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IF I COULD FLY
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 2000 Album THE DARK RIDE)
Transcribed by /\X/\M
Words and Music by Andi Deris
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Piano Intro
Heavy Rock Q=80
2/4
Gtr I
S S Q S S Q E E E +S S Q +H S S Q S S
|-----------------|-----------|----------------|---------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------|----------------|---------|-----------------|
|-17-16-----17-16-|-----------|------------16--|-(16)----|-17-16-----17-16-|
|-----------------|--------17-|---------17-----|---------|-----------------|
|-------19--------|-19--17----|-19-(19)--------|---------|-------19--------|
|-----------------|-----------|----------------|---------|-----------------|
Q E E E +S S E S S +S S S +S +Q
|-----------|---------------------|------15-19-(19)-(19)-----||
|-----------|---------------15-17-|-(17)---------------------||
|-----------|------------16-------|--------------------------||
|--------17-|---------17----------|--------------------------||
|-19--17----|-19-(19)-------------|---------14-------15--17--||
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------------||
E E E E
Pre-Verse
Gtr I
S S Q S S Q E E
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------------|----------------------|
||--17-16------------17-16-|----------------------|
||-------------------------|-----------------17---|
||o-------19---------------|-19-------17----------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||---7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------|
||o--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|
||---5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|
E +S S Q +H
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------16---------|-(16)--------------------|
|-----------17------------|-------------------------|
|-19---(19)---------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM-| PM|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2------------2-(2)-----|--------7-(7)-----7-(7)--|
|--2-2---2---2--2-(2)-2-2-|--------5-(5)-----5-(5)--|
|--0-0---0---0--0-(0)-0-0-|---0--0-------0-0--------|
S S Q S S Q E E E +S S E S S
|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------15-17-|
|-17-16------------17-16-|----------------------|--------------16-----------|
|------------------------|-----------------17---|-----------17--------------|
|-------19---------------|-19-------17----------|-19---(19)-----------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S
|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|--7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------|--2------------2-(2)-------|
|--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|--2-2---2---2--2-(2)--2--2-|
|--5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|--0-0---0---0--0-(0)--0--0-|
+S S S +S +Q S S Q S S Q E E
|------15-19-(19)-(19)-----------||-----------------|-----------||
|-(17)--------------------------o||-----------------|-----------||
|--------------------------------||-17-16-----17-16-|-----------||
|--------------------------------||-----------------|--------17-||
|------------------15----17-----o||-------19--------|-19--17----||
|--------------------------------||-----------------|-----------||
| Q E E
|
| PM-| PM-|
| S S S +S S S S +S H H
|--------------------------------||-----------------|-----------||
|-------------------------------o||-----------------|-----------||
|--------------------------------||-----------------|-----------||
|----------9--(9)---------9-(9)--||-----------------|-----------||
|----------7--(7)---------7-(7)-o||-----------------|-----------||
|---0---0-----------0--0---------||-----------------|-----------||
Verse
$
Gtrs II, III
S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--7-------7-(7)-----|-5-------5-(5)-----|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|
||--5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|
PM| PM|
S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-2-------2-(2)-----|-----7-(7)-----7-(7)--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-|-----5-(5)-----5-(5)--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-0-------0-0--------|
S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------7-(7)-----|-5-------5-(5)-----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|
1.
PM| PM|
S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-2-------2-(2)-----|-----9-(9)-----9-(9)--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-|-----7-(7)-----7-(7)-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-0-------0-0--------||
2.
1/4
PM--------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q +Q
|-----------------|------------|------||
|-----------------|------------|------||
|-----------------|------------|------||
|-2---------------|---------7--|-(7)--||
|-2-2-2-2---------|---------5--|-(5)--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0----|------||
Chorus
2/4
Gtr I
S S Q S S Q E E E +S S Q
||-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
||o------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
||--17-16------------17-16-|----------------------|--------------16---------|
||-------------------------|-----------------17---|-----------17------------|
||o-------19---------------|-19-------17----------|-19---(19)---------------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| 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------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
||---7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------|--2------------2-(2)-----|
||o--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|--2-2---2---2--2-(2)-2-2-|
||---5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|--0-0---0---0--0-(0)-0-0-|
+H S S Q S S
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(16)-------------------|-17-16------------17-16--|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------19----------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM-| PM|
| S S S +S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------7-(7)-----7-(7)-|--7---------7-(7)--------|
|--------5-(5)-----5-(5)-|--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7--|
|---0--0-------0-0-------|--5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5--|
1.
