The Fallen Angel Chords & Tabs
The Fallen Angel - Iron Maiden
Album: Brave New World
Track 7
Words and Music by Adrian Smith and Steve Harris
Standard tuning. (e B G D A e)
This took me ages to tab out so i hope that the effoert was worth it.
Intro w/distortion:
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------0-----------|-5-5-5-4-4-4-2-5-4-2-0---|
|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------0-----------|-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-7-5-4-----|
|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|---------------------7-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------0-----------|-5-5-5-4-4-4-2-5-4-2-0---|
|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------4-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------5-----------||
|---------4-7-------------||
|-------5-----------------||
|---4-7-------------------||
|-6-----------------------||
|-------------------------||
Pre-verse w/distortion:
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-7--------------------7--|
|-------------------------|-7------------5-------7--|
|-------------------------|-5------------5-------5--|
|--0-0-0-2-3---0-0-0-2-3--|--------------3----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-5--------------------5--|
|-------------------------|-5------------5-------5--|
|-------------------------|-3------------5-------3--|
|--0-0-0-2-3---0-0-0-2-3--|--------------3----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-7--------------------7--|
|-------------------------|-7------------5-------7--|
|-------------------------|-5------------5-------5--|
|--0-0-0-2-3---0-0-0-2-3--|--------------3----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-5--------------------5--||
|-------------------------|-5------------5-------5--||
|-------------------------|-3------------5-------3--||
|--0-0-0-2-3---0-0-0-2-3--|--------------3----------||
Verse w/distortion:
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------5-------|-----------------------7-------|
|-----------------------5-------|-----------------------7-------|
|-----------------------3-------|-----------------------5-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-2-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-2-3-|
PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------5-------|-----------------------7-------||
|-----------------------5-------|-----------------------7-------||
|-----------------------3-------|-----------------------5-------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-2-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-2-3-||
PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pre-chorus w/distortion:
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-4---5-5---7-7---9--4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4---5-5---7-7---9--4-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4---5-5---7-7---9--4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4---5-5---7-7---9--4-4-4-4-4--|
|-2-2---3-3---5-5---7--2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2---3-3---5-5---7--2-2-2-2-2--|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|4-4---5-5---7-7---9--4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4---5-5---7-7---9--4-4-4-4-4-----||
|4-4---5-5---7-7---9--4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4---5-5---7-7---9--4-4-4-4-4---0-||
|2-2---3-3---5-5---7--2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2---3-3---5-5---7--2-2-2-2-2--3--||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Chorus rhythm w/distortion:
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------4-7-|
|-9-9--5-5--7--------7--9-|-9-9----5-5----7---------------5-----|
|-9-9--5-5--7--7-7---5--7-|-9-9----5-5----7--7-7-----4-7--------|
|-7-7--3-3--5--5-5--------|-7-7----3-3----5--5-5---6------------|
|--------------5-5--------|------------------5-5----------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-9-9--5-5--7--------------|
|-9-9--5-5--7--7-7---5-7---|
|-7-7--3-3--5--5-5---5-7---|
|--------------5-5---3-5---|
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|----------------------------------------------------||
PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Second time: Gtr 1 & 2 continue above rhythm and Gtr 3 plays lead bit.
Chorus second time (over rhythm) w/distortion:
|-12p0--10p0--8p0--7p0--8p0--10p0--8p0--7p0--5p0---3---5-0-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iron_maiden/the_fallen_angel_tab_ver_4.html ]
|-12p0--10p---8p0--7p0--8p0--10p0--8p0--7p0--5p0---------0-|
|----------------------------------------------------7-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-12p0--10p0--8p0--7p0--8p0--10p0--8p0--7p0--5p0---3--/7------7-/-10-||
|----------------------------------------------------------10--------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
Post-chorus:
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------0-----------|-5-5-5-4-4-4-2-5-4-2-0---|
|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------0-----------|-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-7-5-4-----|
|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|---------------------7-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------0-----------|-5-5-5-4-4-4-2-5-4-2-0---||
|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------4-||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
Guitar solo w/wah wah & distortion:
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-11b(13)----------------------9---11~~~~-
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-9-11-8-9----8---------------------------------
|----------11---9-11-7-9------------------6~~~~-
|------------------------11-7-9-7-6---6-7-------
|-----------------------------------9-----------
|--------------9-------------------------------------
|-12b(14)--------12-9---9----12p9--------------------
|---------------------9-----------12-11p9-----11~~~~-
|------------------------------------------11--------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------14-17-------14-17--
|-------------9h12p9----9h12p9--9--12p9--12---16-17-------16-17--------
|-11b(13)------------11------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------16-19-------16-19-||
-17-19-------17-19-------||
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-------------------------||
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Guitar solo w/distortion:
|--------------------16---------------------------------------------
|-19b(21)---------------19-16-----------------------------/16-17-19-
|------------------------------19-18-16--18b(20)-18~~~~-------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-16-18-19-19b(21)--------------19-17-16----16-----------------------
|----------------------------------------19-----19-17-16-19-17-16----
|-----------------------------------------------------------------18-
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|-16-----------------16--------16h17p16----16h17-------------
|----16-18-15-16--------16-18-----------18-------18-15-16-18-
|----------------18------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------16h19p16----16-----------------
|-16-17-19b(21)~~~~--19-----------19----19p16-18p16--19-
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-19b(21)-19b(21)------------------16----------------||
|-------------------------------------19-19b(21)~~~~-||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
Post solo w/distortion:
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|---||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|---||
|o-4-4-4-4-4-4--5--7--------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--4--2--------o|-4-||
|o-4-4-4-4-4-4--5--7--------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--4--2--------o|-4-||
|--2-2-2-2-2-2--3--5--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--2--0---------|-2-||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|---||
Outro: Gtr 1 & 3 w/distortion. Gtr 2 w/wah wah & distortion:
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|o----------------------------|----------------------------|
|o-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------o|------||
|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-o|-2-2\-||
|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|-2-2\-||
|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|-0-0\-||
Ye-ah!
