THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST - IRON MAIDEN

[the intro is written in 5/4 measure (5 ticks in 1 measure)]

Having just watched the DVD about how Number of the Beast was made.. AND
the bit where Adrian Smith plays it - I realised all the existing tab misses
some important bits - especially in the verse. In the DVD its hard to see
the exact finger positions and Im sure this isnt 100% accurate, but maybe
someone can pick it up and better it!!

   D!
E--------------|
B--------------|
G--------------|
D------4-4-5-5-|
A--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E--------------|

[intro]

                                         I   left   a-
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------|
D--7-x-x-7---x-x-x-7---x-x-x-7---x-x-7-------4-4-5-5----|
A--5-x-x-5---x-x-x-5---x-x-x-5---x-x-5---5-5-5-5-5-5----|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

   lone                                 my    mind   was
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------|
D--7-x-x-7---x-x-x-7---x-x-x-7---x-x-7-------4-4-5-5----|
A--5-x-x-5---x-x-x-5---x-x-x-5---x-x-5---5-5-5-5-5-5----|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

   blank                               C!  I    need- ed
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------|
D--7-x-x-7---x-x-x-7---x-x-x-7---x-x-7-------2-2-3-3----|
A--5-x-x-5---x-x-x-5---x-x-x-5---x-x-5---3-3-3-3-3-3----|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

   time   to   think   to     get   the      mem'   ries
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------|
D--5-x-x-5---x-x-x-5---x-x-x-5---x-x-5-------4-4-5-5----|
A--3-x-x-3---x-x-x-3---x-x-x-3---x-x-3---5-5-5-5-5-5----|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

...and so on.

The verse is normally just shown as C and D power chords
however there is a mini-riff on the change to C. This
is my best guess at it - again from watching Adrian Smith


   D   Night was black was no use.....
E------------------------|
B------------------------|
G---HO-PO-HO-------------|   X2
D--5--7--5--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E------------------------|

.. then..
                          C
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G---HO-PO-HO--------------------------------------------|
D--5--7--5--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-3-------5-/-7-7-7-7---|
A--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-3-/-5-5-5-5---|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

HO = hammer on