Song : The Wickerman
Artist : Iron Maiden
Album : Brave New World (2000)
Tabbed by JeK (jedijek@aol.com)
The Spacing may get f-ed up because my notepad sucks.
**Key**
u - Up Stroke b - Bend String
m - Palm Mute / - Slide Up
h - Hammer On - Slide Down
p - Pull Off x - Muted String
****************************************** The WickerMan ******************************************************
******************** Written by : Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris *****************************
This is the FULL acurate Tab.
Line Up - Adrian Smith, Gtr. 1; Dave Murray, Gtr. 2; Jannick Gers, Gtr 3.
Standard Tuning.
Intro Gtr 1. Verses Gtrs 1, 2 and 3.
Note : There are only four open-e palm mutes for Adrian's part of the inro. it becomes five after the band joins in. Listen closely.
Also, Adrian (the main Guitarist on this song) is the only one who strums with the upstrokes.
Both Dave and Jannick play it with down strokes.
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g ---9--9---------------------9--9--------------------9--9----------------------5--5-/-12--12----
d ---9--9---------------------9--9--------------------9--9----------------------5--5-/-12--12----
a ---7--7---------------------7--7--------------------7--7----------------------3--3-/-10--10----
e 0---------0--0--0--0--0---------0--0--0--0--0----------0--0--0--0--0------------------------
m u m m m m m u m m m m m u m m m m m u u
Intro Gtrs. 2 and 3
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g ---9--9---------------------9--9--------------------9--9----------------------5--5-/-12--12----
d ---9--9---------------------9--9--------------------9--9----------------------5--5-/-12--12----
a ---7--7---------------------7--7--------------------7--7----------------------3--3-/-10--10----
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bridge All Gtrs.
e -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g --7------5-----/-12--12--12-/11/-9----7------5----------------5--5----7-------5-----/-12-/-12-/-12-/11/-9----7------5----------5----
d --7------5-----/-12--12--12-/11/-9----7------5-------5--5----5--5----7-------5----/-12-/-12-/-12-/11/-9----7------5-----5----5----
a --5------3-----/-10--10--10-/-9-/-7----5------3-------5--5----3--3----5-------3----/-10-/-10-/-10-/-9-/-7----5------3-----5----3----
e ---------------------------------------------------------------3--3---------------------------------------------------------------------------3---------
Chorus Gtrs. 1 and 3
e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g --9--9--9--9--9----5--5--5--5--5-----------------------------------------------9--9--9--9--9----12--12--12--12--12----5--5--5--5--5-------------------------
d --9--9--9--9--9----5--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7--7------9--9--9--9--9----12--12--12--12--12----5--5--5--5--5------5--5----7--7----
a --7--7--7--7--7----3--3--3--3--3----5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7--7------7--7--7--7--7----10--10--10--10--10----3--3--3--3--3------5--5----7--7----
e --------------------------------------------3--3--3--3--3----5--5--5--5--5-------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--3----5--5----
u u
Chorus Gtr. 2 Some people tab this as played on the G string. It's not.
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b -12p10h12p10h12------12p10h12p10h12------12p10h12p10h12------12p10h12h13p12---------
g ---------------------------12---------------------------12---------------------------12---------------------------12----
d ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Break Down Gtr. 1
This is played using overdrive.
e -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g -----------------------------------------------------------------7----------------
d -------------------------------9p7-7h9--7/9h10p9h10-----10p9p7----
a -7b--7h9h10--7b----10----------------------------------------------------
e ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Gtr.3 Plays in unison the second time the above riff is played)
e -------------------------12-14p12h14p12h15p14h15p14h17p15h17p15h19p17p15p14/15~~~
b --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a -7b--7h9h10--7b---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Break Down Gtrs. 2 and 3, played 4x
Pretty quiet in the background, it may be hard to hear.
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g --9--9-------------------9--9--------------------5--5------------------------------------7--7----
d --9--9-------------------9--9--------------------5--5------------------------5--5-------7--7----
a --7--7-------------------7--7--------------------3--3------------------------5--5-------5--5----
e --------0--0--0--0--0--------0--0--0--0--0---------0--0--0--0--0------3--3----------------
***GUITAR SOLO***
Solo Gtr. 1
e ---------------------------10---7------7------7----------------7b----------------------------------------
b -12b-12b-12b----10-----------8------8-------8-----------------8p7h8p7h8p7----5p4h5p4--
g ----------------------------------------------------------9b------------------------------------------------
d --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g -7p5h7p5-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7h9p7h9p7h9p7----
d ---------------7p5h7p5----------------------------------------7h9p7h9p7h9p7-----------------------------------------------------
a ------------------------------7b~-------7h9p7h9p7h9p7--------------------------7h9p7h9p7h9p7------------------------------
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e -12-12-12h14-14-14h15-15-15h17-17-17h19-19-19p17-17-17p15-15-15p14-14-14--12-12-12h14-14-14h15-15-15h17-17p15-15p14p12p13-13~~
b -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Solo Gtrs. 2 and 3, played 4x
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d --9--9--9--9--9----7--7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7--7----
a --9--9--9--9--9----7--7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7--7----
e --7--7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5--5----3--3--3--3--3----5--5--5--5--5----
Outro Gtrs. 1, 2 and 3
e -------------------------------------------
b -------------------------------------------
g -9--------5-------------------7----------
d -9--------5--------5---------7----------
a -7--------3--------5---------5----------
e ---------------------3--------------------
After above is played twice, Gtrs. 1 and 2 switch to this :
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g -9-------------------------5-----------------------------------------------------7------------------------
d -9-------------------------5------------------------5----------------------------7-----------------------
a -7--10--9--10-/-12----3--10--9--10-/12----5----10--9--10-/-12----5--10--9--7-/-5~----
e ------------------------------------------------------3----------------------------------------------------
And thats about it!!!! Here's the Order
Intro x4
Verse x4
Bridge x2
Chorus x2
Verse x4
Bridge x2
Chorus x2
Break Down x2
Solo
Break Down x2
Chorus x4
Outro x4
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Even though i called this the "FULL acurate Tab", I know people are going to have corrections,
comments and insults. send em' to jedijek@aol.com
UP THE IRONS!!!!!!!!
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