The Hunter Tab by Iced Earth


Iced Earth:  Hunter

transcribed by: Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)
     edited by: Vassilis Androutsopoulos (Billy_270@hotmail.com)

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Date last modified:  01/03/02
  

Tuning: Eb

Riff 1
Guitar 1 (clean)       Ending
eb|--------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------|-----8---------------6-----------|
Gb|--------------------|---7---7---7--7----5---5---5---5-|
Db|-2-3-2----3-2-3-2---|-5-------5---5---3-------3---3---|
Ab|-------5------------|---------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------|---------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (clean)       Ending
eb|--------------------|----10---------------8-----------|
Bb|--------------------|--10--10--10--10---8---8---8---8-|
Gb|--------------------|-7-------7---7---5-------5---5---|
Db|-5-7-5-4--7-5-7-5---|---------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------|---------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------|---------------------------------|


Riff 2 (distortion)
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|------5-5----4----4-------5-5\----2----2-|
Ab|-7----7-7----5----5--7----7-7\----3----3-|
Eb|-0-00-----00---00----0-00------00---00---|
      **     **   **      **      **   **   
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|------5-5----4----4-2----2----2----2/4-|
Ab|-7----7-7----5----5-3-33-3-33-3-33-3/5-|
Eb|-0-00-----00---00----------------------|
      **     **   **     **   **   **

Riff 3
Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|------9-9----7----7-------9-9\----4----4-|
Ab|-2----7-7-55-5-55-5--2----7-7\-22-2-22-2-|
Eb|-0-00----------------0-00----------------|
      **     **   **      **      **   **    
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|------9-9----7----7-5----5----5----5/7-|
Ab|-2----7-7-55-5-55-5-3-33-3-33-3-33-3/5-|
Eb|-0-00----------------------------------|
      **     **   **     **   **   **

Guitar 2
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|----7-----------------------------------------|
Db|------10-9--7-7h9-9~~~------9-7---------------|
Ab|--7----------------------7------10--9-9p7-7~~-|
Eb|----------------------------------------------|Riff 4
eb|--------------------|
Bb|--------------------|
Gb|--------------------|
Db|--------------------|
Ab|-2----2------2----3-|
Eb|-0-00-0-0000-0-00-1-|
      **   ****   **
   "A force of light..."

Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4   "Heaven sent the hunter..."


Riff 3a
Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|------9-9----7----7-------9-9\----4----4-|
Ab|-2----7-7-55-5----5--2----7-7\-22-2----2-|
Eb|-0-00----------------0-00----------------|
      **     **           **      **        
   "Descending from heaven..."
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|------9-9----7----5----5----5----5/7-|
Ab|-2----7-7-55-5-55-3-33-3-33-3-33-3/5-|
Eb|-0-00--------------------------------|
      **     **   **   **   **   **

Guitar 2
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|----7-----------------------------------------|
Db|------10-9--7-7h9-9~~~------9-7---------------|
Ab|--7----------------------7------10--9-9p7-7~~-|
Eb|----------------------------------------------|


Riff 5
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|-2----8-7----5----8-7-8-7~--2-----3-3-|
Eb|-0-00-----00---00-----------0--00-1-1-|
      ** a a **   ** a a a a      ** 

Riff 5a 
Guitar 1
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|-2----8-7----5----8-7-8-7~--2-----3-3-|
Eb|-0-00-----00---00-----------0--00-1-1-|
      ** a a **   ** a a a a      ** 
Guitar 2
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-----10-9----7---10-910-9------------|
Ab|-2----8-7----5----8-7-8-7--2-----3-3-|
Eb|-0-00-----00---00----------0--00-1-1-|
      **     **   **             ** 

Ending to Riff 5a
eb|----------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
Gb|-7----7------7----7--5----5------5----5-|
Db|-5-55-5-5555-5-55-5--3-33-3-3333-3-33-3-|
Ab|----------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------|
      **   ****   **      **   ****   **


Two guitar fills during above riff:
#1
eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-14b15------[17]-----17b19~----13---------[16]-----16b17~-|
Gb|-17b19-17b19----[17]-----------16b17-16b17----[16]--------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------|

#2
eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-14b15------[17]-----17b19~----13---------[16]-----16b17~-|
Gb|-17b19-17b19----[17]-----------16b17-16b17----[16]--------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-13-----13---------|
Bb|-16b17--16b17--...-|
Gb|-------------------|
Db|-------------------|
Ab|-------------------|
Eb|-------------------|

End guitar fills


Play Riff 4   "She swore an oath..."
Play Riff 3a  "Descending from heaven..."
Play Riff 4

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