2 Minutes to Midnight
by Iron Maiden
Off the album, Powerslave
Hal Leonard Recorded Version transcription
Intro
Sec 1
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Sec 2
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----5----7----5----7--7v-7------5-----7----5------2--play 2 times
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Verse
Play Intro/Sec 2 twice
then....
some blackened pride still burns...
and the reasons for the carnage...
madmen play on words and make us all...
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Chorus
The killer's breed...
demon seed
fortune...
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-2---x-x--2----x-5---5--x-x-4--x-x--4--5----5/4--4p2----------3---
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the pain....
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war again....
pray for my soul...
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anymore....
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2 Minutes....
the hand that....
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Fill 1
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Fill 2
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Rhythm during solo 1
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10-6-8-8-8-x-x-6-6-6-5-5-5-------------------------6-8-8------
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-6-6-6-5-5-5------------------------15bp13-15-12-13--------17---------
-5-5-5-4-4-4-7--------------16bp14------------------14-16b----16bp14--
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Rhythm during solo 2
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Harmony Interlude
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repeat intro Sec 1 and then Sec 2
Outro
Midnight...
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"BE QUICK OR BE DEAD"
from IRON MAIDEN's album
"Fear of the Dark"
Intro
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A:--1-3--3-5--1-3-5----1-3--3-5--1-3-5-|------------------------6---8---|
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Rhytm Guitar (Lead Guitar - Solo)
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D:--5--3-5--3-5-3--5--3-5--8-8--5--3-5--3-5-3--5--3-5--3----|
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Outro
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