IRON MAIDEN - "the trooper" Tablature

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Bass tab
Transcribed by G. Crisan ( Crisan@Shadow.net )

All notes refer to the tab ABOVE it. Any comments, suggestions, or errors
refering to the tab below that should be brought to my attention, e-mail me.
The "r" 's are rests.

Tab explanations
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> Forcefully | / Slide up
. Staccatto | \ Slide down
h Hammer-on/ pull off | : Repeat
a Harmonic | ~ slight bend
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The Trooper ( Harris )
( From the album " Piece of Mind" )
. . . . . . .
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--5--5--5-5-----------------|-------------------------------------0----------
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-------------------5---5-7-.|.-7--7-7-7---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------7--7-7
----------------------------|------------------------------------------------

Play this 3 times.

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At the end of second rep, the lyrics begin. ( You take my life...)

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ooh, ooh ooh, ooh (etc.)

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This is where the solo starts.

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"We get so close..." (etc)

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-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------

"ooh, ooh ooh"(etc.)
. .
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Play this three times.

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