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Author/Artist: Bruce Dickinson
Title: Taking The Queen
Album: Accident Of Birth
Transcribed by: James Rae
Email: [email protected]
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Standard Tuning [E]
LEGEND
h – hammer
p – pull off
b – bend up
r – release bend
/ – slide up
– slide down
v – vibrato
* – trill
t – tap
x – mute/rake
^ – harmonic
. – palm mute
# – strum chord
! – pinch harmonic
Intro / Verse (clean, strummed)
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Fill between first and second verse
–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-0–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-0-0–0-0————
–3-3/5–5-5-5–5-5-5–5-5-5–8-7–3-3/5–5-5-5–5-5-5–5-5-5–8-10———–
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Chorus (distorted)
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–7/9-9–1211-11–1412-12—11/12–11/12————————————
–7/9-9–1211-11–1412-12—11/12–11/12————————————
–5/7-7–109–9—1210-10—9-/10–9-/10————————————
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–7/9-9–1211-11–1412-12—————————————————
–7/9-9–1211-11–1412-12—5–4——————————————–
–5/7-7–109–9—1210-10—5–4——————————————–
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Bridge (clean, strummed)
——–0—-1—-0———-0—1——————————————–
—4—-1—-1—-0——4—1—1—4—————————————-
—4—-0—-2—-0——4—0—2—4—2—0——————————–
—4—-2—-3—-2——4—2—3—4—2—0——————————–
—2—-3—-3—-2——2—3—3—2—0—2——————————–
————-1—-0————–1———–3——————————–
Solo
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———–4-5vvv-4h5vv—7-5-4-5-4————–4-5-7-9-10vv—————–
—5/7v–7————————–7-5/7v—–7——————————
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[a]
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————14-17——14-16-17———————————————–
—14-15-17——————————————————————-
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———12-14-12-14-12h14p12—-12——————————————-
—12-15———————-15—-15-12-15-12h15p12————————-
——————————————————14-12vv—————–
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—17b19—–15b17———————————————-14-15-14——
———17——–12——13-15-13h15p13——–14-15-17-15-17———-17—
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[b] [b] [c]
——–14-15-17-15-14—-14-15-17b19vvvvvvvvv——————————–
–15-17—————-17—————————————————–
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Solo Comments
[a] slow 1/4 bend
[b] if you like, put some pinch harmonics on the big bends
[c] the end run is really fast and not accurately tabbed, but the scale is right