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The Number of the Beast

Iron Maiden
Bass Tab
4.8(23)

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

Intro

6/4 4/4

Gtr I

H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G|-----------------11----12----|-14-------14-------14----|
D|--------12-12-12----12----12-|----12-12----12-12----12-|
A|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

6/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E

G|----14-------14----------11----12-----||
D|-12----12-12----12-12-12----12----12--||
A|--------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------||

1st Verse

4/4 6/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G||--14-------14-------14----|----14-------14----------11----12----|
D||o----12-12----12-12----12-|-12----12-12----12-12-12----12----12-|
A||o-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------|-------------------------------------|

4/4 6/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G|-14-------14-------14----|----14-------14----------9----10----|
D|----12-12----12-12----12-|-12----12-12----10-10-10---10----10-|
A|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|------------------------------------|

4/4 6/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G|-12-------12-------12----|----12-------12----------9----10----|
D|----10-10----10-10----10-|-10----10-10----10-10-10---10----10-|
A|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|------------------------------------|

4/4 6/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x

G|-14-------14-------14----|----14-------14----------11----12------||
D|----12-12----12-12----12-|-12----12-12----12-12-12----12----12--o||
A|-------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
E|-------------------------|---------------------------------------||

6/4 4/4

E E E E E E E E q E E +W +W

G|----14-------14--------------|------------|--------|
D|-12----12-12----0-0-0-0------|------------|--------|
A|---------------------------5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
E|-----------------------------|------------|--------|

3/4 4/4

E E E E Q W +W

G|------------|----------|--------|
D|------------|----------|--------|
A|-5-5-5-5----|-5--------|-(5)----|
E|------------|----------|--------|

3/4 4/4

E E E E Q W +W

G|------------|----------|--------||
D|------------|----------|--------||
A|-3-3-3-3----|-3--------|-(3)----||
E|------------|----------|--------||

3/4 4/4 5/4

E E E E Q W +H. +E E E E

G|------------|----------|--------------------|
D|------------|----------|--------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5----|-5--------|-(5)------(5)-5-5-5-|
E|------------|----------|--------------------|

2nd, 3rd, and 4th Verses

4/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E

G|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-3-3-3-3-2----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3--|------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E

G|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-3-3-3-3-2----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3--|------------------||

1st Chorus

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

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

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
D|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
A|-(3)-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---o||
E|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||

2nd Chorus

E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

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

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E

G|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
D|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
A|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3s5-||
E|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||

Interlude

E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E

G||-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
D||o-----7-----7----|-----9-----9----|-----10-----10-----|
A||o-5-5---5-5---5--|-7-7---7-7---7--|-8-8----8-8----8-8-|
E||-----------------|----------------|-------------------|

E E E E E E Q 4x E E E E q E E

G|--------------------||-------------------||
D|-10-----10---------o||-10-----10---------||
A|----8-8----8-8-8\--o||----8-8----8----1--||
E|--------------------||-------------------||

1st Guitar Solo

+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G||--------------------|-----------------|
D||o-------------------|-----------------|
A||o-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
E||--------------------|---------------1-|

+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E q E E E E

G|-------------------|------------------||-----------------||
D|-------------------|-----------------o||-----------------||
A|-------------------|---------------1-o||--------5-5-5-3--||
E|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1----||-1-0-1-----------||

Interlude 2

E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G|-------7---5-------|-----------------|-------3---1-------|------------------|
D|---5s7---7---7-5---|-5---------------|---2s3---3---3-1---|-1----------------|
A|-----------------7-|---7-6-5-3-3-3-1-|-----------------3-|---3-2-1----------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------3-3-3-1--|

+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

G|-------------------|--------------------||
D|-------------------|--------------------||
A|-----------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-3-3-3-5--||
E|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---|--------------------||

2nd Guitar Solo

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

G||------------7-------|--------------------|
D||o-------4-7---7-x---|-------7---8-7------|
A||o-(5)-5-----------8-|-(8)-8---8-----x-10-|
E||--------------------|--------------------|

+E E E E E E E E +E E e E +E E E E 3x

G|-----------------------|-------10---------12------||
D|---------9----10-x-x-8-|-(8)-8----10-(10)----x---o||
A|-(10)-10---10----------|-----------------------5-o||
E|-----------------------|--------------------------||

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

G|-----------5-------|--------------------|
D|-------4-5---5-----|-------7---8-7------|
A|-(5)-5---------7-8-|-(8)-8---8-----8-10-|
E|-------------------|--------------------|

+E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E

G|----------------------|--------------10---19--|
D|---------9----10----8-|-(8)-8-x-8s10----------|
A|-(10)-10---10---------|-----------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

G|-(19)-19-19-19-19-17------|------------------------12-|
D|---------------------x-15-|-(15)-15-15-15-15-14-12----|
A|--------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

G|-(12)-12-12-12-12-------15-|-(15)----15----17----17-19--|
D|------------------12-12----|------15----15----17--------|
A|---------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------|----------------------------|

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

G|-(19)-19-19-19-19-17------|------------------------12-|
D|---------------------x-15-|-(15)-15-15-15-15-14-12----|
A|--------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E Q E

G|-(12)-12-12-12-12-------15-|-(15)----15----17---------||
D|------------------12-12----|------15----15----17\--5--||
A|---------------------------|--------------------------||
E|---------------------------|--------------------------||

3rd Chorus

E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

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

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

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

6/4

+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

4/4 6/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

5th Verse

4/4 6/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

4/4 6/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G|-----------------|-------------------------|
D|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7-------2---3---|
A|---5-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---3-3-3---3---3-|
E|-----------------|-------------------------|

4/4 6/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G|-----------------|-------------------------|
D|-5-----5-----5---|---5-----5-------2---3---|
A|---3-3---3-3---3-|-3---3-3---3-3-3---3---3-|
E|-----------------|-------------------------|

4/4 6/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

6/4 4/4

E E E E E E E E q E E +W +W

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

3/4 4/4

E E E E Q W +W

G|------------|----------|--------|
D|------------|----------|--------|
A|-5-5-5-5----|-5--------|-(5)----|
E|------------|----------|--------|

3/4 4/4

E E E E Q W +W

G|------------|----------|--------|
D|------------|----------|--------|
A|-3-3-3-3----|-3--------|-(3)----|
E|------------|----------|--------|

3/4 4/4

E E E E Q Q E E +Q Q

G|------------|-----------------*|
D|------------|-----------------*|
A|-5-5-5-5----|-5--3-5-(5)\-----*|
E|------------|-----------------*|

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

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Misc Legend

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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| x Dead note

| (n) Ghost note

| \ Slide down

| s Shift slide

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