Flight of Icarus by Iron Maiden
From the album Piece of Mind (1983)
Written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson
All rights belong to their respective owners

Tabbed by Jaakko Karppinen

I have based this tab on the bass track and live performances you can find in Youtube, so it should be pretty
much 100% correct. The bass master track was unfortunately removed from Youtube right after I got this tab
finished. It must have been some copyright issues since the whole channel was removed.

During the Chorus, those 3rd (7th) and 4th (8th) bars can be a bit confusing to play. In fact, I found it so
difficult to play that I have developed my own way to play it. I haven't marked any accent notes there because
that was the only thing I hadn't done before the bass master track was removed. Sometimes Steve just lets all
those notes ring, so you can play them all that way or figure those accents by yourself. Otherwise the song
itelf is pretty straight-forward. Please enjoy!

Intro
|----------------------------------|
|-7---------------2----------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------o-|| 3x
||---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------2---2------||

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.---------------.-------.---------------.--------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2-------2---2---2--------|

Verse
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------o-|| 3x
||---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------2---2------||

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.---------------.--------------------------------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2--/5------(5)--\----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------|
|-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--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------2---2----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.---------------.-------.---------------.--------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2-------2---2---2--------|

Pre-Chorus
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------------2---------------2--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-4---------------------------------------4---------------4--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-5---------------------------------------5---------------5--------|

|---------------------------------.-------.------------------------|
|-----------------9-----------9---11------11------11--9---7---\----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------------2---------------4--------|

|-----------------------------------------9-------9---7------------|
|---------------------------------9-----------------------9---\----|
|-----------------7------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5---4---5-----------5---5---4---5-----------5---5---4----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------5---7---5---7-----------7---7-------7---5------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------7---\----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------------2---------------4--------|

|-----------------------------------------9-------14--12-----------|
|---------------------------------9-----------------------14--\----|
|-----------------7------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5---4---5-----------5---5---4---5-----------5---5---4----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------5---7---5---7-----------7---7-------7---5------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------7---\----|

Pre-Verse
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||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-.---------------.---------------.--------------------------------o-|| 3x
||---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2---2-------2------||

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.---------------.-------.---------------.--------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2-------2---2---2--------|

Verse 2
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------o-|| 3x
||---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------2---2------||

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.---------------.--------------------------------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2--/5------(5)--\----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------|
|-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--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.---------------.---------------.----------------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.---------------.-------.-------.-------.--------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2-------2-------2--------|


Pre-Chorus 2x

Chorus


Guitar Solo
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0---0----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---5----(5)\-2-----0----------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.---------------.---------------.----------------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--/5----(5)\-2-----0----------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0---0----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---5----(5)\-2-----0----------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-.---------------.---------------.---------------.----------------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2----|

|---------.-----------------------.-------.------------------------|
|---------4---------------.-------4-------4-------4---2------------|
|-.-----------------------4-------------------------------4--------|
|-2-------------------2--------------------------------------------|


Pre-Chorus 2x

Chorus 2x


Outro Solo 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------------2---------------2--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-4---------------------------------------4---------------4--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-5---------------------------------------5---------------5--------|

|---------------------------------.--------------------------------|
|-----------------9---------------11-------.-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------9h11----------11p9---\----|
|-7----------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------------2---------------2--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-4---------------------------------------4---------------4--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-5---------------------------------------5---------------5--------|

|---------------------------------.-------.------------------------|
|-----------------9-----------9---11------11------11--9---7---\----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro Solo 2
|-----------------.-------------------.-----------.----------------|
|---------4---4---4---------------4---4-------4---4----------------|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------2-------------------------------2---2----|

|-----------------.-------------------.-----------.----------------|
|---------6---6---6---------------6---6-------6---6----------------|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------4-------------------------------4---4----|

|-----------------.-------------------.-----------.----------------|
|---------7---7---7---------------7---7-------7---7----------------|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------5-------------------------------5---5----|

|-----------------.-------------------.----------------------------|
|---------9---9---9---------------11--11------11--11--9---7---\----|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------7----------------------------------------|

|-----------------.-------------------.-----------.----------------|
|---------4---4---4---------------4---4-------4---4----------------|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------2-------------------------------2---2----|

|-----------------.-------------------.-----------.----------------|
|---------6---6---6---------------6---6-------6---6----------------|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------4-------------------------------4---4----|

|-----------------.------------------------------------------------| |------|
|---------7---7---7---------------7---7---7---7---7---5------------| |------|
|-------------------------.-------------------------------7--------| |------|
|-5-----------------------5----------------------------------------| |-7~---|

Outro (These outro parts are almost impossible to transcribe 100% correctly because they sound like a mess...
       But you will get the basic idea and the notes you can improvise with)
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|-----------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2-------4---2--------|
|-------------------------------------------------4-----------4----|
|-2----------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---2------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------4---3----2-----0-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0-------1-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2……………-|

|--------------------------------------|
|-7---------------2--------------------|
|---------------------------------.----|
|---------------------------------2----|