From: borst@cs.utexas.edu (Christoph W. Borst)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: REQ : Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
Date: 9 Oct 1992 23:24:33 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
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Iron Maiden's Wasted Years
        by Adrian Smith


        ASCII tab by mohawk@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu              Oct. 1992

You'll also have to listen to the album, this is not exact
because some details/nuances are left up to interpretation.

Also, I didn't do much checking so there may be typos.
Please inform me of any significant errors and I'll revise this.

I have tried to show note value (time) by spacing where convenient.

150 bpm; quarter note gets the beat, 4 beats per measure.



||-12--0-0-0-0-7---0-0-0-0-8---0-0-|-0-0-5---0-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|
|| --------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||.--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||.--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|| --------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|



 |-5---0-0-0-0-2---0-0-0-0-3---0-0-|-0-0-5---0-0-0-0-2---0-0-3-0-0-0-||
 |---------------------------------|-------------------------------- ||
 |---------------------------------|--------------------------------.||
 |---------------------------------|--------------------------------.||
 |---------------------------------|-------------------------------- ||
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
                                                  (Play three times
                                                   with an E5 chord
                                                   behind the 3rd time)



5
 |-12--0-0-0-0-7---0-0-0-0-8---0-0-|-0-0-5---0-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|



 |-5-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---| <----
 |---------------------------------|       You can play the 7th
 |---------------------------------|       fret harmonic on the
 |---------------------------------|       D string instead of
 |---------------------------------|       that last 3rd fret.
 |---------------------------------|


8
 |--2-\  \  \  \       ------------|--------You can also try the-----|
 |-15- \  \  \  \  \  \  \  \      |--------------7th fret harmonic--|
 |-------------     \  \  \  \  \  \  \  \     ------on the G string-|
 |-------------------------      \  \  \  \  \  \  \  \     ---------|
 |---- This is a big --------------|------    \  \  \  \  \  \  \  \ |
 |---- trem bar dive --------------|--------------------   \  \  \  \|




Riff 2:

 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-7 / 9-------9-----------9-------|-----9-----------9---9 / 12--12--|
 |-7 / 9-------9-----------9-------|-----9-----------9---9 / 12--12--|
 |-5 / 7-------9-----------7-------|-----7-----------7---7 / 10--10--|
 |---------0-------0---0-------0---|-0-------0---0---0---------------|
           pm      pm....      pm......      pm....


 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-------------7-----------7-------|-----7---------------7---7---7---|
 |-12\ 7-------7-----------7-------|-----7-----------7---7---7---7---|
 |-12\ 7-------7-----------7-------|-----7-----------7---7---7---7---|
 |-10\ 5---5-------5---5-------5---|-5-------5---5---5---------------|
 |-----------------pm....------pm......------pm....------------------|


14
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-7 / 9-------9-----------9-------|-----9-----------9 / 12--12--12--|
 |-7 / 9-------9-----------9-------|-----9-----------9 / 12--12--12--|
 |-5 / 7-------7-----------7-------|-----7-----------7 / 10--10--10--|
 |---------0-------0---0-------0---|-0-------0---0---0---------------|
           pm      pm....      pm......      pm....


 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|-t---12.      ---12--12--12--12--|
 |-12\ 11------11----------12--12--|-i---12-----12---12--12--12--12--|
 |-10\ 9---9---9-------9---9---9---|-e---10----------10--10--10--10--|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|



 |-------------------------0<------|---------------------------------|
 |-------------0-----------0< let--|-t-------------------------------|
 |-12----------0-----------0< ring-|-i-------------------------------|
 |-12\ 5-------5-----------5-------|-e---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---|
 |-10\ 3---3---3---3---3---3-------|-----3---3---3---3---5---5---5---|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
           pm        pm....

20
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|-----------------9 / 12--12--12--|
 |-4---5-------9-----------9-------|-----9-----------9 / 12--12--12--|
 |-5---7-------7-----------7-------|-----7-----------7 / 10--10--10--|
 |---------0-------0---0-------0---|-0-------0---0---0---------------|
           pm      pm....      pm......      pm....


