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		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

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Dream Of Mirrors Bass Tab

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Dream Of Mirrors Tab

Send "Dream Of Mirrors" Ringtone to your Cell Phone


For this bit, a second guitar plays the pairs of A5 chords too.

e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
g |-2---2-------4-5-4---------------|-2---2-------4-5-4-------7--------|
D |-2---2---------------5-----------|-2---2---------------5------------|
A |-0---0-------------------5-------|-0---0----------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
g |-2---2-------4-5-4---------------|-------------------------5---3----|
D |-2---2---------------5-----------|-----------------7---5------------|
A |-0---0-------------------5-------|-5---3---5---3--------------------|
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

At this point, the second guitar plays A5 and lets it ring while the first
guitar plays this riff clean (sounds very Egyptiany)...

e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |---------------------------------|------------------------------8---|
g |---------9---------9h10p9-7-9----|---------9------9h10p9-7-9-10-----|
D |-7---7-7-------------------------|-7---7-7--------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |---------------------------------|------------------------------8---|
g |---------7-------7h9p7---7-------|---------9------9h10p9-7-9-10-----|
D |-5---5-5---------------10--------|-7---7-7--------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


=========================================================================
 VERSE RIFF
=========================================================================

The second guitar plays a load of open A string notes to follow the
bass line, a bit like this:

.
.
A |-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0--|
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

And the lead guitar...?

e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |---------5h6p5-----------3h5p3---|----------------------------------|
g |---------------7---------------5-|---------5h7p5-----------4h5p4----|
D |---------------------------------|---------------7---------------5--|
A |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


=========================================================================
 PRE-CHORUS RIFF
=========================================================================

This is clean before "The dream is true..." and it has bags of bass and
distortion before "I ONLY DREAM IN BLACK AND WHITE!!!".  But both are
the same simple riff.  A second guitar plays the chords in full (ie not
picking a melody) in the background.

e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
g |---------------------------------|---------7-------7-------7--------|
D |---------3---------------3-------|-----7-------7-------7------------|
A |-----3-------3-------3-------3---|-5---------------------------7----|
E |-1---------------1---------------|-----------------------------0----|
    F5                                D5                          E5 (x3)

e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
g |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |---------3---------------3-------|---------5---------------5--------|
A |-----3-------3-------3-------3---|-----5-------5-------5-------5----|
E |-1---------------1---------------|-3---------------3----------------|
    F5                                G5


=========================================================================
 CHORUS A ("The dream is true...")
=========================================================================

The background guitar plays simple chords of Ami, Cmaj, Gmaj then Ami,
Fmaj, Gmaj.

e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |-----------------1---------------|----------------------------------|
g |---------2---------------2-------|---------5------------------------|
D |-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----5-------------------5--------|
A |-0-------------------------------|-3-------------------5------------|
E |---------------------------------|-------------3--------------------|
    Ami                               C5          G5                 (x3)

e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |-----------------1---------------|----------------------------------|
g |---------2---------------2-------|---------2------------------------|
D |-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----3-------------------5--------|
A |-0-------------------------------|-3-------------------5------------|
E |---------------------------------|-------------3--------------------|
    Ami                               Fmaj        G5


=========================================================================
 CHORUS B ("I ONLY DREAM IN BLACK AND WHITE!!  I ONLY DREAM 'CAUSE...")
=========================================================================

This is the fun bit.  Just totally killing your guitar and amp and
genearlly overdoing it with the distortion pedal and bass (thus A5 is
played on EAD instead of ADg) with crappy power chords.  Ironically, in
the words of Austin Power(chord)s: "YEAH, BABY!!!"


e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
g |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|-3-------3-3-5-------5---5---5----|
A |-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|-3-------3-3-5-------5---5---5----|
E |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-1-------1-1-3-------3---3---3----|
                                                                     (x3)
e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
g |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-3---3---3---3-------3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----|
A |-3---3---3---3-------3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----|
E |-1---1---1---1-------1---1---1---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----|


=========================================================================
 INTERLUDE BREAK
=========================================================================

Eventually, there's an interlude break part (that's the bit where the
tempo is increased and Niko's awesome nodding-dog drumming kicks in).
Well, here's all the parts tabbed, in order of appearance.

