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Author/Artist: Iron Maiden
Title: The Mercenary
Album: Brave New World
Transcribed by: Swen O. Heiland
Email: [email protected]
This one is optimized for two guitars (though Maiden play it with three).
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-9--9--|------------5---4------------|------------5---4----/7-----------|-----|
-7--7--|-7--5--7------------5--------|-7--5--7--------------------------|-----|
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Intro [2x]
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-9--9--9--9--9------5-------7--------|-9--9--9--9--9------5-----7-------|-----|
-7--7--7--7--7------3-------5--------|-7--7--7--7--7------3-----5-------|-----|
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Verse: Guitar 1 ['Pay to kill...'] [4x]
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Verse Melody: Guitar 2
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-9---------------|-7-----------------|-5---------------|-7--------------|-----|
-9---------------|-7-----------------|-5---------------|-7--------------|-----|
-7---------------|-5-----------------|-3---------------|-5--------------|-----|
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Bridge ['Nowhere to run...'] [2x]
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Bridge Melody [enters on second time]
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------------5--4---------------------|------------5--4------------------|-----|
-7--5--7----------5------------------|-7--5--7----------5---------------|-----|
---------------------7---------------|---------------------7------------|-----|
Interlude
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-5---------------|-7-----------------|-9--------------------------------|-----|
-5---------------|-7-----------------|-9--------------------------------|-----|
-3---------------|-5-----------------|-7--------------------------------|-----|
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Chorus ['Should have no fear...']: Guitar 1 [2x]
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Chorus Melody: Guitar 2 [on first time]
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Chorus Melody: Guitar 2 [on second time]
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-4--4--4-----------------------------|-2--2--2--------------------------|-----|
-4--4--4-----------------------------|-2--2--2--------------------------|-----|
-2--2--2-----------2-2-2--3--2-------|-0--0--0-----------0-0-0-0--2--3--|-----|
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Rhythm for Solo 1 [2x]
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-4--4--4-----------------------------|-7--7--7--------------------------|-----|
-4--4--4-----------------------------|-7--7--7--------------------------|-----|
-2--2--2-----------2-2-2--3--2-------|-5--5--5-----------3-3-3-3--5-----|-----|
--------------------------------5-3--|----------------------------------|-----|
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-9--------9--------12---12-----------|-7--------7-------12---12---------|-----|
-9--9--9--9--------12---12-----------|-7--7--7--7-------12---12---------|-----|
-7--7--7--7--------10---10-----------|-5--5--5--5-------10---10---------|-----|
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Rhythm for Solo 2 [2x]
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-9--------9--------12---12-----------|-7--------7-----------------------|-----|
-9--9--9--9--------12---12-----------|-7--7--7--7-------7--7---7--7-----|-----|
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-9---------------|-7-----------------|-5---------------|-7--------------|-----|
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-7---------------|-5-----------------|-3---------------|-5--------------|-----|
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Rhythm for Interlude after Solo 2
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