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Starblind
Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden - Starblind (bass tab)
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Tabbed By : Billy Wang
e-mail: billywang@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard. EADG
Intro:
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|---3-------3----------------------------------|
E|-0-----5--------------------------------------|
End Intro/play this when jumping into the verse:
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-0--2--3-------------------------------------|
E|----------1----------------------------------|
Verse (play the rhythm with the guitar strumming, like a classic Harris triplet):
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-777777777-----3333333333--------------333333333333--------------------|
E|--------------------------555555555555---------------------------------|
Chorus:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------33333----555555-------------------x2-------------------------|
E|----0000-------------------------3-2-----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------6666-88888----1-0h1p0-----------x2--------------------------|
E|-----333--------------------------1h3---------------------------------|
Play verse during Adrian Smith's first solo.
Play verse and then chorus again.
Rhythm during Smith's second solo:
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------5------------------|
A|----------7-7-7------5h7---------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0---------5h7-------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------5----5h7------------------|
A|----------7-7----3---------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-------3-----5-----------------------|
Rhythm during Murray's solo and Smith's third solo:
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-3----5---x2--6---8-----x2-------------------|
E|----3-----------6----------------------------|
Solo Break:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------5----------3----------1-------3---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
end on E.
Repeat Intro during Smith's final clean guitar solo (he's a beast!).
Play this before going back into the final verse:
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---2-2-2-2---0-0-----------------------------|
E|-------------------3-2-2-3p2-0---------------|
Play one final Verse and Chorus and finish on a G (low G on E string).
The song structure is very straightforward. Email me if there are any problems, comments
concerns. Thank you! Up the Irons!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic