Meltdown Tab by Bruce Dickinson


                              "Meltdown"
                      (B. Dickinson, A. Dickson)

         Guitar transcription by Aaron Shay (zerosig8@apk.net)


after drum intro.
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--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-
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--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-
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let ring throughout
-----------------------------------2--------------------
-----------2--------------------------2-----------------
------2-------2-------------4------------4--------------
----4---4--------4-------4----4-------------------------
--5--------------------2--------------------------------
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--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-
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hey..       you   wait           cringing in the dark
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--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-
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you    create                  what you ve always feared
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--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-
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a puppet of hatred      dishing out
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-----------2--------------------------2-----------------
------2-------2-------------4------------4--------------
----4---4--------4-------4----4-------------------------
--5--------------------2--------------------------------
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poison
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--5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2---
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then they repeat the above riff over another vocal
passage leading to.....

          I can smell the difference     your truth and
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--------2------2-------------------(6)------------------
-----4-----4-----4-----------6-7-6-----7--6-------------
--5-----------------------7-----------------------------
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your  fiction            you and your twisted convictions
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--------2------2----------------------------------------
-----4-----4-----4-----------6-7-6-----7------9---------
--5-----------------------7------------5------7---------
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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?

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|-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|
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|       ^                             ^                |
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|-------7-----------------------------7----------------|
|--5-6-------6-5------5-6--------5-6-----6---5555555---|
|--------------------------------------------4444444---|
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then another verse,another chorus then this riff...

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--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---------
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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--