Meltdown

Song

"Meltdown"

(B. Dickinson, A. Dickson)

Guitar transcription by Aaron Shay (zerosig8@apk.net)

after drum intro.

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let ring throughout

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------2-------2-------------4------------4--------------
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hey.. you wait cringing in the dark

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you create what you ve always feared

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a puppet of hatred dishing out

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poison

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then they repeat the above riff over another vocal

passage leading to.....

I can smell the difference your truth and

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your fiction you and your twisted convictions

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Chorus:

F#5 G#5

Were you my friend when I belonged?

A5 Bsus2

Were you my friend when I was strong?

F#5 G#5

Were you my friend when I was weak?

A5 Bsus2

Were you my freind when I was callin', crawlin', out of

my head?

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then another verse,another chorus then this riff...

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--9--9----9--9--9--9----7-7--7-7--6-6-6-6--5--5---------

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The solo is in F# pentatonic, I believe, for any improvisers

or theory buffs. No promises on this tab...Alex is very

creative and very hard to follow. Oh yeah, in the chorus

that Bsus2 chord looks like this:

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