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Vampire Heart Bass

(ver. 1)
H.I.M
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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.

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
|------------|----------------|
|------------|----------------|
|------------|----------------|
|------------|----------------|
|
| 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-|
|
| 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-----|
|
|                       \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--|
|
| 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
---------------
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
            
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