Please read: this script is an interpretation of the song and must be
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Jerusalem solos
Song@Album: Jerusalem @ The chemical wedding
Author: Bruce Dickinson
Tab by: Francesco Spina
E-mail: francescospn@hotmail.com
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Legenda:
/ \ : slide
~ : hold
h. : natural harmonic
fb : full bend (up 1 tune)
hb : half bend (up 1/2 tune)
qb : quarter bend (up 1/4 tune)
L : legato (hammer on or pull off)
(X) : undefined sound (pick without note or something like)
( ) : ghost note
* : see the end of solo for more explanation
First solo
1---------------------------------------------------------------------
2---5/6~-h.----6-/8-/10-10-10-10-13-13-13-13-12-10--------------------
3--------------------------------------------------12-12fb~-----------
4---------------------------------------------------------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------
*1
1---------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------------------------
3------5-7-----5-7--------7-10------7-10--------10-12-------10-12-----
4--5-7-----5-7-----5/7-10------7-10------/10-12-------10-12-----------
5---------------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------
*2
1---------------------------------------------------------------------
2--------10----------10L13L10----/13L15L13----/15L18L15----15-18-18fb-
3--12-13----13-10-13----------12-----------14-----------17------------
4---------------------------------------------------------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------
1-------20-19-17-19-17L19L17----------------17-20-18-17----18-17------
2--20fb----------------------18-18~------18-------------20------------
3-------------------------------------19------------------------------
4---------------------------------------------------------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------
*3
1-----17--------------------------------------------------------------
2--20----18-20-18-17----18-17----17-----------------------------------
3--------------------19-------19----19-17----19-17----17--------------
4-----------------------------------------20-------20----19-20-19-17--
5---------------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------
*4
1---------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------
4------19-17----------------------------------------------------------
5---20-------20-17-17~~-----------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------
Interlude (not tabbed of course!)
Second solo (*5)
1----10--------10-----------------------------------------------------
2----10---13fb----14-10-----------------------------------------------
3----10-----------------13-12-10----12----10--------------------------
4--------------------------------12----12----12-10-12~----------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------
*6
1---------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------------------------
3--10-12-9-10L9----9-10----9----9--------9----------------------------
4---------------12------12---12---(X)-10------------------------------
5------------------------------------------(12)-12-10-12-10-12~-------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------
*7
1------20fb-20fb-(20fb)--17-18-17L18L17----17----17-------------------
2--(X)----------------------------------20----20----15qb~ h.----------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------
4---------------------------------------------------------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------
1--------------10-------------X-10)-13-10----10------10---------------
2--(X)(X)-13fb----13-10-(13fb-------------13----13fb----13-10---------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------
4---------------------------------------------------------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------
*8
1---------------------------------------------------------------------
2------10-13-10-------------------------------------------------------
3---13----------13-12-10----10~---------------------------------------
4------------------------12-------------------------------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------------
6-----------------------------------------------------------------END.
Notes:
*1 : The solo starts when you can hear clearly the single central
guitar sound.
*2 : Of course there could be different versions of this very fast
part.
*3 : I'm very very sure of this scale.
*4 : Maybe a 19?
*5 : This solo is very particular; a great "unclean" sound that is
hard to play with a guitar different from a Gibson Les Paul.
*6 : No mistakes: this 14 can be clearly heared if you plain
attention.
*7 : In this part there is a sort of background sound. I think is
a let ring sound of 12 in the 5th string.
*8 : The part between parenthesis is "guessed" from the complex of the
solo. To tell the truth, this is a (X) part: I think the author
played those notes but "aborted" them in a X sound.
E-mail comments etc. to: francescospn@hotmail.com
Thanks to Branislav Glusac for his support and feedback.
This work is dedicated to Maria Grazia Capulli.
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