cacia Avenue" by Iron Maiden (from the album "The Number of the Beast")
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Transcribed by Gilles Velay ([email protected])
Updates :
* 12 Dec 2000, correction on guitar solo part thanks to [email protected]
Notation :
w : whole ^ : triplet
h : half R : rest
q : quarter / : slide up
e : 8th h : hammer on
s : 16th +++: tied notes
First 3 bars : only guitar playing E5
*
e q h+q w q h+q q+e q q ss
G-|--------||--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
D-|--------||--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
A-|-R----5-||-7--R---------|-R--------------|-5--R---------|-R-----5---5---55-|
E-|--------||--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
*
q h+q w q h+q q+e q q ss
G-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A-|-7--R---------|-R--------------|-5---R----------|-R-----5---5---55-|
E-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
q h+q h+q e ss q h+q h+e e e e
G-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A-|-3--R---------|-R---------5-55-|-7---R----------|-R----------7-6-5-|
E-|--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-5-|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-------------4h5-|-------------5h7-|-----------------|-----------------|(x3)
A-|-3---3-3-3-3-----|-5---5-5-5-5-----|-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-5-|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q h+q w
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---R-----------|-R---------------||
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Play the 6 lines above twice.
For the second time, notes with * are hold longer and the last line must
be replaced with :
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e w +++++++++++++++ w
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
Then there is a guitar interlude and rhythm changes to triplet feel :
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|---------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|---------||-------------------------|-------------------5-5-5-|
A-|----10-\-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|
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
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-------5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-|-------5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-|
A-|-3-3-3-------------------|-3-3-3-------------------|
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
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------||
D-|-------------------------|-------------------------||
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-|-------------------------|-------------------------||
Play the 4 lines above twice
Then we enter the Chorus Part "22, the avenue..." :
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-|-5-R-5-5-5-5-5-R-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 e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|-2-R-2-2-2-2-2-R-2-2-2-2-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-|
E-|->-----------------------|->-----------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^q
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-|-5-R-5-5-5-5-5-R-5-5-5---|
E-|->-----------------------|->------------------->---|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^q e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---|-7-R-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-|-5-R-5-5-5-5-5-R-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 e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|-2-R-2-2-2-2-2-R-2-2-2-2-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-|
E-|->-----------------------|->-----------------------|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^q
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|-3-R-3-3-3-3-3-R-3-3-3-3-|-5-R-5-5-5-5-5-R-5-5-5---|
E-|->-----------------------|->------------------->---|
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^q e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---|-7-R-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E-|->------------------->---|->-----------------------|
Repeat everything since beginning of triplet feel
but replace last line with :
e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-|-------------------------|-5-4-2-4-2---2-----------|
D-|-------------------------|-----------5---5-4-5-4---|
A-|-2-R-2-2-2-2-2-R-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------5-|
E-|->-----------------------|-------------------------|
Then go on with :
q ^ e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e [x3] e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e
G-||--------------------------||--------------------------|
D-||--------------------------||--5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-| (x4)
A-||-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||--------------------------|
E-||->--->--------------------||--------------------------|
Guitar Solo :
w ++++++++++++++++++++++++ q+e e e^e^e e e
G-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D-|--------------------------|----------3--2------------|
A-|-7------------------------|-7-------------3-2--------|
E-|->------------------------|---------->--------3--2---|
e+s s h e e e+s s h e e
G-||-------------11\12-11\12-|---------------11\12-11\12-|
D-||
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