"HALLOWED BE THY NAME" IRON

MAIDEN
As heard on THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST (CA PITO L)
Words and Music by Steven Harris * Transcribed by Jeff Perrin

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~ In tro (0:00) / t st Verse (0:12)

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Moderate ly S lo w q =82
(2nd time) I'm
wailing In my cold cell when the
bell begins to chime Re-
fleeting on my past life and it
doesn't have much time 'Cause at
N.C.(Em)
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Bass (play 6 times)
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five o'clock they take me to the gallows pole The

sands of time for me are running low
(C5) (05) (Em)
Gtr. 1 plays Rhy. Fig. 1 (see bar I ) Gtr. 2 pla ys Rhy. Fig. la (see bar 1)
Gu . 2 Gtt. l
3 Rhy. Fig. 2 .... - . - - - - - - - ••••••••••••• ............ - .. , (repea t p revio us bar)

[ID(1:00)
Faster J =102
Running
low yeah
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( repear previous two bars) 2

Gtr. 3 (clec. w/ dist.)

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2

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 "HALLOWEDBE THY NAME"
[g (1:18, 2 :14)
N.C.(ES) (CS)
11 Gtrs. I and 2

Bass play s Bass Fig. 2 Mice (see bar 7)

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[Q]2nd Verse (1:37)
When the priest comes to read me the last rites take a look through the bars of the last sights
Can it be that there's some sort of error Hard to stop the surmounting terror
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of a world that has gonevery wrong for me
Is It really the end not some crazy dream
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18

[ID( 1:56)
Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming It's not easy to stop from screaming but
Tears fall but why am I crying After all I'm not afraid of dying
ES cs
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20 1

(2nd time) go back to [g

words escape me when I try to speak
Don't I believe that there never Is an end
05 ES 85 (CS)
22 P.M . ••••• , P.M. P.M.••••• ,

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"HALLOWED BE THY NAME"
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N.C.(E
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Gtr. 1 plays Riff C (see bar 26)

end J?ass F_ig.2

[Q]3rd Verse (3:10)

As the guardsmarch me out to the courtyard somebody cries from a cell God be with you
As I walk my life drifts before me and though the end is near I'm not sorry
Mark my words believe my soul lives on Don't worry now that I have
Whenyou know that your time is close at hand maybe then you'll begin to understand
ES cs
Gtrs. I and 2 (composite arrangement)
33 P.M. • , P.M.•••••• , P.M .. __ ••• , P.M. P.M.. •••• _,

Bass plays Bass Fig. 2four times simile (see bar 7)

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 "HALLOWEDBE THY NAME"
If there's a God why doeshe let me go
Catch my soul it's Wiiiing to fly away
gone I've gone beyond to seek the truth
life down here is just a strange illusion
05 E5
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37

Bass plays Bass Fig. 3 twice simile (see bar 28)

(C5)
Ctr. 2 repeats Riff D (see bar 37)
39 Gtr. 3 (play 2nd time)

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47 Gtrs . I and 2

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"HALLOWED BE THY NAME"
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Fast J=216
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Rhy. Fig . 3
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Gtrs. land 2
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[!fJ1st Guitar Solo (4:51 )

E5
Grrs. J and 2 play Rhy. Fig . 3/ou r times (see bar 51)
Gtr. 3

* repeat previous beat

Bas s pl.ays Bass Fig . 4 four times (see bar 51)

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 "HALLOWED BE THY NAME"
[!J 2nd Guita r So lo (5:08)
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"HALLOWEDBE THY NAME"
1.,2 .
E5 N.C.
97 Gtrs. I and 2

3.
Gtrs. I and 2
114 1/4
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N.C.(E5) (C5)
Gtr. 2
RiffC
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end Riff F

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(05) (E5)
Ctr. I repeats Riff F (see bar 112)
Gtr. 2 repeats Riff C (see bar 112)
108 Bass

(E5) (C5)
Ctr. 1 plays Riff F (see bar J J2)
112 Gtr. 2 plays RiffC one and one halftime s (see bar 112)

(05) E5 (85) (C5)

116 Gtr. I Gtrs. I and 2

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 "HALLOWED BE THY NAME "
[Q] c horu s (6:26)

Yeah
E5 C5
P.M. P.M.

3--+- 3- 3- 3- - - - -

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hallowed be thy name
05 E5
124 P.M . P.M .

~ Outro (6:41)
2. J : 106
be thy name
E5 A5 05 G5 C5 A5
Gtr. 3 p lays Riff E six times (see bar 41)
128 P.M .

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