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About this tabSong: Iron Maiden - Genghis Khan
Author: John Twynam (aceshigh@netcom.ca)
Type: Guitar
Album: Killers
Track no: 5
Author Comments
Copyright
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.
Tab
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This is the intro riff (both guitars):
E-------||---------------------------|-------------------------|
B-------||---------------------------|-------------------------|
G---4:--||*--------------------------|-------------------------|
D---4:--||*--0-0-0-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-0-0-0-------------|
A-------||---------------------------|-------------3-3-3-0-0-0-|
E-------||---------------------------|-------------------------|
E----------------------|----------------------||--
B----------------------|----------------------||--
G----------------------|---------------------*||--
D----------------------|---2--2--2-2-5---4---*||--
A--3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-|---0--0--0-0-3---2----||--
E--1--1--1-1-3--3--3-3-|----------------------||--
This is the next part (both guitars, doubled by bass):
E||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
B||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
G||*-----7-7-7-7--7--9--7--5-7-5--|------7-7-7-7--7--9--7--5----*||--
D||*--0--0-0-0-0--5--7--5--3-5-3--|---0--0-0-0-0--5--7--5--3----*||--
A||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
E||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
E||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
B||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
G||*------------------------------|-----------------------------*||--
D||*--------------7--9--7--5-7-5--|---------------7--9--7--5----*||--
A||---0--3-3-3-3--5--7--5--3-5-3--|---0--3-3-3-3--5--7--5--5-----||--
E||-------------------------------|------------------------3-----||--
E||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
B||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
G||*-----7-7-7-7--7--9--7--5-7-5--|------7-7-7-7--7--9--7--5----*||--
D||*--0--0-0-0-0--5--7--5--3-5-3--|---0--0-0-0-0--5--7--5--3----*||--
A||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
E||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
E||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
B||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--
G||*------------------------------|-----------------------------*||--
D||*--------------7--9--7--5-7-5--|---------------7--9--7--5----*||--
A||---0--3-3-3-3--5--7--5--3-5-3--|---0--3-3-3-3--5--7--5--5-----||--
E||-------------------------------|------------------------3-----||--
This is the next riff (still both guitars):
3x
E||------------------------------------|------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------|------------------------------||
G||*-----7-7-7-7--9-----10-10-10-9--7--|------10-10-10-9--7--5--4----*||
D||*--0--5-5-5-5--7--0--8--8--8--7--5--|---0--8--8--8--7--5--3--2----*||
A||------------------------------------|---------------------------3--||
E||------------------------------------|------------------------------||
E------------------------------------|--------------------|----
B------------------------------------|--------------------|----
G------7-7-7-7--9-----10-10-10-9--7--|-----10-10-10-9--7--|----
D---0--5-5-5-5--7--0--8--8--8--7--5--|--0--8--8--8--7--5--|----
A------------------------------------|--------------------|----
E------------------------------------|--------------------|----
The next part (still both guitars):
E--------||-------------------------|----------------------------||
B--------||-------------------------|----------------------------||
G---12:--||*------------------------|---------------------------*||
D---8-:--||*--0--0-3-2-0-0--0-3-2-0-|------------0-2-2-2-2-0----*||
A--------||-------------------------|---0--0-2-3-------------3---||
E--------||-------------------------|----------------------------||
E---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
B---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
G---||*-------------0--0-----0--|---2--2-------0--0--------*||
D---||*--0--0-3-2-0------2-3----|--------3-2-0------3-2-0--*||
A---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
E---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
E--------||-------------------------|----------------------------||
B--------||-------------------------|----------------------------||
G---12:--||*------------------------|---------------------------*||
D---8-:--||*--0--0-3-2-0-0--0-3-2-0-|------------0-2-2-2-2-0----*||
A--------||-------------------------|---0--0-2-3-------------3---||
E--------||-------------------------|----------------------------||
E---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
B---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
G---||*-------------0--0-----0--|---2--2-------0--0--------*||
D---||*--0--0-3-2-0------2-3----|--------3-2-0------3-2-0--*||
A---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
E---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
The next part (you guessed it, still both guitars):
E||--------------------------|----------------------------||
B||--------------------------|----------------------------||
G||*-------------------------|---------------------------*||
D||*-------------------------|---------------------------*||
A||---0--0-3-2-0-7-5-0-3--0--|---(0)-0-3-2---0--0-3-2-----||
E||--------------------------|-------------3----------3---||
E----------------------------|------------------------------
B----------------------------|------------------------------
G----------------------------|------------------------------
D----0--0-3-2-0-7-5-0--3--0--|--(0)--0-3-2---0--0-3-2-------
A----------------------------|-------------3----------3-----
E----------------------------|------------------------------
3x
E||--------------------------|----------------------------||
B||--------------------------|----------------------------||
G||*-------------------------|---------------------------*||
D||*-------------------------|---------------------------*||
A||---0--0-3-2-0-7-5-0-3--0--|---(0)-0-3-2---0--0-3-2-----||
E||--------------------------|-------------3----------3---||
E--------------------------------------|-------------------
B--------------------------------------|-------------------
G--------------------------------------|-------------------
D---0--0-3-2-0----------0-2-2-2-2-0----|-------------------
A--------------0--0-2-3-------------3--|-------------------
E--------------------------------------|-------------------
E---------------------------------|--------------------------
B---------------------------------|--------------------------
G---12:---------------------------|--------------------------
D---8-:-----0--0-3-2-0-0--0-3-2-0-|------------0-2-2-2-2-0---
A---------------------------------|---0--0-2-3-------------3-
E---------------------------------|--------------------------
E---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
B---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
