The Educated Fool

Iron Maiden

Continues after the ad
Key:
INTRO-Riff 1 (play it 2 times, Steve
 plays the chords):

    Em      |-let ring------>  C              G--------------|          D
E|--------------------------|----
B|--------------------------|----
G|--------------------------|----
D|----9-10-9----------------|----
A|-12-----------------------|-12-
E|--------------------------|----
E|---------------------------| 
B|---------------------------| 
G|---------------------------| 
D|9-10-9-10-9-/12---10-9-----| 
A|----------------------12---| 
E|---------------------------| 

INTRO-Riff 2 (also 2 times, Steve is
 still playing the chords):

   Em           |-let ring-->  C                        D
|---------------------------|-----
|---7-8-10-8-7-8------------|---7-
|-9-------------------------|-9---
|---------------------------|-----
|---------------------------|-----
|---------------------------|-----
||------------------------------| 
||8-10-8-7-8---10/12---10-8-10--| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 

During the first verse guitar 1 
plays the chords by picking
the following pattern (this is just 
a sample so that you get the idea):

   Em            Em             
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|------9---9--------9---9--------
|----9---9---9----9---9---9----9-
|-7-------------7------------7---
|--------------------------------
  Em      C           G        
||----|-----------------------------------| 
||----|-----------------------------------| 
||9---|-----5---5--------------------7----| 
||--9-|---5---5---5-----5---5------7---7--| 
||----|-3-------------5---5---5--5--------| 
||----|-------------3---------------------| 

VERSE 1:

         Em                    C  
  I'm an educated fool   so I 
                  G               
don't know what it is I'm supposed 
D
to do
             Em                 
  About this awkward situation   
              C                    
that's been forced down right upon 
 D
me
          Em                      
  As I'm walking down into  on my 
C             G         D
own into the Valley of life
         Em                     
  Got a lifetime of experience   
            C              D
Yeah I've got so much to give


CHORUS RIFF (don't let the notes 
ring [mute 'em with your palm]):

   Em
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|----9----7-----5-----5--7p5--5h7-
|-7----7-----7-----7--------------
|---------------------------------
|||                       
|||                       
|||                       
|||   (play this 4 times) 
|||                       
|||                       

  Open the page...

Continues after the ad
The Second Verse is played 
(heavily!) distorted, so there's a 
new
pattern:

   Em                          C       G      D (let ring)
|---------------------------|----
|---------------------------|----
|-9-------9---9--9---9--9-9-|-5--
|-9-------9---9--9---9--9-9-|-5--
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-|-3--
|---------------------------|----
||----------------------------| 
||----------------------------| 
||5-----------7---------------| 
||5----5--5---7---------------| 
||3----5--5---5---------------| 
||-----3--3-------------------| 

..felt this way before...

VERSE 2:
        Em                         
  Never felt this way before   
        C              G        
seems that somebody's just opened 
   D
the
door
         Em                        
  To the book of life ... or is it 
               C           D
death is there ever anyway out
             Em                    
  Someone's looking down on me  to 
     C          G          D
the very inner core of my soul
              Em                    
        c               D
  They won't tell me what they see  
 but I really want to know

Repeat CHORUS RIFF 8 times, then

VERSE 3:
          Em                  
  Do you really wanna be  just 
 C               G         D
another one statistic or feel
            Em                  
  That you really should aspire  
           C                 D
that you really do deserve more
         Em                        
  Do you ever really feel   that 
   C              G         D
you have so much potential inside
            Em                 
  What you really have to give  
           C                D
could be realised so much more

CHORUS RIFF (8 times)

BRIDGE:

 (let the chords ring)
   Em         G       C          
|------------------|--------------
|------------------|--------------
|-9----------12-- -|-5---------7--
|-9----------12----|-5---------7--
|-7----------10----|-3---------5--
|------------------|--------------
  D   Em      G      C     D
|||--------------|--------------| 
|||--------------|--------------| 
|||-9-------12---|-5-----7------| 
|||-9-------12---|-5-----7------| 
|||-7-------10---|-3-----5------| 
|||--------------|--------------| 

  Time       will    flow       and 
I       will   fo--llow

INTERLUDE RIFF 1 (6 times):

   Em               C             
|----------------|--------------
|----------------|--------------
|----------------|--------------
|----9-10-9------|----9-10-9-12-
|-12-------------|-12-----------
|----------------|--------------
         G   D
||----------------| 
||----------------| 
||----------------| 
||10-9------------| 
||-----12-10--12--| 
||----------------| 

INTERLUDE RIFF 2 (8 times, Em-C-G-D 
as usual):
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|--9--11--12----9--11--11-12-14-
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
||-------| 
||-------| 
||12-11--| 
||-------| 
||-------| 
||-------| 

SOLO-Chords (8 times, don't know if 
they're exact):

   Em     G       C       G
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-9------12------5-------12-12-12-
|-9------12------5-------12-12-12-
|-7------10------3-------10-10-10-
|---------------------------------
||---| 
||---| 
||12-| 
||12-| 
||10-| 
||---| 

After the Solo play INTERLUDE RIFF 2
 four more times

INTERLUDE RIFF 3 (4 times):

   Em               C             
|----------------|---------------
|----------------|---------------
|----------------|---------------
|----9-10-9-9----|----9-10-9-9---
|-12-------------|-12------------
|----------------|---------------
       G          D
||----------------------| 
||----------------------| 
||----------------------| 
||10-9-12----10-9-12----| 
||----------------------| 
||----------------------| 

then the CHORUS RIFF (8 more times),
afterwards the BRIDGE Chords (12 
times),
the INTRO-RIFF 1 two more times

and finally the OUTRO RIFF:
   Em
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|------9--10---9---9---(let ring 
|-12-----------------------------
|--------------------------------
||----------| 
||----------| 
||----------| 
||and fade)-| 
||----------| 
||----------|
Song details
Composition: Steve Harris
Did you see an error?
Enviar revisão
The Educated Fool

Iron Maiden

Related songs
