HIM – Vampire Heart (Bass Tab)
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VAMPIRE HEART (Bassline)
As recorded by H.I.M.
(From the 2005 Album DARK LIGHT)
Words by Ville Valo
Music by H.I.M.
Arranged by H.I.M.
Transcribed by vitaha_z
Gtr I (B E A D) - 'Mige'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro Q=144 4/4 Gtr I Wx3 W |------------|----------------| |------------|----------------| |------------|----------------| |------------|----------------|
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| Gtr II | W H. E +E |------------|---------5-(5)s=| |------------|----------------| |------------|----------------| |------------|----------------| |------------|----------------| |------------|----------------| Q Q. E E E +E E +E Q E E E |---------------|-------------------------| |---------------|-------------------------| |-3--3----3-3---|-------------------------| |-------------3-|-(3)-3-(3)s12---12-12-12-|
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| W Q. Q. Q |-7-------------|--5---------3-------2----| |---------------|-------------------------| |---------------|-------------------------| |---------------|-------------------------| |---------------|-------------------------| |---------------|-------------------------| E E Q +E E +E E +E Q. +E E E E |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| |-3-5-5--(5)-5-(5)-5-|-(5)\-1----(1)-1-1-1-----|
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| \7__________________| | W +W a |--------------------|-------------------------| |-5------------------|-(5)-----------------(5)-| |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| E E Q +E E +E E +E Q. +E E E E |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |-3-5-5--(5)-5-(5)-5-|-(5)-1----(1)-1-1---1--|
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| W +H Q. +E |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |-2------------------|-(2)s=====19------(19)S| |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| Q Q. E E E +E E +E Q E E E |----------------|--------------------------|| |----------------|--------------------------|| |--3--3----3-3---|--------------------------|| |--------------3-|--(3)-3-(3)s12---12-12-12-||
|
| W Q. Q. Q
|----------------|--------------------------||
|----------------|--------------------------||
|----------------|-/14--------12------11----||
|-21-------------|--------------------------||
|----------------|--------------------------||
|----------------|--------------------------||
Verse
$
E E Q +E E +E E +E Q. +E E E E E E Q +E E +E E
||-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||---3--5-5--(5)-5-(5)-5-|-(5)-1----(1)-1-1-1-|--3--5-5--(5)-5-(5)-5-||
| W +W +W ||--(0)------------------|-(0)----------------|-(0)------------------| ||o----------------------|--------------------|----------------------| ||-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------| ||-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------| ||o----------------------|--------------------|----------------------| ||-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------| +E Q. +E E E E Q Q. E E E +E E +E Q E E E |--------------------|---------------|-------------------------|| |--------------------|---------------|------------------------o|| |--------------------|-3--3----3-3---|------------------------o|| |-(5)-1----(1)-1-1-1-|-------------3-|-(3)-3-(3)s12--12-12-12--||
|
| +W W W
|-(0)----------------|---------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|---------------|------------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|---------------|------------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------o||
|-----------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--o||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|---------------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-/12----||
Chorus
$$
H. Q +H H Q. Q. Q +E E Q E Q.
||-------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|
||o------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|
||o------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|
||--5-------5--|-(5)----5\----|-1----1----8--|-(8)-8-8--8-8-----|
Q. Q. Q +E E Q H
|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|
|-1----1----8--|-(8)-8-8--8----|
To Coda
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|----12-9----10-9----12-|-9----10-9----12-9----o||
|-10------10------10----|---10------10------10-o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
Pre-Verse
W +W +W
|----------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|--------|
D.S. al Coda
Q. Q. Q Q Q. E E E +E E +E Q E E E
|------------------|---------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|---------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|-3--3----3-3---|--------------------------||
|-5\---5\---5\-----|-------------3-|-(3)-3-(3)s12---12-12-12--|||
| Gtr II
| H. E +E W Q. Q. Q
|-----------5--(5)s|=7-------------|--5---------3-------2-----||
|------------------|---------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|---------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|---------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|---------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|---------------|--------------------------||
Breakdown
&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
||--------------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------o||
||o---10-8---8-7---10-|-8---8-7---5----|---10-8---8-7---10-|-8---8-7---5-----o||
||--5------5-----5----|---5-----5------|-5------5-----5----|---5-----5--------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
||--------------------|----------------|
||o-------------------|----------------|
||o---10-8---8-7---10-|-8---8-7---5----|
||--5------5-----5----|---5-----5------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|---10-8---8-7---10-|-8---8-7---5-(5)---o||
|-5------5-----5----|---5-----5----------||
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E E +Q E E +Q W
|---------------------|-------||
|---------------------|-------||
|---5-(5)\----5-(5)\--|-------||
|---------------------|-------||
Chorus
&&
H +Q Q +H +H H. Q +W
||----------------|------------------|------------|--------|
||o---------------|------------------|------------|--------|
||o---------------|------------------|---------5--|-(5)----|
||--7----(7)S=14--|-(14)----(14)\----|-3----------|--------|
H. Q +W
|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|
|-10-----------|-------------|
|----------10--|-(10)--------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|----14-11----12-11----14-|-11----12-11----14-11-----o||
|-12-------12-------12----|----12-------12-------12--o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
Outro
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 5x
|----------||------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|----------||o---7-5---5-4---7-|-5---5-4---7-5---|-5-4---7-5---5-4--o||
|----------||o-2-----2-----2---|---2-----2-----2-|-----2-----2------o||
|----------||------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------*|
|---7-5---5-4---7-|-5---5-4---7-----*|
|-2-----2-----2---|---2-----2---2---*|
|-----------------|-----------------*|Duration Legend
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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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths