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Here's Giants from Helloween (The best band in the world!!)
This song is from the Chameleon album, if you don't know this song,
well go buy the album, it's worth it!!!!
(the solo
begins here)
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------5-|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------7-|
|-------------7--|-------------5--|-----9------5----7-|--------------------|
|-------------7--|-------------5--|-----9------5----7-|--------------------|
|-------------5--|-------------3--|-----7------3----5-|--------------------|
|-000000000000---|-000000000000---|-0000---0000---00--|--------------------|
Now the rest of the band enter :
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------7--|-------------5--|-----9------5----7-|--------------------|
|-------------7--|-------------5--|-----9------5----7-|--------------------|
|-------------5--|-------------3--|-----7------3----5-|--------------------|
|-000000000000---|-000000000000---|-0000---0000---00--|--------------0-3-2-|
|
|(solo) sl.dn
|-7--------------|-------------10-|----------------15-|----------(15)\-----|
|-8--------------|-------------12-|----------------17-|----------(17)\-----|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
(the rythm line is played 3 other times (the 3rd & 4th times, you must play
4
third chords instead of fifth. So the D chords become 5, the C chords become
2 5
3 and the E chord becomes 7 !!))
|-------------14-|-15----------19-|----------------22-|--------------------|
|-------------15-|-17----------20-|----------------24-|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------15~|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--pull down the trem bar before--|-------------------|--------------------|
|--striking and gradually release it------------------|--------------------|
|--0-------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
T H T H T H T H T H T H T H T H
/\/\ /\/\ /\/\ /\/\ /\/\ /\/\ /\/\ /\/\
|-15-7-10-14-7-10-15-7-10-14-7-10-15-7-10-17-7-10-15-7-10-14-7-10-| (2 times
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| and the
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| next 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| bars are
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| way to
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| complicate
to transcribe!!!)
(Now we're at the first verse).
E5 D5 C5...................D5 --0-3-2-- (on the 6th
Strong and invincible, they know ev'ry rules string)
Seems inconceivable, anything they do
(The pre-chorus)
They made us their slaves We weren't unified
|----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-7------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-5--------------|-7------------|-----------------|------5-4------------|
|-5--------------|-5-------7--9-|-7---------5-7---|------7-5---5--4--2--|
|-3--------------|--------------|---------------7-|-0-00-------3--2--0--|
PM____/
Ever since we paid for selling our lives
|------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------|
|------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------|
|------------|-7-------------|-------------------|-----------|
|-5----------|-7-------------|-------------------|-----------|
|-5----------|-5--------7--9-|-7-----------9--10-|-9---------|
|-3----------|---------------|-------------------|-----------|
(Now the chorus)
Someday Someway I may see a wonderland
Dont' you Won't you Say that will be free again
|-------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------| I'm not sure
|-------------|-----------|-----------|--H-P---------------| that the last
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-/\-/\--------------| bar is played
|-------------|-----------|-9---9-10--|-9-10-9---2---------| like that but
|-10---10-9---|-9---9-10--|-----------|----------2---------| anyway I found
|----0--------|---0-------|---0-------|--------0-0---0-2-3-| that it sounds
good.
(At this point, you must play the 1st rythm line 2 times,
the first time with fifth chords and the second time with third chords.)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/helloween/giants_tab.html ]
(Again play the first rythm line 2 times (1st time with 5th, 2nd time with 3rd))
(Now it's time for the bridge (if we can call it like this))
Play 4 bars of 16th Low E note then play this riff :
|-12----12--10----10|-8-----8---7-------|
|----12--------10---|----8---------8--7-| 5th chords & 2nd -> 3rd chords)
Can't you see it....aaaaaaahhh
Can't you feel it
(Now do 3 times the last 2 bars of the bridge...The 1st & 2nd time, do it
without the keyboard part and the 3rd time, play both guitar and keyboard)
Can't you feel it....wooohooowoooo!
(The 1st gtr play an E5 chord at the end of the song while the 2nd gtr play
this part :)
let ring________
|----7-------------|
|-7-----7----------|
|----------9-----9-|
|------------------|
|-------------7----|
|------------------|
(And if you're still here, here's the solo of this song --> One of the
greatest of all time!)
(E5) (E5) (D5) (D5)
---|----------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
---|----------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
/7-|-9---------12-11|-12-9\-------|-------------|---------------|
---|----------------|----------/5-|-7------9-10-|-9----9*-9*--7-|
---|----------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
---|----------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
^ (*) Bend 1/2 step and
This note begins before the 1st bar of the solo. release.
(E5) (E5) (A5)
|--------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------|---H-P---------------------|----------12--------------|
|--------------|--/\/\---------------------|----12-14----12-14----14\-|
|-9----------7-|-7-9-7----7----------AH*---|-14-----------------------|
|--------------|-------10---10-9-7-9-10----|--------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
H P (*) Artificial Hormonics
(B5) H P /\ /\
|------/\-/\--------12-15-14-12-15-17~----17-|---(There's 2 bars of---|
|----12-13-12-13-15--------------------------|----solo here that is---|
|-14-----------------------------------------|----not transcrible ----|
|--------------------------------------------|----for a novice like---|
|--------------------------------------------|----me !!!!)-|----------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------|----------|
H P
(NC) /\ /\ p
|-12---/19--17-19-17-|------/\--------P--------P--------P-------------|
|--------------------|-17--19-17-----/\-------/\-------/\-------------|
|--------------------|-----------17-19-17-16-17-16-14-16-14-12~-------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------------|
(SOLO 2)
(E5) P P P P (D5)
|-----/\---------------/\--|--------/\----------/\--|-10(**)------------|
|-12(*)-10-12------12(*)10-|-12--12(*)10-12--12(*)10|-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
(*) Bend 1/2 step and release
(**) Bend 1 whole step
P
|-10---/\----------P------------------------|
|----12-10----10---/\-----------------------|
|----------12----12-11-9-11-9----9----------|
|-----------------------------12---12-11-12-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
(Here, 2 guitars play thirds...)
(E5)
H P H P
|--/\-/\----------------------/\-/\---------------------|
|-12-13-12----12-12-12-12-12-12-13-12----12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-14-12-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-12-14-12-12-12-12-12-|
|---\/-\/--16-----------------\/-\/---16----------------|
|----H-P-----------------------H--P---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
H P H P
|--/\-/\-------------------------/\-/\---------------------|
|-12-13-12----12-------12-13-15-13-15-13-12----12-13-15-17-|
|-12-14-12-14-12-12-14-12-14-16-14-16-14----14----14-16-17-|
|---\/-\/--16----14-16-----------\/-\/---17-16-17----------|
|----H--P-------------------------H--P---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
P
(A5) (B5) /\
|-----------------------------------------15-17-19-20-|-20(*)--20-19-20(*)|
|--19-17-19-17-15-13-12-14-12-13-15-17-19-17-19-20-22-|-22(*)--22-20-22(*)|
|--19-17-19-17-16----------------16-17-19-------------|---------\/--------|
|-----------------19-17-16-17-19----------------------|---------P---------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
(*) Bend a whole note
|-19------19--17------17-|-15------15-------------------|-----------------|
|-----19----------17-----|-----15-----17(*)-(17)(**)-15-|-17~-------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|
(*) Bend a whole note and sustain
(**) Pick the note and then realease the previous bend.
The last 3 (or 4) bars of the solo are too difficult to transcribe... but
keep in mind that the solo is in E aeolien (E F# G A B C D). I know that
this solo ends with the lowest G (3rd fret of the 6th string).
That's it folks! Hope you enjoy this transcription.
Steve 'TABAC' Begin.
(Pierre@liq.com)
