2 Minutes To Midnight by Iron Maiden

2 Minutes To Midnight tab by Iron Maiden

Guitar tabs

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE
Difficulty: advanced


"2 Minutes to midnight" by "Iron Maiden"

These tabs should be pretty complete, including both guitar solos.
ENJOY!

Chords

    A5          F/A        G5/A        G5
 x 0 7 9 10 x    x 0 3 5 6 x    x 0 5 7 8 x    3 5 5 x x x


     F5         E5         D5        D/F#
 x x 3 5 6 x    x x 2 4 5 x     x 5 7 7 x x    x 9 7 7 x x

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

 Intro
 Heavy Rock Q=188
 4/4
 Gtr I
                 ~
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E Q E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E +H
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|----------------|-------(7)-(7)-7--7-|-----------------|--------------|
|----5-----7-----|-5------7--(7)-7--7-|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)--|
|----5-----7-----|-5------7--(7)------|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)--|
|0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0--------------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-0-(0)--|
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W        W         W         H    E E E E
|--------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|----------------|-------------2-2-2-|
|--------------|------------------|----------------|-------------2-2-2-|
|--------------|------------------|----------------|-------------0-3-0-|
|--------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|


                 ~
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E Q E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E +H
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------(7)-(7)-7--7-|-----------------|-------------|
|-----5-----7-----|-5------7--(7)-7--7-|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)-|
|-----5-----7-----|-5------7--(7)------|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)-|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0--------------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-0-(0)-|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------|
|
| Q  Q  H     W          W         W
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-2-------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-2-------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0-------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|


                 ~
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E Q E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E +H
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------(7)-(7)-7--7-|-----------------|--------------|
|-----5-----7-----|-5------7--(7)-7--7-|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)--|
|-----5-----7-----|-5------7--(7)------|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)--|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0--------------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-0-(0)--|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
| Q  Q  H     W          W      H    E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-2-------------|-------------------|----------------|------------2-2-2-|
|-2-------------|-------------------|----------------|------------2-2-2-|
|-0-------------|-------------------|----------------|------------0-3-0-|
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------|


                 ~
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E Q E
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------(7)-(7)-7--7-|
|-----5-----7-----|-5------7--(7)-7--7-|
|-----5-----7-----|-5------7--(7)------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0--------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| Q  Q  H     W
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2---------------|--------------------|
|-2---------------|--------------------|
|-0---------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E +H
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)----------------||
|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)----------------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-0-(0)----------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|
|                   |
| W         E E E E a  +E +E E E
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----3----5b6==(5)r(5)-3----||
|-----------------|-3h5---5-----------------5--||


  Verse Riff
  Gtrs I, II
                  ~
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E E Q
||------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|
||------5-----7-----|-5-----7-(7)-7-7--|
||------5-----7-----|-5-----7-(7)-7-7--|
||o-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0------------|
||------------------|------------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E E E   E
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)-------------||
|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)-------------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-0-(0)-0-3b3.5p0--o||
|-----------------|-------------------------||


  Verse
  $
                  ~
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E E Q
||------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|
||------5-----7-----|-5-----7-(7)-7-7--|
||------5-----7-----|-5-----7-(7)-7-7--|
||o-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0------------|
||------------------|------------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E E E   E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)----------|
|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)----------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-0-(0)-0-3b3.5p0|
|-----------------|----------------------|


                 ~
 E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E   E
|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----5-----7----|5-----7-(7)-7-7-|----5-----7-----|5-----2-(2)----------|
|----5-----7----|5-----7-(7)-7-7-|----5-----7-----|5-----2-(2)----------|
|0-0---0-0---0-0|--0-0-----------|0-0---0-0---0-0-|--0-0-0-(0)-0-3b3.5p0|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|


                             ~~   ~~~ ~
 E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E  Q. E +E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-----7-----|5-----7-(7)-7-7-7-|----5-----7-----|-5---5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-----5-----7-----|5-----7-(7)-7-7-7-|----5-----7-----|-5---5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|--0-0-------------|5-5---5-5---5-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|


