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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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