Iced Earth: Pure Evil
transcribed by: Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)
FIND EVERY ICED EARTH SONG AND
THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT:
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http://truemetal.org/icedearth/
Date last modified: 01/12/02
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Tuning: Eb
NOTE: Main solos are from the live version of this song.
Riff 1
Guitar 1 x2
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|----------------------|
Db|------2----7-7--------|
Ab|-4----0----5-5----4-4-|
Eb|-2----------------2-2-|
Guitar 2 x8
eb|--17----16----14------------|
Bb|-----14----14----17--15-14--|
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------|
Guitar 1 x2
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|----------------------|
Db|-2----2-----4----5----|
Ab|-0----0--5--2----3--5-|
Eb|---------3----------3-|
Guitar 2 x4 x4
eb|--17-13--------|--19-15--------|
Bb|--------17-----|--------19-----|
Gb|-----------14--|-----------16--|
Db|---------------|---------------|
Ab|---------------|---------------|
Eb|---------------|---------------|
Riff 2
eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7----------------------5-7-8-8--7---------------7------7-|
Eb|-5-5-555-555-555-555-5--3-5-6-6--5-5-555-5--6666-5-6666-5-|
* *** *** *** *** * * * * * *** * **** ****
Riff 3
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7----------------------8-8-8-7-------------------7------7-|
Eb|-5-5-555-555-555-555-5--6-6-6-5-5-555-555-5--6666-5-6666-5-|
* *** *** *** *** * * *** *** * **** ****
"Cannons pound..."
Riff 4 (Play 2x)
eb|----------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------|
Ab|-10---9---8--8--8-7---------------------|
Eb|--8---7---6--6--6-5-5-555-555-555-555-5-|
* *** *** *** *** *
"The seeds of hate..."
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-5-7-8-8--7---------------7------7-|
Eb|-3-5-6-6--5-5-555-5--6666-5-6666-5-|
* * * * *** * **** ****
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3 "For seven years..."
Play Riff 4 "We paint the sky..."
Riff 5
Gutiar 1
eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------3h5-----8---5---7-|
Ab|-0-0-0-000-0-----0-0---0---0---|
Eb|-------------------------------|
* * * *** * * * * *
eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------3h5-----8---7---5-|
Ab|-0-0-0-000-0-----0-0---0---0---|
Eb|-------------------------------|
* * * *** * * * * *
Guitar 2
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------11-8-10-----------------------11-10-8-|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-10-10---------8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-10-10---------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 6
Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|---------9--7--3-------------------|
Ab|---------7--5--3-------------------|
Eb|--5-555-----------5-555-5-77-5-4~--|
* *** * *** * ** *
Guitar 2 x3
eb|----------12------------------------------|
Bb|-13-12-------13-----13-12----121212-10----|
Gb|-------9--------10--------9------------13-|
Db|------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------|
eb|----------12---------------------------|
Bb|-13-12-------13-----13-12----121212-10-|
Gb|-------9--------10--------9------------|
Db|---------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------|
Guitar 3 x3
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|--------9------------------------|
Db|-10-9------10----10-9---999-7-6~-|
Ab|------7-------8-------7----------|
Eb|---------------------------------|
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|--------9---------------------|
Db|-10-9------10----10-9---999-7-|
Ab|------7-------8-------7-------|
Eb|------------------------------|
Lead into next section (clean):
eb|-------0-|
Bb|------0--|
Gb|-----9---|
Db|----9----|
Ab|---7-----|
Eb|--0------|
Riff 7
Guitar 1 (Clean) x3
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|--------7--------------------------|
Ab|--8--7-----8--7-6-7---7--7-8-7---7-|
Eb|-----------------------------------|
eb|-------------|
Bb|-------------|
Gb|-------------|
Db|--------7----|
Ab|--8--7-----8-|
Eb|-------------|
Guitar 2 (Distortion)
eb|-13-12--17--13--12-11-12----12-13-12-|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|
eb|-13-12--17--13-|
Bb|---------------|
Gb|---------------|
Db|---------------|
Ab|---------------|
Eb|---------------|
Ending to riff 7 (distortion)
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|--9-8-9------------9-10-9------------|
Ab|--7-6-7------------7--8-7------------|
Eb|--------000-0-0000--------000-0-0000-|
*** * **** *** * ****
Riff 8
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------9----------------|
Db|-10-------9--------7-------10-------|
Ab|--8-------7-----------------8-------|
Eb|----0-0-0---000-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-|
* * * *** * * * * * * *
"Feel the pain from the jackals wrath..."
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|-9-8-9------------9-10-9------------|
Ab|-7-6-7------------7--8-7------------|
Eb|-------000-0-0000--------000-0-0000-|
*** * **** *** * ****
Riff 9 (Solo Rhythm)
eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|-3----3--2----------------------|
Eb|-1-00-1--0-0-000-0-000-0-000-00-|
* ** * * *** * *** * *** **
eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|-4----4--5----------------------|
Eb|-2-00-2--3-3-333-3-333-3-333-33-|
* ** * * *** * *** * *** **
Final time
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|-4----4--5--------------5-|
Eb|-2-00-2--3-3-333-3-33-0-3-|
* ** * * *** * ** * *
Solo x4 x4
eb|-12p10p8---------|-10p8p7--------|
Bb|---------12p10p8-|--------10p8p7-|
Gb|-----------------|---------------| --> Play 2x
Db|-----------------|---------------|
Ab|-----------------|---------------|
Eb|-----------------|---------------|
x8 x8
eb|-10h12p10p8-|-8h10p8p7-|
Bb|------------|----------|
Gb|------------|----------|
Db|------------|----------|
Ab|------------|----------|
Eb|------------|----------|
x8 x4
eb|-10h12p10p8-|-8h10-10p8p7-|--7~-|
Bb|------------|-------------|--8~-|
Gb|------------|-------------|-----|
Db|------------|-------------|-----|
Ab|------------|-------------|-----|
Eb|------------|-------------|-----|
End solo
Riff 10
Guitar 1 x4
eb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Db|---3--2--3--2~~------3--2--3--5~~-|--7-10--7-10-|
Ab|----------------------------------|--5--8--5--8-|
Eb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Guitar 2 x4
eb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Gb|---5--4--5--4~~------5--4--5--7~~-|-------------|
Db|----------------------------------|--7-10--7-10-|
Ab|----------------------------------|--5--8--5--8-|
Eb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Riff 11 (Solo Rhythm, Play 2x)
eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9------------------|
Ab|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-8-10-8-7-|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-7-------7-------7-------7-----------------------------------|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-------8------7-------7--7-|
Eb|---------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-5--5-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 11a (Solo Rhythm)
eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-8-10-8-7-|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-7-------7-------7-------7-----------------------7-10--7-10-|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-------8-------5--8--5--8-|
Eb|---------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Solo
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------9-9-9-9-|
Db|---------------------9-9-9-9---------|
Ab|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-----------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|-13-----12-----13-----12-----13---12--|
Gb|----9-9----9-9----9-9----9-9----9---9-|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * *
eb|-----------------13~--/15-12~~-|
Bb|-13b15-13-12-------------------|
Gb|-------------14~---------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|
Repeat above
End solo
Riff 12
eb|-------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------4-444-5-555-|
Gb|-------------------5-555-4-444-------------|
Db|-------5-555-4-444-------------------------|
Ab|-7-777-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------|
eb|----------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------4\-|
Gb|-4-444-5-555-5-555-4-444----|
Db|----------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------|
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3 "The land on Earth..."
Play Riff 4 "We paint the sky..."
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 1
Play Riff 8 "Feel the pain..."
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
