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

Iced Earth:  Watching Over Me

transcribed by:  Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)

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                          The Frozen Palace
                  http://truemetal.org/icedearth/

Date last modified:  1/1/01

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Tuning: Eb

Note:  For Riff 2 and the first bar of Riff 3,
I've put the live album version because I like it better.
On the studio CD, the second chord in these riffs is just
a normal Cb power chord instead of what's listed here.


Acoustic part: Listen to song for strumming patterns

Riff 1
Guitar 1
eb|---0---|
Bb|---0---|
Gb|---0---|
Db|---2---|
Ab|---2---|
Eb|---0---|
  "I had a friend....."
eb|---3---|
Bb|---3---|
Gb|---0---|
Db|---2---|
Ab|---3---|
Eb|-------|
  "...years ago......"
eb|---3---|
Bb|---3---|
Gb|---0---|
Db|---0---|
Ab|---2---|
Eb|---3---|
  "...one tragic night....."
eb|---------------|
Bb|---------------|
Gb|---------------|
Db|-0--0--0--0--0-|
Ab|-0--0--0--0--0-|
Eb|-2--2--2--3--2-|
  "...he died....."

Guitar 2
eb|--------0-----------------------------|
Bb|------3---3---------------0-----0-----|
Gb|----0-------------------0-----0---0---|
Db|--4-------------------------4-------2-|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|

eb|--------0-----------------------------|
Bb|------3---3---------------------12----|
Gb|----0---------------------------------|
Db|--4-----------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|
                                   h.

eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------0-----0-----|
Gb|------------------------0-----0---0---|
Db|----------------------------4-------2-|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|

eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------3~~-----------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|

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


Riff 2 (Distortion)
eb|----------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------|
Db|----------------2--2--------------------|
Ab|-------2--3-333-3--3-5-----5-5--5--5--5-|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-------------3-3-3-3-3--2--3--2-|
    * * *    * ***        * *
   "I feel it once again......."


Play Riff 1    but guitar 2 plays this:
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----0-------0-------0-----0-------|
Db|--4-------4-------4---------4-----|
Ab|----------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------|


Play Riff 2    "I feel it once again..."

Riff 3 (Solo Rhythm)
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|------------------2-----2----------| ---|
Ab|-2-----2----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3333-|    |
Eb|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0000------------------|    |
      * *   * * ****   * *   * * ****      |---> Play 2x
eb|---------------------------------|      |
Bb|---------------------------------|      |
Gb|---------------------------------|   ---|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-5-----5---------5-----5-----5---|
Eb|-3-3-3-3-3-3-333-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-|
      * *   * * ***   * *   * *   *
eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------2-2--------4-4--------2-2-------4---4-4-4-|
Ab|-3-333-3-3--5-555-5-5--3-333-3-3--5-55-5-5-5-5-5-|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|
    * ***      * ***      * ***      * **   *
eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------2-2--------4-4--4---------------4---4-5---------|
Ab|-3-333-3-3--5-555-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-3-----|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------2-3-|
    * ***      * ***        * * * * * * *   *

Solo (live version)  but studio is similar
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------12---13---15----|
Gb|--------------------------------------11---12---14-------------------|
Db|-------------9----10/12-12-12~--14--12---12---12---12---12---12---12-|
Ab|-5--7--/9-10---10----------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-15/17-15/17-18^r-18-19-19^^~~---16^r^r-15-13h15p13------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------14-12h14p12------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------14-11-|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|---15---17---18^~--17-17-15-17--15-17-18^-17-18-20^--20-19-18-18h19-17-|
Bb|-15---15---15----------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-15p14-15~---14-15-16p15-17^-17^-20-17-20/22-22^-22^-22^-22^-22^~~~-|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-22^~~~~--22~~~-|
Bb|----------------|
Gb|----------------|
Db|----------------|
Ab|----------------|
Eb|----------------|

End solo

Play Riff 2    "I feel it once again......."

Ending lead
eb|--------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------10-------------------------------|
Gb|-9---11-12----12-11--12\-7--7-9/-12-11-9-11-|
Db|--------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------|
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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