Halloween Lyrics

HALLOWEEN (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1988 Album KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS PT. 1)
Words and Music by Kai Hansen
Arranged by Helloween
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Pick'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Slap'
Q=82
Gtr I
W W H Q Q
H. Q H +E E E E H. Q W
H. Q H +E E E E H. Q H +E E E E
Q. E Q Q Q. E E E E E
||o--------------|----------2-----|
||o-----------2--|-1----1-1-------|
1. 2H=H
Q. E Q Q Q. E E E E E E E Q H
|--------------|-4----4-4-5-4-3-o||-4-----------||
|--------7--6--|----------------o||-------------||
Pre-Verse
Q=152
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S S E.
||o-------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-------------10-10-9h10--|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E
E S S E S S E S S E S S
E S S E E +E S S S E. E S S E S S E S S E S S
E S S E E +W +H. Q
Q=150
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
S S S S S S E +E Q E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S Q
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
S S S S S S E +E Q E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
E E E E E E E E E Q E +E Q E
E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S
E E E E E E E E E Q E +E Q E
E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S
Q=143
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S Q Q 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
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E E E E
Q 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 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
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 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 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
H. Q Q Q Q Q H. Q H Q E E H. Q
Q Q Q Q H. Q W +H. Q W +W
|----5--4-----|-2----------|----------|--------------o||----------|--------||
|-2--------5--|---------5--|-3--------|-(3)------3/--o||-3--------|-(3)----||
Q=155
E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E Q H E E E E E E E E
E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E Q H E E E E E E E E
Q=160
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q 4x
||o----------------|----------------|---------------|-----10------9---o||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7----|-7-7-7-7-7-7----|-7-7----7-7----|-7-7-----7-7-----o||
Q. E H +H.. S S Q Q H H Q Q
E E E S S H E E E S S E Q. E E E S S H E E E E H
E E E S S H E E E S S E Q. E E E S S H E E E E E E E E
Guitar Solo
E E E S S H E E E S S E Q. E E E S S H E E E E E E E E
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----1-2--------o||
||o---------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|---3-2-----2------o||
E E E S S H E E E S S E Q. W Q Q H
Keyboard Verse
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W E E E E E E E E
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
Q Q W W W E E E E E E E E
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E Q E 4x
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-----------------2----o||
||o-----------------------------|----------------------2----------------o||
| Gtr II
| W H S S S S S S S S 4x
||o-----------------------------|---------------------12----------------o||
||o-----------------------------|---------------14-15----15-14-12-------o||
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||o---------4-------------4-----|---------4-------------2------|
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| W W
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
| W
S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q
|---------4------------------2----------o||---------4-------------2----|
|---------------------------------------o||----------------------------|
| H S S S S S S S S W
|------------------12-14-12-------------o||----------------------------|
|---------------16----------16-14-12----o||----------------------------|
Guitar Solos
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E Q E
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----2-o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------2----o||
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||o---------4-------------4-----|---------4-------------2------o||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E Q E
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----2-o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------2----o||
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||o---------4-------------4-----|---------4-------------2------o||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
E E Q H W E E Q H W E E Q H
||o-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
||o-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
1. 2H.=H Q=42
W E E Q H H E E Q E E +H. +W
|----------|-------------|--------------o||--------------|--------||
|----------|-------------|--------4-7\--o||--------------|--------||
Guitar Solos
Q=112
H H Q. S S Q. S S E E E E E E E E
E E E E Q. S S E E E E E E E E
E E E E Q. S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. S S E E E E E E E E
Q=107
Q. S S H E E E E E E E E Q E E Q. S S
E E E E E E E E Q. S S Q. S S E E E E E E E E
More Solos
Q=145
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-2-------o||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-5-4-2-----o||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-2-------o||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-5-4-2-----o||
E E E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------7-----------7---o||
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E 4x S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------9-9----------10-10-o||-----------------------------|
|-7-9-10-7-----7-9-10-7-------o||-7-9-10-7-7-7-7-7------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S E E S S S S E E 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 S S S S S S S S Q
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------9-9----------10-10-|-----------------------------o||
|-7-9-10-7-----7-9-10-7-------|-7-9-10-7-7-7-7-7------------o||
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
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W
Interlude Part 1
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---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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
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
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
Q E E Q E E E E E S S E E Q
|-----------------|-------7-7-7------o||
|-7\------7\------|------------------o||
Interlude Part 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-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 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
|---------------------------------o||-----------------------||
|-------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-------------2-2-2-----||
Interlude Part 3
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||o-2-----------|-------2-----|-2-----------|--------------|
||o-------3-----|-2-----------|-------3-----|-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 E Q 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 Q Q S S S S S S S S E E Q
|---------------------------o||------------------------|
|-----------------2---2-----o||-----------------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 E Q
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 Q
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
E E E E E E E E E Q E +E Q E
||o-----------------|---5--4-(4)------|
||o-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|-5----------7--5-|
E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------|---9-9-9-7-7-7---------------o||
|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-------------10-10-10-9-9--o||
Q=143
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S Q Q 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
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E E E E
Q 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 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
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 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 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
H. Q Q Q Q Q H. Q H Q E E
H. Q Q Q Q Q H. Q
H Q E E H. Q Q Q Q Q H. Q
H Q E E H. Q Q Q Q Q
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
E S S E S S +S E S S S E E S S E S S +S E S E E
E S S E S S +S E S S S E E S S E S S +S E 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 S S S S S
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E E +E E E E
|---------------------------------|----------9-(9)--------o||
|---------------------------------|-----/9---------9-10-9-o||
Last Solo
E E E E E E E E E. S +E E +E E Q
Q=60
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
Free Play
Free Tempo Q=150
TP TP TP
W +W +W
TP
+W +W +W +W
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S S E.
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