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Fear Of The Dark by Iron Maiden

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Performed by:Iron Maiden
Composers: Steve Harris

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I made this tab as best as i could. 
If you see a mistake or have any questions or there are any other 
Iron Maiden songs you want me to tab for you please e-mail me at brucklepea@hotmail.com. 
You can also e-mail if you want to know what part of the song sounds like 
on bass and i'll send you the sound file of me playing it.
Thanks.

Band-   Iron Maiden
Album-  Fear of the dark
Song-   Fear of the dark

> = slide to
~ = let ring
| = pause
h = hammer on

Intro 1
G|------------------------------
D|------------------------------
A|-5~-3~-5~-3~------------------
E|-------------5~-3~-5~-1~-3~---

Intro 2
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---5---5---
A|-5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3---1---1---3---3-----
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro 2 (continued)
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---
A|-5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----- x2
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro 3
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---5---5---
A|-5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3---1---1---3---3----- x2
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro 4
G|---------------------------------------------------5---5---7---7---
D|---7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5-3---3---5---5-----
A|-5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3--------------------- 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro 5
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---
A|-5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----- 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro 6
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---5-------
A|-1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3-----
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro 7 (continued)
G|-------------------5---5---7---7-----------------------------------
D|---3---3---3---3-3---3---5---5----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----
A|-1---1---1---1------------------5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5------ x2
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Break
G|----------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1----
E|-------------------------------------1-------1-------1----------

Break (continued)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-5-5-0-0-5-5-7-7-8-8-10-10-8-8-7-- x2
E|-------3-------3-------3----------------------------------------

Verse 1
G|---------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5--- x2
E|---------------------------------------------------

Chorus
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------3-3-5-5-------------------
A|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--- x2
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse 2
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse 2 (continued)
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------3-3-5-5-----------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3---------5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus x2

Break x2

Bridge 1 (solo)
G|----------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------1-1-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-- x2
E|-------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------

Bridge 2
G|----------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------3-5-5-5-5-5-5-- x2
E|-------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3----------------

Bridge 3
G|--------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-- x2
E|--------------------------------------------------

Bridge 4
G|--------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-- x2
E|--------------------------------------------------

Bridge 5
G|------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-- x4
E|-------------------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--------------

Break x2

Verse 3
G|------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3---------5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-- x2
E|-------------------------1-1-3-3----------------------------------

Chorus x2

Outro chorus
G|-----------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------3~-5~------
A|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-1~-------5~--- 
E|-----------------------------------------------

Intro 1

Outro
G|---------------------------------------------------5---5---7---7-----7-------
D|---7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5-3---3---5---5-----7---7-----
A|-5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3-------------------5-------5~--
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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twofiresinsidetwofiresinsideUnknown Date
this is a relly good tab.
liveafterdeathliveafterdeathUnknown Date
if you look at the rock in rio concert steve has benn using power chordsduring the intro and the rest of the song

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