Iron Maiden - The Apparition (Guitar) 

Author: Edward Castaneda 
Type: Guitar 
Track no: 9 
Album: Fear Of The Dark 


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This tab is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.
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      Now I'm here can you see me,    'cos I'm out    on my own.___           

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  When the room goes cold,  tell me you can feel me,'cos I'm here.            

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 Here I am,  can you see me  passing through on my way__  to place I'd been   

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 to only in my dreams   before.  In a world of delusion,    never turn your   

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 back on a friend.___  You can count your real true friends on one hand,___   

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 through life.___  There are those that deceive you, there are those that'll  

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 let you down.  Is there someone there that would die for you, thought not.   

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 Live your life with a passion, everything do, do well.  You only get out of  

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 life what you put in,  so they say.  In a world of confusion,  people never  

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 say what they mean   If you want a straight answer go look for one right     

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 now. In a room ful of strangers, do you stand with your back to the wall?    

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   Do you  sometimes feel like you're on the outside, looking in?             

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  You can make your own luck, you create your destiny.      I believe you     

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 have the power if you want to,           it's true.                          

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    rest       rest            rest                                repeat     

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 previous Rhy   rest       rest                                               

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 repeat previous Rhy   (solo)                                                 

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

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           (end solo)||Gtr.2                                                  

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                       Gtr.1                                                  

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 |Gtr.2                      | Repeat previous rhythms                      | 

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  Gtr.1                                                                       

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 |(solo2) Gtr.2                                                             | 

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 Gtr.1            rest                 rest                rest               

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    |Gtr.2     \bar dive       bar dive                                     | 

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 Gtr.1                                                                        

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   |Gtr.2                                                                   | 

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  Gtr.1                                                                       

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 |Gtr.2                                   (wah-wah pedal)                   | 

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  Gtr.1                                           rest rest  rest rest        

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 |Gtr.2                                                                     | 

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 Gtr.1                                                                        

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 |Gtr.2                                                                     | 

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 Gt1                                                              (end solo)  

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 Gtr.1 and 2                                    rest                          

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                                                               rest           

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            Repeat bars marked  w/second verse (then) way     one     day.___ 

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