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Song
"22 Acacia Avenue" by Iron Maiden (from the album "The Number of the Beast")
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Transcribed by Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr)
Updates :
* 12 Dec 2000, correction on guitar solo part thanks to pk2000@tin.it
Notation :
w : whole ^ : triplet
h : half R : rest
q : quarter / : slide up
e : 8th h : hammer on
s : 16th +++: tied notes
First 3 bars : only guitar playing E5
*
e q h+q w q h+q q+e q q ss
G-|--------||--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| D-|--------||--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| A-|-R----5-||-7--R---------|-R--------------|-5--R---------|-R-----5---5---55-| E-|--------||--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
*
q h+q w q h+q q+e q q ss
G-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| D-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| A-|-7--R---------|-R--------------|-5---R----------|-R-----5---5---55-| E-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
q h+q h+q e ss q h+q h+e e e e
G-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| D-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| A-|-3--R---------|-R---------5-55-|-7---R----------|-R----------7-6-5-| E-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-5-| E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-------------4h5-|-------------5h7-|-----------------|-----------------|(x3) A-|-3---3-3-3-3-----|-5---5-5-5-5-----|-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-5-| E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q h+q w
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| A-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---R-----------|-R---------------|| E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Play the 6 lines above twice.
For the second time, notes with * are hold longer and the last line must
be replaced with :
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e w +++++++++++++++ w
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------| E-|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
Then there is a guitar interlude and rhythm changes to triplet feel :
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|---------||-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|---------||-------------------------|-------------------5-5-5-| A-|----10-\-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------| E-|---------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-|-------5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-| A-|-3-3-3-------------------|-3-3-3-------------------| E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------|| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|| A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|| E-|-------------------------|-------------------------||
Play the 4 lines above twice
Then we enter the Chorus Part "22, the avenue..." :
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-|-5-R-5-5-5-5-5-R-5-5-5-5-| E-|->-----------------------|->-----------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-2-R-2-2-2-2-2-R-2-2-2-2-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-| E-|->-----------------------|->-----------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^q
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-|-5-R-5-5-5-5-5-R-5-5-5---| E-|->-----------------------|->------------------->---|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^q e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---|-7-R-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E-|->------------------->---|->-----------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-|-5-R-5-5-5-5-5-R-5-5-5-5-| E-|->-----------------------|->-----------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-2-R-2-2-2-2-2-R-2-2-2-2-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-| E-|->-----------------------|->-----------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^q
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-|-5-R-5-5-5-5-5-R-5-5-5---| E-|->-----------------------|->------------------->---|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^q e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---|-7-R-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E-|->------------------->---|->-----------------------|
Repeat everything since beginning of triplet feel
but replace last line with :
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-5-4-2-4-2---2-----------| D-|-------------------------|-----------5---5-4-5-4---| A-|-2-R-2-2-2-2-2-R-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------5-| E-|->-----------------------|-------------------------|
Then go on with :
q ^ e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e [x3] e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-||--------------------------||--------------------------| D-||--------------------------||--5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-| (x4) A-||-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||--------------------------| E-||->--->--------------------||--------------------------|
Guitar Solo :
w ++++++++++++++++++++++++ q+e e e^e^e e e
G-|--------------------------|--------------------------| D-|--------------------------|----------3--2------------| A-|-7------------------------|-7-------------3-2--------| E-|->------------------------|---------->--------3--2---|
e+s s h e e e+s s h e e
G-||-------------11\12-11\12-|---------------11\12-11\12-| D-||-------------------------|---------------------------| A-||----7-7------------------|-5--5-5--------------------| E-||-0-----------------------|---------------------------|
q+e e e^e^e e e [x4]
G-|--------------------------|| D-|----------3--2------------|| A-|-3-------------3-2--------|| E-|---------->--------3--2---||
Break :
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-------------------------|-------------------------| E-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-9-9-9-7-7-7-------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------9-9-9-------| A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------101010-| E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Verse :
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-||-------------------------|-------------------------| D-||-------------------------|-------------------------| A-||-5h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-|-5h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-| E-||->----------->-----------|->----------->-----------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-| E-|->----------->-----------|->----------->-----------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-2h3-3-3-3-3-2h3-3-3-3-3-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-| E-|->----------->-----------|->----------->-----------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|--------------------------|| D-|-------------------------|-------------7------------|| A-|-5h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-|-5h7-7-7-7-7--10-9-10-9-7-|| E-|->----------->-----------|->------------------------||
Repeat the four lines above six times :
- 1st time without vocals
- 2nd, 3rd and 4th time with vocals and last bar identical to
penultimate bar
- On 5th time, guitar solo begins and last bar is still
identical to penultimate bar
For the 6th time, replace last 2 bars with :
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------7-7-7-| D-|-------------------------|-------7-7-7-9-9-9-------| A-|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-101010------------------| E-|->-----------------------|-------------------------|
and continue with :
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-7h9-9-9-9-9-7h9-9-9-9-9-|-7h9-9-9-9-9-7h9-9-9-9-9-| D-|->----------->-----------|->----------->-----------| A-|-------------------------|-------------------------| E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-5h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-|-5h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-| D-|->----------->-----------|->----------->-----------| A-|-------------------------|-------------------------| E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-4h5-5-5-5-5-4h5-5-5-5-5-|-5h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-| D-|->----------->-----------|->----------->-----------| A-|-------------------------|-------------------------| E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-7h9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-7---7-----------------| D-|->-----------------------|-----9---9-7-9-7---7-----| A-|-------------------------|----------------10--10-9-| E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-5h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-|-5h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-| E-|->----------->-----------|->----------->-----------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-| E-|->----------->-----------|->----------->-----------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e q+e e e^e^e e e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------|----------3--2-----------| A-|-2h3-3-3-3-3-2h3-3-3-3-3-|-3-------------3-2-------| E-|->----------->-----------|->-------->---------3-2--|
w
G-|------------------------| D-|------------------------| A-|------------------------| E-|-0----------------------|
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