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Subject:_TAB:_IRON_MAIDEN_-_THE_SIGN_OF_THE_CROSS_ 
Date:_Fri,_13_Oct_1995_14:04:17_+0100 
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_______________________THE_SIGN_OF_THE_CROSS 
 
 
________________________FROM:_THE_X_FACTOR 
 
 
_______________TABBED_BY:_STUART_ROBB_(DREAMER_DECEIVER) 
 
 
 
 
________Heres_my_effort_at_this_epic_tune_-_there_are_several_pieces_still_missing,_but 
there_is_quite_a_bit_here_(the_track_is_11:17_long_!!). 
________The_whole_song_is_based_around_the_E_chord,_at_different_positions. 
 
 
________Any_help_and_additions_would_be_welcome_-_this_was_knocked_up_in_just_a_few 
hours_(not_including_putting_it_onto_the_computer_!!). 
 
 
________See_my_email_address_at_the_bottom........ 
 
 
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_00:00_-_01:20_=_PRE-INTRO_(background_chanting) 
 
 
 
 
_01:20_-_01:55_=_INTRO_1_(bass_+_guitar_?) 
 
 
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___[ending_1]______________[ending_2] 
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_01:55_-_02:47_=_INTRO_2_(occassional_chords) 
 
 
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_02:47_-_03:26_=_VERSE_1_(thumping_chords,_4_a_bar,_hit;miss;hit;hit) 
 
 
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_03:26_-_03:44_=_VERSE_2_(similar_to_Verse_1,_but_with_LEAD_1) 
 
 
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_03:44_-_04:04_=_CHORUS_(chords) 
 
 
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_04:04_-_04:22_=_VERSE_2 
 
 
 
 
_04:22_-_04:42_=_CHORUS 
 
 
 
 
_04:42_-_05:01_=_RIFF_1_(2_guitars_+_bass,_guitar_1_top;guitar_2_bottom) 
 
 
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_05:01_-_05:30_=_RIFF_2_(chords,_by_the_threes) 
 
 
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_05:30_-_06:06_=_RIFF_3_(background_chanting) 
 
 
___[part_1]_____________X2_[part_2] 
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_06:06_-_07:08_=_RIFF_4 
 
 
___[part_1]_______________________________________________[part_2] 
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_____________________________________[part_3] 
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_07:08_-_07:25_=_RIFF_5 
 
 
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_07:25_-_07:44_=_RIFF_5_with_LEAD_2 
 
 
___[LEAD_2] 
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_07:44_-_07:57_=_RIFF_6_(heavy_and_fast) 
 
 
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_07:57_-_08:17_=_RIFF_7 
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_08:17_-_08:36_=_SOLO_1 
 
 
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_08:36_-_08:55_=_SOLO_2 
 
 
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_08:55_-_09:14_=_RIFF_7_(X4) 
 
 
 
 
_09:14_-_10:10_=_RIFF_8_(with_background_chords_on_3rd_&_4th_repeat; 
_________________________slows_on_6th_repeat,_into_OUTRO_1) 
 
 
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_10:10_-_10:47_=_OUTRO_1_(slow_and_crunchy) 
 
 
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_10:47_-_11:12_=_OUTRO_2_(INTRO_1_with_ENDING_2) 
 
 
 
 
_>>>_THE_EPIC_IS_OVER_<<< 
 
 
......_......_...... 
 
 
________All_additions_and_comments_will_be_welcomed.... 
 
 
________Good_guitaring, 
________________________Stuart. 
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