Iron Maiden – Wasted Years (Bass Tab)
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From the album Somewhere in Time (1986)
Written by Adrian Smith
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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 only thing I haven't tabbed is that weird, kind of
galloping sound that Steve does during the verses. You really can't even hear that on the
record so you can just play it as tabbed.
I also noticed from the bass track and live performances that Steve doesn't play the
Intro/Bridge parts exclusively on the G string but keeping his left hand on the 9-12th fret area
all the time. I actually find this easier to play and it also sounds better. I have also tabbed
the optional way to play it in the end so you can choose which one you like better. Hope you
enjoy this Maiden classic! Up the Irons!
EDIT: I had to make quite a many little changes after listening to the bass track on a half of
the original tempo. Now it should be definitely 100% correct!
Intro ||--------------|| ||-o----------o-|| ||-o----------o-|| ||---0~---------|| |------10h12~-------9~--------11~-----------------9----------------| |---------------------------------------12~---------------10-------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-0~---------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-12~-------9~--------10-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------5---5~-----------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse A |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------5---5---5---5----| |-5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------5---5---5----| |-5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---------------------------------------------------5---5---5----| |-----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----3---3---3---3---3---3~----------3---3---3---3---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------5---5---5----| |-5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---3---3---3---3---3---3~----------3---3---3---3---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse B |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------5---5---5----| |-5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------5---5---5----| |-5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---------------------------------------------------5---5---5----| |-----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----3---3---3---3---3---3~----------3---3---3---3---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------5---5---5----| |-5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---------------------------------------------------5---5---5----| |-----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----3---3---3---3---3---3~----------3---3---3---3---3---5---R----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus ||--------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-o------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-o---------------------------------3---3---3------------------------| ||---3~------3---3---3---3---3---0---------------0---5---5---5---0----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---0---3---3---3------------------------| |---------------------------------------------0---5---5---5---0----| |-------------------------------------------------7~---------------| |---------------------------------------------7~------7~-----------| |---------------------------------5---5---5---------------5~-------| |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------------------------------| First time: (triplets) |-------------------------9---9---9---10--10--10--12--12--12\--------|| |-10--10--10--12--12--12-------------------------------------------o-|| |------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| |--------------------------------------------------------------------||
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Second time: (triplets) || |-----5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5--------------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------o-|| |-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------3---R----o-|| |--------------------------------------------------------------------||
Verse B
Chorus
Bridge (Intro) |----------| |----------| |----------| |-0~-------| |------10h12~-------9~--------11~-----------------9----------------| |---------------------------------------12~---------------10-------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-0~---------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-12~-------9~--------10~-----------------9------------------------| |-------------------------------12~---------------10------5~-------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| Solo |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3~------------------------------3---3---3---3---3---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---0----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-12--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--12\------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------5---5---7--------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---------------5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---0----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------14~-------------14~--------------------------------------| |-12--14~-----14--12--14~-----14--12--14--12------12--14--12\------| |---------------------------------------------14-------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------7-\------| |-----------------------------------------------------7------------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---R---5----------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---0----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----9~----------------------9~-----------------------------------| |-9-------9---7-------7---9-------9---7-------7---9---7---5--------| |-----------------9-----------------------9-------------------7----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------5---5---7--------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---------------5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---0----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------14--------------14-----------------------| |-12--14--14--14--14--14------14--12--14------14--12--14--12\------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------5---5---7--------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---0---------------5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---5---R----| |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 2X
Bridge (Intro)
Outro |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------7---5------------| |-3---3---3---2---2---2-----------------------------------7~-------| |-------------------------5---5---5---3---3---3--------------------| |----------| |----------| |(7)~------| |-0~~------|
Here is the optional way to play the Intro/Bridge parts:
|------10h12--------9---------11--------7---------9-------5--------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-0~---------------------------------------------------------------| |-7---------4---------5---------2---------4------(0)---------------| |-------------------------------------------------5------(0)-------| |---------------------------------------------------------5~-------| |------------------------------------------------------------------|