Prodigal Son 1st Solo

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(/) Slide Up  (\) Slide Down  (h) Hammer On  (p) Pull Off  (b) Bend (r) Release (v) Vibrato

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Stave 2:

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Stave 6:

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Tab Notes

Track: Prodigal Son
Artist: Iron Maiden
Album: Killers
Year: 1981

The first solo, beginning at aproximately 3m:03s into the song is a womderfully crafted melody dripping with emotion and angst that hauntingly wails in one momnet and erupts the next.

I took me serval days to work out all the notes in this solo and then arrange them in a way that makes the most sense to me for playability.  Iron Maiden has never played this song live so I cannot be certain that this is exactly as Adrian plays it, but I'm quite confident that this is proably 100% accurate at this point in terms of getting all the actual notes down.

Transcribed and arranged by:  James Scott, Jan 10th, 2018
 

genre
Metal
Instruments
6 String Guitar
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