Q E E E +S S E S S +S S S +S +Q
|----------------------|---------------------------|------15-19-(19)-(19)-----------||
|----------------------|---------------------15-17-|-(17)--------------------------o||
|----------------------|--------------16-----------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------17---|-----------17--------------|--------------------------------||
|-19-------17----------|-19---(19)-----------------|------------------15----17-----o||
|----------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
| Q E E
|
| PM-| PM-|
| 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||
|----------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--5--------5-(5)------|--2------------2-(2)-------|----------9--(9)---------9-(9)--||
|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|--2-2---2---2--2-(2)--2--2-|----------7--(7)---------7-(7)-o||
|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|--0-0---0---0--0-(0)--0--0-|---0---0-----------0--0---------||
2.
To Coda D.S. al Coda
S S S +S +Q S S Q S S Q E E
|------15-19-(19)-(19)----------|-----------------|-----------||
|-(17)--------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
|-------------------------------|-17-16-----17-16-|-----------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------|--------17-||
|------------------15----17-----|-------19--------|-19--17----||
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
| Q E E
|
| PM-| PM-|
| S S S +S S S S +S W W
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
|----------9--(9)---------9-(9)-|-----------------|-----------||
|----------7--(7)---------7-(7)-|-----------------|-----------||
|---0---0-----------0--0--------|-----------------|-----------||
Guitar Solo
&
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H +Q Q Q Q
|------|-----------||----------------------------|
|------|-----------||--8-----------8-------------|
|------|-----------||-10b12-------10b12==========|
|-7----|-(7)--12\--||----------------------------|
|-5----|-(5)--10\--||----------------------------|
|------|-----------||----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H +Q Q S S S S S +S S S
|------|-----------||----------------------------|
|------|-----------||----------------------------|
|------|-----------||----------------------------|
|-7----|-(7)--12\--||--7-----------7-----(7)-----|
|-5----|-(5)--10\--||--7----7-7-7--7-----(7)-7-7-|
|------|-----------||--5----5-5-5--5-----(5)-5-5-|
~~~~~~~ ~~
+Q S +S T T T T E +S S Q
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--(8)--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-(10)r-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------12b14==(12)rp10h12p10s9-|-10---(10)-12-------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------12----------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---7----------7------(7)-------------|--3------------3-(3)------|
|---7---7-7-7--7------(7)---7-----7---|--3-3---3---3--3-(3)-3-3--|
|---5---5-5-5--5------(5)---5-----5---|--1-1---1---1--1-(1)-1-1--|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/h/helloween/141492.html ]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
+Q +E S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q T T
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------10---|
|----------------------|-4b5-----------------|----------------------9-|
|------------------5-7-|-----7-5-------------|------------------------|
|-(12)-------(12)------|---------7-6--5------|------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------8-5-|-3s5---(5)--------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|---3------------------|-7---------7-(7)-----|-7---------7-(7)--------|
|---3--3-3-3---3s5-5-5-|-7---7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-7-7-7--7--7-(7)-7--7---|
|---1--1-1-1---1s3-3-3-|-5---5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-5-5-5--5--5-(5)-5--5---|
E +S T T E +S T T E +S T T E +S T T
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-12---(12)-10-9-10-----(10)-9----|-9---(9)------------------------|
|------------------------------12-|---------12-10-12---(12)-12s17--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--3--------------3-(3)-----------|-3------------------------------|
|--3-3---3---3----3-(3)---3--3----|-3-3--3---3-----3s5---5---5-----|
|--1-1---1---1----1-(1)---1--1----|-1-1--1---1-----1s3---3---3-----|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H +Q. T T T T
|-15-----------------|-(15)-------------15---17----|
|--------------------|--------------------------17p|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--7-------7-(7)-----|---7--------7-(7)------------|
|--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----|
Q S S E +Q +E S S
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-15-------15-17-------|--------------------/8-10-|
|-----------------14---|-(14)-------(14)\---------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--3--------3-(3)------|---3----------------------|
|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|---3--3-3-3---3s==5--5--5-|
|--1-1-1-1--1-(1)--1-1-|---1--1-1-1---1s==3--3--3-|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S +Q +E +S S
|-8------8--------8----|---------------------------(5)S|
|---10-----10-------10-|-(10)-------(10)-----(10)\-----|
|------9-------9-------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7---------7-(7)------|---7----------7--(7)-----------|
|-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--|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
