Killers Iron Maiden
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IRON MAIDEN - "KILLERS"
From the Album "KILLERS" (1981)
(Harris/Di'anno)
Transcribed by: Gus Siewert (http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~ktulu)
Corrections & comments: ktulu@cs.mcgill.ca
Legend:
/ - slide up to
\ - slide down to
h - hammer on
p - pull off
<> - natural harmonic
ph - pinch harmonic
b - bend
r - release bend
~ - vibrato
() - ghost note, sustained note
Tuning: E
Bass Intro
G|----------|----------|----------| D|----------|----------|----------| A|-7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7--|-5-5-3-2/-| E|--0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0---|
(Dave) (Adrian)
e|---------------||-<12>------|------<7>-----| B|---------------||-----<12>--|---------<7>--| G|---------------||-----------|--------------| D|---------------||-----------|--------------| A|-5h7p5h7 trill-||-----------|--------------| E|---------------||-----------|--------------|
Oh...
Dave
[E5] [E5]
e|--------------------------------|| B|--------------------------------|| G|---9\--------9\-----------------|| D|---9\--------9\-----------------|| A|---7\--------7\-----------------|| E|--------------------------------||
| Adrian
e|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|| B|-----8-------8-------8-------8--|| G|-9-------9-------9-------9------|| D|--------------------------------|| A|--------------------------------|| E|--------------------------------||
Yeah! Yeah!
e||------------------------------------|| B||------------------------------------|| G||------------------------------------|| D||---5/7------7/9/10----7\5---5/7-----|| A||------------------------------------|| E||---3/5------5/7//8----5\3---3/5-----||
Verse Intro
Dave plays it by gently touching the strings to allow the harmonics to sound
and slowly sliding up to the 12th fret while gallopping with the right hand.
When vocals start he plays E5's like Adrian.
e||--///////////////--------------------|---------------------------------|| B||--/////////////////////////----------|---------------------------------|| G||-1/////////////////////////12--12\---|---------------------------------|| D||-1/////////////////////////12--12\---|-0-5-4-0-5-4-0-5-4-0-5-0-5-0-5---|| A||-1/////////////////////////12--12\---|---------------------------------|| E||---------------////////////----------|---------------------------------||
|Adrian E5
e||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|| B||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|| G||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|| D||---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|-0-9-7-0-9-7-0-9-7-0-9-7-9-7-9---|| A||---7-777-777-777-777-777-777-777-777-|---------------------------------|| E||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
Chorus
[C5] [E5] [G]
e|--------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------| G|----------9--------------------12-----------------------| D|--10------9---9---9---9-10-----12-----12-----12-----12--| A|--10------7-777-777-777-10-----10-101010-101010-101010--| E|---8---------------------8------------------------------|
[C5] [E5] [C5]
e|---------------------------| B|---------------------------| G|----------9----------------| D|--10------9---9---9---9-10-| A|--10------7-777-777-777-10-| E|---8---------------------8-| e|---------------------------------------------------------------|| b|---------------------------------------------------------------|| g|---------------------------------------------------------------|| D|-----9-9-9p7------9-9-9p7------10-10-10p8-------12-12-12p10----|| A|-------------9------------9---------------10---------------12--|| E|---7------------7------------8---------------10----------------||
Harmony
(this is only one of the guitars)
e||------------------------------------------------------------------------|| b||-11b(13)-11~-9-9-9h11p9-8h9p8----------11b(13)~-11-9-9-9h11p9-8h9p8-----|| g||-----------------------------10h12p10-8----------------------------10-8-|| D||------------------------------------------------------------------------|| A||------------------------------------------------------------------------|| E||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bridge
[G5] [A5] [E5] [D5] [D5] [E5] [G5] [A5] [E5] [D5] [E5]
e||---------------------------|-----------------------| B||*--------------------------|-----------------------| G||*--------------------------|-----------------------| D||-----------999-777-777-999-|----------9-9-7-7-7-9--| A||---5--777--777-555-555-777-|--5--777--7-7-5-5-5-7--| E||---3--555------------------|--3--555---------------|
[G5] [A5] [E5] [D5] [D5] [E5]
e||---------------------------| B||*--------------------------| G||*--------------------------| D||-----------999-777-777-999-| A||---5--777--777-555-555-777-| E||---3--555------------------|
(x2 times)
[G5] [A5] [F5] [G5]
e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A||-5--777----3-333-333-333-333-333-|-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-| E||-3--555----1-111-111-111-111-111-|-333-333-333-333-333-333-333-333-|
C5 D5 (omit 2nd time, skip to solo)
e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D||-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-|-777-777-777-777-777-777-777-777-| A||-333-333-333-333-333-333-333-333-|-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-| E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Rhythm for first solo:
[D5]
e||---------------------| B||---------------------| G||-7-------7-------7---| D||-7-------7-------7---| A||-5-------5-------5---| E||---------------------|
see! see! see!
