This tab is for the song Black Ice, from the album of John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess. This song is very hard to tab, meaning I WILL have mistakes. I have everything BUT the solo, I'm trying to figure everything out little by little. Since no tab site has this tab (or so I think) I figured it would be pretty cool to put it up. Btw AWESOME JOB PETRUCCI/RUDESS!! Love the piece. Here it is! Black Ice from the album: An Evening With John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess INTRO: Play this part 4 times. e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------5-0------------------------------------------------------ A---------7-0-------------5-0------------7-0-----------------7----------7-0------------5-0------------7-0--------- E-0-7*-0------0---0-7*-0------0---0-7*-0-----7---0--7*-0---------0-7*-0-----7---0-7*-0-----7---0-7*-0----0--35-23- Now play this all palm muted unless noted. &=not palm muted e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------9&--7&----------------------------------------------------------------- A-------7-0-----------5-0-----------7-0----7&--5&--------7-0----------5-0----------7-0---------------------------- E-0-7-0-----7---0-7-0-----7---0-7-0-----7--7&--5&--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7-------------------------- "Mini Solo" This part is actually 2 mini solos in one. This part in the beggining _does_ have mistakes. e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------12-11-9-9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-12-11-9-9---------------------9-11-12-----12-11-9-9-11-9-7------7--12-11-9-9-11-9-7----------------------------- D----------------------9-11-12--------------------------------9-7--9------------------9-----9-11-9-11-12---------- A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12----------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e------------------------------------------------------------------12-11-9-9--17-15-14---------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------12-10-9------------------------------------------------- G-12-11-9-9-11-9-7----7---12-11-9-9-11-9-7-----12-11-9-9---------------------------------------------------------- D------------------9-7-9-------------------9---------------------------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Mini Solo #2" e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-/11-12-11-12-9A.H.--11-12-12/14-14/16-16--11-12-11-12p9-11-12-14-16-16---16tr--17-16-17p16p14h16-17-14-------- D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------15-----15----15/17-17------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G-16-17-17-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D----------17-----17-----17--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part A: Now play part the intro twice then play this part twice. e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-11-11----11----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-11-11----11--10-10-----------9-9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-9--9--9*-9---9--9--9*-9*-9*--9-9-9*-9*---4-5-4-5-4-5-4-2-------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part B: This part is pretty difficult to tab out by ear. I think I have some mistakes here.. e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-----------------------2-4-5----------------4-2-0-2-0------------------------------------------------------------ A---4---4-5-4-2-4-2-4-5---------4---4-5-4-2------------4---------------------------------------------------------- E-2---2-----------------------2---2------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-----------------------2-4-5--5-4-2-4-2-0-2-0-------------------------------------------------------------------- A---4---4-5-4-2-4-2-4-5-------------------------4-5-4-2-4-2-0-2-0------------------------------------------------- E-2---2-----------------------------------------------------------4-5-4-2----------------------------------------- Play Part A twice then play this. e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-4-4-x-x-4-4-4--4-4/7-7-7-x-7-7-7--7-6-4--4-6-6-6-4-x-2-2-2--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4--4-4/7-7-7-x-9-7-7-7--6-4-4-6-6-6-4- A-4-4-x-x-2-2-2--2-2/5-5-5-x-5-5-5--5-4-4--4-6-7-6-4-x-2-2-2--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4--4-4/7-7-7-x-9-7-7-7--6-4-4-6-7-6-4- E-2-2-x-x-2-2-2--2-2/5-5-5-x-5-5-5--5-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-x-0-0-0--x-2-2-2-x-2-2-2--2-2/5-5-5-x-7-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4- e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------4-2-x-2-4-5-4-2---------------------------------------- D-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-4-4-x-4--4-4-4--4-5-5-x-5-5-5-5-x--2-2-x-2-2-2-2-2---5-5--5-5-5--4-4-4-4------------------ A-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-4-4-x-4--4-4-4--4-5-5-x-5-5-5-5-x--------------------5-5--5-5-5--4-4-4-4------------------ E-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0--0-2-2-x-2--2-2-2--2-3-3-x-3-3-3-3-x--------------------3-3--3-3-3--2-2-2-2------------------ Play Part B Once then you go into some chops that I can't quite figure out and off to the piano solo. Then comes the amazing and very long guitar solo, and on to this. Play this twice. It's all palm muted. Part C: e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------7-0----------5-0----------7-0----------5-0----------7-0----------5-0----------7-0------------------------- E-0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--3-5-2-3-------------- Part D: This isn't palm muted. Play this twice. e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------7-0-----------5-0----------7-0----------5-0----------7-0----------5-0----------7-0----------5-0----------- A-0-7-0------7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play Part C Play Part D Play Part A Play Part C Play Part D Play Part A This part is similar to the first mini solo. e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-12-11-9-9-11-9-7-----7--12-11-9-9-11-9-7--------------------12-11-9-9-11-9-7-----------------9-11-12-11-9------- G------------------9-7--9------------------9----9-11-9-11-12-------------------9--9-11-12-11-9-------------------- D--------------------------------------------12------------------------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-12-11-9-9-11-9-7----7--12-11-9-9-11-9-7-------------------12-11-9-9-11-9-7----7--------------------------------- D------------------9-7-9------------------9----9-11-9-11-12------------------9-7-9-------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------12-------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e-------------10-----------12-10-10-----15-14-14-12--17-15-15-14---21----21-24\--------------------------------- B-12-10-10-------12-12-10-----------12--------------------------------19------------------------------------------ G----------11----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------