• Song:

    The Trooper

  • Artist:

    Iron Maiden

  • Album:

    The Essential Iron Maid...

Song: The Trooper
Album: Piece of Mind
Artist: Iron Maiden
Bassist: Steve Harris
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Notes:
- Make sure you choke the note after you do the triplet (gallop), otherwise, it 
doesn't really make much sense.
- Tablature timing is not perfect, so you'll have to work out the timing yourself 
(please consider that this is my first tab)

Intro/Outro riff
G [9-9-9p7----7-7-7p5----5-5-5p4-----------------]
D [--------9----------7----------5----5----------]
A [---------------------------------5---5-7------]
E [----------------------------------------------]

Main riff #1
G [----------------------------------------------]
D [--------------------------5-------------------]
A [7-777-777-777-777-777-0-5---5-7---------------] 
E [----------------------------------------------]  
(You'll use this riff before jumping to the chorus riff.
When jumping to the chorus riff, don't play last 4 notes.)

Main riff #2
G [----------------------------------------------]
D [--------------------------5-------------------]
A [3-333-333-333-333-333-0-5---5-7---------------]
E [----------------------------------------------]

First verse riff #1
G [----------------------------------------------]
D [----------------------------------------------]
A [--5-------------------------------------------]
E [5---5-7---------------------------------------]

First verse riff #2
G [----------------------------------------------]
D [----------------------------------------------]
A [--5-------------------------------------------]
E [5---5-3---------------------------------------]

Chorus riff #1
G [----------------------------------------------]
D [----------------------------------------------]
A [5-5-555-555-555-555-555-555-555---------------]
E [----------------------------------------------]

Chorus riff #2
G [----------------------------------------------]
D [----------------------------------------------]
A [7-7-777-777-777-777-777-777-777---------------] 
E [----------------------------------------------]  
(When you do this riff for the second time,
don't do 7 gallops, do 6 gallops, and then do the chorus end riff)

Chorus end riff
G [----------------------------------------------]
D [----5-----------------------------------------]
A [0-5---5-7-------------------------------------]
E [----------------------------------------------]

Solo riff #1
G [----------------------------------------------------5-------7--]
D [--------------------------------------------------5---5---7---7]
A [777-777-777-777-555-555-555-555-222-222-222-222-3-------5------]
E [---------------------------------------------------------------]

Solo riff #2
G [----------------------------------------------------5-------7--]
D [777-777-777-777-555-555-555-555-222-222-222-222-3-5---5-5-7---7]
A [---------------------------------------------------------------]
E [---------------------------------------------------------------]
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