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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 15:31:06 +0100
From: g9404781@student.anu.edu.au (SJG)
Subject: murderer.tab (murderer by helloween ver1.2)
Murderer
by
Helloween
(Off Judas mini-LP)
Transcribed fully by Stefan Gabriel
email - g9404781@student.anu.edu.au
Disclaimer/
In my personal opinion, this transcription is approx. 80-90% accurate.
Fast Tempo (crotchet=160)
4/4 Time Signature
Intro A
**repeat 4x
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|*---------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------|*---------------------------------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| | |
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------___---------------|*---------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------|*-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-*|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Intro B
D5 C5
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------7---------------|-----------------5---------------|
|-5-5-7-5-8-5-7-5---5-8-5-7-5-7-8-|-3-3-5-3-7-3-5-3---3-7-3-5-3-5-7-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| | |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------5-3-2---------2-|-----------------3-2-------------|
|-3-3-5-3-7-3-5-3-------5-3-3-5---|-2-2-3-2-5-2-3-2-----5-3-2-2-3-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D5 C5 F5 C5
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------5---||
|------------------7--------------|------------------5---3-5-||
|-5-5-7-5-8-5-7-5---5-8-5-7-5-7-8-|-3-3-5-3-7-3-5-3----5---3-||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
| | ||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------5-3-2---------2-|----------------------5---||
|-3-3-5-3-7-3-5-3-------5-3-3-5---|-2-2-3-2-5-2-3-2--5---3-5-||
|---------------------------------|--------------------5---3-||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
Verse
| D5 Bflat5 D5
|-------------------------|-----|--------------|------------||
|-------------------------|-----|--------------|------------||
|-------------------------|--%--|--------------|------------||
|-7---------------7--7--5-|-----|-3--7---5-----|---[-----]--||
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--3-|-----|-1----------7-|-8-[7-8-7]--||
|-------------------------|-----|--------------|------------||
| | | | ||
|-------------------------|-----|--------------|------------||
|-------------------------|-----|--------------|------------||
|-------------------------|--%--|--------------|------------||
|-7---------------7--7--5-|-----|-3------------|-7-[-7-7-5]-||
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--3-|-----|-1--8-7h8p7-3-|-5-[-5-5-3]-||
|-------------------------|-----|--------------|------------||
*[] 1st time only
Bridge A
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|*------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|*------------------------------------|-9-9-9-9-7-7-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-----|
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-7-9-9-10-10-|-----------------------------9-9-|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| | |
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|*------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|*------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-2-2--3--3-0-0-0-0-2-2--3--3-|---------5-5-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-2-2-|
1st ending........................................]
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------*|
|-----------------5-5-5-5---------|-9------------*|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9---------9-9-5-5-|-7-------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|
| | |
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------|----15fb-15fb--|
|---------------------------------|--------------*|
|-----------------5-5-5-5---------|--------------*|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9---------9-9-5-5-|---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|
2nd ending..............................]
|-----------------------------------|------||
|-----------------------------------|------||
|-----------------------------------|------||
|-----------------5-5-5-5-----------|-5--7-||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9---------9-9--5--5-|-3--5-||
|-----------------------------------|------||
| | ||
|-----------------------------------|------||
|-----------------------------------|------||
|-----------------------------------|------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-10-10-|-5--7-||
|-----------------------------------|-3--5-||
|-----------------------------------|------||
Chorus
B5 G5 F#5 B5 G5 F#5
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|-4-4------------------|-4-4--------------||
|-2-2--4-5-----2-------|-2-2--4-5-----2---||
|----------3-5---2-3-5-|----------3-5---2-||
Solo 1
E5
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------12-12-14-14-14-12-12-|
|----------12-12-12-------14----------------------|
|-12-15-15----------15-15-------------------------|
P.M slightly.......................................]
E5
|----------------------------------12-12-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----12-12-14-14-14--14--12--15fb--------|
|-14-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
P.M slightly....]
E5
|-15-12----12-15-12----12-15-12-------------------|
|-------15----------15----------15-12-15-12-------|
|-------------------------------------------14-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
E5
|-----------------------------|
|-12--------------------------|
|----14-12---------------14fb~|
|----------14-14--14--12------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
D5 E5
|-------------------------------------------------|-----|--------------||
|-10-10-10-10-12-12-13-13-10-10-10-10-12-12-13-13-|-----|-12------15fb~||
|-------------------------------------------------|--%--|--------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-----|-----14-------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-----|--------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-----|--------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/helloween/murderer_tab.html ]
Bridge B Fill 1
E5 D5 C5 G5
|---------------------------------|-----|-----|---|| |------||
|---------------------------------|-----|-----|---|| |------||
|---------------------------------|--%--|--%--|---|| |------||
|---------------------------------|-----|-----|-7-|| |-5----||
|---------------------------------|-----|-----|-5-|| |-3--5-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-----|---|| |----3-||
P.M..............................]
