Lock Up The Wolves Bass Tab by Dio

Lock Up The Wolves bass tab by Dio

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)



Bass



     S E  S S S S S H           S E  S S S S S H
G||--------------------------|--------------------------|
D||--------------------------|--------------------------|
A||---------7-7--------------|---------5-5--------------|
E||--0----0-----0------------|--0----0-----0------------|


  S E  S S S S S H           S E  S S S S S H
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
---------3-3--------------|---------7-7-----0--------|
--0----0-----0------------|--0----0-----0------------|

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  Q.     E  E  S S S S S S    Q     E  E   S S S  S Q
---------------------------|-----------------------------|
------------5--------------|-----------------------------|
--L------L-----7-5---------|-------/7--L\----------------|
-------------------7-6-5-3-|--0------------3-0-3b-L-5----|


  Q     E  S  S S S S S Q       Q     E  E   S S S  S E   S S
-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------------------7----|--------------------------------|
-------/7--L\-----------5----|-------/7--L\-----------------5-|
--0-----------0-3-5-3-0------|--0------------3-0-3b-L-5--/7---|


  S S S S S S S S    S E  S S S S S H           S E  S S S S S H
------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
--7-6---6-5---5-4-|---------7-7--------------|---------7-7--------------|
------5-----4-----|--0----0-----0------------|--0----0-----0------------|


  S E  S S S S S H           S E  S S S S S H
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
---------5-5--------------|---------3-3--------------|
--0----0-----0------------|--0----0-----0------------|


  S E  S S S S S E.  S S S S S    S E  S S S S S Q    Q
-------------------------------|---------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------|
---------7-7-----------7-7-----|---------7-7---------------|
--0----0-----0-------0-----0---|--0----0-----0---3----5----|


  S E  S S S S S E.  S S S S S    S E  S S S S S E.  S S S S S
-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
---------7-7-----------7-7-----|---------5-5-----------5-5-----|
--0----0-----0-------0-----0---|--0----0-----0-------0-----0---|


  S E  S S S S S E.  S S S S S    S E  S S S S S E  S S E  S S
-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------5-------------|
---------3-3-----------3-3-----|---------7-7--------7-6-5------|
--0----0-----0-------0-----0---|--0----0-----0-------------3-4-|


  Q.     S S Q    E  S  S    E.  E  S S S E   E  Q       E  E  Q    E  E  Q
--------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
---------3-2-5----7--L\-0-|--3----------3-2\----------|------------------------|
--5-----------------------|---------0-3---------------|--0--0-------0--0-------|


  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E     Q     E  E   S S S  S Q
---------------------------|-----------------------------|
---------------------------|-----------------------------|
--------7--L\--3--2--------|-------/7--L\----------------|
--0--0---------------3--2--|--0------------3-0-3b-L-5----|


  Q     E  S  S S S S S Q       Q     E  E   S S S  S E   S S
-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------/7--L\-----------5----|-------/7--L\-----------------5-|
--0-----------0-3-5-3-0------|--0------------3-0-3b-L-5--/7---|


                              |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S E  S S S S S Q    Q
------------------------------------|---------------------------|
------------------------------------|---------------------------|
--7-6---6-5---5-4---4-3---0-2-3-0---|---------7-7---------------|
------5-----4-----3-----2---------3-|--0----0-----0---3----5----|


  S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S
---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------7-7-------------7-7-----|---------5-5-------------5-5-----|
--0----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|--0----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|


  S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S E  S S S S S Q    E  S S
---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
---------3-3-------------3-3-----|---------7-7-----------------|
--0----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|--0----0-----0---3----5--3-2-|


  S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S
---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------7-7-------------7-7-----|---------5-5-------------5-5-----|
--0----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|--0----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|


  S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S E  S S S S S E  S S E  E
---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
---------------------------------|-----------------5-------------|
---------3-3-------------3-3-----|---------7-7--------7-6-5--L\--|
--0----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|--0----0-----0-----------------|


