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Ironhead

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Tab3

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E

e |--------------|-------------|---------|
B |--------------|-------------|---------|
G |--------------|-------------|---------|
D |--7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|
A |--7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|
D |--7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|

[0:00] [3/4] [3/4] [2/4]

E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x

e||------------------|------------------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------o||
G||------------------|------------------||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||
A||o-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x-o||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

e |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |--3-0---x-3-5-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|
A |--3-0---x-3-5-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|
D |--3-0---x-3-5-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|

E E E E l.r.

e |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |--2-2-----2-3-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
A |--2-2-----2-3-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
D |--2-2-----2-3-4---|-----------------|-----------------|

Verse

E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x

e||------------------|------------------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------o||
G||------------------|------------------||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||
A||o-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x-o||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||

0:29 "Safe to kill..."

E E E E E E E E E E E Q

e |------------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|
A |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|

Chorus

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q^ E E E E E E E E E E Q^ 3x

e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------o||
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||
A||o(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0-o||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||

[0:50] [4/4] [2/4]

Verse

E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x

e||------------------|------------------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------o||
G||------------------|------------------||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||
A||o-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x-o||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||

01:03 "Time to take..."

E E E E E E E E E E E Q

e |------------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|
A |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|

Chorus

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q^ E E E E E E E E E E Q^ 3x

e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------o||
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||
A||o(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0-o||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||

[1:23] [4/4] [2/4]

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q^ E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E

e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|
A||o(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|

[4/4] [3/4] [3/4] [2/4]

Interlude

┌1,3 ┐┌2 ┐

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x Q E E E Q E Q Q E E E E

e||------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
G||------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D||--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7----||-7---7-8-7-0---0-|-7---7---7-8-7-0-|
A||o-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---o||-7---7-8-7-0---0-|-7---7---7-8-7-0-|
D||--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7----||-7---7-8-7-0---0-|-7---7---7-8-7-0-|

1:43

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

e |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|10--10--10--10---|12--12--13--13---|
A |--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-0---0---0---0---|
D |--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-----------------|

Middle 8

┌1 ┐┌2 ┐

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E

e |------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
B |o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
G |--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
D |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---0-3---0-3-5-|
A |o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---0-3---0-3-5-|
D |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---0-3---0-3-5-|

Solo

┌4 ┐

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 4x Q

e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||---|
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||---|
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||---|
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5-6----||-0-|
A||o-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5-6---o||-0-|
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5-6----||-0-|

[2:16] [2:37]

┌3 ┐

E E E E E E E E E E E Q 4x Q

e||------------------|------------------||---|
B||o-----------------|-----------------o||---|
G||------------------|------------------||---|
D||--2-3---x-2-3---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-4----||-0-|
A||o-2-3---x-2-3---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-4---o||-0-|
D||--2-3---x-2-3---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-4----||-0-|

[2:37] [2:45]

E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x

e||------------------|------------------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------o||
G||------------------|------------------||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||
A||o-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x-o||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||

02:48

E E E E E E E E E E E Q

e |------------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-3-5-6---|
A |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-3-5-6---|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-3-5-6---|

Chorus

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q^ E E E E E E E E E E Q^ 3x

e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------o||
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||
A||o(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0-o||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||

[2:58 "Ironhead"] [4/4] [2/4]

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q^ E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E

e |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
D |-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|
A |-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|
D |-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|

[4/4] [3/4] [3/4]

E E E E E E E E l.r. Q

e |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |--7-8-7-0-5-0-3-5-|-2---------------|-----------------|-------------2---|
A |--7-8-7-0-5-0-3-5-|-2---------------|-----------------|-------------2---|
D |--7-8-7-0-5-0-3-5-|-2---------------|-----------------|-------------2---|

********************************************

^ - note extends into following measure

(n) - note was started in previous measure

x - dead note

l.r. - let ring

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