Meltdown Tab by Bruce Dickinson "Meltdown" (B. Dickinson, A. Dickson) Guitar transcription by Aaron Shay (zerosig8@apk.net) after drum intro. -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- --5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2--- --4-4--4-4---4-4--x-x-4-4--x-x---4-4--4-4---4-4-x-4---4- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- --5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2--- --4-4--4-4---4-4--x-x-4-4--x-x---4-4--4-4---4-4-x-4---4- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- let ring throughout -----------------------------------2-------------------- -----------2--------------------------2----------------- ------2-------2-------------4------------4-------------- ----4---4--------4-------4----4------------------------- --5--------------------2-------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- --5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2--- --4-4--4-4---4-4--x-x-4-4--x-x---4-4--4-4---4-4-x-4---4- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- hey.. you wait cringing in the dark -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- --5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2--- --4-4--4-4---4-4--x-x-4-4--x-x---4-4--4-4---4-4-x-4---4- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- you create what you ve always feared -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- --5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2--- --4-4--4-4---4-4--x-x-4-4--x-x---4-4--4-4---4-4-x-4---4- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- a puppet of hatred dishing out -----------------------------------2-------------------- -----------2--------------------------2----------------- ------2-------2-------------4------------4-------------- ----4---4--------4-------4----4------------------------- --5--------------------2-------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- poison -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- --5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2--- --4-4--4-4---4-4--x-x-4-4--x-x---4-4--4-4---4-4-x-4---4- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- then they repeat the above riff over another vocal passage leading to..... I can smell the difference your truth and -------------------------------------------------------- -------------2------------------------------------------ --------2------2-------------------(6)------------------ -----4-----4-----4-----------6-7-6-----7--6------------- --5-----------------------7----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- your fiction you and your twisted convictions -------------------------------------------------------- -------------2------------------------------------------ --------2------2---------------------------------------- -----4-----4-----4-----------6-7-6-----7------9--------- --5-----------------------7------------5------7--------- -------------------------------------------------------- Chorus: F#5 G#5 Were you my friend when I belonged? A5 Bsus2 Were you my friend when I was strong? F#5 G#5 Were you my friend when I was weak? A5 Bsus2 Were you my freind when I was callin', crawlin', out of my head? |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |-5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2--| |-4-4--4-4---4-4--x-x-4-4--x-x---4-4--4-4---4-4-x-4---4| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| | ^ ^ | |------------------------------------------------------| |-------7-----------------------------7----------------| |--5-6-------6-5------5-6--------5-6-----6---5555555---| |--------------------------------------------4444444---| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| then another verse,another chorus then this riff... -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- --11-11---11-11-11-11---9-9--9-9--7-7-7-7--7--6--------- --9--9----9--9--9--9----7-7--7-7--6-6-6-6--5--5--------- -------------------------------------------------------- The solo is in F# pentatonic, I believe, for any improvisers or theory buffs. No promises on this tab...Alex is very creative and very hard to follow. Oh yeah, in the chorus that Bsus2 chord looks like this: --2-- --2-- --4-- --4-- --2--