Helloween - The Time Of The Oath Chords & Tabs

 

The Time Of The Oath Chords & Tabs

Helloween Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Bass Tab

The Time Of The Oath Bass Tab

   
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THE TIME OF THE OATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1995 Album THE TIME OF THE OATH)

Transcribed by Asmogriff (ComfortablyDumb)
	

Words by Andi Deris Music by Roland Grapow

Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Strings'

 Intro
  Q=100
 4/4                              2/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


 4/4
  S S S S E S S S S E Q    S S S S E S S S S E Q
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------5----|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|


  S S S S E S S S S E Q    S S S S E S S S S E Q
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------5-----|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|


  S S S S E S S S S E Q    S S S S E S S S S S S Q
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------3---2--|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-3h5---5----|


  S S S S E S S S S E Q    S S S S E S S S S E Q
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------5------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--------|


  S S S S E S S S S E Q    S S S S E S S S S S S S S E   W          +W
|------------------------|-----------------------------|----------|--------||
|------------------------|-----------------------------|----------|--------||
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------3---2-----|----------|--------||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-3h5---5---3-1-|-0--------|-(0)----||


   Pre-Verse
    E E E E S S E E S S   S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|


                         1.                     2.
  S S E E E S S E E S S   E E E E E S S S E.     E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||----------------||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-------0h1--o||-----3---2------||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-------||-3-5---5---3-1--||


   Verse
    E E E E S S E E S S   S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|


                         1.                     2.
  S S E E E S S E E S S   E E E E S S E S E.     E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||----------------||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-------0h1--o||-----3---2------||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-------||-3-5---5---3-1--||


   Pre-Chorus
    H    +E  S S E E   E E E S S E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +W
||-------------------|-------5s7-5-------|-----------------|---------||
||o------------------|-----5-------5-----|-----------------|--------o||
||o--------------2---|---3-----------3---|---5-------3-----|--------o||
||--0----(0)-2h3---3-|-1---------------1-|-3---3-0-1---1-0-|-(0)-----||


 Chorus
  S S S S E S S E S S E S S   S S S S E E S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3--|
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0--------------|


  S S S S E S S E S S E S S   S S S S E E S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3---|
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---------------|


  E S S E S S +E  S S S S S S   S S S S E S S S E. S E.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------5---|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-3-2--3-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-5-7---7-|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


  S S S S E S S E S S E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------------3---2-----||
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-3h5---5---3-1-||


   Guitar Solo
    E E E E S S E E S S   S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|


                         1.                   2.
  S S E E E S S E E S S   E E E E E E S E.     E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-------------------||-----------------||
|-----------------------|------------------o||-----------------||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-----0h1--o||-----3---2-------||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------||-3-5---5---3-1---||


   Verse
    E E E E S S E E S S   S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|


                         1.                     2.
  S S E E E S S E E S S   E E E E S S E S E.     E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||----------------||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-------0h1--o||-----3---2------||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-------||-3-5---5---3-1--||


   Pre-Chorus
    H    +E  S S E E   E E E S S E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +W
||-------------------|-------5s7-5-------|-----------------|---------||
||o------------------|-----5-------5-----|-----------------|--------o||
||o--------------2---|---3-----------3---|---5-------3-----|--------o||
||--0----(0)-2h3---3-|-1---------------1-|-3---3-0-1---1-0-|-(0)-----||


 Chorus
  S S S S E S S E S S E S S   S S S S E E S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3--|
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0--------------|


  S S S S E S S E S S E S S   S S S S E E S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3---|
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---------------|


  E S S E S S +E  S S S S S S   S S S S E S S S E. S E.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------5---|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-3-2--3-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-5-7---7-|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


  S S S S E S S E S S E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5---------------3---2-----|
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-3h5---5---3-1-|


  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E S S   Q   E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------3h|=5\--------------|-----------------||
|-0--0------0---|----0------0-----|-----0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---||


   Bridge
    S S S S E S S S S E Q    S S S S E S S S S E Q
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||o---------5---------5----|---------5---------5----|
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|


  S S S S E S S S S E Q    S S S S E S S S S S S Q
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------3---2---o||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-3h5---5------||


 8/8
  S S S S E S S S S E Q    S S S S E S S S S E Q
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------5----|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|


  S S S S E S S S S E Q    S S S S E S S S S S S Q
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------5---------5----|---------5---------3---2--|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0-3h5---5----|


  S S S S E S S S S E S S E   S S S S a E S S S S E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------5---------5-----5-|-----3---3h5---------5-----5-|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---|-3h5---5-----0-0-0-0---0-0---|

