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Genghis Khan

Iron Maiden
Bass Tab
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3 versions

Bass3

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Song

Genghis Khan

Iron Maiden

Steve Harris

Intro

            |---3---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

G||----||---------------------------------------------------------|
D||----||*--0-----0-0-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-2-2-2-0-0-0---------------|
A||----||*------------------------------------------3-3-3-0h-3p-0-|
E||----||---------------------------------------------------------|

Riff A

|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S E E S S E S S E

---------------------------------------||----------7-7-7-7--------------------|
--------------------------------------*||*--0---------------5--5h-7-5--3-5-3--|
-----------------------------3-----3--*||*------------------------------------|
--1--1--1--3--3--3--5--5--5-----5------||-------------------------------------|

|-3-| |-3-|

E S S S E E S S E Q E S S S E E S S E E E

-----7-7-7-7-------------------||-----7-7-7-7-------------------|
--0-----------5--5h-7-5--3----*||--0-----------5--5h-7-5--3--5--|
------------------------------*||-------------------------------|
-------------------------------||-------------------------------|

Riff B

|-3-| |-3-|

E S S S E E S S E S S E E S S S E E S S E Q

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|*------------------------------------|------------------------------*||
|*--0------3-3-3-3--5--5h-7-5--3-5-3--|--0--3-3-3-3--5--5h-7-5-------*||
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------3-----||

Riff A

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E S S S E E S S S E S S S S E S S S S S E E E S S E

--------------------------5-7-5---||----------7-7-7-5-7-5---------------|
-----------------------5----------||*--0-------------------7--5--3-5-3--|
--0--3-3-3-3--5--7-7-7------------||*-----------------------------------|
----------------------------------||------------------------------------|

|-3-| |-3-|

E S S S S S E E E Q E S S S E E S S E S S E

-----7-7-7-5-7-5-------------|-----7-7-7-7--------------------|
--0---------------7--5--3----|--0-----------5--5h-7-5--3-5-3--|
-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

Riff B

|-3-| |-3-|

E S S S E E S S E E E E S S S E E S S E S S E

-----7-7-7-7-------------------||-------------------------------------|
--0-----------5--5h-7-5--3--5--||*------------------------------------|
-------------------------------||*--0------3-3-3-3--5--5h-7-5--3-5-3--|
-------------------------------||-------------------------------------|

|-3-| |-3-|

E S S S E E S S E Q E S S S E E S S E S S S S

-------------------------------||-------------------------5-7-5---|
------------------------------*||----------------------5----------|
--0--3-3-3-3--5--5h-7-5-------*||--0--3-3-3-3--5--5h-7------------|
-------------------------3-----||---------------------------------|

Riff C

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E S S S E E E S S S E E E S S S E E E. E. E 3x

|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|*--0------5-5-5-5--7--0--8-8-8-7--5--|--0--8-8-8-7--5--3---2------*||
|*------------------------------------|-------------------------3--*||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------||

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E S S S E E E S S S E E E S S S E E

--------------------------------|-----------------|
--0--5-5-5-5--7--0--8-8-8-7--5--|--0--8-8-8-7--5--|
--------------------------------|-----------------|
--------------------------------|-----------------|

Riff D

E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------------------------------||
|*--0------0-3-2---0--0-3-2-------------0-2-2-2-3-2---*||
|*---------------3----------3-0--0-2h-3-------------3-*||
|------------------------------------------------------||

E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S

------------------------------------------------||
*--0--0-3-2-0-5--5-2-3-5-3--3-3-2-0-2--2-3-2---*||
*--------------------------------------------3-*||
------------------------------------------------||

E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

--------------------------------------------------||
*--0--0-3-2---0--0-3-2-------------0-2-2-2-3-2---*||
*-----------3----------3-0--0-2h-3-------------3-*||
--------------------------------------------------||

Riff E

E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S

------------------------------------------------||---------|----------|
*--0--0-3-2-0-5--5-2-3-5-3--3-3-2-0-2--2-3-2---*||--0------|--0-3-2---|
*--------------------------------------------3-*||---------|--------3-|
------------------------------------------------||---------|----------|

E S S S S S S S E E. S S S S E S S S S

-----------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------|
--0--0-5-0-0-7-0-0-5--0---0-3p-2---0--0-3p-2---|
---------------------------------3-----------3-|

E S S S S S S S E E. S S S S E S S S S

-----------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------|
--0--0-5-0-0-7-0-0-5--0---0-3p-2---0--0-3p-2---|
---------------------------------3-----------3-|

