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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- Dance of death
Song- Dance of death
> = slide to
~ = let ring
| = pause
h = hammer on
Intro 1
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|---9---9------12----12------7---7-----5---5-----5---5-------
A|-7---7---7-10----10----10-5---5---5-3---3---3-3---3---3-----
E|------------------------------------------------------------
Intro 1 (continued)
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|---7---7-----9---9-----9---9-----9---9------12----12--------
A|-5---5---5-7---7---7-7---7---7-7---7---7-10----10----10-----
E|------------------------------------------------------------
Intro 1 (continued)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|---7---7-----2---2-----5---5-----7---7-----9---9-----9---9-----
A|-5---5---5-0---0---0-3---3---3-5---5---5-7---7---7-7---7---7--- x4
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
Intro 2
G|----------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
E|----------------------------------------------------------
Intro 2 (continued)
G|----------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10---
E|----------------------------------------------------------
Intro 2 (continued)
G|--------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-- x2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------
Break
G|-----------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------
E|-----------------------------------
Intro 2 x6
Break
G|-------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-7-- x6
E|-------------------------------------
Verse
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------10-9------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-9-10-10-10-10-12-5-5-5-5-10-7-7-7------12-10-12-10-9-5--
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Verse (continued)
G|------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------10-10-9-9--
A|-7-7-7-7-9-10-10-10-10-12-5-5-5-5-10-7-7-7------------ x2
E|------------------------------------------------------
Break x8
Verse x2
Bridge 1 (solo)
G|---------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-5-5-5-5-5-5-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9--- x6
E|---------------------------------------------------------
Bridge 2
G|---------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7--- x4
E|---------------------------------------------------------
Verse x2
Bridge 2 x4
Break x10
Outro
G|--------------
D|--------------
A|-3-5~-10-5~---
E|--------------
Intro part1 x2
Please rate this tab and put your comments. Thankyou.
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
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Bobby Rhythm Player |
#1 by Bobby McCorkle at Aug 31, 1972 at 2:52 AM EST |
| I'm not sure, but the lyrics strongly suggest a witch's commune in the woods, like the ones that that the puritans were always accusing each other of in 17th century America. I would also venture a connection to "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. The imagery is powerfully reminiscent of the short story "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. | |
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Charley Rhythm Player |
#2 by Charley Hockin at Apr 30, 1980 at 11:00 AM EST |
| yup, just another fantasy adventure from Iron Maiden. Great Song. I imagine this song about a guy who's drunk, and has delirious visions, but is so profoundly shook by them that he changes his lifestyle and starts preparing for death and living his life to the fullest. | |
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chris Average |
#3 by chris nagel at May 25, 1988 at 11:46 AM EST |
| Bruce said in a magazine interview that this song was made up about the devils within you that tempt you to do bad things. In the end he overcomes them, and fears what might happen if the temptation ever overcomes him again. | |
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Toby Wanna Be |
#4 by Toby Moran at Apr 24, 1994 at 9:20 PM EST |
| Brilliant new sound on the Dance of Death album, headlined by this brilliant title song. This song was awesome when I heard it live. Bruce is just great. | |
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Robo Badass |
#5 by Robo the Hobo at Oct 7, 1999 at 12:17 PM EST |
| I think the song is acutally meant to be a fantasy thing. Not really based on any real life things. The way it goes on about the spirit and mysterious being seems surreal and eerie. That's what makes it so good. | |
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Lumière Average |
#6 by Lumière Sara at Jun 29, 2006 at 2:36 PM EST |
| Lyrically, I think it sounds almost like a sequel to the awesome "The Number of the Beast." | |
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billy Average |
#7 by billy murchison at Jul 2, 2006 at 9:12 AM EST |
| I love this song! I'm not a huge Iron Maiden fan (atleast not yet), and I just started listening to more of their songs yesterday (i'd only heard a few before). Dance of Death is a great song though. It's interesting to see how people's ideas of the song meaning differ. | |
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jessie Wanna Be |
#8 by jessie sinanan at Jul 9, 2006 at 11:56 PM EST |
| its about someone who has had a near death expeirience. firstly the everglades is filled with nasty animals and diseases, second "I'd one drink but no more" suggests that he was drunk. then something "rushed him from the trees", could be an alligator or something attacking him. then he went to a place of the dead. "As I danced with the dead My free spirit was laughing and howling down at me Below my undead body Just danced the circle of dead" this means he could see his dead body, there are reports of people that have had near death expeiriences have seen themselves flaoting above there body. "Until the time came to reunite us both My spirit came back down to me" he then regains concoiseness. then the dead started being distracted and he runs away. "When you know that your time has come around You know you'll be prepared for it Say your last goodbyes to everyone Drink and say a prayer for it" he warns people to take care of this life and what you do, and when you do know your going to die- make sure you say goodbye. "To this day I guess I'll never know Just why they let me go But I'll never go dancing no more 'Til I dance with the dead" he saying that he is not ganna do anymore stupid things in his life until he dies. | |
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Klint Average |
#9 by Klint flowers at Jul 24, 2006 at 2:51 PM EST |
| this song is what it says- guy gets invited by the unworldly creatures tio a dance then realises it's gonna b his last unless he gets the hell outta ther quik. (Useless info for people who wud like to see a weird lil picture) parently sum guy calld Holbein- soz if tis spelt wrong!!- made a woodcut called the dance of death if u look it up it shows death draggin away all the peasents, nobles, randm peepz who r busy- a reminder that death comes to us all. Sobering thought really isnt it? Still mayb we can cheat it a lil but we r all gona dance at 1 point- til then have a nice day! wuhahahaha xxx | |
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peebo Average |
#10 by peebo at Aug 23, 2006 at 12:35 AM EST |
| i love this song...of the the best Iron Maiden songs...i think this song is about learnin to live life to the fullest | |
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Master of Reali n00b! |
#11 by Master of Reality at Aug 28, 2006 at 6:17 PM EST |
| sweet now i know how to play "Dance of Death" Maiden rules! | |
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Perfect Pervers Rhythm Player |
#12 by Perfect Perversion™ at Dec 2, 2006 at 2:35 AM EST |
| Great Song the singing and music. The Last part of the song reminds me of some sort of sleep paralysis. | |
