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BEFORE THE VISION
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 1992 Album NIGHT OF THE STORMRIDER)

Transcribed by Patrick Kane
	

Words and Music by Jon Schaffer

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Rhythm (Jon)'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead (Randy)'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony (Randy)'

   Intro
    Q=156
    Am (x02210@1)  4/4
    Gtr I
    E (022100@1)EE EE  EE E (022100@1) E (022100@1)EE EE  EE E (022100@1) EE EE EE EE   EE EE EE EE
||-----------0--------|----------0--------|---------0-------|---------0--------|
||o-1-----------1-----|-1-----------1-----|-1---------1-----|-1---------1------|
||-----2----------2---|----2----------2---|---2---------2---|---2---------2----|
||-------2----------2-|------2----------2-|-----2---------2-|-----2---------2--|
||o--------0----------|--------0----------|-------0---------|-------0----------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|   Q.     EQ. (022100@1)    E (022100@1) Q.     EQ. (022100@1)    E (022100@1) H       H         H       H
||--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-8-------5--------|
||o-5------8-5------5-|-------------------|---------5-------|------------------|
||--------------------|-7------5-4------5-|-----------------|------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-7---------------|------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|


  G (320003@1) E (022100@1)EE EE  EE E (022100@1) E (022100@1)EE EE  EE E|----------3--------|----------3--------| (022100@1)|-4-----------4-----|-4-----------4-----|
|----5----------5---|----5----------5---|
|------5----------5-|------5----------5-|
|--------3----------|--------3----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q.     EQ. (022100@1)    E (022100@1) Q.     EQ. (022100@1)    E|-------------------|-------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------4--------4-|-5------4--------7-|
|-5--------5--------|----------7--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H        Q.     E (022100@1) H        Q.     E|-------------------|-------------------| (022100@1)|-4--------4------4-|-3--------3------3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


  EE EE E (022100@1)EE E (022100@1)  EE EE EE EE
|---------3--------|----------3--------||
|-4----------4-----|--4---------4-----o||
|---5----------5---|----5---------5----||
|-----5----------5-|------5---------5--||
|-------3----------|--------3---------o||
|------------------|-------------------||
|
| H       H           H       H
|------------------|-11-------8--------||
|---------8--------|------------------o||
|-8----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------||
|
| H       Q.     E (022100@1)  H       H
|------------------|-------------------||
|-4-------4------4-|--3-------3-------o||
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------||


   Verses I, II
    $
    Em (022000@1)   E (022100@1) EE EE EE E (022100@1)   EE EE EE EE
||------------0---------|---------0-------|
||o-0-----------0-------|-0---------0-----|
||------0---------0-----|---0---------0---|
||--------2---------2---|-----2---------2-|
||o---------2-----------|-------2---------|
||----------------------|-----------------|
|
|   H..             S S   W
||----------------------|-----------------|
||o-7---------------7h8-|-5---------------|
||----------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------|


  E (022100@1)EE  E (022100@1)EE EE   EE EE EE EE
|------------0-------|---------0--------||
|-0------------0-----|-0---------0-----o||
|----0-----------0---|---0---------0----||
|------2-----------2-|-----2---------2--||
|---------2----------|-------2---------o||
|--------------------|------------------||
|
| Q.      Q.     Q     W
|--------------------|------------------||
|-8------10----------|-----------------o||
|----------------7---|-9----------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------o||
|--------------------|------------------||


   Chorus
    Em (022000@1)     E (022100@1)EE   E (022100@1)EE  EE    E (022100@1)EE  E (022100@1)EE  EE
||----------------0--------|-------------0--------|
||o---0-------------0------|--0------------0------|
||-------0-------------0---|-----0------------0---|
||---------2-------------2-|-------2------------2-|
||o------------2-----------|----------2-----------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|
|
|     Q.       Q.      Q      Q.      Q.      Q
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------19---|----------------------|
||---------------------|-19--------------19---|
||-------------------------|---------19-----------|
||o------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|


                                      D.S.
    E (022100@1)EE EE EE E (022100@1)    E (022100@1) EE EE EE E|------------0-------|--------------0---------|| (022100@1)|---0----------0-----|----0-----------0------o||
|------0---------0---|--------0---------0-----||
|--------2---------2-|----------2---------2---||
|----------2---------|------------2----------o||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|
|   W                    +W
|--------------------|------------------------||
|----------------|-()----------------o||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------o||
|--------------------|------------------------||


 Outro
  Em (022000@1)   E (022100@1)EE   E (022100@1)EE  EE    E (022100@1)EE  E (022100@1)EE  EE    W           +W
|---------------0--------|-------------0--------|-^2--------|--(2)----*|
|---0-------------0------|--0------------0------|-^0--------|--(0)----*|
|------0-------------0---|-----0------------0---|-^0--------|--(0)----*|
|--------2-------------2-|-------2------------2-|-^2--------|--(2)----*|
|------------2-----------|----------2-----------|-----------|---------*|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------|---------*|
|
|   Q.       Q.      Q      Q.      Q.      Q      W           +W
|------------------------|----------------------|-24--------|-(24)----*|
|---------------19---|----------------------|-----------|---------*|
|--------------------|-19--------------19---|-----------|---------*|
|------------------------|---------19-----------|-----------|---------*|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------|---------*|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------|---------*|



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b (x24432@1) - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths