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MANKIND (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1991 Album PINK BUBBLES GO APE)
Transcribed by Luca Abete
Words by M. Kiske Music by R. Grapow
Gtr I (B E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=144
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E 15x E E E E E E E E
||----11---11---11---11--||---11---8---9---10-|
||o---------------------o||-------------------|
||--9----9----9----9-----||-9----6---7---8----|
||o---------------------o||-------------------|
||-----------------------||-------------------|
2/4 4/4
E E E E W E H.. E E E E E E E S S E H..
||----------|----------|-------------|-------------------|----------|
||o---------|-4--------|-------------|-------------------|----------|
||----------|----------|-------------|-------------------|----------|
||o-2-2---2-|----------|-2-----------|-2-----2---2---2-2-|-2--------|
||----------|----------|-------------|-------------------|----------|
2/4 4/4 2/4
E E E E E E E S S E H.. E E E E W H
|-------------------|--------------||---------|----------|-------|
|-------------------|-------------o||---------|-4--------|-------|
|-------------------|--------------||---------|----------|-------|
|-2-----2---2---2-2-|-2-----------o||-2-2---2-|----------|-7\----|
|-------------------|--------------||---------|----------|-------|
Riff A 0:51
4/4
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 8x q q q q q q
||------------------|------------------||-------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------|
||--2-----3-----2---|------------------||-5-3-2-3-5-6-|
||o---3-0---2-3---3-|-0---0---0---0---o||-------------|
||------------------|------------------||-------------|
Riff B 1:20
E Q. E Q. W Q. E E E Q +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x--------|
|-3-3----1------|----------|---------------|-----------6--5---|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
2/4
E E E E E E E E E E H. Q. E E E Q +E E E E Q Q H
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------|
|-------5-----5-7-|-7-8-8-------|---------------|-----------------|------|
|---5-------5-----|-------------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x-------|------|
|-3---------------|-------------|---------------|-----------6--5--|------|
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------|
Verse 1 1:34
4/4
q q q q q q q q Q q q q q q q q
||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
||o-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------|-5\-----------|--------------|
||o-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|--------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3---|
E E E E q E E E E E E q E E
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|--------------2-|
|-3-5---(3)-5--5-0-|-3-5---3-5--5---|
|------------------|----------------|
1. 2.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
|-------------|--------------||--------------|
|-------------|-------------o||---------1-4--|
|-3--3--3--3--|-5-3-2-3-5-6--||-----4-2------|
|-------------|-------------o||-2-5----------|
|-------------|--------------||--------------|
Chorus 2:01
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)-------------|
|--------------------|---------4-4-4-(4)---|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------2-2-4-6--|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)------------|
|--------------------|---------4----------|
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-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E E +E S S S E E E S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-5-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------------|-------------------2-|
Q. E E E Q S S S S S S S S Q Q
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|-0----2-4-4-4--|-----------------------|
Riff B 2:28
E Q. E Q. W Q. E E E Q +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x--------|
|-3-3----1------|----------|---------------|-----------6--5---|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
2/4
E E E E E E E E E E H. Q. E E E Q +E E E E Q Q H
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------|
|-------5-----5-7-|-7-8-8-------|---------------|-----------------|------|
|---5-------5-----|-------------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x-------|------|
|-3---------------|-------------|---------------|-----------6--5--|------|
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|------|
Verse 2 2:42
4/4
q q q q q q q q Q q q q q q q q
||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
||o-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------|-5\-----------|--------------|
||o-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|--------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3---|
E E E E q E E E E E E q E E
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|--------------2-|
|-3-5---(3)-5--5-0-|-3-5---3-5--5---|
|------------------|----------------|
1. 2.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
|-------------|--------------||--------------|
|-------------|-------------o||---------1-4--|
|-3--3--3--3--|-5-3-2-3-5-6--||-----4-2------|
|-------------|-------------o||-2-5----------|
|-------------|--------------||--------------|
Chorus 3:08
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)-------------|
|--------------------|---------4-4-4-(4)---|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------2-2-4-6--|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)------------|
|--------------------|---------4----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/helloween/mankind_btab.html ]
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-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E E +E S S S E E E S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-5-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------------|-------------------2-|
Q. E E E E E E E E E H
|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|-2-2-2-4-5----|
|-0----2-4-4-4-5-|--------------|
Pre-Solo 3:35
|-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 6x
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||--3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0--||
||o-7-3-0-7-3-0-7-3-0-7-3-0-o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
Guitar Solo 1 3:49
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||--2-----3-----2---|------------------||
||o---3-0---2-3---3-|-0---0---0---0---o||
||------------------|------------------||
Guitar Solo 2 4:02
E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E +H
||-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
||o-----------------o||-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
||-------------------||---3-2---2-------|-----2---2-3-(3)---|-2---2-3-(3)----|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-3-----3---3-2-0-|-0-0---0---------0-|---0------------|
||-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E +Q H H q q q q q q q q q q q q
|------------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
|------------------|-----------|-------------|---------1-4-|
|-----2---2-3-(3)--|-----------|-5-3-2-3-5-6-|-----4-2-----|
|-0-0---0----------|-0----2----|-------------|-2-5---------|
|------------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
Interlude 4:19
Wx8 Q E E +H +Q E E H Q E E +H +Q E E H
|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|------2-2------|----0-0-(0)----|-(0)--2-2------|
|------------|----0-0-(0)----|-(0)-----------|---------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
6/4
Q E E E E Q E E H. Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|--------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------|--------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-2-2---------|-2--2--2--2-2-|-2---------2-2-2-0-2-4-5-|
|----0-----0----|-------------|--------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------|--------------|---2-2-3-4---------------|
Bass Solo 4:46
4/4
Q 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
|----------------|-----------------|-9-8---7-6---5-4-|------------------|
|------2---------|-----------------|-----9-----7-----|-5----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2-1-2-3-4-5-6--|
|-0--------0-0-0-|---0-0---0---0---|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Verse 3 4:53
q q q q q q q q Q q q q q q q q
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-5\-----------|-------------|
|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E q E E E E E E q E E q q q q q q q q q q
|------------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------------|----------------|-------------|---------1-4-|
|------------------|--------------2-|-3--3--3--3--|-----4-2-----|
|-3-5---(3)-5--5-0-|-3-5---3-5--5---|-------------|-2-5---------|
|------------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
Chorus 5:06
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
||o-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)------------|
|--------------------|---------4-4-4-(4)--|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
E E +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------2-2-4-6--|
|-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-(0)--|-2-2-(2)------------|
|--------------------|---------4----------|
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-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E E +E S S S E E E S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-0-0-5-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------------|-------------------2-|
Q. E E E E E E E E E H
|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|--------------o||
|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|-2-2-2-4-5----o||
|-0----2-4-4-4-5-|---------------||
Outro 6:00
E Q. E Q. W Q. E E E Q +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|-6----5---x-6--|-(6)-5---x--------|
|-3-3----1------|----------|---------------|-----------6--5---|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------------------|
2/4 4/4
E E E E W +W +W +W Wx2
|---------|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|---------|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|--------*|
|---------|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2-2---2-|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|---------|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
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
