Iron Maiden – Drifter


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Drifter

Iron Maiden

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Band: Iron Maiden

Album: Killers
Song: Drifter

 
Copyright (
C 
) (EMI) (1981)
Version 1.0 – (09/11/05)

Transcribed By: Steve

. – palm mute / – slide up to

– slide down to ~ – vibrato
 
h – hammer on  
B 
 
B 
end
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

Let notes ring out

h

E 
———————|
B 
-3-3-3-3-3-3———|
G 
-3-2-0–(0)—–(0)–|
D 
(0)—-3-2-0—–0-0-|
A 
————-0-3—–|
E 
———————| Rpt 4 X

Enters 3rd time

Guitar 2

h h

Missing square bracket in line: [E][-6-5-3—————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][——-6-5-3-5-6-8p6-|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][———————|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][———————|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][———————|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————|
Missing square bracket in line: [Guitar 3
Missing square bracket in line: [ h

Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————–0—|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][-8-7-5-3-31-1-3—3-|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][———————|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][———————|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][———————|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————|

Main Riff

Guitar 1

PM PM PM PM

Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][-3-3—-3-3—-3-3—-3-3——————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][-2-2—-2-2—-2-2—-2-2——————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][—————————–3-2-3-2-3-2-3-4-|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [Guitar 2
Missing square bracket in line: [ PM PM PM PM

Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][-3-3—-3-3—-3-3—-3-3——————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][-2-2—-2-2—-2-2—-2-2——5—5—5—5-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][—————————–3—3—3—3—|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————————| Rpt

Guitar 1

PM PM PM PM

Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][-3-3—-3-3—-3-3—-3-3—-|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][-2-2—-2-2—-2-2—-2-2—-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][—————————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [Guitar 2
Missing square bracket in line: [ PM PM PM

Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][-3-3—-3-3—-3-3—-3-3—-|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][-2-2—-2-2—-2-2—-2-2—-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0—-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][————————–2–|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————————–|

Guitar 1

A#8212;-PM—- 
Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][—————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][—————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-5————————-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Missing square bracket in line: [Guitar 2

Missing square bracket in line: [ [—-PM—-]
Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][—————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][-0————————-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-0————————-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][—3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

Guitar 1

PM PM PM PM

Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][-3-3—-3-3—-3-3—-3-3—-|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][-2-2—-2-2—-2-2—-2-2—-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][—————————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [Guitar 2
Missing square bracket in line: [ ~~~~ ~~~~

Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][-3-3-1–3-3—-3-3-1–3——|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][-2-2-0–2-2—-2-2-0–2——|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][—————————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][—————————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————————–| Rpt above 2 Riffs

Guitar 1

Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][—————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][—————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-4-|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [Guitar 2
Missing square bracket in line: [

Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][—————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][—5—5—5—5-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][-3—3—3—3—|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][—————–|

Guitar 1

PM PM PM PM

Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][-3-3—-3-3—-3-3—-3-3——————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][-2-2—-2-2—-2-2—-2-2——————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][—————————–3-2-3-2-3-2-3-4-|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [Guitar 2
Missing square bracket in line: [ PM PM PM PM

Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][-3-3—-3-3—-3-3—-3-3——————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][-2-2—-2-2—-2-2—-2-2——5—5—5—5-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-00-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][—————————–3—3—3—3—|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————————|

Both Guitars

E 
—————————————-|
B 
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3——-(3)———-|
G 
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2——-(2)———-|
D 
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0——-(0)———-|
A 
—————————————-|
E 
—————————————-|

Rpt Intro and Verse.

Backing for first guitar solo

Light distortion, let notes ring out

E 
—–0——–0————————-|
B 
-3—–3——–3———1——-1—–|
G 
-2——-2——–2———0——-0—|
D 
-0———0——–0——————-|
A 
———————–3——-3——–|
E 
—————————————-|
h

E 
—–0———0—————-0——-|
B 
-3—–3———3———1——1—–|
G 
-2——-2-0-2—–2——-0——–0—|
D 
-0——————-0——————|
A 
———————–3——3———|
E 
—————————————-|
E 
——–3-2————————|
B 
—–3——3——-1———1—-|
G 
—2———-2—–0——-0—0–|
D 
-0————————2——–|
A 
—————–3——3———-|
E 
———————————–|

h

E 
—————0————————|
B 
—–3———–3———1——–1—|
G 
—–2—–0-2—–2——-0——0—0-|
D 
-0——————-0———-2——-|
A 
———————–3——3———|
E 
—————————————-|
E 
—–3———3—————————|
B 
—–3———–3———–1–1—–1—-|
G 
—–0——-0—–0——-0——0—–0–|
D 
—0——-0————2———–2——|
A 
———————-3——————–|
E 
-3——-3———————————| 
 
Rpt
E 
—————–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–|
B 
-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–|
G 
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0–|
D 
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0–|
A 
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3——————|
E 
—————–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–| 
 
Rpt
E 
———————————-|
B 
-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3——(3)——-|
G 
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2——(2)——-|
D 
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0——(0)——-|
A 
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3——————|
E 
———————————-|

Rpt Intro

Rpt Verse

End of last Verse
Both Guitars

E 
———————|
B 
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G 
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D 
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A 
———————|
E 
———————|

Backing for 2nd guitar solo

Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][—————–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][—————–2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-4—————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————| Rpt 12 X

Guitar 1

-PM– 
 
-PM– 
 
-PM– 
 
-PM– 
Missing square bracket in line: [E][————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][——-1——–1——–1——–1-|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][——-0——–0——–0——–0-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][-3-3-3-3–3-3-3-3–3-3-3-3–3-3-3-3-|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [Guitar 2

Missing square bracket in line: [[-PM–] [-PM–] [-PM–] [-PM–]
Missing square bracket in line: [E][————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][——-5——–5——–5——–5-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][——-5——–5——–5——–5-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][-3-3-3-3–3-3-3-3–3-3-3-3–3-3-3-3-|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][————————————|

Both Guitars

E 
—————–|
B 
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G 
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D 
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A 
—————–|
E 
—————–|

Rpt above riffs 4 X

Guitar 1

Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][—————–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][—————–2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-4—————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [Guitar 1

Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][—————–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][-3—3—3—3——————-|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][———————————| Rpt 3 X

Guitar 1 ~~

Missing square bracket in line: [E][——————————————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][—————–3-(3)-3-3——–3——————————-|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][—————–2-(2)-2-2–2—–2–ad-lib rock and roll ending–|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—0-(0)-0-0——–0——————————-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-4————————————————–|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][——————————————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [Guitar 1

Missing square bracket in line: [E][——————————————————————|
Missing square bracket in line: [B][—————–3—–3-3–3-(3)-3——————————-|
Missing square bracket in line: [G][-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2—–2-2–2-(2)-2–ad-lib rock and roll ending–|
Missing square bracket in line: [D][-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-(0)-0-0–0-(0)-0——————————-|
Missing square bracket in line: [A][-3—3—3—3—————————————————-|
Missing square bracket in line: [E][——————————————————————|

Both Guitars

E 
———————|
B 
—-(3)————–|
G 
—-(2)—-7——–|
D 
—-(0)—-7——–|
A 
———–5——–|
E 
———————|

END

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