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Nightmares

Iced Earth
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Song

Iced Earth: Nightmares

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: 12/5/00

PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE

WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU.

Tuning: Eb

Riff 1 x4

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

Riff 2 x3

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

* * * * * * * * *

Riff 3

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

* * * * * * * *

"The feeling that you get..."

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

* * * * * * * *

"You won't see us there..."

Riff 4

eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-5----------4-2---------4-2----------------------------|
Ab|-3-33333333-2-0-0-000-0-2-0-3----------5-2-------------|
Eb|----------------------------1-11111111-3-0-0-000-0-0-0-|

******** * *** * ******** * *** * * *

Play Riff 2 "Night, nightmares..."

Riff 5 x2

eb|---------------|---------------------------|
Bb|-5-5-5-6-5-----|-6-6-6-8-6-----8-------9-8-|
Gb|-4-4-4-5-4-----|-5-5-5-7-5-----7-------8-7-|
Db|-2-2-2-3-2-0-0-|-3-3-3-5-3-0-0-5-5-5-5-6-5-|
Ab|---------------|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------|---------------------------|

* * * * * * *

Play Riff 4 Solo Rhythm

Play Riff 5

Riff 6 x2

eb|---------------|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------|---------------------------|
Gb|---------------|---------------------------|
Db|-2-2-2-3-2-----|-3-3-3-5-3-----5-------6-5-|
Ab|-2-2-2-3-2-0-0-|-3-3-3-5-3-0-0-5-5-5-5-6-5-|
Eb|---------------|---------------------------|

* * * * * * *

"Hell is coming down..."

Play Riff 4

Play Riff 2 "Night, nightmares..."

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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