s s s S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-13-15-15b17==(15)r========|=15-12-------------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------15-13-12-15-13-12----13-12----||
|------------------------------|-------------------------14-------12-||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S +S S S Q Q
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------|--5-----------------7----------------||
|--3----------------3--(3)-----|--5-----------------7----------------||
|--3--3--3--3-------3--(3)-3-3-|--3-----------------5----------------||
|--1--1--1--1-------1--(1)-1-1-|-------------------------------------||
Bridge
Gtrs II, III
~~ PM------|
Q +S S E +Q +S S E +H S S S S S S +E
|-------------|--------------|--------|-----------------|
|-------------|--------------|--------|-----------------|
|-14----------|--------------|--------|-----------------|
|--7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|-(3)----|-----------5-(5)-|
|--7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-3-5-(5)-|
|--5--(5)---3-|-(3)--(3)---1-|-(1)----|-1-1-1-1-1-3-(3)-|
Gtr II
Q +S S E +Q +S S E +H
|------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|-(3)-------------------------------------|
|-7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|-(3)-------------------------------------|
|-5--(5)---3-|-(3)--(3)---1-|-(1)-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q +S S E +Q +S S E S S S S a S S a S S a
|------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|--9---9--9--9--(9)s10-10-(10)s14-14-(14)s|
|-7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|-10--10-10-10-(10)s12-12-(12)s15-15-(15)s|
|-5--(5)---3-|-(3)--(3)---1-|-----------------------------------------|
+H Q +S S E +Q +S E.
|-------------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-(3)---------------------|--7---(7)----5-|--(5)---(5)------||
|-(3)---------------------|--7---(7)----5-|--(5)---(5)------||
|-(1)---------------------|--5---(5)----3-|--(3)---(3)------||
|
| S S a S S +Q Q +S S E +Q +S E.
|-------------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-12--12-(12)s=9--9--(9)--|-10--(10)----9-|--(9)---(9)------||
|-14--14-(14)s10-10-(10)--|-12--(12)---10-|-(10)--(10)------||
|-------------------------|---------------|-----------------||
Out-Chorus
Gtr I
S S Q S S Q E E
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------------|----------------------|
||--17-16------------17-16-|----------------------|
||-------------------------|-----------------17---|
||o-------19---------------|-19-------17----------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|
|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||---7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------|
||o--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|
||---5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|
E +S S Q +H
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------16---------|-(16)--------------------|
|-----------17------------|-------------------------|
|-19---(19)---------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM-| PM|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2------------2-(2)-----|--------7-(7)-----7-(7)--|
|--2-2---2---2--2-(2)-2-2-|--------5-(5)-----5-(5)--|
|--0-0---0---0--0-(0)-0-0-|---0--0-------0-0--------|
S S Q S S Q E E
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-17-16------------17-16-|----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------17---|
|-------19---------------|-19-------17----------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|--7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------|
|--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|
|--5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|
E +S S E S S +S S S +S +Q 4x
|---------------------------|------15-19-(19)-(19)-----------||
|---------------------15-17-|-(17)--------------------------o||
|--------------16-----------|--------------------------------||
|-----------17--------------|--------------------------------||
|-19---(19)-----------------|------------------15----17-----o||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
| Q E E
|
| PM-| PM-|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S 4x
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--2------------2-(2)-------|----------9--(9)---------9-(9)--||
|--2-2---2---2--2-(2)--2--2-|----------7--(7)---------7-(7)-o||
|--0-0---0---0--0-(0)--0--0-|---0---0-----------0--0---------||
S S Q S S Q E E
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-17-16------------17-16-|----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------17---|
|-------19---------------|-19-------17----------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|--7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------|
|--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|
|--5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|
E +S S Q +H
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|--------------16---------|-(16)-------------------*|
|-----------17------------|------------------------*|
|-19---(19)---------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|
| PM-| PM|
| S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|--2------------2-(2)-----|--------7-(7)-----7-(7)-*|
|--2-2---2---2--2-(2)-2-2-|--------5-(5)-----5-(5)-*|
|--0-0---0---0--0-(0)-0-0-|---0--0-------0-0-------*|
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
