Artist: Iron Maiden
Song: Fortunes of War
Bassist: Steve Harris
Tuning: Standard

Tabbed by Ross M

Hey, this is a piss easy song for the most part, I just hope I tabbed it right.
On saying that, it ROCKS and has a nice little bass intro. It is from the album ‘The X-Factor’ when Blaze Bailey was on vocals, and which in my opinion is one of the best Maiden albums recorded. Anyway, I hope you like playing this, have fun!

	Intro 1    ( Play pretty quiet )
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----9---9---9-----------12---12---12----------7---7---7---------4---4---4----|            
A |--7---7---7---7-----10---10---10---10-----5---5---5---5-----2---2---2---2--|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G |-------------------------------------------9--------9------9---------9-|
D |----5---5---5----------7---7----------9---9---9-------9---9----9---|
A |--3---3---3---3-----5---5---5-----7--------7-------7--------7------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

	Intro 2
G |------------------------777-------------------------999---|
D |--9---9-----9---9---9--------9---9-----9---9---9--------|
A |----7---7r----7---7------------7---7r----7---7-----------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------|

G |------------------------777-------------------------5-------7--|
D |--9---9-----9---9---9--------9---9-----9-------5-------7----|
A |----7---7r----7---7------------7---7r----7---3-------5------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------|

	Riff 1
G |------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--7-777-777-7--101010---7-777-777-7--121212---|
E |------------------------------------------------------------|
	( note: 101010 + 121212 means ten-ten-ten, not one-open )

G |--------------------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------5----7--|
A |--7-777-777-7--101010---7-777-7--33---55----|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|

	Riff 2
G |--------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------|
A |--7-777-7---3-3---5-5-----7-777-7---3-3---0-0--|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|

G |----------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |--7-777-7---3-3---5-5-----7-777-7---2-3-0--|
E |----------------------------------------------------|

	Riff 3 ( chorus I think )
G |---------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------|
A |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
E |---------------------------------------------------------|

G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5---3-3---5-5--|
E |-------------------------------------------------|


G |---------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------|
A |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
E |---------------------------------------------------------|

G |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E |----------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------|

	Riff 4 ( yeah, I know, there’s alot of them! )
G |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--7-777-777-777-7---3-333-333-333-3----------------------5-555-5--33-55-|
E |-----------------------------------------------3-333-333-333-3--------------------|
	^ Three fingered typical Maiden gallop! ^

	Guitar solo riff (5)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--7-777-777-777-7---10-101010-101010-101010-10---3-333-333-333-3--|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--5-555-555-555-5----------------------3-333-333-333-3---5-555-555-555--|
E |-----------------------5-555-555-555-5---------------------------------------------|

G |----------------||
D |--777-5-4----||
A |------------5--||
E |----------------||

Okay, I think that’s it, if not feel free to change it or whatever.

Here is the order, count out how many times each riff is played yourself cos I am a LAZY GIT.

Intro 1, Intro 2, Riff 1, Intro 2, Riff 1, Intro 2, Riff 1, Riff 2, Riff 3, Riff 4, 
Riff 5, Riff 4, Riff 3, Intro 2.

And hey, guys, this at least deserves a rating, huh?