Iron Maiden – Flight Of Icarus (Bass Tab)
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From the album Piece of Mind (1983)
Written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson
All rights belong to their respective owners
Tabbed by Jaakko Karppinen
I have based this tab on the bass track and live performances you can find in Youtube, so it should be pretty
much 100% correct. The bass master track was unfortunately removed from Youtube right after I got this tab
finished. It must have been some copyright issues since the whole channel was removed.
During the Chorus, those 3rd (7th) and 4th (8th) bars can be a bit confusing to play. In fact, I found it so
difficult to play that I have developed my own way to play it. I haven't marked any accent notes there because
that was the only thing I hadn't done before the bass master track was removed. Sometimes Steve just lets all
those notes ring, so you can play them all that way or figure those accents by yourself. Otherwise the song
itelf is pretty straight-forward. Please enjoy!
Intro |----------------------------------| |-7---------------2----------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| ||-o-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------o-|| 3x ||---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------2---2------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.---------------.-------.---------------.--------| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2-------2---2---2--------| Verse ||----------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| ||-o-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------o-|| 3x ||---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------2---2------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.---------------.--------------------------------| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2--/5------(5)--\----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------| |-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0---0----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.------------------------------------------------| |-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0--------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------2---2----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.---------------.-------.---------------.--------| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2-------2---2---2--------| Pre-Chorus |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------4------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------.------------------------| |-2---------------------------------------2---------------2--------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------6------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------.------------------------| |-4---------------------------------------4---------------4--------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------7------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------.------------------------| |-5---------------------------------------5---------------5--------| |---------------------------------.-------.------------------------| |-----------------9-----------9---11------11------11--9---7---\----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-7----------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------4------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------.------------------------| |-2---------------------------------------2---------------4--------| |-----------------------------------------9-------9---7------------| |---------------------------------9-----------------------9---\----| |-----------------7------------------------------------------------| |-0----------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------5---4---5-----------5---5---4---5-----------5---5---4----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5-----------5---7---5---7-----------7---7-------7---5------------| |---------------------------------------------------------7---\----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------4------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------.------------------------| |-2---------------------------------------2---------------4--------| |-----------------------------------------9-------14--12-----------| |---------------------------------9-----------------------14--\----| |-----------------7------------------------------------------------| |-0----------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------5---4---5-----------5---5---4---5-----------5---5---4----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5-----------5---7---5---7-----------7---7-------7---5------------| |---------------------------------------------------------7---\----| Pre-Verse ||----------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| ||-o-.---------------.---------------.--------------------------------o-|| 3x ||---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2---2-------2------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.---------------.-------.---------------.--------| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2-------2---2---2--------| Verse 2 ||----------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| ||-o-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------o-|| 3x ||---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------2---2------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.---------------.--------------------------------| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2--/5------(5)--\----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------| |-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0---0----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.------------------------------------------------| |-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0--------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.---------------.---------------.----------------| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.---------------.-------.-------.-------.--------| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2-------2-------2--------|
Pre-Chorus 2x
Chorus
Guitar Solo |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------| |-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0---0----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.------------------------------------------------| |-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---5----(5)\-2-----0----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.---------------.---------------.----------------| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.------------------------------------------------| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--/5----(5)\-2-----0----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.-------------------------------.----------------| |-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0---0----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.------------------------------------------------| |-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---5----(5)\-2-----0----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-.---------------.---------------.---------------.----------------| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2----| |---------.-----------------------.-------.------------------------| |---------4---------------.-------4-------4-------4---2------------| |-.-----------------------4-------------------------------4--------| |-2-------------------2--------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus 2x
Chorus 2x
Outro Solo 1
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|-----------------4------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------------2---------------2--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6------------------------------------------------|
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|-4---------------------------------------4---------------4--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-5---------------------------------------5---------------5--------|
|---------------------------------.--------------------------------|
|-----------------9---------------11-------.-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------9h11----------11p9---\----|
|-7----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------------2---------------2--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-4---------------------------------------4---------------4--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------.------------------------|
|-5---------------------------------------5---------------5--------|
|---------------------------------.-------.------------------------|
|-----------------9-----------9---11------11------11--9---7---\----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro Solo 2
|-----------------.-------------------.-----------.----------------|
|---------4---4---4---------------4---4-------4---4----------------|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------2-------------------------------2---2----|
|-----------------.-------------------.-----------.----------------|
|---------6---6---6---------------6---6-------6---6----------------|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------4-------------------------------4---4----|
|-----------------.-------------------.-----------.----------------|
|---------7---7---7---------------7---7-------7---7----------------|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------5-------------------------------5---5----|
|-----------------.-------------------.----------------------------|
|---------9---9---9---------------11--11------11--11--9---7---\----|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------7----------------------------------------|
|-----------------.-------------------.-----------.----------------|
|---------4---4---4---------------4---4-------4---4----------------|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------2-------------------------------2---2----|
|-----------------.-------------------.-----------.----------------|
|---------6---6---6---------------6---6-------6---6----------------|
|-------------------------.----------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------4-------------------------------4---4----|
|-----------------.------------------------------------------------| |------|
|---------7---7---7---------------7---7---7---7---7---5------------| |------|
|-------------------------.-------------------------------7--------| |------|
|-5-----------------------5----------------------------------------| |-7~---|
Outro (These outro parts are almost impossible to transcribe 100% correctly because they sound like a mess...
But you will get the basic idea and the notes you can improvise with)
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|-----------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2-------4---2--------|
|-------------------------------------------------4-----------4----|
|-2----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---2------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------4---3----2-----0-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0-------1-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2……………-|
|--------------------------------------|
|-7---------------2--------------------|
|---------------------------------.----|
|---------------------------------2----|