Dance Of Death Chords & Tabs
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DANCE OF DEATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Iron Maiden
(From the 2003 Album DANCE OF DEATH)
Transcribed by Luca Abete
Gtr I (B E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=142
3/4
Gtr I
Wx8 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|---5---5-----|
|----------|-7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|-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
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---5---5-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----|
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-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
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|-------------|
|-7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|---7---7-----|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-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
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---5---5-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----|
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Verse 1 0:30
Q=146
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---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|---5---5------|
||--7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|-3---3---3----|
||o-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
||--------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
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-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----|
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-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
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|-------------|
|-7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|---7---7-----|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-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
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|---5---5-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----o||
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7----||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Q=154
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-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||o-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------|
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-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-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
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
1.
PM--------------------------------------------------|
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-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Pre-Verse 1:44
2.150
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E +E Q E E +E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2-(2)-2--2-2-(2)-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
Q E E E Q E E +E Q E E +E Q E E +E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-(2)-|-2--2-2-(2)-2--2-2-(2)---|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
Verse 2 1:50
Q=170
|-3--|
Q Q H H H H H Q E E +E Q Q
||-------------|-----------|-----------|------------------|
||o-2--2--2----|-4----4----|-0----0----|------------------|
||-------------|-----------|-----------|-0--0-0-(0)-0--0--|
||o------------|-----------|-----------|------------------|
||-------------|-----------|-----------|------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3--|
H H H H Q E E E Q E E E Q E E +E Q Q
|-----------|-----------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-----------|-----------|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2-(2)-2--2---o||
|-3----3----|-0----0----|-------------------|--------------------||
|-----------|-----------|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------|-----------|-------------------|--------------------||
Q=172
E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q.
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||o-2-2----2------|-5-5----5------|---------------|----------------|
||----------------|---------------|-5-5----5------|-0-0----0-------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
1.,2.,3.
E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. Q E E Q E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-3-3----3------|-0-0-0-0-0------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
4. H.=H Q=60
Q E E Q E E 4x E Q. H W
|----------------||-------------|------|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-o||-------------|------|
|----------------||-5-5---------|------|
|---------------o||-------------|------|
|----------------||-------------|------|
Main Riff 2:59
Q=113
Wx2 H.. S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S
|------------|---------------||----------------------------|
|------------|---------------||o---------------------------|
|------------|-----------7-7-||--7-7--7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-|
|------------|---------------||o---------------------------|
|------------|---------------||----------------------------|
1.,2.,3.,4.,5. 6.
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S 6x E S S E S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------||------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-------------o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4--------------|
|-----------------7-5-7---7-7--||-----------------7-5-7--------|
|-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
|------------------------------||------------------------------|
Verse 3 3:30
Q=127
Q.. S E E E. S Q.. S E E Q
||-------------------|-----------------|
||o-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|
||--7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|
Q. S S E E Q H S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|------5-4-------------|
|-7------------5--|-9--------7-5-7-5-4---|
|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7------------------7-|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
Q.. S E E E. S Q.. S E E Q
|------------------|-----------------|
|-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|
|-7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
Q. S S E E Q H Q Q H Q E E
|-----------------|-------------||---------------|
|-7------------5--|-9----------o||-9-------------|
|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7----3--2---||-7----3--2-----|
|-----------------|------------o||---------------|
|-----------------|-------------||---------------|
Main Riff 4:01
S E. S S S S S E. S S S S
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||--7-7--7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iron_maiden/dance_of_death_btab_ver_4.html ]
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7. 8.
