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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 02:36:27 PDT
From: Matthias Baumann 
Subject: i/iron_maiden/futureal.tab

                           Futureal
            by Iron Maiden (Steve Harris, Blaze Bayley)
      Transcribed by Matthias Baumann(matschga@hotmail.com)

INTRO-Riff (play it 4 times, guitar II plays the chords):

  Em                         Em
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

  Em                         Em
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|-14--16--17--16--14--17-16-14-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|


First Verse (play this 2 times):

  Em               Em               Em               Em
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--9--9--9-|
|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--9--9--9-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7--7--7-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
 I'm running out...

  C              D              Em                      Em
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-9--11-12-9-11h12p11p9-|-9--11-12-9-11h12p11p9-|
|-5------------|-7------------|-9---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3------------|-5------------|-7---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 ..night in the day feel like   Death...


after the Verse play this:

  C              D              C              D
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-3------------|-5------------|-3------------|-5------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
    Do you ...


CHORUS Riff (guitar II plays the chords): play it 4 times

  Em            C       D-------let ring-----------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-14--16-17-------14-16----|-----14-----17-16-14---|
|-----------15-17-------17-|-17------17------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|


Second Verse (play this 2 times):

  Em             Em             Em             Em
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--9--9--9-|
|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--------------|-9--9--9--9-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7--7--7-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
 Whenever anyone...

  C              D              Em                      Em
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-9--11-12-9-11h12p11p9-|-9--11-12-9-11h12p11p9-|
|-5------------|-7------------|-9---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3------------|-5------------|-7---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 ..feels that I  know what is   real


after the Verse play this:

  C              D              C              D
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-3------------|-5------------|-3------------|-5------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
    Do you ...

CHORUS Riff (guitar II plays the chords): play it 4 times

  Em            C       D-------let ring-----------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-14--16-17-------14-16----|-----14-----17-16-14---|
|-----------15-17-------17-|-17------17------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

SOLO

Riff after Solo (play 8 times)

  Em                         Em
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------17---14---16---|
|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|-14--16----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

then play the intro-riff two more times:

  Em                         Em
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

  Em                         Em
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-14--16-17-14-16h17p16p14-|-14--16--17--16--14--17-16-14-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|

 Play the bridge once more:

  C              D              C              D
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-7------------|
|-3------------|-5------------|-3------------|-5------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
    Do you ...

Then the CHORUS-part 8 more times:

  Em            C       D-------let ring-----------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-14--16-17-------14-16----|-----14-----17-16-14---|
|-----------15-17-------17-|-17------17------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

Ending chord is an Em

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As you may have noticed, the solo is missing (even the chords).
If anyone out there has a transcription of it, please mail it to me.
As usual, comments, error reports or ANYTHING else to:
matschga@hotmail.com