Total Eclipse

Iron Maiden

Tom: G

Written by Steve Harris, Dave Murray and Clive Burr.
Performed by IRON MAIDEN.
It's the b-side of the single RUN TO THE HILLS.

Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren.


Intro:

E---------------------------|-------1-----------3------|
B---------------------------|---------1-----------3----|
G---------------------------|-----------2-----------4--|
D--7-----5-5-----5-----7-7--|--------------------------|
A--7-----5-5-----3-----5-5--|----3-----------5---------|
E--5-----3-3-----3-----5-5--|--1-----------3-----------|



E-----------------------------------------|-------1-----------3------|
B-----------------------------------------|---------1-----------3----|
G-----------------------------------------|-----------2-----------4--|
D--7-----5-5-----7-----5-5-----5-----7-7--|--------------------------|
A--7-----5-5-----7-----5-5-----3-----5-5--|----3-----------5---------|
E--5-----3-3-----5-----3-3-----3-----5-5--|--1-----------3-----------|


Riff 2:

E-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G--2---------2---2---------2--|--7---------7---9---------9--|
D--2---------2---3---------3--|--5---------5---7---------7--|
A--0---0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0--|--0---0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0--|
E-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


Chorus:

           Sunrise is gone                     freezing up the fires
E-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|------------------------------2------------|
A--1-2-1----------------------------|--1-2-1-----------------------0---1-2-1----|
E--------3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--------3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-------------3--|



           Sunrise is gone                     numbing all desires
E-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|------------------------------2------------|
A--1-2-1----------------------------|--1-2-1-----------------------0------------|
E--------3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--------3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3----------------|


Riff 3:

E-----------------------|--1-----------3-----------|
B-----------------------|--1-----------3-----------|
G-----------------------|--2-----------4-----------|
D--7-----5-----5-----7--|--3-----------5-----------|
A--7-----5-----3-----5--|--3-----------5-----------|
E--5-----3-----3-----5--|--1-----------3-----------|



E-----------------------------------|--1-----------3-----------|
B-----------------------------------|--1-----------3-----------|
G-----------------------------------|--2-----------4-----------|
D--7-----5-----7-----5-----5-----7--|--3-----------5-----------|
A--7-----5-----7-----5-----3-----5--|--3-----------5-----------|
E--5-----3-----5-----3-----3-----5--|--1-----------3-----------|


Solo-riff 1:

E---------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------5---7--|
A--7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-3---5--|
E---------------------------------------------|


Solo-riff 2:

E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------5--|
A----------------------------------------5--|
E--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-3--|


On the fourth time of Solo-riff 2:

E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------5--4--2-----------------|
A----------------------------------5--4--2--------|
E--2---2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-------------------5--3--|


Riff 4:

   Gone are the days when man looked down
E--1------------0---------0----------3------------|
B--3------------1---------1----------3------------|
G--2------------2---------0----------0------------|
D--0------------2---------2----------0------------|
A---------------0---------3----------2------------|
E------------------------------------3------------|


   They've taken away his sacred crown
E--1------------0---------0----------3------------|
B--3------------1---------1----------3------------|
G--2------------2---------0----------0------------|
D--0------------2---------2----------0------------|
A---------------0---------3----------2------------|
E------------------------------------3------------|



   To be so free, it took so long
E--1------------0---------0----------3------------|
B--3------------1---------1----------3------------|
G--2------------2---------0----------0------------|
D--0------------2---------2----------0------------|
A---------------0---------3----------2------------|
E------------------------------------3------------|



   It's not the journeys end, it's just begun
E--1------------0---------0----------3------------|
B--3------------1---------1----------3------------|
G--2------------2---------0----------0------------|
D--0------------2---------2----------0------------|
A---------------0---------3----------2------------|
E------------------------------------3------------|


Outro:

E---------------------------|-------1-----------3------|
B---------------------------|---------1-----------3----|
G---------------------------|-----------2-----------4--|
D--7-----5-5-----5-----7-7--|--------------------------|
A--7-----5-5-----3-----5-5--|----3-----------5---------|
E--5-----3-3-----3-----5-5--|--1-----------3-----------|



E-----------------------------------------|-------1-----------3----------------|
B-----------------------------------------|---------1-----------3--------------|
G-----------------------------------------|-----------2-----------4------------|
D--7-----5-5-----7-----5-5-----5-----7-7--|-------------------------7-----5-5--|
A--7-----5-5-----7-----5-5-----3-----5-5--|----3-----------5--------7-----5-5--|
E--5-----3-3-----5-----3-3-----3-----5-5--|--1-----------3----------5-----3-3--|


Songstructure:
Intro
Riff 2 (6 times)
Chorus
Riff 2 (6 times)
Chorus
Riff 3
Solo-riff 1 (4 times)
Solo-riff 2 (4 times)
Riff 4 (4 times)
Outro
END

Lyrics:

Cold as steel the darkness waits, its hour will come
A cry of fear for the chosen worshipping the sun
Mother natures black revenge on those who waste her life
War babies in the garden of Eden shall turn our ashes to ice

Sunrise is gone, freezing up the fires
Sunrise is gone, numbing all desires
Sunrise is gone, Sunrise is gone

Around the world the people stop with terror-sticken eyes
A shadow cast upon them all to crush them like a fly
In the icy rain and whiplashed seas there's nowhere left to run
The hammer blows of winter fall like a hurricane

Sunrise is gone, freezing up the fires
Sunrise is gone, numbing all desires

Around the world the nations wait
for some wise words from their leading light
You know it's not only madmen who listen to fools
"Is this the end" the millions cried
clutching their riches as they died
Those who survive must weather the storm

Gone are the days when man looked down
They've taken away his sacred crown
To be so free, it took so long
It's not the journeys end, it's just begun


OSKAR WIGREN 1997-02-19