IRON MAIDEN - "aces high" Tablature

From: Jimmy Pena <jimmy@walrus.com>
Subject: i/iron_maiden/aces_high.tab
Date: June 17th, 1998


ACES HIGH
Written by Steve Harris.
Performed by IRON MAIDEN.
Taken from the album POWERSLAVE.

Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren.
E-mail me at wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com

Slight corrections by Jimmy Pena <jimmy@walrus.com>. I reformatted the tab
to save space, made minor corrections to various riffs, and incorporated
the solo sent in by Alex <hart01@yahoo.com>.

Opening-riff: Opening riff last time:
E----------------| E----------------|
B----------------| B----------------|
G----------------| G----------------|
D----4-6-4-7--6--| D--4----6--4-----|
A--7-------------| A----7--------7--|
E----------------| E----------------|

Riff 2:
E------------------------|------------------------------|
B---------------5--5-----|---------------------5--------|
G--5--4-5-4-5-4-------5--|--5--4-5-4-5-4-7--7----7-5-4--|
D------------------------|------------------------------|
A------------------------|------------------------------|
E------------------------|------------------------------|

Verse-riff 1:
There goes the siren ...
E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G--4---6---7---9---7---6---4---7---6---2---6---2--|
D--2---4---5---7---5---4---2---5---4---0---4---0--|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

There comes the sound....
E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G--4---6---7---9---7---6---4---7---6---2----|
D--2---4---5---7---5---4---2---5---4---0----|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

Verse-riff 1 x1 w/ lyrics:

Out for the scramble we've ....

Verse-riff 2:
Jump in the cockpit and ...
E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D--2---4---5---7---5---4---2---5---4-------4------|
A--0---2---3---5---3---2---0---3---2---5---2---5--|
E--------------------------------------3-------3--|

Remove all the ....
E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D--2---4---5---7---5---4---2---5---4--------------|
A--0---2---3---5---3---2---0---3---2---5----------|
E--------------------------------------3----------|

Verse-riff 2 x1 w/ lyrics:

Gathering speed as we head ...

Pre-chorus-riff:
Running scrambli....
E------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G------------------|------------------|-----------------|-5-4-------------|
D------------------|--5---------------|-7---------------|-----7-5-7-5-4---|
A--5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------5-|
E------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Rolling turning ....
E-------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------|
B-------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------|
G-------------------|-----------------|------------------|--5-4----------|
D-------------------|-5---------------|-7----------------|------7-5-7----|
A--5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|---------------|
E-------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------|

Chorus:
Run live to....
E------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
B------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
G------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
D--2---------|--5-----7-----|--2---------|--5-----7-----|
A--2---------|--3-----5-----|--2---------|--3-----5-----|
E--0---------|--------------|--0---------|--------------|

...live do or....
E------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
B------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
G------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
D--2---------|--5-----7-----|--2---------|--------7-----|
A--2---------|--3-----5-----|--2---------|--5-----5-----|
E--0---------|--------------|--0---------|--3-----------|

Run live to...
E------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
B------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
G------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
D--5---------|--8-----10----|--5---------|--8-----10----|
A--5---------|--6-----8-----|--5---------|--6-----8-----|
E--3---------|--------------|--3---------|--------------|

...live Aces....
E------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
B------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
G------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
D--5---------|--8-----10----|--5---------|--8-----10----|
A--5---------|--6-----8-----|--5---------|--6-----8-----|
E--3---------|--------------|--3---------|--------------|

Riff 3:
E-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D-----------------------7--7--|-----------------------2--2--|
A--0--3-3--0-0--3-2-0-0-5--5--|--0--3-3--0-0--3-2-0---0--0--|
E-----------------------------|---------------------3-------|

E-----------------------------|----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|----------------------------|
G-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D-----------------------7--7--|-----------------------2----|
A--0--3-3--0-0--3-2-0-0-5--5--|--0--3-3--0-0--3-2-0---0----|
E-----------------------------|---------------------3------|

Solo-riff 1: (See bottom of tab for solo)
E---------------|---------------|
B---------------|---------------|
G---------------|---------------|
D---------------|--------5---7--|
A--7-----3---5--|--7-----3---5--|
E--5-----1---3--|--5------------|

Solo-riff 2:
E---------------|---------------|
B---------------|---------------|
G---------------|---------------|
D--4------------|--4-----7---9--|
A--2-----5---7--|--2-----5---7--|
E--------3---5--|---------------|

Outro-riff:
E---------------------|--------------------------------|
B---------------------|----------------5---------------|
G--5---4--5--4--5-----|----7--7--7--7-----7--5--4p5p4--|
D------------------5--|--------------------------------|
A---------------------|--------------------------------|
E---------------------|--------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------|
B--8---5p6p5-----5--6--5----------------------|
G-------------7-----------4--5-------------2--|
D------------------------------------------2--|
A------------------------------------------0--|
E---------------------------------------------|

Song-structure:

Opening-riff (16 times)
Riff 2 (4 times)

Verse-riff 1 x2 w/ lyrics:

There goes the siren that ....

Verse-riff 2 x2 w/ lyrics:

Jump in the cockpit and start ....

Pre-chorus-riff (2 times) w/ lyrics:

Running, scrambling, flying....

Chorus (as above) x1 w/ lyrics:

Run, live to fly, fly to live, .....

Riff 3 (2 times)

Solo-riff 1 (2 times)
Solo-riff 2 (2 times)

Riff 3 (2 times)

Verse-riff 1 x2 w/ lyrics:

Move in to fire at the mainstream .....

Verse-riff 2 x2 w/ lyrics:

Bandits at 8 O'clock move in ....

Pre-chorus-riff (2 times) w/ lyrics:

Rolling, turning, diving
....

Chorus (as above) x1 w/ lyrics:

Run, live to fly, fly to live....

Riff 2 (3 1/2 times)

Outro-riff

END

OSKAR WIGREN 1996-12-27

[Solo]:

E|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|--7^---7-7-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
D|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

E|---------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------5----8^-|--8p5---5---------------------------5-|
G|---------------|------7---7p5-7p5---5-----------------|
D|---------------|------------------5---7p5-7p5---------|
A|---------------|--------------------------------7-----|
E|---------------|--------------------------------------|

E|-8p5p0--7p5p0--8p5p0--7p5p0-|-8p5p0--7p5p0--8p5p0--7p5p0-|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|

E|-8p5p0--7p5p0--8p5p0--7p5p0-|---5-|
B|----------------------------|-----|
G|----------------------------|-----|
D|----------------------------|-----|
A|----------------------------|-----|
E|----------------------------|-----|

E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------5h6p5---8^-|
G|-----------------------------------5---7--------------|
D|--5--7p5-----5---7--9h10p9--7--9----------------------|
A|----------7-------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15p12p0--15p14p0--15p12--12p0--10p0--8p0--10p0--8p0--7p0--8p0--7p0-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------|
B|-5p0--7p0--8p0--7p0-----|
G|----------------------7-|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

E|------------5-----------------------|
B|---------6--------9--6--5--8--6--5^-|
G|------7-----------------------------|
D|--9---------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------|
B|--6--6--5----------------------|
G|-----------7-------------------|
D|--------------9--8--7----------|
A|-----------------------9--8--7-|
E|-------------------------------|

E|--7--9--12--12^-r12--10-----17^-|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

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h = hammer on
p = pull off
^ = full bend
r = release
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