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Ste, [email protected]
Here's my transcription of this song, chords & a bit of tabs.
This is a brief comment I found in Baeleron's Iron Maiden
Commentary (http://www.truemetal.org/ironmaiden/lyrics/index.html,
don't ask me how I got there, I just don't know):
"Judas Be My Guide is a short but incredibly catchy song with
an excellent chorus and good guitar solos. This is one of
Maiden's shortest song with lyrics, next to Futureal. I'm not
sure what the lyrics mean though, or how Judas relates to them.
It might be about the meaninglessness of life"
I don't want to spend a word about the bullshit contained in the
lyrics. If you like to think that nothing is sacred and nothing's
ever been, this is really not my business.
Anyhow... think of how powerful music is. This song makes you
stand up and jump and shout... though you disagree with every
single word Bruce sings.
Now, music.
>>>> Song structure & chords:
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just find the right position.
intro: 
A minorAm | 
DmDm | (DmDm) A minorAm | 
Bb majorBb | (Bb majorBb)...
...Am | DmDm | (DmDm) A minorAm | Bb majorBb | 
G minorGm |
solo 1: | DmDm 
C majorC | DmDm C majorC | C majorC Bb majorBb | DmDm C majorC |
| DmDm C majorC | DmDm C majorC | C majorC Bb majorBb | DmDm C majorC |
DmDm C majorC
Lights out, we leave in a world of darkness
G minorGm Bb majorBb 
FF
No doubt, everything's up for sale
DmDm C majorC
We sleep, all of the world is burning
G minorGm Bb majorBb FF
We pray to god for a better deal
DmDm 
E minorEm FF 
G+G Bb majorBb FF G+G
Nothing is sacred, back then or now
DmDm E minorEm FF G+G Bb majorBb FF G+G
Everything's wasted, is that all there is? Can I go now?
DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC
Judas my guide, whispers in the night
DmDm C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC
Judas my guide
DmDm C majorC
Fight wars, die in a blaze of glory
G minorGm Bb majorBb FF
Come home, meat in a plastic sack
DmDm C majorC
Fall down, pray to your god for mercy
G minorGm Bb majorBb FF
So kneel, and help the blade cut clean
DmDm E minorEm FF G+G Bb majorBb FF G+G
Nothing is sacred, back then or now
DmDm E minorEm FF G+G Bb majorBb FF G+G
Everyone's wasted, is that all there is? Is that it now?
DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC
Judas my guide, whispers in the night
DmDm C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC
Judas my guide
DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC
Judas my guide, whispers in the night
DmDm C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC
Judas my guide
bridge: | DmDm | DmDm | Bb majorBb | Bb majorBb |
| C majorC | C majorC | G minorGm | Bb majorBb |
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm C majorC
I live in the black, I have no guiding light
Bb majorBb C majorC A minorAm
I'm whispering in your dreams
solo 2: | DmDm | DmDm | Bb majorBb | Bb majorBb | C majorC | C majorC | DmDm | DmDm |
| DmDm | DmDm | Bb majorBb | Bb majorBb | C majorC | C majorC | G minorGm | G minorGm |
DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC
Judas my guide, whispers in the night
DmDm C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC
Judas my guide
DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC
Judas my guide, whispers in the night
DmDm C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC DmDm
Judas my guide
>>>> Tabs
Maybe one day I'm going to post the solos; I haven't figured them
out yet. Just use the 
D MajorD pentatonic minor or the FF major scale.
For now, here's a few licks from the intro & bridge.
intro:
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm Bb majorBb A minorAm DmDm
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--------6---5---------6---5---8---6-5-------6---5---------6---5---8-6-5-8--|
----------7---5---7-----7---5---5---------7---5---5---7-----7---5----------|
----------------7-----------------------7-----------7----------------------|
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A minorAm Bb majorBb G minorGm
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--------6---5-----6---5---8-6-5---6---8-6h8-5------------------------------|
----------7---5-----7-----------5---7--------------------------------------|
----------------7-----------------------------5----------------------------|
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bridge:
lead guitar:
DmDm DmDm Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
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-----6h8h10----8------------6h8h10----8------------6h8h10----8--------------|
------------10---9----10-----------10---9----7------------10---9----7-------|
-------------------10---------------------10---------------------10---------|
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C majorC C majorC G minorGm
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-----6h8h10----8------------6h8h10----8------------6h8h10----8--------------|
------------10---9----10-----------10---9----10-----------10---9----7-------|
-------------------10---------------------10---------------------10---------|
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Bb majorBb
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-----6h8h10----8------------6h8h10----8-------------------------------------|
------------10---9----7------------10---9-----------------------------------|
-------------------10---------------------10--------------------------------|
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while another guitar keep repeating this (I'm really not sure about this
part, but it sounds good):
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-----3h5h6-3-5--------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------5---7--------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------7----------------------------------------------------------|
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Enjoy
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