"Meltdown"
(B. Dickinson, A. Dickson)
Guitar transcription by Aaron Shay (zerosig8@apk.net)
after drum intro.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2-----4-4--4-4---4-4--x-x-4-4--x-x---4-4--4-4---4-4-x-4---4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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let ring throughout-----------------------------------2-------------------------------2--------------------------2-----------------------2-------2-------------4------------4------------------4---4--------4-------4----4---------------------------5--------------------2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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hey.. you wait cringing in the dark------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2-----4-4--4-4---4-4--x-x-4-4--x-x---4-4--4-4---4-4-x-4---4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
you create what you ve always feared------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2-----4-4--4-4---4-4--x-x-4-4--x-x---4-4--4-4---4-4-x-4---4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a puppet of hatred dishing out-----------------------------------2-------------------------------2--------------------------2-----------------------2-------2-------------4------------4------------------4---4--------4-------4----4---------------------------5--------------------2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
poison------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-6--5-6---2-1------1-2--------5-6--5-6---2-1---1/2-----4-4--4-4---4-4--x-x-4-4--x-x---4-4--4-4---4-4-x-4---4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
then they repeat the above riff over another vocal
passage leading to.....
I can smell the difference your truth and---------------------------------------------------------------------2--------------------------------------------------2------2-------------------(6)-----------------------4-----4-----4-----------6-7-6-----7--6---------------5-----------------------7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
your fiction you and your twisted convictions---------------------------------------------------------------------2--------------------------------------------------2------2---------------------------------------------4-----4-----4-----------6-7-6-----7------9-----------5-----------------------7------------5------7-----------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus:
F#5 G#5
Were you my friend when I belonged?
A5 Bsus2
Were you my friend when I was strong?
F#5 G#5
Were you my friend when I was weak?
A5 Bsus2
Were you my freind when I was callin', crawlin', out of
my head?
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then another verse,another chorus then this riff...
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The solo is in F# pentatonic, I believe, for any improvisers
or theory buffs. No promises on this tab...Alex is very
creative and very hard to follow. Oh yeah, in the chorus
that Bsus2 chord looks like this:
--2----2----4----4----2--
