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Total Eclipse

Iron Maiden
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From wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com Sun May 4 11:04:28 1997

Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 15:17:23 +0100

From: wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com

To: Olga Guitar Tab <guitar@olga.net>

Subject: Tab IRON MAIDEN Total eclipse

TOTAL ECLIPSE

Written by Steve Harris, Dave Murray and Clive Burr.

Performed by IRON MAIDEN.

It's the b-side of the single RUN TO THE HILLS.

Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren.

E-mail me at wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com

Intro:

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

Riff 2:

E-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G--2---------2---2---------2--|--7---------7---9---------9--|
D--2---------2---3---------3--|--5---------5---7---------7--|
A--0---0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0--|--0---0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0--|
E-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

Chorus:

Sunrise is gone freezing up the fires

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

Sunrise is gone numbing all desires

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

Riff 3:

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

Solo-riff 1:

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

Solo-riff 2:

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

On the fourth time of Solo-riff 2:

E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------5--4--2-----------------|
A----------------------------------5--4--2--------|
E--2---2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-------------------5--3--|

Riff 4:

Gone are the days when man looked down

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

They've taken away his sacred crown

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

To be so free, it took so long

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

It's not the journeys end, it's just begun

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

Outro:

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

Songstructure:

Intro

Riff 2 (6 times)

Chorus

Riff 2 (6 times)

Chorus

Riff 3

Solo-riff 1 (4 times)

Solo-riff 2 (4 times)

Riff 4 (4 times)

Outro

END

Lyrics:

Cold as steel the darkness waits, its hour will come

A cry of fear for the chosen worshipping the sun

Mother natures black revenge on those who waste her life

War babies in the garden of Eden shall turn our ashes to ice

Sunrise is gone, freezing up the fires

Sunrise is gone, numbing all desires

Sunrise is gone, Sunrise is gone

Around the world the people stop with terror-sticken eyes

A shadow cast upon them all to crush them like a fly

In the icy rain and whiplashed seas there's nowhere left to run

The hammer blows of winter fall like a hurricane

Sunrise is gone, freezing up the fires

Sunrise is gone, numbing all desires

Around the world the nations wait

for some wise words from their leading light

You know it's not only madmen who listen to fools

"Is this the end" the millions cried

clutching their riches as they died

Those who survive must weather the storm

Gone are the days when man looked down

They've taken away his sacred crown

To be so free, it took so long

It's not the journeys end, it's just begun

OSKAR WIGREN 1997-02-19

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