E S S S S S S S E E. S S S S E S S S S

-----------------------------------------------|
--0--0-5-0-0-7-0-0-5--0---0-3p-2---0--0-3p-2---|
---------------------------------3-----------3-|
-----------------------------------------------|

E S S S S S S S E E. S S S S E S S S S 3x

|-------------------------------------------------||
|*-----------------------------------------------*||
|*--0--0-5-0-0-7-0-0-5--0---0-3p-2---0--0-3p-2---*||
|----------------------------------3-----------3--||

E S S S S S S S E E. S S S S E S S S S

-----------------------------------------------|
--0--0-5-0-0-7-0-0-5--0---0-3p-2---0--0-3p-2---|
---------------------------------3-----------3-|
-----------------------------------------------|

Riff D

E S S S S S S S E E. S S S S E S S S S E

-----------------------------------------------|---------|
-----------------------------------------------|--0------|
--0--0-5-0-0-7-0-0-5--0---0-3p-2---0--0-3p-2---|---------|
---------------------------------3-----------3-|---------|

S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

----------------------------------|
--0-3-2-------------0-2-2-2-3-2---|
--------3-0--0-2h-3-------------3-|
----------------------------------|

E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

------------------------------------------------|
--0--0-3-2---0--0-3-2-------------0-2-2-2-3-2---|
-----------3----------3-0--0-2h-3-------------3-|
------------------------------------------------|

Riff F

E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E

|------------------------------------------------||---------|
|*--0--0-3-2-0-5--5-2-3-5-3--3-3-2-0-2--2-3-2---*||---------|
|*--------------------------------------------3-*||--5------|
|------------------------------------------------||---------|

E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S

-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------------------5-4-----|-----------------------3-2-----|
--7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-----7-5-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-----5-3-|
-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S E S S S S S S

-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-------------------3-2---------|
--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-2---|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3------2-3-2---|
-----------------------------|-----------------------------2-|

E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S

----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------2-------|---------------------------------|
--0--0-0-0--0-0-3p-2-3p-2---3-2-3-|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-2h-3-2h-3-|

Riff G

E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S

-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
---------------------------5-4-5-4-|-----------------------3-2-3-2-|
--7------7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7---------|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3---------|
-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|

E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S E S S S S S S

-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-------------------3-2---------|
--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-2---|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3------3-2-3-2-|
-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S

----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------2-------|---------------------------------|
--0--0-0-0--0-0-3p-2-3p-2---3-2-3-|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-2h-3-2h-3-|

Interludio

E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S

---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
-------------------------------5-4-----|-----------------------3-2-----|
--7----------7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-----7-5-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-----5-3-|
---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S E S S S S S S

-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-------------------3-2---------|
--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-2---|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3------2-3-2---|
-----------------------------|-----------------------------2-|

E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S

----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------2-------|---------------------------------|
--0--0-0-0--0-0-3p-2-3p-2---3-2-3-|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-2h-3-2h-3-|

E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S

-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------------------5-4-5-4-|-----------------------3-2-3-2-|
--7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7---------|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3---------|
-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S E S S S S S S

-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-------------------3-2---------|
--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-2---|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3------3-2-3-2-|
-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S

----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------2-------|---------------------------------|
--0--0-0-0--0-0-3p-2-3p-2---3-2-3-|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-2h-3-2h-3-|

Outro

W W W

|---9----------------|--7----------------|--5----------------|
|*--9----------------|--7----------------|--5----------------|
|*--7----------------|--5----------------|--3----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

H. E E W W

--4-------------------||--9----------------|--L----------------||
--4------------5--4--*||--9----------------|--L----------------||
--2------------5--4--*||--7----------------|--L----------------||
---------------3--2---||--0----------------|--L----------------||

Duration Legend

---------------

W - whole

H - half

Q - quarter

E - 8th

S - 16th

T - 32nd

X - 64th

. - note dotted

|-n-| - n-tuplets

Tablature Legend

----------------

L - tied note

x - dead note

g - grace note

(n) - ghost note

> - accentuded note

NH - natural harmonic

AH - artificial harmonic

TH - tapped harmonic

SH - semi harmonic

PH - pitch harmonic

h - hammer on

p - pull off

b - bend

br - bendRelease

pb - preBend

pbr - preBendRelease

brb - bendReleaseBend

\n/ - tremolo bar dip

\n - tremolo bar dive

-/n - tremolo bar Release up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

/n - tremolo bar return

-\n - tremolo bar Release down

S - shift slide

s - legato slide

/ - slide into from below or out of upwards

\ - slide into from above or out of downwards

~ - vibrato

W - wide vibrato

tr - trill

TP - tremolo picking

T - tapping

S - slap

P - pop

< - fade in

^ - brush up

v - brush down

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