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Lightning Strikes Twice

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

Song

Iron Maiden

"Lightning Strikes Twice"

Tabbed by Andrew McNeil

E-Mail : draconis@satanic.co.uk

I worked this out in less than 2 hours so it shouldn't be too hard to get a grasp of.

Listen to the song to get the timing/strumming pattern etc.

The order of which to play the parts is at the bottom.

Intro :

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|4--4-7-4--4-7-9--7-9-11-9-7|4--4-7-4--4-7-9--7-9-11-9-7-|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|4--4-6-7--4-6-7--4-6-7--6-2|4-6-7--4-6-9--7--4--6------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|4--4-6-7--4-6-7--4-6-9--7-2|4--4-6-7--4-6-9-7--9/11--11|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Verse A :

|-----7------3------0------2-|
|----7------3------0------2--|
|---7------3------0------2---|  Play Softly.
|--9------5------2------4----|
|-9------5------2------4-----|
|7------3------0------2------|

Verse B :

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

|----------------------------------------| Then come crashing

|9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-|  through with the
|9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-|  power chords.
|7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-|

Fill 1 :

|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|4--11-9-7--7-6-4--4-2--0---|4--11-9-7--7-6-4--4-2-0-|
|--------------------------4|-----------------------4|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|4--11-9-7--7-6-4--4-2--0---|4--11-9-7--7-6-4--4-2-0-|
|------------------------4-2|-----------------------4|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|

Pre-Chorus 1 :

|----------------------------------------|-------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------|
|9-9-7--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-|-5-5-5--2-2-2|
|9-9-7--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-|-5-5-5--2-2-2|
|7-7-5--7--7-7-7-5-7--7--7-7-7-5-7--7--7-|-3-3-3--0-0-0|

Pre-Chorus 2 :

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

Pre-Chorus 3 :

|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|5--5-5-5-5-5--2--2-2-2-2-2|9-9-7--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9--|
|5--5-5-5-5-5--2--2-2-2-2-2|9-9-7--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9--|
|3--3-3-3-3-3--0--0-0-0-0-0|7-7-5--7--7-7-7-5-7--7--7--|

Only-----------God----------Knows----------------------|

PRE-CHORUS 4 :

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|5--5-5-5-5-5--2--2-2-2-2-2--4--4--4--4--4--4-4--|
|5--5-5-5-5-5--2--2-2-2-2-2--4--4--4--4--4--4-4--|
|3--3-3-3-3-3--0--0-0-0-0-0--2--2--2--2--2--2-2--|

The Whole------Sky-----------Glows---------------|

Chorus :

|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|12--10--7--5--3p0|12--10--7--5--5h7/12|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|

Fill 3 :

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|6-7-9-7-6-4----6-7-9-7-6-4--4|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Outro :

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9|
|9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9|
|7-7-5-7--7--7-7-7-5-7--7--7-7-7-5-7--7--7-7-7-5-7|

ORDER OF PARTS :

INTRO X1

VERSE A X4

VERSE B X4

FILL 1 X1

VERSE B X4

PRE-CHORUS 1 X4

PRE-CHORUS 2 X1

1ST BAR OF PRE-CHORUS 1 X1

PRE-CHORUS 3 X1

PRE-CHORUS 1 X2

PRE-CHORUS 2 X1

1ST BAR OF PRE-CHORUS 1 X1

PRE-CHORUS 3 X1

PRE-CHORUS 4 X1

1ST BAR OF CHORUS X9

2ND BAR OF CHORUS X1

PRE-CHORUS 1 X4

PRE-CHORUS 2 X1

PRE-CHORUS 1 X1

1ST BAR OF PRE-CHORUS 1 X1

FILL 3 X4

PRE-CHORUS 3 X1

PRE-CHORUS 4 X1

1ST BAR OF CHORUS X9

2ND BAR OF CHORUS X1

OUTRO X1

Although this may look confusing, once you play all of the parts you'll find

that its really simple so don't be put off.

Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions/comments.

Have fun !

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