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Holy Smoke Guitar Tablature
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From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 11:53:51 1997
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:24:58 +0100
From: [email protected]
To: Olga Guitar Tab 
Subject: Tab HOLY SMOKE by IRON MAIDEN

HOLY SMOKE
Written by Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson
Performed by IRON MAIDEN.
Taken from the album NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING.

Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren.
E-mail me at [email protected]

Opening riff:

E--------------------------------------|
B----9-10-9-12---9-10---9-12-9-10-12---|
G--9-----------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G----8-9-8-11---8-9---8-11-8-9-11--|
D--9-------------------------------|
A----------------------------------|
E----------------------------------|

E--------------------|-------------------|
B------7-8-7-10---7--|-------------------|
G--7-----------------|------6-7-6-9---6--|
D--------------------|--7----------------|
A--------------------|-------------------|
E--------------------|-------------------|

E------------------------------------------|
B------9-10-9-12-9-10-9-12-9-10-9-12-10-9--|
G--9---------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

End of opening riff.

Riff 2:

E------------------------------------------|
B------9-10-9-12-9-10-9-12-9-10-9-12-10-9--|
G--9---------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G------8-9-8-11-8-9-8-11-8-9-8-11-9-8--|
D--9-----------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|

E--------------------|-------------------|
B------7-8-7-10-8-7--|-------------------|
G--7-----------------|------6-7-6-9-7-6--|
D--------------------|--7----------------|
A--------------------|-------------------|
E--------------------|-------------------|

E------------------------------------------|
B------9-10-9-12-9-10-9-12-9-10-9-12-10-9--|
G--9---------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

End of riff 2.

Verse:

  Believe in me-send us money.
E-------------|-----------------|
B-------------|-----------------|
G-------------|--7--------------|
D--2----------|--7--------------|
A--2----------|--5--------------|
E--0----------|-----------------|

He died on the cross and that ain't funny.
E---------------------|--------------------|
B---------------------|--------------------|
G---------------------|--------------------|
D--5------------------|--7-----------5--5--|
A--5------------------|--7-----------5--5--|
E--3------------------|--5-----------3--3--|

Chorus:

   Holy smoke, holy smoke,
E-----------|------------|
B-----------|------------|
G-----------|------------|
D--2--------|--5---------|
A--2--------|--5---------|
E--0--------|--3---------|

   plenty bad preachers for the devil to stoke
E-----------------------------|----------------|
B-----------------------------|----------------|
G--7--------------------------|----------------|
D--7--------------------------|--7--------5-5--|
A--5--------------------------|--7--------5-5--|
E-----------------------------|--5--------3-3--|

Riff 3:
E-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-------------------|
G--9---9-7---7------|--9---9-7---7------|
D----------9-----9--|----------9-----9--|
A-------------------|-------------------|
E-------------------|-------------------|

E-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|--------------8-7--|
G--9---9-7---7------|--9---9-7---7------|
D----------9-----9--|----------9--------|
A-------------------|-------------------|
E-------------------|-------------------|

Solo-riff 1:
E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G----------------------------------|
D--2-------------------------------|
A--2-------------------------------|
E--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G--4-------------------------------|
D--4-------------------------------|
A--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E----------------------------------|

E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G--7---------------|--2---------------|
D--7---------------|--2---------------|
A--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E------------------|------------------|

E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G--4-------------------------------|
D--4-------------------------------|
A--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E----------------------------------|

End of solo-riff 1.

Solo-riff 2:
E------------------|----------|----------|
B------------------|----------|----------|
G------------------|--2-------|----------|
D--4---------------|--2-------|--2-------|
A--4---------------|--0--0-0--|--2-------|
E--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--|----------|--0--0-0--|

E------------------|----------|----------|
B------------------|----------|----------|
G------------------|--7-------|--9-------|
D--4---------------|--7-------|--9-------|
A--4---------------|--5--5-5--|--7--7-7--|
E--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--|----------|----------|

End of solo-riff 2.

Solo-riff 3:
E------------------|----------|----------|
B------------------|----------|----------|
G------------------|--2-------|----------|
D--4---------------|--2-------|--2-------|
A--4---------------|--0--0-0--|--2-------|
E--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--|----------|--0--0-0--|

E------------------|---------------------|
B------------------|---------------------|
G--2---------------|--4------------------|
D--2---------------|--4------------------|
A--0---------------|--2------------------|
E------------------|---------------------|

Song-stucture:
Opening riff
Riff 2
Verse (4 times)
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 3 (2 times)
Verse (4 times)
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 3 (2 times)
Opening riff
Solo-riff 1 (2 times)
Solo-riff 2 (3 times)
Solo riff 3
Verse (4 times)
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 3 (2 times)
End

Lyrics:

Believe in me-send us money
He died on the cross and that ain't funny
But my so called friends are making me a joke
They missed out what I said like I never spoke
They choose what they wanna hear-they don't tell aHTTP/1.0 400 Cache Detected Error
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