Amazing song by an amazing band! Enjoy!
BALLS OF ICE
As recorded by 3 Inches Of Blood
(From the 2001 Album BATTLECRY UNDER A WINTER SUN)
Words and Music by 3 Inches Of Blood
Arranged by James Stewart
Transcribed by James Stewart
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=176
D5 C5
4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
C5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D5
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
1.
Bb5 C5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
2.
Bb5 C5 A5 C5
W H Q Q
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|-3--------|-5----2--5--|
|-1--------|-3----0--3--|
|----------|------------|
Chorus
D5 C5D5
Gtr I
PM|
Q E q E E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-----5-7---------7-7-7-|
||o-5-----3-5---------5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|
Bb5 C5 A5 C5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S W H Q Q 4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S W H Q Q 4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
Verse
D5 F5 D5 F5 E5 F5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E q q E
||--------------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-5----8--7---8-|
||--------------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E q q E
||--------------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-7---10--9--10-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-5----8--7---8-|
||--------------------------|------------------|
D5 F5 E5 F5 D5
+H. Q E E E q q E 4x
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|-(8)-----------------------|--8-7----8--5--5-o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E q q E 4x
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-9---10--7--7--||
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-7----8--5--5-o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
D5 Bb5 C5
+E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E +E E E S S E E Q
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||------7-8----7-8---|-----7-8----7-8--|-----7------7---|---------------------|
||o-(5)-----5------5-|-(5)-----5-------|---8------8-----|-----10-8-0h7-8-7-5--|
||-------------------|-----------------|-6-----6------8-|-(8)-----------------|
|
| W +W W W
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||---7---------------|-(7)-------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o--5---------------|-(5)-------------|-8--------------|-10------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-6--------------|--8------------------|
D5 Bb5 C5
+E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E +E E E S S E E Q
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|-----7-8----7-8---|-----7-8----7-8--|-----7------7---|----------------------||
|-(5)-----5------5-|-(5)-----5-------|---8------8-----|-----10-8-0h7-8-7-5--o||
|------------------|-----------------|-6-----6------8-|-(8)------------------||
|
| W +W W W
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|--7---------------|-(7)-------------|----------------|----------------------||
|--5---------------|-(5)-------------|-8--------------|-10------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|-6--------------|--8-------------------||
Chorus
D5 C5D5
Q E q Q.
||---------------------------|
||o--------------------------|
||---------------------------|
||--7-----5-7----------------|
||o-5-----3-5----------------|
||---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM-| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S
||---------------------------|
||o--------------------------|
||---------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
||---------------------------|
Bb5 C5 A5 C5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S W H Q Q 4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S W H Q Q 4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
Interlude
D5
>
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
Wx12
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
Guitar "Solo"
D5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---7---5-------------------|---7---5-------------------|
|-5-------8---(8)-----------|-5-------7---(7)-----------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
C5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3--3-3---3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-3---3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---7-----10---(10)-----------|---7---9-12---(12)-----------|
|-5-----5---------------------|-5---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D5
PM| PM| PM-| PM| PM| PM| PM-| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
||--8-6---5------------------|-8-6---5------------------|
||o---------8---6-5----------|---------8---6-5----------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
1.,2.
C5
PM| PM| PM-| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S 3x
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E 3x
|-8-6---5------------------|--------------------------||
|---------8---6-5----------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-7-0---5-0---7-0---5-0----||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
3.
Bb5 C5 A5 C5
W H Q Q
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|-3--------------|-5-------2---5---|
|-1--------------|-3-------0---3---|
|----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E
|-8-6-5----------|-----------------|
|-------8-6-5----|-----------------|
|----------------|-7-0-5-0-7-0-5-0-|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
D5 C5D5
PM|
Q E q E E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-----5-7---------7-7-7-|
||o-5-----3-5---------5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|
Bb5 C5 A5 C5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S W H Q Q 4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S W H Q Q 4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
Verse
D5 F5 D5 F5 E5 F5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E q q E
||--------------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-5----8--7---8-|
||--------------------------|------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E q q E
||--------------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-7---10--9--10-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-5----8--7---8-|
||--------------------------|------------------|
D5 F5 E5 F5 D5
+H. Q E E E q q E 4x
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|-(8)-----------------------|--8-7----8--5--5-o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E q q E 4x
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-9---10--7--7--||
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-7----8--5--5-o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
Break
D5 Bb5 C5
+E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E +E E E S S E E Q
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||------7-8----7-8---|-----7-8----7-8--|-----7------7---|---------------------|
||o-(5)-----5------5-|-(5)-----5-------|---8------8-----|-----10-8-0h7-8-7-5--|
||-------------------|-----------------|-6-----6------8-|-(8)-----------------|
|
| W +W W W
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||---7---------------|-(7)-------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o--5---------------|-(5)-------------|-8--------------|-10------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-6--------------|--8------------------|
D5 Bb5 C5
+E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E +E E E S S E E Q
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|-----7-8----7-8---|-----7-8----7-8--|-----7------7---|----------------------||
|-(5)-----5------5-|-(5)-----5-------|---8------8-----|-----10-8-0h7-8-7-5--o||
|------------------|-----------------|-6-----6------8-|-(8)------------------||
|
| W +W W W
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|--7---------------|-(7)-------------|----------------|----------------------||
|--5---------------|-(5)-------------|-8--------------|-10------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|-6--------------|--8-------------------||
Chorus
D5 C5D5 D5
PM|
Q E q E E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-----5-7---------7-7-7-|
||o-5-----3-5---------5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|
Bb5 C5 A5 C5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S W H Q Q 4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S W H Q Q 4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
Outro
D5 C5D5
>
Q E H +E +W +W
|---------------|------------|--------*|
|---------------|------------|--------*|
|---------------|------------|--------*|
|-7--5-7----(7)-|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
|-5--3-5----(5)-|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|---------------|------------|--------*|
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 - 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
