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Subject: i/iron_maiden/face_in_the_sand.tab
Song: "Face in the Sand"
Artist: Iron Maiden
Album: Dane of Death
Standard Tuning
This a great track off of the Dance of Death album.
I have not tabbed the entire song,just the main parts
to get you going. All of you experts out there can figure
out the solo's. Another track that has acoustic melody and
symphony feel to make Maiden better than ever before!
INTRO:Acoustic/Clean
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|---------7-5\4-------4-------------------7-5\4-------4--------------|
|-9-7-99---------5-7-----7-5\4-5---9-7-9---------5-7-----7~----------|
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|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|---------7-5\4-------4--------------------------------------------------|
|-9-77-9---------5-7-----7--5\4-5--5-7-5--7-9-7--5\4------5-4-----5-4----|
|-----------------------------------------------------5~-------7-------5-|
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|-5-4----5-4----5-4-----5-4-----5-4------5-4----5-4----5-4-----5-4-------|
|-----3------5-------7-------3-------5~------7-------5------3-------5----|
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|--------------------4-------|
|-5-4-----5-4-----5-----7~---|
|------7-------3-------------|
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INTRO:(Cont.)Next is the background orchestra sound with
guitars switching to distortion playing special effects
using natural harmonics. Listen to the track for timing and
appropriate frets.
|-<12>--<12>---<7>---<12>-------------------------------------12------------|
|-<12>--<12>---<7>---<12>-------------------------------------12------------|
|-<12>--<12>---<7>---<12>---Ect.--5--------7--------9---------12-(Dive)-----|
|-<12>---------------<12>---------5-(Bar)--7-(Bar)--9-(Bar)---12------------|
|---------------------------------3--------5--------7-----------------------|
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Now the music kicks in full gear and I have tabbed the
melody that coincides with the symphony sound. It repeats
throughout the song!
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|---------7~----6~----------|
|--9-7-9-----9------7-9~----|
|---------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:Here is the pre-chorus line "I wait for the sign,
they tell the truth.
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|-4---7--5--4---7--5--4---7--5--4---4--5--7---|
|-4---7--5--4---7--5--4---7--5--4---4--5--7---|
|-2---5--3--2---5--3--2---5--3--2---2--3--5---|
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Chorus: "So I watch and I wait, and I pray for an answer."
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|o-----------------------o|
|--9--5--4--7---4--5--7---|
|--9--5--4--7---4--5--7---|
|o-7--3--2--5---2--3--5--o|
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Solo: I will leave this up to you professionals out there!
Interlude:
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|-7~--9--11/12-11--7~---7--9--11/12---7~---(X 2)-|
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Back to the main Chorus using the same chords and ends with
natural harmonics!
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Oliver Average |
#1 by Oliver Russ at Oct 2, 2006 at 6:00 AM EST |
| Oops, my mistake. Nicko had a part in New Frontiir, not Face in the Sand. | |
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Jamie Average |
#2 by Jamie Kaye at Oct 17, 2006 at 1:10 PM EST |
| Good o' Bruce, not making things obvious or easy to work out :D Is the song is about Some near-Apocolyptical war? Maybe "I wait for the signs, they tell me true I see the signs of the end" "the end never came And we're digging the graves And we're loading the guns for the kill" This seems to Be about how when you thihnk everything is going to end, It just gets worse and worse. (Check 'Fates Warning' - "Or They the lucky ones that are Taken away") This song is a toughie, It could be about the War in Iraq, It could be apocolyptic, (23:58 esque), but it has a very dark feel to it. I always seem to invisage that bit from Terminator 2(i think) With the scorched playground after the Nukes. Maybe that is "the Sand", the remains of a nuclear holocaust. Thats just how i see it anyway ;) | |
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Scott Wanna Be |
#3 by Scott Reid at Oct 18, 2006 at 12:38 PM EST |
| This song does use a double bass drum. Thats the reasonw why you will never hear it at a live concert because Nicko says it's to hard to play. | |
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nick Average |
#4 by nick coffeen at Oct 21, 2006 at 10:08 AM EST |
| Im not sure if this is true are not but I heard Nicko uses a double bass drum in this song. To me this song is about the media controlling things. | |
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Dan Wanna Be |
#5 by Dan Z at May 2, 2007 at 8:29 PM EST |
| very koooool I love the way it starts yeah i say war in Iraq. the lyrics kick ass My favorite parts makes me feel ashamed "everybody's waiting for news on TV" "Everybody wants to be in at the kill" "Everyone's heroes tell everyone's lies" I wonder who these 2 heros are! :D | |
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Anthony Wanna Be |
#6 by Anthony Amell at May 29, 2007 at 5:53 PM EST |
| a brilliant song, one of my favorites "Everybody's waiting for something to happen Everybody's waiting for something to see Lunatics waiting for bigger disasters Everyone's waiting for news on TV" - have you noticed how as soon as something happens like 9/11, spanish bombings, london bomings, declaration of war on iraq....that people rush to the tv and need to know exactly whats going on. is it like a drug? unless it directly affects you, i think it is. "Winding lives at the end of the spiral Waiting dictators with their next big thrill Everyone's looking, but no one is listening Everybody wants to be in at the kill" -to me, this verse is saying that democracy is failing. look at the war on iraq, alot of the uk population didnt want to go to war, yet the primeminister was acting like a dictator and didnt listen. "Everyone's searching, but nothing's revealing Everyone's looking for the reason why Everyone's hoping for life everafter Everyone's looking at death from the sky " - asking why there is violence? death from the sky, common end of human theory is a meterite, maybe this is trying to say that death wont be coming from the sky where people are looking, but is under their noses, nuclear war. i think this is a song about human corruption and the death of us all. | |
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