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INVITATION
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1988 Album KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS PT. 2)
Transcribed by Asmogriff (erik_alfredsson@hotmail.com) (ComfortablyDumb)
Music by Michael Weikath
Arranged by Tommy Hansen
D
x 5 4 x 3 5
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dist'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Strings'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Trumpet'
00:00
Q=157
E5 B/Eb B5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Wx5 W W H H
|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|------------|-9---------|-8----4----|
|------------|------------|-9---------|-9----4----|
|------------|------------|-7---------|-6----2----|
|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|
| Gtr III
| Wx5 H q q H H H H
|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|------------|-2---------|-4----1----|
|------------|---------2--|-----------|-----------|
|------------|------4-----|-----------|-----------|
C#5 G#5 A5 A5 E/Ab
W W W H H
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-10----9----|
|-6--------|----------|----------|--9----9----|
|-6--------|-6--------|-7--------|--7----6----|
|-4--------|-6--------|-7--------|------------|
|----------|-4--------|-5--------|------------|
|
| W W W H H
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------1----|
|----------|----------|----------|--2---------|
|-4--------|-2--------|-4--------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
00:27
B5 F#5 B5/F# E5
W H H W
|----------|-------------||-------------------------------|
|----------|--7-----7----||-------------------------------|
|-4--------|--6-----4----||-9-----------------------------|
|-4--------|--4-----4----||-9-----------------------------|
|-2--------|-------------||-7-----------------------------|
|----------|-------------||-------------------------------|
|
| W +W W
|----------|-------------||-------------------------------|
|----------|-------------||-0-----------------------------|
|----------|-------------||---------------------1---------|
|-4--------|-(4)---------||-----2----------4--------------|
|----------|-------------||-------------------------------|
|----------|-------------||-------------------------------|
| Q E E E E E E
|
| Gtr IV
| |---3---| |---3---|
| W W Q E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------||-------------------------------|
|----------|-------------||----12-12---12-12---12-12---12-|
|----------|-------------||-------------------------------|
|----------|-------------||-------------------------------|
|----------|-------------||-------------------------------|
|----------|-------------||-------------------------------|
F#5 G#5
H H
|--------------------------------------|
|--7-------------------9---------------|
|--6-------------------8---------------|
|--4-------------------6---------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
| H H
|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------0---------------|
|--2-----------------------------------|
|-----------4----------2----1----------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
| Q E E E E E E
|
| |--3--| |---3---| |---3---|
| E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12---12-12---12-12---12--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
G#5 D#5
W W
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--9------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--8------------------------------|--8-----------------------------|
|--6------------------------------|--8-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--6-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| W W
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--1------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------1----2---------|--4---1-------------------------|
|-------4-------------------------|-----------------4----2---------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|
| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
| E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E Q E E E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-13---13-13---13-13---13-13---13-|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-16--16-16---16-16---16-16---16-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#5 C#5 G#5
W H H
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-14-------------------9---------------|
|--6------------------------------|-13-------------------8---------------|
|--6------------------------------|-11-------------------6---------------|
|--4------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| W H H
|---------------------------------|--0-------------------4---------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------1---------|-----------1--------------------------|
|--2----2----------4----2---------|----------------------2----2----------|
|-------4----------6--------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|
| |---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
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-14---14-14---14-14---14-14---14-|-14-14-14-14-14---14------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------13---13-13---13--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B5 F#5 B5
W H H
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--7--------------------12--------------------||
|--4------------------------------|--6--------------------11--------------------||
|--4------------------------------|--4---------------------9--------------------||
|--2------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|
| W W
|--7------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--0------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-------1----------2----4---------|-------------4----------2----------1---------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|
| |---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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------14-16---19-||
|-12---12-12---12-12---12-12---12-|-12-12---12-12-12---12-12-14---16------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/l/logh/88480.html ]
00:39
E/Ab F#m/A G#m/B
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W H H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------9---------|
|--9-----------------|-11-------4---------|
|--6-----------------|--7-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
| W H H
|
| W H H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--1-------------1---|--------------------|
|-------2---4----2---|--4--4----2---1-----|
|-------4---6--------|-----6----4---2-----|
|--------------------|---------11---------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|
| E E E E Q E E W
|-19---16-------14---|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
C#m/E B/EC#m/B/Eb C#m B C#5/Ab
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. E E W W H H
|-9--------------9-|-----------------|-12-----------------|-11-------9--------|
|-5-----------12-5-|-12--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------8---|--8--------------|--6-----------------|--4----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------6--------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
| H. E E W W H H
|
| W W W H H
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----0-----------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------1---|---------1-------|--------------------|------1---1--------|
|-----2---4----2---|-----1-------1---|------2-----1---2---|--2---2---2---2----|
|-4---4---6--------|--2------4---2---|--4---4-----2---4---|--------------2----|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------4--------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|
| W W Q E E E E Q Q E E H
|------------------|-----------------|-----12----12-------|-----19------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------16----------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
B5/F#
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-12----------------|-(12)------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|--4----------------|--(4)------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
| W +W
|
| W +W
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|---0-------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|--4----------------|--(4)----4----2----1---||
|------6---7----9---|---------6----4----2---||
|------7---9---11---|-----------------------||
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|
| Q E E H Q E E E E E E
|-----19------------|--------19---14--------||
|-------------------|------------------16---||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
00:51
Em/G F#m/A G#m/B
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W H H
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------9--------|
|-9---------------|-11------4--------|
|-6---------------|--7---------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
| W H H
|
| W H H
|-----------------|------------------|
|-0---------------|---------0--------|
|-------------1---|--2---------------|
|-----2---4---2---|-----4---2---1----|
|-----4---6-------|-----6---4---2----|
|-----------------|------------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|
| Q E E H W
|----16-----------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
C#m/E B/EC#m/Bm/D C# B G#
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. E E W W H H
|-9--------------9-|-----------------|-9-----------------|-------------------|
|-5-----------12-5-|-12--------------|-------------------|-12-------9--------|
|--------------8---|--8--------------|-6-----------------|--4----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------6--------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| H. E E W W H H
|
| W W W H H
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|
|------------------|-----0-----------|-------------------|----------4--------|
|-1------------1---|---------1-------|-------------------|------1------------|
|-----2---4----2---|--4--1-------1---|-2---2-----1---2---|------2---2---2----|
|-----4---6--------|---------4---2---|-----4-----2---4---|--------------2----|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------4--------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|
| W W Q E E E E Q Q E E H
|------------------|-----------------|----12----12-------|-----19------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------16----------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
F# D#
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +H H
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-11-----------------------------|-(11)---------------------8--------------------|
|--4-----------------------------|--(4)------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------6--------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| W +H H
|
| W +W
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------|--(0)------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---4-------------------------------------------|
|------1----------2----4---------|---4-----------4----------2----------1---------|
|------2----------4----6---------|---------------6----------4----------2---------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|
| Q E E H Q E E E E E E
|-----19-------------------------|--------------19---------14---------19-19---19-|
|-----12-12---12-12---12-12---12-|--19--19---19-19-19---19-24-24---24-16---------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---3---| |---3---| |---3----| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
1:03
E
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W +W
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|--9----------|-(9)--------|-(9)----*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|--7----------|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
| W +W +W
|
| W W W
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|
| Q Q H W W
|-12----------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
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
