Iron Maiden · Seventh Son of a Seventh Son · song 4
The Evil That Men Do tuning.
The Evil That Men Do (Iron Maiden, 1988) is in E Standard, about 5 cents sharp (A ≈ 441), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Song tuning
E Standard +5 ¢
About 5 cents sharp (A ≈ 441).
Measured by TuneLit
5 ¢ sharp
The album's value, measured on the CD: Tune moves every string +5 ¢.
Iron Maiden · Seventh Son of a Seventh Son · 1988
About The Evil That Men Do
The Evil That Men Do was the second single from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988), a mid-paced song with a harmony-guitar hook and a big chorus. It is in E Standard, with the guitars working around the open low E: in Songsterr's transcription that open string is about one note in ten for both Adrian Smith and Dave Murray, alongside the E at the 7th fret of String 5, and each part has nearly a hundred slides. Steve Harris keeps almost all of his bass line on the A string, moving between E, C and D at the 7th, 3rd and 5th frets.
TuneLit measured the album about 5 ¢ sharp on the 1995 two-disc reissue (A ≈ 441.3), and this song reads about 7 ¢ high, the highest on the record but close to the album value. Tune sets E Standard +5 ¢, which keeps you within a couple of cents of the recording.
The harmony part in the tab sits high on Strings 3 and 4, between the 12th and 16th frets, where a guitar's intonation shows more than in open position. Check the 12th-fret notes against the open strings before you play it with the record, and if they disagree, fix the intonation rather than the tuning. TuneLit's check from the audio agrees that the low string is E.
Tip: Tap Tune for E Standard +5 ¢, then check String 6 against the open E that both guitars play under the verse.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, every string +5 ¢, the notes The Evil That Men Do was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. The Evil That Men Do sits 5 cents sharp on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much flat against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play The Evil That Men Do along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 6 should ring together without a wobble.
Or the other way round
Move the record into your tuning
Rather keep your guitar as it is? Let Play along move The Evil That Men Do instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in E Standard +5 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and The Evil That Men Do moves down 5 cents, at its own speed. Slow it down or loop a few bars to learn it, and save the result as a WAV file.
Questions
What tuning is The Evil That Men Do in?
E Standard +5 ¢: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.