'Flight Of Icarus' by Iron Maiden - Guitar Tutorial

            
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 Bass tab 
 Transcribed by G. Crisan ( [email protected] )
 
 All textual notes refer to the tab ABOVE it. Any comments, suggestions, 
 or errors refering to the tab below that should be brought to my attention, 
 please e-mail me.
 
 Tab explanations
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 >   Accent               |  /   Slide up      |  w   whole note
 .   Staccatto            |     Slide down    |  h   half note   
 h   Hammer-on/ pull off  |  :   Repeat        |  q   quarter    Harmonic             |  ~   slight bend   |  e   eigth note
 []  tied notes           |  +   dotted note   |  s   sixteenth note           
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 Flight of Icarus ( Smith/Dickinson )
  ( From the album "Piece of Mind" )     
  
 
 
   q   q   e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e
 -->--->----------------------------------------------------------------------
 --7---2----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 ----------2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---
 
  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s   e e  s s e   e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e
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 ------------------------------------------------4--4-4-4--4-4----------------
 -----------------------------------.-.---------------------------------------
 -2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2---2-2--2-2-2-----------------2--2-2-2--2-2-2
                                                 "As the Sun breaks..."
 
  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
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 -2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2---
 
 
  e e  q  e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  q  e  s s e  s s e
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 -.-.-->-->------------------------------------------.-.-->-->----------------
 -2-2--5--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--5--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--
 
  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  s s e   q  q+  e  s s e   q  q+  e  s s e  q  q+
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 ------------------------------------4-----------------6----------------7-----
 --------------------.-.------------------------------------------------------
 -2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2---2------2--2-2-2---4------4--4-4-4--5--------
 
  e  s s e    q  q    e  e   s s e   q q+  e  s s e   q q  e e  e s s   s s e+
 ---------------------.--.--------------------------------------9-------------
 ----------------9---11-11--11-9-7-----4---------------------9----9-7--------
 -------------------------------------------------------7--7------------5-5-5-
 --5--5-5-5---7----------------------2-----2--2-2-2---0-----------------------
 
  s s s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    q q+  e  s s e   q q  e  e   e  e    s s e+ s s
 ----------------------------------------------------------14-----------------
 --------------------------------4-------------------9-11-----14-------------
 -5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7----------------------7-----------------5-5-5--5-5
 ------------------------------2-----2--2-2-2---0-----------------------------
 
  s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e
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 -5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-
 
  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  s s e  e  s s e  s s s s
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 ------------------------------------------------------------4----------------
 ------------------------------------------------.-.--------------------------
 -2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-2
 
  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s s s  s s e  s s e  s s s s  s s e  s s e  s s  e e
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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------.-.-
 -2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-
 
   q  e  s s e  s s s s  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  q  e  s s e  s s e
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 -->-->--------------------------------------------.-.-->-->------------------
 --5--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--5--2--2-2-2--2-2-2----
 
  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  s s e     q  q+  e  s s e   q  q+  e  s s e  q  q+
 -------------------------------||--------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------||.----4-----------------6----------------7---
 --------------------.-.--------||.-------------------------------------------
 -2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-||--2------2--2-2-2---4------4--4-4-4--5------
 
  e  s s e  q  q    e  e   s s e      q q+  e  s s e   q q  e e  e s s   s s e+
 ------------------.--.-----------||-----------------------------9------------
 -------------9---11-11--11-9-7--.||----4---------------------9----9-7-------
 --------------------------------.||---------------------7--7------------5-5-5
 -5--5-5-5--7---------------------||--2-----2--2-2-2---0----------------------
 
  s s s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    q q+  e  s s e   q q  e  e   e  e    s s e+ s s
 ----------------------------------------------------------14-----------------
 --------------------------------4-------------------9-11-----14-------------
 -5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7----------------------7-----------------5-5-5--5-5
 ------------------------------2-----2--2-2-2---0-----------------------------
                                   
 
  s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  q q  e  s
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 -5-5--5-5-5-5--5-9-7-7---------------------------------------.-.-->->-------
 --------------------------2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--5-0--2--2-
                           Guitar Solo
 
  s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  q q  e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
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 --------------------------------.-.-->->-------------------------------------
 -2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--5-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-
 
  e e  q q  e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s  e e  s s e     q  q+  e  s s e
 ----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------||.----4-----------
 -.-.-->->--------------------------------------.-.--------||.----------------
 -0-0--5-0--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-||--2------2--2-2-2
 
  q q+  e  s s e  q  q+  e  s s e  q  q    e  e   s s e         q q+  e  s s e
 ------------------------------------------.--.-----------||------------------
 ---6----------------7----------------9---11-11--11-9-7--.||.-----4-----------
 --------------------------------------------------------.||.-----------------
 -4-----4--4-4-4--5------5--5-5-5--7----------------------||----2-----2--2-2-2
                                                   end solo
  
  
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                                                         1.
  q q  e e  e s s   s s e+  s s s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    q q+  e  s s e   q q
 -----------9-----------------------------------------------------------------
 --------9----9-7-----------------------------------------4------------------
 ---7--7------------5-5-5---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7----------------------7-
 -0------------------------------------------------------2-----2--2-2-2---0---
 
 
 ----------------------------------------------------   ----------------------
                                                     |  2.
  e  e   e  e    s s e+ s s  s e+ s s s e+ s s s e         q q+  e  s s e  q q
 -------14-------------------------------------------||-----------------------
 ---11-----14--------------------------------------.||------4----------------
 -9--------------5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7-.||----------------------7
 ----------------------------------------------------||----2-----2--2-2-2--0--
 
  e  e   e  e    s s e+ s s  s e+ s s s e+ s s s e    e e+    q q+  e  s s e
 -------14--------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---11-----14--------------------------------------------------4-------------
 -9--------------5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7-7-7---9-9--------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------------2-----2--2-2-2--
 
  q q+  e  s s e  q  q+  e  s s e  q  q    e  q   e                           
                                              .         q q+  e  s s e  q  q+
 --------------------------------------------11--11--------------------------
 ---6----------------7----------------9---11--------------4----------------6--
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 -4-----4--4-4-4--5------5--5-5-5--7--------------------2-----2--2-2-2--4-----
                                                                
  e  s s e  q  q+  e  s s e  q  q    e  e   s s e   e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e
 
 ------------------------------------.--.-------------------------------------
 --------------7----------------9---11-11--11-9-7------4-4-4-----4-4--4-4-----
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 -4--4-4-4--5------5--5-5-5--7----------------------2---------2------------2--
 
   e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e   e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e   e  s s e  e   s  e
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------.---
 -----6-6-6-----6-6--6-6---------7-7-7-----7-7--7-7---------9-9-9-----11-11---
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 --4---------4------------4---5---------5------------5---7---------7----------
 
   s  s s e    e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e  e  s s e  e  s e  s e  e   e  s s e
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 -11-11-9-7------4-4-4-----4-4--4-4--------6-6-6-----6-6--6-6---------7-7-7--
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 --------------2---------2------------2--4---------4------------4---5---------
 
  e  s s s s s s s s    [w w w]   q     s  s  s  s  s s  e   s s  e  s s  e
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 ----7-7-7-7-7-7-6-4---------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-9-----11-9----11-9------
 -5----------------------2--------2---------------------11-------11------11---
                                        out of time
 
 
  s s s s q  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s h   q  q  e
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 --------------------------------------------------------------5--2--4-----||
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 -9-7-5-4-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------||
 
 
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