Book Of Thel Chords & Tabs
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Book Of Thel - Bruce Dickinson
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Tabbed by: maidenbridge666
Tuning: DADGBE
Im tabbing this out how i usually play it.
All the other tabs on this site are wrong imo.
When i play this along to the album it sounds pretty much dead on but any comments
and corrections would be welcome.
Awesome Song btw!! UP THE BRUCE!!
(Sorry if its a bit cramped. This is my only my 2nd tab so i'm not used to tabbing stuff out yet)
Guitar 1 - Roy Z (Electric Guitar with Distortion)
Guitar 2 - Adrian Smith (Electric Guitar with Distortion)
Intro//Solo (Guitar 1)
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----10-12-12b14~~~~r12\-------10-12-12b14-10h12p10-------|
D|-/12-----------------------/12----------------------12----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|----13------------------------------------|
G|-------12b14-12-10-10h12-12b14~~~~r12\----|
D|-12---------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-------15-15-13-13b15~~~~r13-10~~~-9~-6~----|
G|-12-12--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
Both Guitars
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6-0-0----0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6----|
A|-0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6-0-0----0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6----|
D|-0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6-0-0----0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6----|
PM . .
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-7-7---------------|
D|-7-7----x//--------|
A|-5-5----x//--------|
D|--------x//-/-\----|
Main Riff//Verse (Both Guitars)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------7-------5-7----|
D|-0-0-3-5-6-------3-------7-------5-7----|
A|-0-0-3-5-6-------3-------5-------3-5----|
D|-0-0-3-5-6-0-0-0-3-0-0-0---0-0-0--------|
PM . . . . . . . . .
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------7-------8-7----|
D|-0-0-3-5-6-------3-------7-------8-7----|
A|-0-0-3-5-6-------3-------5-------6-5----|
D|-0-0-3-5-6-0-0-0-3-0-0-0---0-0-0--------|
PM . . . . . . . . .
Main Riff//Verse x2 (without vocals)
Main Riff//Verse x4 (with vocals)
Pre Chorus (Both Guitars)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-10-12-9----9----9----9----9-9-9-10-9-7----7----7----7-------|
D|-7-7-7-8--10-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-7-7-8--7-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-10-12-9----9----9----9----9-9-9-10-9-9----------|
D|-7-7-7-8--10-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-7-7-8--7-7---5-3----|
A|--------------------------------------------7---5-3----|
D|--------------------------------------------7---5-3----|
PM .. .. .. ..
Chorus (Both Guitars)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-10-1010-10-10-10-10-8-88-8-88-8-88-8----|
A|-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-8--8-8--8--7--7--8--8-88-8-88-8-88-8----|
D|-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-00---------------------8-88-8-88-8-88-8----|
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-12-12-12-10-10-10----|
A|-10-10-10-8--8--7-----|
D|----------------------|
Play Chorus x2
Main Riff//Verse x4
Pre Chorus x1
Chorus x4
At the end of the 2nd Chorus play:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bruce_dickinson/book_of_thel_tab_ver_3.html ]
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-0~~~~----|
A|-0~~~~----|
D|-0~~~~----|
And then after the bass and drums play alone for a bit play:
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-8-8-7----|
A|-8-8-7----|
D|-8-8-7----|
Solo Riff
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------7h8-----8h10---8-8-7----|
A|-0-0-0-7h8-0-0-8h10-0-8-8-7----|
D|-0-0-0-7h8-0-0-8h10-0-8-8-7----|
PM . . . . . .
Play Solo Riff x8 (without Guitar 2 Solo)
Solo Riff x8 (with Guitar 2 Solo)
Interlude 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-----------------7-7-7-7-7-----------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7----8-8-8-8-8----7-7-7-7-7----8-8-8-8-8----|
A|-5-5-5-5-5----8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5----8-8-8-8-8----|
D|--------------8-8-8-8-8-----------------8-8-8-8-8----|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-----------------7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7----8-8-8-8-8----7-7-7-7-7----8-8-8-8-8-------10-10-10----|
A|-5-5-5-5-5----8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10----|
D|--------------8-8-8-8-8-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10----|
PM . . .
Solo Riff x8 (with Guitar 1 Solo)
Interlude 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-----------------7-7-7-7-7-----------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7----5h7-8-7-5----7-7-7-7-7----5h7-8-7-5----|
A|-5-5-5-5-5----5h7-8-7-5----5-5-5-5-5----5h7-8-7-5----|
D|--------------5h7-8-7-5-----------------5h7-8-7-5----|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-----------------7-7-7-7-7-5-7---------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7----5h7-8-7-5----7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-5h7-8-7-----------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5----5h7-8-7-5----5-5-5-5-5-3-5-7-5h7-8-7-----------------------|
D|--------------5h7-8-7-5------------------7-5h7-8-7-6h7h6h7h6h7h6h7etc----|
Main Riff//Verse x4
Pre Chorus x1
Chorus x4
Outro (Guitar 1)
(Guitar 2 plays chords indicated above tab)
F5 A5 F5 A#5 F5
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-7~~~-7---------7------8-7----7----------------|
A|--------10-8-10---8~~~-----10---10-8-7-8~~~----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A5 F5 A#5
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-7---------7------8-7----7-----------|
A|---10-8-10---8~~~-----10---10-8-7----|
D|-------------------------------------|
F5 A5 F5 A#5 F5
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------10-8----8-10-------11-10-8-10-8---------------|
G|-10~~~------10------10~~~--------------10-9-10~~~----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A5 F5 A#5 //
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-10-8----8-10-------11-10-8-10--------|
G|------10------10~~~------------10\----|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
(Both Guitars)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------7-7~~~----|
D|-0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6--------0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6-7-7~~~----|
A|-0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6-0-0----0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6-5-5~~~----|
D|-0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6-0-0----0-0-3-5-6----0-0-3-5-6-----------|
PM . .
"And So We Close For You...The Book Of Thel"
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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