Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son Tabs:
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INTRO
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T -----------------------------------------------------------3h5p3-----------
A ---0---4-2-0-2-4-----0---4-2-0-2-4-------0---4-2-0-2-4-2-------------------
B -2---2-------------2---2-----------2---2---2-------------------------------
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...1,2,3,4...
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---0---4-2-0-2-4-------0---4-2-0-2-4-----0---4-2-0-2-4---------------------
-2---2-----------2---2---2-------------2---2------------2------------------
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(START VOCALS)
/..........TWICE................................/ & /TWICE................
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-9--7--12--9--5--12--5--------5--12--11-12-11--9-----9--------------5------
-7--5--10--7--5--10--3--3--3--3--10--9--10--9--7-----7--7-7-7---7-7-3------
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/p.m./ /p.m........../
.........................../ /....twice....................................
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/3times/------------------------/3times/------/3times/------/3times/-------
--------------12-11-12-11-9---9-------------5---------/ 3 \--/ 3 \---------
-3-3-3----3-3-10--9-10--9-7---7--7-7-7--7-7-3--3-3-3--3-3-5----------------
-\_3_/----\_3__/-----------------\_3_/--\_3_/--\_3_/------3--3-3-3---------
/p.m........./ /p.m....../ /p.m...../ /p.m./
............./ (no vocs. here) ** (pre-chorus...)
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--------------------5--4-2-------2----|-----0---4-2-0-2-4----
---------------5-----------5-4-5------|---2---2-----------2--
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/p.m/
/2nd. & 3rd. time skip to @
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@
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---0---4-2-0-2-4-------0---4-2-0-2-0-------0---4-2-0-2-4------0-2----------
-2---2-----------2---2---2-----------4---2---2-----------2--4--------------
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\CHORUS;......twice.............\ 1. to &\ 2. .....................
/twice.../ \twice.........\ \twice..............\
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-9-9-9-9---5--7---9-9-9-9---5--2-----------2---2--4h5p4h5p4h5p4-0-2--2--2--
-7-7-7-7---3--5---7-7-7-7---3--0-------------------------------------------
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(ad lib ) (same...) (RIFF #)
(twice..........................)
\twice............\ solo
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--5---7h9p7h9p7h9p7--4-5---------|-----------------------------
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(4 times.....................)
-16-12----12---------------------------------------------------------12----
-------12----12------------------------------------11-------10----10-------
----------------11--------------12-11-9-12-11-9-12------11-----11----------
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(twice.........)
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--10-9-10---------10-------12------10----------------------------12--------
----------9----11----11---------11----11-------9---------------------------
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end...
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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richard Wanna Be |
#1 by richard jones at Jun 20, 2006 at 7:04 PM EST |
| Kristaps is almost right. It is based on the concept album story in Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. I know the story very well, as I bought this—tape—when it first came out. I was a teen at the time and very into it. It's still one of the greatest albums ever, iMHO. Anyhow, the concept is about a boy who is born with certain mystical powers—clairvoyance being the most prominent one. For reasons that are not clear, both God and Satan want him for their own, so to speak. Initially, Satan wants him killed in the womb (see "Moonchild"): "Be the mother of a birth-strangled babe." Apparently God sees potential for good in him, and Satan wants that stopped. When the "hero's" mother turns down Lucifer's request and the boy is born, it becomes a sort of cosmic struggle for the child's life on earth, and ultimately his eternity. One way the devil seeks to accomplish is goal is for his beautiful daughter to seduce the boy (who at this point is a young man): "Slept in the dust with his daughter, her eyes red with the slaughter of innocents." (above lyrics inaccurately say "innocence." The plan works double, because she more than seduces him; he falls in love with her. Hence, the actually pretty touching lyrics: "I will pray for her; I will call her name out loud." It seems he believes that even the devil's daughter is not beyond redemption. The song concludes intentionally ambiguous (Bruce Dickinson confirms this intent). The seventh lamb who is slain is the "hero" himself. For reasons that are unclear, it appears the "hero" has been murdered (perhaps in a trap set by Satan's daughter), and he is standing before God, as the Book of Life (a Biblical image confirmation of one's redemption or lack thereof by God) opens before him. He states that he will pray for—someone. The devil's daughter, perhaps? Again, maybe he hopes that she can still shed the ways of her father. He states, "Beyond is where I learn." This is the closest to suggesting that he overcame the tricks of the devil and will move on to Heaven, which is where he will learn, and perhaps he may even return from someday. If it were hell, neither would be an option. But all in all, it is a song about his falling in love with the devil's daughter, his agony over the effects of the evil schemes against him as well as his own failings, and his quest for redemption and the road that remains ahead after his death. | |
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Master Shaïtan Wanna Be |
#2 by Master Shaïtan at Oct 29, 2006 at 12:51 PM EST |
| One of my favorite Maiden song's I love it to bits....coz it touches upon love and passion. Just totally a chiller..fast and romantic yet totally metal and totally maiden. the evil!! the evil that men do!! the evil!!! the evil that men doooo! | |
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bob Average |
#3 by bob bob at Jan 2, 2007 at 12:24 PM EST |
| by the way - i forgot to mention that this is one of my favourite maiden songs. i love it to bits | |
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Kitana Average |
#4 by Kitana at Aug 1, 2007 at 11:39 PM EST |
| At the beginning of the live version on Rock in Rio: "The good that men do, is often interred with their bones. But the Evil that men do lives on" 1 | |
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