Wasted Years 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

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 haven't tabbed is that weird, kind of
galloping sound that Steve does during the verses. You really can't even hear that on the
record so you can just play it as tabbed.

I also noticed from the bass track and live performances that Steve doesn't play the
Intro/Bridge parts exclusively on the G string but keeping his left hand on the 9-12th fret area
all the time. I actually find this easier to play and it also sounds better. I have also tabbed
the optional way to play it in the end so you can choose which one you like better. Hope you
enjoy this Maiden classic! Up the Irons!

Bass Track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qplDdQ1iGhc

EDIT: I had to make quite a many little changes after listening to the bass track on a half of
the original tempo. Now it should be definitely 100% correct! 

Intro
||--------------||
||-o----------o-||
||-o----------o-||
||---0~---------||

|------10h12~-------9~--------11~-----------------9----------------|
|---------------------------------------12~---------------10-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0~---------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12~-------9~--------10-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5---5~-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse A
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------5---5---5---5----|
|-5---7---7---7---7---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---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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---5---5---5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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---5---5---5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse B
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------5---5---5----|
|-5---7---7---7---7---7---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---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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---5---5---5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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---5---R----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o---------------------------------3---3---3------------------------|
||---3~------3---3---3---3---3---0---------------0---5---5---5---0----|

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

|-------------------------------------------------7~---------------|
|---------------------------------------------7~------7~-----------|
|---------------------------------5---5---5---------------5~-------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------------------------------|

First time: (triplets)
|-------------------------9---9---9---10--10--10--12--12--12\--------||
|-10--10--10--12--12--12-------------------------------------------o-||
|------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
                                                                     ||
Second time: (triplets)                                              ||
|-----5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5--------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------3---R----o-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||


Verse B

Chorus


Bridge (Intro)
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-0~-------|

|------10h12~-------9~--------11~-----------------9----------------|
|---------------------------------------12~---------------10-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0~---------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12~-------9~--------10~-----------------9------------------------|
|-------------------------------12~---------------10------5~-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3~------------------------------3---3---3---3---3---5---5---5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--12\------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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

|---------14~-------------14~--------------------------------------|
|-12--14~-----14--12--14~-----14--12--14--12------12--14--12\------|
|---------------------------------------------14-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------7-\------|
|-----------------------------------------------------7------------|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---R---5----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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

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

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

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

|-------------------------14--------------14-----------------------|
|-12--14--14--14--14--14------14--12--14------14--12--14--12\------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---5---R----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus 2X

Bridge (Intro)


Outro
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------7---5------------|
|-3---3---3---2---2---2-----------------------------------7~-------|
|-------------------------5---5---5---3---3---3--------------------|

|----------|
|----------|
|(7)~------|
|-0~~------|



Here is the optional way to play the Intro/Bridge parts:

|------10h12--------9---------11--------7---------9-------5--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0~---------------------------------------------------------------|

|-7---------4---------5---------2---------4------(0)---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------5------(0)-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------5~-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|