                             ~~~~   ~~~~~
 E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-----7-----|5-----7-(7)-7-7-7-|----5-----7-----|5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--|
|-----5-----7-----|5-----7-(7)-7-7-7-|----5-----7-----|5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|--0-0-------------|5-5---5-5---5-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|


 Pre-Chorus
 Gtr I
 Q  E E Q  E E  +H   Q  E E  Q  E E Q  E E  +H  E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------6-|-(6)----6-------|-3-------3-------|------------------|
|-2---x-x-2---x-5-|-(5)----5---x-x-|-4---x-x-4---x-5-|-(5)--5s4-4p2-----|
|-2---x-x-2---x-7-|-(7)----7---x-x-|-5---x-x-5---x-5-|-(5)--5s4-4p2-----|
|-0---x-x-0---x-0-|-(0)------------|---------------3-|-(3)--3-----------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----------------|   PM    PM-----------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E  H  E E E E   E E E E E E E E  Q  E  E  Q Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7-----5h7p5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|--7---7---7---7---|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|


 Q  E E Q  E E  +H   E E E E  Q E E Q E E  +H   H
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-|-(0)----------|
|---------------3-|-(3)-----3s2-2p0-|-5--5-5-5--5-0-|-(0)----------|
|-3---x-x-3---x-3-|-(3)-----3s2-2p0-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-(5)-----5----|
|-3---x-x-3---x-1-|-(1)-----1-------|-3--3-3-3--3-2-|-(2)-----5----|
|-1---x-x-1---x---|-----------------|---------------|---------3----|
|
| PM------------|
| E E E E E E E E     W       W        W
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|


 Q  E E Q  E E  +W       Q  E E Q  E E  +H    E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------6-|-(6)-----------|-3---x-x-3---x---|------------------|
|-2---x-x-2---x-5-|-(5)-----------|-4---x-x-4---x-5-|-(5)------5s4-4p2-|
|-2---x-x-2---x-7-|-(7)-----------|-5---x-x-5---x-5-|-(5)------5s4-4p2-|
|-0---x-x-0---x-0-|-(0)-----------|---------------3-|-(3)--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| PM----------------|    PM   PM-------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E  H  E E E E  E E E E E E E E  Q  E E Q  Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7------5h7p5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|--7---7-7-7-------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|


 Q  E E Q  E E  +H   E E E E  H..    E  +H   Q  E E
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|---------------3-|-(3)----3s2-2p0-|-2---------1-|-(1)----x/------||
|-3---x-x-3---x-3-|-(3)----3s2-2p0-|-2---------2-|-(2)----x/----5-||
|-3---x-x-3---x-1-|-(1)------------|-2---------2-|-(2)----x/----0-||
|-1---x-x-1---x---|----------------|-0---------0-|-(0)------------||
|
| PM------------|
| E E E E E E E E  W        W       W
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||


 Chorus
 Gtrs I, II
 +E E E E E E E E  +E E E E E E E E  +H..    E  +H..    E
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-----------------5-|-(5)----------|------------7-|
|-(5)-7-7-7-7p5---5-|-(5)-7-7-7-7p5---5-|-(5)--------5-|-(5)--------7-|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0---7-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0---7-3-|-(3)--------5-|-(5)--------5-|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------3-|-(3)----------|


 +W       +H.      E E  +H..   E  +H.      E E
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-(7)-----------|-(7)-------------10-|-(10)------12-|-(12)---------------|
|-(7)-----------|-(7)-------------10-|-(10)------12-|-(12)-------------5-|
|-(5)-----------|-(5)--------------8-|--(8)------10-|-(10)-------------0-|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                              PM--------|
| H  Q E E   +E Q E +Q.   E   W       E E E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-----------6---|-(6)----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-----7--------------|--------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------7-(7)-------|--------------|------7-5---------5-|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|----------7-6-5-3-0-|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|


