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Iron Maiden - "Purgatory" Guitar Tab

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Updated: 2005-01-01 13:02:36

By:

Jittery Sniper


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#Unless specified otherwise, this is NOT an official tab from the band members.#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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Band: Iron Maiden
Album: Killers
Song:  Purgatory

Copyright (c) Sanctuary Records 1981
Version 1.0 - Dec 31 04

Transcribed By: Jittery Sniper
Email: buriedbytimeanddust@yahoo.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tunning E A D G B E


Intro Riff

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------0---------------|
|-----4------0----4------4--------------2-----|
|-----0h2---------2p0----2---------5----0-----|
|----------------------------------3----------|

Riff 1, guitar 1


|-------------------2----------------------------------|
|------------------------3---------2----3----2---------|
|----2----4-------------------------------------4------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1, guitar 2

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------2----4---------2----4----2-------|
|---2----4-------------------------------------4--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


Riff 2

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------6-------4-------2----|
|------------------------------------4-------2-------0----|
|----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Play riff 2 again 7 times
Play riff 1 again 4 times

Riff 3
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------0-----------|
|----0-------0---2---3---|---------------3---2---|
|------------------------|---1-------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|

Riff 3 continued

-----------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------1--------|
--------------------------0-------0---2h3-------2----|
---0-------0---2---3----------3----------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|

Play riff 1 again 7 times
Play riff 2 again 4 times

Solo over riff 1

------------------------|-------------------|
---17^--17^--17^--(17)--|--(17)--15---------|
------------------------|------------16~~~--|
------------------------|-------------------|
------------------------|-------------------|
------------------------|-------------------|

------------------------------------|
-------15--17--15p14--15p14---------|
--16------------------------16------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------

----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|
---(16)~~~-----------------14~~~--|
------------14h16--14--16---------|
----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|

---------------------------------14--|
-------------------14--14h15h17------|
---(14)~~~--14h16--------------------|
-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|


---(14)---------14--17^--17^--17^--(17)--|--14--17--14h(17)--|
-------<15h17>---------------------------|-------------------|
-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
-----------------------------------------|-------------------|

----------------------|--------------------------------|---------|-----
---17^--17^--17^--15--|--17--15--14--15p14------14~~~--|--13-----|-----
----------------------|---------------------16---------|---------|-----
----------------------|--------------------------------|---------|-----
----------------------|--------------------------------|---------|-----
----------------------|--------------------------------|---------|-----

Chorus: One guitar play the high notes and the other play the low notes

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---14-----14p12---------14-----14p12-------|
|---15-----15p14--15-----15-----15p14--15---|
|-----------------17-------------------17---|
|-------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------------------|---------------------------
-------------------------------------------|---------------------------
-------------------------------------------|---------------------------
---12-----12h14--15-----12-----13h14--15---|---------------------------
---13-----13h15--17-----13-----13h15--17---|---------------------------
-------------------------------------------|---------------------------

------------------------------------------|----------------------------
------------------------------------------|----------------------------
-----------------12-------------------12--|----------------------------
---14-----14h15--14-----14-----14h15--14--|----------------------------
---15-----15h17---------15-----15h17------|----------------------------
------------------------------------------|----------------------------

      1st ending
----------------------------------------------------------------||-----
-------------13--1513-------------------------------------------||-----
------14-----14--1p14--14--12--14--12----------12--------------*||-----
------15---------------15--14--15--14--15--14--14--15--14--12--*||-----
---------------------------------------17--15------17--15--14---||-----
----------------------------------------------------------------||-----

    2nd ending
-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------
-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------
---14p12--14p12--15p14--15p14--17p15--17p15--19p17--19p17--|-----------
---15p14--15p14--17p15--17p15--19p17--19p17--20p19--20p19--|-----------
-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------
-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------

    3rd ending
--------------13----------15^---15--13--|------------------------------
---15-----17--15--17--15--17^---17--15--|------------------------------
---15-----17------17--15----------------|------------------------------
----------------------------------------|------------------------------
----------------------------------------|------------------------------
----------------------------------------|------------------------------

-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
---14-----1412---------14-----1412---------|
---15-----1p14--15-----15-----1p14--15-----|
----------------17------------------17-----|
-------------------------------------------|

---------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------|
---15-----1p14---------15-----15--14---------|
----------------17--------------------17-----|
---13-----1315--17-----13-----13--15--17-----|
---------------------------------------------|


-------------------------------------------|-------|
-------------------------------------------|-------|
---17-----1p15--14-----17-----1p15--14-----|--17^--|
----------------14------------------14-----|-------|
---15-----1517---------15-----1517---------|-------|
-------------------------------------------|-------|

Play intro riff 4 times
PLay riff 1 7 times
PLay riff 2 4 times
PLay riff 1 7 times
PLay riff 2 4 times
PLay riff 3 2 times


END

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