Reaping Stone Tab by Iced Earth


Band- Iced Earth
Song- Reaping Stone
Album- Something Wicked This Way Comes

Tuning: Eb

Intro:

(Clean)
eb|-0-----|
Bb|--0----|
Gb|---2---|
Db|----2--|
Ab|-----0-|
Eb|-------|

(Harmonics are clean guitar, the other notes are distortion)
eb|-------------------------------7----------------|
Bb|-12----10~--12~--13~--------7--h-7---------12~\-|
Gb|--h-----------------------5-h----h--------------|
Db|--------------------------h---------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1  Bass only


Riff 1 (Distortion)
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|------------/9---9-8----(8)\--|
Db|-5---7--7\--/9---9-8----(8)\--|
Ab|-3-5-7--7\--/7---7-6----(6)\--|
Eb|---3-5--5\-----0--------------|
    * *           *
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|--------/9---9-8----8-7--(7)\-5---|
Db|-7--7\--/9---9-8----8-7--(7)\-5-5-|
Ab|-7--7\--/7---7-6----6-5--(5)\-3-5-|
Eb|-5--5\-----0------0-------------3-|
              *      *           * *
eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|--------/9---9-8-------|
Db|-7--7\--/9---9-8-------|
Ab|-7--7\--/7---7-6----77-|
Eb|-5--5\-----0--------55-|
              *
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|--------/9---9-8----8-7--(7)\-5---|
Db|-7--7\--/9---9-8----8-7--(7)\-5-5-|
Ab|-7--7\--/7---7-6----6-5--(5)\-3-5-|
Eb|-5--5\-----0------0-------------3-|
              *      *           * * 


Verse 2   Bass only, except for this little guitar fill:
(Clean)
eb|--12------|
Bb|---h12----|
Gb|-----h----|
Db|-------7--|
Ab|-------h--|
Eb|----------|


Play Riff 1   "Come into my world..."

Riff 2
Guitar 1
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
Ab|-2--2-2----9------8------7----------|
Eb|-0--0-0--7---7-6~---6-5~---5~--(5)\-|
       * *
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
Ab|-2--2-2----9------8------7----------|
Eb|-0--0-0--7---7-6~---6-5~---5~--(5)\-|
       * *

Guitar 2
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
Ab|-2--2-2----9------8------7----------|
Eb|-0--0-0--7---7-6~---6-5~---5~--(5)\-|
       * *  a a a a  a a a  a a
eb|----------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------|
Db|-----------11-------10-------9----------|
Ab|-2--2-2--9----9-8~-----8-7~----7~--(7)\-|
Eb|-0--0-0---------------------------------|
       * *


Play Riff 1   "Come into my world..."

Riff 3
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|-------10----10------10-10--12\10-|
Ab|--------8-----8-------8--8--10\-8-|
Eb|-0-000----------0-000-------------|
    * ***          * ***
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|-------10-10-10------10-10--12\10-|
Ab|--------8--8--8-------8--8--10\-8-|
Eb|-0-000----------0-000-------------|
    * ***          * ***

Riff 4
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-0-0000-0-00000000-0-0000-0-0000-3-1-|
    * **** * ******** * **** * **** * *


Riff 3a
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|--------10----10------10-10--12\10-|
Ab|---------8-----8-------8--8--10\-8-|
Eb|-0-0000----------0-000-------------|
    * ****          * ***
  "Think not of ones..."
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|-------10-10-10------10-10--12\10-|
Ab|--------8--8--8-------8--8--10\-8-|
Eb|-0-000----------0-000-------------|
    * ***          * ***


Play Riff 4


Riff 3b
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|--------10----10------10-10--12\10-|
Ab|---------8-----8-------8--8--10\-8-|
Eb|-0-0000----------0-000-------------|
    * ****          * ***
  "Think not of ones..."
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|-------10----10------10-10--12\10-|
Ab|--------8-----8-------8--8--10\-8-|
Eb|-0-000----------0-000-------------|
    * ***          * ***



Riff 5
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|-0-000-7-000-6-000-6-000-5555-3---|
Eb|--------------------------------3-|
    * *** * *** * *** * *** **** * *

Riff 6
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|-0--7--6--5--3------------|
Eb|---------------3--3-3/5-5-|
    *  *  *  *  * *  *        
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------5--7-|
Ab|-0--2--3--5--3--2--0--2--3-----5--7-|
Eb|----------------------------0--3--5-|
    *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * 
   

Riff 1a
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------/9---9-8----(8)\--|
Db|-7--7\--/9---9-8----(8)\--|
Ab|-7--7\--/7---7-6----(6)\--|
Eb|-5--5\-----0--------------|
              *
    "Come into my world..."
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|--------/9---9-8----8-7--(7)\-5---|
Db|-7--7\--/9---9-8----8-7--(7)\-5-5-|
Ab|-7--7\--/7---7-6----6-5--(5)\-3-5-|
Eb|-5--5\-----0------0-------------3-|
              *      *           * *
eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|--------/9---9-8-------|
Db|-7--7\--/9---9-8-------|
Ab|-7--7\--/7---7-6----77-|
Eb|-5--5\-----0--------55-|
              *
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|--------/9---9-8----8-7--(7)\-5---|
Db|-7--7\--/9---9-8----8-7--(7)\-5-5-|
Ab|-7--7\--/7---7-6----6-5--(5)\-3-5-|
Eb|-5--5\-----0------0-------------3-|
              *      *           * * 



Riff 7
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|-9-----9-8----7---5---|
Db|-9-----9-8----7---5-5-|
Ab|-7---0-7-6----5---3-5-|
Eb|--------------------3-|
        *            
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|-9-----9-8----7---5------5--------|
Db|-9-----9-8----7---5-5----5--5--7\-|
Ab|-7-----7-6----5---3-5----3--5--7\-|
Eb|--------------------3-------3--5\-|
                    


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.
       = 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