 Gtrs I, II
 +E E E E E E E E  +E E E E E E E E  +H..    E  +H..    E
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-----------------5-|-(5)----------|------------7-|
|-(5)-7-7-7-7p5---5-|-(5)-7-7-7-7p5---5-|-(5)--------5-|-(5)--------7-|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0---7-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0---7-3-|-(3)--------5-|-(5)--------5-|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------3-|-(3)----------|


                            1.
                      To Coda
 +W      +H.      E E  +H..    E  +H.      E E
|-------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-(7)---------|-(7)-------------10-|-(10)--------12-|-(12)-------------2-|
|-(7)---------|-(7)-------------10-|-(10)--------12-|-(12)-------------2-|
|-(5)---------|-(5)--------------8-|--(8)--------10-|-(10)-------------0-|
|-------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                             PM--------|
| H   Q E E  +E Q E +Q.   E   W       E E E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-------------6-|-(6)----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-----7--------------|--------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------7-(7)-------|--------------|------7-5---------5-|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|----------7-6-5-3-0-|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|


 Main Riff
 Gtrs I, II
                  ~
 +E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E Q  E E E E E E E E  E E E E +Q.  E
|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------x---7--7-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-(2)---5-----7-----|-5-----7---7--7-|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)---2-|
|-(2)---5-----7-----|-5-----7--------|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)---2-|
|-(0)-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0----------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-0-(0)---0-|
|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W             W        W    E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-5-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-5-7-5-----------2-|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------7--6--5-3-0-|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|


                  ~
 +E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E E Q
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------x-----7-7--|
|-(2)---5-----7-----|-5h7p5-7-(7)-7-7--|
|-(2)---5-----7-----|-5h7p5-7-(7)-7-7--|
|-(0)-0---0-0---0-0-|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E E E   E
|-----------------|------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------o||
|-----5-----7-----|-5h7p5-2-(2)------------||
|-----5-----7-----|-5h7p5-2-(2)------------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|-------0-(0)-0-3b3.5-0-o||
|-----------------|------------------------||


          Guitar Solo 1
 2.
 Gtr I
                 1      |
  H  H      E  +Q.  +E +Q  +S +S
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|-12-------------||--7b9==(7)----(7)-(7)---(7)-(7)r-|
|-12----x-------||---------------------------------|
|-10----x-------||---------------------------------|
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H  E E E E   Q.    E +Q   Q
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|----------x-----||-10---------6-(6)-----8----------|
|----------------||--9---------5-(5)-----7----------|
|------------x-x-||--7---------3-(3)-----5----------|
|------------x-x-||--0---------0-(0)-----0----------|
|----------------||---------------------------------|


                       Gtr IV
             4.5___/      |
                        ~
      |--3--|
  Q  E E E E  E E E  a   +H.      a Q
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|------7p5-4h5p==4s2p0-|-0-----(0)-----------0h2---|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| +Q  Q  E  E  E E     E E E E E E  Q
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-(8)--8-------8---x-x-|--------6--6-6-5-5-5-------|
|-(7)--7-------7---x-x-|--------5--5-5-4-4-4---7---|
|-(5)--5-------5---x-x-|--------3--3-3-2-2-2---7---|
|-(0)------------------|-----------------------5---|
|----------------------|---------------------------|


            A5 F/A G5/A
 Gtr V
  W          Q. E +Q Q
            | | | |
            / / / /

      |---3---|
 +H    Q  Q  Q  E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------5---6-|-8--6--5h6p=5----5h6p5-8p6p5---5h|
|-(2)----------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|     |--3--|
| +Q  E E E E Q Q   E E E E +Q  Q
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------6-(6)---8---------------|
|-(7)--------4-5-7---|-9--7--5-5-(5)---7---------------|
|-(7)--4-5-7---------|---------3-(3)---5---------------|
|-(5)----------------|-----------------0---------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|


