-------5-----|-------------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x-------|------| |-3---------------|-------------|---------------|-----------6--5--|------| |-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------|
Verse 2 2:42
[4/4] q q q q q q q q Q q q q q q q q
||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| ||o-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| ||--------------|-------------|-5\-----------|--------------| ||o-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|--------------|--------------| ||--------------|-------------|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3---|
E E E E q E E E E E E q E E
|------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|--------------2-| |-3-5---(3)-5--5-0-|-3-5---3-5--5---| |------------------|----------------|
1. 2.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
|-------------|--------------||--------------| |-------------|-------------o||---------1-4--| |-3--3--3--3--|-5-3-2-3-5-6--||-----4-2------| |-------------|-------------o||-2-5----------| |-------------|--------------||--------------|
Chorus 3:08
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--| |-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)-------------| |--------------------|---------4-4-4-(4)---|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--| |-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|-----------2-2-4-6--| |-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(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]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E E +E S S S E E E S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-5-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| |---------------------------|-------------------2-|
Q. E E E E E E E E E H
|----------------|--------------| |----------------|--------------| |----------------|--------------| |----------------|-2-2-2-4-5----| |-0----2-4-4-4-5-|--------------|
Pre-Solo 3:35
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------|| ||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o|| ||---------------------------||-||--3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0--|| ||o-7-3-0-7-3-0-7-3-0-7-3-0-o||-||o-------------------------o|| ||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
Guitar Solo 1 3:49
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o|| ||--2-----3-----2---|------------------|| ||o---3-0---2-3---3-|-0---0---0---0---o|| ||------------------|------------------||
Guitar Solo 2 4:02
E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E +H
||-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|----------------| ||o-----------------o||-----------------|-------------------|----------------| ||-------------------||---3-2---2-------|-----2---2-3-(3)---|-2---2-3-(3)----| ||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-3-----3---3-2-0-|-0-0---0---------0-|---0------------| ||-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|----------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E +Q H H q q q q q q q q q q q q
|------------------|-----------|-------------|-------------| |------------------|-----------|-------------|---------1-4-| |-----2---2-3-(3)--|-----------|-5-3-2-3-5-6-|-----4-2-----| |-0-0---0----------|-0----2----|-------------|-2-5---------| |------------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
Interlude 4:19
Wx8 Q E E +H +Q E E H Q E E +H +Q E E H
|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |------------|---------------|------2-2------|----0-0-(0)----|-(0)--2-2------| |------------|----0-0-(0)----|-(0)-----------|---------------|---------------| |------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q E E E E Q E E H. Q Q Q E E [6/4] E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|--------------|-------------------------| |---------------|-------------|--------------|-------------------------| |---------------|-2-2---------|-2--2--2--2-2-|-2---------2-2-2-0-2-4-5-| |----0-----0----|-------------|--------------|-------------------------| |---------------|-------------|--------------|---2-2-3-4---------------|
Bass Solo 4:46
[4/4] Q 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
|----------------|-----------------|-9-8---7-6---5-4-|------------------| |------2---------|-----------------|-----9-----7-----|-5----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2-1-2-3-4-5-6--| |-0--------0-0-0-|---0-0---0---0---|-----------------|------------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Verse 3 4:53
q q q q q q q q Q q q q q q q q
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-5\-----------|-------------| |-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|--------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E q E E E E E E q E E q q q q q q q q q q
|------------------|----------------|-------------|-------------| |------------------|----------------|-------------|---------1-4-| |------------------|--------------2-|-3--3--3--3--|-----4-2-----| |-3-5---(3)-5--5-0-|-3-5---3-5--5---|-------------|-2-5---------| |------------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
Chorus 5:06
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
||---------------------|--------------------| ||o--------------------|--------------------| ||---------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--| ||o-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------| ||---------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)------------| |--------------------|---------4-4-4-(4)--|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--| |-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|-----------2-2-4-6--| |-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(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]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E E +E S S S E E E S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-5-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| |---------------------------|-------------------2-|
Q. E E E E E E E E E H
|----------------|---------------|| |----------------|--------------o|| |----------------|---------------|| |----------------|-2-2-2-4-5----o|| |-0----2-4-4-4-5-|---------------||
Outro 6:00
E Q. E Q. W Q. E E E Q +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------| |---------------|----------|---------------|------------------| |---------------|----------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x--------| |-3-3----1------|----------|---------------|-----------6--5---| |---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
[2/4] E E E E [4/4] W +W +W +W Wx2
|---------|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*| |---------|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|--------*| |---------|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*| |-2-2---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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