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Band:  (iron maiden)
Album: (the number of the beast)
Song:  (total eclipse)

Copyright (c)  (emi) (1982)

Transcribed By: (chris garr)
Email:          (burnip.garrbtopenworld.com)


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tunning E A D G B E

|---------------------------1---------3-----------------------------|
|-----------3-----------------1---------3---------------3------3----|
|---------4---------------------2---------4-----------4------4------|
|-------5-------5--7-7------------------------------5------5--------|
|--7--5---------3--5-5---3---------5-----------7--5------5----------|
|--5---------------------1---------3-----------5--------------------|

|------------------------------1---------3--------------------------|
|----------3------3--------------1---------3------------------------|
|--------4------4------------------2---------4----------------------|
|------5------5-----5--7-7------------------------------------------|
|-7--5------5-------3--5-5---3--------5-----------------------------|
|-5--------------------------1--------3-----------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2--2---2-----4---4---4----5----5----4---4---------------------|
|-2-2-2----3---3-----5---5---5----7----7----5---5-------------------|
|-0---0-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
NOTE; this is also the verse as well.

(chorus)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------2------------------------|
|------------------------------------------2------------------------|
|-1-2-1----------------1-2-1---------------0------------------------|
|-------3-0-0-0-0-0-0--------3-0-0-0-0-0-3--------------------------|

(fill)
|-----5-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8b---8p5---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------7br7-5--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
this fill is played by adrian smith on the second time of the second verse.

(interlude)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3---------------------------3----------------------------|
|--------4---------------------------4------------------------------|
|------5----5-7--------------------5-----5--7-----------------------|
|-7--5------3-5--3--5---7--5--7--5-------3--5--3--5-----------------|
|-5--------------1--3---5--3--5----------------1--3-----------------|

(fill2)
|-----5-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8b---8p5---5-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------8---8-7-5---5-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------7---7p5---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------7p5\3---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
this fill is played by adrian again but the first time of the interlude.

(dave murray)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-12h15p12h15p12h15p12(slowly-dive-whammy-bar)-----------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------0(dive-whammy-bar)----

-----12h15p12-------12h15p12-------12h15p12-------------------------
-18b----------15p12----------15p12----------15p12--15b--------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------

-15p12p0-14p12p0-12p10p0-10p8p0-8p7p0-7p5p0-5p3p0-3p2p0-------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------

(adrian Smith)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-4b(tremelo-bend)r4b-2h4br4-2h4br4p2---2h4br4p2---------------------
-------------------------------------4----------4-------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------
-2------------------------------------------------------------------
-2--4p2-----------4br4----------------------------------------------
--------4p2---------------------------------------------------------
------------4p3p2---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------
------14h17p14-----14h17p14-----14h17p14-----14h17r17br17p14h17b----
--16b----------16b----------16b----------16b------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------

(rythm for solo1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-7---------------------------------------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-5---------------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------
pm.....................pm............................pm.............

(rythm for solo2)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-----------------------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-----------------------------------------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-----------------------------------------------
pm.........................pm........................pm.............

(interlude)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--5-4-2-------------------------------------------------------------
--------5-4-2-------------------------------------------------------
--------------5-3---------------------------------------------------

(ending)
-1----------------------------------------3-------------------------
---3----1------5h8p5---1----------------3---------------------------
-----2----1--------------0------------0-----------------------------
------------2--------------2--------0-------------------------------
-----------------------------3----2---------------------------------
--------------------------------3-----------------------------------
just repeat intro twice thats it finished

                 !UP THE IRONS!

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