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Children of the Damned

by Iron Maiden (Steve Harris)

Transcribed by Eddie Breslin(caladan@maths.tcd.ie)

> Acoustic Intro:

These are just the basic chords. Listen for the picking.

>

> Em

> e-0----0--------------|--------------3---------------|

> B-0--------0----------|---------0--------0-----------|

> G-0------------0------|-----0----------------0-------|

> D-2----------------2--|--------------------------0---|

> A-2-------------------|------------------------------|

> E-0-------------------|--3---------------------------|

>

> D C D

> e---------2--------------|-----0-------------2---------|

> B-------------3-------3--|--1-----1------3------3------|

> G--2--------------2------|--0--------0---2---------2---|

> D--0---------------------|--2------------0-------------|

> A------------------------|--3--------------------------|

> E------------------------|-----------------------------|

>

Intro Solo:I've broken this into two main sections. Each one

lasts two bars. Swell into the first note of each

section with the volume control. The key here is

a smooth mellow sound. I haven't shown the vibrato's

because there is a basic 16th note shallow vibrato

through the whole solo, just listen to the record.

Try and pick as few of the notes as possible. Use

smooth slides and hammers/pulls to move between the

notes. Live, I think Dave uses a 4-stage phaser

(MXR Phase 90) with a fairly fast rate (about a

quarter note). There is a slight variation which he

plays on the 12 Wasted Years Video which I've shown.

At the end the F# note is sustained instead of

resolving to the E.

|----------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------7--/9--7-----7b(9)r-p5-7-p5--|

|--7-----7--9-10------------5------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------11--12--11h12p11---------|

|--------7-/9--7--5--4h5p4-------------12--14-------------------14-12-14|

|--7------------------------5--12-/14-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Variation:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------11--12-p11~sustain-------|

|--------7-/9--7--5--4h5p4-------------12--14---------------------------|

|--7------------------------5--12-/14-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Acoustic Riff for Verses:

Em Cmaj7 D6add4

e-----------------0-----------|----------------------------|

> B--------------------0--------|-----------0-------------0--|

> G-----------0-----------0-----|--------0--------------0----|

> D--------2--------------------|-----2--------------4-------|

> A-----2-------------------0h2-|--3--------------5----------|

> E--0--------------------------|----------------------------|

>

Live, in the second verse, after the line "If he had lived he would

have crucified us all" Adrian plays natural harmonics at the 5th fret

as follows.

|--5----------------------|

|-----5-------------------| Natural Harmonics

|--------5----------------|

|-----------5-------------|

|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|

Chorus: I've just shown the basic fingerings for the chorus. You

can pick up the strumming and muting from the record.

Note that on alternate repititions of the riff the last

two chords are muted and strummed differently.

E(m) B(m) C D A G

|----------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|

|-------9-9--4-4-------5---7-------------|

|--2----9-9--4-4-------5---7---7-7--5-5--|

|--2----7-7--2-2--0-2--3---5---7-7--5-5--|

|--0---------------------------5-5--3-3--|

After the second chorus the song breaks out of the chorus with

this phrase.

A G F# D E

|-----------------|

|-----------------|

|--9--7--6--------|

|--7--5--4--7--9--|

|--7--5--4--5--7--|

|-----------------|

The rhythm guitar here is just made up of sustained power chords

like this. Live, the sound here shimmers due to Dave's phaser.

The strumming isn't quite this plain, there are a few muted

strums usually before each chord change.

E(m) D C D

|----------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|

|--9-------2 BARS--7--2 BARS-5---1 BAR--7---1 BAR----------|

|--7---------------5---------3----------5------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|

The next part is the lead which Adrian plays over the vocals

The note in brackets means that sometimes the phrase finishes

with F# and sometimes D.

|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|

|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|

|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|

|--------4--5--4--------|--------4-5-4---------|-/9-9-10-7-9-7-5-4--|

|--7--------------7--5--|--7------------7---5--|----------------(5)-|

|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|

The next part is the guitar harmony before the solo.

The bends at the end of these phrases may or may not be unison bends.

Try them yourself and see what you think.

Gtr I (Adrian)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--9---11-12-11--9--7--4~--5-/7--5--4--7--5--9--11b(12)-9b(11)-7b(9)--|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr II (Dave)

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|--8--10-/12-10-8-12-7----------------8-10b(12)-8b(10)----------|

|----------------------9-/11-9-7-11-9------------------11b(12)--|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

The guitar solo is tapped with the side of the plectrum.

The highest note of each triplet phrase is tapped and the other

two notes are fingered with the first and third finger of your

left hand.

The tab as shown is played through twice except the bend in the

last bit is bent slightly sharper than the A note the second time.

T P H T P H sim. sim.

|--20-12-15--19-12-15--20-12-15--19-12-15--|

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|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|--20-12-15--19-12-15--20-12-15--19-12-15--|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|--15-10-12--14-10-12--15-10-12--14-10-12--|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|--15-10-12--14-10-12--15-10-12--14-10-12--|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|--15--8-10--14--8-10--15--8-10--14--8-10--|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|--15-10-12--14-10-12--15-10-12--14-10-12--|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|--20-12-15--19-12-15--20-12-15--19-12-15--|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|--15b(17)r15-p12--------------------------|

|-----------------15~----------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

The next bit is right after the solo where Bruce sings

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! etc.

|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

|-------4-5-4-------|------4-5-4------|-----4-5-4----4-----|

|--7-----------7-5--|--7---------7-5--|--7---------7----5~-|

|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

The next part goes with the remaining vocals, "You're Children

of the Damned" etc.

It should be noted that the strumming for the rhythm guitar

changes here to a more intense pattern.(Same chords as before).

|-------------------|--------------------|

|-------------------|--------------------|

|-------------------|--------------------|

|--5-(7)/9-7-5-4-5--|--5--(7)/9-7-5-4-5--|

|-------------------|--------------------|

|-------------------|--------------------|

|-------------------|--------------------|

|-------------------|--------------------|

|-------------------|--------------------|

|--5-(7)/9-7-5-5-4--|--7--(7)/9-7-4-h5---|

|-------------------|------------------5-|

|-------------------|--------------------|

Ending:

Gtr I (Adrian)

|----------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|

|--5----4----2----0----4~--------2~---------------2--------|

|---------------------------2~--------------------2--------|

|-------------------------------------------------0--------|

Gtr II (Dave)

|----------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|

|--9----7--------------9--------------------------9--------|

|--9----7----5----7----9--------------------------9--------|

|--7----5----5----7----7--------------------------7--------|

|------------3----5----0-----------------------------------|

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