POWERSLAVE

As recorded by Iron Maiden
(From the 1984 Album POWERSLAVE)

Transcribed by Omnicurse
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 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=134
                                                $
 4/4
  Gtr I
|---------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------|-------------------------------------||o------------------------|
|---------|-------------------------------------||o---------------------3--|
|---------|-------------------------------------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|
| Gtr II
|---------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------|-------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||o------------------------|
|---------|-------------------------------------||o------------------------|
|---------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------|


|-----------------------|-----------------------|--7-6-7-9-7-6-7p6----||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------8--||
|-----------------------|---------------------3-|---------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------------||


 Verses
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------3-|-----------------------|---------------------3-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|


|--7-6-7-9-7-6-7p6---|-----------------------|------------------------|
|------------------8-|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------3-|------------------------|
|--------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6--|


|-----------------------|--7-6-7-9-7-6-7p6---|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------8-|------------------------|
|---------------------3-|--------------------|---------------------3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|


|-----------------------|-----------------------|--7-6-7-9-7-6-7p6----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------8--|
|-----------------------|---------------------3-|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------------|


|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------3-|-----------------------|---------------------3-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|


                       Pre-Chorus
                     Slightly Faster Q=136
                        E5     C5    G#5        E5     C5
|--7-6-7-9-7-6-7p6---||-9----------|----------|-9----------|
|------------------8-||-9------10--|-6--------|-9------10--|
|--------------------||-7------10--|-6--------|-7------10--|
|--------------------||---------8--|-4--------|---------8--|


  G#5        E5     C5    G#5        E5     C5
|----------|-9----------|----------|-9----------|
|-6--------|-9------10--|-6--------|-9------10--|
|-6--------|-7------10--|-6--------|-7------10--|
|-4--------|---------8--|-4--------|---------8--|


                   Choruses
  G#5
|------------9---||---------------------9---|---------9-----------9----|
|-6----(6)-----9-||-----------------------9-|-----------9-----------9--|
|-6----(6)-------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7------|
|-4----(4)-------||-------------------------|--------------------------|


|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-10-9----|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------12-|


|---------------------9---|---------9-----------9---|
|-----------------------9-|-----------9-----------9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-10-9----|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------12-|


|---------------------9---|---------9-----------9---|
|-----------------------9-|-----------9-----------9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-10-9----|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------12-|


|---------------------9---|---------9-----------9---|
|-----------------------9-|-----------9-----------9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


                         To Coda
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------o||
|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-10-9----o||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------12--||


  Half time feel Q=134
  E5
|-9--------|-(9)----------||
|-9--------|-(9)-------7--||
|-7--------|-(7)----7-----||
|----------|--------------||


 Guitar Solo I
|----------------14s16-|-(16)-14-(14)-13-(13)---------|
|-7h9-(9)--(9)---------|----------------------14-16--|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|


|------------------|-----9-----------|
|-7h9-(9)--(9)-----|-7-9---9--7------|
|----------------7-|-------------7---|
|------------------|-----------------|


|------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9----(9)---11-12-|-14-12-(12)-11-(11)----------|
|------------------|--------------------12-(12)--|
|------------------|-----------------------------|


|--------------|-----9-----------|
|-9----(9)-----|-7-9---9-----7---|
|------------7-|-----------7-----|
|--------------|-----------------|


|-----------------|-9-7--6-------|
|-7h9-(9)--(9)----|-----------7--|
|-----------------|---------7----|
|-----------------|--------------|


|------------13h14-|-16-14-(14)-13-(13)-14-16--|
|-9----(9)---------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|


|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-7h9-(9)--(9)----|-(9)-------7--|-7h9-(9)--(9)----|-9-7--6----6-7--||
|-----------------|--------7-----|-----------------|---------7------||
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||


 Rhythm Change
|------------------|-----6-7-9-7-6---|-------------|--------7---9---|
|-9----(9)---9-----|-7-------------7-|-5-----5-----|-5-5--7---7---7-|
|----------9----9--|-----------------|-----5-----5-|----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|


|------------------|-----9-9-9-7-6---|-------------|-----7---9-9p7p6------|
|-9----(9)---9-----|-7-------------7-|-5-----5-----|-5-7---7---------9-7--|
|----------9----9--|-----------------|-----5-----5-|----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------|


|-----------------|-----9-9-7-6-7-6-|-----------6-7-|-9-7-6---7-6----|
|-9----(9)---9----|-7---------------|-5-----5-------|-------7-----7--|
|----------9---9--|-----------------|-----5---------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|


