Iron Maiden: Virus
Album: Best Of The Beast
Transcribed by Bob McInnes (futureal2112@hotmail.com)

Riff 1:
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-------------2-----------2---|
D|-----4-----0-------4---0---0-|
A|---2-------------2-----------|
E|-0-----3-------0-----3-------|
  "There's an evil virus..."


Riff 2 (Dave)
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--7-|
A|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3--5-|
E|--------------------------|
  "Rape of the mind..."

Riff 2 (Janick)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-12-|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
  "Rape of the mind..."


Riff 3 (Dave)
e|----------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-9----9-11-12-11-9----|-9-----9-11-12-11-9----|
D|----9--------------12-|-----9--------------12-|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|

e|----------------------|--------------|
B|----------------------|--------------|
G|-9----9-11-12-11-9----|-9---12-9-----|
D|----9--------------12-|------------9-|
A|----------------------|--------------|
E|----------------------|--------------|

e|----------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-9----9-11-12-11-9----|-9-----9-11-12-11-9----|
D|----9--------------12-|-----9--------------12-|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|

e|-----------------------|------------|
B|--------------------10-|-12--10-10--|
G|-9----9-11-12-11-12----|------------|
D|----9------------------|------------|
A|-----------------------|------------|
E|-----------------------|------------|

Riff 3 (Janick)
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-9-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
G|---------------------------------|-7---------|-9---------|
D|-7-------------------------------|-5----7----|-7----9----|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------5----|------7----|
E|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
                                    \1st ending/\2nd ending/


Riff 4
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-9-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  "When every good thing's laid to waste"

e|---------------------------------|----------|
B|---------------------------------|----------|
G|---------------------------------|-7-----9--|
D|-7-------------------------------|-5--7--7--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----5-----|
E|---------------------------------|----------|
  "By all the acid wit..."


Riff 5
e|----------------|------------|---------------|
B|----------------|------------|---------------|
G|----------------|------------|---------------|
D|-9--12-11-7-5---|--12-11-7-9-|-12-11-7-5--7--|
A|-7--10--9-5-3---|--10--9-5-7-|-10--9-5-3--5--|
E|----------------|------------|---------------|
  "All in your mind"


Riff 6 (Dave)
e|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-15---15-15-15-15-15-|-13---13-13-13-13-13-|
G|-14---14-14-14-14-14-|-12---12-12-12-12-12-|
D|-12---12-12-12-12-12-|-10---10-10-10-10-10-|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|

e|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-17---17-17-17-17-17-|-15---15-15-15-15-15-|
G|-16---16-16-16-16-16-|-14---14-14-14-14-14-|
D|-14---14-14-14-14-14-|-12---12-12-12-12-12-|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|

Riff 7 (Janick) (Play twice)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|-10-----------------12-10-----10-------|
G|----12-11--12-11-9--------12-----12-11-|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|
B|-10-----------------12-10-----10-------|
G|----12-11--12-11-9--------12-----12-11-|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10----------10------------|
G|----------12-11-12----11-12-11-9-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|-12-12-12-10----10-12----10-------|
G|-------------12-------12----12-11-|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10----------10------------|
G|----------12-11-12----11-12-11-9-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|-12-12-12-10----10-12----10-------|
G|-------------12-------12----12-11-|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

Riff 7
e|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-15---15-15-15-15-15-|-13---13-13-13-13-13-|
G|-14---14-14-14-14-14-|-12---12-12-12-12-12-|
D|-12---12-12-12-12-12-|-10---10-10-10-10-10-|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|

e|---------------------|--------|
B|-17---17-17-17-17-17-|--------|
G|-16---16-16-16-16-16-|--------|
D|-14---14-14-14-14-14-|-7-7-7--|
A|---------------------|-5-5-5--|
E|---------------------|--------|

Progression:
Riff 1 x2
Riff 1 x8 "There's an evil virus..."
Riff 2 x2 "Rape of the mind..."
Riff 1 x8 "Watching beginnings..."
Riff 2 x2 "Rape of the the mind"
Riff 1 x4 "Superficialially smiling..."
Riff 2 x2 "Rape of the the mind..."
Riff 1 x4 "Watching beginnings..."
Riff 3
Riff 4 x2 "When every good thing's laid to waste..."
Riff 5 x2 "All in your mind..."
Riff 4 x2 "Without a conscience..."
Riff 5 x2 "All in your mind..."
Riff 6 x2
Riff 7 x2 over Riff 6 x8
Riff 6 x3 "The rats in the cellar..."
Riff 7 "Or do you?"
Riff 1 x1.5