2 Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden
From the album Powerslave (1984)
Written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson
All rights belong to their respective owners

Tabbed by Jaakko Karppinen

I have based this tab on the bass track you can find in Youtube, so it should be pretty much 100% correct.
Only parts that I'm a bit uncertain of are those Verse A sections, because they sound a bit blurry. Also, I
haven't tabbed that one galloping part during Guitar Solo 2 exactly as Steve plays it on the studio track,
because he sounds a bit "lost" in there, if you know what I mean. Those quick hammer-on's here and there are
REALLY quick, so keep that in mind.

This is not an easy song, especially if you want to play it exactly as Steve does on the original studio
version. But feel free to improvise a lot, because this song has many spots for bass licks with endless
possibilities (like all those pre-verse and verse sections). One of those those rare songs where even Steve
seems to improvise when played live. Enjoy!

Bass Track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdp_sHlo2QA


Intro
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Verse 1A
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Verse 1B
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Pre-Chorus 1
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Chorus 1
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Pre-Verse
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Verse 2A
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Verse 2B
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Chorus 2
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Guitar Solo 1 (make those hammer-on's really quick)
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Pre-Verse
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Verse 3B
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Pre-Chorus 2
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Chorus 3
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Outro
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