                                      H=H
|-----------------|-----6-7-9-7-6---|-----------------|------------------||
|-9----(9)---9----|-7-------------7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-5------||
|----------9----9-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


 Guitar Solo 2
  Faster Q=150
|-------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|-----5-5-5-----|----------7-5-4---|
|-7--7----5-7-|-(7)-5-7--5-7-7-5-|-3-----------5-|-(5)-3-5--------5-|


|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-----5-5-5-----|----------7-5-4---|
|-7-5-7----5-7-|-(7)-5-7--5-7-7-5-|-3-----------5-|-(5)-3-5--------5-|


|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-----5-5-5-----|----------7-5-4---|
|-7-5-7----5-7-|-(7)-5-7--5-7-7-5-|-3-----------5-|-(5)-3-5--------5-|


|--------------|------------------|---------------|--------9-7-6----||
|--------------|------------------|---------------|--------------7--||
|--------------|------------------|-----5-(5)-----|-----------------||
|-7-5-7----5-7-|-(7)-5-7--5-7-7-5-|-3----------5--|-(5)-------------||


 Harmony Guitar Section
|--------------|-----------------|-----7-7-7-----|----------9-7-6---|
|-9-7-9----7-9-|-(9)-7-9--7-9-7--|-5-----------7-|-(7)-5-7--------7-|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|


|--------------|-----7-9-7-6---6---|-----7-7-7-----|----------9-7-6---|
|-9-7-9----7-9-|-(9)---------7---7-|-5-----------7-|-(7)-5-7--------7-|
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|


|--------------|-----------------|-----7-7-7-----|----------9-7-6---|
|-9-7-9----7-9-|-(9)-7-9--7-9-7--|-5-----------7-|-(7)-5-7--------7-|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|


|--------------|-----6-7-9-7-6----|-----7-7-7-----|------------------||
|-9-7-9----7-9-|-(9)-----------7--|-5-----------7-|-(7)-5-7-5-7-5----||
|--------------|------------------|---------------|---------------7--||
|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------||


 Guitar Solo 3
|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-----5-5-5-----|----------7-5-4---|
|-7-5-7----5-7-|-(7)-5-7--5-7-7-5-|-3-----------5-|-(5)-3-5--------5-|


|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-----5-5-5-----|----------7-5-4---|
|-7-5-7----5-7-|-(7)-5-7--5-7-7-5-|-3-----------5-|-(5)-3-5--------5-|


|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----5-5-5-----|----------7-5-4---|
|-7-5-7--7--5-7-|-(7)-5-7--5-7-7-5-|-3-----------5-|-(5)-3-5--------5-|


|--------------|------------------|-------------|--------|
|--------------|------------------|---------3-2-|-(2)----|
|--------------|------------------|------5------|--------|
|-7-5-7----5-7-|-(7)-5-7--5-7-7-5-|-3-----------|--------|


|--------------|------------|--------------|--------|
|-(2)----------|------------|--------------|--------|
|----------6-5-|-(5)--------|-(5)------3-2-|-(2)----|
|--------------|------------|--------------|--------|


                      D.S. al Coda
|--------------|------------|---------||
|--------------|------------|---------||
|-(2)----------|------------|---------||
|----------3-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)-----||


  Q=136                                                 H.=H
  &
|---------------------|-------------------------------|----------|----7--7----|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|----------|------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|----------|------------|


  TP   TP      TP
|-----------|--------------|-------------|
|-----------|--------------|-------------|
|-7----0----|-(0)----------|-------------|
|-----------|--------5--4--|-5--7--5--4--|


        TP            TP      TP    TP
|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-8----(8)----|-7s=8--7----|-(7)---------|
|-------------|------------|--------0----|


   TP           TP
|------------|------------|-----------*|
|------------|------------|-----------*|
|------------|------------|-7--------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-----------*|