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The Ides of March Guitar Tablature
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==                          The Ides of March                              ==
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                              By Iron Maiden
 
                   Music by Steve Harris of Iron Maiden

                          Tablature by Dan Wade

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This Tab is for 2 Guitars one Rhythm and one Lead,
IF you want to play with one Guitar, play lead.
This tab is 100% correct.
I have made maybe five versions of the solo.
But the first Half of the solo is in E Blues Pentatonic scale
and the second half is in D Major scale.
The solo is about 95% correct the very last before the tapping 
starts, maybe off by a couple of notes..maybe.


Guitar 1(Rhythm)This Guitar Should be low and have alot of tone, Distorted.
Guitar 2(Lead) This Guitar should be very high, and Distorted. A bit of tone. 

The tabs is in order.
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                              Intro 
(Guitar 1)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------7---9--11--12-11-9--7--9-|
|-2---4--5---7-9-10--9--7--------5---7--9---10-9--7--5--7-|
|-0---2--3---5-7-8 --7--5--3p2p0--------------------------|
(Guitar 2)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---11-12----------------5h4---7---9--11--12-11-9--7--9-|
|-7---9--10--7-9-10--9--7------7-5---7--9---10-9--7--5--7-|
|------------5-7-8 --7--5---------------------------------|

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                              Bridge
(Guitar 1)
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--9---11-12----------------------7---9--11--12-11-9--7--9-|
|-5--7---9--10--7-9-10--9--7--------5---7--9---10-9--7--5--7-|
|---------------5-7-8 --7--5--3p2p0--------------------------|
(Guitar 2)
|---------------8-1010^ 10^8--7-5--------------7-------------|
|-7--8---10-12--------------------8-7---8--10~----10-8~-7--8~|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

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                                Solo
(Guitar 2)
|-12^---12^------------------|--|------17^--15-12-12--12-10------
|-----------15-12----12------|--|---12----------------------12-12
|-----------------14---14-14-|12|--------------------------------
|----------------------------|--|--------------------------------
|----------------------------|--|--------------------------------
|----------------------------|--|--------------------------------

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

|-15-14----14^-|-15-14----19^17^-|
|------15------|------15---------|
|--------14----|--------14-------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|

|-12--------12-15-12-12-----15-----------------|
|---15h12-15-----------15-12--12---------------|
|-------------------------------14-12---12-14~-|
|------------------------------------14--------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-12-------------------|
|---14-12--------------|
|--------14-13-12------|
|----------------15-12-|

|--------------------------------------------
|-12h15p12---12h15p12---12h15p12---12h15p12--
|---------14---------14---------14---------14
|--------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------
 
---------------------------------|----------|
-12h15p12---12h15p12----12-15/17-|-17^--17^-|
----------14--------14-----------|----------|
---------------------------------|----------|
---------------------------------|----------|
---------------------------------|----------|

|----------------------------------------------------
|-15-17p15-17p15p14-15p14-15p14----------------------
|------------------------------16-1412-14p12-14p12--
|--------------------------------------------------14
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
  
-----------------------------|
-----------------------------|
-12h14-12---12p11---12p11----|
---------14------14------14--|
-----------------------------|
-----------------------------|
 
|----------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------|----------------|
|--------------11-12---------|-----------12---|
|------11h12h14-----14-12-14-|------12-14--14-|
|-12h14----------------------|-12-14----------|
|----------------------------|----------------|
 
|-15^-----15^--15^--15^----17^--17^--17^--15p14-15p14--12--14p12--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------15-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

  t          t          t          t                                  
|-19--15p12--19--15p12--19--15p12--19--15p12-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
     
  t          t          t          t                                  
|-19--15p12--19--15p12--17--14p12--17--14p12-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
   
  t          t          t          t                                  
|-19--15p12--19--15p12--19--15p12--19--15p12-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
 
  t          t          t          t                                  
|-19--15p12--19--15p12--17--14p12--17--14p12-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

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                          Rhythm under Solo.
(Guitar 1) x2 under Solo
||-------------------------------------------------------
||-------------------------------------------------------
||*------------------------------------------------------
||*5~-9xx9xx9--11-12xx12xx12-----------------------------
||-7~-7xx7xx7--9--10xx10xx10--7-9-10xx10xx10--9~-7xx7xx7-
||----------------------------5-7-8xxx8xxx8---7~-5xx5xx5-

-----------------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------------*||
-------7xx7xx7--9--11xx11xx11--12-11-9xx9xx9--7~--9xx9xx9-*||
-------5xx5xx5--7--9xxx9xxx9---10-9--7xx7xx7--5~--7xx7xx7--||
-3h2p0-----------------------------------------------------||


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                                Outro

(Guitar 2)
|-2r-3r--5r-7r--8r10r12r--12r-8r--7r5r3r-2r--3r-5r--7r-5r-3r-2r0r-|
|-3r-5r--7r-8r--1012r13r--13r10r--8r7r5r-3r--5r-7r--8r-7r-5r-3r0r-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------0r-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------2r-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------2r-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------0r-|
(Guitar 1)
|---------------8r10r10^---10^8r--7r5r--------------7r------------|
|-7r-8r--10r12r-----------------------8r--7r-8r-10~----10r8~-7r---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------9r-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------9r-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------7r-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


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==                       TABLATURE EXPLANATION                                ==
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----------                ----------                ----t---
----5h8--- Hammeron       ----(8)--- Ghost          ----6--- Tap
----------                ---------- Note           --------
----5p8--- Pulloff        ----------                --------

----------                ----------                --------
----5/8--- Slide Up       -----x---- Dead           ---5r--- Let ring
----------                ---------- Note           ---6r---
----58--- Slide Down     ----------                --------

----------                ||------|| Repeat         --------
----5~~~-- Vibrato        ||*----*||                ---5^--- Bend
----------                ||*----*||                --------
----------                ||------||                --------

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