 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-------------7-----------7-------|-----7---------------------------|
 |-12\ 7-------7-----------7-------|-----7-----------7 / 12--12--12--|
 |-12\ 7-------7-----------7-------|-----7---7---7---7 / 12--12--12--|
 |-10\ 5---5-------5---5-------5---|-5-------5---5---5 / 10--10--10--|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
                   pm....      pm......

 24
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-------------0-----------0-------|---------------------------------|
 |-12 \ -------0-----------0-------|-t-------------------------------|
 |-12 \ ---5---5-----------5-------|-i-------------------4---4---4---|
 |-10 \ ---3---3---3---3---3-------|-e-------------------5---5---5---|
 |---------pm------pm....----------|---------------------------------|



 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-------------8-------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-------------9-----------9-------|-----9-----------9 / 12--12------|
 |-4---7-------9-----------9-------|-----9-----------9 / 12--12------|
 |-5---5-------7-----------7-------|-----7-----------7 / 10--10------|
 |---------0-------0---0-------0---|-0-------0---0---0---------------|
           pm      pm....      pm......      pm....


 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|-------------------------7---7---|
 |-------------7-----------7-------|-----7-----------7---7---7---7---|
 |-12\ 7-------7-----------7-------|-----7-----------7---7---7---7---|
 |-10\ 5---5---5---5---5-------5---|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
 |-----------------pm....------pm......------pm........--------------|


 30
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-7 / 9-------9-----------9-------|-----9-----------9 / 12--12--12--|
 |-7 / 9-------9-----------9-------|-----9-----------9 / 12--12--12--|
 |-5 / 7-------7-----------7-------|-----7-----------7 / 10--10--10--|
 |---------0-------0---0-------0---|-0-------0---0---0---------------|
                   pm....                    pm....


 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-------------------------7-------|-t---12--12------12--12--12--12--|
 |-12--11------12----------7-------|-i---12------12--12--12--12--12--|
 |-10\ 9---9---9---7_h_9---9-------|-e---10----------10--10--10--10--|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


34
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-------------0-----------0-------|---------------------------------|
 |-12----------0-----------0-------|-t-------------------------------|
 |-12------5---5---5-------5-------|-i-------------------4---4---4---|
 |-10------3---3-------3---3< let -|-e-------------------5---5---5---|
 |---------pm------pm....--- ring -|---------------------------------|



 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|-----------------9 / 12--12--12--|
 |-4---5-------9-----------9-------|-----9-----------9 / 12--12--12--|
 |-5---7-------7-----------7-------|-----7-----------7 / 10--10--10--|
 |---------0-------0---0-------0---|-0-------0---0---0---------------|
           pm      pm....      pm......      pm....


 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-------------7-----------7-------|-----7---------------------------|
 |-12 \  ------7-----------7-------|-----7-----------7 / 12--12--12--|
 |-12 \  --7---7---7-------7-------|-7---7-----------7 / 12--12--12--|
 |-10 \  --5-------5---5---5---5---|-5-------5---5---5 / 10--10--10--|
 |---------------------pm------pm......------pm....------------------|


40
 |----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |-------------------------0--------|-----3---3---3---3--------------|
 |-12 \  ------5-----------0--------|-t---4---4---4---4--------------|
 |-12 \  ------5-----------5--------|-i---5---5---5---5--------------|
 |-10 \  --3---3---3---3---3--------|-e---3---3---3---3--------------|
 |---------pm------pm....-----------|--------------------------------|





Yeah!  here comes the:

Chorus: (note this is two parts)

NOTE: play the solo part of the first 4 measures ONLY as
      a continuation of the solo near the end of the song.


