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Dance Of Death

Iron Maiden

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DANCE OF DEATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Iron Maiden
(From the 2003 Album DANCE OF DEATH)

Transcribed by Luca Abete
	



Gtr I (B E A D G) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q=142
 3/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8        E E E E E E   E  E E  E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|----------|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|---5---5-----|
|----------|-7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|-3---3---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
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---5---5-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----|
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


  E E E E E E   E  E E  E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|-------------|
|-7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|---7---7-----|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-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 E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---5---5-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----|
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


   Verse 1  0:30
    Q=146
    E E E E E E   E  E E  E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
||--------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
||o---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|---5---5------|
||--7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|-3---3---3----|
||o-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
||--------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|


  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---5---5-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----|
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


  E E E E E E   E  E E  E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|-------------|
|-7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|---7---7-----|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-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 E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|---5---5-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----o||
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7----||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||


    Q=154
    E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|
||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||o-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|


  PM--------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


  E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|


                             1.
  PM--------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||


 Pre-Verse 1:44
  2.150
 4/4
     |-3-|    |-3-|      |-3--|     |-3--|
  Q  E E E Q  E E E   Q  E E +E  Q  E E +E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2-(2)-2--2-2-(2)-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|


     |-3-|    |-3--|       |-3--|     |-3--|
  Q  E E E Q  E E +E    Q  E E +E  Q  E E +E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-(2)-|-2--2-2-(2)-2--2-2-(2)---|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|


   Verse 2  1:50
    Q=170
                                            |-3--|
    Q  Q  H      H    H      H    H      Q  E E +E  Q  Q
||-------------|-----------|-----------|------------------|
||o-2--2--2----|-4----4----|-0----0----|------------------|
||-------------|-----------|-----------|-0--0-0-(0)-0--0--|
||o------------|-----------|-----------|------------------|
||-------------|-----------|-----------|------------------|


                             |-3-|    |-3-|      |-3--|
  H    H      H    H      Q  E E E Q  E E E   Q  E E +E  Q  Q
|-----------|-----------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-----------|-----------|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2-(2)-2--2---o||
|-3----3----|-0----0----|-------------------|--------------------||
|-----------|-----------|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------|-----------|-------------------|--------------------||


    Q=172
    E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||o-2-2----2------|-5-5----5------|---------------|----------------|
||----------------|---------------|-5-5----5------|-0-0----0-------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|


                 1.,2.,3.
  E Q.   E Q.     E E E E E Q.     Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-3-3----3------|-0-0-0-0-0------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|


                   4. H.=H        Q=60
  Q  E E Q  E E  4x E Q.   H      W
|----------------||-------------|------|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-o||-------------|------|
|----------------||-5-5---------|------|
|---------------o||-------------|------|
|----------------||-------------|------|


 Main Riff 2:59
  Q=113
  Wx2          H..       S S     S E. S S S S S E. S S S S
|------------|---------------||----------------------------|
|------------|---------------||o---------------------------|
|------------|-----------7-7-||--7-7--7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-|
|------------|---------------||o---------------------------|
|------------|---------------||----------------------------|


 1.,2.,3.,4.,5.                  6.
  E S S E S S S S S S S S S S  6x E S S E S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------||------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-------------o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4--------------|
|-----------------7-5-7---7-7--||-----------------7-5-7--------|
|-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
|------------------------------||------------------------------|


   Verse 3  3:30
    Q=127
    Q..   S E E E. S   Q..   S E E Q
||-------------------|-----------------|
||o-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|
||--7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|


  Q.   S S E E Q    H    S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|------5-4-------------|
|-7------------5--|-9--------7-5-7-5-4---|
|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7------------------7-|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|


  Q..   S E E E. S   Q..   S E E Q
|------------------|-----------------|
|-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|
|-7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|


                   1.             2.
  Q.   S S E E Q    H    Q  Q      H    Q  E E
|-----------------|-------------||---------------|
|-7------------5--|-9----------o||-9-------------|
|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7----3--2---||-7----3--2-----|
|-----------------|------------o||---------------|
|-----------------|-------------||---------------|


   Main Riff 4:01
    S E. S S S S S E. S S S S
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||--7-7--7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|


 1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7.            8.
  E S S E S S S S S S S S S S  8x E S S E S S S S S S E E
|------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-------------o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4---------|
|-----------------7-5-7---7-7--||-----------------7-5-7-7-|
|-----------------------------o||-------------------------|
|------------------------------||-------------------------|


   Guitar Solo 1  4:32
    Q=130
    Q..   S E E E. S   Q..   S E E Q
||-------------------|-----------------|
||o-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|
||--7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|


