Iron Maiden - Revelations Chords & Tabs

 

Revelations Chords & Tabs

Iron Maiden Chords & Tabs

Version: 5 Type: Bass Tab

Revelations Bass Tab

   
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REVELATIONS (Bassline)
As recorded by Iron Maiden
(From the 1984 Album PIECE OF MIND)

Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com (Donkey Fly)
	

Words by Bruce Dickinson Music by Iron Maiden
Arranged by Iron Maiden

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Harris'

 Intro
  Moderate Rock H=73
                                A
 2/2
  Gtr I
  W          W            E     Q  E     H      +H       E  E  E  E
|----------|----------||----------------------|--------/12-14-12-----|
|----------|----------||o---------------------|------------------14--|
|----------|----------||o-------0--------0----|-(0)------------------|
|----------|----------||--3b3.5----3b3.5------|----------------------|


                   1.,2.,3.     4.                       accel Q=80
            C       D
                                                        2/4
   +H     E E E E   W         4x W          +W           +Q.   E
|-----------------|-----------||----------|------------|----------||
|-(14)------------|----------o||----------|------------|----------||
|---------x-3---x-|-5--------o||-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)---5\-||
|-----------------|-----------||----------|------------|----------||


    Fast Rock Q=185
    $$
    A              F              G              A       G
   4/4
                                                         ~~
    Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q.
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||--5--5--x----x-|-1--1--x----x-|-3--3--x----x-|-5--5--5-3-----||


   1st and 4th Verse
    Slightly Slower Q=182         1.,2.,3.
    A              F               G              A       G
                                                          ~~
    Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  Q.     4x
||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------o||
||o---------3----|---------3-----|---------3----|---------------o||
||--5--5--x----x-|-1--1--x-----x-|-3--3--x----x-|-5--5-5--3------||


                 English Hymnal
  4.           Slower Q=170
 To Dbl. Coda
  G               A             F                C
  Q  Q  E q  E    H.      E E   H    +E  E E E   W
|--------------||-------------|----------------|------|
|--------------||-------------|----------------|------|
|---------3----||---------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|------|
|-3--3--x----0-||-5-----------|--------------5-|-8----|


                     A             F               G
  E  E E E E E E E   H.      E E   H.       E  E    W
|------------------|-------------|---------------|-------|
|------------------|-------------|---------------|-------|
|------------------|---------5-7-|-8-------10h12-|-10----|
|-8-10---8-7-3---0-|-5-----------|---------------|-------|


                        A                 F                C
   E  E E  E E  E Q     E E E E E E E E   H    +E  E E E   W
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|------|
|-10-12---10-9--------|-----------------|----------------|------|
|--------------10-7\--|-------------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|------|
|---------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-------|--------------5-|-8----|


                       A               F               G
  A  E E E E E E E E   E Q  E Q  E E   H.       E  E    W
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
|--------------------|-----------5-7-|-8-------10h12-|-10----|
|-8h10-8---7---3---0-|-5-5--5-5------|---------------|-------|


                      Bridge
                A G    A       A G   A            G    D
   Q   E  E Q   E E    Q  H    E E   Q  H.        H    Q.   E
|-------------------||-------------|------------|-------------|
|-10--12-10-9\------||-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------------||-------------|------------|------5------|
|---------------5-3-||-5-------5-3-|-5----------|-3---------x-|


    F    G  A G   A       A G   A            G    D
  E Q.   Q  E E   Q  H    E E   Q  H.        H    Q.   E
|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|------5------|
|-x-1----3--5-3-|-5-------5-3-|-5----------|-3---------x-|


  accel Q=180   Faster Q=198
    F    G  A G    A          G A                   G           D      F
  E Q.   Q  E E    E E Q  E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-x-1----3--5-3-||-5-5-5--5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|


                                     accel Q=203
          G      A                 G A                   G           D      F
  +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|


          G      A                 G A                   G           D      F
  +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|


                                                             gradually slow Q=180
          G      A                 G A                       G      D
  +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q     Q.   E Q.   E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------5------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5\--|-3-------------|


  Q=158         Slower H=85
  F      G         Am            F                Am/C
                  2/2
  Q.   E Q.   E    H.      E E   H    +E  E E E   W
|---------------||-------------|----------------|------|
|---------------||-------------|----------------|------|
|---------------||---------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|------|
|-1------3------||-5-----------|--------------5-|-8----|


           Am/B      Am            F               Am/C
  E  E E E E E E E   H.      E E   H.       E  E    W
|------------------|-------------|---------------|-------|
|------------------|-------------|---------------|-------|
|------------------|---------5-7-|-8-------10h12-|-10----|
|-8-10---8-7-3---0-|-5-----------|---------------|-------|


                       2nd and 3rd Verse
                     $
            Am/B        Am                F                Am/C
   E  Q   E E  E Q      E E E E E E E E   H    +E  E E E   W
|--------------------||-----------------|----------------|------|
|-10-12--10-9--------||-----------------|----------------|------|
|-------------10-7\--||-------------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|------|
|--------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-------|--------------5-|-8----|


           Am/B     Am                F               Am/C
  E  E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   H.       E  E    W
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------5-7-|-8-------10h12-|-10----|
|-8-10---8-7-3----|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------|-------|


            Am/B       Am                F                Am/C
   E  q   E E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    +E  E E E   W
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------|------|
|-10-12--10-9--------|-----------------|----------------|------|
|-------------10-7---|-------------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|------|
|--------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-------|--------------5-|-8----|


