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Band:  Iron Maiden
Album: Fear of the Dark
Song:  Be Quick or be Dead

Version 1.0 - May 11th 1992

Transcribed By: Adam Young (Lobotomy_victim)
Email:          The_Burninator05@hotmail.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Staccato           ~b - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tuning E A D G B E
                                    alternate
 Intro                              /   \
e|--------------------------|---------|----|
B|--------------------------|---------|----|
G|--------------------------|---------|----|
D|--------5p0-0—1p0-3p0-1p0-|0--------|----|
A|--------------------------|--1------|--3-|
E|--3-3---------------------|-----3-3-|----|
    , ,                           , ,
      X3       d5  Eb5     X2         C5 D5  Eb5  D5
e|-----------|--------|------------|-----------------|
B|-----------|--------|------------|-----------------|
G|-----------|--7--8--|------------|---5--7----8--7--|
D|-----------|--7—-8--|------------|---5--7----8--7--|
A|-----------|--5--6--|------------|---3--5----6--5--|
E|-1h3-3-333-|--------|--1h3-3-333-|-----------------|
     pm. ...               pm. ...
   C5                  Bb5        F5
e|---------------------------------------------|\
B|---------------------------------------------| \
G|---------------------------------------------|  \
D|-5-----------5---------3---------------------|   \
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-3-----------|    \
E|---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1---|     \
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           \
                                                      /chorus X2
e|---------------------------------------------|     /
B|---------------------------------------------|    /
G|-----------------------------------8-7-------|   /
D|-5-----------5---------3-----------8-7-------|  /
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1---6-5-------| /
E|---------------------------------------------|/

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----10-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------12-------12-10-------10-------------------------------------|  X4
D|-------------------------------13--------12-12-12h13p12------------|
A|-10------*13-10*-----*13-10*-----*13-10*---------------*13-10*-----|  Back
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|to intro

* veryfast

e|------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------|-------------------------|
D|------------------|-3-----5------3------5---|
A|--3---3---5---5---|-1--3--3---5--1--3---5---|
E|--1---1---3---3---|----1------3-----1---3---|
                                         *let Ring

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------3---5---7---------8------10---------|
D|--3-----5------3---5---7---------8------10---------|  back to intro
A|--1--3--3--5---1---3---5---------6-------8---------|
E|-----1-----3---------------------------------------|
                        *Let Ring *Let Ring

Solo coming soon