Iced Earth:  Execution

transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)

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Date last modified:  12/16/07
  
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Tuning: Eb

Intro is all bass, then guitar comes in:


Guitar 1
eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------|
Db|---------------------------|
Ab|-5h7-7-7-7p5---5--------2--|
Eb|-------------7---7-5-3^-0--|
        * *     * * * *
eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|
Db|-------------------------|
Ab|-5h7-7-7-7p5---5---------|
Eb|-------------7---7-5-3^--|
        * *     * * * *

Guitar 2 (Comes in the 3rd and 4th times)
eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------|
Db|-4h5-5-5-5p4---4-----------|
Ab|-------------5---5-4----2--|
Eb|---------------------7--0--|
        * *     * * * *
eb|------------------------|
Bb|------------------------|
Gb|------------------------|
Db|-4h5-5-5-5p4---4--------|
Ab|-------------5---5-4----|
Eb|---------------------7--|
        * *     * * * *

Guitar 2             x2
eb|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|
Gb|-------------------|
Db|------7----5----4--|
Ab|-2----5----3----2--|
Eb|-0-----------------|


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