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/ Iron Maiden / Somewhere In Time (1986) / Stranger In A Strange Land guitar tab

NOTE: Esta tablatura esta en ingles para su uso y entendimiento mundial.

From: wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 
To: "Iron Maiden Chilean F.C" http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/1553
Subject: TAB ("Stranger In A Strange Land" by Iron Maiden)

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Guitar tab 
Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren ( wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com )

All textual notes refer to the tab ABOVE it. Any comments, suggestions, 
or errors refering to the tab below that should be brought to my attention, 
please e-mail me.


STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
Written by Adrian Smith.
Performed by IRON MAIDEN.
Taken from the album SOMEWHERE IN TIME.

Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren.
E-mail-me at wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com

Riff 1:
E---------------------------|------------------------|
B---------------------------|------------------------|
G------4--3-----2-----------|------4--3-----2--------|
D------2--2-----2-----4--5--|------2--2-----2-----5--|
A---------------------4--5--|---------------------5--|
E--0---------0-----0--------|--0---------0-----0-----|

On the fourth time of riff 1:
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------4--3--2-----|
D------2--2--2-----|
A------------------|
E--0---------------|

Riff 2:
E-----------------------|-----------------------|
B-----------------------|-----------------------|
G----------------0---0--|----------------0---0--|
D------------0-------0--|------------0-------0--|
A--0--2--3-----------2--|--0--2--3-----------2--|
E-----------------------|-----------------------|

Verse:
1.Was many years ago that I left home and came this way
2.Night and day I scan horizon sea and sky
3.One hundred years have gone and men again they came that way
E-------------------------|--------------------------|
B--------7----------------|--(7)---------------------|
G--------7----------------|--(7)---------------------|
D--------7----------------|--(7)---------------------|
A--------7----------------|--(7)---------------------|
E--0----------------------|--(0)---------------------|

I was a young man full of hopes and dreams
My spirit wanders endlessly
to find the answer to the mystery
E-------------------------|--------------------------|
B--(7)--------------------|--(7)---------------------|
G--(7)--------------------|--(7)---------------------|
D--(7)--------------------|--(7)---------------------|
A--(7)--------------------|--(7)----------------5-7--|
E--(0)--------------------|--(0)---------------------|

But now it seems to me that all is lost and nothing gained
Until the day will dawn and friends from home discover why
They found his body lying where it fell that day
E-------------------------|--------------------------|
B--------7----------------|--(7)---------------------|
G--------7----------------|--(7)---------------------|
D--------7----------------|--(7)---------------------|
A--------7----------------|--(7)---------------------|
E--0----------------------|--(0)---------------------|

sometimes things ain't what they seem
hear me calling rescue me
preserved in time for all to see
E-------------------------|--------------7--5--------|
B--(7)--------------------|--(7)---------------7-----|
G--(7)--------------------|--(7)------------------7--|
D--(7)--------------------|--(7)---------------------|
A--(7)--------------------|--(7)---------------------|
E--(0)--------------------|--(0)---------------------|

Riff 3:
1.No brave new world       No brave new world
2.Set me free              Set me free
3.No brave new world       No brave new world
E-----------------------|-----------------------|
B-----------------------|-----------------------|
G----------------0---0--|----------------0---0--|
D------------0-------0--|------------0-------0--|
A--0--2--3-----------2--|--0--2--3-----------2--|
E-----------------------|-----------------------|

E-----------------------------|----------------------|
B-----------------------------|----------------------|
G-----------------------------|----------------------|
D-----------------------------|----------------------|
A--------5---0-2--------------|--------5---0-2-------|
E--0-3-5---------0---0-0-5-7--|--0-3-5---------0-----|

No brave new world         No brave new world
Lost in this place         and leave no trace
Lost in this place         and leave no trace
E-----------------------|-----------------------|
B-----------------------|-----------------------|
G----------------0---0--|----------------0---0--|
D------------0-------0--|------------0-------0--|
A--0--2--3-----------2--|--0--2--3-----------2--|
E-----------------------|-----------------------|

Play this only on the first of riff 3:
E-----------------------------|----------------------|
B-----------------------------|----------------------|
G-----------------------------|----------------------|
D-----------------------------|----------------------|
A--------5---0-2--------------|--------5---0-2-------|
E--0-3-5---------0---0-0-5-7--|--0-3-5---------0-----|

Riff 4:
E--------------------------|--------------------------|
B--------------------------|--------------------------|
G--------------------------|--------------------------|
D--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
A--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
E--------------------------|--------------------------|

Riff 5:
      What became of the men that started
E--------------------------|--------------------------|
B--------------------------|--------------------------|
G--------------------------|--------------------------|
D--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
A--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--|--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
E--------------------------|--------------------------|

      all are gone and their souls departed
E---------------------------|----------------------------------|
B---------------------------|----------------------------------|
G---------------------------|----------------------------------|
D--9--9--9--9--12-12-12-12--|--12--12--12--12--14--14--14--14--|
A--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9---|--10--10--10--10--12--12--12--12--|
E---------------------------|----------------------------------|

      left me here in this place so all...
E--------------------------|----------------------------|
B--------------------------|----------------------------|
G--------------------------|----------------------------|
D--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|--9--9--9--9--12-12-12--14--|
A--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|--7--7--7--7--9--9--10--12--|
E--------------------------|----------------------------|

...alone
E--------------------------|--------------------------|
B--------------------------|--------------------------|
G--------------------------|--------------------------|
D--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
A--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
E--------------------------|--------------------------|

Solo-riff:
E---------------------------|--------------------------|
B---------------------------|--------------------------|
G---------------------------|--------------------------|
D--2------------------------|--(2)---------------------|
A--2------------------------|--(2)---------------------|
E--0------------------------|--(0)---------------------|

E---------------------------|--------------------------|
B---------------------------|--------------------------|
G--7------------------------|--(7)---------------------|
D--7------------------------|--(7)---------------------|
A--5------------------------|--(5)---------------------|
E---------------------------|--------------------------|

E---------------------------|--------------------------|
B---------------------------|--------------------------|
G--5------------------------|--(5)---------------------|
D--5------------------------|--(5)---------------------|
A--3------------------------|--(3)---------------------|
E---------------------------|--------------------------|

E---------------------------|--------------------------|
B---------------------------|--------------------------|
G--7------------------------|--(7)---------------------|
D--7------------------------|--(7)---------------------|
A--5------------------------|--(5)---------------------|
E---------------------------|--------------------------|

Songstructure:
Bass and drum intro
Riff 1(4 times)
Riff 2
Riff 1
Riff 2
Verse 1
Riff 3
Verse 2
Riff 3
Riff 4
Riff 1(Chorus)
Verse 3
Riff 3
Riff 4
Riff 5
Riff 1(Chorus)
Solo-riff(4 times)
Riff 5
Riff 1(Fade out)

OSKAR WIGREN 1997-03-16



Iron Maiden albums
2003 Dance of Death
2000 Brave New World
1998 Virtual XI
1995 The X Factor
1992 Fear Of The Dark
1990 No Prayer For The Dying
1988 Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
1986 Somewhere In Time
1984 Powerslave
1983 Piece Of Mind
1982 The Number Of The Beast
1981 Killers
1980 Iron Maiden
Somewhere In Time tabs
01Caught Somewhere In Time tabbass tab
02Wasted Years tabbass tab
03Sea Of Madness tabbass tab
04Heaven Can Wait tabbass tab
05The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner tabbass tab
06Stranger In A Strange Land tabbass tab
07Deja-Vu tabbass tab
08Alexander The Great tabbass tab

 

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