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Revelations

Iron Maiden
Tab
4.8(33)

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

Intro

Play the open C chord part by strumming evenly up and down

through the chord rather than explicity picking the single

notes.

G A G A C

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------1-let ring----------------------|
G|---------2-----------2----------0----2-p-0--let ring------------|
D|---------2-----------2----------2------------2--let ring--------|
A|---------0-----------0----------3------------3--let ring--------|
E|---3-----------3------------------------------------------------|

C D repeat 3x G A G

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

RIFF A

Oh! God of earth and alter...

A F G A G

e|--------------(1)---(1)------3-----3-----------------------------|
B|--------------(1)---(1)------3-----3-----------------------------|
G|--2----2-------2-----2-------4-----4--------2----2---2-----------|
D|--2----2-------3-----3-------5-----5--------2----2---2-----------|
A|--0----0-------3-----3-------5-----5--------0----0---0-----------|
E|---------------1-----1-------3-----3---------------------3~------|

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At the end of the verse stay on the G chord before going into harmony.

BASSLINE

The bass mirrors the guitar riff except when the vocals enter

he plays:

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------3-------------3-------------3-------------------------|
E|--5--5---5------1--1---1------3--3---3------5--5---5--3----------|

HARMONY

Gtr III: (Bruce) (RHYTHM 1)

Am F(maj7)

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1------------1-------------1------------1------|
G|-----------2------------2-------------2------------2---|
D|-----2------------2-------------3------------3---------|
A|--0------------0-------------3------------3------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

C Gadd4/B

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1------------1--------------1------------1-----|
G|-----------0------------0--------------0------------0--|
D|-----2------------2--------------0------------0--------|
A|--3------------3--------------2------------2-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr I: (Dave)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------6-5h6p5---------|
G|-9--7--9~----10--9--7~----9--7--5---4----------------7-5-7p5-|
D|---------------------------------------7--5------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr II: (Adrian)

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--10--8--10~----10--8--6~---8--6--5------------------|
G|--------------------------------------7--5--4--------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

repeat 2x

e|-----------------------------------|
B|--10--8h10p8---6--5--6p5-----------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Then

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--13--12--13~----13--12--10~----------13-------------------------|
G|----------------------------------12------12~---10--9--7---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|--10--8h10p8----6--5--6p5----------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

RIFF B(i)

Play with upstrokes

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A G A A G A G D F G

e|--------------------------------3-----------1------3-------------|
B|--------------------------------3-----------1------3-------------|
G|--2--0--2------2--0--2----------4----7------2------4-------------|
D|--2--0--2------2--0--2----------5----7------3------5-------------|
A|--0-----0------0-----0----------5----5------3------5-------------|
E|--------------------------------3-----------1------3-------------|

RIFF B

Play with upstrokes

| | |

A G A A G A A G

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--0--2----------------2--0--2-----------------2--0------------|
D|--2--0--2--2--2--2--2----2--0--2--2--2--2--2-----2--0------------|
A|--0-----0--0--0--0--0----0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G D F G

e|--3------------------------1----------3------|
B|--3------------------------1----------3------|
G|--4-----------7---7--7-----2----------4------|
D|--5---5--5----7---7--7-----3---3--3---5------|
A|--5---5--5----5---5--5-----3---3--3---5------|
E|--3---3--3-----------------1---1--1---3------|

Verse

PLAY RHYTHM 1 (Both Guitars). Dave sticks fairly close to the

picking pattern but Adrian varies it sligthly. Dave's guitar has a

phaser on it and Adrians is chorused.

At the end of the verses in place of the Gsus4 chord of RHYTHM 1

slide up and down the bottom E string to cover up turning on the

distortion.