Riff 1:

e |-5h7p5-7-7---5-------5-|-3h5p3-5-5---3-------3-|
b |-----------------6-----|-----------------5-----|
g |-----------------------|-----------------------|
D |-----------------------|-----------------------|
A |-----------------------|-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|
                        (x2)                    (x2)

with second guitar playing power chords: A5... G5... A5... F5, G5...
also during the vocal bits ("Lost... in a dream of mirrors...")

Riff 2:

This one is very, very fast...  Bruce does some vocal "whoas" over this
occasionally.

e |-3h5p3---5-------7-7-5-5-3-3-----|
b |-------6---------------------6-6-|
g |---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|

and, then there's the solo...  no way am I tabbing it.  I'm not that
amazing.  But you can just adlib some stuff in key Cmaj (Ami) over
the second guitar's A5... G5... A5... F5, G5...


=========================================================================
 OUTRO RIFF
=========================================================================

This is right at the end.  The tempo slows down during it.

e |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
g |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |---------9-10-9-7---------9------|---------9-10-9-7---------9vvvvvv-|
A |-0---0------------0---0----------|-0---0------------0---0-----------|
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Dream Of Mirrors Tab

Send "Dream Of Mirrors" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture The Masta n00b!	#1 by The Masta Masta The at Apr 15, 2006 at 2:26 PM EST
	omg what crap

No Picture Krystal Average	#2 by Krystal at Apr 24, 2006 at 9:57 PM EST
	Iron Maiden (excellent) concludes all of their shows with this song. It's a pretty cool song about the torture device and how it and the band capture people.

No Picture Sam Wanna Be	#3 by Sam Gageler at Sep 17, 2006 at 5:46 PM EST
	I think the song ist strongly inspired from Lovecraft an Poe storys, no real meaning, just playing with insanity =)

No Picture luke Average	#4 by luke walden at Oct 14, 2006 at 4:06 AM EST
	I agree with skalra63. I think a great, great portion of Iron Maiden is strongly tied to Descartes.

No Picture Robyn Average	#5 by Robyn Paul at Dec 20, 2006 at 2:41 PM EST
	Anyways back on the topic, great song =] obviously about an Iron Maiden and Maiden themselves =]

No Picture Helena Average	#6 by Helena at Jan 3, 2007 at 5:20 AM EST
	owa has a good point. But you have to take into account that all of the songs off this CD were written after the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Bernard tries to cope with his world but can't seem to get past the people and the way society works. So what owa said works, you just have to put the name and the book into that and it all makes sense.

No Picture Davy Professional	#7 by Davy Langerak at Mar 20, 2007 at 1:12 AM EST
	that was meant for flight of icarus

No Picture mike Average	#8 by mike wellspeak at Apr 24, 2007 at 6:36 AM EST
	The song is about physical -v- spiritual. The body is not eternal, so any deformities to it mean nothing in the end (i.e. "If your eye is the cause of sin, pluck it out) But the Holy Roller will eventually lose his eternal soul- which is the ultimate "evil" here. The first two realize that it is better to have physical problems than to have spiritual ones. 1

No Picture Garrey Average	#9 by Garrey Adams at May 13, 2007 at 10:35 AM EST
	I think there is an ironic in the lyrics besides what is an iron maiden "Iron Maiden can't be faught" a message to all bands out there singing :) and guess what after quarter century still they can't be fought!

No Picture Liam Lead Player	#10 by Liam Chan at Jun 9, 2007 at 4:15 AM EST
	Poeple seem to be quite confused about the 'dream in black and white' thing. Let me make things simpler for you. Dreaming in Black n white simply means that the dreamer is seeing things in his dreams just as they are. He is actaully dreaming of things which exist which results in a dejavu like phenomenon. Great song, great guitar, great vocals n great lyrics. Long live Maiden!