Iron Maiden - Killer (Solo) guitar tab
Solo to Killers by Iron Maiden
Copied and edited by 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---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
