Iced Earth: Life And Death
transcribed by: Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)
FIND EVERY ICED EARTH SONG AND
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Date last modified: 01/15/02
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Tuning: Eb
Riff 1
Guitar 1
eb|--7--7-7---7--7-7-----7--7-7---7--7-7---|
Bb|--------0--------0----------0--------0--|
Gb|---------0--------0----------0--------0-|
Db|----------------------------------------| ---|
Ab|----------------------------------------| |
Eb|----------------------------------------| |
"I came into this world..." |
|--> Play 2x
eb|--5--5-5---5--5-5-----5--5-5---5--5-5---| |
Bb|--------0--------0----------0--------0--| |
Gb|---------0--------0----------0--------0-| |
Db|----------------------------------------| ---|
Ab|----------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------|
eb|-3--3-3---0-----3--3-3---0---0-|
Bb|-------0--------------0--------|
Gb|--------0--------------0-------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|
Guitar 2
eb|--19b20r19~~~~~------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------14b15r14~~~~--|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|
Ending to Riff 1
eb|-0--7-7-|
Bb|--------|
Gb|--------|
Db|--------|
Ab|--------|
Eb|--------|
Riff 2 x4
eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9-----9-----9---10-----9-----9---10-----9-----9---10-10\-|
Ab|-7-777-7-777-7-7--8-777-7-777-7-7--8-777-7-777-7-7--8--8\-|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
*** *** * *** *** * *** *** *
Riff 2a x2
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9--------------------------------------------------7--7-|
Ab|-7-777-7-777-7-77-8-777-7-777-7-77-8-777-7-777-7-77-8--8-|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
*** * *** * ** * *** * *** * ** * *** * *** * **
Riff 3 x2
eb|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---9-10--9--7--9-10-12---12--14--12-10--9--7-|
Ab|-7---7--8--7--5--7--8-10---10--12--10--8--7--5-|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------|
Riff 3a
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|-9-----------9-10--9--7--9-10-12-|
Ab|-7-----2-----7--8--7--5--7--8-10-|
Eb|---0-0-0-0-0---------------------|
* * * *
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-------12-----------------10--9--7-|
Ab|-10-10-10-10-10-10-121210--8--7--5-|
Eb|-----------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
Riff 4 (Guitar 2 plays top notes)
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-5\2--------------5\2--------------|
Eb|-3\0-0-000-000-00-3\0-0-000-000-00-|
* *** *** ** * *** *** **
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----5---4---3-------5---4---3---|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-----3---2---1-------3---2---1---|
Eb|-1-1---1---1---111-1---1---1---1-|
* * * * *** * * * *
Riff 5 x2
eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|
Db|---------9-7-9-10-9-7-9\-|
Ab|-2-2-----7-5-7--8-7-5-7\-|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-----------------|
* *
(Guitar 2 plays top notes)
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|----------------------|
Db|-------5-4-5-7-5-4-5\-|
Ab|-2-----7-5-7-8-7-5-7\-|
Eb|-0-0-0----------------|
* *
Play Riff 4 "As I grow..."
Riff 6
eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---7---7---7-8-7---5---5---5-7-5---3---3---3-5-3-|
Eb|-0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------|
* * * * * * * * *
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------877-8-10-877-8-10-877-8-10-877-8-10-|
Eb|-0-7-0-7--------------------------------------|
* * *** * * *** * * *** * * *** * *
Riff 7
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-9-10--9-------9-9-9-10-9-12-|
Ab|-7--8--7-8-5-8-7-7-7--8-7-10-|
Eb|-----------------------------|
* * *
"The reflection..."
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------|
Db|-9-10--9-------9-9-9------7---|
Ab|-7--8--7-8-5-8-7-7-7-10-8---8-|
Eb|------------------------------|
* * *
"My body's old..."
Riff 8
eb|----------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|--3--3---------------2------|
Ab|--5--5--5-5--3-3-3-3-0--0-0-|
Eb|----------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
"Soul sucked..."
Play Riff 7 "Trapped in someone else..."
Play Riff 8 "Soul sucked..."
Riff 7a
Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------|
Ab|-7--8--7-8-5-8-7-7-7--8-7-10-|
Eb|-----------------------------|
* * *
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------7---|
Ab|-7--8--7-8-5-8-7-7-7-10-8---8-|
Eb|------------------------------|
* * *
Guitar 2
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------4--|
Db|-5--7--5-7-4-7-5-5-5--7-5----|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|
* * *
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------4---5---|
Db|-5--7--5-7-4-7-5-5-5----7---7-|
Ab|------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------|
* * *
Riff 9 (Solo Rhythm, Play 2x)
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|--------------7-7-7----------------|
Ab|-8--7--5-3-2--5-5-5------10-10-10\-|
Eb|-6--5--3-1-0--------4-56--8--8--8\-|
* **
eb|----------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|------4-4-4-------2-2---4-2-|
Ab|------2-2-2-------0-0---2-0-|
Eb|-2-45--------0-23-----3-----|
* ** * ** *
Riff 9a
Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-8--7--5-3-2--5-5-5----------------|
Eb|-6--5--3-1-0--------4-56--8--8--8\-|
eb|----------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|
Ab|------2-2-2-------0-0---2-0-|
Eb|-2-45--------0-23-----3-----|
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-8--7--5-3-2-----------------------|
Ab|--------------5-5-5----------------|
Eb|--------------------4-56--8--8--8\-|
eB|----------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|
Ab|------2-2-2-------0-0---2-0-|
Eb|-2-45--------0-23-----3-----|
Guitar 2
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|--------------3-3-3-1-23--5--5--5\-|
Ab|-8--7--5-3-2-----------------------|
Eb|-6--5--3-1-0-----------------------|
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------7----|
Db|-7-910-/12-12-12--5-7-8-10-10-7---10-|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-6--5------------------------------|
Db|-------8-7-5--3-3-3-1-23--5--5--5\-|
Ab|-----------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------|
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------7-----|
Db|-7-910-/12-12-12--5-7-8-10-10-7---10~-|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|
Play Riff 2
Riff 2b x2
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9-------------------------------------------------10-10-|
Ab|-7-777-7-777-7-77-8-777-7-777-7-77-8-777-7-777-7-77-8--8-|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
*** * *** * ** * *** * *** * ** * *** * *** * **
Play Riff 5
Riff 10
Guitar 1
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-5-5-555-7-8-/10--10-10-101010-8-7-5-|
Eb|-------------------------------------|
eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-6-6-666-/10-5--5-5-555-555-55-|
Guitar 2 (Comes in the 3rd and 4th times)
eb|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-10-10-101010-12-14-/15--15-15-151515-14-12-10-|
Db|-----------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------|
eb|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------|
Db|-12-12-121212-/15-10--10-10-101010-101010-1010-|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------|
eb|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-10-10-101010-12-14-/15--15-15-151515-14-12-10-|
Db|-----------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------|
eb|----------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------7~~-|
Db|-12-12-121212-/15-10--10-10-101010--a---|
Ab|----------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------|
Ending
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-12\9--------------12\9--------------|
Ab|-10\7-7-777-777-77-10\7-7-777-777-77-|
Eb|-------------------------------------|
* *** *** ** * *** *** **
eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------|
Db|-----10---9---8-------10---9---8\---------|
Ab|-8-8----8---8---888-8----8---8--------2-2-|
Eb|------------------------------------0-0-0-|
* * * * *** * * * *
Notation:
10b12 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret.
10b12r10 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret,
then release to the 10th fret.
[10]12r10 = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick,
then release to the 10th fret.
10b12 [14] = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend.
10b15* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret.
7d2* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd 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
