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THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST (Bassline)
As recorded by Iron Maiden
(From the 1982 Album THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST)
Transcribed by Jeff Perrin and Micheal DuClos
Words and Music by Steve Harris
Arranged by Iron Maiden
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Harris'
Intro
Q=200
6/4 4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------11----12----|-14-------14-------14----|
|--------12-12-12----12----12-|----12-12----12-12----12-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----14-------14----------11----12-----||
|-12----12-12----12-12-12----12----12--||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
1st Verse
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--14-------14-------14----|----14-------14----------11----12----|
||o----12-12----12-12----12-|-12----12-12----12-12-12----12----12-|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-14-------14-------14----|----14-------14----------9----10----|
|----12-12----12-12----12-|-12----12-12----10-10-10---10----10-|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12-------12-------12----|----12-------12----------9----10----|
|----10-10----10-10----10-|-10----10-10----10-10-10---10----10-|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
1.,2.,3.
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-14-------14-------14----|----14-------14----------11----12------||
|----12-12----12-12----12-|-12----12-12----12-12-12----12----12--o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------||
2.
6/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E q E E +W +W
|----14-------14--------------|------------|--------|
|-12----12-12----0-0-0-0------|------------|--------|
|---------------------------5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|-----------------------------|------------|--------|
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q W +W
|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|----------|--------|
|-5-5-5-5----|-5--------|-(5)----|
|------------|----------|--------|
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q W +W
|------------|----------|--------||
|------------|----------|--------||
|-3-3-3-3----|-3--------|-(3)----||
|------------|----------|--------||
3/4 4/4 5/4
E E E E Q W +H. +E E E E
|------------|----------|--------------------|
|------------|----------|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5----|-5--------|-(5)------(5)-5-5-5-|
|------------|----------|--------------------|
2nd, 3rd, and 4th Verses
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4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-3-3-3-3-2----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3--|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-3-3-3-3-2----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3--|------------------||
1st Chorus
1.
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------7--------|
|-------------------|-------5-7---7------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-0-5-|-(5)-5---------0-3--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---o||
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
2nd Chorus
2.
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------7--------|
|-------------------|-------5-7---7------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-0-5-|-(5)-5---------0-3--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3s5-||
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
Interlude
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
||o-----7-----7----|-----9-----9----|-----10-----10-----|
||o-5-5---5-5---5--|-7-7---7-7---7--|-8-8----8-8----8-8-|
||-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
E E E E E E Q 4x E E E E q E E
|--------------------||-------------------||
|-10-----10---------o||-10-----10---------||
|----8-8----8-8-8\--o||----8-8----8----1--||
|--------------------||-------------------||
1st Guitar Solo
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------|-----------------|
||o-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
||--------------------|---------------1-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E q
|