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Taken with permission from The Frozen Palace: http://truemetal.org/icedearth/

Iced Earth:  Creator Failure

transcribed by: Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)
                Brian Van Maurik (bmvst7+@pitt.edu)
    edited by:  Vassilis Androutsopoulos (Billy_270@hotmail.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:  10/01/00

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WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION.  THANK YOU.

Tuning: Eb

Riff 1
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|--7--10--9---7--9-----7--9--10--9--10-|
Ab|--5---8--7---5--7-----5--7---8--7---8-|
Eb|--5---8--7---5--7-----5--7---8--7---8-|


Riff 2
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-7--10--9------9-9------9----------|
Ab|-5---8--7------7-7------7----------|
Eb|-5---8--7-7777-7-7-7777-7-77777777-|
             ****     ****   ********
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|-7--10--9------9-9------9------9----|
Ab|-5---8--7------7-7------7------7----|
Eb|-5---8--7-7777-7-7-7777-7-7777-7-77-|
             ****     ****   ****   **

Riff 3        x4
eb|------------|------|
Bb|------------|------|
Gb|------------|------|
Db|--7--10--9--|--12--|
Ab|--5---8--7--|--10--|
Eb|--5---8--7--|--10--|
  "A lonely maiden stands......"

Play Riff 2   "How does thou......"


Riff 4
Guitar 1
eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|--9----------------12--10--------------14-|
Db|--9----------------12--10--------------14-|
Ab|--7----------------10---8--------------12-|
Eb|------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|--7-9-9-----------------------------------|
Db|--------10---9-7-9--9---7-5-7----9-7-9----|
Ab|------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------|
   "I also ask of You my lord......"


Riff 5
Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------4--|
Db|-------------5-4-------------------|
Ab|----5-4----------------5-4---------|
Eb|--7-----7-5----------7-----7-5-----|

Guitar 2
eb|--------------------------------7--|
Bb|-------------8-7-------------------|
Gb|----7-6----------------7-6---------|
Db|--9-----9-7----------9-----9-7-----|
Ab|-----------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------|
   "Fail me not my master...."


Riff 6
Guitar 1
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|--9--7--5---9-[let ring]--|
Eb|--7--5--3---7-------------|
     *  *  *

Guitar 2
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--9-9-9-10-9-12-9--7/9~---|
Ab|--------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------|
         *    *    *

Riff 7
eb|-------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------|
Ab|-9------9-9------9-------------------------|
Eb|-7-7777-7-7-7777-7-7777-8888-10101010-8888-|
      ****     ****   **** ****  * * * * ****
    "Blackness, dripping stench..."


Riff 8 (Solo Rhythm)
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|-------------7--9-------------------|
Ab|-9-----------5--7-----------9--7--5-|
Eb|-7-----------5--7-----------7--5--3-|


Riff 9 (listen to song for number of notes and picking pattern)
                       x4
eb|---------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|---------------------|-------------------------|
Gb|---------------------|-------------------------|
Db|---------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|---------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|-77777..-1010-88-77--|-0000..-2222..-3333-2222-|
    *****    * * ** **    ****   ****   **** ****
                       x2
eb|---------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|---------------------|-------------------------|
Gb|---------------------|-------------------------|
Db|---------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|---------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|-77777..-1010-88-77--|-0000..-2222..-3333-2222-|
    *****    * * ** **    ****   ****   **** ****

eb|---------------------|
Bb|---------------------|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
Ab|-9---10-9----12-10-9-|
Eb|-7-77-8-7-77-10--8-7-|
      **     **

Ending chord
eb|-----|
Bb|-----|
Gb|-----|
Db|--9--|
Ab|--7--|
Eb|--7--|



Riff 10 (clean)
eb|--3------2------3------2-----------|
Bb|----0-1----0-1----0-1----0-4-0-5-0-|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------|
     "Standing now......"

eb|--3------2------3------2-------7---|
Bb|----0-1----0-1----0-1----0-4-0---5-|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------|



Riff 11 (distortion)
Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-9-------------------8-8---7-|
Ab|-7--/8-7-5-7-8-7~~---6-6---5-|
Eb|-7-------------------6-6---5-|
                 ah
  "...smile............."

Guitar 2
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------9-10-12--------|
Db|-----------7-9-10-9---7-9---------10---9-|
Ab|-7--9--10--------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|


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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