           Am/B     Am                F       Am/B    Am/C
  E  E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   H.       E  E    W
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------5-7-|-8-------10h12-|-10----|
|-8-10---8-7-3----|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------|-------|


            Am/B           A       G      A       C      D
                          4/4
   Q   E  E E  E E +E      Q  Q  E Q.     Q  Q  E Q  E   Q.   E E E E E
|-----------------------||--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-10--12-10-9-----------||--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-------------10-7-(7)\-||--------------|---------3----|-5----3-5-3------|
|-----------------------||-5--5--5-3----|-5--5--5----5-|------------5p3--|


  F       G         A       G
  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E Q.
|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|
|-1-1-1---3-3-3---|-5--5--5-3----|


                                       To Coda
  A       C      D                F      G
  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|--------------|----------------|---------------||
|--------------|----------------|---------------||
|---------3----|-5----3-5-3-----|---------------||
|-5--5--5----5-|------------5p3-|-1------3------||


                                                 D.S. al Coda
  A             F                C                   Am/B
 2/2
  H.      E E   H    +E  E E E   W          E  E E E E E E E
|-------------|----------------|----------|-------------------||
|-------------|----------------|----------|-------------------||
|---------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|----------|-------------------||
|-5-----------|--------------5-|-8--------|-8-10---8-7-3---0--||

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iron_maiden/revelations_btab_ver_5.html ]
  &
  A                                           A G
 4/4                                  3/4
  W          +W           +W           +H     E E
|----------|------------|------------|------------||
|----------|------------|------------|------------||
|----------|------------|------------|------------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----5-3-||


 Bridge
  A       A G   A            G    D
 4/4
  Q  H    E E   Q  H.        H    Q.   E
|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|------5------|
|-5-------5-3-|-5----------|-3---------x-|


    F    G  A G   A       A G   A            G    D
  E Q.   Q  E E   Q  H    E E   Q  H.        H    Q.   E
|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|------5------|
|-x-1----3--5-3-|-5-------5-3-|-5----------|-3---------x-|


  accel Q=180   Faster Q=198
    F    G  A G    A                                G           D      F
  E Q.   Q  E E    E E Q  E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-x-1----3--5-3-||-5-5-5--5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|


                                     accel Q=203
          G      A                                       G          D     F
  +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  Q  Q  Q  E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------5-------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)----------1-|


                    Guitar Solo I
         G      A                        A                 D     C     B
  +E  Q  Q  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 Q
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------7-||-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-0-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-0-3-3-0-2--|
|-(1)----3--5-3---||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|


    Slower Q=193
    A         E D E       A       F E D   A                 D     C     B
    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 E E E E E Q    3x
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-7-5-7-|-(7)-0-0-0-0-8-7-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-0-3-3-0-2---o||
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||


                    Guitar Solo II
  A         E D E        A       F E D   A                 D     C     B
  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 E E E E E Q
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-7-5-7-||-(7)-0-0-0-0-8-7-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-0-3-3-0-2--|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|


    A         E D E       A       F E D
    E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-7-5-7-|-(7)-0-0-0-0-8-7-5-|
||------------------|-------------------|


  A                 D     C       B
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E Q    3x
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-0-3-(3)-0-2---o||
|-----------------|--------------------||


 Interlude
  Faster Q=198
  A     G          C     D          F     G                A
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-3-3-3-5--3-----|----------------|-----3----------|
|-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|------------5-3-|-1-1-1-3--3-3-3-|-1-3---5--5-5-5-|


  A     G          C     D          F     G                A
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-5-4------------|
|----------------|----------------|-3-3---5--5-5-5-|-----5----------|
|----------------|-3-3-3-5--3-----|----------------|-------0--0-0-0-|
|-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|------------5-3-|----------------|----------------|


  A     G          C     D          F     G                A
  E E 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
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-3-3-3-5--3-----|----------------|-----3-----------|
|-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|------------5-3-|-1-1-1-3--3-3-3-|-1-3---5---5-5-5-|


  A     G          C     D          F     G                A
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E q  q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|--------------2-|-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-|-7-5-----------||
|----------------|-3-3-3-5--3-5---|----------------|-----7---------||
|-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|----------------|----------------|-------5--5--5-||


  A                                   G           D      F
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|


          G      A                                       G           D      F
  +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|


          G      A                                       G           D      F
  +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|


          G      A
  +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|


                      gradually slowerQ=1580
                               D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
                      G      D
  +E  E E E E E Q     Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------------|---------------|---------------||
|-------------------|---------------|---------------||
|-------------------|--------5------|---------------||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5\--|-3-------------|-1------3------||


  H=85
  &&
  Am            F                Am/C                Am/B
 2/2
  H.      E E   H    +E  E E E   W          E  E E E E E E E
|-------------|----------------|----------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------------|----------|-------------------|
|---------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|----------|-------------------|
|-5-----------|--------------5-|-8--------|-8-10---8-7-3---0--|


  Am                F               Am/C                 Am/B
  E E E E E E E E   H    +Q   E E   W          E +E  E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|----------|-5-(5)-7-5-4-------|
|-----------------|-----------5-7-|-5--------|-------------5---5-|
|-------------5-7-|-8----(8)------|----------|---------------7---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------|----------|-------------------|


  Am                E    A
  H.      Q    Q.   Q  E Q    +W
|------------|--------------|--------|
|------------|-7------------|--------|
|---------7--|--------------|--------|
|-5----------|------0----5--|-(5)----|


  +W           +W           +W           +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|



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