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REVELATIONS (Bassline)
As recorded by Iron Maiden
(From the 1984 Album PIECE OF MIND)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com (Donkey Fly)
Words by Bruce Dickinson Music by Iron Maiden
Arranged by Iron Maiden
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Harris'
Intro
Moderate Rock H=73
A
2/2
Gtr I
W W E Q E H +H E E E E
|----------|----------||----------------------|--------/12-14-12-----|
|----------|----------||o---------------------|------------------14--|
|----------|----------||o-------0--------0----|-(0)------------------|
|----------|----------||--3b3.5----3b3.5------|----------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4. accel Q=80
C D
2/4
+H E E E E W 4x W +W +Q. E
|-----------------|-----------||----------|------------|----------||
|-(14)------------|----------o||----------|------------|----------||
|---------x-3---x-|-5--------o||-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)---5\-||
|-----------------|-----------||----------|------------|----------||
Fast Rock Q=185
$$
A F G A G
4/4
~~
Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q.
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||--5--5--x----x-|-1--1--x----x-|-3--3--x----x-|-5--5--5-3-----||
1st and 4th Verse
Slightly Slower Q=182 1.,2.,3.
A F G A G
~~
Q Q E Q E Q Q E E E E Q Q E Q E Q E Q Q. 4x
||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------o||
||o---------3----|---------3-----|---------3----|---------------o||
||--5--5--x----x-|-1--1--x-----x-|-3--3--x----x-|-5--5-5--3------||
English Hymnal
4. Slower Q=170
To Dbl. Coda
G A F C
Q Q E q e H. E E H +E E E E W
|--------------||-------------|----------------|------|
|--------------||-------------|----------------|------|
|---------3----||---------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|------|
|-3--3--x----0-||-5-----------|--------------5-|-8----|
A F G
E E E E E E E E H. E E H. E E W
|------------------|-------------|---------------|-------|
|------------------|-------------|---------------|-------|
|------------------|---------5-7-|-8-------10h12-|-10----|
|-8-10---8-7-3---0-|-5-----------|---------------|-------|
A F C
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H +E E E E W
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|------|
|-10-12---10-9--------|-----------------|----------------|------|
|--------------10-7\--|-------------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|------|
|---------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-------|--------------5-|-8----|
A F G
a E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E H. E E W
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
|--------------------|-----------5-7-|-8-------10h12-|-10----|
|-8h10-8---7---3---0-|-5-5--5-5------|---------------|-------|
Bridge
A G A A G A G D
Q E E Q E E Q H E E Q H. H Q. E
|-------------------||-------------|------------|-------------|
|-10--12-10-9\------||-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------------||-------------|------------|------5------|
|---------------5-3-||-5-------5-3-|-5----------|-3---------x-|
F G A G A A G A G D
E Q. Q E E Q H E E Q H. H Q. E
|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|------5------|
|-x-1----3--5-3-|-5-------5-3-|-5----------|-3---------x-|
accel Q=180 Faster Q=198
F G A G A G A G D F
E Q. Q E E E E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-x-1----3--5-3-||-5-5-5--5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|
accel Q=203
G A G A G D F
+E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|
G A G A G D F
+E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|
gradually slow Q=180
G A G A G D
+E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q Q. E Q. E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------5------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5\--|-3-------------|
Q=158 Slower H=85
F G Am F Am/C
2/2
Q. E Q. E H. E E H +E E E E W
|---------------||-------------|----------------|------|
|---------------||-------------|----------------|------|
|---------------||---------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|------|
|-1------3------||-5-----------|--------------5-|-8----|
Am/B Am F Am/C
E E E E E E E E H. E E H. E E W
|------------------|-------------|---------------|-------|
|------------------|-------------|---------------|-------|
|------------------|---------5-7-|-8-------10h12-|-10----|
|-8-10---8-7-3---0-|-5-----------|---------------|-------|
2nd and 3rd Verse
$
Am/B Am F Am/C
E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E H +E E E E W
|--------------------||-----------------|----------------|------|
|-10-12--10-9--------||-----------------|----------------|------|
|-------------10-7\--||-------------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|------|
|--------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-------|--------------5-|-8----|
Am/B Am F Am/C
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H. E E W
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------5-7-|-8-------10h12-|-10----|
|-8-10---8-7-3----|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------|-------|
Am/B Am F Am/C
E q E E E E E E E E E E E E E H +E E E E W
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------|------|
|-10-12--10-9--------|-----------------|----------------|------|
|-------------10-7---|-------------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|------|
|--------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-------|--------------5-|-8----|
Am/B Am F Am/B Am/C
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H. E E W
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------5-7-|-8-------10h12-|-10----|
|-8-10---8-7-3----|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------|-------|
Am/B A G A C D
4/4
Q E E E E E +E Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q E Q. E E E E E
|-----------------------||--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-10--12-10-9-----------||--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-------------10-7-(7)\-||--------------|---------3----|-5----3-5-3------|
|-----------------------||-5--5--5-3----|-5--5--5----5-|------------5p3--|
F G A G
E E E E E E E E Q Q E Q.