        G5
 +Q  Q  E  E E E
  |  |    | | |
  /  /    / / /

         |-3-|
  S S S S E S S E E E +Q
|----------------------------|
|--6p=5-8p6p5----------------|
|-------------7p5-7p5s4-(4)--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|
| +Q  Q  E E E E
|----------------------------|
|-(8)---8--------------------|
|-(7)---7--------------------|
|-(5)---5-----5--------------|
|-(0)---------5-x-x----------|
|-------------3-x-x----------|

 W                    W
 2.5_______3.5___/2______/
                      ~~~~~~
 Q.    +E   +Q    E  +E    +H     Q.   E
|-------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-0---------(0)----(0)-----()-|-()------h12-------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E   E E E   E  E  Q       +Q  E E  E E E E
|-------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-6-----6-6--5------5---5-------------|------------------------|
|-5-----5-5--4------4---4---7---------|---(7)------------------|
|-3-----3-3--2------2---2---7---------|---(7)---------5--------|
|---------------------------5---------|---(5)---5-7------7-5-3-|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------|


 A5    F/A       G5/A            G5
  Q.    E +Q     Q   +Q   Q      E E E E
  |     |  |     |   |   |       | | |
  /     /  /     /   /   /       / / /

  Q.    +E  E Q.      +Q  +S  +S  E E E E E
|------------------15pb17=====|=(15)--(15)r(15)p12-15----12-----|
|-15pb17r==(15)p13------------|-----------------------15----13--|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Q.    +E  E Q.      +Q  +S  +S  E E E E E
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------15---------|-(15)--(15)-(15)p13-15-12-13-----|
|-16pb17r==(16)p14------------|-----------------------------14--|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|


 F5       E5       D/F#
  Q.       E   +Q   Q
  |        |    |   |
  /        /    /   /

  E   +E  E E   +E  E S E.
|--------------15-----------------------|
|-15b17==(15)r----15pb17r(15)p13-13-----|
|-----------------------------------14--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| E   +E  E E   +E  E S E.
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------17-----------------------|
|-16b17==(16)r----16pb17r(16)p14-14-----|
|-----------------------------------16--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


