Children of the Damnedby Iron Maiden (Steve Harris)Acoustic Intro:These are just the basic chords. Listen for the picking.Eme-0----0--------------|--------------3---------------| B-0--------0----------|---------0--------0-----------| G-0------------0------|-----0----------------0-------| D-2----------------2--|--------------------------0---| A-2-------------------|------------------------------| E-0-------------------|--3---------------------------|D C De---------2--------------|-----0-------------2---------| B-------------3-------3--|--1-----1------3------3------| G--2--------------2------|--0--------0---2---------2---| D--0---------------------|--2------------0-------------| A------------------------|--3--------------------------| E------------------------|-----------------------------|Intro Solo:I've broken this into two main sections. Each onelasts two bars. Swell into the first note of eachsection with the volume control. The key here isa smooth mellow sound. I haven't shown the vibrato'sbecause there is a basic 16th note shallow vibratothrough the whole solo, just listen to the record.Try and pick as few of the notes as possible. Usesmooth slides and hammers/pulls to move between thenotes. Live, I think Dave uses a 4-stage phaser(MXR Phase 90) with a fairly fast rate (about aquarter note). There is a slight variation which heplays on the 12 Wasted Years Video which I've shown.At the end the F# note is sustained instead ofresolving to the E.|----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-----------------7--/9--7-----7b(9)r-p5-7-p5--| |--7-----7--9-10------------5------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------11--12--11h12p11---------| |--------7-/9--7--5--4h5p4-------------12--14-------------------14-12-14| |--7------------------------5--12-/14-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|Variation:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------11--12-p11~sustain-------| |--------7-/9--7--5--4h5p4-------------12--14---------------------------| |--7------------------------5--12-/14-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|Acoustic Riff for Verses:Em Cmaj7 D6add4e-----------------0-----------|----------------------------| B--------------------0--------|-----------0-------------0--| G-----------0-----------0-----|--------0--------------0----| D--------2--------------------|-----2--------------4-------| A-----2-------------------0h2-|--3--------------5----------| E--0--------------------------|----------------------------|Live, in the second verse, after the line "If he had lived he wouldhave crucified us all" Adrian plays natural harmonics at the 5th fretas follows.|--5----------------------| |-----5-------------------| Natural Harmonics |--------5----------------| |-----------5-------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------|Chorus: I've just shown the basic fingerings for the chorus. Youcan pick up the strumming and muting from the record.Note that on alternate repititions of the riff the lasttwo chords are muted and strummed differently.E(m) B(m) C D A G|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |-------9-9--4-4-------5---7-------------| |--2----9-9--4-4-------5---7---7-7--5-5--| |--2----7-7--2-2--0-2--3---5---7-7--5-5--| |--0---------------------------5-5--3-3--|After the second chorus the song breaks out of the chorus withthis phrase.A G F# D E|-----------------| |-----------------| |--9--7--6--------| |--7--5--4--7--9--| |--7--5--4--5--7--| |-----------------|The rhythm guitar here is just made up of sustained power chordslike this. Live, the sound here shimmers due to Dave's phaser.The strumming isn't quite this plain, there are a few mutedstrums usually before each chord change.E(m) D C D|----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--9-------2 BARS--7--2 BARS-5---1 BAR--7---1 BAR----------| |--7---------------5---------3----------5------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------|The next part is the lead which Adrian plays over the vocalsThe note in brackets means that sometimes the phrase finisheswith F# and sometimes D.|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------| |--------4--5--4--------|--------4-5-4---------|-/9-9-10-7-9-7-5-4--| |--7--------------7--5--|--7------------7---5--|----------------(5)-| |-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|The next part is the guitar harmony before the solo.The bends at the end of these phrases may or may not be unison bends.Try them yourself and see what you think.Gtr I (Adrian)|---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |--9---11-12-11--9--7--4~--5-/7--5--4--7--5--9--11b(12)-9b(11)-7b(9)--| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr II (Dave)|---------------------------------------------------------------| |--8--10-/12-10-8-12-7----------------8-10b(12)-8b(10)----------| |----------------------9-/11-9-7-11-9------------------11b(12)--| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------|The guitar solo is tapped with the side of the plectrum.The highest note of each triplet phrase is tapped and the othertwo notes are fingered with the first and third finger of yourleft hand.The tab as shown is played through twice except the bend in thelast bit is bent slightly sharper than the A note the second time.T P H T P H sim. sim.|--20-12-15--19-12-15--20-12-15--19-12-15--| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--20-12-15--19-12-15--20-12-15--19-12-15--| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--15-10-12--14-10-12--15-10-12--14-10-12--| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--15-10-12--14-10-12--15-10-12--14-10-12--| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--15--8-10--14--8-10--15--8-10--14--8-10--| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--15-10-12--14-10-12--15-10-12--14-10-12--| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--20-12-15--19-12-15--20-12-15--19-12-15--| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--15b(17)r15-p12--------------------------| |-----------------15~----------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|The next bit is right after the solo where Bruce singsOh! Oh! Oh! Oh! etc.|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-------4-5-4-------|------4-5-4------|-----4-5-4----4-----| |--7-----------7-5--|--7---------7-5--|--7---------7----5~-| |-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|The next part goes with the remaining vocals, "You're Childrenof the Damned" etc.It should be noted that the strumming for the rhythm guitarchanges here to a more intense pattern.(Same chords as before).|-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |--5-(7)/9-7-5-4-5--|--5--(7)/9-7-5-4-5--| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |--5-(7)/9-7-5-5-4--|--7--(7)/9-7-4-h5---| |-------------------|------------------5-| |-------------------|--------------------|Ending:Gtr I (Adrian)|----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--5----4----2----0----4~--------2~---------------2--------| |---------------------------2~--------------------2--------| |-------------------------------------------------0--------|Gtr II (Dave)|----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--9----7--------------9--------------------------9--------| |--9----7----5----7----9--------------------------9--------| |--7----5----5----7----7--------------------------7--------| |------------3----5----0-----------------------------------|
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