Harmony Section
Sect A (slightly muted)
D5 C5
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------8-6--5-----------*----5---|-----------------6-5-------------||
|5-5-7-5--9-5-7-5--------5-[7h9p7]-7-5----5-|-4-4-5-4-7-4-5-4-----7-4-5-4-7-4-||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
| *7 replaces [] on 2nd time | ||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------9-7-----------------------|-----------------7-5-------------||
|7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-----10-7---9-------7-10-7-|-5-5-7-5-9-5-7-5-----9-5-7-5-9-5-||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
Sect B (slightly muted, except for chords)
C5 G5
|-----------------6-5-------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-6-5-8-5-6-5-----8-5-6-5-8-5-|-----------------6-5-------------|
|---------------------------------|-4-4-5-4-7-4-5-4-----7-4-5-4-7-4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| | |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------8-6-5-----------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-7-5-9-5-7-5-------5-7-5-9-5-|-----------------9-7-------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-5-7-5-9-5-7-5-----9-5-7-5-9-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F5 E5
|---------------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------5-3-------------|--------------||
|-2-2-3-2-5-2-3-2-----5-2-3-2-5-2-|--------------||
|---------------------------------|-9--9-9--9-9--||
|---------------------------------|-7--7-7--7-7--||
|---------------------------------|--------------||
| | ||
|---------------------------------|--------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------7-5-------------|--------------||
|-3-3-5-3-7-3-5-3-----7-3-5-3-7-3-|-9--9-9--9-9--||
|---------------------------------|-7--7-7--7-7--||
|---------------------------------|--------------||
Sect C
A5
|-12----------12----------12----13----12----------|
|----15-13-12----15-13-12----12----12----15-13-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
| |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13-12-------13-12-------13----15----13-12-------|
|-------14-12-------14-12----12----12-------14-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
G5
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-15-12-13-12-15-12-13-12-15-12-17-12-15-12-13-12-||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
| ||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-16-12-14-12-16-12-14-12-16-12-17-12-16-12-14-12-||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
Sect D
C5
|-15----------15----------15----17----15----------|
|----13-13-13----13-13-13----13----13----13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
| |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-17----------17----------17----18----17----------|
|----12-12-12----12-12-12----12----12----12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
G5
|-13----------13----------13----15----13----------|
|----12-12-12----12-12-12----12----12----12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15----------15----------15----17----15----------|
|----12-12-12----12-12-12----12----12----12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
F5
|-12----------12----------12----13----12----------||
|----10-10-10----10-10-10----10----10----10-10-10-||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
| ||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-13----------13----------13----15----13----------||
|----10-10-10----10-10-10----10----10----10-10-10-||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
Fill 2
|----------------------||
|-12--13-15--15hbr--13-||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
| ||
|----------------------||
|--------12--12hbr-----||
|-13--14------------14-||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
Fill 3
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-12--13-15--15hbr--13h15p13-|-12-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----14-13h14p13----------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------15-14-12-14-15-||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
| | ||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-13--14-16--16hbr--14h16p14-|-13-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----15-14h15p14-12----------12-||
|----------------------------|--------------------15-14-15----||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
Solo 2
C5 G5 A5 E5 E5
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|---|---||
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|---|---||
|----9-7h9p7---------|---12-10h12p10-9-------|---14-12h14p12----------|---|-%-||
|10----------10-9-10-|-----------------12-10-|---------------15-14-12-|-9-|---||
|--------------------|10---------------------|12----------------------|-7-|---||
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|---|---||
Coda A Coda B * half tempo change
|---|------|| |---|---|------|---|-----|---||
|---|------|| |---|---|------|---|-----|---||
|---|------|| |---|---|------|---|-----|---||
|-4-|------|| |-4-|---|------|---|-----|-5-||
|-2-|-5--4-|| |-2-|-5-|-(5)--|-4-|-(4)-|-3-||
|---|-3--2-|| |---|-3-|-(3)--|-2-|-(2)-|---||
Song Structure
section music
Intro - Intro A, Intro B 2x (on 2nd time with power chords)
Verse 1 - Verse
Bridge 1 - Bridge A
Chorus - Chorus
Interlude - Intro B
Verse 2 - Verse
Bridge 2 - Bridge A
Chorus - Chorus
Solo 1
Bridge 3 - Bridge B 4x, Fill 1
Harmony - Sect A 2x, Sect B 2x, Sect C 2x, Sect D, Fill 2, Sect D, Fill 3
Solo 2
Interlude - Intro B 2x (on 2nd time with power chords)
Verse 1 - Verse
Bridge 1 - Bridge A
Chorus - Chorus
Chorus - Coda A, Coda B
Finally, The End.
