A Little Time Helloween
A LITTLE TIME (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1987 Album KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS PT.1)
Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com)
Words and Music by Michael Kiske
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Markus Grosskopf'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=155(8=s8)
[4/4] Gtr I
|-3-|
Wx4 E E E H +Q Wx2 W
|------------|------------------|------------|-------|| |------------|------------------|------------|-------|| |------------|-2-2-2-2----(2)\--|------------|-------|| |------------|------------------|------------|-x\----||
|-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||--------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------| ||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-0-| ||--------------------|-------------------|
1.
|-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|-------/9-9-9-9-7----o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------9--o|| |-------------------|-3-3-3----------------||
2.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|----------------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---|-------/7-9-9-9-9-7---|| |-----------------3-|-3-3-3--------------9-||
1st Verse
|-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-4-2--| |-------------------|--------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|---------2-4-4-4-4-2---| |-------------------|-----2-4-------------4-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------| |-------------------|-3-3-------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-4-2-| |-------------------|-------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|----------------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------/x-9-9-9-9-7-5-|| |-------------------|-3-3-3----------------||
Bridge
|-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]
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-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-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E +E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-----2-2-(2)---| |3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E +E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| |-2-2-(2)---2-2-2-2--|---------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
2nd Verse
|-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]
|-------------------------||-------------------| |-------------------------||-------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------||-------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-4-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-------------------|--------------------| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------/x-9-9-9-7-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-4-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-3-3-3--------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Bridge
|-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]
|--------------------||-------------------------| |--------------------||-------------------------| |-------/x-9-9-9-7-5-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-3-3-3--------------||-------------------------| |-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]
|-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------| |-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| |-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]
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E +E Q
|-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-----2-2-(2)------| |3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E +E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-2-2-(2)---2-2-2-2--|-------------------------| |-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]
|-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------| |-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Chorus
$
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------|
To Coda
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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 E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| |-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------|-----------------------|
Guitar Solo
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W +H. E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E Q E
|----------|----------------||-------------------|-------------------| |----------|----------------||-------------------|-------------------| |-0--------|-(0)------------||-------------------|-------------------| |----------|----------0-0-0-||-3--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|-3--0-0-0-0-1--1---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E H Q Q Q H Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E Q E
|---------------|------------|-------------------|-----------------| |---------------|------------|-------------------|-----------------| |---------------|-------5----|-------------------|-----------------| |-3--0-0-0-0----|-1-1-1------|-5--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-5--2-2-2-2-3--3-|
Moderately Fast Rock Q=155(s8=8)
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q Q q q q q q q W +W
|----------------|-------------||----------|--------| |----------------|-------------||----------|--------| |----------------|-------------||----------|--------| |-5--2-2-2-2--2--|-3-3-3-5-5-5-||-0--------|-(0)----|
D.S. al Coda
+W +W +W Wx29
|------------|------------|------------|----------|| |------------|------------|------------|----------|| |------------|------------|------------|----------|| |-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|----------||
Outro-Solo
&
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------| |-------------------------||-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|--------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-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]
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-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 Q
|-------------------------|---------------------*| |-------------------------|---------------------*| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------*| |-------------------------|---------------------*|
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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