Invaders - Iron Maiden
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
INVADERS
Written by Steve Harris.
Performed by IRON MAIDEN.
Taken from the album THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST.

NOTE:
Invaders is an extension of the old
standard song Invasion.
Iron Maiden have only played Invaders live one time,
and that was in Auckland, NZ 1992.

Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren.
E-mail me at wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com

Intro-riff:
E----------------------|----------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------|
G----------------------|----------------------|
D--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|
A--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|
E----------------------|----------------------|

E----------------------|-------------------------------|
B----------------------|-------------------------------|
G----------------------|-------------------------------|
D--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|--9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5---7-7-5-7--|
A--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|--7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---5-5-3-5--|
E----------------------|-------------------------------|

Riff 1:
E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G----------------------------------|
D------------7-5----5--5-----------|
A--0---0-5-7-----7--------0-5-3-0--|
E----------------------------------|

E----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G----------------------------|
D------------7-5----5--5--7--|
A--0---0-5-7-----0--3--3--5--|
E----------------------------|

Verse:
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|
D--9---------------|--9---------------|
A--7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E------------------|------------------|


E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|
D--5---------------|--7---------------|
A--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E------------------|------------------|

Riff 2:
E-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A--7---5---4------|--7---5---4------|
E------------5-3--|------------5-3--|

Riff 3:
E----------------------|-------------|
B----------------------|-------------|
G----------------------|-------------|
D----------------------|-------------|
A--9-------------------|--6--6--6-7--|
E--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--4--4--4-5--|

Chorus:
E--------------------|------------------------|
B--------------------|------------------------|
G-------------5-6-8--|--------8--6-5----------|
D--8-----6--8--------|--8------------8-6-5----|
A--6--6--------------|--6--6---------------8--|
E-----4--------------|-----4------------------|

Solo-riff:
E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--3-2-0-5-----------------------|
A--------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E--------------------------------|

E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D--3-2-----3-2-----3-2-----3-2------|
A------5-3-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3--|
E-----------------------------------|

E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|
A--3-2-0-5-----------------------|
E--------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A--3-2-----3-2-----3-2-----3-2------|
E------5-3-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3--|

E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--3-2-0-5-----------------------|
A--------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E--------------------------------|

E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|
A--3-2-0-5-----------------------|
E--------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A--3-2-----3-2-----3-2-----3-2------|
E------5-3-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3--|

End of solo-riff.

Outro:
E----------------------|----------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------|
G----------------------|----------------------|
D--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|
A--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|
E----------------------|----------------------|

E----------------------|-------------------------------|
B----------------------|-------------------------------|
G----------------------|-------------------------------|
D--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|--9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5---9-9-7-9--|
A--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|--7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---7-7-5-7--|
E----------------------|-------------------------------|

Song-structure:
Intro
Riff 1 (4 times)
Verse (4 times)
Riff 2 (2 times)
Riff 3 (4 times)
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 2 (2 times)
Verse (4 times)
Riff 2 (2 times)
Riff 3 (4 times)
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 1 (4 times)
Solo-riff
Riff 2 (2 times)
Verse (4 times)
Riff 2 (2 times)
Riff 3 (4 times)
Chorus (2 times)
Outro
END

OSKAR WIGREN 1996-12-23
TOMORROW'S CHRISTMAS DAY.
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note - Trill

Tunning(E A D G B E)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------9-------------------------9-------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-----5----7------9-9-9-9-9-----5----7--------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-----3----5------7-7-7-7-7-----3----5--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------9-----------------------9-------5-----------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-----5-----7-------9-9-9---5-5-5-----7---5----7--------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----3-----5-------7-7-7---3-3-3-----5---3----5--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------7-5-----5-5-------------------7-5------5-5---7-7---------|
|-0-0-5h7-------7--------5-3----0-0-5h7-------7---3-3---5-5---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-------------------------9-9-----------------------------------|
|-7-7--7--7--7-7-7---7-7-7----7-7--7--7--7-7-7--7-7-7---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-----------------7-7-------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------2------------2------------2---------------------------|
|----5-4-2p0-----5-4-2p0------5-4-2p0-------5-4p0-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------|
|------------------4-4-4-5-6--------------------4-4-4-5-6-----------|
pm............. pm............

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-6-8---------------8-6-5-------------------------|
|-8---6------6-8-----------8-----6-----------8-6-5------------------|
|-6---6--------------------6-----6------------------8---------------|
|-----4--------------------------4----------------------------------|

rythm for solo 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------7-5-----5-5-------------------7-5------5-5---7-7---------|
|-0-0-5h7-------7--------5-3----0-0-5h7-------7---3-3---5-5---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

rythm for solo 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2-0---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0----3-2-0------5----|
|---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------3-------3--------3--------3---5----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------3----|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5---3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0----3-2-0------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3---------3-------3-------3---------3---------------------|

dave murray solo
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
-12~~~-12h13p12----12~~~~12h13p12-----------------------------------|
----------------14----------------14p12-11h12p11--------------------|
-------------------------------------------------14-----------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|

------------------------------------------------12-13-12----12-13-15-|
--------------------------12h13p12----12-13-15-----------15----------|
----11h12p11----11h12h14-----------14--------------------------------|
-14----------14------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|

-15p13p12----12-13-15r15b~~~~~17-------17-------17------17----------|
----------15----------------------20b------20b-----20b------20b-----|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|

-17h20p17h20p17--------------------------17h20p17----17h20p17-------|
-----------------17h20p17h20p17h20-20b------------20----------20----|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|

--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--17h20p17----------------------------------------------20b~~~~~----|
------------20-19-17---17h19p17-----17h19p17----17~~~~--------------|
---------------------------------19----------19---------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|

adrian smith solo
----------------------------5---------------------------------------|
-------------------------------5-8p5--------------------------------|
---------(3)p.h--7-7~~~~7b------------8-7-5~~~5-7-5---5-7-5---------|
-3-2-0----------------------------------------------7-------7-------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|

--------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------3b----------3b--------------------------|
-5--------------------------3b----------3b---------------5~~~~~-----|
---7-5-7-5----------------------5~~~~~------5-3---------------------|
-----------7-5\3---------------------------------5-4-3--------------|
------------------5-4-3---------------------------------------------|

--------------------5---------5-------------5-----------------------|
-----------------------8-5--------8-5-----------8-5-------5-8~~~~~--|
--7b(slowlybend7)-----------7b----------7b------------7b------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|

--\-/15-------------------------------------------------------------|
---------18b--15--------15------------------------------------------|
------------------15~~~~15------------------17~~~~~~----------------|
---------------------------17-15------------------------------------|
---------------------------------17-16-15---------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|

--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------9------------------------------9-------------------------|
-9-9-9-9-9-9----5-----7---------9-9-9-9-9-9-------5-----7-----------|
-7-7-7-7-7-7----3-----5---------7-7-7-7-7-7-------3-----5-----------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------9--------------------9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5-5---------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-----5----7---------9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5-5----9--7--9\/--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----3----5---------7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3-3----7--5--7\/--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Song info
Invaders
Iron Maiden
2001
  • Rock
  • Heavy Metal
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