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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 15:17:04 +0100
From: wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com
SUN AND STEEL
Written by Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith.
Performed by IRON MAIDEN.
Taken from the album PIECE OF MIND.
NOTE:
This song is about Miyamoto Musashi, a legendary
Japanese Swordsman.
Iron Maiden have never played this song live.
Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren.
E-mail me at wigren@skelleftea.mail.teli.com
Opening-riff:
E---------------|------------| B---------------|------------| G---------------|------------| D---------------|------------| A--4-7-4-2------|--(2)-------| E--2-5-2-0------|--(0)-------| E-------------------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------------------| G-------------------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------------------| A--4-7-4-2-7---4---4------------------------------| E--2-5-2-0-5---2---2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--| E--------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------| G--------------------------------------| D--------------------------------------| A--7---4---4------------------------2--| E--5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--0--| E------------------------------------------| B------------------------------------------| G------------------------------------------| D------------------------------------------| A--7---4---4-------------------------------| E--5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--| E-------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------| G-------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------| A--7---4---4-----------------4--7--4--| E--5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2--5--2--|
Verse:
You killed your first man at 13
E-------------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------------| G-------------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------------| A--2--2-------------------------------------| E--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|
Killer instict, animal supreme
E---------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------| A--2--2------------------------------4-7-4-2--| E--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--2-5-2-0--|
Riff 2:
E------------------------------------------| B------------------------------------------| G------------------------------------------| D------------------------------------------| A--7---4---4-------------------------------| E--5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--| E-------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------| G-------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------| A--7---4---4-----------------4--7--4--| E--5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2--5--2--|
Chorus:
Sunlight, falling on your steel. Death in life is...
E--0-------------------|--3----------------------| B--2-------------------|--3----------------------| G--2-------------------|--0----------------------| D--2-------------------|--0----------------------| A--0-------------------|--2----------------------| E----------------------|--3----------------------|
..your ideal, life is like a wheel
E--2----------------------|--0------------------| B--3----------------------|--1------------------| G--2----------------------|--0------------------| D--0----------------------|--2------------------| A-------------------------|--3------------------| E-------------------------|---------------------| E--3-----2--------| B----3------3-----| G------0-------2--| D-----------------| A-----------------| E-----------------|
End of chorus.
Riff 3:
E--------------|------------------| B--------------|------------------| G--------------|------------------| D--9---7-9-10--|--9-7------4-5----| A--------------|------10-------5--| E--------------|------------------| E---------------------------| B---------------------------| G----------------7----------| D--7-9-10---9-10-----4-5----| A------------------------4--| E---------------------------| E------------------------------| B------------------------------| G----------------7---------11--| D--7-9-10---9-10-----10-12-----| A------------------------------| E------------------------------| E--------------------------------| B------------------10---8-10-12--| G--9-11-12---11-12---------------| D--------------------------------| A--------------------------------| E--------------------------------|
End of riff 3.
Solo-riff:
E--------------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------| D--------------------------------------------| A--4--------------------------------------2--| E--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--0--|
Riff 4:
E----------------------------------| B----------------------------------| G----------------------------------| D----------------------------------| A----------------------------------| E---2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-5--6--7--| E--------------------------| B--------------------------| G--------------------------| D--------------------------| A--------------------------| E--3---4---5---6--7--8--9--|
End of riff 4.
Song-structure:
Opening-riff
Verse
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 2
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 2
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 3 (2 times)
Solo-riff (3 times)
Riff 4
Chorus (4 times)
END
Lyrics:
You killed your first man at 13,
Killer instinct, animal supreme,
By 16 you had learned to fight
The way of the warrior, you took it as your right.
Chorus:
Sunlight, falling on your steel,
Death in life is your ideal,
Life is like a wheel, rolling on and on
Through earth and water, fire and wind,
You came at last-nothing was the end,
Make a cut by fire and stones,
Take you and your blade and brake you both
in two-break you both in two
OSKAR WIGREN 1996-12-25
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