• Song:

    The Trooper

  • Artist:

    Iron Maiden

  • Album:

    The Essential Iron Maid...

Iron Maiden - The Trooper

Intro
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|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| play 2X
|------------------------------------------------5--------|
|--(7)--7--7-5p-----5--5--5-3p-----3--3--3-1p-----5---5--7|
|--------------h7-------------h5-------------h3-----------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|play on 3rd time
|--(5)--5--5-4-----4--4--4-2-0---2--2--2-0-----4-5-4--5---|
|--------------7---------------------------3--------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Guitar I Dave Murray
|------------------7----------------------------------------|
|--8--7h8p7h8p7h8-----8--7h8p7h8p7h8--8-----------8---------|
|----------------------------------------9--9~--7---7--9~---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Verse II Adrian Smith
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7--------------------------------------|
|--9--7h9p7h9p7h9-----9--7h9p7h9p7h9--9---------------------|
|---------------------------------------10-10~--9-10-9-10~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|



This following riff is played behind all the verses.

E5 (022xxx@1)    D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) E5 (022xxx@1)        D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) C5 (x355xx@1)        D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| (xx0232@1)|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9-------7--5--7---9---9-------7--5--7---5---5-------7--5--7---|
|---7-------5--5--5---7---7-------5--5--5---3---3-------5--5--5---|

Heres your CHORUS
The chorus is really just D to E (implied minor) but between the
singing Dave strums a pattern on the second fret. This is done
with the pad of the first finger and lifted up where necessary.
Once again, listen for the strumming.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-------------------9-----------------------------------------|
|---7-------------------9-----------------------------------------|
|---5-------------------7-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------0-----------------------------------------|
|---0---------------------0--------------------(0)----------------|

Guitar II (Dave)
|---2-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-------------------9-----------------------------------------|
|---0-------------------9---2----2-0-2----2-0-2----2-0-2----------|
|---0-------------------7---2----2-0-2----2-0-2----2-0-2----------|
|---------------------------0----0---0----0---0----0---0-etc------|

Background rythm for solo 1 (Dave Murray)
|--------------------------------|--------(3)---0-----(1)----3----|
|--------(7)---------(5)----(7)--|---------3----0------1-----3----|
|---9-----7-----4-----5------7---|---2-----4----0------2-----4----|
|---9-----7-----4-----5------7---|---2-----5----2------3-----5----|
|---7-----5-----2-----3------5---|---0-----5----2------3-----5----|
|--(0)---------------------------|--------------0-----(1)---------|

Solo 1: Adrian Smith
   E5 (022xxx@1)                           D5|------------12--------12--------------------------| (xx023x@1)|--15b(17)---15b(17)---15b(17)--r15--12---15~~~----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

B5 (x244xx@1)                                 C5 (x355xx@1)      D5|------15b(17)~-----15--12-----------------------------------| (xx023x@1)|--12--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------15--14--12-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------14b(16)-r14--12------|
|--------------------------------------------------------14--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

E5 (022xxx@1)                                            D5|----------------------------------------------------------------| (xx023x@1)|--------------12-h15-----------12-h15----------12-h15-----------|
|--14---b(16)----------14b(16)----------14b(16)---------14b(16)--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12-h15----------12-h15----------12-h15----------12-h15---------|
|----------14b(16)---------14b(16)---------14b(16)--------14b(16)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B5|---------------------------------------------------------| (x244xx@1)|--12-h15----------12-h15----------12-h15---------12-h15--|
|----------14b(16)---------14b(16)--------14b(16)---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

C5 (x355xx@1)        D5 (xx023x@1)    E5|-----------------------------------------15--19p15-h17p15------| (022xxx@1)|-------------------------------------/17-------------------17--|
|--14----15--14--12--14--14--12~-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

D5|---15--19p15-h17p15-----15--19p15-h17p15----15--19p15-h17p15--| (xx023x@1)|---------------------17------------------17-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

B5|-----15--19p15-h17p15----15--19p15-h17p15------15--19p15-h17p15--| (x244xx@1)|--17------------------17-------------------17--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                               D5 (xx023x@1)                    C5 (x355xx@1) *With harmony(see end )
|-------20b(22)--20b(22)--20b(22)--20b(22)r20--20b(22)r20--|
|---14-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
                                                  D5 (xx023x@1)                    E5 (022xxx@1)                       Harmony ends *
|--20b(22)r20--20b(22)-----19--20--17--19-----17----------------|
|------------------------------------------20-----19h20--17~~--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

B5 (x244xx@1)                                C5 (x355xx@1)                D5|----------12----------12-----------------------------------------| (xx023x@1)|------12------15b(17)-----15--12---------------------------------|
|--/14-----------------------------14b(16)r14--12--14--12---------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------14~~---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo 2: Dave Murray
  (D5)   A5 (x022xx@1)                                G5|--------5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5----------------------------------| (355xxx@1)|--5h8----------------------8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------7b(9)-(9)r(8)--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E5 (022xxx@1)                    F5 (133xxx@1) G5|----------------------------------------------------| (355xxx@1)|-----------------------------------------------5h7--|
|--7--6--5-----6--5----------------------------------|
|-----------7--------7-------------------------------|
|-----------------------6--5-------------------------|
|-----------------------------8--5~~-----------------|

A5 (x022xx@1)                              G5|--------------5h7p5h7p5h7----------------5h7p5h7p5/7--8p7h8p7--| (355xxx@1)|--5h7p5h7p5-----------------5h7p5h7p6h8------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

E5 (022xxx@1)                                F5|----7---10b(12)--10b(12)--10b(12)--(12)r10--8--10~~--8--| (133xxx@1)|--10-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

G5 (355xxx@1)                        A5|-----12-----------12--15--12--15--12--12-----------12------| (x022xx@1)|-/15-----15b(17)--------------------------15b(17)------15--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

G5|---------------------------------10h12p10------------------------| (355xxx@1)|--13--12--13--12--12---------/10-----------10--13b(15)-HOLD BEND-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E5 (022xxx@1)           F5 (133xxx@1)    G5|-----------------------------------------| (355xxx@1)|--(15)5/---NH---T-bar-------------------|
|------------12---(9)-/-----17b(19)~~~--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

A5 (x022xx@1)                                  G5|--------------------------------------------------20b(22)-(22)r20-| (355xxx@1)|-----------------------------20b(22)--(22)r20--17-----------------|
|--/17--19b(21)--(21)r19--17---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E5|--17-------------------20b(22)--20--19--17-----------------------| (022xxx@1)|-----20b(22)-------17----------------------20b(22)---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------20b(23)-r(21)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

F5 (133xxx@1)           D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_355xxx@1">G5 D5|--------------------------| (xx023x@1)|--1715-------------------|
|---------17--17--14--14--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

Harmony for Solo 1:

|--14b(15)--14b(15)r14--14b(15)r14--14b(15)r14--14b(15)--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|--12--14-----12----------------------|
|----------15----13--15--12h13--------|
|-------------------------------14~~--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
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