• Song:

    Man On The Edge

  • Artist:

    Iron Maiden

  • Album:

    17 Numbers by the Beast

MAN ON THE EDGE bass tablature, this song is great!
tabbed by Mike Bellinger  email -> juanveron1987@hotmail.com

Intro

G|-9~----10~----7~-9~--9~-| 
D|-7~----10~----7~-9~--7~-|
A|-0~----8~~----5~-7~--0~-|
E|------------------------|

Pre Verse-

G|--------------------------------------------------| (play really fast)
D|--------------------------------------------------|  
A|--------------------------------------------------| x 1
E|-12//5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555//12/-|      

Verse "The Freeway is jammed and its backed up for miles
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------4------5------7----------------------------------|
A|-3-5555---5555---5555---5555--------4------5------7------| x 2
E|-----------------------------3-5555---5555---5555---5555-|

G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------| 
A|-7~-----------------33333-|x 3
E|-000000000000-11111-------|


Pre-Chorus

G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------77-55-444//22-|
D|-7----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-55555-55555-5h777-5h777-5h777-5h777-5h777-5h777-5h777-77777777---------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(even if you dont think the hammer ons are there, they still sound cool, if you dont think so

  then just dont play them )


Chorus -"Falling Dooown"
 	
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------55555555555-5h7777-5h7777-| x 2
E|-5555555555-1111111111---------------------------|

add on to end of 1stchorus (before 2nd verse)-

G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-5h7777-5h7777-| 
E|---------------|

repeat verse , pre chorus and chorus


Bass part under Guitar Solo

          A                     B
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|x 1
E|-55555555555555555555-77777777777777777777-|

          D                     E
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-55555555555555555555-77777777777777777777-|x 1
E|-------------------------------------------|

        A         B            D             E
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5555555555-7777777777-101010101010-12121212121212---12//-| x 1
							 
G|--------------------------------------|  
D|--------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------4--|    x 4
E|-777777777777777777777777777777--5--5-|  
							 

						
G|---------------------------------------|  
D|-----------------------------------2---|   
A|-555555555555555555555555555555--3---3-|  x 2
E|---------------------------------------|
							 

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------4----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------5---5--------------------------------| x 1
E|-00000000000000000000000000000-------000000000000000000000---0-1-2-3|

G|--------------------------------------------------| (play really fast)
D|--------------------------------------------------|  
A|--------------------------------------------------| x 1
E|-12//5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555//12/-|      

repeat verse, pre chorus, chorus x 4

Outro/ending

G|--------------------------------------------------9~~-|
D|------------------------------7777777777777777777-7~~-|
A|-77777-88888-99999-1010101010---------------------0~~-|
E|------------------------------------------------------| 

or maybe you think the ending is played higher pitched so you could try this -

Alternative Outro in higher octives-

G|-99999-1010101010-11111111-1212121212-----------------9~~-|
D|-------------------------------------7777777777777777-7~~-|
A|------------------------------------------------------0~~-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------| 

thanks a lot :)

this is a terrific song, THE X FACTOR rocks!


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