  +Q  Q  E  E  E  E  W
  |  |  |  |  |  |
  /  /  /  /  /  /

  ~~~~~      TP    TP TP  TP  TP
  +H    Q    Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------------7-----|--7---8---10---12--|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|-(14)--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|
|      |----3----|
| +Q  E E E E  Q  Q   Q.  E +Q  Q
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-10-----6-(6)---8--|
|--------------4---5---7---|--9-----5-(5)---7--|
|-(16)--4-5-7-------------|--7-----3-(3)---5--|
|--------------------------|--0-----0-(0)---0--|
|--------------------------|-------------------|


  TP TP
      |---3---|
  Q  Q  E E  E E E
|-13--15---17-17---17-20-20b22==|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| Q  E E E  E   E E
|-------------------------------|
|--8---8---------8-----x--x-----|
|--7---7---------7-----x--x-----|
|--5---5---------5-----x--x-----|
|--0----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


                                  3
                        ~~~~~
  +Q.  E    +E  +S  S  E   +E   +H..     a  +E
|-(20)r-20pb22==(20)r(20)-(17)--------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------------20b22==(20)--|-(20)---------(20)r-(20)-||
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|
|  E  E    E  E  E  E    Q   +Q  E E E E  E   E
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---6----6--------6----5----5---5-----------|-------------------------||
|---5----5--------5----4----4---4-------7---|--(7)--------------------||
|---3----3--------3----2----2---2-------7---|--(7)------5-------------||
|---------------------------------------5---|--(5)--5-7---7---5-----3-||
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------||


 Guitar Solo 2
             ~~~~~~~~~~~
  Q.    +E  +E  E Q   +H.     E E
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|-15-------------------------|-------------------|
|-14pb16====(14)r(14)p12-14--|-(14)-----------x-|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q.     E  Q   Q   +Q  E E Q E E
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------3--|--(3)-------3------|
|--9----------9-----------0--|--(0)---x-x-0--x-x-|
|--9----------9-----------0--|--(0)---x-x-0--x-x-|
|--7----------7-----------2--|--(2)---x-x-2--x-x-|
|----------------------------|-------------------|


           ~~~~~~~~~
  E  E E E E E Q   W
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|-12--11-------11--------|------------------|
|--------14-12----12-11--|-11---------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|
| Q.    E Q   Q  +Q  E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|--5---------5--------6--|-(6)--------------|
|--5---------5--------7--|-(7)--------4-5-7-|
|--3---------3--------4--|-(4)--4-5-7-------|
|------------------------|------------------|


                       ~
  |--3---| |---3---| |-3--| |-3-|  |-3--|
  E  E E E E  E E E E E E E  E E E Q  +Q  E E
|-12--11-10-------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------12-11---10-8---10-8-----|------------------------|
|------------------------9------9-7-|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--9--8-7-5---(5)-xs9----|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q.       E  Q   Q    +Q   E E Q   E E
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------3-----|-(3)----------3---------|
|--9--------------9-----------0-----|-(0)-----x-x--0-----x-x-|
|--9--------------9-----------0-----|-(0)-----x-x--0-----x-x-|
|--7--------------7-----------2-----|-(2)-----x-x--2-----x-x-|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|


                 ~~~~
       |----3-----|
 E E E E E   +E E Q  +W
|-------------------------10-|-(10)--------------|
|------8-10-10pb12r(10)p8--0-|--(0)--------------|
|-7--9-----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q.   E Q     Q    +Q  E E E E E E
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|-5-------5-------------6----|--(6)--------------|
|-5-------5-------------7----|--(7)--------------|
|-3-------3-------------4----|--(4)----2-5-2-----|
|----------------------------|-------5-------5-3-|


 PM-----|      ~~~ PM     ~~
 E E E E S  +S +Q  E  E E a H.
