"Meltdown"
(B. Dickinson, A. Dickson)
Guitar transcription by Aaron Shay (zerosig8@apk.net)
after drum intro.
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let ring throughout
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hey.. you wait cringing in the dark
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you create what you ve always feared
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a puppet of hatred dishing out
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bruce_dickinson/meltdown_tab.html ]
poison
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then they repeat the above riff over another vocal
passage leading to.....
I can smell the difference your truth and
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your fiction you and your twisted convictions
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Chorus:
F#5 G#5
Were you my friend when I belonged?
A5 Bsus2
Were you my friend when I was strong?
F#5 G#5
Were you my friend when I was weak?
A5 Bsus2
Were you my freind when I was callin', crawlin', out of
my head?
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then another verse,another chorus then this riff...
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The solo is in F# pentatonic, I believe, for any improvisers
or theory buffs. No promises on this tab...Alex is very
creative and very hard to follow. Oh yeah, in the chorus
that Bsus2 chord looks like this:
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