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Flight of Icarus FLIGHT OF ICARUS As recorded by Iron Maiden (From the 1983 Album PIECE OF MIND) Transcribed by Little Prince Words and Music by Adrian Smith & Bruce (http://metalscript.homestead.com) Dickinson F 5 A5 E5 E/A B5 C 5 bxxx xxxx 5 fr. xxx xxxx` 4 fr. xxxx 7 fr. x bxxx 4 fr. A Intro Moderately P = 112 1 ggg 4 I 4 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Gtrs I, II P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T A 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 B 7 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 g g I g V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T A 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 B 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 B Verse 1 6 g g g U U U V I U U U W V V U U U W V V V V P.M. T (2) ((2)) ((2)) (2) ((2)) ((2)) 2 A 4 (4) (4) (4) 2 B 4 (4) (4) (4) 0 2 (2) (2) (2) 2 0 10 g g g V I U W V V U U U W V V V V U U P.M. T 2 A 2 (2) 2 4 (4) B 2 (2) 0 0 0 4 (4) 0 (0) 2 (2) http://metalscript.homestead.com Generated using the Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen. http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org FLIGHT OF ICARUS - Iron Maiden Page 2 of 8 C Pre-Chorus 14 ggg V V V I V V V V V V V V } V W V V V V V V V } V V V V V V } V V V V V V } V W V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 0 T (2) 0 (2) 4 6 A 7 4 6 B 4 4 4 x 4 7 7 7 x 7 7 7 7 x 7 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 x 2 4 4 4 4 4 x 4 5 5 5 5 5 x 5 12 sl. sl. D Chorus T 18 g gg W W I V W V W V W V W 2 0 T 2 0 A 4 2 B 4 2 2 0 (2nd time on D.S.) To Coda 20 g gg V V V V } } V V V } } V V V } } V V V V V I V V V V } } V V V } } V V V } } V P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 6 7 x x 7 6 7 x x 7 6 7 x x 9 7 9 (9) A 7 7 6 7 x x 7 6 7 x x 7 6 7 x x 9 7 9 (9) B 5 x x x x x x sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. E Pre-Verse 3x 22 g g I g V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T A 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 B 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 F Verse 2 3 24 g g V g U W V V U W V V I U W V U W V V V let ring P.M. 2 0 (0) T (2) ((2)) 2 (2) ((2)) 2 2 A 4 (4) 2 B 4 (4) 0 2 (2) 2 0 Generated using the Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen. http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org FLIGHT OF ICARUS - Iron Maiden Page 3 of 8 28 g g g V I U W V V U U U W V V V V U U P.M. T 2 A 2 (2) 2 4 (4) B 2 (2) 0 0 0 4 (4) 0 (0) 2 (2) G Pre-Chorus 32 ggg V V I V V V V V V V V } V V V V V V } V V V V V V } V V V V V V } V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 0 T (2) 0 (2) A 7 B 4 4 4 x 4 7 7 7 x 7 7 7 7 x 7 2 2 2 2 2 x 2 4 4 4 4 4 x 4 5 5 5 5 5 x 5 1. 2. D.S. al Coda 35 g g I g V V V V W V V V V V } V W V V P.M. T 4 4 6 4 6 A 4 4 6 7 4 6 B 2 2 4 4 x 7 2 4 12 sl. sl. H Solo 1 - Dave Murray Lead SE5 A5 E5 Gtr I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 open 37 ggg V V I W V V V V V V fV V V W Gtr III Full M [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ T 4 4 2 A O 4 2 14 16 B 4 3 2 5 2 Generated using the Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen. http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org FLIGHT OF ICARUS - Iron Maiden Page 4 of 8 Fbbb5 A5 E5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 2fr. V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V 3 39 g g V V V V V I g 3 3 Full[[[[[[[[[[[ Full 14 17 14 14 17 14 14 17 14 14 17 14 M 14 16 17 19 19 M (19)(19) 17 T 14 15 14 15 17 14 14 14 14 17 (17) O A 13 14 13 13 14 16 B H P H H H P H P P P P sl. P E5 A5 E5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 open V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V 3 V V V V V V 41 g g V V V V V g 3 I 3 Full 19 19 M (19)(19) 17 19 17 19 17 19 17 19 17 19 17 16 17 16 17 16 17 16 17 16 14 16 14 T O 17 14 17 14 17 14 17 14 14 16 14 16 14 A 16 14 B P H P H P H P H P P H P H P H P H P P H P P H P H P H P H P H P P Fbbb5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 2fr. V V V gV V V 43 g g V V V V V V V V V I g V fV V V V gV V 1/2 FullM M T 14 16 (16) 16 14 14 14 16 (16) O 14 A O 14 16 16 14 14 16 O 14 16 B 16 15 14 12 14 16 16 sl. I Solo 2 - Adrian Smith Lead Fbbb5 c Fbbb5 c E/A ``` c E/A ``` c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 2fr. 6 4fr. V V V V V V V V V V 45 g g u I g Gtr IV Full Full 17 M 17[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 14 17 (17)M 17[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 17 T 14 O A B Generated using the Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen. http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org FLIGHT OF ICARUS - Iron Maiden Page 5 of 8 A5 c A5 c B5 Cbbb5 _ _ _ _ _ ^ ^ 6 5fr.
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