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/ Helloween / The Time of the Oath (1996) / A Million To One bass tab

A million to one,  Helloween.
Bass tab.
Transcribed by Steve Begin (sbegin@qc.autoroute.net)
All strings tuned down 1/2 step (and the song is probably played with a
5-string bass but I've transcribed it for a 4-string one)

B |--------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
D |--------------|-------7---------|-------------|-------------|
A |-5---5-7--5-7-|-8--10---10--8-7-|-5---5-7---7-|-7---8-7-5---|
E |---5----------|-----------------|---5-----8---|-------------|

Rhythm 1
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A |-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-|-8-8-8-10-10-10-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-77|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|end of
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|rhythm
A |-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-7-7-7-3-3-3-7-7-|-7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-5-----sl.--sl.--| #1
E |---------------------------------|-----------------------5/--14\---|

Repeat rhythm 1

Rhythm 2
B |----------------------|-----------------------|
D |----------------------|-----------------------|
A |----------------------|-----------------------|
E |-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--0-|

B |-H------------------------------|--H---------------------------| End of
D |/\------------------------------|-/\---------------------------| Rhythm
A |3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|  #2
E |--------------------------------|---------------------------0--|

Repeat 3 first bars of rhythm 2 then :

B |--H------------------------|------/5---3------|-----sl.-------|
D |-/\------------------------|----3-sl.---------|-----/7--5-----|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3---|-1----------------|---5-----------|
E |---------------------------|--------------x-5-|-3---------x-3-|
                                Take me        a-way    into  your

B |-----------------|-------------|------/5---3-----|-----sl.-------|
D |-----------------|-------------|----3-sl.--------|-----/7--5-----|
A |-----------------|-5----5---3--|-1---------------|---5-----------|
E |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------|-------------x-5-|-3---------x-3-|
    innocent         dreams        Maybe        I'd  see      what it all

B |---------------------------------|---------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------|
E |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5--3---1---0--|
    means....

Chorus 1 : Play rhythm 1, 2 times.

Now play the 2nd verse, prechorus and chorus.

The interlude :
B |--------------|---|------------|----|------------|-----------------------|
D |--------------|---|------------|----|------------|-----------------------|
A |-5-----5--7---|---|-5---5--3---|-3--|-5----5--7--|-5---5-----------------|
E |----5---------|---|---5--------|----|----5-------|---5---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

B |------------|
D |------------|
A |------------|
E |-3-3-3-3-3--|


B |--H------------------------------|--H------------------------------|
D |-/\------------------------------|-/\------------------------------|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

B |--H------------------------------|----------------------------|
D |-/\------------------------------|--(*)-----------------------|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-5-5-1--5-5-0--5-5----5-5---|
E |---------------------------------|-------------------3------1-|

(*) Here the 5s are probably played on the 3rd fret of the 5th strings of a
5-string bass.

B |--H------------------------------|--H------------------------------|
D |-/\------------------------------|-/\------------------------------|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

B |--H------------------------------|----------------------------|
D |-/\------------------------------|--(*)-----------------------|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-5-5-1--5-5-0--5-5----5-5---|
E |---------------------------------|-------------------3------1-|


Keyboard solo                         Guitar Solo
B |----------------|-----|-----|-----|----------|-----|-----------|-----|
D |----------------|-----|-----|-----|----------|-----|-----------|-----|
A |----------------|-----|-----|-----|----------|-----|-----------|-----|
E |-0-000-000-...--|-...-|-...-|-...-|-33333333-|-...-|-0-000-00..|-...-|


B |--H------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-/\------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

B |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-(*)-------------------------|
A |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-1--5-5-0--5-5----5-5----|
E |---------------------------------|-------------------3------1--|
(*) Same as before.

B |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-5-5-1--5-5-0--5-5----5-5----|-5-5-5--5-5-7--5-5-8--5-5-10-|
E |-------------------3------1--|-----------------------------|

The next 8 bars is a bass solo, too hard to transcribe sorry!

After the bass solo :
B |----------|----------|------|-----|-----|
D |----------|-sl.------|------|-----|-----|
A |-5--------|-5\-------|------|-----|-----|
E |----------|----------|------|-----|-----|

Chorus 3:
B |---------------------------------|----------------------------------
D |---------------------------------|----------------------------------
A |-7-7-7-------7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-|-10-10-10-12-12-12-14-14-12-12-12-
E |-------7-7-7---------------------|----------------------------------

B --------------|------------------------------------|----------------------|
D --------------|------------------------------------|----------------------|
A -10-10-10-9-9-|-7-7-7-------7-7-9-9-9----------9-9-|-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-7-|
E --------------|-------7-7-7-----------10-10-10-----|----------------------|

Repeat this rhythm until the end...


Helloween albums
2003 Rabbit Don't Come Easy
2000 The Dark Ride
1999 Metal Jukebox
1998 Better Than Raw
1996 The Time of the Oath
1994 Master of the Rings
1994 Chameleon
1991 Pink Bubbles Go Ape
1988 Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2
1987 Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1
1986 Walls of Jericho
The Time of the Oath tabs
01We Burn tabbass tab
03Wake Up the Mountain tabbass tab
04Power tabbass tab
06Before the War tabbass tab
07A Million to One tabbass tab
08Anything My Mama Don't Like tabbass tab
09Kings Will Be Kings tabbass tab
11If I Knew tabbass tab
12The Time of the Oath tabbass tab

 

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