• Song:

    The Trooper

  • Artist:

    Iron Maiden

  • Album:

    The Essential Iron Maid...

Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Bass tab 
Transcribed by G. Crisan ( Crisan@Shadow.net )

All notes refer to the tab ABOVE it. Any comments, suggestions, or errors
refering to the tab below that should be brought to my attention, e-mail me.
The "r" 's are rests.


Tab explanations
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>   Forcefully             |      /   Slide up
.   Staccatto              |      \   Slide down
h   Hammer-on/ pull off    |      :   Repeat
a   Harmonic               |      ~   slight bend 
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The Trooper ( Harris )
 ( From the album " Piece of Mind" )      
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Play this 3 times.

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            At the end of second rep, the lyrics begin. ( You take my life...)

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                                       This is where the solo starts.

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                                        "We get so close..." (etc)

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