Fast solos from
FEAR OF THE DARK - IRON MAIDEN
From the Album FEAR OF THE DARK
Transcribed by: Mathias Wallin
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Tabbers note: This is the solos from the album version, not the live version!
The differences are small but noticeable.
Also I did not tab the whole song since it is adequately
transcribed already, with the exception of these solos.
Legend:
/ - slide up to fb+r - full bend+release
\ - slide down to * - see comment
~ - vibrato p - pull off
fb - full bend h - hammer on
r - release bend
Tuning: Normal (EADGBE)
Solo 1 (Janick Gers)
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----*---------------------------10---10--------|
|-12fb---r12p10----10---/--\--10-----12fb-12fb------|
|---------------12---------\--10--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
* Hold the bend for a while and release
|-13fb-----13p12p10---------------------------------------|
|------------------1013p11p10--10-------------------------|
|----------------------------12--12p10--10-12~----10------|
|-------------------------------------12------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-15fb--1513121312-------------------------------------|
|-----------------13--13-------------------------------|
|-------------------14--1210----12fb---r12p10--10------|
|--------------------------------------------12--------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-13--------------------------------------------------------|
|-12fb---r12p10---10----------------------------------------|
|---------------12---12-10----10----------------------------|
|--------------------------12----12-11-10----10-------------|
|-----------------------------------------13----13--10------|
Solo 2 (Dave Murray) 3
/-----\
|------17fb-----17-----16-17-16p14h16p14--15p14----------|
|-/-14----------------------------------17------171514---|
|-/---------------------------------------------------16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
3 3
/------\/------\
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14h17p14--14h17p14-14h15p14--15h14---------------14h15p14------|
|---------16-----------------16------16p14p13h14h16--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
3
/-----\
|------------------16b*-14----14------------------------------------|
|-17fb----17--12-----------17------15h14----14h17p14-14-------------|
|---------------------------------------16--------------16-14h16p14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
* Bend note a tad bit, about 1/3
3
/------\
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-14------------------------------14-16fb------|
|----16p14h16p14------------14-16--------------|
|---------------16-16p14h16--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-19--19fb-----17\16------------------------|
|--------------------17------------15h16h19-|
|-----------------------16\14-16-18---------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-16fb-16p14p12h14h1614-12--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------15p1414h15p14--14fb+r-12-14-15-14h15-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-15---14h15p14p1214-----------------------------------|
|----------------------16h18p16p1416---14h16p14p1314---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------14-----------------------14---|
|----14------14h19p14----------14-----|
|--------------------14------14-------|
|-16----------------------*16---------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
* Sweep