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Band:  IRON MAIDEN
Album: DANCE OF DEATH
Song:  DANCE OF DEATH
Copyright (c)  2003

Transcribed By: JIM razorwind Paterakis
Email:          pateraki@otenet.gr

.  - 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

INTRO/ACOUSTIC
riff a
 E5                G             D5             A           C5        D5
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---9---9--------12----12--------7---7-------------------5---5--------7---7-----
|-7---7---7---10----10----10---5---5---5------7--7-----3---3---3----5---5---5---
|-------------------------------------------5---5--5----------------------------
 E5
----------------------|
----------------------|
----------------------|
---9---9-------9---9--|
-7---7---7---7---7---7|
----------------------|
riff B or guitar b alongside with riff a
|--------------------------------7--7--------------------|
|---------7----8----10--8---------------10----8--7-------|
|-9---------------------------9----------------------9---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|-7--7--10---7---------------------7--7------------------|
|--------------10--8---10--8--------------10----8--7-----|
|-------------------------------9---------------------9--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


VERSE 1 with riff a 4 times

riff C
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|-------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-

-----------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------|
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------|
---------------------------------------------------------|
palm mute<....................................................................>

verse 2

Right before verse 3 and over verse 3 and verse 4: Em D C
verse 3
verse 4
Riff d x2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-9--11-12p11-9-----9----9--11-12p11--9------9---9-9--11---11-11-12--12-12-12-
|---------------12-----------------------12-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------|
--------------|
-11-10----10--|
-------12-----|
--------------|
--------------|

E5 D5 C5

VERSE 5

Then:
 Riff B 2x, Riff C once, Riff B
 ............2x................
 Riff D 2x

 Verse 6:

 Riff B 2x, Riff C once, Riff B
 ............2x................
 Riff D 2x

VERSE 6

riff e
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---3-----------------------------|---3------------------------------|
|-4--5-4-2-4-5-4-2---2---2-4------|4---5-4-2-4-5-4-2---2-------------|
|------------------5---5----------|------------------5---5-4-2-------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
  Then the solo 2

VERSE 7

     Riff B 2x, Riff C once, Riff B
       ............2x................

 Riff D 2x
VERSE 8
End: Same as second part of intro.

VERSE 9

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