#-----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE------------------------------------#
# This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
# song. The owner of this website has not reviewed the contents of this file and #
# does not support copyright infringement or violating the rights of any artist #
# or legal entity. If you feel that the content of this file may be violating #
# copyright law, you may not use the information displayed here in any way. #
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Intro(Dying swans, twisted wings...)
G:|--------|--------|--------------|
D:|--------|--------|--------------|
A:|-0—-3---|--------|-0—-3-------0-|
E:|------3-|-1--3-3-|------3-1-3---| <= play six times
Verse riff 1(wilderness...)
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|--------------------------------------------------|
D:|--------------------------------------------------|
A:|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E:|--------------------------------------------------|
Verse riff 2(what you see...)
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|--------------------------------------------------|
D:|--------------------------------------------------|
A:|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E:|--------------------------------------------------|
Chorus(A brave New World...)
G:|--7------------------------3------------------------5-----------------------|
D:|--7------------------------3------------------------5-----------------------|
A:|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1—-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E:|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|--7------------------------7------------------------3-----------------------|
D:|--7------------------------7------------------------3-----------------------|
A:|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E:|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|---------------------------7-----------------------|
D:|--5------------------------7-----------------------|
A:|--5------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E:|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------| <= play the entire chorus 2
times
Solo Riff 1
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|--------------------------------------------------|
D:|--------------------------------------------------|
A:|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E:|--------------------------------------------------| <= play 2 times
Solo Riff 2
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|--------------------------------------------------|
D:|--------------------------------------------------|
A:|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E:|--------------------------------------------------| <= play 2 times
Solo Riff 3
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|--------------------------------------------------|
D:|--------------------------------------------------|
A:|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E:|--------------------------------------------------| <= play 2 times
Solo Riff 4
G:|-5-------------------------------5-------------------------------7---------------|
D:|-5-------------------------------5-------------------------------7---------------|
A:|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|-----------------5-------------------------------5-----------5-------------------|
D:|-----------------5-------------------------------5-----------5-------------------|
A:|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|------------7-------------------------------|
D:|------------7-------------------------------|
A:|--3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E:|--------------------------------------------| <= Play 4 times
Order
Intro x 6
Verse Riff 1 x 2
Verse Riff 2 x 2
Chorus x 2
Verse Riff 1 x 2
Verse Riff 2 x 2
Chorus x 2
Solo Riff 1 x 2
Solo Riff 2 x 2
Solo Riff 3 x 2
Solo Riff 4 x 4
Chorus x 2
Intro x 1 and fade out
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
|
No Picture
dave n00b! |
#1 by dave masters at May 9, 2006 at 11:21 PM EST |
| 5 out of 5, perfect | |
|
No Picture
chris Average |
#2 by chris ovari at May 13, 2006 at 11:26 AM EST |
| This entire album was written after the book, I can't believe so few people know that. Yea, this song is about John the Savage's feelings about Lemina and the society in general. It's basically a metaphor for the story, wound up in a tightly written song. Very deep, very impressive. My hat's off to Maiden, once again putting forth their musical genius. | |
|
No Picture
Jay Average |
#3 by Jay at Jun 1, 2006 at 4:10 AM EST |
| I think this song could be about the novel "Brave New World"; parts of it definitely make it seem that way. | |
|
No Picture
james Badass |
#4 by james kulikowski at Jul 6, 2006 at 9:53 PM EST |
| Necrox thanks alot, im doing a literally analysis of huxley's Brave new world, your post was extremely helpful in interpreting the song. | |
|
No Picture
Jelani Wanna Be |
#5 by Jelani English at Jul 16, 2006 at 11:29 PM EST |
| Awesome, awesome song. | |
|
No Picture
George Rhythm Player |
#6 by George at Sep 17, 2006 at 12:40 AM EST |
| Actually this song _is_ about the novel "Brave New World" by Aldeous Huxley, as the title suggests. Dickinson, iirc, also said in an interview with Rock Hard Magazin (www.rockhard.de) once that the phrase "Dying Swans twisted wings.." merely tries to create a feeling of senseless disgrace of beauty to lead into the song and the overall theme. The Verses: "Lost my love, lost my life In this garden of fear" I think this line refers to the Love of the Savage to a girl who looks innocent to him. This love dies when he discovers that she want's to have sex with him, as usual in the Brave New World society, on a basis of pure lust, which is immoral to him. "I have seen many things In a lifetime alone Mother love is no more Bring this savage back home " The Savage, he himself a child of the Brave New World born by his mother in the wilderness where she got lost on a holiday trip, has seen a lot of life and of misery and mistakes of civilization. His mother dies shortly after the Savage and his mother arrive at "Brave New World" (which is not it's real name though) and she immediately falls back into usual behaviour of BNW, especially taking drugs to drop out of the cruel real life. "Wilderness house of pain Makes no sense of it all Close my mind dull this brain Messiah before his fall What you see is not real Those who know will not tell All is lost sold your soul In this brave new world" The Savage soon discovers the real wilderness is civilization. He is considered some sort of messias, but his mind rebels against this thought. He also gets the impression that there is some sort of elite cast ruling the world knowing the truth about it's flaws but willingly accepting it. "Dragon Kings Dying Queens Where is salvation now Lost my life lost my dreams Rip the bones from my flesh Silent screams laughing here Dying to tell you the truth You are planned you are damned In this Brave new world " The Savage flees and finds shelter in a forgotten lighthouse(?), where he discovers pain as a way out of his misery. When he is found he commits suicide, hence "Dying to tell you the truth" I think the music of the song fits to the book, the theme is woven into the music and makes it a melancholy masterpiece. | |
|
No Picture
Quinn Rhythm Player |
#7 by Quinn I killed my last name at Nov 26, 2006 at 10:18 PM EST |
| "Title song from the new album... Brave New World" ---- Bruce Dickinson's intro to the song on Rock in Rio. | |
|
No Picture
Tom Wanna Be |
#8 by Tom C at Feb 28, 2007 at 7:31 AM EST |
| This.....this is a beautiful song. Showed that Maiden or Bruce hadnt lost their touch at all. Lyrics are amazing aswell, mystical, special. | |
|
No Picture
Martyn Average |
#9 by Martyn cleary at Jul 24, 2007 at 6:27 AM EST |
| I could listen to this song over and over, the lyrics are so deep, the singing and guitaring are perfect, and it comes on one of the Maiden's best albums. 1 | |
|
No Picture
Em Average |
#10 by Em at Aug 30, 2007 at 6:33 PM EST |
| this song is great and yes, it is about the novel. its a very good song,though i still think iron maiden's older music is better | |
Top 7 Iron Maiden Bass Tabs
Popular Bass Tabs