|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|
|-1-1-1---3-3-3---|-5--5--5-3----|
To Coda
A C D F G
Q Q E Q E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E
|--------------|----------------|---------------||
|--------------|----------------|---------------||
|---------3----|-5----3-5-3-----|---------------||
|-5--5--5----5-|------------5p3-|-1------3------||
D.S. al Coda
A F C Am/B
2/2
H. E E H +E E E E W E E E E E E E E
|-------------|----------------|----------|-------------------||
|-------------|----------------|----------|-------------------||
|---------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|----------|-------------------||
|-5-----------|--------------5-|-8--------|-8-10---8-7-3---0--||
&
A A G
4/4 3/4
W +W +W +H E E
|----------|------------|------------|------------||
|----------|------------|------------|------------||
|----------|------------|------------|------------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----5-3-||
Bridge
A A G A G D
4/4
Q H E E Q H. H Q. E
|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|------5------|
|-5-------5-3-|-5----------|-3---------x-|
F G A G A A G A G D
E Q. Q E E Q H E E Q H. H Q. E
|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|------5------|
|-x-1----3--5-3-|-5-------5-3-|-5----------|-3---------x-|
accel Q=180 Faster Q=198
F G A G A G D F
E Q. Q E E E E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------||----------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-x-1----3--5-3-||-5-5-5--5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|
accel Q=203
G A G D F
+E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E Q Q Q E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------5-------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)----------1-|
Guitar Solo I
G A A D C B
+E Q Q E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------7-||-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-0-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-0-3-3-0-2--|
|-(1)----3--5-3---||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
Slower Q=193
A E D E A F E D A D C B
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-7-5-7-|-(7)-0-0-0-0-8-7-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-0-3-3-0-2---o||
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
Guitar Solo II
A E D E A F E D A D C B
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-7-5-7-||-(7)-0-0-0-0-8-7-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-0-3-3-0-2--|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
A E D E A F E D
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-7-5-7-|-(7)-0-0-0-0-8-7-5-|
||------------------|-------------------|
A D C B
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q 3x
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-0-3-(3)-0-2---o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
Interlude
Faster Q=198
A G C D F G A
e E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-3-3-3-5--3-----|----------------|-----3----------|
|-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|------------5-3-|-1-1-1-3--3-3-3-|-1-3---5--5-5-5-|
A G C D F G A
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-5-4------------|
|----------------|----------------|-3-3---5--5-5-5-|-----5----------|
|----------------|-3-3-3-5--3-----|----------------|-------0--0-0-0-|
|-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|------------5-3-|----------------|----------------|
A G C D F G A
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-3-3-3-5--3-----|----------------|-----3-----------|
|-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|------------5-3-|-1-1-1-3--3-3-3-|-1-3---5---5-5-5-|
A G C D F G A
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E q q E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|--------------2-|-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-|-7-5-----------||
|----------------|-3-3-3-5--3-5---|----------------|-----7---------||
|-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|----------------|----------------|-------5--5--5-||
A G D F
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|
G A G D F
+E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|
G A G D F
+E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------5--------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-1-3----5-3-1-|
G A
+E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-(1)-3-1-3--5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|
gradually slowerQ=1580
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
G D
+E E E E E E Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|-------------------|---------------|---------------||
|-------------------|---------------|---------------||
|-------------------|--------5------|---------------||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5\--|-3-------------|-1------3------||
H=85
&&
Am F Am/C Am/B
2/2
H. E E H +E E E E W E E E E E E E E
|-------------|----------------|----------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------------|----------|-------------------|
|---------5-7-|-8----(8)-7-8---|----------|-------------------|
|-5-----------|--------------5-|-8--------|-8-10---8-7-3---0--|
Am F Am/C Am/B
E E E E E E E E H +Q E E W E +E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|----------|-5-(5)-7-5-4-------|
|-----------------|-----------5-7-|-5--------|-------------5---5-|
|-------------5-7-|-8----(8)------|----------|---------------7---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------|----------|-------------------|
Am E A
H. Q Q. Q E Q +W
|------------|--------------|--------|
|------------|-7------------|--------|
|---------7--|--------------|--------|
|-5----------|------0----5--|-(5)----|
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
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
