Helloween – The Time Of The Oath (Guitar Tab)

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Taken from High Live Album April 3rd 2003 Hi folks. My name is Eduardo Kepczynski. I had expend many hours listening to this song and trying to play it. There is little differences between the live and the studio version. I´m sure it´s not perfect, but it was the most i could do. It will help everyone who wants to play this awesome song. Feel free to add some hammer on, pull off, artificial harmonics and palm mute. Improvisation rules. I tabbed only a few solos. The fastest ones i didnt. I will add them soon. Tune down 1/2 step. Any doubt or corrections, please send me an e-mail at [email protected] I´ll apreciate. PM = Palm Mute ~ = Vibrato h = Hammer on p = Pull off \ = Slide down / = Slide up b = Bend rb = Release Bend @ = Artificial Harmonic Intro
  PM |------| |-------|         |-------| |---|               |-------| |---|
e|---------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-----------7---------7-----|-----------7---------2p0-3~--|-----------7---------2p0-3------|
E|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0-2h3---------|---0-0-0-0---0-0-2h3-------2-0--|
Main riff
  PM  |-----| |-----| |---|   |-----| |-----| |--|     |-----|  |-----|  |--|  |----|     |--|
e|-----------%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|*----------%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
D|*--7-------7-------7-----7/8-------8-------8-----8/10-------10-------10-----8-------7--------7/8-*|
A|---7-------7-------7-----7/8-------8-------8-----8/10-------10-------10-----8-------7--------7/8--|
E|-----0---0---0-0-0---0-0-----0---0---0-0-0---0-0------0---0----0-0-0----0-0---0---0------0-0------|

  PM |-----| |-----| |---|   |-----| |-----| |--|     |-----|  |-----|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-------7-------7-----7/8-------8-------8-----8/10-------10-------10---------------------------|
A|--7-------7-------7-----7/8-------8-------8-----8/10-------10-------10------------3---2----------|
E|----0---0---0-0-0---0-0-----0---0---0-0-0---0-0------0---0----0-0-0-----------2-3---3---3-2------|
Bridge
  PM                          |----|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|----------2-----3~---------5-------3-------|
E|--0-----2---3-2--------2-3---3-0-2---2-0---|
Chorus
  PM    |---| |-| |-----------|   |---| |--|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|*-------------------------------------------------------*|
D|*--5/7-----7---7-------------5/7-----7-----7/9\7\5/7\5--*|
A|---3/5-----5---5-------------3/7-----5-----5/7\5\3/5\3---|
E|-------0-0---0---0-0-0---0-0-----0-0---0-0---------------|

  PM |---| |-| |---| |---|      |--|   |---|
e|---------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
D|--2-----2---2-----2------9/10------10-----10\9--9/10\9---
A|--0-----0---0-----0------7/8---8-8-8--8-8-8\-7--7/8\-7---
E|----0-0---0---0-0---0-0----------------------------------

  PM   |---| |-|  |-----------|    |--|  |----------------------------| | Base
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|- This is the base of the -|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|- solo. After the chorus, -|
D|--5/7-----7---7---------------5/7-----7-------------------------------|- play the base begining  -|
A|--3/5-----5---5---------------3/5-----5---------2---------------------|- at the part indicated   -|
E|------0-0---0-----0-0-0---0-0-----0-0---0-0-2-3---3-5-2-----0-0-0---0-|- with % (see above).     -|
1st Solo. Sorry, it is missing. The base is like the main riff Verse (Main riff) Chorus (slight difference in the end)
  PM    |---| |-| |-----------|   |---| |--|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|*-------------------------------------------------------*|
D|*--5/7-----7---7-------------5/7-----7-----7/9\7\5/7\5--*|
A|---3/5-----5---5-------------3/7-----5-----5/7\5\3/5\3---|
E|-------0-0---0---0-0-0---0-0-----0-0---0-0---------------|

  PM |---| |-| |---| |---|      |--|   |---|
e|---------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
D|--2-----2---2-----2------9/10------10-----10\9--9/10\9---
A|--0-----0---0-----0------7/8---8-8-8--8-8-8\-7--7/8\-7---
E|----0-0---0---0-0---0-0----------------------------------

  PM   |---| |-|  |-----------|    |--|  |---------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5/7-----7---7---------------5/7-----7------------------------|
A|--3/5-----5---5---------------3/5-----5---------2--------------|
E|------0-0---0-----0-0-0---0-0-----0-0---0-0-2-3---3-5-2-----0--|

  PM |------|   |------|                   |-------| |--|
e|-------------------------|------|------|----------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-0--/-|-0--/-|----------------------------|
G|-------------------------|---/--|---/--|----------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--/---|--/---|----------------------------|
A|------------7----------7-|-/--0-|-/--0-|----------7---------2p0-3~--|
E|----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|------|------|--0-0-0-0---0-0-2h3---------|

 PM  |-------| |--------|  |---|            |------|  |---| 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------7----------7------7------2p0-7---------7-----7-----2p0-7----
E|----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0----2h3-------0-0-0-0---0-0---2h3----------

  PM |-------| |---|            |---|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------7-----7------2p0-7---------2p0-3~---|
E|----0-0-0-0---0-0----2h3-------0-0-2h3----------|

  PM        |-----------|        |-----------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|----------|---
B|------------------------------------------------------|---0--/---|---
G|--12h14p12-------------12h14p12----12-----------------|-----/----|---
D|-----------15-14-12-12----------15----14-15-12-14-----|----/-----|---
A|--------------------------------------------------15--|---/--0---|---
E|------------------------------------------------------|----------|---

  PM     |-----|     |-----|     |-----|     |-----|     |-----------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--12-12-------14-14-------15-15-------14-14-------12-12-------------------------------------|
D|--------12-12-------12-12-------12-12-------12-12-------15-15-14-14-12-12-15-15-14-14-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Now comes another solo. I didn´t tab it. This is the last little solo. It´s so different in studio version.
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----18rb17b18-------15-17---18rb17b18---------18rb17b18-------15-17---18rb17b18-15~-------
G|--------------14~---------------------15----------------17--------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Final riff
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------5----------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------5----------------------------------------------------------
A|-------3---2-------------------3---------------------------7---------7@--------------------
E|---2-3---3---3-2~----------------------------------0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0----------------------
Lyrics In a circle of fire On a cold winter night I spoke out my desire Made a promise I couldn´t hide, no! In a dream He came along and told me "Your time has come Your mind belongs to me" It´s the time of the oath The time of the oath My sweetest memories die in the cold It´s the time of the oath See me covered with sadness And I´ll soon wish to die When the overcoming madness Is eating up my mind Here and now I look back at a good time No more lie - I slowly say good-bye It´s the time of the oath The time of the oath My sweetest memories die in the cold It´s the time of the oath In a dream He came along and told me "Your time has come Just slowly say good-bye" It´s the time of the oath The time of the oath My sweetest memories die in the cold It´s the time of the oath Latin: Di-es i-rae, di-es il-la Sol-vet sae-cium in fa-villa Quan-tus tre-mor est fu-tu-rus Quan-do ju-dex est ven-turus HAPPY HAPPY HELLOWEEN Eddy Kep