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The Hunter

Iced Earth
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Song

Iced Earth: Hunter

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

edited by: Vassilis Androutsopoulos (Billy_270@hotmail.com)

FIND EVERY ICED EARTH SONG AND

THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT:

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http://truemetal.org/icedearth/

Date last modified: 01/03/02

Tuning: Eb

Riff 1

Guitar 1 (clean) Ending

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

Guitar 2 (clean) Ending

eb|--------------------|----10---------------8-----------|
Bb|--------------------|--10--10--10--10---8---8---8---8-|
Gb|--------------------|-7-------7---7---5-------5---5---|
Db|-5-7-5-4--7-5-7-5---|---------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------|---------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------|---------------------------------|

Riff 2 (distortion)

eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|------5-5----4----4-------5-5\----2----2-|
Ab|-7----7-7----5----5--7----7-7\----3----3-|
Eb|-0-00-----00---00----0-00------00---00---|

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

eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|------5-5----4----4-2----2----2----2/4-|
Ab|-7----7-7----5----5-3-33-3-33-3-33-3/5-|
Eb|-0-00-----00---00----------------------|

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

Riff 3

Guitar 1

eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|------9-9----7----7-------9-9\----4----4-|
Ab|-2----7-7-55-5-55-5--2----7-7\-22-2-22-2-|
Eb|-0-00----------------0-00----------------|

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

eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|------9-9----7----7-5----5----5----5/7-|
Ab|-2----7-7-55-5-55-5-3-33-3-33-3-33-3/5-|
Eb|-0-00----------------------------------|

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

Guitar 2

eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|----7-----------------------------------------|
Db|------10-9--7-7h9-9~~~------9-7---------------|
Ab|--7----------------------7------10--9-9p7-7~~-|
Eb|----------------------------------------------|Riff 4
eb|--------------------|
Bb|--------------------|
Gb|--------------------|
Db|--------------------|
Ab|-2----2------2----3-|
Eb|-0-00-0-0000-0-00-1-|

** **** **

"A force of light..."

Play Riff 3

Play Riff 4 "Heaven sent the hunter..."

Riff 3a

Guitar 1

eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|------9-9----7----7-------9-9\----4----4-|
Ab|-2----7-7-55-5----5--2----7-7\-22-2----2-|
Eb|-0-00----------------0-00----------------|

** ** ** **

"Descending from heaven..."

eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|------9-9----7----5----5----5----5/7-|
Ab|-2----7-7-55-5-55-3-33-3-33-3-33-3/5-|
Eb|-0-00--------------------------------|

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

Guitar 2

eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|----7-----------------------------------------|
Db|------10-9--7-7h9-9~~~------9-7---------------|
Ab|--7----------------------7------10--9-9p7-7~~-|
Eb|----------------------------------------------|

Riff 5

eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|-2----8-7----5----8-7-8-7~--2-----3-3-|
Eb|-0-00-----00---00-----------0--00-1-1-|

** a a ** ** a a a a **

Riff 5a

Guitar 1

eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|-2----8-7----5----8-7-8-7~--2-----3-3-|
Eb|-0-00-----00---00-----------0--00-1-1-|

** a a ** ** a a a a **

Guitar 2

eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-----10-9----7---10-910-9------------|
Ab|-2----8-7----5----8-7-8-7--2-----3-3-|
Eb|-0-00-----00---00----------0--00-1-1-|

** ** ** **

Ending to Riff 5a

eb|----------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
Gb|-7----7------7----7--5----5------5----5-|
Db|-5-55-5-5555-5-55-5--3-33-3-3333-3-33-3-|
Ab|----------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------|

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

Two guitar fills during above riff:

#1

eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-14b15------[17]-----17b19~----13---------[16]-----16b17~-|
Gb|-17b19-17b19----[17]-----------16b17-16b17----[16]--------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------|

#2

eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-14b15------[17]-----17b19~----13---------[16]-----16b17~-|
Gb|-17b19-17b19----[17]-----------16b17-16b17----[16]--------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
eb|-13-----13---------|
Bb|-16b17--16b17--...-|
Gb|-------------------|
Db|-------------------|
Ab|-------------------|
Eb|-------------------|

End guitar fills

Play Riff 4 "She swore an oath..."

Play Riff 3a "Descending from heaven..."

Play Riff 4

Notation:

10b12 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret.

10b12r10 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret,

then release to the 10th fret.

[10]12r10 = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick,

then release to the 10th fret.

10b12 [14] = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend.

10b15* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret.

7d2* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd 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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