Phantom of the Opera

Iron Maiden

Composição de: Steve Harris (Gb 1)
Tom:
Afinação: 
I know that a transcription of this song already exists but here's my 
own


* INTRO : The two guitars play the next riff 3 times 
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |------4-4-4-5p4---7-4---5-4----------------------------------------
D |---/5-----------5-----5-----5-4-5-7/-------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------2-----------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

Then,

Guitar One play

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |------4-4-4-5p4---7-4---5-4---------7-7-7-9-9-9/11-11-11/12-12-12--
D |---/5-----------5-----5-----5-4-5-7--------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

E |----------------------------14-14-14-|--19p15----19p15----19p15----
B |-12-12-12-13-13-13-15-15-15----------|--------17-------17-------17-
G |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------
D |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------
A |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------
E |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------

E |---19p15----19p15----19p15----19p15----19/slide down---------------
B |---------17-------17-------17-------17-----------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar Two play
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E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |------------------------------------------------------5-5-5/8-8-8--
G |------4-4-4-5p4---7-4---5-4---------4-4-4-5-5-5-7-7-7--------------
D |---/5-----------5-----5-----5-4-5-7--------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

E |-----------------------------|--15-------15-------15-------15----
B |-10-10-10/12-12-12/15-15-15--|-----17-------17-------17-------17-
G |-----------------------------|--------16-------16-------16-------
D |-----------------------------|-----------------------------------
A |-----------------------------|-----------------------------------
E |-----------------------------|-----------------------------------
E|------ 
B|------ 
G|16---- 
D|------ 
A|------ 
E|------ 

E |---15-------15-------15-------15/slide down------------------------
B |------17-------17-------17-----------------------------------------
G |---------16-------16-------16--------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

* End INTRO

Now,the guitars play the same riff together

* RIFF D
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-----------------------------------------7^------------------------
D |----2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2--5^--7^--------------------
A |---------------------------------------------5^--------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

        (Repeat 4 times)

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |----4-4-4-7-4-4-4-4-4-7-4-4/5-5-5-8-5-5-5-5-5-8-5-5----------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
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        (Repeat 3 times)
* End RIFF D


* RIFF C
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |---9--9--X--X--4--4--X--X--5--5--X--X--7--7--X--X------------------
D |---9--9--X--X--4--4--X--X--5--5--X--X--7--7--X--X------------------
A |---7--7--X--X--2--2--X--X--3--3--X--X--5--5--X--X------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

* End RIFF C


* RIFF A
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-----------------------------------------3--3--3-------------------
G |-----------------------------------------2--2--2-------------------
D |----2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2--0--0--0-------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

        ( Repeat 2 times )
* End RIFF A


* RIFF B
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |------4-4-4-5p4---7-4---5-4----------------------------------------
D |---/5-----------5-----5-----5-4-5-7--------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

* End RIFF B





The song goes like this :

INTRO

RIFF D
RIFF C
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RIFF A
RIFF C
RIFF A

RIFF B (Vocals)
RIFF A (Ooooohh...)
RIFF B (Vocals)
RIFF A (Ooooohh...)
RIFF C (Vocals)
RIFF A (Ooooohh...)
RIFF C (Vocals)

RIFF A

RIFF B (Vocals)
RIFF A (Ooooohh...)
RIFF B (Vocals)
RIFF A (Ooooohh...)
RIFF C (Vocals)
RIFF A (Ooooohh...)
RIFF C (Vocals)

RIFF A
RIFF C


* RIFF E
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-------9-------9-------9----9^-7^------9-------9-------9----9^-7^--
D |-----9---9---9---9---9---9--9^-7^----9---9---9---9---9---9--7^-5^--
A |---7-------7-------7--------7^-5^--7-------7-------7--------7^-5^--
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------7-------7-------5-------5-----------------------------------
G |-----7---7---7-------5---5---5-------------------------------------
D |---5-------5-------3-------3---------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-------9-------9-------9----9^-7^----------------------------------
D |-----9---9---9---9---9---9--9^-7^----------------------------------
A |---7-------7-------7--------7^-5^----------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
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* End RIFF E


RIFF E
RIFF E ( Vocals: Keep your distance,walk away...)
...

* SOLO ( The second guitar play arpegians behind )

                        C                                             

          Em


E |-------------12---------|-------------------
B |---------/12----15b(17)-|-15b(17)rb(15)p12--
G |-14b(16)----------------|-------------------
D |------------------------|-------------------
A |------------------------|-------------------
E |------------------------|-------------------
E|--------------------------- 
B|14b(16)rb(14)p1214b(16)~~-- 
G|--------------------------- 
D|--------------------------- 
A|--------------------------- 
E|--------------------------- 

          F                              G                           

                     Em


E |---13-12h13p12----15-12h13p12h13p12h13p12--------------------------
B |---------------15--------------------------15b(17)~~---------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

             C                                                        

          Em
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E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------15-17b(19)rb(17)~-17b(20)rb(17)b(20)rb17~-15h17p15----------
G |---/16----------------------------------------------------16~------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

           F                      G                                  

           Em


E |-12-13-12h13p12----15-12h13p12h13p12h13p12-------------------------
B |----------------15---------------------------15b(17)~~-------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

                           C


E |--/14-15-17-17b(19)~~-17b(19)rb(17)p14h17p14h17p14h17p14~~--14-----
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

          Em


E |---14h15p14h15p14/12h14p12h14p12-----------------------------------
B |---------------------------------15b(17)~--------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

           F                      G                                  

           Em
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E |-12-13-12h13p12----15-12h13p12h13p12h13p12-------------------------
B |----------------15---------------------------15b(17)~~-------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