  Q.      S S Q    E  S  S    E.  E  S S S E   E  Q
---------------------------|---------------------------|
---------------------------|---------------------------|
---------/7-0-5----7--L\-0-|--3----------3-2\----------|
--5------------------------|---------0-3---------------|


  E  E  Q    E  E  Q       E  E  E  E   E  E  Q
------------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------|--------7--L\-------------|
--0--0-------0--0-------|--0--0---------3--3--5----|


  E  E  Q    S S S S E  E      S S S S  E   S S E   Q.
----------------------------|------------------------------|
----------------------------|------------------------------|
----------------------------|----------/7~--5-6-7\---------|
--0--0-------0-0-0-0-0--7\--|--0-0-0-0---------------------|


  E.  S E  S S S S S S E  S S    E.  S S S S S S S S S E   S S
------------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------------------------|--------------7-6---------------|
--4---4-4--4---4-4-L-4-4------|--------7-7-7-----7-----7\------|
-------------4------------3-2-|--0---0-------------0-0-----2-3-|


  E.  S S S E   E  S S S S S S    Q    E   S  S  S  S S  S  S S E
-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
--------7-7-7\-------7-L-------|------------------------------------|
-------------------------------|-----------9-10-11----9-------------|
--5---5---------5--5-----0-6-7-|--4----4s--x-------11---11-10-9-7\--|


  E  S S S S S S E  S S S  S S S    Q    E  S S E  S S S S S S
---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
---------------------------------|-------------------------5-4-|
--4--4-4-4-4-4---4--4-4-2s-4-2-2-|-----------------------------|
---------------4-----------------|--0----0--0-4-5--5-5-5-5-----|


    E  S S E   E     E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
------------------|---------------------------------|
------------------|---------------------------------|
--5g7------5\-----|--3--3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-|
-------0-0-----3--|---------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-0-3-L\-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
-----------------------------------|-------------------------------3-|


                                                           |-3-|
  E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S S S S E  Q    E  S S S S S
-----------------5---------------|-------------------------------|
---------------------------------|--2----------------------------|
--3--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-----|---------------------0-2-3-0---|
-----------------------------3-2-|----0---0-L--L----L----------3-|


  S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S E  S S S S S E.  S S S S S
---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
---------7-7-------------7-7-----|---------5-5-----------5-5-----|
--0----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|--0----0-----0-------0-----0---|


  S E  S S S S S E.  S S S S S    S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------3-3-----------3-3-----|---------7-7---------------------|
--0----0-----0-------0-----0---|--0----0-----0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-2-|


  S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S
---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------7-7-------------7-7-----|---------5-5-------------5-5-----|
--0----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|--0----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|


  S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S  S     S S S  S S S S S S S  S S S S E
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
---------3-3-------------3-3-5~-L\-|-----------7-7--------------7-7-----|
--0----0-----0-----0---0-----------|--0---3b-0-----0---0-3b---0-----3b--|


  E  S S E  S  S  E.   S  E   E      E.  S S S S S E  S S S S E
----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
------------9-10-12------14---L\--|-------------------------------|
--0--0-0-0------------12----------|--3---3-3-----3-2--2-2-2---2/--|
----------------------------------|------------3------------2-----|


  E  S S E.  S E  S S E  S S     E.  S S S S S E  S S E  S S
------------------------------|------------------------------|
------------------------------|------------------------------|
--3--3-3-3---3-5--5-5-7--7----|--3---3-3-----3-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
---------------------------7\-|----------0-3-----------------|


  E  S S E    E      S S E  Q    E  E  Q       E  E  Q    E  E  Q
------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
--2--2-2-2--/12\--|-------------------------|-------------2--0--5----|
------------------|--0-0-0-------0--0-------|--0--0------------------|


  W                   H        Q.      E      S S S S Q    S S S S E  S S
-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
--L----------------|--L--------L-----------|----------7------------7--5---|
-------------------|------------------12\--|--0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0------7-|


