22 Acacia Avenue by Iron Maiden guitar tab (text):

22, Acacia Avenue
By Iron Maiden
written by Harris and Smith
Off "The number of the beast"
Tab by Kristian Klock

Note:This is the second song about "Charlotte the Harlot".
     the first one is "Charlotte The Harlot", then this one,
     so "Hooks in you", and finaly, "Frome here to Eternity"

Chords used in song
|  Em |  D  |  C  | Ebm |  Em | C/G |  Bm |
|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|--2--|-----|--9--|
|--14-|--12-|--10-|--13-|--2--|--3--|--9--|
|--12-|--10-|---8-|--11-|--0--|--3--|--7--|

|Bm-I | D-I | C-I |  D  |  G  | G/A | G/C |
|--2--|-----|-----|--2--|--3--|-----|-----|
|--3--|-----|-----|--3--|--0--|-----|-----|
|--4--|-----|--0--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--0--|
|--4--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|
|--2--|--0--|--3--|-----|--2--|--0--|--3--|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|--3--|-----|-----|

Intro- Guitar Strum-1
||--------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------||
||.------------------------------------------.||
||.------------------------------------------.||
||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---12--||
||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---10--||


  Em                                        D
1:If you're feeling down depressed and lonely
2:          If you're waiting for a long time

Em                            D
I know a place where we can go
For the rest to do their piece

C              D   Em
 Twenty two Acacia Avenue
 you can tell her that you know me

Ebm D C          D           Em
       Meet a lady that I know.
       You might even get it free.

Ebm D C                 D           Em
       So if you're looking for a good time
       so any time you're down at the east end

Ebm D C                  D              Em
       And you're prepared to pay the price
                   Don't you hesitate to go

Ebm D C         D             Em
       fifteen quid is all shee asks for
       you can take my honest word for it


Ebm D C                  D              Em
                 every body got their vice.
       She'll teach you more than can know.

 _________1._________  ________________2.________
| Guitar Strum-1     ||                          |
                      |--------------------------|
                      |--------------------------|
                      |--------------------------|
                      |--------------------------|
                      |------------12------------|

Guitar lick-A
||-------------|------------------||
||-------------|------------------||
||.-------0----|---------2--0----.||
||.-0--2--0----|--0--2--------2--.||
||--------2----|------------------||
||-------------|------------------||

Verse
  Em                                G       Em
1:Charlotte can't you get out from all of this madness
2:Someday when yuo're reached the age of fourty
3:Charlotte isn't it time you stopped this mad life
4:Sometimes when you're strolling down the avenue

                            G     Em
1:Can't you see it only brings you sadness
2:But you'll reget the days when you were laying
3:Don't you ever think about the bad times
4:The way you walk it makes men think of heaving you

 C/G
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|---------0---0--------0---0--|-------------0----0-----|
|---------------4---4---------|------------------------|
|--3--3-----------------------|---3----3---------------|
|--3--3-----------------------|---3----3---------------|
1:When you entertain your men don't you know the risk
2:Nobody then will want to know you won't heave any more
3:Why do you have to live this way do you enjoy your lay
4:When you're walking down the street every body stops


                      ________1_& _3_____  _____2_&_4_____
                     | Guitar lick-A     ||Guitar lick-A  |
|------------------  |-------3-----------||---------------|
|------------------  |-------0-----------||---------------|
|-------0----------  |-------0-----------||---------------|
|--4--4----4---0---  |-------0-----2-----||------5---2----|
|------------------  |-14----2-----2-----||--14--5---2----|
|------------------  |-12----3-----0-----||--12--3---0----|
1:    of getting dis- ease
2:beautiful wares to-                      show any more
3:      or is it the- pay
4:      and turns to-                      stare at you

Chorus
C         D Bm        C              D                Em
Twenty two, the avenue, that's the place were we all go.

D Em C            D Bm             C                   D *To Coda*
     You will find, it's warm inside, the re lights burning

Guitar lick-A
Em         G Em   D.S al Coda
bright to night.

*Coda*
 Bm
|----------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------|--3--2--0--2--0---0----------------|
|----------------|----------------3---3--2--3--2--0--|
 bright to night.

  D    Em      D    Em         D  Em           G  D  G  D
1:Beat her    mistreat her   do any thing you please.
2:Bite her    excite her     make her get down on her knees.
3:Abuse her   misuse her     she can take all that you've got.
4:Caress her  molest her     she always does what you want,

 Em           no chord                  Em           D
|------------|-------------------------|------------|-----------|
|------------|-------------------------|------------|-----------|
|------------|-------------------------|------------|-----------|
|------------|--3----2-----------------|------------|-----------|
|------------|---------3--2------------|------------|-----------|
|------------|----------------3---2----|------------|-----------|
4: to night.

Guitar Lick: A-I
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|------------0----------|------------2----0---------|
|--0----2----0----------|--0----2--------------2----|
|------------2----------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|

|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|------------0----------|------------2----0---------|
|--0----2----0----------|--0----2--------------2----|
|------------0----------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|

|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|------------0----------|------------2----0---------|
|--0----2----0----------|--0----2--------------2----|
|------------3----------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|

|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|------------0----------|-------0--2----0--------------|
|--0----2----0----------|--0---------------2--2--0-----|
|------------2----------|---------------------------2--|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|

With Guitar lick: A-I
Em                      G        Em                   D-I
1:You're running away don't you know what your're doing
2:You be-     -live  that because what you're earning
3:All the      men that are  constantly     drooling

 G/A
1:Can't you see it'll lead you to ruin
2:Your life's good don't you know that it's hurting
3:It's no life for you stop all that srcewing

  C-I                     G/C
1:Charlotte you've taken your life and
2:All the people that love you
3:You're packing your bags

  D-I
1:you've thrown it away.
2:don't cast the aside.
3:you're comming with me.

Play this after each part of this verses:

 ____________1.&2._____________ ______3.__________
| Em     G        Em        D  |  Em   G    Em    |


with Guitar Lick: A-I
Em      G        Em       D-i       G/A   C-I     G/C

After all three times, play this:
 ____________1.&2.________________  ________3._______________
| D-I        Em            G  Em  ||                         |
                                    |-----------------------|
                                    |-----------------------|
				    |-----------------------|
				    |--3--2-----------------|
				    |-------3--2------------|
 				    |--------------3---2----|

This is the end,
play the Em, D then the Em
strike the Em chord very fast a few times before you
change into a D, strike it the same way before you go
back to the Em

|------|  |------|  |------|
|------|  |------|  |------|
|------|  |------|  |------|
|------|  |------|  |------|
|--14--|  |--12--|  |--14--|
|--12--|  |--10--|  |--12--|
   as fast as yo can.

Kristian Klock 18.08-1998