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Band:  Iron Maiden
Album: The X-Factor
Song:  The Edge of Darkness

Copyright (c)  Columbia 1995
Version 1.0 - 1/15/05

Transcribed By: Dan
Email:          DysfuncTiOn3@aol.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 D A D G B E
Intro x4
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----2-2----0-0----2-2-----22--2------------------------------------|
|---2-2----0-0----2-2-----2---2-------------------------------------|
|-2------0------2---------------------------------------------------|
Intro cont'd x2                                                  _______
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|   |
|---------------------------5---7-----------------------------------|   |
|----2-2----0-0----2-2-----5---7------------------------------------|   |
|---2-2----0-0----2-2-----3---5-------------------------------------|   |
|-2------0------2---------------------------------------------------|   |
									|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|   |
|----5-5----3-3----5-5----------------------------------------------|   |
|---4-4----2-2----4-4-------5---7-----------------------------------|   |
|--------------------------5---7------------------------------------|   |
|-------------------------3---5-------------------------------------|   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|   |
								 _______|
Verse x8                                  [2nd Ending]           _______
|-----------------------------------------\----------/--------------|   |
|-----------------------------------------\----------/--------------|   |
|----------------------------5---7--------\---5---2--/--------------|   |
|----2-2-2---0-0-0---2-2-2--5---7---------\--5---2---/--------------|   |
|---2-2-2---0-0-0---2-2-2--3---5----------\-3---0----/--------------|   |
|--2-------0-------2----------------------\----------/--------------|   |
							                |
					  [2nd Ending]                  |
|-----------------------------------------\----------/--------------|   |
|----5-5-5---3-3-3---5-5-5----------------\----------/--------------|   |
|---4-4-4---2-2-2---4-4-4-----------------\---5---2--/--------------|   |
|-----------------------------------------\--5---2---/--------------|   |
|-----------------------------------------\-3---0----/--------------|   |
|-----------------------------------------\----------/--------------|   |
							         _______|
Verse cont'd x8 (Both Guitars)            [2nd Ending]
|---------------------------------------- \----------/--------------|
|-----------------------------------------\----------/--------------|
|--99999-77777-99999-555-777--------------\-555-222--/--------------|
|--99999-77777-99999-555-777--------------\-555-222--/--------------|
|--77777-55555-77777-333-555--------------\-333-000--/--------------|
|-----------------------------------------\----------/--------------|
   ....  ....  ....  ..  ..                 ..  ..
Interlude                                                        _______
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|   |
|--9--------5-7--9------5--7--9----------5--7-----------------------|   |
|--9--5--7--5-7--9--5---5--7--9--5--7----5--7-----------------------|   |
|--7--5--7--3-5--7--5---3--5--7--5--7----3--5-----------------------|   |
|-----5--7----------5------------5--7-------------------------------|   |
									|
THIS PART 4 TIMES!                        [2nd Ending]**(See Note)**    |
|---------------7------------------7-7~~~-\----------------/--------|   |
|----7h8p7--7h8---8p7---7h8p7--7h8--------\---8p7----8p7---/--------|   |
|---9------9---------9-9------9-----------\-99---9 99---9--/--------|   |
|-----------------------------------------\----------------/--------|   |
|-----------------------------------------\----------------/--------|   |
|-----------------------------------------\----------------/--------|   |
								 _______|
Verse 2 x2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-12-7-4-5-7------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-12-7-4-5-7------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-10-5-2-3-5------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo Rhythm 1 x4
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-12-7-4-5-7------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-12-7-4-5-7------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-10-5-2-3-5------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo Rhythm 2 x5
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--------5-7-----------------------------------------------------|
|--9--5--7--5-7-----------------------------------------------------|
|--7--5--7--3-5-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----5--7----------------------------------------------------------|


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

**Note**
After you play both endings once,
only the first half of the second
ending is played. And, I didn't
tab the rhythm of that part. But
you guys can figure it out, right?

Song Order

Intro x4
Intro cont'd x2
Verse 1 x8
Verse cont'd x8
Interlude x4
Verse 2 x2
Interlude x1
Verse 2 x4
Interlude x2
Solo & Rhythm 1 x4
Solo & Rhythm 2 x5
Verse cont'd x4
Verse 1 x5

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