The edge of Darkness

Iron Maiden

By : Iron Maiden / The X factor Trans. by: Patrick Julien Helicopter sound... 4x Rhy.#1 ---------|------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------------- ---------|------------||--------5-----5--|--------3-----3--|--------5-----5- ---------|--4--2--4--*||--4--4-----4-----|--2--2-----2-----|--4--4-----4---- ---------|--4--0--4--*||--4--------------|--0--------------|--4------------- ---------|--2--0--2---||--2--------------|--0--------------|--2------------- ---------|------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------------- 2x Rhy.#2 (w/vocal) |------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------- |------------------------||--------5-----5-----5-----|---------------------- |-----------5--------7--*||--4--4-----4-----4-----4--|--2-----3-----3-----3- |--------5--------7-----*||--2-----------------------|--0--2-----2-----2---- |-----3--------5---------||--------------------------|---------------------- 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----||------------------------------------------------------|--------------- 2nd x3 variation of Rhy.#3 ---------|-------------------------||--------------------------------------- ---------|-------------------------||--------------------------------------- 7--7--7--|---5--5--5-----2--2--2--*||---9--9--9--9--9-----5--5--5--5--5----- 7--7--7--|---5--5--5-----2--2--2--*||---9--9--9--9--9-----5--5--5--5--5----- 5--5--5--|---3--3--3-----0--0--0---||---7--7--7--7--7-----3--3--3--3--3----- ---------|-------------------------||--------------------------------------- Rhy.#4 ---------------------------------------||----------------------------------- ---------------------------------------||--------------------------------12- 7--7--7--7--7-----5--5--5-----7--7--7--||------9--11--12--11--9--11--12----- 7--7--7--7--7-----5--5--5-----7--7--7--||---9------------------------------- 5--5--5--5--5-----3--3--3-----5--5--5--||----------------------------------- 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--------------------------|------------------------------------------------| 2nd Rhy.#5 -----------------------||--------------------------------------------------- -----------------------||--------------------------------------------------- ----9--11--12--11--9---||--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-----9--9--9-----9--9--9--- -9---------------------||--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-----9--9--9-----9--9--9--- -----------------------||--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7--- -----------------------||--------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9--9--9-----9--9--9-----9--9--12-----7---7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7---- 9--9--9-----9--9--9-----9--9--12-----7---7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7---- 7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--10-----5---5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2x Rhy.#4(2nd) Rhy.#5 x4Rhy.#4(2nd) ----------------------------------------||------------|--------||----------| ----------------------------------------||------------|--------||----------| 7--7--4-----4--4--4-----4--4--5-----9--*||------------|-------*||----------| 7--7--4-----4--4--4-----4--4--5-----9--*||------------|-------*||----------| 5--5--2-----2--2--2-----2--2--3-----7---||------------|--------||----------| ----------------------------------------||------------|--------||----------| Play Rhy.#5 during Guitar solos... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----10--12--13--12--10--10---------10--12--10------------------------------- 12-----------------------------12--------------12--12--11------9--11--12--9- -----------------------------------------------------------12--------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5x Rhy.#3 2x Rhy.#2 2x then, play this part... -||----------------||----------------||--------------------------|---------- -||----------------||----------------||--------5-----5-----5-----|---------- *||---------------*||---------------*||--4--4-----4-----4-----4--|--2-----3- *||---------------*||---------------*||--2-----------------------|--0--2---- -||----------------||----------------||--------------------------|---------- -||----------------||----------------||--------------------------|---------- slower......................... ---------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------- ---------------|--------5-----5-----5-----5-----5--||----------------------- ---3-----3-----|--4--4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----||----------------------- 2-----2-----2--|--2--------------------------------||----------------------- ---------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------- ---------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------- Note: The guitar solos are not too hard to play but the first one is more confused. I didn't put them in this tab cause they were too long and too hard to write!!! So, enjoy and try to find how to they play them!!! If you want other Iron Maiden songs, just e-mail me and I will see what I can do for you!!! Up the Irons!!! Patrick Julien, Montreal, Quebec E-mail: [email protected]

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