G---||*-------------0--0-----0--|---2--2-------0--0--------*||
D---||*--0--0-3-2-0------2-3----|--------3-2-0------3-2-0--*||
A---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
E---||--------------------------|---------------------------||
E------|----------------------------------------------------------------
B------|----------------------------------------------------------------
G---7--|----------------------------------------------------------------
D---7--|----------------------------------------------------------------
A---5--|----------------------------------------------------------------
E------|----------------------------------------------------------------
This is the rhythm for the next part (play 4 times):
E-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G---4:------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D---4:--9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-|---5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|
A-------7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-|---3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
E-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D---2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-4----|---5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|
A---0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-2----|---3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
E-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
G---4:------------------------------|------------------------------|
D---4:--9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-|--9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-|
A-------7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-|--7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-|
E-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
This is the lead part that is played over top of the above rhythm
(straight 16ths, all palm muted, play 4 times):
E----------------------------------------|---------------
B----------------------------------------|---------------
G---4:----------4---------------4--------|---------------
D---4:----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5--|---------------
A-------7---------------7----------------|---------------
E----------------------------------------|---------------
E------------------------------------|-------------------
B------------------------------------|-------------------
G-----------5---------------5--------|-------------------
D-----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5--|-------------------
A---7---------------7----------------|-------------------
E------------------------------------|-------------------
E----------------------------------------|---------------
B----------------------------------------|---------------
G---4:----------4---------------4--------|---------------
D---4:----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5--|---------------
A-------7---------------7----------------|---------------
E----------------------------------------|---------------
E------------------------------------|-------------------
B------------------------------------|-------------------
G-----------5---------------5--------|-------------------
D-----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5--|-------------------
A---7---------------7----------------|-------------------
E------------------------------------|-------------------
E----------------------------------------|---------------
B----------------------------------------|---------------
G---4:----------4---------------4--------|---------------
D---4:----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5--|---------------
A-------7---------------7----------------|---------------
E----------------------------------------|---------------
E----------------------------------------|---------------
B----------------------------------------|---------------
G---4:----------4---------------4--------|---------------
D---4:----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5--|---------------
A-------7---------------7----------------|---------------
E----------------------------------------|---------------
Then there is another lead part played over top of both
of the above parts. This is played by 2 guitars. They both
play exactly the same part, except one of them adds a
dotted quarter rest in front of the first bend at the 15th,
offsetting the entire part by a dotted quarter note. Play twice.
E-----------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----|-------
B-------15^--15^--(15)--|--13--12^--(12)--|--10--8^--(8)--|--5--|-------
G---4:------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----|-------
D---4:------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----|-------
A-----------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----|-------
E-----------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----|-------
dive w/bar
E------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------
B---8--|--(8)\--|-------------------------------------------------------
G---9--|--(9)\--|-------------------------------------------------------
D---9--|--(9)\--|-------------------------------------------------------
A---7--|--(7)\--|-------------------------------------------------------
E------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------
This is the rhythm for the ending:
E----------|-----|-----|-----------|-----|-----|-----|-----------|------
B----------|-----|-----|-----------|-----|-----|-----|-----------|------
G---4:--9--|--7--|--5--|--4--5--7--|--9--|--7--|--5--|--4--5--7--|------
D---4:--9--|--7--|--5--|--4--5--7--|--9--|--7--|--5--|--4--5--7--|------
A-------7--|--5--|--3--|--2--3--5--|--7--|--5--|--3--|--2--3--5--|------
E----------|-----|-----|-----------|-----|-----|-----|-----------|------
E------|----------------------------------------------------------------
B------|----------------------------------------------------------------
G---9--|----------------------------------------------------------------
D---9--|----------------------------------------------------------------
A---7--|----------------------------------------------------------------
E------|----------------------------------------------------------------
This is the lead for the ending:
7x
E----------------------------------------||---------------
B----------------------------------------||---------------
G---4:----------4---------------4-------*||---------------
D---4:----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-*||---------------
A-------7---------------7----------------||---------------
E----------------------------------------||---------------
E---------------------------------------|---------------|
B---------------------------------------|-------7-------|
G---4:----------4-----------------------|---------------|
D---4:----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|-----5---------|
A-------7---------------7---------------|---7-----------|
E---------------------------------------|---------------|
Copyright John Twynam (aceshigh@netcom.ca)
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