The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
From the album The Number Of The Beast (1982)
Written by Steve Harris
All rights belong to their respective owners

Tabbed by Jaakko Karppinen

I have based this tab on the bass track and live performances you can find in Youtube,
so it should be pretty much 100% correct. The only thing I'm not so sure is the amount of
certain notes, especially in the verses. I advice not to concentrate on the exact amount 
of the notes but to listen to the music instead. Up The Irons!

Bass Track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrHnerXEx5M


Intro
|-------------11------12------14~---------14~---------14~---------14~---------14~------|
|-12--12--12------12------12------12--12------12--12------12--12------12--12------12---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

w/vocals (4th time don’t play that very last note)
||-----------11------12------14~---------14~---------14~---------14~---------14~----|
||-o-12--12------12------12------12--12------12--12------12--12------12--12------12-|
||-o--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------11------12------14~---------14~---------14~---------14~---------14~----|
|-12--12------12------12------12--12------12--12------12--12------12--12------12-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------9-------10------12~---------12~---------12~---------12~---------12~----|
|-10--10------10------10------10--10------10--10------10--10------10--10------10-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------9-------10------14~---------14~---------14~---------14~---------14~------||
|-10--10------10------10------12--12------12--12------12--12------12--12------12-o-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| 4X
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

||--------------------------------------------------||
||-o-------------.--------------------------------o-||
||-o-5---5---5---5-------5~-----------------------o-||
||--------------------------------------------------||

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------.-------------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3-------3~----------------------5---5---5---5-------5~---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Pre-Verse
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-5---5---5---5----|
|------------------|


Verse 1
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||-o----------------------------------o-||
||-o-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----o-|| 6X
||--------------------------------------||

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

||--------------------------------------||
||-o----------------------------------o-||
||-o-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----o-|| 6X
||--------------------------------------||

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---3---2-----------5---5---5---5-------5---0----|
|-------------------------3------------------------------------|


Chorus 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3---2-------2---2---2---2---0---2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3-------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----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 2 (same as Verse 1)


Chorus 2
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3---2-------2---2---2---2---0---2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3----|
|----------------------------------|


Instrumental
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o---------7~----------7~------------------9~----------9~-----------|
||-o-5---5-------5---5-------5---5---7---7-------7---7-------7---7----|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------10~---------10~---------10~---------10~---------10-------o-||
|-8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8----o-|| 3X
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------7~----------7~------------------9~----------9~-----------|
|-5---5-------5---5-------5---5---7---7-------7---7-------7---7----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------10~---------10~---------10~---------10~--------------|
|-8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8---0----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar Solo 1
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o-1-------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------0----|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
|-------------------------------------------------------------0----o-|| 3X
|-1-------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1----------||

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------0----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.-----------5---5---5----|
|-1-------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1------------------------|


Interlude
|-------------7~------5--------------------------------------------|
|-.-------7-------7-------7---5-------5----------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------7-------7---6---5---3---3---3----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------3~------1--------------------------------------------|
|-.-------3-------3-------3---1-------1----------------------------|
|-1-------------------------------3-------3---2---1----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------3---3---3----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---0----|

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


Guitar Solo 2 (Steve doesn’t use opens here as usual, but it’s much easier to do so)
||-----------------------7~----------------------2-------3---2--------|
||-o(0)-----(0)--4---7-------7---4---3-------3-------3-----------3----|
||-o-5-------5--------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------4-------5---4-------------------8~----------12~--------||
|-5-------5-------5-----------5---8-------8-------8---10------10---o-||
|------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| 4X
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||


Bass Solo
|-19------19--19--19--19--17---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------19--15------15--15--15--15--14--12---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-12------12--12--12--12~---------15----------15~-----17~-----17~--|
|-------------------------12--12----------15------15------17-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-19------19--19--19--19--17---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------19--15------15--15--15--15--14--12---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-12------12--12--12--12~-----12--15----------15~-----17-\---------|
|-------------------------12--------------15------15---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 3 (same as Verse 1, though Steve seems to miss couple of notes in the beginning)


Chorus 3
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3---2-------2---2---2---2---0---2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3----|
|--------------------------|


Pre-Verse
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------4-------5-------7~----------7~----------7~----------7~----------7~-------|
|-5---5---5-------5-------5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 4
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o---------4-------5-------7~----------7~----------7~----------7~----------7~-------|
||-o-5---5-------5-------5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5----|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------4-------5-------7~----------7~----------7~----------7~----------7~-------|
|-5---5-------5-------5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------2-------3-------5~----------5~----------5~----------5~----------5~-------|
|-3---3-------3-------3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------2-------3-------7~----------7~----------7~----------7~----------7~-------o-||
|-3---3-------3-------3-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5----o-||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


Outro
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||-o-------------.--------------------------------o-||
||-o-5---5---5---5-------5~-----------------------o-||
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|-------------.-------------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3-------3~----------------------5---5---5---5-------5-------3---5-/--|
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