Iron Maiden - The Trooper (Bass) 

Author: onearmedbandit (onearmedbandit_86@yahoo.co.uk) 
Type: Bass 
Track no: 5 
Album: Piece Of Mind 
Comments: ~=slide or hammer on/off
#= mute/damp (achieved by pressing the fret half-down or putting another finger slightly on
the next fret)
|(notes)| = tuplet
! = accented (play harder on that note)
{}= harmonics


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Intro:
G: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D: -2-------0--0-0-0-2-------0--0-0-0-2----------0-0-0-2--2-2-0---0-0-0---------------
A: -------------------------------------------------------------2-------3-0--3-3-3-0--
E: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3

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-0-0-0-2--------- <-- The galloping starts here!
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Galloping bit!! (used through every verse and the FIRST riff thing after the intro)
G: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D: -2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---0-4-0-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2
A: --------------------------------------0-------------------------------------------
E: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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---0-4-0----------------------------------------0-4-0-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2
-0-------3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-0------------------------------------------- ETC.
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Note: The second and third times when the riff occurs is doesn't go from C to E, instead it goes from
C to D and THEN to E. Gettit? Oh well..... you know what to do if you don't ;)


Chorus:
G: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D: -0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-4-0-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2
A: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lead solo (Adrian):
G: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-------7--
D: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5---5---7---7
A: -7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-3-------5------ ETC.
E: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lead solo (Davey):
G: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-------7------
D: -7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-3-----3~5-----5~7 ETC.
A: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-------5----
E: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The outro is the same as the intro.


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