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I Died for You

Iced Earth
Tab
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Song

Band- Iced Earth

Song- I Died For You

Album- The Dark Saga

Tuning: Eb

Riff 1 (Clean & 12 string acoustic)

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

"I can't believe..."

Riff 2 (Distortion)

eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------5----4-5-------------5----4-4-|
Ab|------7----5-7-------------7----5-5-|
Eb|-0-00---00------------0-00---00-----|

** ** ** **

"Oh how I love you..."

Play Riff 1 "The pain was just..."

Guitar fills over Riff 1:

Guitar 2

eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-12--10--8----10--12--10-----|
Gb|--------------------------11-|
Db|-----------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|

Guitar 3

eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-12--11--9----11--12--11-----|
Db|--------------------------12-|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|

Play Riff 2 "Oh how I love you..."

Play Riff 2 Solo Rhythm

At 3:06 Riff 2 changes to this:

eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------9----7-9-------------9----7-7-|
Ab|------7----5-7-------------7----5-5-|
Eb|-0-00---00------------0-00---00-----|

** ** ** **

Song fades out to this rhythm.

Ending Leads:

(Both guitars displayed in entirety sequentially)

Guitar 1

eb|---------------------|
Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-17~--|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
Ab|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-15~--13-12-13-|
Gb|------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------|
eb|---------------------|
Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-17~--|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
Ab|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|
eb|---------------------------|
Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-15~--13-12-|
Gb|---------------------------|
Db|---------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|
eb|-15-14-15-12~--15-14--------|
Bb|---------------------15-12~-|
Gb|----------------------------| -------|
Db|----------------------------|        |
Ab|----------------------------|        |
Eb|----------------------------|        |

|--> Play 4x

eb|-14-15-/17-14----------------|       |
Bb|---------------15------------|       |
Gb|-------------------14-16-14~-|       |
Db|-----------------------------| ------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|
eb|-19-000-17-00-19-19-0-20-000-17-00-15-0-|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------| ---|
Db|----------------------------------------|    |
Ab|----------------------------------------|    |
Eb|----------------------------------------|    |

|--> Play til

eb|-15\14-14~----15/17----17--15-17-14~-|       |--> fade out
Bb|-------------------------------------|       |
Gb|-------------------------------------|       |
Db|-------------------------------------| ------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

eb|-22b24r22-21-22-19~--|
Bb|---------------------|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
Ab|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|
eb|-22b24r22-21-22-17~-----------|
Bb|---------------------20-19-20-|
Gb|------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------|
eb|-22b24r22-21-22-19~--|
Bb|---------------------|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
Ab|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|
eb|-22b24r22-21-22-17~--------|
Bb|---------------------20-19-|
Gb|---------------------------|
Db|---------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|
eb|-24-22-24-19~--24-21--------|
Bb|---------------------20-19~-|
Gb|----------------------------| ------|
Db|----------------------------|       |
Ab|----------------------------|       |
Eb|----------------------------|       |

|--> Play 4x

eb|-----------------------------|      |
Bb|-15-17-/19-15--12------------|      |
Gb|-------------------14-12-11~-|      |
Db|-----------------------------| -----|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|
eb|-7-000-5-00-7-7-0-8-000-5-00-3-0-|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------| ---|
Db|---------------------------------|    |
Ab|---------------------------------|    |
Eb|---------------------------------|    |

|--> Play til

eb|-3\2-2~----3/5--5--5-3-5-2~-|         |--> fade out
Bb|----------------------------|         |
Gb|----------------------------|         |
Db|----------------------------| --------|
Ab|----------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------|

Notation:

10^ = bend a quarter step.

10b11 = bend a half step.

10b12 = bend a full step.

10b12r10 = bend and release.

[10]12 = pre-bend.

[10]12r10 = pre-bend and release.

{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most

previous bend.

<17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while

previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.

7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.

12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.

x = mute with fret-hand

* = palm mute

X\\ = pick slide

h = hammer-on

p = pull-off

~ = vibrato

t = finger tap

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

h. = natural harmonics

a = artificial harmonics

(9) = ghost note

tm = trem picking

tr = trill

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