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S 8x E S S E S S S S S S E E
|------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-------------o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4---------|
|-----------------7-5-7---7-7--||-----------------7-5-7-7-|
|-----------------------------o||-------------------------|
|------------------------------||-------------------------|
Guitar Solo 1 4:32
Q=130
Q.. S E E E. S Q.. S E E Q
||-------------------|-----------------|
||o-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|
||--7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|
Q. S S E E Q H S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|------5-4-------------|
|-7------------5--|-9--------7-5-7-5-4---|
|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7------------------7-|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
Q.. S E E E. S Q.. S E E Q Q. S S E E Q H Q Q
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|-7------------5--|-9----------o||
|-7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7----3--2---||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
Guitar Solo 2 5:01
Q E S S E E Q Q. S S E E Q
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
||o-2--2-2-2-2-2-5\--|--------------5\--|
||-------------------|-3----3-3-3-3-----|
Q. S S E E E E Q. S S E E E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------||
|-0----0-0-5-4-0-x-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|------------------|-------------------||
Interlude 5:16
Q=132
E S S E S S E E Q E S S E S S E E Q
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5\--|-----------------5\--|
||----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
E S S E S S E E Q E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5\--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E E Q E S S E S S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5\--|-----------------5\--|
|---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
E S S E S S E E Q E S S E S S Q Q
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5\--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--o||
|---------------------|--------------------||
Guitar Solo 3 5:45
Q E. S E E Q Q E S S E E Q Q E. S E E Q Q Q E E Q
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-0--0--0-0-0-3\--|--------------3\--|-------------3\--|-0--0--0-0-0--o||
||------------------|-1--1-1-1-1-1-----|-3--3--3-3-3-----|---------------||
Q E. S E E Q Q E S S E E Q
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-0--0--0-0-0-3\--|--------------3\--|
|-----------------|-1--1-1-1-1-1-----|
Q E. S E E Q Q Q S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-------9-7---7----------|
|-----------------|-----------9---9-8-7-5--|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-------------3\--|-0--0-------------------|
|-3--3--3-3-3-----|------------------------|
Q E. S E E Q Q E S S E E Q Q E. S E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-0--0--0-0-0-3\--|--------------3\--|-------------3\--|-0--0--0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-1--1-1-1-1-1-----|-3--3--3-3-3-----|--------------|
Verse 4 6:14
Q=136
Q.. S E E E. S Q.. S E E Q Q. S S E E Q H S S S S S S S S
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------5-4--------------|
|-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|-7------------5--|-9--------7-5-7-5-4----|
|-7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7------------------7--|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
Q.. S E E E. S Q.. S E E Q Q. S S E E Q H Q Q
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-9-----------4----|-5-----5-5-5-7\--|-7------------5--|-9----------|
|-7-----7-7-7-5----|-5---------------|-5----5-5-5-5----|-7----3--2--|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
Interlude 6:28
E S S E S S E E Q E S S E S S E E Q
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3\--|-----------------3\--|
||----------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|
E S S E S S E E Q E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------3\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|--------------------------|
E S S E S S E E Q E S S E S S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3\--|-----------------3\--|
|---------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|
1. 2.
E S S E S S E E Q E S S E S S Q Q E S S E S S Q Q
|---------------------|--------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------o||-------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------||-------------3--2--|
|-----------------3\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|--------------------||-------------------|
Chorus 6:57
Q=128
S E. S S S S S E. S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S 8x
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4--------------o||
||--7-7--7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-|-----------------7-5-7---7-7---||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------4-5-4-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7-------7-5-7---7-7-|-----------------7-5-7---7-7-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4--------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-----------------7-5-7---7-7--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------2-4-2-------------|
||o-5-4---4-5---5-------5-4-5---5-5-|
||------7---------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
1. 2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|----------------------------------||------------------------------|
|-5-4-----4---4-4-5-4-------------o||-5-4-----4---4-4-5-4----------|
|-----7-5-------------7-5-7---7-7--||-----7-5-------------7-5-7----|
|---------------------------------o||------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||---------------------------3--|
Q=124
H. q H. q
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|-5-------3--|-5-------3--|
Outro 7:46
Q=144
3/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
||o---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|---5---5-----|
||--7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|-3---3---3---|
||o-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
||--------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
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-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----|
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-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
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---9---9-----|---12---12-----|---7---7-----|-------------|
|-7---7---7---|-9----9----9---|-5---5---5---|---0---0-----|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-5---5---5---|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
1.
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-----|---7---7-----|---9---9-----|---9---9-----o||
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7----||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
2.=H Q=50
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------*|
|---5---5-----|---7---7-----|---9-9---9---|-9-----*|
|-3---3---3---|-5---5---5---|-7-----7---7-|-------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
