Iron Maiden - Flight Of Icarus (Bass) 

Author: G. Crisan ( crisan@shadow.net ) 
Type: Bass 
Track no: 3 
Album: Piece Of Mind 
Comments: Tab explanations
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>   Accent               |  /   Slide up      |  w   whole note
.   Staccatto            |  \   Slide down    |  h   half note   
h   Hammer-on/ pull off  |  :   Repeat        |  q   quarter    Harmonic             |  ~   slight bend   |  e   eigth note
[]  tied notes           |  +   dotted note   |  s   sixteenth note           
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Intro
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--7---2-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---

 s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s   e e  s s e   e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e
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-----------------------------------.-.----------------------------------------
-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2---2-2---2-2-2-----------------2--2-2-2--2-2-2
                                                "As the Sun breaks..."

 s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
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-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2---


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 e  s s e    q  q    e  e   s s e   q q+  e  s s e   q q  e e  e s s   s s e+
---------------------.--.---------------------------------------9-------------
----------------9---11-11--11-9-7-----4----------------------9----9-7\--------
--------------------------------------------------------7--7------------5-5-5-
--5--5-5-5---7----------------------2------2--2-2-2---0-----------------------

 s s s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    q q+  e  s s e   q q  e  e   e  e    s s e+ s s
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--------------------------------4--------------------9-11-----14\-------------
-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7\-----------------------7-----------------5-5-5--5-5
------------------------------2-----2--22-2-2---0-----------------------------

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-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7\-------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-

 s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  s s e  e  s s e  s s s s
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-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-2

 s s e  s s e  s s e  s s s s  s s e  s s e  s s s s  s s e  s s e  s s  e e
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-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-

  q  e  s s e  s s s s  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  q  e  s s e  s s e
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--5--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--5--2--2-2-2--2-2-2----

 s s e  s s e  s s  e e  s s e     q  q+  e  s s e   q  q+  e  s s e  q  q+
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-------------------------------||.----4------------------6----------------7---
--------------------.-.--------||.--------------------------------------------
-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-||--2-------2--2-2-2---4------4--4-4-4--5------

 e  s s e  q  q    e  e   s s e      q q+  e  s s e   q q  e e  e s s   s s e+
------------------.--.-----------||------------------------------9------------
-------------9---11-11--11-9-7--.||----44---------------------9----9-7\-------
--------------------------------.||----------------------7--7------------5-5-5
-5--5-5-5--7---------------------||--2------2--2-2-2---0----------------------

 s s s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    q q+  e  s s e   q q  e  e   e  e    s s e+ s s
-----------------------------------------------------------14-----------------
--------------------------------4--------------------9-11-----14\-------------
-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7\-----------------------7-----------------5-5-5--5-5
------------------------------2-----2--22-2-2---0-----------------------------
                                  

 s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  q q  e  s
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-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-9-7-7\----------------------------------------.-.-->->-------
--------------------------2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--5-0--2--2-
                          Guitar Solo

 s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  q q  e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
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--------------------------------.-.-->->>-------------------------------------
-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--5-00--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-

 e e  q q  e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  s s e     q  q+  e  s s e
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-.-.-->->---------------------------------------.-.--------||.----------------
-0-0--5-0--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-22--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-||--2------2--2-2-2

 q q+  e  s s e  q  q+  e  s s e  q  q    e  e   s s e         q q+  e  s s e
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---6----------------7----------------9----11-11--11-9-7--.||.-----4-----------
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-4-----4--4-4-4--5------5--5-5-5--7-----------------------||----2-----2--2-2-2
                                                  end solo
 
 
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                                                        1.
 q q  e e  e s s   s s e+  s s s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    q q+  e  s s e   q q
-----------9------------------------------------------------------------------
--------9----9-7\------------------------------------------4------------------
---7--7------------5-5-5---5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-7-7-7\----------------------7-
-0-------------------------------------------------------2-----2--2-2-2---0---


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-------14--------------------------------------------||-----------------------
---11-----14\---------------------------------------.||------4----------------
-9--------------5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-55--5-7-7-7\-.||----------------------7
-----------------------------------------------------||----2-----2--2-2-2--0--

 e  e   e  e    s s e+ s s  s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    e e+    q q+  e  s s e
-------14---------------------------------------------------------------------
---11-----14\---------------------------------------------------4-------------
-9--------------5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-55--5-7-7-7\---9-9\--------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------2-----2--2-2-2--

 q q+  e  s s e  q  q+  e  s s e  q  q    e  q   e                           
                                             .         q q+  e  s s e  q  q+
---------------------------------------------11--11\--------------------------
---6----------------7----------------9----11--------------4----------------6--
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-4-----4--4-4-4--5------5--5-5-5--7---------------------2-----2--2-2-2--4-----
                                                               
 e  s s e  q  q+  e  s s e  q  q    e  e   s s e   e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e

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-4--4-4-4--5------5--5-5-5--7-----------------------2---------2------------2--

  e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e   e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e   e  s s e  e   s  e
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-----6-6-6-----6-6--6-6---------7-7-7------7-7--7-7---------9-9-9-----11-11---
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--4---------4------------4---5---------55------------5---7---------7----------

  s  s s e    e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e  e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e   e  s s e
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-11-11-9-7\------4-4-4-----4-4--4-4---------6-6-6-----6-6--6-6---------7-7-7--
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--------------2---------2------------2---4---------4------------4---5---------

 e  s s s s s s s s    [w w w]   q     s  s  s  s  s s  e   s s  e  s s  e
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----7-7-7-7-7-7-6-4\----------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------111-11-11-11-11-9-----11-9----11-9------
-5----------------------2--------2----------------------11-------11------11---
                                       out of time


 s s s s q  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s h   q  q  e
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