Helloween - Invitation Tab

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INVITATION
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1988 Album KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS PT. 2)

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            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                

 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

  - 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
 &  - CodaTempo markers -
 <e .="">
   = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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