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Futureal

Iron Maiden
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★4.1(10)

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 02:36:27 PDT

From: Matthias Baumann <matschga@hotmail.com>

Subject: i/iron_maiden/futureal.tab

Futureal

by Iron Maiden (Steve Harris, Blaze Bayley)

Transcribed by Matthias Baumann(matschga@hotmail.com)

INTRO-Riff (play it 4 times, guitar II plays the chords):

Em Em

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Em Em

|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|-14--16--17--16--14--17-16-14-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|

First Verse (play this 2 times):

Em Em Em Em

|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--9--9--9-|
|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--9--9--9-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7--7--7-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|

I'm running out...

C D Em Em

|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-9--11-12-9-11h12p11p9-|-9--11-12-9-11h12p11p9-|
|-5------------|-7------------|-9---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3------------|-5------------|-7---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

..night in the day feel like Death...

after the Verse play this:

C D C D

|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-3------------|-5------------|-3------------|-5------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

Do you ...

CHORUS Riff (guitar II plays the chords): play it 4 times

Em C D-------let ring-----------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-14--16-17-------14-16----|-----14-----17-16-14---|
|-----------15-17-------17-|-17------17------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

Second Verse (play this 2 times):

Em Em Em Em

|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--9--9--9-|
|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--9--9--9-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7--7--7-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|

Whenever anyone...

C D Em Em

|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-9--11-12-9-11h12p11p9-|-9--11-12-9-11h12p11p9-|
|-5------------|-7------------|-9---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3------------|-5------------|-7---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

..feels that I know what is real

after the Verse play this:

C D C D

|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-3------------|-5------------|-3------------|-5------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

Do you ...

CHORUS Riff (guitar II plays the chords): play it 4 times

Em C D-------let ring-----------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-14--16-17-------14-16----|-----14-----17-16-14---|
|-----------15-17-------17-|-17------17------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

SOLO

Riff after Solo (play 8 times)

Em Em

|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------17---14---16---|
|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|-14--16----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

then play the intro-riff two more times:

Em Em

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Em Em

|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|-14--16--17--16--14--17-16-14-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|

Play the bridge once more:

C D C D

|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-3------------|-5------------|-3------------|-5------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

Do you ...

Then the CHORUS-part 8 more times:

Em C D-------let ring-----------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-14--16-17-------14-16----|-----14-----17-16-14---|
|-----------15-17-------17-|-17------17------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

Ending chord is an Em

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As you may have noticed, the solo is missing (even the chords).

If anyone out there has a transcription of it, please mail it to me.

As usual, comments, error reports or ANYTHING else to:

matschga@hotmail.com

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