Fear of the dark
Eenvoudige synth-weergave — toonhoogtes exact, ritme bij benadering
FEAR OF THE DARK
Intro (w/distortion)
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|---------------5-5---------5-------------
G|-7-----7-7-9-9-10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-5-----5-5-7-7-----7-7-5-5---5-----------
D|---7-7---------------------------|---5-5-----------------------------------
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
(twice)
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------4-4---------4---------
D|-7-7-----7-7-9-9-10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-5-5-----5-5-7-7-----7-7-5-5---5-------
A|-----7-7---------------------------|-----5-5-------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------2-2---------2---------
D|-7-7-----7-7-9-9-10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-3-3-----3-3-5-5-----5-5-3-3---3-------
A|-----7-7---------------------------|-----3-3-------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|
dive _/
slowly
The chord in the Verse are: D Bb C
The chords are played in the following form:
(for example C:)
E|-------------------|
B|----5---5---5---5--|
G|------5---5---5----|
D|--3----------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Lead guitar (accoustic)
D Bb C Bb C D Bb C
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------8----------------------------------------8-----------------------
G|---7-9-10---10-9---------------------10-7---7-9-10---10-9------------------
D|-7---------------10----10----8-10-10------7---------------10---------------
A|--------------------10----10-----------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
(twice)
D Bb C Bb C D
__I am a man who walks alone, and when I'm walking a dark road
Bb C Bb C D
at night or strolling through the park
Bb C F G D
When the lights begin to change, I sometimes feel a little strange
Bb C
a little anxious when it's dark
C Bb C D C
___ Fear of the dark ,____ Fear of the dark,____
Bb F G D
I have a constant fear that something's always near
Bb C D C
Fear of the dark, ____ Fear of the dark, ____
Bb F G D
I have a phobia that someone's always there
Chorus: (w/distortion)
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
D|-----7-7-5-5-7-7-----7-7-5-5-7-7-|-----------------5-5---------------------
A|-5-5-------------5-5-------------|-----5-5-7-7-8-8-----8-8-7---------------
E|---------------------------------|-5-5-------------------------------------
<--- Repeat 3 times!!! --------->
Verse
Here are the lyrics:
Have you run your fingers down the wall
And have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you're searching for the light
Sometimes when you're scared to take a look
At the corner of the room
You've sensed that something's watching you
Solo:
(The easy part)
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-7--7-7-9-10-9~-10-9-7--7--------------------|
D|--------------------------10-8--8-7-5-7^-7~--|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-7--7-7-9-10-9~-10-9-7--7----------5-7~------|
D|--------------------------10-8-7-5-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------8---------------8-------------------------------------------
G|---7~---7-9-10---10-9---7-9-10---10-9--7-----------------------------------
D|-7----7---------------7------------------10-7-7^-7~------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------8---------------8--------------10^-10~----------------------
G|---7~---7-9-10---10-9---7-9-10---10-9--7-----------------------------------
D|-7----7---------------7------------------10-7------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
{Solo-Really-Fast-Difficult-To-Catch}
Solo:
(Again, an easy part)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------10-6-8~-------10-6-8-6----------------------------------------------
G|-7-7-7---------7-7-7----------------10-7-9~-------10-7-9-5--------7-3-5----
D|------------------------------8-8-8---------8-8-8-----------5-5-5----------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------10-7-9-------7----7-5---5-7---7-5---5-------------------------------
D|-7-7-7--------10-7--7--7-----7-----7-----7---------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then, comes the Chorus again, the last verse, and the outro,
that is similar to the Intro, so you can get it easy.
If you have an idea about the Really-Fast-Solo, or if you
want to talk about another Iron Maiden's Tab, feel free to drop me
some lines about it.Zo speel je dit nummer
Leer de akkoorden van Fear of the Dark van Iron Maiden op Gitaartabs. Dit iconische rocknummer is perfect voor wie net begint met gitaar spelen. Met zijn herkenbare melodie en straightforward akkoordenprogressie biedt Fear of the Dark een solide introductie in rock gitaarspel.
Dit nummer staat op beginner-niveau (2 van 10) en gebruikt tab-notatie, wat het leesgemak verhoogt. Je werkt met de akkoorden E, D, G, C, Bb en B. Pack je gitaar en duik in deze rock-klassieker.
How to practise this song
- 1
Practise the barre chord Bb
Bb is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
Open - 2
Practise the change: Bb ↔ C
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
Open - 3
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.

Video
Tab door gitaartabs. Songtekst en akkoorden worden gepubliceerd onder afdracht aan Stichting FEMU. Zie onze voorwaarden.
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