Iced Earth:  Solitude

transcribed by:  Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
     edited by:  FRIENDLY DEMON  verstraete_kenny@hotmail.com

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Date last modified:  May 20, 2005
  
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Tuning: Eb

Riff 1
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------0-------0---|
Db|-----5-------5-----4---4---4---4-|
Ab|---7---7---7---7-5-------5-------|
Eb|-0-------0-----------------------|

eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------0-------0--|
Db|-----5-------5-----4---4---4----|
Ab|---7---7---7---7-5-------5------|
Eb|-0-------0----------------------|



Riff 2
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|-----0---------------0-----------|
Gb|---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4-|
Db|-7-------7---7---5-------5---5---|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|

eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|-----0---------------0-----------|
Gb|---5---5---5---5---4---4---4-----|
Db|-7-------7---7---5-------5---5\3-|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|

eb|-------------0---------------0---|
Bb|-----0---------------0-----------|
Gb|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
Db|-3-------3-----3-3-------3-----3-|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|

eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|-----0-------7-------0-------7---|
Gb|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----|
Db|-5-------5-----5-5-------5-----5-|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|


Repeat Riffs 1 and 2 until very end, then play:
eb|------0--|
Bb|------0--|
Gb|------0--|
Db|------5--|
Ab|---7--7--|
Eb|-0-------|



Solo
Guitar 1                x2
eb|----------------------|
Bb|---8-7------------7-8-|
Gb|-9-----9----7-7-9-----|
Db|----------------------|
Ab|----------------------|
Eb|----------------------|
                                x2
eb|-----------------------7h8-7~-|
Bb|---8-7-8-10------8-7-8--------|
Gb|-7-------------7--------------|
Db|------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------|

eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|
Gb|-7-----------------------|
Db|---10-9-7-----------7-9--|
Ab|-------------8-8-10------|
Eb|-------------------------|

eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|
Db|-10-9-7----------------7-|
Ab|--------10----7-7-8-10---|
Eb|-------------------------|


Guitar 2                         x2
eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|----12-10----------------10-12-|
Gb|-12-------12----11-11-12-------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|
                                           x2
eb|-------------------------------10h12-10~-|
Bb|----12-10-12-13-------12-10-12-----------|
Gb|-12----------------12--------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|

eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|-10-9-7----------------7--|
Db|--------10----7-7-9-10----|
Ab|--------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------|

eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|-9-7----------------------|
Db|-----10-9----------7-9-10-|
Ab|-------------10-10--------|
Eb|--------------------------|



Repeat the above lead until end, then play:
Guitar 1
eb|-----------|
Bb|----8-7----|
Gb|--9-----9--|
Db|-----------|
Ab|-----------|
Eb|-----------|

Guitar 2
eb|-------------|
Bb|----12-10----|
Gb|-12-------12-|
Db|-------------|
Ab|-------------|
Eb|-------------|


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