Subject: i/iron_maiden/the_educated_fool.tab

Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 07:14:47 PDT

The Educated Fool

by Iron Maiden (Steve Harris)

off the Album “Virtual XI”

Transcribed by Matthias Baumann ([email protected])

INTRO-Riff 1 (play it 2 times, Steve plays the chords):

Em |-let ring——> C G————–| D
E|————————–|——————————-|
B|————————–|——————————-|
G|————————–|——————————-|
D|—-9-10-9—————-|—-9-10-9-10-9-/12—10-9—–|
A|-12———————–|-12———————–12—|
E|————————–|——————————-|

INTRO-Riff 2 (also 2 times, Steve is still playing the chords):

Em |-let ring–> C D

|—————————|———————————–|
|—7-8-10-8-7-8————|—7-8-10-8-7-8—10/12—10-8-10–|
|-9————————-|-9———————————|
|—————————|———————————–|
|—————————|———————————–|
|—————————|———————————–|

During the first verse guitar 1 plays the chords by picking

the following pattern (this is just a sample so that you get the idea):

|————————————|———————————–|
|————————————|———————————–|
|——9—9——–9—9——–9—|—–5—5——————–7—-|
|—-9—9—9—-9—9—9—-9—9-|—5—5—5—–5—5——7—7–|
|-7————-7————7——-|-3————-5—5—5–5——–|
|————————————|————-3———————|

VERSE 1:

I’m an educated fool so I don’t know what it is I’m supposed to do

About this awkward situation that’s been forced down right upon me

As I’m walking down into on my own into the Valley of life

Got a lifetime of experience Yeah I’ve got so much to give

CHORUS RIFF (don’t let the notes ring (mute ’em with your palm)):

|———————————|
|———————————|
|———————————|
|—-9—-7—–5—–5–7p5–5h7-| (play this 4 times)
|-7—-7—–7—–7————–|
|———————————|

Open the page…

The Second Verse is played (heavily!) distorted, so there’s a new

pattern:

Em C G D (let ring)

|—————————|——————————–|
|—————————|——————————–|
|-9——-9—9–9—9–9-9-|-5–5———–7—————|
|-9——-9—9–9—9–9-9-|-5–5—-5–5—7—————|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7–7-7-7–7-7-|-3–3—-5–5—5—————|
|—————————|———3–3——————-|

..felt this way before…

( tabs/i/iron_maiden/the_educated_fool_tab_ver_2.html )

VERSE 2:

Never felt this way before seems that somebody’s just opened the

door

To the book of life … or is it death is there ever anyway out

Someone’s looking down on me to the very inner core of my soul

They won’t tell me what they see but I really want to know

Repeat CHORUS RIFF 8 times, then

VERSE 3:

Do you really wanna be just another one statistic or feel

That you really should aspire that you really do deserve more

Do you ever really feel that you have so much potential inside

What you really have to give could be realised so much more

CHORUS RIFF (8 times)

BRIDGE:

(let the chords ring)

|——————|————–|————–|————–|
|——————|————–|————–|————–|
|-9———-12– -|-5———7–|-9——-12—|-5—–7——|
|-9———-12—-|-5———7–|-9——-12—|-5—–7——|
|-7———-10—-|-3———5–|-7——-10—|-3—–5——|
|——————|————–|————–|————–|

Time will flow and I will fo–llow

INTERLUDE RIFF 1 (6 times):

|—————-|——————————|
|—————-|——————————|
|—————-|——————————|
|—-9-10-9——|—-9-10-9-12-10-9————|
|-12————-|-12—————-12-10–12–|
|—————-|——————————|

INTERLUDE RIFF 2 (8 times, Em-C-G-D as usual):

|————————————–|
|————————————–|
|–9–11–12—-9–11–11-12-14-12-11–|
|————————————–|
|————————————–|
|————————————–|

SOLO-Chords (8 times, don’t know if they’re exact):

|————————————|
|————————————|
|-9——12——5——-12-12-12-12-|
|-9——12——5——-12-12-12-12-|
|-7——10——3——-10-10-10-10-|
|————————————|

After the Solo play INTERLUDE RIFF 2 four more times

INTERLUDE RIFF 3 (4 times):

|—————-|————————————-|
|—————-|————————————-|
|—————-|————————————-|
|—-9-10-9-9—-|—-9-10-9-9—10-9-12—-10-9-12—-|
|-12————-|-12———————————-|
|—————-|————————————-|

then the CHORUS RIFF (8 more times),

afterwards the BRIDGE (12 times),

the INTRO-RIFF 1 two more times

and finally the OUTRO RIFF:

|——————————————|
|——————————————|
|——————————————|
|——9–10—9—9—(let ring and fade)-|
|-12—————————————|
|——————————————|
—————————————————————————-

Due to my lacking fingering speed, the solo is missing.

If anyone out there has a transcription of it, please mail it to me.

As usual, comments, error reports or ANYTHING else to:

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