The edge of Darkness Chords

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The edge of Darkness by Iron Maiden is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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By  : Iron Maiden / The X factor 
                             Trans. by: Patrick Julien 
 
 
Helicopter sound...   4x  Rhy.#1                                                                            
---------|------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------------- 
---------|------------||--------5-----5--|--------3-----3--|--------5-----5- 
---------|--4--2--4--*||--4--4-----4-----|--2--2-----2-----|--4--4-----4---- 
---------|--4--0--4--*||--4--------------|--0--------------|--4------------- 
---------|--2--0--2---||--2--------------|--0--------------|--2------------- 
---------|------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------------- 
                                                                                 
 
                         2x  Rhy.#2 (w/vocal)                                                      
|------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------- 
|------------------------||--------5-----5-----5-----|---------------------- 
|-----------5--------7--*||--4--4-----4-----4-----4--|--2-----3-----3-----3- 
|--------5--------7-----*||--2-----------------------|--0--2-----2-----2---- 
|-----3--------5---------||--------------------------|---------------------- 
|------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------- 
                                                                                 
 
                                 1st                      2nd                    
---|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------- 
---|--------5-----5-----5-----|------------------------|-------------------- 
---|--4--4-----4-----4-----4--|---------5-----------7--|---------5---------- 
2--|--2-----------------------|------5-----------7-----|------5-----------2- 
---|--------------------------|---3-----------5--------|---3-----------0---- 
---|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------- 
                                                                                 
 
    x4   Rhytm#3/w.dist                                         1st               
----||------------------------------------------------------|--------------- 
----||------------------------------------------------------|--------------- 
2--*||---9--9--9--9--9-----7--7--7--7--7-----9--9--9--9--9--|---5--5--5----- 
---*||---9--9--9--9--9-----7--7--7--7--7-----9--9--9--9--9--|---5--5--5----- 
----||---7--7--7--7--7-----5--5--5--5--5-----7--7--7--7--7--|---3--3--3----- 
----||------------------------------------------------------|--------------- 
                                                                                 
 
             2nd                   x3   variation of Rhy.#3                       
---------|-------------------------||--------------------------------------- 
---------|-------------------------||--------------------------------------- 
7--7--7--|---5--5--5-----2--2--2--*||---9--9--9--9--9-----5--5--5--5--5----- 
7--7--7--|---5--5--5-----2--2--2--*||---9--9--9--9--9-----5--5--5--5--5----- 
5--5--5--|---3--3--3-----0--0--0---||---7--7--7--7--7-----3--3--3--3--3----- 
---------|-------------------------||--------------------------------------- 
                                                                                 
 
                                            Rhy.#4                                
---------------------------------------||----------------------------------- 
---------------------------------------||--------------------------------12- 
7--7--7--7--7-----5--5--5-----7--7--7--||------9--11--12--11--9--11--12----- 
7--7--7--7--7-----5--5--5-----7--7--7--||---9------------------------------- 
5--5--5--5--5-----3--3--3-----5--5--5--||----------------------------------- 
---------------------------------------||----------------------------------- 
                                                                                 
 
                                                                                 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------12--12~~~------------------------ 
12--11--9~~~-----9--11--12--11--9--11--12----------------9--11--12--11--9--- 
--------------9---------------------------------------9--------------------- 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                 
 
                              1st/3rd                                             
--------------------------|------------------------------------------------| 
--------12----------------|------------------------------------------------| 
11--12------12--11--9~~~--|------9--11--12--11--9--------9--11--12--11--9--| 
--------------------------|---9-----------------------9--------------------| 
--------------------------|------------------------------------------------| 
--------------------------|------------------------------------------------| 
                                                                                 
 
2nd                        Rhy.#5                                                
-----------------------||--------------------------------------------------- 
-----------------------||--------------------------------------------------- 
----9--11--12--11--9---||--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-----9--9--9-----9--9--9--- 
-9---------------------||--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-----9--9--9-----9--9--9--- 
-----------------------||--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7--- 
-----------------------||--------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                 
 
                                                                                 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
9--9--9-----9--9--9-----9--9--12-----7---7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7---- 
9--9--9-----9--9--9-----9--9--12-----7---7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7---- 
7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--10-----5---5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5---- 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                 
 
                                        2x Rhy.#4(2nd)  Rhy.#5 x4Rhy.#4(2nd) 
----------------------------------------||------------|--------||----------| 
----------------------------------------||------------|--------||----------| 
7--7--4-----4--4--4-----4--4--5-----9--*||------------|-------*||----------| 
7--7--4-----4--4--4-----4--4--5-----9--*||------------|-------*||----------| 
5--5--2-----2--2--2-----2--2--3-----7---||------------|--------||----------| 
----------------------------------------||------------|--------||----------| 
                                                                                 
 
Play Rhy.#5 during Guitar solos... 
                                                                                 
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
----10--12--13--12--10--10---------10--12--10------------------------------- 
12-----------------------------12--------------12--12--11------9--11--12--9- 
-----------------------------------------------------------12--------------- 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                 
 
 5x  Rhy.#3        2x  Rhy.#2        2x  then, play this part...                 
-||----------------||----------------||--------------------------|---------- 
-||----------------||----------------||--------5-----5-----5-----|---------- 
*||---------------*||---------------*||--4--4-----4-----4-----4--|--2-----3- 
*||---------------*||---------------*||--2-----------------------|--0--2---- 
-||----------------||----------------||--------------------------|---------- 
-||----------------||----------------||--------------------------|---------- 
                                                                                 
 
                  slower.........................                                
---------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------- 
---------------|--------5-----5-----5-----5-----5--||----------------------- 
---3-----3-----|--4--4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----||----------------------- 
2-----2-----2--|--2--------------------------------||----------------------- 
---------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------- 
---------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------- 
                                                                               
Note: The guitar solos are not too hard to play but the first one is more  
      confused.  I didn't put them in this tab cause they were too long and 
      too hard to write!!!  So, enjoy and try to find how to they play them!!! 
 
 
If you want other Iron Maiden songs, just e-mail me and I will see what I can 
do for you!!! Up the Irons!!! 
 
Patrick Julien, Montreal, Quebec 
E-mail: [email protected] 

    	

Chord diagrams

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