Reaching The End Tab by Iced Earth


Band- Iced Earth
Song- Reaching The End
Album- Night Of The Stormrider

Tuning: Eb

Entire song is played with 6 string acoustics.

Riff 1                             x4
eb|---------7---------------7-------|
Bb|-------0---0-----------0---0-----|
Gb|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
Db|---5---------------5-------------|
Ab|-7-------------7-6-------------6-|
Eb|---------------------------------|


Riff 2
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6---|
Db|---4---4-----4-----4-----4-----4-|
Ab|-5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----|
Eb|---------------------------------|
   "Now I feel..."
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6---|
Db|---4---4-----4-----4-----4-----4-|
Ab|-5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----|
Eb|---------------------------------|
   "...reached the end..."
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----5-----5-----4-----0-----0---|
Db|---2---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
Ab|-3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----|
Eb|---------------------------------|
   "...end of my quest..."
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----5-----5-----4-----0-----0---|
Db|---2-----2---2-----2-----2-----2-|
Ab|-3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----|
Eb|---------------------------------|
   "...close at hand..."

Riff 3 
Guitar 1
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|-----2-----2-------2---/5--4--|
Db|---2---2-----2---3---3--------|
Ab|-0-------0-----0--------------|
Eb|------------------------------|
     "I've reached the end..."

Guitar 2
eb|-----------------------1/3--1--0-|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----2-----2-------2-------------|
Db|---2---2-----2---3---3-----------|
Ab|-0-------0-----0-----------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|

Play Riff 2   "And as my life..."
Play Riff 3   "I've reached the end..."

Ending
eb|---------|
Bb|---------|
Gb|-----2---|
Db|---2---2-|
Ab|-0-------|
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.
       = 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