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ICED EARTH (Bassline)
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 1991 Album ICED EARTH)
Transcribed by Calum Gibb
Words by Adams Music by Schaffer
Arranged by Schaffer
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
Q H. W Q H. W
||-------------|----------|------------|-------||
||o------------|----------|------------|------o||
||o------------|----------|------------|------o||
||--2----------|----------|-2----------|-------||
Verse 1
E E E E S S E E S S E S S E E S S S S S S E
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-|
||--2-2-----------------|-------------------------|
E E E E S S E E S S E S S E E S S S S S S E 6x
|---------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------o||
|-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0---||
Guitar Break
q q q E E q q E E E E q q q E E q q E E E E
||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------o||
||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------o||
||--2--2--2--2-0-|-2--2--2-0-2-0-|-2--2--2--2-0-|-2--2--2-0-2-0--||
Verse 2
E E E E S S E E S S E S S E E S S S S S S E
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-|
||--2-2-----------------|-------------------------|
E E E E S S E E S S E S S E E S S S S S S E 4x
|---------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------o||
|-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0---||
E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E Q E E Q 6x
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----7------9--o||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|---7------9----o||
||--2-2---2----(2)-|-4-4---4----(4)-|-0-0---0----(0)-|-5------7-------||
E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E Q E E Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|-----7------9--o||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---7------9----o||
||--2-2---2----2-|-4-4---4----4-|-0-0---0----0-|-5------7-------||
Interlude
Q=156
H. E E H +E E E E H. +E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
||o-------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
||o---------4-5-|-4----(4)-4-5-4-|---------------|-2-3-5-3-2-0-----|
||--2-----------|----------------|-3-------(3)-3-|-------------3-0-|
1.
H. E E H +E E E E W E E E E E E E E
|-------------|----------------|----------|-------------------||
|-------------|----------------|----------|------------------o||
|---------4-5-|-4----(4)-4-5-4-|-2--------|------------------o||
|-2-----------|----------------|----------|-5-3-2-5-3-2-5-3---||
2.
H +E E E E W E E E E E E E E W
|----------------|----------|-----------------|------|
|----------------|----------|-----------------|------|
|-4----(4)-4-5-4-|-2--------|-----------------|------|
|----------------|----------|-5-3-2-5-3-2-5-3-|-2----|
Bridge
Q=200
+W W W H Q Q
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|-(2)--------|----------|----------|------0--0---|
E H. E H. E E H. E E H Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------4-|-----------5-|-----------4-|-------------|
|-2-----------|-------------|-------------|------0--0---|
E S S E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------4-|-------------------5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
E E E S S E S S E E E E E E Q Q
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|---------------o||
|-------------------4-|---------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-2-0--0---||
E S S E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------7-|-------------------8-|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E E E S S E S S E E E E E E Q Q
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|---------------o||
|-------------------7-|---------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-3--3---||
|-3-| |-3-|
Q E S S E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-----------------------|
||o------------------|-----------3p2p0-------|
||o------------------|-----------------3p2p0-|
||--1--1-1-1-1-3-1-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-------------|
Q E S S E E E E +E E E E Q E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|------------------o||
|-1--1-1-1-1-3-1-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0--0-0--||
Q E S S E E E E +E E S S E E E E E
||-------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|---------------------|
||o----------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------------------|
Q E S S E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------2-|-(2)-2-5-3-2-------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---|-------------5-3-2-|
Q E S S E E E E +E E E E Q E E Q E S S E E E E Q E Q E Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------o||
|------------------|------------------|------------5-3-0-|-3--------------o||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3--3-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-------|----0-0--0-0-----||
Guitar Solo 1
Q E S S E E E E +E E S S E E E E E
||-------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|---------------------|
||o----------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------------------|
Q E S S E E E E +E E S S E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|----------------2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---|----------------------|
Q E S S E E E E +E E E E Q E E Q E S S E E E E Q E Q E Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------o||
|------------------|------------------|------------5-3-0-|-3--------------o||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3--3-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-------|----0-0--0-0-----||
Breakdown
Q=140
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------4-----------2-----|-------4-----------2-----|
||--2-2-2---2-2-3-3-3---3-3-|-2-2-2---2-2-3-3-3---3-3-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------5-----------3-----|-------5-----------3------o||
|-3-3-3---3-3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3-3-3---3-3-4-4-4---4-4---||
Q=200 1.
W +W +W +W
||-----------|------------|------------|---------||
||o----------|------------|------------|--------o||
||o----------|------------|------------|--------o||
||--0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----||
2.
+W Q. Q. Q +W
|------------|--------------|--------|
|------------|--------------|--------|
|------------|-6----6----6--|-(6)----|
|-(0)--------|--------------|--------|
Verse 3
Q=140
E E E E S S E E S S E S S E E S S S S S S E
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-|
||--2-2-----------------|-------------------------|
E E E E S S E E S S E S S E E S S S S S S E
|---------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------o||
|-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0---||
Guitar Solo 2/Outro
E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o-----2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------------|
||--2-2-----------------|-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1.,2.,3.
E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S 4x
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------------o||
|-2-2-----------------|-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----||
4.
>
E E E H +E +W
|----------------|--------*|
|----------------|--------*|
|----------------|--------*|
|-2-2-3-2----(2)-|-(2)----*|
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Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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
