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Dark Saga

Iced Earth
Tab
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Song

Iced Earth: Dark Saga

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

edited by: Mika Ristiranta (m_ristiranta@hotmail.com)

Rob Steinway (shaded_enmity@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: 01/03/02

PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE

WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU.

Tuning: Eb

Riff 1 (clean) x2

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

"The deal was rigged..."

Riff 2 (Distortion)

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

* * * * * * * * * * *

"An empty soul..."

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

* * * * * * * * * *

"...alone and confused..."

Riff 3

eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------9--9\-|
Ab|-3--3----------2--2------7--7\-|
Eb|-1--1--111-3-0-0--0-0000-------|

*** * * ****

"I cheated myself..."

eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------|
Ab|-3--3----------2--2------2--2-|
Eb|-1--1--111-3-0-0--0-0000-0--0-|

*** * * ****

"Love, unconditional..."

Play Riff 2 "Fight, ..."

Play Riff 3 "I cheated myself..."

Play Riff 1 w/ this lead:

Guitar 2

eb|----------------------------------------|
Bb|----/12-13-12~----/12-13-10----/12-13---|
Gb|---9-------------9------------9------12-|
Db|-/9------------/9-----------/9----------|
Ab|----------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------|
eb|-------------------------------------------|
Bb|-15^-15^r--13-12-13--13-12h13-10--12-13----|
Gb|----------------------------------------12-|
Db|-------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------|

Play Riff 1 "I know there's goodness..."

This is played over the last bar in riff 1:

Riff 4:

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

* * * * * * * * * * *

"...slave..."

Play Riff 2 "No, I was betrayed..."

Play Riff 3 "I cheated myself..."

Play Riff 1 only the first 3 bars

This is played over the first 3 bars of riff 1:

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

* * * * * * * *

Play Riff 4

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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