• Song:

    Flight Of Icarus

  • Artist:

    Iron Maiden

  • Album:

    17 Numbers by the Beast

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Bass tab 
Transcribed by G. Crisan ( crisan@shadow.net )

All textual notes refer to the tab ABOVE it. Any comments, suggestions, 
or errors refering to the tab below that should be brought to my attention, 
please e-mail me.

Tab explanations
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>   Accent               |  /   Slide up      |  w   whole note
.   Staccatto            |  \   Slide down    |  h   half note   
h   Hammer-on/ pull off  |  :   Repeat        |  q   quarter    Harmonic             |  ~   slight bend   |  e   eigth note
[]  tied notes           |  +   dotted note   |  s   sixteenth note           
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Flight of Icarus ( Smith/Dickinson )
 ( From the album "Piece of Mind" )     
 


  q   q   e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e
-->--->----------------------------------------------------------------------
--7---2----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---

 s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s   e e  s s e   e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------4--4-4-4--4-4----------------
-----------------------------------.-.---------------------------------------
-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2---2-2--2-2-2-----------------2--2-2-2--2-2-2
                                                "As the Sun breaks..."

 s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2---


 e e  q  e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  q  e  s s e  s s e
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-.-.-->-->------------------------------------------.-.-->-->----------------
-2-2--5--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--5--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--

 s s e  s s e  s s  e e  s s e   q  q+  e  s s e   q  q+  e  s s e  q  q+
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------4-----------------6----------------7-----
--------------------.-.------------------------------------------------------
-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2---2------2--2-2-2---4------4--4-4-4--5--------

 e  s s e    q  q    e  e   s s e   q q+  e  s s e   q q  e e  e s s   s s e+
---------------------.--.--------------------------------------9-------------
----------------9---11-11--11-9-7-----4---------------------9----9-7\--------
-------------------------------------------------------7--7------------5-5-5-
--5--5-5-5---7----------------------2-----2--2-2-2---0-----------------------

 s s s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    q q+  e  s s e   q q  e  e   e  e    s s e+ s s
----------------------------------------------------------14-----------------
--------------------------------4-------------------9-11-----14\-------------
-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7\----------------------7-----------------5-5-5--5-5
------------------------------2-----2--2-2-2---0-----------------------------

 s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7\------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-

 s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  s s e  e  s s e  s s s s
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------4----------------
------------------------------------------------.-.--------------------------
-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-2

 s s e  s s e  s s e  s s s s  s s e  s s e  s s s s  s s e  s s e  s s  e e
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------.-.-
-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-

  q  e  s s e  s s s s  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  q  e  s s e  s s e
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-->-->--------------------------------------------.-.-->-->------------------
--5--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--5--2--2-2-2--2-2-2----

 s s e  s s e  s s  e e  s s e     q  q+  e  s s e   q  q+  e  s s e  q  q+
-------------------------------||--------------------------------------------
-------------------------------||.----4-----------------6----------------7---
--------------------.-.--------||.-------------------------------------------
-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-||--2------2--2-2-2---4------4--4-4-4--5------

 e  s s e  q  q    e  e   s s e      q q+  e  s s e   q q  e e  e s s   s s e+
------------------.--.-----------||-----------------------------9------------
-------------9---11-11--11-9-7--.||----4---------------------9----9-7\-------
--------------------------------.||---------------------7--7------------5-5-5
-5--5-5-5--7---------------------||--2-----2--2-2-2---0----------------------

 s s s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    q q+  e  s s e   q q  e  e   e  e    s s e+ s s
----------------------------------------------------------14-----------------
--------------------------------4-------------------9-11-----14\-------------
-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7\----------------------7-----------------5-5-5--5-5
------------------------------2-----2--2-2-2---0-----------------------------
                                  

 s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  q q  e  s
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-9-7-7\---------------------------------------.-.-->->-------
--------------------------2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--5-0--2--2-
                          Guitar Solo

 s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  q q  e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------.-.-->->-------------------------------------
-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--5-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-

 e e  q q  e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  s s e     q  q+  e  s s e
----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------
----------------------------------------------------------||.----4-----------
-.-.-->->--------------------------------------.-.--------||.----------------
-0-0--5-0--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-||--2------2--2-2-2

 q q+  e  s s e  q  q+  e  s s e  q  q    e  e   s s e         q q+  e  s s e
------------------------------------------.--.-----------||------------------
---6----------------7----------------9---11-11--11-9-7--.||.-----4-----------
--------------------------------------------------------.||.-----------------
-4-----4--4-4-4--5------5--5-5-5--7----------------------||----2-----2--2-2-2
                                                  end solo
 
 
                                                        ---------------------
                                                        1.
 q q  e e  e s s   s s e+  s s s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    q q+  e  s s e   q q
-----------9-----------------------------------------------------------------
--------9----9-7\-----------------------------------------4------------------
---7--7------------5-5-5---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7\----------------------7-
-0------------------------------------------------------2-----2--2-2-2---0---


----------------------------------------------------   ----------------------
                                                    |  2.
 e  e   e  e    s s e+ s s  s e+ s s s e+ s s s e         q q+  e  s s e  q q
-------14-------------------------------------------||-----------------------
---11-----14\--------------------------------------.||------4----------------
-9--------------5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7\-.||----------------------7
----------------------------------------------------||----2-----2--2-2-2--0--

 e  e   e  e    s s e+ s s  s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    e e+    q q+  e  s s e
-------14--------------------------------------------------------------------
---11-----14\--------------------------------------------------4-------------
-9--------------5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7\---9-9\--------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------2-----2--2-2-2--

 q q+  e  s s e  q  q+  e  s s e  q  q    e  q   e                           
                                             .         q q+  e  s s e  q  q+
--------------------------------------------11--11\--------------------------
---6----------------7----------------9---11--------------4----------------6--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-4-----4--4-4-4--5------5--5-5-5--7--------------------2-----2--2-2-2--4-----
                                                               
 e  s s e  q  q+  e  s s e  q  q    e  e   s s e   e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e

------------------------------------.--.-------------------------------------
--------------7----------------9---11-11--11-9-7------4-4-4-----4-4--4-4-----
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-4--4-4-4--5------5--5-5-5--7----------------------2---------2------------2--

  e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e   e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e   e  s s e  e   s  e
-------------------------------------------------------------------------.---
-----6-6-6-----6-6--6-6---------7-7-7-----7-7--7-7---------9-9-9-----11-11---
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--4---------4------------4---5---------5------------5---7---------7----------

  s  s s e    e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e  e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e   e  s s e
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-11-11-9-7\------4-4-4-----4-4--4-4--------6-6-6-----6-6--6-6---------7-7-7--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------2---------2------------2--4---------4------------4---5---------

 e  s s s s s s s s    [w w w]   q     s  s  s  s  s s  e   s s  e  s s  e
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----7-7-7-7-7-7-6-4\---------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-9-----11-9----11-9------
-5----------------------2--------2---------------------11-------11------11---
                                       out of time


 s s s s q  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s h   q  q  e
---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
--------------------------------------------------------------5--2--4\-----||
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-9-7-5-4-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------||


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