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Purgatory Tabs by Iron Maiden

Purgatory tab by Iron Maiden

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by Iron Maiden
             Tabbed by John Twynam (wratchild@geocities.com)

This is the intro riff:

                          4x
E---||---------------------------------------------||-------------------|
B---||---------------------------------------------||-------------------|
G---||*----------------------------0--------------*||-------------------|
D---||*----4------0----4------4--------------2----*||-------------------|
A---||-----0h2---------2p0----2---------5----0-----||-------------------|
E---||----------------------------------3----------||-------------------|

Then play this (one guitar plays the top notes, another plays the
bottom notes):
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                               4x
E---||--------------------2-----------------------------------||--------|
B---||-------------------------3---------2----3----2----------||--------|
G---||*----2----4---------2----4---------2----4----2----4----*||--------|
D---||*----2----4---------------------------------------4----*||--------|
A---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------|
E---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------|

Then the vocals start. Play the above riff 3 times, then play this:

                                4x
E---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|
B---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|
G---||*-----------------------------------6-------4-------2---*||-------|
D---||*-----------------------------------4-------2-------0---*||-------|
A---||----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------||-------|
E---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|

Then the second verse starts. Play this 7 times:

E---||--------------------2-----------------------------------||--------|
B---||-------------------------3---------2----3----2----------||--------|
G---||*----2----4---------2----4---------2----4----2----4----*||--------|
D---||*----2----4---------------------------------------4----*||--------|
A---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------|
E---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------|

Then play this again:

                                4x
E---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|
B---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|
G---||*-----------------------------------6-------4-------2---*||-------|
D---||*-----------------------------------4-------2-------0---*||-------|
A---||----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------||-------|
E---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|

Then one guitar plays this:

E---||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
B---||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
G---||*-----------------------|-----------0-----------|-----------------|
D---||*---0-------0---2---3---|---------------3---2---|-----------------|
A---||------------------------|---1-------------------|-----------------|
E---||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|

                            2x
E-----------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
B-----------------------|---------------------1--------||---------------|
G-----------------------|---0-------0---2h3-------2---*||---------------|
D---0-------0---2---3---|-------3---------------------*||---------------|
A-----------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
E-----------------------|------------------------------||---------------|

The other just plays some power chords:

                4x
E---||----------|---------------||--------------------------------------|
B---||----------|---------------||--------------------------------------|
G---||*----7----|----3----5----*||--------------------------------------|
D---||*----7----|----3----5----*||--------------------------------------|
A---||-----5----|----1----3-----||--------------------------------------|
E---||----------|---------------||--------------------------------------|

Then there is a solo. Play this 7 times:

E---||--------------------2-----------------------------------||--------|
B---||-------------------------3---------2----3----2----------||--------|
G---||*----2----4---------2----4---------2----4----2----4----*||--------|
D---||*----2----4---------------------------------------4----*||--------|
A---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------|
E---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------|

Then play this again:

                                4x
E---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|
B---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|
G---||*-----------------------------------6-------4-------2---*||-------|
D---||*-----------------------------------4-------2-------0---*||-------|
A---||----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------||-------|
E---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|

Then just play a C5 power chord for one bar before the chorus. This is
solo:

E------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
B---17^--17^--17^--(17)--|--(17)--15---------|--------------------------|
G------------------------|------------16~~~--|--------------------------|
D------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
A------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
E------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|

E------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B-------15--17--15p14--15p14---------|----------------------------------|
G---16------------------------16~~~--|----------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

E----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G---(16)~~~-----------------14~~~--|------------------------------------|
D------------14h16--14--16---------|------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------14--|---------------------------------|
B-------------------14--14h15h17------|---------------------------------|
G---(14)~~~--14h16--------------------|---------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

                           trill.....
E---(14)---------14--17^--17^--17^--(17)--|--14--17--14h(17)--|---------|
B---------15h17---------------------------|-------------------|---------|
G-----------------------------------------|-------------------|---------|
D-----------------------------------------|-------------------|---------|
A-----------------------------------------|-------------------|---------|
E-----------------------------------------|-------------------|---------|

E----------------------|--------------------------------|---------|-----|
B---17^--17^--17^--15--|--17--15--14--15p14------14~~~--|--13~~~--|-----|
G----------------------|---------------------16---------|---------|-----|
D----------------------|--------------------------------|---------|-----|
A----------------------|--------------------------------|---------|-----|
E----------------------|--------------------------------|---------|-----|

