Dance of Death Iron Maiden
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
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[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
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[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
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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
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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.
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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: http://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]
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[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
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