Subject: Tab: Iron Maiden “Flight of Icarus”

Date: Tue Jun 7 10:36:55 CDT 1994

Flight of Icarus

by Iron Maiden(Smith Dickinson)

Transcribed by Eddie Breslin([email protected])

|–5—-0—-2————————-|
|–5—-0—-2————————-|
|–6—-1—-2————————-|
|–7—-2—-4—-4-4–4—-4-4——–|
|–7—-2—-4—-4-4–4—-4-4–etc—|
|–5—-0—-2—-2-2–2—-2-2——–|

LET RING (2nd Verse-hold chord position)

|–2—————-|-2——————————————-|
|–2—————-|—-2—–5———————————-|
|–2—————-|——-2————————————-|
|–4—————-|———————————————|
|–4—————-|———————————————|
|–2—————-|———————————————|

As the sun…

|———————-5—-0————————————-|
|———————-5—-0————————————-|
|———————-6—-1————————————-|
|———————-7—-2————————————-|
|———————-7—-2-LET RING—————————-|
|———————-5—-0————————————-|

Stands on the Hill

|–5—-2———————————————————|
|–5—-2———————————————————|
|–6—-2———————————————————|
|–7—-4———————————————————|
|–7—-4———————————————————|
|–5—-2———————————————————|

A bird song shatters the still

BRIDGE:

[F#(m)] [Ab+5] [(E/Ab)]  

|—————————————————————–|
|—————————————————————–|
|—————————————————————–|
|-(4)——————————-2————-4—-6———-|
|–4—————-7—————0————-2—-4———-|
|–2—————-4———————————————|

His eyes seem so glazed, see the madman in his gaze

CHORUS:

I’ll try and show the idea of the chorus, listen for the

strumming and chord slides. At the end go back to strumming

the F# power chord as in the intro.

|–2————0————————————————-|
|–2————0————————————————-|
|–2————1————————————————-|
|–4————2————76/7–6/76/7-etc——-6/7–9——|
|–4————2————54/5–4/54/5———–4/5–7——|
|–2————0————————————————-|

Fly, on your way, like an eagle, fly as high as the

Sun, on your way, like an eagle, fly as high as the

RHYTHM FOR SOLO’S:

|———————-5—-0—-2——————————–|
|———————-5—-0—-2——————————–|
|———————-6—-1—-2——————————–|
|–4—4-4-4———–7—-2—-4—4-4-4————————|
|–4—4-4-4-etc——-7—-2—-4—4-4-4-etc——————–|
|–2—2-2-2———–5—-0—-2—2-2-2————————|

|–5—-0———————–5—-0—-2———————–|
|–5—-0———————–5—-0—-2———————–|
|–6—-1—-1——————6—-1—-2———————–|
|–7—-2—-2—2-2-2———-7—-2—-4—4-4-4—————|
|–7—-2—-2—2-2-2-etc——7—-2—-4—4-4-4-etc———–|
|–5—-0—-0—0-0-0———-5—-0—-2—2-2-2—————|

For Solo 2 use BRIDGE

ENDING:

Play through BRIDGE several times then on the last one

stop at the B power chord(let it ring) and then strum

F#m fast and end with A E F#m as in the intro.