This is the chorus riff:

E---||-------------------------------------------|----------------------|
B---||-------------------------------------------|----------------------|
G---||*--14-----14p12---------14-----14p12-------|----------------------|
D---||*--15-----15p14--15-----15-----15p14--15---|----------------------|
A---||-----------------17-------------------17---|----------------------|
E---||-------------------------------------------|----------------------|

E-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
D---12-----12h14--15-----12-----13h14--15---|---------------------------|
A---13-----13h15--17-----13-----13h15--17---|---------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|

E------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
G-----------------12-------------------12--|----------------------------|
D---14-----14h15--14-----14-----14h15--14--|----------------------------|
A---15-----15h17---------15-----15h17------|----------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|----------------------------|

    first ending..............................................
E----------------------------------------------------------------||-----|
B-------------13--1513-------------------------------------------||-----|
G------14-----14--1p14--14--12--14--12----------12--------------*||-----|
D------15---------------15--14--15--14--15--14--14--15--14--12--*||-----|
A---------------------------------------17--15------17--15--14---||-----|
E----------------------------------------------------------------||-----|

  second ending...........................................
E-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
G---14p12--14p12--15p14--15p14--17p15--17p15--19p17--19p17--|-----------|
D---15p14--15p14--17p15--17p15--19p17--19p17--20p19--20p19--|-----------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|

  third ending.........................
E--------------13----------15^---15--13--|------------------------------|
B---15-----17--15--17--15--17^---17--15--|------------------------------|
G---15-----17------17--15----------------|------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
G---14-----1412---------14-----1412---------|---------------------------|
D---15-----1p14--15-----15-----1p14--15-----|---------------------------|
A----------------17------------------17-----|---------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
G---15-----1p14---------15-----15--14---------|-------------------------|
D----------------17--------------------17-----|-------------------------|
A---13-----1315--17-----13-----13--15--17-----|-------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------|-------|-------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|-------|-------------------|
G---17-----1p15--14-----17-----1p15--14-----|--17^--|-------------------|
D----------------14------------------14-----|-------|-------------------|
A---15-----1517---------15-----1517---------|-------|-------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|-------|-------------------|

Now play the intro riff again. Then the third verse starts. Play this
7 times:

E---||--------------------2-----------------------------------||--------|
B---||-------------------------3---------2----3----2----------||--------|
G---||*----2----4---------2----4---------2----4----2----4----*||--------|
D---||*----2----4---------------------------------------4----*||--------|
A---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------|
E---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------|

Then play this again:

                                4x
E---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|
B---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|
G---||*-----------------------------------6-------4-------2---*||-------|
D---||*-----------------------------------4-------2-------0---*||-------|
A---||----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------||-------|
E---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|

Then the fourth verse starts. Play this 7 times:

E---||--------------------2-----------------------------------||--------|
B---||-------------------------3---------2----3----2----------||--------|
G---||*----2----4---------2----4---------2----4----2----4----*||--------|
D---||*----2----4---------------------------------------4----*||--------|
A---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------|
E---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------|

Then play this again:

                                4x
E---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|
B---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|
G---||*-----------------------------------6-------4-------2---*||-------|
D---||*-----------------------------------4-------2-------0---*||-------|
A---||----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------||-------|
E---||---------------------------------------------------------||-------|

Then one guitar plays this:

E---||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
B---||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
G---||*-----------------------|-----------0-----------|-----------------|
D---||*---0-------0---2---3---|---------------3---2---|-----------------|
A---||------------------------|---1-------------------|-----------------|
E---||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|

                            2x
E-----------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
B-----------------------|---------------------1--------||---------------|
G-----------------------|---0-------0---2h3-------2---*||---------------|
D---0-------0---2---3---|-------3---------------------*||---------------|
A-----------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
E-----------------------|------------------------------||---------------|

The other just plays some power chords:

                4x
E---||----------|---------------||--------------------------------------|
B---||----------|---------------||--------------------------------------|
G---||*----7----|----3----5----*||--------------------------------------|
D---||*----7----|----3----5----*||--------------------------------------|
A---||-----5----|----1----3-----||--------------------------------------|
E---||----------|---------------||--------------------------------------|

Now play the chorus again, then the song ends (of course, with the

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