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From: Stuart@cs.strath.ac.uk Subject: TAB: IRON MAIDEN - THE SIGN OF THE CROSS Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 14:04:17 +0100 -------- | |\ /\ \ | \ | /| | |\ +--- \ | | |/ / \ |\ | |\/| X | | | \ |-- |\ | | |\ \__/ | \| | | / \| | |_/ \___ | \| \ | | | THE SIGN OF THE CROSS FROM: THE X FACTOR TABBED BY: STUART ROBB (DREAMER DECEIVER) Heres my effort at this epic tune - there are several pieces still missing, but there is quite a bit here (the track is 11:17 long !!). The whole song is based around the E chord, at different positions. Any help and additions would be welcome - this was knocked up in just a few hours (not including putting it onto the computer !!). See my email address at the bottom........ ---+--- 00:00 - 01:20 = PRE-INTRO (background chanting) 01:20 - 01:55 = INTRO 1 (bass + guitar ?) (X2) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ A|----0-2-3--2--0-2-3-2------0-2-3---2-3-5--3--2------0-2-3--2--0-2-3-2--\ E|-0----------------------0------------------------0---------------------\ [ending 1] [ending 2] -\----------------------|----------------------| -\----------------------|----------------------| -\----------------------|----------------------| -\----------------------|----------------------| -\----------------------|----------------------| -\-0--0-2-3--2-3--2-3---|-0--0-2-3--2-3--2-0---| 01:55 - 02:47 = INTRO 2 (occassional chords) e|---| B|---| G|---| D|---| A|---| E|---| 02:47 - 03:26 = VERSE 1 (thumping chords, 4 a bar, hit;miss;hit;hit) e|---| B|---| G|---| D|---| A|---| E|---| 03:26 - 03:44 = VERSE 2 (similar to Verse 1, but with LEAD 1) [LEAD 1] e|------------------------------------| B|-5--5-7-8-7-----0---5--5-7-8-7------| G|-------------7------------------7---| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| 03:44 - 04:04 = CHORUS (chords) e|---| B|---| G|---| D|---| A|---| E|---| 04:04 - 04:22 = VERSE 2 04:22 - 04:42 = CHORUS 04:42 - 05:01 = RIFF 1 (2 guitars + bass, guitar 1 top;guitar 2 bottom) (X2) e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ B|---12-12-12--10-12-12-12----12-12-12--10-12-12-12----12-12-12--10-12-12-12--\ G|-9------------------------9------------------------9------------------------\ D|----9--9--9---7--9--9--9-----9--9--9---7--9--9--9-----9--9--9---7--9--9--9--\ A|-7------------------------7------------------------7------------------------\ E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ -\------------------------------| -\-13-13--12-12--10-10--12-12---| -\------------------------------| -\-10-10---9--9---7--7---9--9---| -\------------------------------| -\------------------------------| (X2) e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ B|---10-10-10---8-10-10-10----10-10-10---8-10-10-10----10-10-10---8-10-10-10--\ G|-7------------------------7------------------------7------------------------\ D|----7--7--7---5--7--7--7-----7--7--7---5--7--7--7-----7--7--7---5--7--7--7--\ A|-5------------------------5------------------------5------------------------\ E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ -\------------------------------| -\-11-11--10-10---8--8--10-10---| -\------------------------------| -\--8--8---7--7---5--5---7--7---| -\------------------------------| -\------------------------------| 05:01 - 05:30 = RIFF 2 (chords, by the threes) e|---| B|---| G|---| D|---| A|---| E|---| 05:30 - 06:06 = RIFF 3 (background chanting) [part 1] X2 [part 2] e|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------| B|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------| G|-----------------------|-----------------------|- PART 1 -| D|--9--9-8----9--9--8-7--|--7--7-6----7--7--6-5--|- (X1) -| A|-7--7------7--7--7-----|-5--5------5--5--5-----|----------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------| 06:06 - 07:08 = RIFF 4 [part 1] [part 2] e|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------\ B|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------\ G|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------\ D|--9-9-9-8-------------9-9-9-8---7--------------------|--9-9-9-8--------------------\ A|-7----------7---7----7--------7-----7---7---7---7----|-7----------7---7---7---7----\ E|----------000-000-00--------------000-000-000-000-00-|----------000-000-000-000-00-\ [part 3] -\---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-\ -\---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-\ -\---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-\ -\--9-9-9-8---7--------------------|--7-7-7-6-------------7-7-7-6---5--------------------|-\ -\-7--------7-----7---7---7---7----|-5----------7---7----5--------5-----7---7---7---7----|-\ -\--------------000-000-000-000-00-|----------000-000-00--------------000-000-000-000-00-|-\ -\------------| -\------------| -\-- PART 2 --| -\-- (X1) --| -\------------| -\------------| 07:08 - 07:25 = RIFF 5 [part 1] (X2) [part 2] e|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------| D|--9-----10-----7-----9--|--7-----8-----5-----7---------7-----8-----5-----7------| A|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| E|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------| 07:25 - 07:44 = RIFF 5 with LEAD 2 [LEAD 2] [part 1] (X2) [part 2] (X2) e|---------------10------------------|----------------8------------------| B|-12--10-12-13-----13-10-----10-12--|-10---8-10-11-----11--8------8-10--| G|-------------------------12--------|--------------------------10-------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 07:44 - 07:57 = RIFF 6 (heavy and fast) e|---| B|---| G|---| D|---| A|---| E|---| 07:57 - 08:17 = RIFF 7 (X4) e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------12--10---------------12--10----------------------------| G|-9--9---------12-11---9--9---------12-11-9----9-12-9-12--11---| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------| 08:17 - 08:36 = SOLO 1 e|---| B|---| G|---| D|---| A|---| E|---| 08:36 - 08:55 = SOLO 2 e|---| B|---| G|---| D|---| A|---| E|---| 08:55 - 09:14 = RIFF 7 (X4) 09:14 - 10:10 = RIFF 8 (with background chords on 3rd & 4th repeat; slows on 6th repeat, into OUTRO 1) e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------10-9---------\ B|----10-12-12--12-12--12-13-12-10-12---------10-12-12--12-12--12-13-12-10------12-10---\ G|-9----------------------------------------9-------------------------------------------\ D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ (X6) -\-----------------------------------------10-9-------------------------------------------| -\----10-12-12--12-12--12-13-12-10-12-----------12-10-12-10-------------------------------| -\--9-------------------------------------------------------12-11-12-11-9----12-11-9------| -\------------------------------------------------------------------------12---------12---| -\----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -\----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 10:10 - 10:47 = OUTRO 1 (slow and crunchy) e|---| B|---| G|---| D|---| A|---| E|---| 10:47 - 11:12 = OUTRO 2 (INTRO 1 with ENDING 2) >>> THE EPIC IS OVER <<< ...... ...... ...... All additions and comments will be welcomed.... Good guitaring, Stuart. ------ /=================================================================\ [ {{==\\ __ __ __ _ _ __ __ {{==\\ __ __ __ . __ __ ] [ || ||I__II_ I__II\/II_ I__I || ||I_ I I_ II / I_ I__I ] [ || ||I \I__ I II II__ I \ || ||I__ I__ I__ II/ I__ I \ ] [ {{==// (srobb@strath.ac.uk) {{==// ] \======!=y=e=o=s=u=i=d=w=o=e=n=b=t=o=h=t=a=d=v=l=e=o=t=e=o=b======/