The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden From the album The Number Of The Beast (1982) Written by Steve Harris All rights belong to their respective owners Tabbed by Jaakko Karppinen I have based this tab on the bass track and live performances you can find in Youtube, so it should be pretty much 100% correct. The only thing I'm not so sure is the amount of certain notes, especially in the verses. I advice not to concentrate on the exact amount of the notes but to listen to the music instead. Up The Irons! Bass Track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrHnerXEx5M Intro |-------------11------12------14~---------14~---------14~----------| |-12--12--12------12------12------12--12------12--12------12--12---| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-14~---------14-------| |-----12--12------12---| |----------------------| |----------------------| Intro w/vocals (4th time don’t play that very last note) ||-----------11------12------14~---------14~---------14~---------14~--| ||-o-12--12------12------12------12--12------12--12------12--12-------| ||-o------------------------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------14--------------11------12------14~---------14~----------| |-12--12------12--12--12------12------12------12--12------12--12---| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-14~---------14~---------14--------------9-------10------12~------| |-----12--12------12--12------12--10--10------10------10------10---| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----12~---------12~---------12~---------12--------------9--------| |-10------10--10------10--10------10--10------10--10--10------10---| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-10------14~---------14~---------14~---------14~---------14---------|| |-----10------12--12------12--12------12--12------12--12-----(12)--o-|| |------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| 4X |--------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||------------------------------------------|| ||-o--------------------------------------o-|| ||-o-5---5---5---5---R---5~~--------------o-|| ||------------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3---3---3---3---R---3~~-------------5---5---5---5---R---5~~--------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Pre-Verse |------------------| |------------------| |-5---5---5---5----| |------------------| Verse 1 ||--------------------------------------|| ||-o----------------------------------o-|| ||-o-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----o-|| 6X ||--------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3---3---3---3---3---2-----------5---5---5---5~-(5)--5---5---5----| |-------------------------3----------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------|| ||-o----------------------------------o-|| ||-o-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----o-|| 6X ||--------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |-3---3---3---3---3---2-----------5---5---5---5~------5---0----| |-------------------------3------------------------------------| Chorus 1 |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3~------3---3---3---3---3---3---2~------2---2---2---2---2---2----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------7~-----------| |---------------------------------------------5---7~------7---5----| |-3~------3---3---3---3---3---3---5~------5------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3~------3---3---3---3---3---3---2~------2---2---2---2---2---2----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3~------3---3---3---3-------5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 2 (same as Verse 1) Chorus 2 |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3~------3---3---3---3---3---3---2~------2---2---2---2---2---2----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------7~-----------| |---------------------------------------------5---7~------7---5----| |-3~------3---3---3---3---3---3---5~------5------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3~------3---3---3---3---3---3---2~------2---2---2---2---2---2----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-3~------3---3---3---3---3---3----| |----------------------------------| Interlude |----------------------------------------------------------| |---------7~----------7~--------------9~----------9~-------| |-5---5-------5---5-------5---7---7-------7---7-------7----| |----------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------10~---------10~---------10~---------10~---------10-------| |-8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------R----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |---------7~----------7~--------------9~----------9~-------| |-5---5-------5---5-------5---7---7-------7---7-------7----| |----------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------10~---------10~---------10~---------10~---------10-------| |-8-8-8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------R----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |---------7~----------7~--------------9~----------9~-------| |-5---5-------5---5-------5---7---7-------7---7-------7----| |----------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------10~---------10~---------10~---------10~---------10-------| |-8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------R----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |---------7~----------7~--------------9~----------9~-------| |-5---5-------5---5-------5---7---7-------7---7-------7----| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |---------10~---------10~---------10~---------10~----------| |-8-8-8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---0----| |----------------------------------------------------------| Guitar Solo 1 ||--------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-o------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-o-1~------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--------| ||---------------------------------------------------------------0----| |--------------------------------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| |-------------------------------------------------------------0----o-|| 3X |-1~------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1----------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-1~------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--------| |-------------------------------------------------------------0----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------5---5---5----| |-1~------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----R------------------| Interlude 2 |-------------7~------5--------------------------------------------| |-----R---7~------7-------7---5-------5----------------------------| |-3-------------------------------7-------7---6---5---3---3---3----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------3~------1--------------------------------------------| |-----R---3~------3-------3---1-------1----------------------------| |-1-------------------------------3-------3---2---1----------------| |-----------------------------------------------------3---3---3----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-1~------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------3---3---3----| |-3~------3---3---3---3---3---3---5~------5---5---5----------------| Guitar Solo 2 (Steve doesn’t use opens here as usual, but it’s much easier to do so) ||-----------------------7~----------------------2-------3---2--------| ||-o(0)-----(0)--5---7~------7---5---3~------3-------3-----------3----| ||-o-5~------5--------------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------4-------5---4-------------------10----------12---------|| |-5~------5-------5-----------5---8~------8-------8---10------10---o-|| |------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| 4X |--------------------------------------------------------------------|| Bass Solo |-19~-----19--19--19--19--17---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------19--15~-----15--15--15--15--14--12---| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-12~-----12--12--12--12--12--12--15~-----15--15--15--17--17--17---| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-19~-----19--19--19--19--17---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------19--15~-----15--15--15--15--14--12---| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-12~-----12--12--12--12--12--12--15~-----15--15--15--17-\---------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 3 (same as Verse 1, though Steve seems to miss couple of notes in the beginning) Chorus 3 |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3~------3---3---3---3---3---3---2~------2---2---2---2---2---2----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------7~-----------| |---------------------------------------------5---7~------7---5----| |-3~------3---3---3---3---3---3---5~------5------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3~------3---3---3---3---3---3---2~------2---2---2---2---2---2----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |-3~------3---3---3---3--------| |------------------------------| Pre-Verse |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------4-------5-------7~----------7~----------7~------------| |-5---5---5-------5-------5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------| |-7~----------7--------| |-----5---5------------| |----------------------| Verse 4 ||--------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-o---------4-------5-------7~----------7~----------7~----------7~---| ||-o-5---5-------5-------5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5--------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------7---------------4-------5-------7~----------7~-----------| |-5---5-----------5---5-------5-------5-------5---5-------5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-7~----------7~----------7---------------2-------3-------5~-------| |-----5---5-------5---5-----------3---3-------3-------3-------3----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----5~----------5~----------5~----------5---------------2--------| |-3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-----------3---3-------3----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-3-------7~----------7~----------7~----------7~----------7--------o-|| |-----3-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5------------o-|| |--------------------------------------------------------------------|| Outro ||------------------------------------------|| ||-o--------------------------------------o-|| ||-o-5---5---5---5---R---5~~--------------o-|| ||------------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3---3---3---3---R---3~~-------------5---5---5---5---R---5-------3---5-/--| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|