 |-22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -20----19-----|-20--(20b)22--20---19------------|
L|----(vibrato)--------------------|------------------------20---A.H.|
E|------------------ (2nd and 3rd -|-----------------------------19--|
A|------------------- of triplets) |------- (more triplets) ---------|
D|--(solo cont.)-------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|--- (bend 20 before playing) ----|
 |                                 |                                 |
 | "So . . . . . . . . . . . . .   |                  un   -   der   |
 |                                 |                                 |
R|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Y|-3-------------------------------|-4----------------2--------------|
T|-0----(chords are sustained)-----|-5----------------2--------------|
H|-0-------------------------------|-5----------------2--------------|
M|---------------------------------|-3----------------0--------------|
 |-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|



 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------- ---------------------------------|
 |- (continue 19th fret with vibrato and final dive using trem bar) -|
 |--------------------------------- ---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |                                 |                                 |
 | stand . . . . . . .             |                           don't |
 |                                 |                                 |
 |-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-3-------------------------------|-4---------------2---------------|
 |-2-------------------------------|-5---------------2---------------|
 |-0-------------------------------|-5---------------2---------------|
 |---------------------------------|-3---------------0---------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|



 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
 |-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
 |-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
 |-7-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
 |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |                                 |                                 |
 | waste   your  time    always    | searching   for     those       |
 |                                 |                                 |
 |-0---------------------------3---|-2-------------------------------|
 |-0---------------------------3---|-3-------------------------------|
 |-1---------------------------2---|-2-------------------------------|
 |-2---------------------------0---|-0-------------------------------|
 |-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|



 |-3----------------------3--------|-----------------3---3---3 \  ---|
 |---------3-----------------------|-3---------------3---3---3 \  ---|
 |-------------5-------------------|-----5-----------5---5---5 \  ---|
 | (let ring) ---------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |                                 |                                 |
 | wast    -   ed    years . . . . |                                 |
 | >           >           >       |     >           >               |
 |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|
 |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|
 |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|



 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|-5---------------2---------------|
 |-5-------------------------------|-5---------------2---------------|
 |-5-------------------------------|-3---------------0---------------|
 |-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |                                 |                                 |
 | Face up  . . . . . . . . . . .  |                 make    your    |
 |                                 |                                 |
 |-3-----------3-------3---3-------|---------------------------------|
 |-3-----------3-------3---3-------|-4---------------2-----------2-2-|
 |-0-----------0-------0---0-------|-5-----------5-5-2-----------2-2-|
 |-0-----------0-------0---0-------|-5-----------5-5-2-----------2-2-|
 |---------------------------------|-3-----------3-3-0-----------0-0-|
 |-3-----------3-------3---3-------|---------------------------------|



 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-7-------------------------------|-5---------------2---------------|
 |-7-------------------------------|-5---------------2---------------|
 |-5-------------------------------|-3---------------0---------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |                                 |                                 |
 | stand . . . . . . . . . . .     |                           and   |
 |                                 |                                 |
 |-2-----------2---2---2---2-------|---------------------------------|
 |-3-----------3---3---3---3-------|-4-----------2-2-2---------------|
 |-2-----------2---2---2---2---5-5-|-5-----------2-2-2---------------|
 |-0-----------0---0---0---0---5-5-|-5-----------2-2-2---------------|
 |-----------------------------3-3-|-3-----------0-0-0---------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|



 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
 |-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
 |-7-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
 |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |                                 |                                 |
 | re  -  al  -  ize       you're  | living     in          the      |
 |                                 |                                 |
 |-0-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
 |-0-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
 |-1-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
 |-2-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
 |-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|



 |-----3---3-------3---3-------3---|-3-------3---3-------3-----------|
 |-----3---3-------3---3-------3---|-3-------3---3-------3-----------|
 |-5-----------5-----------5-------|-----5-----------5---------------|
 |-5-----------5-----------5-------|-----5-----------5-------4---4---|
 |---------------------------------|-------------------------5---5---|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |                                 |                                 |
 | gold   -    en         years . .|. . . . . . . . "                |
 | >           >           >       |     >                           |
 |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
 |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
 |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|




(ok there's some repeat of some verse & chorus and some other stuff
 you can figure out from pieces of what's above, then the guy plays
 palm-muted root notes with power chords in all 8th-notes for
 a while, using an E, a D5, and a C5, above the intro figure.      )




Ok, here's the SOLO:

There's a little bit of tapping here and there that is up for
debate; also, it is *much* easier at the beginning of the solo
to play notes at the 10th and 8th frets and PULL OFF TO 0 wherever
12 is indicated (octave), which may actually be what I.M. does.

