Judas Be My Guide - Iron Maiden Ste, barleycorn@infinito.it Here's my transcription of this song, chords & a bit of tabs. This is a brief comment I found in Baeleron's Iron Maiden Commentary (http://www.truemetal.org/ironmaiden/lyrics/index.html, don't ask me how I got there, I just don't know): "Judas Be My Guide is a short but incredibly catchy song with an excellent chorus and good guitar solos. This is one of Maiden's shortest song with lyrics, next to Futureal. I'm not sure what the lyrics mean though, or how Judas relates to them. It might be about the meaninglessness of life" I don't want to spend a word about the bullshit contained in the lyrics. If you like to think that nothing is sacred and nothing's ever been, this is really not my business. Anyhow... think of how powerful music is. This song makes you stand up and jump and shout... though you disagree with every single word Bruce sings. Now, music. >>>> Song structure & chords: All chords played like this: |||||| or like this: |||||| |*|||| *||||| |||||| |||||| ||**|| |**||| |||||| |||||| just find the right position. intro: Am | Dm | (Dm) Am | Bb | (Bb)... ...Am | Dm | (Dm) Am | Bb | Gm | solo 1: | Dm C | Dm C | C Bb | Dm C | | Dm C | Dm C | C Bb | Dm C |

Lights ^Dmout, we leave in a w^Corld of darkness No d^Gmoubt, everything's ^Bbup for s^Fale We s^Dmleep, all of the w^Corld is burning We p^Gmray to god for a b^Bbetter d^Feal ^DmNot^Emhing is s^Facr^Ged, b^Bback then or n^Fow ^G ^DmEve^Emrything's w^Fast^Ged, is t^Bbhat all there is' Can I ^Fgo n^Gow'

^DmJud^Cas my ^Dmgui^Cde, w^Chis^Bbpers ^Dmin ^Cthe n^Dmight^C ^DmJud^Cas my ^Cgu^Bbide ^Dm ^C

Fight w^Dmars, die in a b^Claze of glory Come h^Gmome, meat in a p^Bblastic s^Fack Fall d^Dmown, pray to your g^Cod for mercy So k^Gmneel, and help the b^Bblade cut c^Flean ^DmNoth^Eming is s^Facr^Ged, b^Bback then or n^Fow ^G ^DmEver^Emyone's w^Fasted,^G is t^Bbhat all there is' Is that ^Fit now'^G

^DmJud^Cas my ^Dmgui^Cde, w^Chis^Bbpers ^Dmin ^Cthe n^Dmight^C ^DmJud^Cas my ^Cgu^Bbide ^Dm ^C

bridge: | Dm | Dm | Bb | Bb | | C | C | Gm | Bb |

I l^Bbive in the b^Clack, I have ^Dmno guiding l^Cight I'm wh^Bbispering ^Cin your d^Amreams

solo 2: | Dm | Dm | Bb | Bb | C | C | Dm | Dm | | Dm | Dm | Bb | Bb | C | C | Gm | Gm |

^DmJud^Cas my ^Dmgui^Cde, w^Chis^Bbpers ^Dmin ^Cthe n^Dmight^C ^DmJud^Cas my ^Cgu^Bbide ^Dm ^C

^DmJud^Cas my ^Dmgui^Cde, w^Chis^Bbpers ^Dmin ^Cthe n^Dmight^C ^DmJud^Cas my ^Cgu^Bbide ^Dm ^C ^Dm

>>>> Tabs Maybe one day I'm going to post the solos; I haven't figured them out yet. Just use the D pentatonic minor or the F major scale. For now, here's a few licks from the intro & bridge. intro: Am Dm Am Bb Am Dm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------6---5---------6---5---8---6-5-------6---5---------6---5---8-6-5-8--| ----------7---5---7-----7---5---5---------7---5---5---7-----7---5----------| ----------------7-----------------------7-----------7----------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Am Bb Gm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------6---5-----6---5---8-6-5---6---8-6h8-5------------------------------| ----------7---5-----7-----------5---7--------------------------------------| ----------------7-----------------------------5----------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| bridge: lead guitar: Dm Dm Bb Bb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----6h8h10----8------------6h8h10----8------------6h8h10----8--------------| ------------10---9----10-----------10---9----7------------10---9----7-------| -------------------10---------------------10---------------------10---------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| C C Gm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----6h8h10----8------------6h8h10----8------------6h8h10----8--------------| ------------10---9----10-----------10---9----10-----------10---9----7-------| -------------------10---------------------10---------------------10---------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Bb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----6h8h10----8------------6h8h10----8-------------------------------------| ------------10---9----7------------10---9-----------------------------------| -------------------10---------------------10--------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| while another guitar keep repeating this (I'm really not sure about this part, but it sounds good): ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----3h5h6-3-5--------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------5---7--------------------------------------------------------| -----------------7----------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Enjoy Ste

Iron Maiden - Judas be my guide