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Taken with permission from The Frozen Palace: http://truemetal.org/icedearth/
Iced Earth: Life And Death
transcribed by: Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)
FIND EVERY ICED EARTH SONG AND
THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT:
The Frozen Palace
http://truemetal.org/icedearth/
Date last modified: 11/26/00
PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE
WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU.
Tuning: Eb
Riff 1
Guitar 1
eb|--7--7-7---7--7-7-----7--7-7---7--7-7---|
Bb|--------0--------0----------0--------0--|
Gb|---------0--------0----------0--------0-|
Db|----------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------|
"I came into this world....."
eb|--5--5-5---5--5-5-----5--5-5---5--5-5---|
Bb|--------0--------0----------0--------0--|
Gb|---------0--------0----------0--------0-|
Db|----------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------|
eb|-3--3-3---0-----3--3-3---0---0-|
Bb|-------0--------------0--------|
Gb|--------0--------------0-------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|
Guitar 2
eb|--19~~~~~----------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------14~~~~------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|
Riff 2 x4
eb|------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9-----9-----9---10-----9-----9---10-----9-----9---10-|
Ab|-7-777-7-777-7-7--8-777-7-777-7-7--8-777-7-777-7-7--8-|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|
*** *** * *** *** * *** ***
Riff 2a x2
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9--------------------------------------------------7--7-|
Ab|-7-777-7-777-7-77-8-777-7-777-7-77-8-777-7-777-7-77-8--8-|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
*** * *** * ** * *** * *** * ** * *** * *** * **
Riff 3 x2
eb|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---9-10--9--7--9-10/12---12--14--12-10--9--7-|
Ab|-7---7--8--7--5--7--8/10---10--12--10--8--7--5-|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------|
x2
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9-----------9-10--9--7--9-10/12-------12-----------------10--9--7-|
Ab|-7-----2-----7--8--7--5--7--8/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-121210--8--7--5-|
Eb|---0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 4 (Guitar 2 plays top notes)
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
Ab|--5\\--------------5\\--------------|
Eb|--3\\-0-000-000-00-3\\-0-000-000-00-|
* *** *** ** * *** *** **
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|------5---4---3-------5---4---3---|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|------3---2---1-------3---2---1---|
Eb|--1-1---1---1---111-1---1---1---1-|
* * * * *** * * * *
Riff 5
Guitar 1
eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|
Db|-2-2-----9-7-9-10-9-7-9\-|
Ab|-2-2-----7-5-7--8-7-5-7\-|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-----------------|
* *
Guitar 2 (for the 3rd and 4th times)
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|----------------------|
Db|-2-----5-4-5-7-5-4-5\-|
Ab|-2--------------------|
Eb|-0-0-0----------------|
* *
Play Riff 4 "As I grow....."
Riff 6
eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---7---7---7-8-7---5---5---5-7-5---3---3---3-5-3-|
Eb|-0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------|
* * * * * * * * *
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------877-8-10-877-8-10-877-8-10-877-8-10-|
Eb|-0-7-0-7--------------------------------------|
* * *** * * *** * * *** * * *** * *
Riff 7
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-9-10--9-------9-9-9-10-9-12-|
Ab|-7--8--7-7-5-7-7-7-7--8-7-10-|
Eb|-----------------------------|
* * *
"The reflection....."
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------|
Db|-9-10--9-------9-9-9------7---|
Ab|-7--8--7-7-5-7-7-7-7-10-8---8-|
Eb|------------------------------|
* * *
"My body's old......"
Riff 8
eb|----------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|--3--3---------------2------|
Ab|--5--5--5-5--3-3-3-3-0--0-0-|
Eb|----------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
"Soul sucked...."
Play Riff 7 "Trapped in someone else..."
Play Riff 8 "Soul sucked....."
Play Riff 7
Riff 9 (solo rhythm) x2
eb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-3---2-------------7-7-7------5-5-5------4-4-4------2-2-----2-|
Ab|-1---0---5--4--2---5-5-5-0-00-3-3-3-0-00-2-2-2-0-00-0-0-0-2-0-|
Eb|---------3--2--0----------------------------------------------|
** ** **
Riff 9a x2
eb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------7-7-7------5-5-5------4-4-4------2-2-----2-|
Db|-3---2--------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-1---0---5--4--2---5-5-5-0-00-3-3-3-0-00-2-2-2-0-00-0-0-0-2-0-|
Eb|---------3--2--0----------------------------------------------|
** ** **
Play Riff 2
Riff 2b x2
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9-------------------------------------------------10-10-|
Ab|-7-777-7-777-7-77-8-777-7-777-7-77-8-777-7-777-7-77-8--8-|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
*** * *** * ** * *** * *** * ** * *** * *** * **
Play Riff 5
Riff 10
Guitar 1 x4
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-5-5-555-556/10-10-10-1010-10-9-7-5------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------6-6-666-/10-5-5-5-555-555-55-|
Guitar 2 (only the 3rd and 4th repitions) x2
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7-7-777-79/15-15-15-1515-15-14-12-9-------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------8-8-888-/12-7-7-7-777-777-77-|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ending
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|-12\\9--------------12\\9--------------|
Ab|-10\\7-7-777-777-77-10\\7-7-777-777-77-|
Eb|---------------------------------------|
* *** *** ** * *** *** **
eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------|
Db|-----10---9---8-------10---9---8\---------|
Ab|-8-8----8---8---888-8----8---8--------2-2-|
Eb|------------------------------------0-0-0-|
* * * * *** * * * *
notation:
^ = bend [ ^ = half, ^^ = whole, etc. ]
^r = bend and release
x = mute with fret-hand
* = mute with palm-hand
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = tap-on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = harmonics
ah = artificial harmonic
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill
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