Iced Earth: Hold At All Costs transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com) FIND EVERY ICED EARTH SONG AND THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT: The Frozen Palace http://abysslord.com/icedearth/ Date last modified: April 06, 2005 PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU. Tuning: Eb Riff 1 (12 string acoustic) eb|------0-------------0--------| Bb|---------0-------------0-----| Gb|-----------2----2--------2---| Db|----2-------------2--------2-| Ab|-0---------------------------| Eb|-----------------------------| eb|-------1------------------------| Bb|----------1-----------1---------| Gb|-----2------2-------0---------0-| Db|-3----------------2---------0---| Ab|--------------0-3---------2-----| Eb|------------------------3-------| Riff 2 (Distortion) eb|------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------| Db|------------------------------------| --| Ab|-7----------------------------------| | Eb|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-555-5-5-5-5-5-5-555-| | * * * * * * *** * * * * * * *** | eb|-----------------------------| |--> Play 2x Bb|-----------------------------| | Gb|-----------------------------| | Db|-----------------------------| ---------| Ab|----------------------10--5--| Eb|-5-5-5-5-5-5-555-5-5/--8--3--| * * * * * * *** * * eb|------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------| Db|------------------------------------| Ab|-3----------------------------------| Eb|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-111-1-1-1-1-1-1-111-| * * * * * * *** * * * * * * *** eb|----------------------------| Bb|----------------------------| Gb|----------------------------| Db|----------------------------| Ab|---------------------10--5--| Eb|-1-1-1-1-1-1-111-1-0--8--3--| * * * * * * *** * * eb|------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------| Db|------------------------------------| Ab|-7----------------------------------| Eb|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-555-5-5-5-5-5-5-555-| * * * * * * *** * * * * * * *** eb|-----------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------| Db|-----------------------------| Ab|----------------------10--5--| Eb|-5-5-5-5-5-5-555-5-5/--8--3--| * * * * * * *** * * Riff 3 Guitar 1 eb|----------------------------| Bb|----------------------------| Gb|----------------------------| Db|----------------------------| Ab|-5-7-7--7---------------7-5-| Eb|-3-5-5--5------------55-5-3-| * * * ** * * eb|-------------------| Bb|-------------------| Gb|-------------------| Db|-------------------| Ab|-3--------10----5--| Eb|-1---------8----3--| Guitar 2 eb|---------------------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------------------| Db|---5--7--/10--9-7~---------5--7--/10--9-7--5-| Ab|-7-----------------------7-------------------| Eb|---------------------------------------------| eb|------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------| Gb|-12--10-9~---10-9-7-9---------------| Db|-----------------------10--9--10-7~-| Ab|------------------------------------| Eb|------------------------------------| eb|----------------------| Bb|----------------------| Gb|-12--10--14--12--14~--| Db|----------------------| Ab|----------------------| Eb|----------------------| Guitar 3 eb|-----------------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------------------| Db|----9-10--/14--12-10~------9-10--/14--12-10--9-| Ab|-10---------------------10---------------------| Eb|-----------------------------------------------| eb|------------------------------------| Bb|-12--10-8~---10-8----8--------------| Gb|------------------10----9--7--9-----| Db|--------------------------------10~-| Ab|------------------------------------| Eb|------------------------------------| eb|----------------------| Bb|-12--10--13--12--13~--| Gb|----------------------| Db|----------------------| Ab|----------------------| Eb|----------------------| Play Riff 2 "Down below's the carnage..." Play Riff 3 "We'll know what..." Riff 4 Guitar 1 eb|-----------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------| Db|-----------------------------------| Ab|-7---------------------------------| Eb|-5-555555555555555555555555555555-| ****************************** eb|----------------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------------| Db|----------------------------------------| Ab|-3-----------------10---------5---------| Eb|-1-11111111111111/--8-888888-3-333333/-| ************** ****** ****** Orchestra part arranged for guitar: x2 eb|-------------------------------------------------| Bb|-17-15-13-15-17-15-13-15-17-15-13-15-17-15-13-15-| Gb|-------------------------------------------------| Db|-------------------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------------------| eb|-------------------------------------------------| Bb|-18-17-15-13-18-17-15-13-18-17-15-13-18-17-15-13-| Gb|-------------------------------------------------| Db|-------------------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------------------| eb|-17-15-13-15-17-15-13-15-19-17-15-17-19--17--| Bb|---------------------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------------------| Ab|---------------------------------------------| Eb|---------------------------------------------| Riff 5 Guitar 1 eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------| Db|------7---------7--10-9--7-7--| Ab|-7-10-------7-10---------------| Eb|-------------------------------| * * * * eb|-------------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------------| Gb|---------7---------------9--7--------| Db|------7----10--9-9--7-9-------10--7-| Ab|-7-10--------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------| * * Guitar 2 eb|-----------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------| Gb|----------------------9------------| Db|----9-10-------9-10----12--10-10--| Ab|-10----------10--------------------| Eb|-----------------------------------| * * eb|------------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------------| Gb|---------12-10--9-9-----9--12--10--9------| Db|----9-10-------------12---------------10-| Ab|-10---------------------------------------| Eb|------------------------------------------| Play Riff 2 "Wave after wave..." Play Riff 3 "We'll know what..." Ending: Guitar 1 eb|----------------------------| Bb|----------------------------| Gb|----------------------------| Db|----------------------------| Ab|-5-7-7--7---------------7-5-| Eb|-3-5-5--5------------55-5-3-| * * * ** * * "...stay the course..." eb|--------------------------| Bb|--------------------------| Gb|--------------------------| Db|--------------------------| Ab|-3--------5--3--10--5--7--| Eb|-1--------3--1---8--3--5--| "...we so love..." Guitar 2 eb|------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------| Gb|-12--10-9~---10-9-7-9---------------| Db|-----------------------10--9--10-7~-| Ab|------------------------------------| Eb|------------------------------------| eb|----------------------| Bb|----------------------| Gb|-12--10--14--12--14~--| Db|----------------------| Ab|----------------------| Eb|----------------------| Guitar 3 eb|------------------------------------| Bb|-12--10-8~---10-8----8--------------| Gb|------------------10----9--7--9-----| Db|--------------------------------10~-| Ab|------------------------------------| Eb|------------------------------------| eb|----------------------| Bb|-12--10--13--12--13~--| Gb|----------------------| Db|----------------------| Ab|----------------------| Eb|----------------------| Song ends with gunfire leading into "High Water Mark". Notation: 10^ = bend a quarter step. 10b11 = bend a half step. 10b12 = bend a full step. 10b12r10 = bend and release. [10]12 = pre-bend. [10]12r10 = pre-bend and release. {14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most previous bend. <17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while previous note(s) is(are) still ringing. 10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret. 7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th 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