INVADERS
Written by Steve Harris.
Performed by IRON MAIDEN.
Taken from the album THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST.
NOTE:
Invaders is an extension of the old
standard song Invasion.
Iron Maiden have only played Invaders live one time,
and that was in Auckland, NZ 1992.
Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren.
E-mail me at wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com
Intro-riff:
E----------------------|----------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------|
G----------------------|----------------------|
D--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|
A--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|
E----------------------|----------------------|
E----------------------|-------------------------------|
B----------------------|-------------------------------|
G----------------------|-------------------------------|
D--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|--9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5---7-7-5-7--|
A--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|--7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---5-5-3-5--|
E----------------------|-------------------------------|
Riff 1:
E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G----------------------------------|
D------------7-5----5--5-----------|
A--0---0-5-7-----7--------0-5-3-0--|
E----------------------------------|
E----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G----------------------------|
D------------7-5----5--5--7--|
A--0---0-5-7-----0--3--3--5--|
E----------------------------|
Verse:
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|
D--9---------------|--9---------------|
A--7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|
D--5---------------|--7---------------|
A--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E------------------|------------------|
Riff 2:
E-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A--7---5---4------|--7---5---4------|
E------------5-3--|------------5-3--|
Riff 3:
E----------------------|-------------|
B----------------------|-------------|
G----------------------|-------------|
D----------------------|-------------|
A--9-------------------|--6--6--6-7--|
E--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--4--4--4-5--|
Chorus:
E--------------------|------------------------|
B--------------------|------------------------|
G-------------5-6-8--|--------8--6-5----------|
D--8-----6--8--------|--8------------8-6-5----|
A--6--6--------------|--6--6---------------8--|
E-----4--------------|-----4------------------|
Solo-riff:
E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--3-2-0-5-----------------------|
A--------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E--------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D--3-2-----3-2-----3-2-----3-2------|
A------5-3-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3--|
E-----------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|
A--3-2-0-5-----------------------|
E--------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A--3-2-----3-2-----3-2-----3-2------|
E------5-3-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3--|
E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--3-2-0-5-----------------------|
A--------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|
A--3-2-0-5-----------------------|
E--------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A--3-2-----3-2-----3-2-----3-2------|
E------5-3-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3--|
End of solo-riff.
Outro:
E----------------------|----------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------|
G----------------------|----------------------|
D--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|
A--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|
E----------------------|----------------------|
E----------------------|-------------------------------|
B----------------------|-------------------------------|
G----------------------|-------------------------------|
D--9-9-9-9-9----5---7--|--9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5---9-9-7-9--|
A--7-7-7-7-7----3---5--|--7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---7-7-5-7--|
E----------------------|-------------------------------|
Song-structure:
Intro
Riff 1 (4 times)
Verse (4 times)
Riff 2 (2 times)
Riff 3 (4 times)
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 2 (2 times)
Verse (4 times)
Riff 2 (2 times)
Riff 3 (4 times)
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 1 (4 times)
Solo-riff
Riff 2 (2 times)
Verse (4 times)
Riff 2 (2 times)
Riff 3 (4 times)
Chorus (2 times)
Outro
END
OSKAR WIGREN 1996-12-23
TOMORROW'S CHRISTMAS DAY.
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Gritch Wanna Be |
#1 by Gritch wefwe at Jan 7, 1973 at 3:27 PM EST |
| A good rock song. I like the lyrics more than the music actually, the lyrics are just cool. The chorus is pretty weird sounding but I like it. All in all not bad, but not a classic. | |
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Marcus Average |
#2 by Marcus at Sep 29, 2007 at 10:12 AM EST |
| Normans??? WTF mate^^ U mean norse or norwegians or vikings or something to that effect. not norman 1 | |
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Dan Wanna Be |
#3 by Dan Z at Oct 2, 2007 at 3:05 PM EST |
| Yep. Normans squish England, etc., etc. | |