'Fear Of The Darks' by Iron Maiden - Guitar Tutorial

                                 Fast solos from
                     FEAR OF THE DARK - IRON MAIDEN
                     From the Album FEAR OF THE DARK

Transcribed by: Mathias Wallin
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Tabbers note: This is the solos from the album version, not the live version!
              The differences are small but noticeable.
              Also I did not tab the whole song since it is adequately
              transcribed already, with the exception of these solos.

Legend:
/  -  slide up to           fb+r - full bend+release
  -  slide down to         *  -  see comment
~  -  vibrato               p  -  pull off
fb -  full bend             h  -  hammer on
r  -  release bend


Tuning: Normal (EADGBE)

Solo 1 (Janick Gers)

|---------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----*---------------------------10---10--------|
|-12fb---r12p10----10---/----10-----12fb-12fb------|
|---------------12-----------10--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
* Hold the bend for a while and release


|-13fb-----13p12p10---------------------------------------|
|------------------1013p11p10--10-------------------------|
|----------------------------12--12p10--10-12~----10------|
|-------------------------------------12------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


|-15fb--1513121312-------------------------------------|
|-----------------13--13-------------------------------|
|-------------------14--1210----12fb---r12p10--10------|
|--------------------------------------------12--------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-13--------------------------------------------------------|
|-12fb---r12p10---10----------------------------------------|
|---------------12---12-10----10----------------------------|
|--------------------------12----12-11-10----10-------------|
|-----------------------------------------13----13--10------|


Solo 2 (Dave Murray)                       3
                                        /-----
|------17fb-----17-----16-17-16p14h16p14--15p14----------|
|-/-14----------------------------------17------171514---|
|-/---------------------------------------------------16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

                                              3       3
                                           /------/------
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14h17p14--14h17p14-14h15p14--15h14---------------14h15p14------|
|---------16-----------------16------16p14p13h14h16--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

                                      3
                                   /-----
|------------------16b*-14----14------------------------------------|
|-17fb----17--12-----------17------15h14----14h17p14-14-------------|
|---------------------------------------16--------------16-14h16p14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
* Bend note a tad bit, about 1/3

                      3
                   /------
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-14------------------------------14-16fb------|
|----16p14h16p14------------14-16--------------|
|---------------16-16p14h16--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


|-19--19fb-----1716------------------------|
|--------------------17------------15h16h19-|
|-----------------------1614-16-18---------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


|-16fb-16p14p12h14h1614-12--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------15p1414h15p14--14fb+r-12-14-15-14h15-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------|
|-15---14h15p14p1214-----------------------------------|
|----------------------16h18p16p1416---14h16p14p1314---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|



|-------14-----------------------14---|
|----14------14h19p14----------14-----|
|--------------------14------14-------|
|-16----------------------*16---------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
* Sweep