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Phantom of the Opera Guitar Tablature
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Phantom Of The Opera

Album :  Iron Maiden
Transcribed by Fabrice ESTRABAUT (estrabau@isim.univ-montp2.fr)
		

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---7-4-0--5-4--------------------------------------------
D |---/5-----------5------------5-4-5-7/-----------------------------------
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------7---------------------------------
	
Then,

Guitar One play

E |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G |------4-4-4-5p4---7-4-0--5-4---------7-7-7-9-9-9/11-11-11/12-12-12------
D |---/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

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-------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 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
	(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
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 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
             
 
* 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--14b(16)rb(14)p1214b(16)~~--
G |-14b(16)----------------|----------------------------------------------
D |------------------------|----------------------------------------------
A |------------------------|----------------------------------------------
E |------------------------|----------------------------------------------


	  F		 		 G						  Em

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


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

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

*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 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------


*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


*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 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------

* 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
       
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
-----------

	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~-------------------------------------------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 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Solo's 

From: indiana@otenet.gr
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 20:52:53 +0300
Subject: i/iron_maiden/phantom_of_the_opera.tab

I found another mistake in my transcription. This is the correct file. Sorry...

Ok, here is the Phantom of the Opera solo. Maybe it's not 100% correct, but
it sounds pretty close to the original.

First Solo

   Em			 Em
|---------------|----------------------------------------------------
|--15b(17)-(17)~|--15b(17)r(15)-13-12h13p12--------------12-13-15-17-
|---------------|----------------------------14-12-14~-14------------
|---------------|----------------------------------------------------
|---------------|----------------------------------------------------
|---------------|----------------------------------------------------

   G
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--17b(20)-(20)-(20)-(20)r(17)-15-17------13-15-|
|------------------------------------16~--------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

   Am                      c         D 
|----------------------------------------|
|--17p15p13------------------------------|
|-----------16p14-16p14-12h14p12p11------|
|-----------------------------------12~--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

   Em
|-------------------------|
|--5-4-5-7-4h5p4h5p4------|
|--------------------5-4~-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

  Em
|/12-11h12p11h12p11h12-14-11h12p11h12p11------------------------------
|---------------------------------------13p12h13p12h13p12h13p12h13p12-
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

	        G					  Am
|--10-12--|-14-12-10-1214---------------|---------------------
|---------|-----------------12~-----------|---------------------
|---------|-----------------------14b(16)-|-14b(16)r(14)-12-14--
|---------|-------------------------------|---------------------
|---------|-------------------------------|---------------------
|---------|-------------------------------|---------------------

   c				     D    Second Solo
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11-9---------------|
|----------------------------12---/16-14-16|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

   Em                           Em
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--15b(17)--(17)--(17)~------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--14p12-14-14b(16)-12--------12-14-12|
|----------------------------|-----------------------14~-----------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|


   G                              Am         C     D
|--------15----------------------|----------------15---|
|--15b(17)~-(17)r15-12-15-15b(17)|~~-----------/15--15-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|

       Em                            Em
|----------------------------15---|--19-15-----17-15-----15------15--|
|--17b(20)~-(20)r(17)p15-17~---15-|--------17--------17-----17~----17|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

   G
|--19-15-----17-15-----19-15-----17-15-----19-15-----|
|--------17--------17--------17--------17--------17--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

   Am                                   C                 D
|--19p15p12-17p15p12-19p15p12-17p15p12-19p15p12-17p15p12-19p15p12--|
|---T--------T--------T--------T--------T--------T--------T---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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