Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (Guitar) 

Author: Nick S. (Pantera9560@aol.com) 
Type: Guitar 
Track no: 5 
Album: The Number Of The Beast 
Comments: 

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Riff 1
G---------2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-------------------------------------
D-0-0-4-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2---
A-----------------------------------0-0-4-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
  (Played twice every Riff 1.)          (Then this is played once.)

G---------2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2---
D---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
A-0-0-4-5-----------------------------

Riff 2
D-7-7-7-7---7-----7-7-7-7---7-----5-5-5-5---5-----7-7-7-7---7----
A-5-5-5-5---5-----5-5-5-5---5-----3-3-3-3---3-----5-5-5-5---5----

Riff 3
D-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7----
A-5-5-5-5-5------------2h3-3-3-3p2p0--5-5-5-5-5-5----
3x every time then...

Riff 4
D-5-----4-----5-----7-----
A-3-----2-----3-----5-----

Riff 5
D-2-2-2-3-2-4-4-4-5-4-5-5-5-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7---
A-0-0-0-1-0-2-2-2-3-2-3-3-3-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-5---

Riff 6
D-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------
A-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
E------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---

Riff 7
D-7-7---5--------5-5---3--------3-3------------------------5----
A-5-5---3--------3-3---1--------1-1--3------5-------7------3----
E------------------------------------1------3-------5-----------
(I'm sorry, but I don't have the time, patience, or ability to figure out
those two scales that are played w/ the first half of this riff.)

Riff 8A
D-7--------------------------3--5----
A-5--------3--------5--------1--3----
E----------1--------3----------------

Riff 8B
D-7-7-7-7-7----------------------3---5----
A-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--1---3----
E-----------1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-----------

Song order:
Riff 1 4x
Riff 2 once
Riff 3 twice
Riff 4 twice
Riff 3 twice
Riff 4 twice
Riff 5 4x
Riff 6 4x
Riff 7 once
Riff 8A 4x
Riff 8B twice
Riff 3 twice
Riff 4 twice
Riff 1 twice
Riff 2 once then end w/ a D5 chord, C5 chord, and another D5 chord.

Copyright Nick S. (Pantera9560@aol.com) 
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