SAMPLE BASSLINE

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------5--7--8------5--7--3-----------3--5--3--2-----------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------(3)--(0)-------|
G|-----------------------------------5--7--5--4--------------------|
D|--7--------------5--7--5-----------------------5-----------------|
A|-----5--7--8--------------------------------------7--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Finish verse with

G|--5--7--5--4-------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

Chorus

A G A C D F G

e|-----------------------------------------------1------3----------|
B|-----------------------------------------------1------3----------|
G|--2----2--2---------2----2--2-------7----------2------4----------|
D|--2----2--2---------2----2--2-------7----------3------5----------|
A|--0----0--0---------0----0--0---3---5----------3------5----------|
E|-------------3~--------------------------------1------3----------|

BASSLINE

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------3---5--5-5-3---------------------|
E|--5----5--5--3------5----5--5----------------5-3--1---3----------|

After second chorus

RIFF B(i), RIFF B

Solo

(Solo's at end of post)

A Gsus4/D A A (G) A

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5----5--5--|
D|--7--5--7--7--7--7--7-----7--5--7--7--7--7--7----7--5--|
A|--7--5--7--7--7--7--7-----7--5--7--7--7--7--7----7--5--|
E|-(5)---------------------------------------------------|

D C B A

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--7--------5--------4---------2----|
A|--5--0--0--3--0--0--2---------0----|
E|-----------------------------------|

AFTER SOLO

Dave plays:

A G C D F G C A

e|-------3---------------1-----3---------------|
B|-------3---------------1-----3---------------|
G|--2----4----5----7-----2-----4-----5-----2---|
D|--2----5----5----7-----3-----5-----5-----2---|
A|--0----5----3----5-----3-----5-----3-----0---|
E|-------3---------------1-----3---------------|

Adrian Plays:

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------7--5~---------------------2--0----------------|
A|--5-h-7---------7--5--------3-h-5--------3---0---------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------2--------------|
A|---------3--2~---------------------3----0--------------|
E|--1-h-3---------3--1--------1-h-3----------------------|

THEN DAVE HARMONISES WITH:

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-h-4--5--4~--2--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------2--------2-h-3--5--3--2-------------|
A|--------------------------------------------3----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------2---------------------------------------------|
A|--3-h-5-----5--3--0----------2-h-3--5--3~--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Then [RIFF B], [RIFF A], [RHYTHM 1].

ENDING

Play through [RHYTHM 1] and play

Am

e|--------------0------------------------------|
B|-----------1---------------------------------|
G|--------2------------------------------------|
D|-----2---------------------------------------|
A|--0------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

BASS PLAYS

G|--------2------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----2---------------------------------|
A|--0-----------0------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

[SOLO 1] (Dave)

e|-------------------------s/7--7h8p7------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------8h10p8----------------------|
G|--7b(9)r7-p5--7~-s\--------------------------7h9p7--7b(9)r7p5-7~-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----s/12--15-hold--15p13p12---------------------------|
B|------------------------------15b(17)r15-p13-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------14~------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|--15--15p13p12--15p13p12--15p13p12--15--15p13p12-----------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------13-------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------14~-s\-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------20--20--20-----------20-------------------|
B|----------17--20b(22)--------------20b(22)------20b(22)~---------|
G|----s/19---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------20b(22)--20b(22)r20-p17-----------20--20p19p17---------|
B|--20--17---------------------------20b(22)-----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--20p19p17--20p19p17--20p19p17-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------20p17--20p19p17--20p19p17--------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--20p19p17--20b(22)--20p18p17--20p18p17----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------19b(21)-------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--17--19--17--19b(20)--19--17----------------|
D|--17--19--17--19b(20)--19--17--19~-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

[SOLO 2] (Adrian)

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------PH----------------------------|
G|-------------------------7b(9)----7--5-----------------|
D|--5h7p5h7p5h7p5h7p5h7p5-----------------7~-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5b(7)------------------------------------------------|
D|---------7--5------------------------------------------|
A|---------------7-s\-5-p3--------------s/5--7~~---------|
E|--------------------------5~---------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------0h5b(7)~----5b(7)--7--7p5-------s/9--s/12--s/14------|
D|-----0h5h7-----------------------------7~------------------------|
A|--7--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------15----------------------------------------------------|
B|--15b(17)------15b(17)r15-p13------------13-s\-------------------|
G|-------------------------------14~----14-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------17-----------------17----------------|
B|--s/-17--20--20p17--20b(22)-----20p17--20b(22)-----20b(22)~------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------17-----------17-----------17---------------|
B|-----20--20--20b(22)------20b(22)------20b(22)------20b(22)------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--17~--h20p17h19p17------17h20p17h19p17------17h20p17h19p17------|
B|---------------------20------------------20----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----17h20p17--20b(22)--20b(22)--20b(22)--20b(22)~~--------------|
B|--20-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

| (n) Ghost note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| ~ Vibrato

| r Release

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