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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~-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
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