FLIGHT OF ICARUS
by Iron Maiden
Tempo: moderate (112 bpm)
(0:01 - 0:09)
RIFF 1:
Gtr. E|---------------------------------| H|---------------------------------| G|-----------------6-------1-------| D|-----------------7-------2-------| A|-----------------7-------2-------| E|-----------------5-------0-------|
Gtr. E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| H|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-| A|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-| E|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-| . . . . . . . . . . . .
As the Gtr. E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| H|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4-| A|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4-| E|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2-2-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(0:09 - 0:27)
VERSE 1:
sun breaks a - bove the ground, an Gtr. E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| H|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
old man stands on the hill. As the Gtr. E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| H|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------(4)/7-------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------(4)/7-------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------(2)/5-------|
gro - und warms to the first rays of light, a Gtr. E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| H|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-2-------------------------------|------------------------/7-------| A|-2-------------------------------|------------------------/7-------| E|-0-------------------------------|------------------------/5-------|
bird song shat - ters the still. His Gtr. E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| H|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
(0:27 - 0:36)
BRIDGE:
eyes are a - blaze, see the Gtr. E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| H|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-4-------4-----------4-------4---|-7-------7-----------7-------7---| E|-2-------2-------2---2-------2---|-4-------4-------4---4-------4---|
mad - man in his ga____________________ - aze. Gtr. E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| H|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-7-------7-----------7-------7---|-9---------------11--------------| E|-5-------5-------5---5-------5---|-7---------------9---------------|
(0:36 - 0:54)
CHORUS:
Fly on your way like an Gtr. E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| H||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D||-11------------------------------|-9-------------------------------| A||-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------| E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
ea - gle, fly as high as the Gtr. E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|| H|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|| G|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|| D|--7---7\6/7-------7\6/7-------7\6-|/7-------9\7/9-------------------|| A|--5---5\4/5---5-5-5\4/5-----5-5\4-|/5-----x-7\5/7-------------------|| E|--------------.-.-----------.-----|---------------------------------||
(0:54 - 1:02) Repeat RIFF 1
(1:02 - 1:19)
VERSE 2:
Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears Looks the old man in the eye As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd: "In the name of God my father I fly".
(1:19 - 1:36)
BRIDGE 2:
His eyes seem so glazed As he flies on the wings of a dream, Now he knows his father betrayed Now his wings turn to ashes to ashes his grave.
(1:36 - 1:54) CHORUS
(1:54 - 2:11)
SOLO 1:
F#5 Gtr.1E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| H|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-4bend6......release...4-----------------4---2-------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------4---2-----------| A|---------------------------------------------------------4---3---| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A5 E5 Gtr.1E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| H|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------14--16--| A|-2---------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----5---2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------------------------|
F#5 Gtr.1E|------------------------------14-17p14---14-17p14---14-17p14---14-17p14------| H|-----------------14h15p14-15-17---------14---------14--------14---------14-17b| G|-13h14p13--14--16--------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A5 E5 Gtr.1E|-------------------------14--16--17-----/19---19b21-release19p17-| H|(17)b19~~~~~~~~~-------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 Gtr.1E|-19-----------19b21-release19p17-19--------17h19p17h19p17h19p17h19p17\16--| H|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A5 E5 Gtr.1E|-17p16h17p16h17p16h17p16\14h16p14------------------------------------------| H|-------------------------17p14h17p14h17p14h17p14------------------------| G|------------------------------------------14h16p14h16p14------------| D|------------------------------------------------------16p14------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#5 Gtr.1E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| H|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-16b18release16--14----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------14------16------16--14--------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------16--15--14-\12--14--16--| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.1E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| H|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-14--------------14-------16bend17release16------14--------------| D|-14------16------14-------16bend17release16------14------16------| A|---------------------------------------------------------16------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
(2:11 - 2:28)
SOLO 2: (under the rhythm of bridge)
F#5 E/G# Gtr.2E|-17b19-------17~~~~~~~~~~~-----------14----17-17bend19......rel17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------17----| H|-------------------------------14----------------|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A5 B5 C#5 Gtr.2E|-14h17p14----14--------14------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| H|---------17------17b19---17-14-------------------------------|-10p9-p0-h9--------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------16b18release16p14-------------|-------------11----11----------------------------| D|-------------------------------------16~~~~~~~---|----------------12-------9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------| A|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
F#5 E/G# Gtr.2E|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------/14----| H|-------------------------------------T-------T---|-----T-------T-------T---------------------------| G|-/11----------11~~~~~~~~~~~----------18-p11--18p-|p11--18-p11--18-p11--18--11~~~~~~~~~~~-----------| D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A5 B5 C#5 Gtr.2E|-14-------14-------14----14----------------------|-17p14-------14----------------------------------| H|-----17bf-----17bf----------17-14----------------|----------17----17p14----------------------------| G|----------------------------------17-16-14~~~~~--|----------------------17-16-14-------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------16-14-------------| A|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------16-15-14----| E|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------17-|
(2:28 - 3:02) CHORUS (*2 times)
(3:02 - 3:10)
RIFF 2:
Gtr.2E||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|| H||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|| G||-16b18------16b18--------------------14p13----14-|-16b18------16b18--------------------14p13h14p13-|| D||-------------------------------------------16----|-------------------------------------------------|| A||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|| E||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
(3:10 - 3:18)
RIFF 2A: (add the following harmony to RIFF 2)
Gtr.3E||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|| H||-17b19------17b19-----------------17b19r17p15\14-|-17b19------17b19-----------------17b19r17p15\14-|| G||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|| D||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|| A||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|| E||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
(3:18 - 3:35)
OUTRO SOLO:
Gtr.2E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| H|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| G|--16b18--16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-|-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^---------| D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------- tremolo picking -------------- gradual -|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------- of the bent note ------------- release -|-------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.2E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| H|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------14h17p14--14-| G|-16b18--16b18--16b18--16b18-16-14-16-14-16-14----|-----------------------------------------------16---| D|----------------------------------------------16-|-14----------------14-16-16----------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------|----16-14----14-16-------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|---------17p14------------------------------------|
Gtr.2E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| H|-17p14-17p14--14-17p14-17p14--14-17p14-17p14--14-17p14-17p14--14-|-17p14-17p14--14-17p14-17p14--14-17p14-17p14--14-17p14-17p14--14-| G|------------16--------------16--------------16--------------16---|------------16--------------16--------------16--------------16---| D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|