(x2 times)
[E5] [C5] [D5] [E5]
e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| D||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
(x2 times)
[G5] [A5] [B5] [C5] [G5] [B5] [A5]
e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D||-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/9101010101010-|-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E||-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/7-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Rhythm for 2nd solo is same as bridge.
Ending (both guitars) (this is probably wrong)
e|----------------------------------------------|| B|--------------------------10-8----------------|| G|---9-7---9-7---9-7---9-7---7-5-9-7-----9--9---|| D|-0-5-4-0-5-4-0-5-4-0-5-4-------5-4-7---9--9---|| A|-----------------------------------7---7--7---|| E|----------------------------------------------||
Solos courtesy of Eddie Breslin (caladan@maths.tcd.ie)
It's impossible to be 100% accurate tabbing a solo like this (so I
didn't, I edited somebody elses) so concentrate on isolating the
individual phrases and how they link together.
Dave's Solo:
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--13b(15)----13b(15)----13b(15)-------------------------------------| |----------------------------------14b(16)-(16)-(15)-14--12--14b(16)-| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------12-15-12---12-----------12-----------------------------------| |--15b(17)-----------x------15b(17)----15-12-15p12-----------------------| |--------------------------------------------------14b(16)-14-12---12h14-| |----------------------------------------------------------------14------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The open B is hardly heard as the high notes should be
hammered very quickly.
|----------------------------------------12------------------------------| |----------------0h15h17--0h15h17--14p12-----0h15h17--0h15h17--14p12-----| |-14b(16)-(16)\------------------------------------------------------14~-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------14h15p14h15p14h15p14h17p15p14h15p14----------14p12-------| |---------14h16h17--------------------------------------17p15----------15p14-| |--14/16------------------------------------------------------15-------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Concentrate on strumming 16th notes on the
open E string and quickly dart in and out with
the high notes.
|---------------0-0---12-0-0-14-14-0-15--17-15-14--0-0--12---| |--12--(12)\--0----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |--12-0-0-14-0-0-15-15-0-0-17-15-14-0-0-12--12-12-0-0-14-14-0-0--| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |--15-15-17-17-15-14-0-0--12-12-0-0-14-14-0-0-15-15-17-15-14-14-0-0--| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--12-0-0-14-0-0-15-15-0-0-17-14-15p14--17p14--17p14--17p14--17p14--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |--17p14--17p14--17p14--14--17b(19)r17--17b(19)--17b(19)--17b(19)--| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Adrian's solo:
|-----------------------------------------------------| |--15-------15----------------------------------------| |--14b(16)--14--12-----12--14b(16)--14p12--14b(16)~~--| |------------------14---------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |----------12-----------------12-----------------12---------| |--------------15p12--------------15p12--------------15p12--| |--14b(16)------------14b(16)------------14b(16)------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |----------12--15b(18)r15-----------------------12-----| |--------------------------------------------------12--| |--14b(16)--------------------12h14--14b(16)-14--------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------|
Hold the bends on the 3rd string to get the unison bend sound.
|----------14-------------15-------------------------------| |-------------14-------------15----------17------17--------| |--16b(18)--------17b(19)--------19b(21)----(21)----(21)~--| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--0--0--20b(22)--------r20-----------------7---------------| |----------------------------17\---10b(12)----7--10------7--| |---------------------------------------------------9-------| |------------------------------------------------------9----| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |--10p9--7---9b(11)--7-7~------------------2--4--5--4h5p4----7b(9)~-| |----------9----------------------2--4--5------------------5--------| |----------------------------3--5-----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Overdub:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------3--5--3h5p3----7b(8)~-| |------------------------------------2--4--5---------------4--------| |----------------------------2--4-5---------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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