  Q.   S S E E Q    H    S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|------5-4-------------|
|-7------------5--|-9--------7-5-7-5-4---|
|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7------------------7-|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|


  Q..   S E E E. S   Q..   S E E Q     Q.   S S E E Q    H    Q  Q
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|-7------------5--|-9----------o||
|-7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7----3--2---||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||


   Guitar Solo 2  5:01
    Q  E S S E E Q     Q.   S S E E Q
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
||o-2--2-2-2-2-2-5\--|--------------5\--|
||-------------------|-3----3-3-3-3-----|


  Q.   S S E E E E   Q.   S S E E E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------||
|-0----0-0-5-4-0-x-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|------------------|-------------------||


   Interlude 5:16
    Q=132
    E S S E S S E E Q     E S S E S S E E Q
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5\--|-----------------5\--|
||----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|


  E S S E S S E E Q     E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5\--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------|-------------------------|


  E S S E S S E E Q     E S S E S S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5\--|-----------------5\--|
|---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|


  E S S E S S E E Q     E S S E S S Q  Q
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5\--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--o||
|---------------------|--------------------||


   Guitar Solo 3  5:45
    Q  E. S E E Q     Q  E S S E E Q     Q  E. S E E Q     Q  Q  E E Q
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-0--0--0-0-0-3\--|--------------3\--|-------------3\--|-0--0--0-0-0--o||
||------------------|-1--1-1-1-1-1-----|-3--3--3-3-3-----|---------------||


  Q  E. S E E Q     Q  E S S E E Q
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-0--0--0-0-0-3\--|--------------3\--|
|-----------------|-1--1-1-1-1-1-----|


  Q  E. S E E Q     Q  Q  S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-------9-7---7----------|
|-----------------|-----------9---9-8-7-5--|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-------------3\--|-0--0-------------------|
|-3--3--3-3-3-----|------------------------|


  Q  E. S E E Q     Q  E S S E E Q     Q  E. S E E Q     Q  Q  E E Q
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-0--0--0-0-0-3\--|--------------3\--|-------------3\--|-0--0--0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-1--1-1-1-1-1-----|-3--3--3-3-3-----|--------------|


 Verse 4  6:14
  Q=136
  Q..   S E E E. S   Q..   S E E Q     Q.   S S E E Q    H    S S S S S S S S
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------5-4--------------|
|-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|-7------------5--|-9--------7-5-7-5-4----|
|-7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7------------------7--|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|


  Q..   S E E E. S   Q..   S E E Q     Q.   S S E E Q    H    Q  Q
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|-7------------5--|-9----------|
|-7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7----3--2--|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|


   Interlude 6:28
    E S S E S S E E Q     E S S E S S E E Q
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3\--|-----------------3\--|
||----------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|


  E S S E S S E E Q     E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------3\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|--------------------------|


  E S S E S S E E Q     E S S E S S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3\--|-----------------3\--|
|---------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|


                       1.                    2.
  E S S E S S E E Q     E S S E S S Q  Q      E S S E S S Q  Q
|---------------------|--------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------o||-------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------||-------------3--2--|
|-----------------3\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|--------------------||-------------------|


   Chorus 6:57
    Q=128
    S E. S S S S S E. S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S S S S S   8x
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4--------------o||
||--7-7--7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-|-----------------7-5-7---7-7---||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------4-5-4-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7-------7-5-7---7-7-|-----------------7-5-7---7-7-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4--------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-----------------7-5-7---7-7--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|


    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------2-4-2-------------|
||o-5-4---4-5---5-------5-4-5---5-5-|
||------7---------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|


 1.                                  2.
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|----------------------------------||------------------------------|
|-5-4-----4---4-4-5-4-------------o||-5-4-----4---4-4-5-4----------|
|-----7-5-------------7-5-7---7-7--||-----7-5-------------7-5-7----|
|---------------------------------o||------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||---------------------------3--|


  Q=124
  H.      q    H.      q
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|-5-------3--|-5-------3--|


   Outro 7:46
    Q=144
   3/4
    E E E E E E   E  E E  E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
||--------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
||o---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|---5---5-----|
||--7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|-3---3---3---|
||o-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
||--------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|


  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---5---5-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----|
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


  E E E E E E   E  E E  E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|-------------|
|-7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|---0---0-----|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-5---5---5---|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|


  1.
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|---5---5-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----o||
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7----||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||


  2.=H                                      Q=50
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   H.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------*|
|---5---5-----|---7---7-----|---9-9---9---|-9-----*|
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-7-----7---7-|-------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------*|



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

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

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