                C                                                     
E |-----------------------------------------------------
B |-----------------------------------------------------
G |--/12-14-14b(16)rb(14)b(16)-12h14p12h14p12/11~-11-12-
D |-----------------------------------------------------
A |-----------------------------------------------------
E |-----------------------------------------------------
                                    Em
E|------------------ 
B|------------------ 
G|11h12p11h12p11/--- 
D|------------------ 
A|------------------ 
E|------------------ 

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |--/9h11p9h11p9/7h9p7h9p7-7b(9)-------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

           F                      G                                  

           Em


E |-12-13-12h13p12----15-12h13p12h13p12h13p12-------------------------
B |----------------15---------------------------15b(17)~~~~~~---------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

*End SOLO

Bassline then,the slaughtering begin !! ( And not for your daughter )
There's 2 Guitars on harmony
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*Guitar One : 
------------ 

        Repeat 4 times (Em,D,C,D) but in the 4th,play the RIFF F 
instead of
        the last part (Chord D)

                Em


E |--15-------15-------15-------15------------------------------------
B |-----17-------17-------17-------17---------------------------------
G |--------16-------16-------16-------16------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

       D


E |--14-------14-------14-------14------------------------------------
B |-----15-------15-------15-------15---------------------------------
G |--------14-------14-------14-------14------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

           C


E |--15-------15-------15-------15------------------------------------
B |-----17-------17-------17-------17---------------------------------
G |--------15-------15-------15-------15------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

       D


E |--14-------14-------14-------14------------------------------------
B |-----15-------15-------15-------15---------------------------------
G |--------14-------14-------14-------14------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
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*RIFF F

     C                                          D


E |--12-12-12-12-12-12------14-14-14-14-14-14-------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

*End RIFF F


Play the next part (Em,D,C,RIFF F) 2 times

Then play (Em,D,C,RIFF G,Em,D,C,RIFF H)

*RIFF G

       C                                 D


E |----------------------17-15-14-------------------------------------
B |----17-15----17-15-------------17-15-------------------------------
G |----------17-------17----------------16----------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

*End RIFF G


*RIFF H

       C                                 D


E |-------------------------------17-15-14----------------------------
B |----17-15----17-15----17-15----------------------------------------
G |----------17-------17-------17-------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

*End RIFF H
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*Guitar two :
------------- 

        Repeat 4 times (Em,D,C,D) but in the 4th,play the RIFF I 
instead of
        the last part (Chord D)

           Em


E |--19h15----19h15-----19h15----19h15--------------------------------
B |--------17-------17--------17-------17-----------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

           D


E |--17h14----17h14-----17h14----17h14--------------------------------
B |--------15-------15--------15-------15-----------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

           C


E |--15h12----15h12-----15h12----15h12--------------------------------
B |--------13-------13--------13-------13-----------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

           D


E |--17h14----17h14-----17h14----17h15--------------------------------
B |--------15-------15--------15-------15-----------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
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* RIFF I

         C                                      D


E |--12-12-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-14-14-----------------------------
B |--13-13-13-13-13-13--15-15-15-15-15-15-----------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

* End RIFF I

Play the next part (Em,D,C,RIFF I) 2 times

Then play (Em,D,C,RIFF J,Em,D,C,RIFF K)






* RIFF J

       C                                 D


E |----------------------13-12----------------------------------------
B |----13-12----13-12----------15-13-12-------------------------------
G |----------14-------14----------------14----------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

* End RIFF J


* RIFF K

       C                                 D
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E |-------------------------------13-12-------------------------------
B |----13-12----13-12----13-12----------15----------------------------
G |----------14-------14-------14-------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

* End RIFF K


Now,The 2 guitars play :


E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |--9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9/12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12/14--14-14-14-14------
A |--7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7/10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10/12--12-12-12-12------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------
D |--14-14-14/17-17-17-17-17-17/16-16-16-16-16-16---------------------
A |--12-12-12/15-15-15-15-15-15/14-14-14-14-14-14---------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

Play it two times,then play the next riff two times :


E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |--4^-4-4-4^-4-4-4^-4-4----------4^-4-4-4^-4-4-4^-4-4---------------
D |--2^-2-2-2^-2-2-2^-2-2--2p0---0-2^-2-2-2^-2-2-2^-2-2--2p0---0------
A |----------------------------2-----------------------------2--------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |--7^-7-7-7^-7-7-7^-7-7-7^--9^-9-9-9/---5-/-7-----------------------
D |--5^-5-5-5^-5-5-5^-5-5-5^--7^-7-7-7/---5-/-7-----------------------
A |---------------------------------------3-/-5-----------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

The harmony
-----------
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        Guitar One:

E |------------------------------------------7-----------------------
B |-------------------8-----8-7-8--8-7-8-7-8---8~--8-7-8~--7-8-7-8-7-
G |--9-7-9--9-7-9-7-9---9~-------------------------------------------
D |------------------------------------------------------------------
A |------------------------------------------------------------------
E |------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----- 
B|----- 
G|9~--- 
D|----- 
A|----- 
E|----- 

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |----------8-7---10-8-7---------------------------------------------
G |--9-7-9~------9--------9~------------------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

        Guitar Two:

E |-----------------------------------------------------------10------
B |---------------------------12-----12-10-12--12-10-12-10-12----12~--
G |--12-11-12--12-11-12-11-12----12~----------------------------------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |--12-10-12--10-12-10-12-10-----------------12-10----13-12-10-------
G |---------------------------12~---12-11-12~-------12----------12~---
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------

Sorry if there's some mistakes (it's my first transcription)...
Up The Irons !!!
  • C
  • D
  • Em
  • F
  • G
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