Iron Maiden "Lightning Strikes Twice" Tabbed by Andrew McNeil E-Mail : [email protected] 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-| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |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. 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