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Band:  (iron maiden)
Album: (the number of the beast)
Song:  (children of the damned)

Copyright (c)  (emi)(1982)

Transcribed By: (chris garr)
Email:          (burnip.garr@btopenworld.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

                       heres the rest of the tab

(adrian smith)
|-----------0-----------------3--------------2------------------------|
|---------0---0-------------3---3----------3---3----------1----------3|
|-------0-------0---------0-------0------2-------2------0---0------2--|
|-----2-----------------0--------------0--------------2-------2--0----|
|---2-----------------2-----------------------------3-----------------|
|-0-----------------3-------------------------------------------------|

(dave murray)
|----------------------------------------------------------3-2h3p2--|
|------------------------------------------------------3/5---------5\3/5|
|----------------------------------------------------4--------------|
|-----------7/9\7---7br7-5/7\5--------9-7-5-4h5p4-------------------|
|-2/7/9/10--------5------------7-5-7--------------5-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

he's walking like a small child.....................................
|----------------0--------------------------------------------------|
|--------0----------------------0--------0--------------------------|
|----------0------------------0--------0----------------------------|
|-----2------2--------------2--------4------------------------------|
|---2-----------------0-2-3--------5--------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------|

children of the damned...............................................
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|0------------------------------------------------------------------|
|2---9-9---4-4---------5--7-7---------------------------------------|
|2---7-7---2-2--0-2-3--3--5-5--7-7--5--4----------------------------|
|0-----------------------------5-5--3--2----------------------------|

(interlude)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14--12--11---7--9-------7----5---7-------------------------------|
|--12--10---9---5--7-------5----3---5-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

(adrian smith)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------9------------------------|
|----4-5-4--------4-5-4-----9-10-7-9-7-5---9------------------------|
|-7--------7-5-7--------7-5----------------7------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----4-5-4--------4-5-4-----9-10-7-9-7-5-4(whammy-dive-on-4)--------|
|-7--------7-5-7--------7-5-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------9--------------------------|
|---4-5-4--------4-5-4-----9-10-7-9-7-5--9--------------------------|
|-7-------7-5-7--------7-5---------------7--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

(dave murray)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8-10-12-10-8-10---------------------8--12-10-8-------------------|
|-------------------11/12r12br12-11h12------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

(adrian smith)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----7-8-7------------------5------8-------7-------5-------------|
|---7b--------9p7---5-7-5---------7b-----10b-----9b------7b---------|
|-----------------9-------9-7---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
NOTE;    THE FIRST TW0 AND LAST 4 NOTES ARE UNISON BENDS

(adrian smith)
 H   P  T   H   P  T   H   P  T   H  P   T    H  P  T   H   P  T
-12-15-20---12-15-19---12-15-20---12-15--19---12-15-20--12-15-19----
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE; this solo when played live with both dave and adrian harmonized
but on the album adrian smith uses digital delay
to make it sound like two guitarists instead of one.

  H  P  T   H  P   T    H  P  T    H  P  T    H  P  T    H  P  T
-10-12-15---10-12-14---10-12-15---10-12-14---10-12-15---10-12-14---
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
  H  P  T   H  P  T   H  P  T   H  P  T
--8-10-15---8-10-14---8-10-15---8-10-14----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
 H  P   T   H   P  T   H   P  T    H  P   T   H   P  T   H  P   T
-10-12-15---10-12-14---12-15-20----12-15-19---12-15-20---12-15-20--
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------|-----------------------------------------------------
-15br15-12h15|-15br15-12-------------------------------------------
-------------|-----------14br14-12---------------------------------
-------------|-----------------------------------------------------
-------------|-----------------------------------------------------
-------------|-----------------------------------------------------
NOTE;  repeat this twice then at the end of each one add this.

(dave,adrian)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----4-5-4-------4-5-4-------4-5-4---4---4-5-4--------------------|
|--7--------7-5-7-------7-5-7-------7---5-------7-5-7--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
dave and adrian plays this riff 4x then adrian changes to the riff below

(adrian smith)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5/7/9\7-5-4-5--7/9\7-5-4-5---7/9\7-5-7-4--5-7-5-4-5--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------5-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

(dave murray)       (adrian smith)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-5-4------2------------------2----------------------------------|
|-------7-5--2-------7/9\7-5-7--2----------------------------------|
|------------0------------------0----------------------------------|

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