• Song:

    Children Of The Damned

  • Artist:

    Iron Maiden

  • Album:

    Somewhere Back In Time:...

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>  Em    
> e-0----0--------------|--------------3---------------|
> B-0--------0----------|---------0--------0-----------|
> G-0------------0------|-----0----------------0-------|
> D-2----------------2--|--------------------------0---|
> A-2-------------------|------------------------------|
> E-0-------------------|--3---------------------------|
> 
>    D                        C            D
> e---------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

  |----------------------------------------------| 
  |----------------------------------------------|
  |----------------------------------------------|
  |-----------------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          D6add4
  e-----------------0-----------|----------------------------|
> B--------------------0--------|-----------0-------------0--|
> G-----------0-----------0-----|--------0--------------0----|
> D--------2--------------------|-----2--------------4-------|
> A-----2-------------------0h2-|--3--------------5----------|
> E--0--------------------------|----------------------------|
> 


|--5----------------------|
|-----5-------------------| Natural Harmonics
|--------5----------------|
|-----------5-------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

Chorus: 


   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 with
this 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 chords
like this. Live, the sound here shimmers due to Dave's phaser.
The strumming isn't quite this plain, there are a few muted 
strums 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 vocals
The note in brackets means that sometimes the phrase finishes
with 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 other
two notes are fingered with the first and third finger of your
left hand.
The tab as shown is played through twice except the bend in the
last 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~----------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|




|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------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 Children
of the ***ed" etc.
It should be noted that the strumming for the rhythm guitar
changes 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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