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Band:  (iron maiden)
Album: (the number of the beast)
Song:  (the number of the beast)

Copyright (c)  (emi) (1982)

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

(dave murray)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4---5---7--7-7-7-7-7--------4---5---7--7-7-7-7-7-7----------|
|-5-5-5---5---5----5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5---5---5----5-5-5-5-5-5----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
pm........pm...............pm..................pm................pm..

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4---5---7--7-7-7-7-7---------2---3---5--5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
|-5-5-5---5---5----5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3---3---3----3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
pm...................pm........................pm...............pm...

(adrian smith)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

(adrian,dave)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7-------------7------------5--------------7-----------|
|--7-7-7-7----7---7-7-7-7---7---5-5-5-5--5----7-7-7-7---7-----------|
|--5-5-5-5----5---5-5-5-5---5---3-3-3-3--3----5-5-5-5---5-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

(verse1)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5h7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5h7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5h7--------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5----------
---------------------------------------------------------------------


---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5h7---------------------------------
-2h3-3-3-3p2---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-----------------------------------
-------------3-------------------------------------------------------

(chorus)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7----------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7----------------------------
-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5----------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

(interlude)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-2-2-4-2-4-4-5-4-5-5-7-5-7-7-7---------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

(solo1,rythm)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3-3--------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------
-1-1-1-1-1-----3-3-3-3-3-3----1-1-1-1-1-1-1p0---3-3-3-3-3-3-----------
---------------1-1-1-1-1-1--------------------3-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------

(solo2,rythm)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5---8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10---------------
------------1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3---6-6-6-6---8--8--8--8---------------

(dave murray) (adrian smith)        (dave murray)  (adrian smith)
------------|-----------------------|----------|-------------------------
------------|-----------------------|----------|-------------------------
------------|---7----5--------------|----------|----5---3----------------
--7-7-7---5-|-7---7----7-5---5------|-5-5-5--3-|--5---5---5-3---3--------
--5-5-5---3-|--------------7---7-6-5|-3-3-3--1-|--------------5---5-4-3--
------------|-----------------------|----------|-------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------------------
-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7----10-------------------------
--------1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-----8-------------------------

(solo1)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------15h18p15--------------------------------------------------------
-15~~~~~----------15p14-15b~~~~14h15-12h14p12-10h12p10-9h10p9h10p9-------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE; this is the correct way to play the beginning of the solo
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--15h17p15h17p15h18p15h18p15h17p15--18br18r18b~~~~~~~--------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-15h18p15-13h15p13-11h13p11-10h11p10-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------12p10h12p10-10p9h10p9---------------
-----------------------------------------------------------12p10h12p10---
-----------------------------------------------------------------------10br
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------20br20b---
-13h15p13h15p13--15h17h18p17p15h17p15-17h18-20br20br20br20bp18-----------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

(solo2)
--------13----------13---------13-----------13---------------------------
------13---------13---------13-----------13------------------------------
--16b-------16b---------16b---------16b--------16b~~~~~~-----------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE; this is the correct way to play the beginning of this solo also

---------------------------------------10h12p10h12p10----13p10h13p10-12p10h12p10
-10-----------------------------10-13b----------------13-----------------
-10-----------------12br12~~~~~------------------------------------------
-----12p10---------------------------------------------------------------
-----------12-11-10------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-13-10----10-----------------12b~~~10------------------------------------
-------13----13-12-10-----------------12b~~~~----------------------------
----------------------12~~~~---------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------15h17p15h17p15-------
------15h18-----15h18-----15h18-----15h18r18b~~~18b----------------18b---
--17b-------17b-------17b-------17b--------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-15h17p15h17p15-----20br20br20b------------------------------------------
----------------18b-------------18---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------19~~~~~~------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
thats it finished just repeat verse,chorus and intro
i can garantee you this is the closest tab to the original
you will find when it comes to the solos any way

                 !up the irons!