Bass tabs
THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST (Bassline)
As recorded by Iron Maiden
(From the 1982 Album THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST)
Transcribed by Jeff Perrin and Micheal DuClos
Words and Music by Steve Harris
Arranged by Iron Maiden
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Harris'
Intro
Q=200
6/4 4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------11----12----|-14-------14-------14----|
|--------12-12-12----12----12-|----12-12----12-12----12-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----14-------14----------11----12-----||
|-12----12-12----12-12-12----12----12--||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
1st Verse
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--14-------14-------14----|----14-------14----------11----12----|
||o----12-12----12-12----12-|-12----12-12----12-12-12----12----12-|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-14-------14-------14----|----14-------14----------9----10----|
|----12-12----12-12----12-|-12----12-12----10-10-10---10----10-|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12-------12-------12----|----12-------12----------9----10----|
|----10-10----10-10----10-|-10----10-10----10-10-10---10----10-|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
1.,2.,3.
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-14-------14-------14----|----14-------14----------11----12------||
|----12-12----12-12----12-|-12----12-12----12-12-12----12----12--o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------||
2.
6/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E q E E +W +W
|----14-------14--------------|------------|--------|
|-12----12-12----0-0-0-0------|------------|--------|
|---------------------------5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|-----------------------------|------------|--------|
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q W +W
|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|----------|--------|
|-5-5-5-5----|-5--------|-(5)----|
|------------|----------|--------|
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q W +W
|------------|----------|--------||
|------------|----------|--------||
|-3-3-3-3----|-3--------|-(3)----||
|------------|----------|--------||
3/4 4/4 5/4
E E E E Q W +H. +E E E E
|------------|----------|--------------------|
|------------|----------|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5----|-5--------|-(5)------(5)-5-5-5-|
|------------|----------|--------------------|
2nd, 3rd, and 4th Verses
$
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-3-3-3-3-2----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3--|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-3-3-3-3-2----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3--|------------------||
1st Chorus
1.
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------7--------|
|-------------------|-------5-7---7------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-0-5-|-(5)-5---------0-3--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---o||
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
2nd Chorus
2.
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------7--------|
|-------------------|-------5-7---7------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-0-5-|-(5)-5---------0-3--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3s5-||
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
Interlude
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
||o-----7-----7----|-----9-----9----|-----10-----10-----|
||o-5-5---5-5---5--|-7-7---7-7---7--|-8-8----8-8----8-8-|
||-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
E E E E E E Q 4x E E E E q E E
|--------------------||-------------------||
|-10-----10---------o||-10-----10---------||
|----8-8----8-8-8\--o||----8-8----8----1--||
|--------------------||-------------------||
1st Guitar Solo
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------|-----------------|
||o-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
||--------------------|---------------1-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E q E E E E
|-------------------|------------------||-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||-----------------||
|-------------------|---------------1-o||--------5-5-5-3--||
|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1----||-1-0-1-----------||
Interlude 2
E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------7---5-------|-----------------|-------3---1-------|------------------|
|---5s7---7---7-5---|-5---------------|---2s3---3---3-1---|-1----------------|
|-----------------7-|---7-6-5-3-3-3-1-|-----------------3-|---3-2-1----------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------3-3-3-1--|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-3-3-3-5--||
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---|--------------------||
2nd Guitar Solo
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||------------7-------|--------------------|
||o-------4-7---7-x---|-------7---8-7------|
||o-(5)-5-----------8-|-(8)-8---8-----x-10-|
||--------------------|--------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E e E +E E E E 3x
|-----------------------|-------10---------12------||
|---------9----10-x-x-8-|-(8)-8----10-(10)----x---o||
|-(10)-10---10----------|-----------------------5-o||
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------5-------|--------------------|
|-------4-5---5-----|-------7---8-7------|
|-(5)-5---------7-8-|-(8)-8---8-----8-10-|
|-------------------|--------------------|
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|--------------10---19--|
|---------9----10----8-|-(8)-8-x-8s10----------|
|-(10)-10---10---------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-(19)-19-19-19-19-17------|------------------------12-|
|---------------------x-15-|-(15)-15-15-15-15-14-12----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-(12)-12-12-12-12-------15-|-(15)----15----17----17-19--
|------------------12-12----|------15----15----17--------
|---------------------------|----------------------------
|---------------------------|----------------------------
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-(19)-19-19-19-19-17------|------------------------12-|
|---------------------x-15-|-(15)-15-15-15-15-14-12----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E Q E
|-(12)-12-12-12-12-------15-|-(15)----15----17---------||
|------------------12-12----|------15----15----17\--5--||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
3rd Chorus
&
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-0-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------7-------|---------------------|
|-------5-7---7-----|---------------------|
|-(5)-5---------0-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-2---|
|-------------------|---------------------|
6/4
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------4---5---|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-5-5-5---5---5-|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------------||
|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7-------4---5-----||
|---5-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5-5---5---5---||
|-----------------|---------------------------||
5th Verse
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7-------4---5---|
||o---5-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5-5---5---5-|
||------------------|-------------------------|
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7-------2---3---|
|---5-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---3-3-3---3---3-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5---|---5-----5-------2---3---|
|---3-3---3-3---3-|-3---3-3---3-3-3---3---3-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
1.
4/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------------||
|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7-------4---5----o||
|---5-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5-5---5---5--o||
|-----------------|---------------------------||
2.
6/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E q E E +W +W
|------------------------|------------|--------|
|---7-----7--------------|------------|--------|
|-5---5-5---5-5-5-5----5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|------------------------|------------|--------|
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q W +W
|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|----------|--------|
|-5-5-5-5----|-5--------|-(5)----|
|------------|----------|--------|
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q W +W
|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|----------|--------|
|-3-3-3-3----|-3--------|-(3)----|
|------------|----------|--------|
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q Q E E +Q Q
|------------|-----------------*|
|------------|-----------------*|
|-5-5-5-5----|-5--3-5-(5)\-----*|
|------------|-----------------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths