THE SIGN OF THE CROSS by IRON MAIDEN from the album the X factor Note: I wrote each part to this tab only once because I’m lazy. I figured you knew how many times to play the parts. 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A|----2---------------2-----5-------------5-------2----------2--------------5--------7--- E|----0---------------2-----3-------------5-------0----------2--------------5--------7------ The sign of the cross, the name of the rose… a fire in the sky, the sign of the cross outro e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A|-------0---2----3----2----0----2----3----2----------0----2---3---2--3---5----3---2----- E|--0----------------------------------------------0------------------------------------- Lost the love of heaven above choose the lust of the earth below e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------- B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------- G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------- D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------2--------- A|-------0---2---3---2----0---2---3---2-----------------------------------------2------- E|---0-----------------------------------------0----2----3---2---3---2--------0--------- 11 saintly shrouded men came to wash my sins away Order: Intro, Intro2, verse, verse part 2, chorus, verse part 2, chorus, bridge, lead riff 1, lead riff 2, lead riff 3, chorus, outro. Go ahead and use this tab anytime for tab site or iron maiden site. And give credit to iron maiden (of course) for writing the song in the first place