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Lightning Strikes Twice Tab by Iron Maiden

Lightning Strikes Twice tab by Iron Maiden

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"Lightning Strikes Twice"

Tabbed by Andrew McNeil
E-Mail : draconis@satanic.co.uk

I worked this out in less than 2 hours so it shouldn't be too hard to get a grasp of.
Listen to the song to get the timing/strumming pattern etc.

The order of which to play the parts is at the bottom.

Intro :
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|4--4-7-4--4-7-9--7-9-11-9-7|4--4-7-4--4-7-9--7-9-11-9-7-|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|4--4-6-7--4-6-7--4-6-7--6-2|4-6-7--4-6-9--7--4--6------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|

|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|4--4-6-7--4-6-7--4-6-9--7-2|4--4-6-7--4-6-9-7--9/11--11|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


Verse A :
|-----7------3------0------2-|
|----7------3------0------2--|
|---7------3------0------2---|  Play Softly.
|--9------5------2------4----|
|-9------5------2------4-----|
|7------3------0------2------|


Verse B :
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|  Then come crashing
|9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-|  through with the
|9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-|  power chords.
|7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-|



Fill 1 :
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|4--11-9-7--7-6-4--4-2--0---|4--11-9-7--7-6-4--4-2-0-|
|--------------------------4|-----------------------4|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|

|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|4--11-9-7--7-6-4--4-2--0---|4--11-9-7--7-6-4--4-2-0-|
|------------------------4-2|-----------------------4|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|


Pre-Chorus 1 :
|----------------------------------------|-------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------|
|9-9-7--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-|-5-5-5--2-2-2|
|9-9-7--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-|-5-5-5--2-2-2|
|7-7-5--7--7-7-7-5-7--7--7-7-7-5-7--7--7-|-3-3-3--0-0-0|


Pre-Chorus 2 :
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|7-7-5-7--7--7--5-5-5--2-2-2--|
|7-7-5-7--7--7--5-5-5--2-2-2--|
|5-5-3-5--5--5--3-3-3--0-0-0--|


Pre-Chorus 3 :
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|5--5-5-5-5-5--2--2-2-2-2-2|9-9-7--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9--|
|5--5-5-5-5-5--2--2-2-2-2-2|9-9-7--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9--|
|3--3-3-3-3-3--0--0-0-0-0-0|7-7-5--7--7-7-7-5-7--7--7--|
Only-----------God----------Knows----------------------|

PRE-CHORUS 4 :
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|5--5-5-5-5-5--2--2-2-2-2-2--4--4--4--4--4--4-4--|
|5--5-5-5-5-5--2--2-2-2-2-2--4--4--4--4--4--4-4--|
|3--3-3-3-3-3--0--0-0-0-0-0--2--2--2--2--2--2-2--|
The Whole------Sky-----------Glows---------------|


Chorus :
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|12--10--7--5--3p0|12--10--7--5--5h7/12|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|


Fill 3 :
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|6-7-9-7-6-4----6-7-9-7-6-4--4|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Outro :
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9|
|9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9--9--9-9-9-7-9|
|7-7-5-7--7--7-7-7-5-7--7--7-7-7-5-7--7--7-7-7-5-7|


ORDER OF PARTS :

INTRO                       X1
VERSE A                     X4
VERSE B                     X4
FILL 1                      X1
VERSE B                     X4
PRE-CHORUS 1                X4
PRE-CHORUS 2                X1
1ST BAR OF PRE-CHORUS 1     X1
PRE-CHORUS 3                X1
PRE-CHORUS 1                X2
PRE-CHORUS 2                X1
1ST BAR OF PRE-CHORUS 1     X1
PRE-CHORUS 3                X1
PRE-CHORUS 4                X1
1ST BAR OF CHORUS           X9
2ND BAR OF CHORUS           X1
PRE-CHORUS 1                X4
PRE-CHORUS 2                X1
PRE-CHORUS 1                X1
1ST BAR OF PRE-CHORUS 1     X1
FILL 3                      X4
PRE-CHORUS 3                X1
PRE-CHORUS 4                X1
1ST BAR OF CHORUS           X9
2ND BAR OF CHORUS           X1
OUTRO                       X1


Although this may look confusing, once you play all of the parts you'll find
that its really simple so don't be put off.

Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions/comments.

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