Helloween - I Want Out - Guitar Solo Tab

Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2 (Expanded Edition)

1988 4:40

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About I Want Out

Few power metal anthems from 1988 are as immediately recognizable on guitar as this one. The opening riff in E minor is punchy and mid-tempo at 120 BPM, sitting comfortably in E Standard tuning, which means no retuning is needed before you dig in. What catches players off guard is the balance the song demands: tight, palm-muted rhythm work through the verses, then clean melodic phrasing for the pre-chorus lift, and twin-guitar lead lines that reward careful attention to picking accuracy. Helloween built this track for a live crowd, so the main riff has to feel locked and confident rather than just fast. The lead breaks are not the most technically brutal in the Heavy Metal genre, but they do require smooth positional shifts up the neck that can trip up intermediate players. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop those transitions slowed down until each shift feels automatic before bringing it back up to tempo.

• The song sits in E minor at 120 BPM in E Standard tuning, making it accessible for players who want to work on power metal rhythm technique without alternate tunings.
• Palm-muted verse riffs alternate with open, ringing chord stabs, so clean muting control is one of the key skills the song tests.
• The twin-guitar lead passages involve positional shifts up the neck that benefit from slow, isolated repetition before you attempt them at full tempo.