(I jumped in at a weird spot, you'll have to find it in the song,
 this TAB starts at about 3:13 into the song.)

 |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-------0-----------|
 |-5-----------7-----------8-------|-----10------10--12-----12--12-12|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |--------- (this is the lead-in to the solo) -----------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


 |- >---------------- >---------------- >----------|
 |-10-12--8-12--8-12-10-12--8-12--8-12-10-12--8-12-|
 |   ----------------------------------------------|
 | ^ ----------------------------------------------|
 | here's the solo, these are sixteenths-----------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|


 |------- >---------------- >----------------------|
 |--8-12-10-12--8-12--8-12-10-12--8-12--8-12--8----|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|


 |-----------------------------------|------------------------0----------|
 |-(8)_p_7---------------------------|-------  vib. ----------0--15(b17)-|
 |-------------9-----7-----9  /  11--|-9     ~~~~~~~~~ \ sl -------------|
 | (These are triplets,  ------------|----------------  \   -------------|
 |  3 = one half note)   ------------| (w/bar, then slide down) ---------|
 |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


 |------12-----------------12--------------12---------------|
 |-(15)----15p12--------------15p12-15(b17)---15p12---------|
 |- ^ -----------14(b16)----------------------------14(b15)-|
 |--tie-----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------- (all but one are sixteenths) -----------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------------|


 |---------------------------14(b15)--------14(b15)-|
 |--12-12-15p12-15(b17,r)-12------------------------|
 |-(14)-----------       ---------------------------|
 |------------(bend up full, -----------------------|
 |------------ then release) -----------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------|

                          __
             /\    /\    /  --__
 |-(14)-14(b15,r,b15,r,b15,r    )----12-------|------------------------15-|
 |---------------------------------------13---|-(13)~~~~~~~~~~~(13)\ -----|
 |--------------------------------------------|        ------------ \ ----|
 |--------------------------------------------| (vib. w/bar) ------sl.----|
 |--------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------|---------------------------|

           __3__
       >  /    >\        >     >              >
 |-14-15p12----15p12-15-14-15-12-15h12p15h14-15p12-15-|
 |----------12----------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|

    >           >                       >
 |-12h15p14-15-12-15-12h15p14-15-12-15-12h15p14-15-|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|

                                               __3__
    >           >                 >          >/     \
 |-12-15-12-15-14h15p12-15-12-15-14h15-12-15-12h15p14-|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|


 |----12- >-12-15-12~~~~~~(12)\ ---------------12----|
 |-12----12------------------- \ ------- 12----------|
 |------------------------------------- / -----------|
 |------------------------------------ / ------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------|

          >
 |-14-15-12h14p15-12-------------------------------|
 |-------------------13-15-12-13----12-------------|
 |-------------------------------14----12-14-11-12-|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|


 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------- 16(b17)-|
 |----11------------------------------------ / -------|
 |-14----12-14-10-12--9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  -- / --------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|

                                    ___3___
                                  >/       \
 |-------14---15--- >---14---15---17--15--17---|
 |-(16)------------17--------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|


     ___3___     ___3___     ____
    /       \   /       \   /    -----____
 |-19--17--19--20--19--20--22(b24,r       ) 20-22--|  (now the solo
 |-------------------------------------------------|   continues in
 |-------------------------------------------------|   the chorus as
 |-------------------------------------------------|   preivously
 |-------------------------------------------------|   noted.       )
 |-------------------------------------------------|



*************************************************************************


Listen to or make up the rest; it's really practically all here
it's just a matter of sticking it together right.


You'll probably learn it quicker than I typed it.

Bye

Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA