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Taking the Queen Guitar Tablature
Song: Taking The Queen 
Artist: Bruce Dickinson Album: Accident Of Birth 
Written By Bruce Dickinson and Roy Z 
Tabbed & transcribed by Alexander Bångdahl  Send comments!  [email protected]
Riff 1 clean sound
E--0-00000-00000-00000-00000---------------------------- 
B--0-00000-00000-00000-00000----------------------------
G--0-00000-00000-00000-00000---------------------------- 
D--2-22222-22222-22222-22222---------------------------- 
A--2-22222-22222-22222-22222---------------------------- 
E--0-00000-00000-00000-00000----------------------------

E--0-00000-00000-00000-00000---------------------------- 
B--0-00000-00000-00000-00000---------------------------- 
G--0-00000-00000-00000-00000---------------------------- 
D--2-22222-22222-22222-22222---------------------------- 
A--3-33333-33333-33333-33333---------------------------- 
E--0-00000-00000-00000-00000---------------------------- 

Riff 2 (Repeat it twice)
 "...By the wind from the south" 
E------------------------------------------------------------- 
B-------------------------------------------------------------- 
G----------------------7/9-99999-99999-99999-12-11------ 
D----------------------7/9-99999-99999-99999-12-11------ 
A----------------------5/7-77777-77777-77777-10-9------- 
E-------------------------------------------------------------- 

E---------------------------------------------------- 
B---------------------------------------------------- 
G---77/9-99999-99999-99999-12-14-------------- 
D---77/9-99999-99999-99999-12-14-------------- 
A---55/7-77777-77777-77777-10-12--------------
E----------------------------------------------------

 Then repeat Riff 1 
Chorus Riff with distortion
E----------------------------------------------------------- 
B------------------------------------------------------------ 
G------------------------------------------------------------
D--7/9-999--9/10-101010-10/12-121212--11/12--11/12-- 
A--5/7-777--7/9---9-9-9---9/10--101010--9/10---9/10---
E------------------------------------------------------------ 

E------------------------------------------------------------- 
B------------------------------------------------------------- 
G------------------------------------------------------------- 
D--7/9-999--9/10-101010-10/12-121212-------------------- 
A--5/7-777--7/9---9-9-9---9/10--101010------5--4--2------ 
E-------------------------------------------------3--2--0------ 

after first chorus with clean sound ( play it 2 times) 
E--00000-00000-00000-00000--00000-00000-00000-00000-- 
B--00000-00000-00000-00000--00000-00000-00000-00000-- 
G--44444-44444-44444-44444--55555-55555-55555-55555-- 
D--44444-44444-44444-44444--55555-55555-55555-55555-- 
A--22222-22222-22222-22222--33333-33333-33333-33333-- 
E------------------------------------------------------------------

E-00000-00000-00000-00000--00000-00000-00000-00000--- 
B-00000-00000-00000-00000--00000-00000-00000-00000--- 
G-22222-22222-22222-22222--00000-00000-00000-00000--- 
D-33333-33333-33333-33333--22222-22222-22222-22222--- 
A-33333-33333-33333-33333--22222-22222-22222-22222--- 
E-11111-11111-11111-11111--00000-00000-00000-00000--- 

SOLO 
E----------------------------------------------------- 
B----------------------------------------------------- 
G----------------------------------------------------- 
D-------------------------7-------------------------- 
A--7**-----7-9-10--9h10*----10-9-10-9-7-7*---- 
E----------------------------------------------------- 

E----------------------------------------------------------- 
B----------------------------------------------------------- 
G------------------------------------12-14-------12-14--- 
D----------7-9-9/10------------12-14-------12-14-------- 
A---7-9-10---------------12-14---------------------------- 
E------------------------------------------------------------ 

E------------------------------------------------------------------ 
B-12-15--17*-------15-17-19-17-19-17h19p17-15-17-15--12- 
G---------------16------------------------------------------------ 
D------------------------------------------------------------------ 
A------------------------------------------------------------------ 
E------------------------------------------------------------------ 

E--------------------------------17/19p-------15/17-15--------- 
B-15-12h15p12--------------------------17*------------12*--- 
G------------14-12---------------------------------------------- 
D---------------------------------------------------------------- 
A---------------------------------------------------------------- 
E----------------------------------------------------------------- 

(not quite sure in this part) 
E------------------------------------------------121315----------- 
B12-13-15-13-12h13p12-12h13p12----12131513121315------- 
G-------------------------------14--------------------------------- 
D------------------------------------------------------------------- 
A------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E-------------------------------------------------------------------- 

E----19***----------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------- 
G--------------------------------------------- 
D--------------------------------------------- 
A--------------------------------------------- 
E--------------------------------------------- 

Then again play the chorus riff. That¥s it.
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