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  S S S S a E S S S S E S S E   S S S S a E S S S S S S Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----3---3h5---------5-----5-|-----3---3h5---------3---2---||
|-3h5---5-----0-0-0-0---0-0---|-3h5---5-----0-0-3h5---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 E
|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-7-5---5-(5)--------------|
|-------------------------5-5-5-7-|-------------7-------7-6-5-5------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-8---------|-----------------------------8-5--|
|-------------------8-------------|----------------------------------|


  S S E S S E S S E S S E   S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----3-----3-|-----2-----2-----1-----0-|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------5-7-5---5-|-----------5---7p5---5-------|
|-----------2-3---5-6-7-------7---|-7-6-5-6-7---7-----7---6-5-3-|
|-------3-5-----5-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0---------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S E S S E S S E S S E   S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----5-----5-----3-----3-|-----2-----2-----1-----0-||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---||


   Interlude 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 S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|


                                   1.
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S +S  S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------7-(7)-5---5--------||
|---------------------------------|---3---3-5-7---------7---7-5-3-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5-------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||


  2.
  E E Q  H      S S S S S S E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------------||
|-------------|-----------------------||
|-5-----------|-----3---2-------------||
|-------------|-3h5---5---3-0-3-5-1-3-||


 Pre-Chorus
 4/4
  H    +E  S S E E   E E E S S E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +W
|------------------|-------5s7-5-------|-----------------|--------|
|------------------|-----5-------5-----|-----------------|--------|
|--------------2---|---3-----------3---|---5-------3-----|--------|
|-0----(0)-2h3---3-|-1---------------1-|-3---3-0-1---1-0-|-(0)----|


  H    +E  S S E E   E E E S S E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------5s7-5-------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-----5-------5-----|-----------------|-------------------||
|--------------2---|---3-----------3---|---5-------3-----|-------------------||
|-0----(0)-2h3---3-|-1---------------1-|-3---3-0-1---1-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||


   Chorus
    S S S S E S S E S S E S S
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||o-3h5-----------------------|
||------0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|


  S S S S E E S S S S S E.   S S S S E S S E S S E S S
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3--|-3h5-----------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0--------------|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|


  S S S S E E S S S S S E.   E S S S S S S +S  S S S S E S
|--------------------------|---------------------------5---|
|--------------------------|-------------5-(5)-7-5-6-7---7-|
|-3h5---------5-6-5-3-5-3--|-0-0-0-5-6-7-------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0--------------|-------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S E. S E.
|-7p5------------------------|
|-----7-7-5h6h7-7-3-2--3-2---|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|


                             1.
  S S S S E S S E S S E S S   S S S S E E S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-3h5-----------------------|-3h5-------------3---2-----o||
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-3h5---5---3-1--||


 2.
  S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-3h5---------------3---2-------||
|-----0-0-0-0-0-3h5---5---3-0---||


   Bridge
    E E E E S S E E S S   S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
|
|   Gtr II
|   E Q   E Q     E E     S S Q   E Q     E E
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||--2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
||--2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|


                         1.                     2.
  S S E E E S S E E S S   E E E E E S S S E.     E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||-----------------||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-------0h1--o||---------------1-||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-------||-0-5-4-3-2-0-1---||
|
| S S Q   E Q     E E     E Q   E Q     S E.     W
|-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||-----------------||
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-3-----2-------2s3---||-----------------||
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-3-----2-------2s3---||-----------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||-----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------||


   Outro
    E E E E S S E E S S   S S E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
||----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
|
|   E Q   E Q     E E     S S Q   E Q     E E
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||--2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
||--2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|


  S S E E E S S E E S S   E E E E E S S S E.    3x
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------o||
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-1-----0-------0h1----o||
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0---------||
|
| S S Q   E Q     E E     E Q   E Q     S E.    3x
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------o||
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-3-----2-------2s3-----||
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-3-----2-------2s3-----||
|-----------------------|----------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||


  E E E E S S E E S S   S S E E E S S E E S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-----0-------0-----|-0h1-----1-------1-----|
|---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
|
| E Q   E Q     E E     S S Q   E Q     E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
|-2-----2-------2-----|-2s3-----3-------3-----|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|


                        H.=H
  S S E E E S S E E S S   E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-1h3-----3-------3-----|-----3---2-------|
|-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3-5---5---3-1---|
|
| S S Q   E Q     E E     W
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-----------------|
|-3s5-----5-------5-----|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|


  Q=40               Q=100
 6/4                  4/4
  H.      E. E. Q.     S S S S E S S S S E Q    W
|--------------------|------------------------|------*|
|--------------------|------------------------|------*|
|-3-------3--3--3----|---------5---------5----|------*|
|--------------------|-0-0-0-0---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