From wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com Wed Jan 29 11:53:43 1997

WRATHCHILD
Written by Steve Harris.
Performed by IRON MAIDEN.
Taken from the album KILLERS.

Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren.
E-mail me at wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com

Chords used in this song:

   C   B   G   F#
E------------------|
B------------------|
G--5---4-----------|
D--5---4---5---4---|
A--3---2---5---4---|
E----------3---2---|

Bass-intro:

G------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|
A---5-7-------------5-7--------------|
E-------0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0--|

G------------------------------------|
D-------------------5-5-4-5-7-5-4----|
A---5-7---------------------------5--|
E-------0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|

Mainriff:

E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A---5-7-------------5-7-------------|
E-------0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|

E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-------------------5-5-4-5-7-5-4---|
A---5-7---------------------------5-|
E-------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|

Bridge 1:

   Now I spend my time......
...For a man that's nowhere.....
E----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G--5-------4-----------------------------------------|
D--5-------4-----------------------------------------|
A--3-------2-------5-7-------------5-7---------------|
E----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Bridge 2:

   Until I find him I never gonna stop searching.
E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G--5-------4--------------------------------------|
D--5-------4----------5-------4-------------------|
A--3-------2----------5-------4-------------------|
E---------------------3-------2-------------------|

I'm gonna find my man. Gonna...
E---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G--5-------4----------------|
D--5-------4----------------|
A--3-------2----------------|
E---------------------------|

Chorus:
E-------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|
G-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------|
A--5-7-------------7-5---5---5--|
E------0-0-0-0-0-0-----7---7----|

E-------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|
G-------------------------------|
D------------------5-6-7--------|
A--5-7-------------------5---5--|
E------0-0-0-0-0-0---------7----|

E-------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|
G-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------|
A--5-7-------------7-5---5---5--|
E------0-0-0-0-0-0-----7---7----|

Chorus-lick 1:
E---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
A--3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3--|
E---------------------------------|

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

Chorus-lick 2:
E------------------------|
B------------------------|
G------------------------|
D------------------------|
A--7-5---5---5-----------|
E------7---7---7-6-5--3--|

End of chorus.

Riff 2:
E-------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|
G-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------|
A----------5-------5------------|
E--7-7---7---7---7---7-6-5-3-0--|

Riff 3:
E-------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|
G-------------------------------|
D----------2-------2------------|
A--4-4---4---4---4---4-3-2-0----|
E----------------------------2--|

Riff 4:
E-------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|
G-------------------------------|
D----------3-------3------------|
A--5-5---5---5---5---5-4-3-1----|
E-----------------------------3-|

Song-structure:
Bass/Drums intro
Mainriff (4 times)
Bridge 1 (2 times)
Bridge 2
Mainriff (2 times)
Chorus
Mainriff (4 times)
Chorus-lick 1
Chorus-lick 2
Drum-bridge
Riff 2 (4 times)
Riff 3 (2 times)
Riff 4 (2 times)
Chorus-lick 2
Mainriff (4 times)
Bridge 1 (2 times)
Bridge 2
Mainriff (2 times)
Chorus
Chorus-lick 2 (2 times)
End.

Lyrics:

I was born into a scene
of angriness and greed
of dominance and persecution

My mother was a queen
my dad I've never seen
I was never meant to be

Now I spend my time
looking all around
For a man that's nowhere
to be found
until I find him
I'm never gonna stop searching
I'm gonna find my man
gonna travel around

CHORUS
Cos I'm a wrathchild
Well I'm a wrathchild
Yeh I'm a wrathchild
Oh I'm coming to get ya
Oh yeah-eh-yeah

Some say it shouldn't matter
ain't nothing gonna alter
the course of my destination

But I know I've gotta find
some serious peace of mind
or I know I'll just go crazy

CHORUS



If you want me to transcribe some
other Iron Maiden-song, then E-mail me at
wigren@skelleftea.mail.telia.com.

OSKAR WIGREN "THE SEVENTH SON"
1996-12-21.