  S S S S Q    S S S S E  S S    S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S
------------------------------|-------------------------------|
------------------------------|-------------------------------|
----------5------------5--3-2-|----------3------------3-2-0---|
--0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0--------|--0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-------3-|


  S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S E  E   S S S S E  S S
-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------------------------4----|--------------------------------|
----------7\----------2---------7\-|----------7--L\----------7--5---|
--0-0-0-0-----0-2-3-3---3-5-5------|--0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0------7-|


  S S S S Q    S S S S E  S S    S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S
------------------------------|-------------------------------|
------------------------------|-------------------------------|
----------5------------5--3-2-|----------3------------3-2-0---|
--0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0--------|--0-0-0-0------0-0-2-3-------3-|


  S S S S E   S S S S S S E    E      Q    Q    Q    E  E     E  S S S S S S
-----------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
------------------5-5--------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
----------7-----5-----7-6-5--/12\--|--3----3----5----7--5--|--3--3-3-3-----3-|
--0-0-0-0----/7--------------------|-----------------------|-----------0-3---|


  E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S    E  S S E    E
----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
--2--2-2-2--2-2-|--3--2-2-2--2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2-2-|--2--2-2-2s--14\--|
----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|


  E  E  Q    E  E  Q       E  E  E.  S E  E  E  S S
------------------------|---------------------------|
------------------------|---------------------------|
------------------------|---------------------------|
--0--0-------0--0-------|--0--0------0-3--3--5--3-2-|


  S S S S Q    S S S S Q       E  E  E   E   E  E  E  E
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|-----------12\--------5--5--|
--0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0------|--0--0----------3--3--------|


  Q    E  E   S S S  S Q       Q    E  S  S S S S S Q
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
-------7--L\----------------|-------7--L\-----------5----|
--0-----------3-0-3b-L-5----|--0----------0-3-5-3-0------|


  Q    E  E   S S S  S Q       Q    E  S  S S S S S Q
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
-------7--L\----------------|-------7--L\-----------5----|
--0-----------3-0-3b-L-5----|--0----------0-3-5-3-0------|


  Q    E  E   S S S  S E   S S    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
-------7--L\-----------------5-|--7-6---6-5-----5-7-6---6-5-----5-|
--0-----------3-0-3b-L-5--/7---|------5-----4-7-------5-----4-7---|


                              |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S E  S S S E  H
------------------------------------|-------------------------|
------------------------------------|-------------------------|
--7-6---6-5---5-4---4-3---0-2-3-0---|---------7-7-------------|
------5-----4-----3-----2---------3-|--0----0-----0--L--------|


  W
-------------------||
-------------------||
-------------------||
--L----------------||




Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-|  - n-tuplets


Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\
/ - tremolo bar dip
\
 - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\
 - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ -  slide into from below or out of upwards
\ -  slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down


Lyrics:

In the houses of the holy

To the middle of the mystic sea

At the cradle of the world

There's a black cat screaming

And it's not even midnight, no

At the cradle of the world


They're screaming for sanctuary

They're screaming at you

Lock up the wolves

Lock up the wolves, yeah, yeah, yeah


Now there's a cloud over heaven

And a pain out of paradise

In your corner of the world

Turn your back on the children

Does it feel like it's colder

In your corner of the world


They're screaming for sanctuary

They're screaming at you

Lock up the wolves

Lock up the wolves

Lock up the wolves


Lock up the wolves

Don't you let them get away

Lock up the wolves before you play

Or it's over

Lock up the wolves

Now don't you let them get away

Don't you let them get away


There's no back door to heaven

Just a front door to hell

In this corner of the world

Now if you turn your back on the children

Well, you'll feel it getting colder

In your corner of the world


They're screaming for sanctuary

They're screaming at you

Lock up the wolves, yeah

Lock up the wolves, lock them up

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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