Taking The Queen Chords & Tabs
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Author/Artist: Bruce Dickinson
Title: Taking The Queen
Album: Accident Of Birth
Transcribed by: James Rae
Email: jbrae@student.math.uwaterloo.ca
Any corrections/comments are welcome
LEGEND
h - hammer
p - pull off
b - bend up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
* - trill
t - tap
x - mute/rake
^ - harmonic
. - palm mute
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----0------1------------------------------------------------------------------
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----2------2------------------------------------------------------------------
----2------3------------------------------------------------------------------
----0-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Strum these two chords on clean guitar for intro/verses
--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0------------
--3-3/5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--8-7--3-3/5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--8-10-----------
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...from the wind of the south (twice)
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--7/9-9--12\11-11--14\12-12---11/12--11/12------------------------------------
--7/9-9--12\11-11--14\12-12---11/12--11/12------------------------------------
--5/7-7--10\9--9---12\10-10---9-/10--9-/10------------------------------------
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the howling scream of death... (distortion)
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--7/9-9--12\11-11--14\12-12---------------------------------------------------
--7/9-9--12\11-11--14\12-12---5--4--------------------------------------------
--5/7-7--10\9--9---12\10-10---5--4--------------------------------------------
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(can play last two chords an octave higher (2nd guitar))
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dickinson_bruce/taking_the_queen_tab.html ]
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---4----1----1----0------4---1---1---4----------------------------------------
---4----0----2----0------4---0---2---4---2---0--------------------------------
---4----2----3----2------4---2---3---4---2---0--------------------------------
---2----3----3----2------2---3---3---2---0---2--------------------------------
-------------1----0--------------1-----------3--------------------------------
..taking the queen (clean guitar)
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-----------4-5vvv-4h5vv---7-5-4-5-4--------------4-5-7-9-10vv-----------------
---5/7v--7--------------------------7-5/7v-----7------------------------------
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% slow 1/4 bend
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--------------------------------------15-17vv---------------------------------
------------------14------------14-16-----------------------------------------
------------14-17------14-16-17-----------------------------------------------
---14-15-17-------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------12-14-12-14-12h14p12----12-------------------------------------------
---12-15----------------------15----15-12-15-12h15p12-------------------------
------------------------------------------------------14-12vv-----------------
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---17b19-----15b17----------------------------------------------14-15-14------
---------17--------12------13-15-13h15p13--------14-15-17-15-17----------17---
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if you like, put some pinch harmonics on the big bends
--------14-15-17-15-14----14-15-17b19vvvvvvvvv--------------------------------
--15-17----------------17-----------------------------------------------------
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the end run is really fast and not accurately tabbed, but the scale is right
