Murders in the Rue Morgue by Iron Maiden
From the album Killers (1981)
Written by Steve Harris
All rights belong to their respective owners

Tabbed by Jaakko Karppinen


[Intro]
  |- - - - - - - - - - - - - harmonics - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
G|-7---------------5---------------7---------------7-------12--------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------7-----12------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------12----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  |- - - - - - - - - - - - - harmonics - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
G|-7---------------5---------------7---------------7-------12----14--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------7-----12------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------12----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-16-14-12-11-12----11-12-14----12-11-12----11-12-14-12-11---------------------------------14-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------14-12----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-16-14-12-11-12----11-12----11-12-14----12-11-----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------14-12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-\---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 w/guitars
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-o---------------------------------------------------.---.----------o-||
A|-o-2-----------0-2-3-----------2-3-5---------------5-5---5---3-2-0--o-|| 3X
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------||

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-----------0-2-3-----2-3-2--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------3-2-0--------------------------------|

[Verse] (tempo increases)

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-o-------------------------------------------------------4---5-4----|
A|-o-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------4---4-4-4-4-4-4-5---5---5-----5--|
E|-------------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------.----------||
D|-------------------------------------------------.---.---5---.----o-||
A|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------4---4-4-4-4-4-4-5---5-------5----o-||
E|-----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------||

[Chorus]

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-------------------------------5---7-----9-9-9-9-7-5--|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---7-5-7------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5----------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---5----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5-------7-5-3-5-3-0----------------|

[Verse]

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-o-------------------------------------------------------4---5-4----|
A|-o-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------4---4-4-4-4-4-4-5---5---5-----5--|
E|-------------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------.----------||
D|-------------------------------------------------.---.---5---.----o-||
A|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------4---4-4-4-4-4-4-5---5-------5----o-||
E|-----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------||

[Chorus]

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-------------------------------5---7-----9-9-9-9-7-5--|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---7-5-7------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5----------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---5----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5-------7-5-3-5-3-0----------------|

[Verse B]

G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-7-9-10--|
E|---------|

G|-----------------------------------------9----------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-----------------7-9---9-7------------------------|
A|---------------------10-7-------10-------------10-7-------------9-10--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------7------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-----------------------------------.---7-7-7---7-5--|
A|---------------------10-7-------10---10-10-10-10-10-10-9----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-------------------------------5---7-----9-9-9-9-7-5--|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---7-5-7------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5----------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---5----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5-------7-5-3-5-3-0----------------|

[Verse]

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-o-------------------------------------------------------4---5-4----|
A|-o-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------4---4-4-4-4-4-4-5---5---5-----5--|
E|-------------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------.----------||
D|-------------------------------------------------.---.---5---.----o-||
A|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------4---4-4-4-4-4-4-5---5-------5----o-||
E|-----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------||


[Chorus]

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-------------------------------5---7-----9-9-9-9-7-5--|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---7-5-7------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5----------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---5----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5-------7-5-3-5-3-0----------------|

[Instrumental]

G|-------------.---------------.---------------.---------------------------||
D|-o---9-9-9-9-7-------9-9-9-9-7-------9-9-9-9-7---10---9-7----7------.--o-||
A|-o--------------------------------------------------------10---10-9-7--o-||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||

[Guitar Solo]

G|-----------.-----------------7-.------||
D|-o---------3---.---------------7----o-||
A|-o---3-3-3-----7---7-7-7-7-5--------o-|| 3X
E|--------------------------------------||

G|--------------------------------------||
D|-o---------.------------------------o-||
A|-o---3-3-3-5---.---------------.----o-||
E|---------------5---5-5-5-5-3-2-0------||

G|-----------.-----------------7-.------||
D|-o---------3---.---------------7----o-||
A|-o---3-3-3-----7---7-7-7-7-5--------o-||
E|--------------------------------------||

G|--------------------------------------||
D|-o---------.------------------------o-||
A|-o---3-3-3-5---.---------------.----o-||
E|---------------5---5-5-5-5-3-2-0------||

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|---3-3-3-2-0--|
E|--------------|

G|------------------------------------||
D|-o--------------------------------o-||
A|-o-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-0--o-|| 3X
E|------------------------------------||

G|---------.-----------.-----7------|
D|-.---.---3---.---.---5---7---7-5--|
A|-2---3-------3---5----------------|
E|----------------------------------|

[Chorus]

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-------------------------------5---7-----9-9-9-9-7-5--|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---7-5-7------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5----------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---5----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5-------7-5-3-5-3-0----------------|

[Verse]

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-o-------------------------------------------------------4---5-4----|
A|-o-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------4---4-4-4-4-4-4-5---5---5-----5--|
E|-------------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------.----------||
D|-------------------------------------------------.---.---5---.----o-||
A|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------4---4-4-4-4-4-4-5---5-------5----o-||
E|-----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------||

[Chorus]

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-------------------------------5---7-----9-9-9-9-7-5--|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---7-5-7------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5----------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7---7-5-7-----7-----5-5-5-5-4---7---5----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5-------7-5-3-5-3-0----------------|



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