Iron Maiden - Wasted years

Wasted Years by Iron Maiden From the album Somewhere in Time (1986) Written by Adrian Smith All rights belong to their respective owners Tabbed by Jaakko Karppinen I have based this tab on the bass track and live performances you can find in Youtube, so it should be pretty much 100% correct. The only thing I haven't tabbed is that weird, kind of galloping sound that Steve does during the verses. You really can't even hear that on the record so you can just play it as tabbed. I also noticed from the bass track and live performances that Steve doesn't play the Intro/Bridge parts exclusively on the G string but keeping his left hand on the 9-12th fret area all the time. I actually find this easier to play and it also sounds better. I have also tabbed the optional way to play it in the end so you can choose which one you like better. Hope you enjoy this Maiden classic! Up the Irons! 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|------------------------------------------------------------------| |-0~---------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-12--------9---------10------------------9------------------------| |-------------------------------12----------------10------5~-------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| Solo |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3~------------------------------3---3---3---3---3---5---5---5----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------/--| |-5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| 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