Subject: i/iron_maiden/the_educated_fool.tab Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 07:14:47 PDT The Educated Fool by Iron Maiden (Steve Harris) off the Album "Virtual XI" Transcribed by Matthias Baumann (matschga@hotmail.com) INTRO-Riff 1 (play it 2 times, Steve plays the chords):
Em |-let ring------> C G D
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|----9-10-9----------------|----9-10-9-10-9-/12---10-9---|
A|-12-----------------------|-12-----------------------12-|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
INTRO-Riff 2 (also 2 times, Steve is still playing the chords): Em |-let ring--> C D
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---7-8-10-8-7-8------------|---7-8-10-8-7-8---10/12---10-8-10--|
|-9-------------------------|-9---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
During the first verse guitar 1 plays the chords by picking the following pattern (this is just a sample so that you get the idea): Em Em Em C G D
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------9---9--------9---9--------9---|-----5---5--------------------7----|
|----9---9---9----9---9---9----9---9-|---5---5---5-----5---5------7---7--|
|-7-------------7------------7-------|-3-------------5---5---5--5--------|
|------------------------------------|-------------3---------------------|
VERSE 1: Em C G D I'm_______________________ don't_________________I'm supposed_____do Em C D __________________________________________________________________ Em C G D __________________________________________________________________ Em C D _________________________________________________________________ CHORUS RIFF (don't let the notes ring (mute 'em with your palm)): Em
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----9----7-----5-----5--7p5--5h7-| (play this 4 times)
|-7----7-----7-----7--------------|
|---------------------------------|
Open the page... The Second Verse is played (heavily!) distorted, so there's a new pattern: Em C G D (let ring)
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-9-------9---9--9---9--9-9-|-5--5-----------7---------------|
|-9-------9---9--9---9--9-9-|-5--5----5--5---7---------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-|-3--3----5--5---5---------------|
|---------------------------|---------3--3-------------------|
..felt this way before... ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iron_maiden/the_educated_fool_tab.html ) VERSE 2: Em C G D Never_______________________________ somebody's_____ opened________door Em C D ______________________________________________________________________ Em C G D ______________________________________________________________________ Em C D ______________________________________________________________________ Repeat CHORUS RIFF 8 times, then VERSE 3: Em C G D Do____really______________ another____ statistic___ feel Em C D _______________________________________________________________ Em C G D _______________________________________________________________ Em C D _______________________________________________________________ CHORUS RIFF (8 times) BRIDGE: (let the chords ring) Em G C D Em G C D
|------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-9----------12-- -|-5---------7--|-9-------12---|-5-----7------|
|-9----------12----|-5---------7--|-9-------12---|-5-----7------|
|-7----------10----|-3---------5--|-7-------10---|-3-----5------|
|------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
INTERLUDE RIFF 1 (6 times): Em C G D
|----------------|------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------|
|----9-10-9------|----9-10-9-12-10-9------------|
|-12-------------|-12----------------12-10--12--|
|----------------|------------------------------|
INTERLUDE RIFF 2 (8 times, Em-C-G-D as usual):
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--9--11--12----9--11--11-12-14-12-11--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
SOLO-Chords (8 times, don't know if they're exact): Em G C G
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-9------12------5-------12-12-12-12-|
|-9------12------5-------12-12-12-12-|
|-7------10------3-------10-10-10-10-|
|------------------------------------|
After the Solo play INTERLUDE RIFF 2 four more times INTERLUDE RIFF 3 (4 times): Em C G D
|----------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------|
|----9-10-9-9----|----9-10-9-9---10-9-12----10-9-12----|
|-12-------------|-12----------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------|
then the CHORUS RIFF (8 more times), afterwards the BRIDGE Chords (12 times), the INTRO-RIFF 1 two more times and finally the OUTRO RIFF: Em
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|------------------------------------------|
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|------9--10---9---9---(let ring and fade)-|
|-12---------------------------------------|
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Due to my lacking fingering speed, the solo is missing. If anyone out there has a transcription of it, please mail it to me. As usual, comments, error reports or ANYTHING else to: matschga@hotmail.com
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