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|----------4b6==(4)r(4)-----|-------7s9----------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-7--7-7-7----------------7-|--7--7---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q.   E Q      Q   +Q   E E Q E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------3---|-(3)----------3------|
|-9------9--------------0---|-(0)-----x--x-0--x-x-|
|-9------9--------------0---|-(0)-----x--x-0--x-x-|
|-7------7--------------2---|-(2)-----x--x-2--x-x-|
|---------------------------|---------------------|


   PM   PM PM  ~~~
  E E E E E E E E  H    +E  E Q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------6-------|--7-------(7)/-------|
|-------5-7-----5---|---------------------|
|-(x)-7-------7---7-|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q.   E Q  Q   +Q  E E E  E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|--5------5-----6---|-(6)-----------------|
|--5------5-----7---|-(7)-----------4-5-7-|
|--3------3-----4---|-(4)--4-5--7---------|
|-------------------|---------------------|


                                      ~~
          |--3--| |-------3------|  |-----3-----|  |--3---|
  E  E   +Q   E E E S   +S  E E  E  E   +E  +E  E E H
|12---------------12-----------------------12|------------------------------|
|----15b17==(15)r----15p12--------------12---|-12---------------------------|
|--------------------------14b16==(14)r------|-----14b16==(14)r(14)p12----12|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------14---|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Q.       E Q    Q        +Q      E  E  Q E E
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------3--------------|-(3)-------------------3------|
|-9---------------9-----------0--------------|-(0)----------x----x---0---x-x|
|-9---------------9-----------0--------------|-(0)----------x----x---0---x-x|
|-7---------------7-----------2--------------|-(2)----------x----x---2---x-x|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|


  |-------3-------|  |---3----|   |-----3-----|   |----3-----|
  E   +E  Q Q  Q Q   Q   Q  Q   Q   Q   Q  Q
|-15b17==(15)r-15-14---12-----------|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------15---[13]-|-[12]--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------[14]---[12]---[11]-------------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------14---12---||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|
| Q.        E Q  Q     +Q    E   E  E E  E  E
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|--5-----------------5-------6------|--(6)--------------------------------||
|--5-----------------5-------7------|--(7)--------------------------------||
|--3-----------------3-------4------|--(4)-------------2---5--2-----------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------5------------------5----3-||


  Interlude
  Gtr V
                        <
  ~          PM
  W     +H.   Q  W     +H   H
||-----------|------------|----------|---------------|
||o----------|------------|----------|---------------|
||--5--------|-(5)-------|-7--------|-(7)/----x----|
||--5--------|-(5)-------|-7--------|-(7)/----x----|
||o-3--------|-(3)-----0-|-5--------|-(5)/----x----|
||-----------|------------|----------|---------------|


                         1.
          ~               ~~~
 Q.  Q +E Q   W      Q.  E +Q  Q  +H   +H
|-----------------|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|----------|-----------------|----------------o||
|------9--(9)-7---|-9--------|-12----7-(7)--9--|-(9)----(9)-----||
|------9--(9)-7---|-9--------|-12----7-(7)--9--|-(9)----(9)-----||
|------7--(7)-5---|-7--------|-10----5-(5)--7--|-(7)----(7)----o||
|-0---------------|----------|-----------------|-----------------||


 2.
           1
  ~~~
                     |-----3-----|
 +H.    E E   W      H  Q  E   +E  E
|----------12----||------------|------------------------|
|-------------12-||-15---------|------------------------|
|-(9)------------||------------|---------14pb16r(14)p12-|
|-(9)------------||------------|------------------------|
|-(7)------------||------------|------------------------|
|----------------||------------|------------------------|


