Number Of The Beast Chords & Tabs
Riff 1
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-------------------------------------
D-0-0-4-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2---
A-----------------------------------0-0-4-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Played twice every Riff 1.) (Then this is played once.)
E-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G---------2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2---
D---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
A-0-0-4-5-----------------------------
E-------------------------------------
Riff 2
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D-7-7-7-7---7-----7-7-7-7---7-----5-5-5-5---5-----7-7-7-7---7----
A-5-5-5-5---5-----5-5-5-5---5-----3-3-3-3---3-----5-5-5-5---5----
E----------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 3
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------
D-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7----
A-5-5-5-5-5------------2h3-3-3-3p2p0--5-5-5-5-5-5----
E----------------------------------------------------
3x every time then...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iron_maiden/number_of_the_beast_tab_ver_7.html ]
Riff 4
E-------------------------
B-------------------------
G-------------------------
D-5-----4-----5-----7-----
A-3-----2-----3-----5-----
E-------------------------
Riff 5
E---------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------
D-2-2-2-3-2-4-4-4-5-4-5-5-5-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7---
A-0-0-0-1-0-2-2-2-3-2-3-3-3-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-5---
E---------------------------------------------
Riff 6
E------------------------------------
B------------------------------------
G------------------------------------
D-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------
A-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
E------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---
Riff 7
E---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------
D-7-7---5--------5-5---3--------3-3------------------------5----
A-5-5---3--------3-3---1--------1-1--3------5-------7------3----
E------------------------------------1------3-------5-----------
(I'm sorry, but I don't have the time, patience, or ability to figure out
those two scales that are played w/ the first half of this riff.)
Riff 8A
D-7--------------------------3--5----
A-5--------3--------5--------1--3----
E----------1--------3----------------
Riff 8B
D-7-7-7-7-7----------------------3---5----
A-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--1---3----
E-----------1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-----------
Song order:
Riff 1 4x
Riff 2 once
Riff 3 twice
Riff 4 twice
Riff 3 twice
Riff 4 twice
Riff 5 4x
Riff 6 4x
Riff 7 once
Riff 8A 4x
Riff 8B twice
Riff 3 twice
Riff 4 twice
Riff 1 twice
Riff 2 once then end w/ a D5 chord, C5 chord, and another D5 chord.
