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Band:  Iron Maiden
Album: A Matter Of Life And Death
Song:  The Longest Day

Copyright (c)  EMI released August 28th, 2006
Version 1.0 - 10/8/2006

Transcribed By: Alessandro Tortarolo
Email:          alessandro_tortarolo@yahoo.it


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       v  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            r  -release bend
t  - tap
ph - pinched harmonic
*  - see comment
x  - Stuccatto
,  - slight palm mute
"  - tremolo note

Standard tuning: E A D G B E

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intro clean (Em)

guitar 1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--99---9---10-12-10-9-99---9---10-7-10-9----------------| x2
|-----7----7--------------7----7-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

verse 1 (Em)

guitar 1 clean (harmonizing)
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--99---9---10-12-10-9-99---9---10-7-10-9----------------| x2
|-----7----7--------------7----7-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

guitar 2 distortion and flanger
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------| x2
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-----|

verse 2 (Bm)

guitar 1 light distortion (harmonising)
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--4---5-7-5-4---5-2-5-4---------------------------------| x2
|----2---------2-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

guitar 2 distortion and flanger
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------| x2
|--2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

verse 1

verse 2

bridge

guitar 1

  Em C5   C4 C4  G5 D5
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--2------3---3------7-----------------------------------| x4
|--2--3-x-3-x-3-x-5--5-----------------------------------|
|--0--3-x-3-x-3-x-3--------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (enters at "Oh the water is red...")

  Em  C5  C4   C   G  D5
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------6-6---5--3-------------------------------------|
|--9--5-x-5-5-x-5--4-------------------------------------|
|--9--5-x-5-5-x-5--5--7----------------------------------| x2
|--7------------------5----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-x-5-5--7-x-9-9--5-----7-----------------------------| x4
|--5-x-3-3--5-x-7-7--3--7--5-----------------------------|
|-----------------------5--------------------------------|


solos

part 1

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--777-10-9----7-7-10-9-7-77-10-9------------------------|
|-----------10--------------------10---------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|:
|--777-10-9----7-7-10-9-7-77-10-9------------------------|
|-----------10--------------------8----------------------|

part 2

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------2-------------------| x2
|------------------------------2-3-5---5-3-2-------------|      |
|--0-3-2-0-7--0-3-2-0-7--1-3-5---------------5-3---------|      |
   . . . . .  . . . . .  . . .               . .                |
                                                                | x2
|--------------------------------------------------------|      |
|--------------------------------------------------------|      |
|------------------------------------4-------------------|      |
|----------4----------4--------4-5-7---7-5-4-------------| x2
|--2-5-4-2----2-5-4-2----3-5-7---------------7-5---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
   . . . . .  . . . . .  . . .               . .

part 3

|---------------12-14-15-14h15h14p12-10/12v--------------|
|--15b17-15b17v------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|--------12------------------------------------------------------------|
|--15b17----15-12----------------------------10------------------------|
|-----------------14-12-11h12---------9-12-9----12-11--------------9v--|
|-----------------------------12-9-12-----------------12-9----9-12-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------12----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------10----------------10-------------------------|
|--1212v-12----12-11----11-12----9----9-11-11b12v--------|
|--------------------12------------10--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------14141414--------17v---|
|--12121212--------1515151512121212--------12121212------|
|----------12121212--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

part 4

guitar 1 (harmonising)

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--7-9-9/10-9-7---------7-------------|--7-9-9/10-9-7---------7v---| x2
|---------------10-9-10---10-9-7-5/7--|---------------10-9-10------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|


guitar 2 (Em)

|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--9-11-11/12-11-9----------9--------------|--9-11-11/12-11-9----------9v--|
|------------------12-11-12---12-11-9-7/9--|------------------12-11-12-----| x2
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|


Interlude

|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
|9-9-9-9-------------|9-9-9-9-10-9-7-----|9-9-9-9------------|9-9-9-9|
|7-7-7-7---------2-3-|7-7-7-7--------10-9|7-7-7-7---------2-3|7-7-7-7|
|0-0-0-0-0-2-3-5-----|0-0-0-0------------|0-0-0-0-0-2-3-5----|0-0-0-0|
 4 4 4 4 . . . . . .  4 4 4 4             4 4 4 4 . . . . . . 4 4 4 4

solos

part 4

part 5

|--12-14-14b15-14-12-14-12h14p12----12-----------------|
|--------------------------------15----15-12-----------|
|--------------------------------------------14-14b16--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|--------14b15-15b17--|
|--15b17--------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

|--12-14-14b15-14h15p14p12----12-------12-15-14h15p14p12-|
|--------------------------15----15b17-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


|-----12v-12-14-14b15-15-17-17b19r17-15\12v--------------|
|--15----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


chorus

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