Iron Maiden - "Blood Brothers" Guitar Tab
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Band: IRON MAIDEN
Tab: Blood Brothers
Album: Brave New World
Year: 2000
Tabbed by: EnRIz
E-mail: erik.einarsson@telia.com
Version: 8.0
If you have any comments about this tab: Just Mail me
Version History:
8.0: Made the second guitar in some parts of the solo. Made the tuning
7.0: Corrected the Bass Intro and fixed some minor bugs.
6.0: Fixed a major bug in the Chorus.
5.0: Changed some mistakes in the third solo.
4.0: Added Names everywhere where they should have been.
3.0: Added Information about the tab.
2.0: Changed some things in the verse/Chorus.
1.0: Made everything ītil end of solo.
. - palm mute
/ - slide up to
\ - slide down to
~ - vibrato
h - hammer on
b - Bend
p - pull off
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|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 |
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Iron Maiden:
Bruce Dickinson (Vocals)
Steve Harris (Bass)
Dave Murray (Guitar) Guitar 1
Adrian Smith (Guitar) Guitar 2
Janick Gers (Guitar) Guitar 3
Nicko McBrain (Drums)
Tuning: E B G D A E
Bass intro
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5---5--------7----|
|-------2---2---------5-----3------3------5-----5--|
|---0-----0------3------3--------------------------| 8X
On the Fifth time the first guitar joins
RIFF: 1
|-----------------8----7-5-7---5----5--------------| \
|----5----------5----------------8-----8--7--------| |
|-------------7------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|
\ GUITAR 1
/ GUITAR 1
|
|-----------------8----7-5-7---5-------------------| |
|----5----------5----------------8--7--8--7--------| |
|-------------7------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| 2X /
Verse: 1
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--3---3-3-3--5---5-5-5------|
|--0---0-0-0--3---3-3-3----------------------------| 4X
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--3---3-3-3--5---5-5-5------|
|--0---0-0-0--3---3-3-3----------------------------| 4X
<----------------palm muting--------------->
Chorus:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5---5-5-5-------------7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--3---3-3-3--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5------|
|--0---0-0-0-------------3---3-3-3-----------------| 4X
Verse: 2
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--3---3-3-3--5---5-5-5------|
|--0---0-0-0--3---3-3-3----------------------------| 4X
<----------------palm muting--------------->
Chorus:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5---5-5-5-------------7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--3---3-3-3--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5------|
|--0---0-0-0-------------3---3-3-3-----------------| 4X
RIFF: 1
|-----------------8----7-5-7---5----5--------------|
|----5----------5----------------8-----8--7--------|
|-------------7------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------8----7-5-7---5-------------------|
|----5----------5----------------8--7--8--7--------|
|-------------7------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------| 2X
Verse: 3
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--3---3-3-3--5---5-5-5------|
|--0---0-0-0--3---3-3-3----------------------------| 8X
Chorus:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5---5-5-5-------------7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--3---3-3-3--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5------|
|--0---0-0-0-------------3---3-3-3-----------------| 4X
Now you play Riff 1 and the verse at the same time
RIFF: 1
|-----------------8----7-5-7---5----5--------------| \
|----5----------5----------------8-----8--7--------| |
|-------------7------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|
\ GUITAR 1
/ GUITAR 1
|
|-----------------8----7-5-7---5-------------------| |
|----5----------5----------------8--7--8--7--------| |
|-------------7------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| 2X /
Guitar 2
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--3---3-3-3--5---5-5-5------|
|--0---0-0-0--3---3-3-3----------------------------| 8X
SOLO: 1 (Improvise) (thatīs what i do :-) )
When you play the solo: 1 the other guitars play the Chorus
Chorus:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5---5-5-5-------------7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--3---3-3-3--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5------|
|--0---0-0-0-------------3---3-3-3-----------------|
Then comes:
SOLO: 2
GUITAR: 1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----12----12---13-12------------12----12----13-12-------|
|-------14------------14-12---------14-------------14-12-|___
|-14--------------------------14-------------------------| \
|--------------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------------| 4X|
|
GUITAR: 2 |
|--------------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------------| |
|-2-----------------------------5------------------------| |
|-2-----------------------------5------------------------| |
|-0-----------------------------3------------------------| |
|
/------------------------------------------------------------/
Note:
On the fourth time add this: |------| and fade pretty quick
|------| (this should take
|------| about a second)
|--14--|
|------|
|------|
SOLO: 3
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------12----12-15-12----12---------12--|
|----11-12-11-12-14----14----------14---14-12-14-----|
|-14-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----12-15-12----12------------------12----------------------|
|-14----------14----14-12-14---12-14-----14-12-14-12-11------|
|--------------------------------------------------------14--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---11-12-11----11------------------11-12-11----11-------------|
|14----------14----14-12-14------14----------14----14-12-14----|
|---------------------------14---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-----11-12-11----------11-----|
|--14----------14-12-14----14--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------| 3X
|---------------------|
|--15f--15f--15f--15f-|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--12--14--15-14-12------12-14--12--|
|-------------------15--------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--17f----17f---17-15----15----------|
|---------------------17----17---15--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--12--14--15-14-12------12-14--12--|
|-------------------15--------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--12-------------------------------|
|-----15-12-------------------------|
|-----------14-12-------------------|
|-----------------<-14-12->---------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--12-------17f--------------15----15----15----15-----------|
|-------------------------------17----17----17----17-15-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
trill
|---<-15-12->-------------------------------------12--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5---5-5-5-------------7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7------|
|--2---2-2-2--3---3-3-3--5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5------|
|--0---0-0-0-------------3---3-3-3-----------------| 8X
Outro
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------2---2--------5-----------5---5--------7----|
|---------2------------5----3------3------5-----5--|
|---0------------3---------------------------------| 4X
RIFF: 1
|-----------------8----7-5-7---5----5--------------| \
|----5----------5----------------8-----8--7--------| |
|-------------7------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|
\ GUITAR 1 |2
/ GUITAR 1 |X
|
|-----------------8----7-5-7---5-------------------| |
|----5----------5----------------8--7--8--7--------| |
|-------------7------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| /
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