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Band:  (iron maiden)
Album: (the x factor)
Song:  (sign of the cross)

Copyright (c)  (emi) (1997)
Version 1.0 - (DATE)

Transcribed By: (chris garr)
Email:          (burnip.garr@btopenworld.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  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tunning E A D G B E

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|------------------------------------7------------------------------|
|---7-9-10-9-7-9-10-9----7-9-10-9-10---10-9---7-9-10-9-7-9-10-9-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------0--------------------0-----------------------|

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|------------------------------------------------------7------------|
|----------------------7-9-10-9-7-9-10-9---7-9-10-9-10---10-9-------|
|---7-9-10-9-10-9-10------------------------------------------------|
|-0------------------0-------------------0--------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7-9-10-9-7-9-10-9----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------7-9-10-9-10-9-7~~~~------------------------|
|-0--------------------0--------------------------------------------|

|---(12)-----------------------(12)-(7)-(5)----(12)-----------------|
|---(12)-----------------------(12)-(7)-(5)----(12)-----------------|
|---(12)(whammy-bar-vibrato)---(12)-(7)-(5)----(12)-5-7-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------5-7-------------|x3
|---------------------------------------------------3-5-------------|
|-0--------------------------0---------------0----------------------|

(verse1)
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|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-7-9----------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-5-7----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
pm...................pm.....................pm........pm............

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|-4-4-5-5-7-7-9-9-4-4-5-5-7-7-9-9-7---------------------------------|x2
|-2-2-3-3-5-5-7-7-2-2-3-3-5-5-7-7-5---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-12-11------9-11-12-11-----------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------12-9------------12-9------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|--5-5-5-5-5-5-7-9-11-12-11------9-11-12-11-------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-7------------12-9------------12-9--------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-5----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

(chorus)
|------------------------------3-2h3p2-------5------------1p0h1-----|
|--------------------------------------3---5--(whammy-bar)------1---|
|----------------------------------------2------------------------0-|
|-5-5-5-5-5---------7-7-7-------------------------------------------|x2
|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------|
|-----------3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------|

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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9-9-9-7-7-7-9-9-9---9-9-9-7-7-7-9-9----9-9-9-7-7-9-10-9-7-9-----|x2
|-7-------------------7------------------7--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
when this is played its played like chords not seperate notes

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|---7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7---7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7---7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7-9-7-5-7|x1
|-5-------------------5-------------------5-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|-8-8--------------8-8-------------1-----1--------------------------|
|-9-9--7--5-5-7-9--9-9--7-5-5--5-4---2-----2----7-9-----------------|
|-9-9--7--5-5-7-9--9-9--7-5-5--5-4-----2-----2--7-9-----------------|
|-7-7--5--3-3-5-7--7-7--5-3-3--3-2--------------5-7-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|--1----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----2--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------2--------9---9-8---9---9-8-7---7---7-6---7---7-6-5-----------|
|--------0----7---7-----7---7-------5---5-----5---5-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
this is played once just with dave and steve then do the same thing again
in a galloping motion pick heavy approach

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|-----9-------10--------7-------9--------7-------8-------5-------7--|
|-7-7---7-7-7----7--7-7---7-7-7---7--5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
-12-----12-13-15-13----------12|-10----10-11-13-11----------10------|
-----14-------------14-12-14---|----12-------------12-10-12---------|
-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
heres the lead part for the rythm above played by dave murray

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|----------------------------------------5-7------------------------|
|-2-5-5-4-4-2-5-5-4-4-2-5-5-4-4-2--5-4-5-5-7------------------------|x4
|----------------------------------------3-5------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|--------12-----------------12--------------------------------------|
|-----------14-12-11-----------14-12-11-----------12----12-11-------|
|-14-14---------------14-14-------------14~~~~-12----12-------12----|x4
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chords for this are e d c then e d a
chords for solo1 are e d c g d then e d a c d
chords for solo2 are g fmaj7 d c then g fmaj7 d fmaj7

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|----------12-12-12-13-12----12----------12-12-12-13-12----15-13-12-|
|----12-14----------------14-------12-14----------------14----------14|
|-14----------------------------14----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|-----------12-12-12-13-12----12-15-13-12----12---------------------|
|-----12-14----------------14-------------14----14-12-11-12p11------|
|--14----------------------------------------------------------14p12x2|
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these chords are palm muted e c g d a c g d you will have to work out
the picking for it

up the irons