Tabs
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):
E minorEm |-let ring------> 
C majorC 
G+G 
D MajorD
E MajorE|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
D MajorD|----9-10-9----------------|----9-10-9-10-9-/12---10-9---|
A augmentedA|-12-----------------------|-12-----------------------12-|
E MajorE|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
INTRO-Riff 2 (also 2 times, Steve is still playing the chords):
E minorEm |-let ring--> C majorC D MajorD
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---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):
E minorEm E minorEm E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------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:
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
I'm an educated fool so I don't ...
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
About this awkward situation ...
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
As I'm walking down into on my ...
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Got a lifetime of experience Yeah ...
CHORUS RIFF (don't let the notes ring [mute 'em with your palm]):
E minorEm
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----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:
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD (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...
VERSE 2:
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
Never felt this way before seems ...
door
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
To the book of life ... or is it ...
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
Someone's looking down on me to ...
E minorEm c D MajorD
They won't tell me what they ...
Repeat CHORUS RIFF 8 times, then
VERSE 3:
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
Do you really wanna be just ...
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
That you really should aspire ...
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
Do you ever really feel ...
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
What you really have to giv...
CHORUS RIFF (8 times)
BRIDGE:
(let the chords ring)
E minorEm G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm G+G C majorC D MajorD
|------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-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 ...
INTERLUDE RIFF 1 (6 times):
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
|----------------|------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------|
|----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):
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-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):
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
|----------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------|
|----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 Chords (12 times),
the INTRO-RIFF 1 two more times
and finally the OUTRO RIFF:
E minorEm
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------9--10---9---9---(let ring and fade)-|
|-12---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
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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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