FEAR OF THE DARK – IRON MAIDEN
From the Album FEAR OF THE DARK
Transcribed by: Mathias Wallin
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Tabbers note: This is the solos from the album version, not the live version!
The differences are small but noticeable.
Also I did not tab the whole song since it is adequately
transcribed already, with the exception of these solos.
Legend:
/ – slide up to fb+r – full bend+release
– slide down to * – see comment
~ – vibrato p – pull off
fb – full bend h – hammer on
r – release bend
Tuning: Normal (EADGBE)
Solo 1 (Janick Gers)
|—————————————————|
|-10—–*—————————10—10——–|
|-12fb—r12p10—-10—/—-10—–12fb-12fb——|
|—————12———–10——————–|
|—————————————————|
|—————————————————|
* Hold the bend for a while and release
|-13fb—–13p12p10—————————————|
|——————1013p11p10–10————————-|
|—————————-12–12p10–10-12~—-10——|
|————————————-12——————|
|———————————————————|
|———————————————————|
|-15fb–1513121312————————————-|
|—————–13–13——————————-|
|——————-14–1210—-12fb—r12p10–10——|
|——————————————–12——–|
|——————————————————|
|——————————————————|
|———————————————————–|
|-13——————————————————–|
|-12fb—r12p10—10—————————————-|
|—————12—12-10—-10—————————-|
|————————–12—-12-11-10—-10————-|
|—————————————–13—-13–10——|
Solo 2 (Dave Murray) 3
/—–
|——17fb—–17—–16-17-16p14h16p14–15p14———-|
|-/-14———————————-17——171514—|
|-/—————————————————16-|
|——————————————————–|
|——————————————————–|
|——————————————————–|
3 3
/——/——
|—————————————————————-|
|-14h17p14–14h17p14-14h15p14–15h14—————14h15p14——|
|———16—————–16——16p14p13h14h16————–|
|—————————————————————-|
|—————————————————————-|
|—————————————————————-|
3
/—–
|——————16b*-14—-14————————————|
|-17fb—-17–12———–17——15h14—-14h17p14-14————-|
|—————————————16————–16-14h16p14-|
|——————————————————————-|
|——————————————————————-|
|——————————————————————-|
* Bend note a tad bit, about 1/3
3
/——
|———————————————-|
|———————————————-|
|-14——————————14-16fb——|
|—-16p14h16p14————14-16————–|
|—————16-16p14h16——————–|
|———————————————-|
|-19–19fb—–1716————————|
|——————–17————15h16h19-|
|———————–1614-16-18———|
|——————————————-|
|——————————————-|
|——————————————-|
|-16fb-16p14p12h14h1614-12————————————–|
|————————–15p1414h15p14–14fb+r-12-14-15-14h15-|
|—————————————————————|
|—————————————————————|
|—————————————————————|
|—————————————————————|
|——————————————————|
|-15—14h15p14p1214———————————–|
|———————-16h18p16p1416—14h16p14p1314—|
|——————————————————|
|——————————————————|
|——————————————————|
|——-14———————–14—|
|—-14——14h19p14———-14—–|
|——————–14——14——-|
|-16———————-*16———|
|————————————-|
|————————————-|
* Sweep