Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 15:17:04 +0100
From: wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com
SUN AND STEEL
Written by Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith.
Performed by IRON MAIDEN.
Taken from the album PIECE OF MIND.
NOTE:
This song is about Miyamoto Musashi, a legendary
Japanese Swordsman.
Iron Maiden have never played this song live.
Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren.
E-mail me at wigren@skelleftea.mail.teli.com
Opening-riff:E---------------|------------|B---------------|------------|G---------------|------------|D---------------|------------|A--4-7-4-2------|--(2)-------|E--2-5-2-0------|--(0)-------|
E-------------------------------------------------|B-------------------------------------------------|G-------------------------------------------------|D-------------------------------------------------|A--4-7-4-2-7---4---4------------------------------|E--2-5-2-0-5---2---2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
E--------------------------------------|B--------------------------------------|G--------------------------------------|D--------------------------------------|A--7---4---4------------------------2--|E--5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--0--|
E------------------------------------------|B------------------------------------------|G------------------------------------------|D------------------------------------------|A--7---4---4-------------------------------|E--5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
E-------------------------------------|B-------------------------------------|G-------------------------------------|D-------------------------------------|A--7---4---4-----------------4--7--4--|E--5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2--5--2--|
Verse: You killed your first man at 13E-------------------------------------------|B-------------------------------------------|G-------------------------------------------|D-------------------------------------------|A--2--2-------------------------------------|E--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|
Killer instict, animal supremeE---------------------------------------------|B---------------------------------------------|G---------------------------------------------|D---------------------------------------------|A--2--2------------------------------4-7-4-2--|E--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--2-5-2-0--|
Riff 2:E------------------------------------------|B------------------------------------------|G------------------------------------------|D------------------------------------------|A--7---4---4-------------------------------|E--5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
E-------------------------------------|B-------------------------------------|G-------------------------------------|D-------------------------------------|A--7---4---4-----------------4--7--4--|E--5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2--5--2--|
Chorus:Sunlight, falling on your steel. Death in life is...E--0-------------------|--3----------------------|B--2-------------------|--3----------------------|G--2-------------------|--0----------------------|D--2-------------------|--0----------------------|A--0-------------------|--2----------------------|E----------------------|--3----------------------|
..your ideal, life is like a wheelE--2----------------------|--0------------------|B--3----------------------|--1------------------|G--2----------------------|--0------------------|D--0----------------------|--2------------------|A-------------------------|--3------------------|E-------------------------|---------------------|
E--3-----2--------|B----3------3-----|G------0-------2--|D-----------------|A-----------------|E-----------------|
End of chorus.
Riff 3:E--------------|------------------|B--------------|------------------|G--------------|------------------|D--9---7-9-10--|--9-7------4-5----|A--------------|------10-------5--|E--------------|------------------|
E---------------------------|B---------------------------|G----------------7----------|D--7-9-10---9-10-----4-5----|A------------------------4--|E---------------------------|
E------------------------------|B------------------------------|G----------------7---------11--|D--7-9-10---9-10-----10-12-----|A------------------------------|E------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|B------------------10---8-10-12--|G--9-11-12---11-12---------------|D--------------------------------|A--------------------------------|E--------------------------------|
End of riff 3.
Solo-riff:E--------------------------------------------|B--------------------------------------------|G--------------------------------------------|D--------------------------------------------|A--4--------------------------------------2--|E--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--0--|
Riff 4:E----------------------------------|B----------------------------------|G----------------------------------|D----------------------------------|A----------------------------------|E---2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-5--6--7--|
E--------------------------|B--------------------------|G--------------------------|D--------------------------|A--------------------------|E--3---4---5---6--7--8--9--|
End of riff 4.
Song-structure:
Opening-riff
Verse
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 2
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 2
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 3 (2 times)
Solo-riff (3 times)
Riff 4
Chorus (4 times)
END
Lyrics:
You killed your first man at 13,
Killer instinct, animal supreme,
By 16 you had learned to fight
The way of the warrior, you took it as your right.
Chorus:
Sunlight, falling on your steel,
Death in life is your ideal,
Life is like a wheel, rolling on and on
Through earth and water, fire and wind,
You came at last-nothing was the end,
Make a cut by fire and stones,
Take you and your blade and brake you both
in two-break you both in two
OSKAR WIGREN 1996-12-25