  ~~             ~
  W      +H   Q E E  W
|-----------|----------------|------|
|-----------|----------------|------|
|-14--------|-(14)----7------|-7----|
|-----------|------------9-7-|------|
|-----------|----------------|------|
|-----------|----------------|------|


 Gtr V
  ~~~
 +W           +H   H    H   Q  E E
|-----------------------|--------------|------------12------|
|-----------------------|--------------|---------------(x)--|
|-(7)-------------------|-(7)---------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|    |--3--|
| Q  E E E Q  Q   W       +H   H
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-12---10h12p10---------|--------------|--------------------|
|---------------12p=11h=|=12-----------|-(12)---------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|    |--3--|
| Q  E E E Q  Q   W       +H   H
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|--8----7h=8p=7---------|--------------|--------------------|
|----------------9p==7--|--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--9-----------|--(9)---------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|


 Gtr V
        ~~~
                |-----3-----|
  W      H   Q a a a E   +E  E
|-----------|--------------------------------|
|-15--------|-15----------------------------|
|-----------|---------------x-14pb16r(14)p12-|
|-----------|-------------x------------------|
|-----------|-----------x--------------------|
|-----------|--------------------------------|


                       ~~~~
           |--3--|
  W      +H   Q Q Q  W      +H   H
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|-----------12-13-|-12--------|-(12)---------|
|-14--------|-(14)------------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|--------------|


  1.5
  W       +W      W
|--------------|--------------|----------|
|--------------|--------------|----------|
|-----------|-()--------|-5--------|
|--------------|--------------|-5--------|
|--------------|--------------|-3--------|
|--------------|--------------|----------|


             ~~~
 +H   E E E E  H  +H    +W
|----------------|-------------|---------||
|----------------|-------------|---------||
|-(5)------------|-------------|---------||
|-(5)------------|-------------|---------||
|-(3)----3-5-7-5-|-5----(5)----|-(5)----||
|----------------|-------------|---------||


 Main Riff
 Gtr V
                ~~
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E Q.  E E E E E E E E  E E E E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------x-----7---|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----5-----7-----|-5-----7-(7)-7---|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)-------|
|-----5-----7-----|-5-----7-(7)-----|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)-------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-----------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-0-(0)-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W          W           W      E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-7-5-----------2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------7--6--5-3-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|


                             D.S. al Coda
               ~
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E Q Q  E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------7---7--|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----5-----7-----|-5-----7---7--|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)-------||
|-----5-----7-----|-5-----7---7--|-----5-----7-----|-5-----2-(2)-------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0--------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-0-(0)-0-3p0-||
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------||


         Out-Chorus
 &
 Gtrs I, II
               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  H.   Q    Q E E +H    +W      Q E E +H
|-------------||-------------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------||o------------------|-------------|-6----8-(8)----|
|-12----------||-------------------|-------------|-5----7-(7)----|
|-12-------x--||--12----14-(14)----|-(14)--------|-3----5-(5)----|
|-10-------x--||o-10----12-(12)----|-(12)--------|---------------|
|-------------||-------------------|-------------|---------------|


                       1.
             ~~~
 +H.   Q   Q E E +H    +W      Q E E +H
|--------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
|-(8)----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
|-(7)------x--|-5----7-(7)----|-(7)--------|-5----2-(2)----|
|-(5)------x--|-5----7-(7)----|-(7)--------|-5----2-(2)----|
|--------------|-3----5-(5)----|-(5)--------|-3----0-(0)----|
|--------------|---------------|------------|---------------|


         2.
 +W       Q E E +H    +H.   Q
|-------------||----------------|---------------||
|------------o||----------------|---------------||
|-(2)---------||--5----2-(2)----|-(2)------2/---||
|-(2)---------||--5----2-(2)----|-(2)------2/---||
|-(0)--------o||--3----0-(0)----|-(0)-----------||
|-------------||----------------|---------------||


   E Q  E Q  E E  E E Q E E E E
||-------------------|-----------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|
||--12----14----14---|---14----5h7p5---|
||o-10----12----12---|---12----------7-|
||-------------------|-----------------|


  E Q  E Q  E E  E E Q  E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-10----12----12---|---12----12p10-12p10--|
|-10----12----12---|---12----12p10-12p10--|
|--8----10----10---|---10----10-----------|
|------------------|----------------------|


 1.
 Q E E +Q  Q  E E Q E E E E  E Q E +Q  Q  E E Q E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|-5----7-(7)--7--|---7----7p5-7p5-|-5-5--2-(2)--2--|---2----2p0-2px--||
|-5----7-(7)--7--|---7----7p5-7p5-|-5-5--2-(2)--2--|---2----2p0-2px--||
|-3----5-(5)--5--|---5----5-------|-3-3--0-(0)--0--|---0----0-------o||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||


 2.
 Q E E +Q  Q  E E Q E E E E  Q.  E H
|----------------|----------------|-------------*|
|----------------|----------------|-------------*|
|-5----7-(7)--7--|---7----7p5-7p5-|-5----2------*|
|-5----7-(7)--7--|---7----7p5-7p5-|-5----2------*|
|-3----5-(5)--5--|---5----5-------|-3----0------*|
|----------------|----------------|-------------*|

2 Minutes To Midnight tab

Iron Maiden tabs for 2 minutes to midnight

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“2 Minutes to Midnight” is from Iron Maiden’s “Powerslave” album from 1984. The song is written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson. The song has 2 guitar solos; both are included in these guitar tabs. The first guitar solo is played by Dave Murray, the second by Adrian Smith. Try to take their different styles into account while playing these “2 Minutes to Midnight” guitar tabs.

The song title “2 Minutes to Midnight” is a reference to the Doomsday Clock, which was an invention of the cold war era. Created in 1947 by a science magazine it was meant to illustrate how close to nuclear war the world was. It was initially set to 7 minutes to midnight, but as tension increased it was moved forward. “2 Minutes to Midnight” was the closest it ever got. That happened in 1958 when US and the Soviet Union were both testing hydrogen bombs.

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