Sea of Madness by Iron Maiden
From the album Somewhere in Time (1986)
Written by Adrian Smith
All rights belong to their respective owners

Tabbed by Jaakko Karppinen

In my opinion, this is one of the most underrated Maiden songs. Especially the bass solo is just awesome.
The tab probably isn't 100% correct, but it should be quite close. Enjoy!


Intro
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||-o-----.------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-7---7------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||

||-------9-9-9-9-9-------9-9-9-9-9-------9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-7--------||
||-o-.---------------.---------------.---------------------------9----o-||
||-o-7---------------7---------------7--------------------------------o-||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||


Verse / Main riff  2X  (I spreaded the layout a bit to make it easier to read)
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||-o----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o------------------------------------------------------------------------------5---\-----o-|| 3X
||---0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--------------||

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------14---12-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------14---13---12---10---\-----|
|-0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--0h10h12----0----------------------------------------|


Pre-Chorus 1
|-----------------------------------------------------5--------|
|-----------------------------3-------3---3---3---3-------3----|
|-7-------7---7---7---5---7------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------7-------------------5-------5-------5----|
|-5-------5---5---5---5-------5---3-------3-------3-------3--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------5--------|
|---------------------------------3-------3---3---3---3-------3----|
|-7-------7---7---7---7---5---7------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------7-------------------5-------5-------5----|
|-5-------5---5---5---5-------5---3-------3-------3-------3--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus 1
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o-------------7-----------7-------------------7-----------7--------|
||-o-0-------0-------0---0-------0---0-------0-------0---0-------0----|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7-----------7----------------------------------------|
|-0-------0-------0---0-------0---------------7-----------7--------|
|---------------------------------0-------0-------0---0-------0----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3-------3---3---3---3---3---3----|
|-------------7-----------7----------------------------------------|
|-0-------0-------0---0-------0------------------------------------|

First time
|-------------5-------7-------5-------7-------5-------7-------5------||
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5--------o-||
|------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
                                                                     
Second time                                                          
|-------------7-------5-------7-------5-------7-------5-------7-\----||
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5--------o-||
|------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||


Bridge
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-o----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| 
||-o-0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--5---\-----o-|| 3X
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

|--------------------------------------------------14---12-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------14---13---12---10---\-----|
|-0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--0h10h12----0----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse / Main riff 
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-o----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o------------------------------------------------------------------------------5---\-----o-|| 3X
||---0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--------------||

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------14---12-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------14---13---12---10---\-----|
|-0----0--0--0h10h12----0----0--0--0h10h12----0----------------------------------------|


Pre-Chorus 2
|---------------------------------------------------------5----|
|-----------------------------3-------3---3---3---3---3--------|
|-7-------7---7---7---5---7------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------7-------7-------7---------------5-------5-------5----|
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------3-------3-------3-------3--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------5--------|
|---------------------------------3-------3---3---3---3-------3----|
|-7-------7---7---7---7---5---7------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------7-------------------5-------5-------5----|
|-5-------5---5---5---5-------5---3-------3-------3-------3--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus 2
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o-------------7-----------7-------------------7-----------7--------|
||-o-0-------0-------0---0-------0---0-------0-------0---0-------0----|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7-----------7----------------------------------------|
|-0-------0-------0---0-------0---------------7-----------7--------|
|---------------------------------0-------0-------0---0-------0----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3-------3---3---3---3---3---3----|
|-------------7-----------7----------------------------------------|
|-0-------0-------0---0-------0------------------------------------|

|-------------7-------5-------7-------5-------7-------5-------7------||
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5--------o-||
|------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
                                                                     

Guitar solo
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2---2---2---2---4---5---------------------------2---3----|
|---------------------------------3-------3---3---3---3------------|

|---------------------14-------------------------------------------|
|-0-------0---12h-14------14--12-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0-------0---0---0---5---4---0----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2---2---2---2---4---5---------------------------2---3----|
|---------------------------------3-------3---3---3---3------------|

|-------------7----------------------------------------------------|
|---------7-------7---5-----------------------7--------------------|
|-5-----------------------7---5---0-------0-------0---5---4---0----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2---2---2---2---4---5---------------------------2---3----|
|---------------------------------3-------3---3---3---3------------|

|-----------------14-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-----/-12--14------14--12--\------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0-------0---5---0---5---4---0----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2---2---2---2---4---5---------------------------2---3----|
|---------------------------------3-------3---3---3---3------------|

|-----------------14-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-----/-12--14------14--12--14-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0-------0---0---0---0---0---0----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


Interlude (Bass solo)                                        .
||---------------.---9---8---.-------------------.---9---8---6--------|
||-o-11------11--11----------11------7-------7---7--------------------|
||-o------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------9-------11------9-------11/-13------11--9-p-8---9----|
|-9-------9-------9-------9-------9--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                          .
|-------------.---9---8---.-------------------.---9---8---6--------|
|-11------11--11----------11------7-------7---7--------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------9-------11------9-------11------9-------11------9------||
|-9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9--------o-||
|------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

w/vocals
|-------------6---------------6------------------------------------|
|---------6-------6-------6-------------------7--------------------|
|-4-------------------4-----------0-------0-------0---5---7---0----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------2-------4-------2-------4-------2-------6---4--------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------7----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------6------------------------------------------------|
|-------------6-------6---4-------------------7--------------------|
|-4-------4-------------------4---0-------0-------0---5---7---0----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------6---------------6------------------------------------|
|---------6-------6-------6---------------------------7------------|
|-4-------------------4-----------0-------0---5---7-------7---5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------2-------4-------2-------4-------2-------6---4--------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------7----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------6--------------------------------------------|
|-------------4---6-------6---------------------------7------------|
|-4-------4-------------------4---0-------0---5---7-------7---5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse / Main riff 2X


Pre-Chorus 1


Chorus 1


Outro
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o-------------7-----------7-------------------7-----------7--------|
||-o-0-------0-------0---0-------0---0-------0-------0---0-------0----|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------5-----------7----------||
|-------------7-----------7-------3-------3-------3---5-------5----o-||
|-0-------0-------0---0-------0------------------------------------o-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7-----------7-------------------7-----------7--------|
|-0-------0-------0---0-------0---0-------0-------0---0-------0----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------5---5---5---7---5--------|
|-------------7-----------7-------3---------------------------7----|
|-0-------0-------0---0-------0------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o-------------7-----------7-------------------7-----------7--------|
||-o-0-------0-------0---0-------0---0-------0-------0---0-------0----|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------5-----------7----------||
|-------------7-----------7-------3-------3-------3---5-------5----o-||
|-0-------0-------0---0-------0------------------------------------o-|| 3X
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

|---------------------------------------------------------2------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------2--------|
|-0---------------------------------------------------------------0----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|