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Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 14:41:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jimmy Pena 
Subject: i/iron_maiden/prodigal_son.tab


IRON MAIDEN   Prodigal Son
from the album Killers (1981)

Originally tabbed by schwebel@labri.u-bordeaux.fr (Olivier SCHWEBEL [93-94])
Slight correction by Jimmy Pena . Note the chord change
in Riff A.

Intro:

||-------------0------------0------------0---------------------||
||------0-----0------0-----0------0-----0----------------------||
||o----8-----8------6-----6------5-----5------1h2p1-----1h2p1-o||
||o---9-----9------7-----7------5-----5------2-----2---2------o||
||---9-----9------7-----7------5-----5------2---------2--------||
||--7-----7------5-----5------3-----3------0---------0---------||


    strum ....................
||--0------0------0------0------||
||--0------0------0------0------||
||o-8-/-/--6-/-/--4-/-/--1-/-/-o||
||o-9-/-/--7-/-/--5-/-/--2-/-/-o||
||--9------7------5------2------||
||--7------5------3------0------||


   Riff A                                                      (end Riff A)
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----0----------0----------0----------2-----3-2-3-2------0----------0-----||
||-----1-/-/------1-/-/------1-/-/------2-/-/-2-2-2-2------1-/-/------1-/-/-||
||-5-7-2-/-/--5-7-2-/-/--5-7-2-/-/--5-2-2-/-/-4-2-4-2--5-7-2-/-/--5-7-2-/-/-||
||-5-7-2------5-7-2------5-7-2------5-2-0-----0-0-0-0--5-7-2------5-7-2-----||
||-3-5-0------3-5-0------3-5-0------3-0----------------3-5-0------3-5-0-----||



Em                  G                                       Riff B
Listen to me Lamia, listen to what I've got to say.       |-------------------|
Am                       C                 D [w/ Riff B]  |-3---3---3-3-3-----|
I've got these feelings, and they won't go away.          |-0h2-0h2-0-2-0h2p0-|
Em                          G                             |-0---0---0-0-0-----|
I've got these fears inside that'll bring me to my knees. |-------------------|
Am                      C                 D [w/ Riff B]   |-------------------|
Oh help me Lamia or I'm sure I'll die, oh please.

Em                G 
I feel unsettled, now I know that I've done wrong.
Am                             C                        D [w/ Riff B]     
I've messed around with mystic things and magic for too long.
Em                              G
I feel I'm being paid with this nightmare inside me,
Am                                C                        D
The devil's got a hold on my soul and he just won't let me be.

[w/ Riff A]
    G5 A5 E                        G5   A5 E
I'm on my knees,                oh help me please.
    G5 E5 A D/A A D/A A         G5   A5 E
I'm on my knees,                help me please. 


   A     B      C           B   E
Oh Lamia please try to help me.
    A       B     C          B                        D   Dsus4   D
The devil's got a hold of my soul and he won't let me be.
A          B        C          B          E
Lamia I've got this curse, I'm turning to bad.
    A       B     C          B                         E    D    E    D
The devil's got a hold of my soul, and it's driving me mad. Oh
 

Oh Lamia please try to help me.
The devil's got a hold of my soul and he won't let me be.
Lamia I've got this curse, I'm turning to bad.
The devil's got a hold of my soul, and it's driving me mad. Oh


            OLIVIER SCHWEBEL
      (schwebel@labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
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