Iron Maiden - "The Prisoner" Bass Tab
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IRON MAIDEN - THE PRISONER from "The Number of the Beast"
tabbed by Davide Guerra, with the help of Cristiano,
teacher of music and life
Tab explanation:
~ = let note ring
Tempo: It's a normal 4/4, every beat is marked with a *
Tuning: Standard G D A E
How to play: Steve plays with fingers, as I do too, but anyway remember:
you are not numbers, you are free men! Enjoy the song!
Drums intro
Intro
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2-202------------|-2-202---5~-------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-5-535------------|-2-202---5---0----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2-202------------|-2-202-5~---------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-5-535------------|-2-202-3---5------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2-202------------|-2-202---5~-------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-5-535------------|-2-202---5---0----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2-202------------|-2-202-5~---------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-5-535------------|-22202-3---5------|
Lead 1
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
||-22222254---------|-222222225-4-0----|-22222254---------|-5-5555557-777777-||
||----------55-000--|------------------|----------55-000--|------------------||
x2
Verse
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
||-22222254---------|-222222225-4-0----|-22222254---------|-5-5555557-777777-||
||----------55-000--|------------------|----------55-000--|------------------||
x2
* * * *
||------------------||
||---------7-77776--||
||----------------7-|| X4
||-5-555555---------||
* * * *
||-------------------------1211---||
||-14-14141414141412-121212----12-||
||--------------------------------|| X2 (these are 11, 12 and 14, not 1,2,4!)
||--------------------------------||
* * * * * * * *
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-2-222222---------|---------2~-------|
|---------0-000000-|-2---0------------|
Chorus
* * * * * * * *
||---------9--------|| |------------------|
||-------9-----9----|| |------------------|
||---------------7--|| X3 |-4~------2~-------|
||-0~---------------|| |------------------|
* * * * * * * *
||---------9--------|| |------------------|
||-------9-----9----|| |------------------|
||---------------7--|| X3 |-4~------5~-------|
||-0~---------------|| |------------------|
Lead 2
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-22222254---------|-222222225-4-0----|-22222254---------|-5-5555557-777777-|
|----------55-000--|------------------|----------55-000--|------------------|
repeat Verse
repeat Chorus two times
Lead 3
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-22202------------|-22202---5~-------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-55535------------|-22202---5---0----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-22202------------|-22202-5~---------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-55535------------|-22202-3---5~-----|
Solo
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||-2222222222222222-|-2222222255555555-|------------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------|-5555555555555555-|-2222222255550000-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
|-2222222222222222-|-2222222255555555-|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-5555555555555555-|-2222222233335555-||
x3
repeat Chorus three times
fade out with a E on A's 7th fret
I think this tab is correct, even if I still have some doubt on the main riff.
For any correction mail to: the_jester@tiscali.it
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