• Song:

    Black Ice

  • Artist:

    John Petrucci

This tab is for the song Black Ice, from the album of John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess. This song is very hard to tab, meaning I WILL have mistakes. I have everything BUT the solo, I'm trying to figure everything out little by little. Since no tab site has this tab (or so I think) I figured it would be pretty cool to put it up. Btw AWESOME JOB PETRUCCI/RUDESS!! Love the piece. Here it is!

Black Ice from the album: An Evening With John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess

INTRO:
Play this part 4 times.
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A---------7-0-------------5-0------------7-0-----------------7----------7-0------------5-0------------7-0---------
E-0-7*-0------0---0-7*-0------0---0-7*-0-----7---0--7*-0---------0-7*-0-----7---0-7*-0-----7---0-7*-0----0--35-23-
                                                                                                                  Now play this all palm muted unless noted. &=not palm muted           
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D------------------------------------------9&--7&-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-------7-0-----------5-0-----------7-0----7&--5&--------7-0----------5-0----------7-0----------------------------
E-0-7-0-----7---0-7-0-----7---0-7-0-----7--7&--5&--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--------------------------

"Mini Solo"
This part is actually 2 mini solos in one. This part in the beggining _does_  have mistakes.
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D----------------------9-11-12--------------------------------9-7--9------------------9-----9-11-9-11-12----------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-----------------------
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e------------------------------------------------------------------12-11-9-9--17-15-14----------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------12-10-9-------------------------------------------------
G-12-11-9-9-11-9-7----7---12-11-9-9-11-9-7-----12-11-9-9----------------------------------------------------------
D------------------9-7-9-------------------9----------------------------------------------------------------------
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"Mini Solo #2"
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G-/11-12-11-12-9A.H.--11-12-12/14-14/16-16--11-12-11-12p9-11-12-14-16-16---16tr--17-16-17p16p14h16-17-14--------
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Part A:

Now play part the intro twice then play this part twice.
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D-11-11----11--10-10-----------9-9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-9--9--9*-9---9--9--9*-9*-9*--9-9-9*-9*---4-5-4-5-4-5-4-2--------------------------------------------------------
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Part B:

This part is pretty difficult to tab out by ear. I think I have some mistakes here..
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D-----------------------2-4-5----------------4-2-0-2-0------------------------------------------------------------
A---4---4-5-4-2-4-2-4-5---------4---4-5-4-2------------4----------------------------------------------------------
E-2---2-----------------------2---2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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D-----------------------2-4-5--5-4-2-4-2-0-2-0--------------------------------------------------------------------
A---4---4-5-4-2-4-2-4-5-------------------------4-5-4-2-4-2-0-2-0-------------------------------------------------
E-2---2-----------------------------------------------------------4-5-4-2-----------------------------------------

Play Part A twice then play this.
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D-4-4-x-x-4-4-4--4-4/7-7-7-x-7-7-7--7-6-4--4-6-6-6-4-x-2-2-2--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4--4-4/7-7-7-x-9-7-7-7--6-4-4-6-6-6-4-
A-4-4-x-x-2-2-2--2-2/5-5-5-x-5-5-5--5-4-4--4-6-7-6-4-x-2-2-2--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4--4-4/7-7-7-x-9-7-7-7--6-4-4-6-7-6-4-
E-2-2-x-x-2-2-2--2-2/5-5-5-x-5-5-5--5-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-x-0-0-0--x-2-2-2-x-2-2-2--2-2/5-5-5-x-7-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-

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G----------------------------------------------------------4-2-x-2-4-5-4-2----------------------------------------
D-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-4-4-x-4--4-4-4--4-5-5-x-5-5-5-5-x--2-2-x-2-2-2-2-2---5-5--5-5-5--4-4-4-4------------------
A-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-4-4-x-4--4-4-4--4-5-5-x-5-5-5-5-x--------------------5-5--5-5-5--4-4-4-4------------------
E-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0--0-2-2-x-2--2-2-2--2-3-3-x-3-3-3-3-x--------------------3-3--3-3-3--2-2-2-2------------------

Play Part B Once then you go into some chops that I can't quite figure out and off to the piano solo. Then comes the amazing and very long guitar solo, and on to this. Play this twice. It's all palm muted.

Part C:

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A-------7-0----------5-0----------7-0----------5-0----------7-0----------5-0----------7-0-------------------------
E-0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--3-5-2-3--------------

Part D: 
This isn't palm muted. Play this twice.
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D-------7-0-----------5-0----------7-0----------5-0----------7-0----------5-0----------7-0----------5-0-----------
A-0-7-0------7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7--0-7-0-----7---------
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Play Part C
Play Part D
Play Part A

Play Part C
Play Part D
Play Part A


This part is similar to the first mini solo.
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B-12-11-9-9-11-9-7-----7--12-11-9-9-11-9-7--------------------12-11-9-9-11-9-7-----------------9-11-12-11-9-------
G------------------9-7--9------------------9----9-11-9-11-12-------------------9--9-11-12-11-9--------------------
D--------------------------------------------12-------------------------------------------------------------------
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G-12-11-9-9-11-9-7----7--12-11-9-9-11-9-7-------------------12-11-9-9-11-9-7----7---------------------------------
D------------------9-7-9------------------9----9-11-9-11-12------------------9-7-9--------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------12--------------------------------------------------------------------
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e-------------10-----------12-10-10-----15-14-14-12--17-15-15-14---21----21-24\---------------------------------
B-12-10-10-------12-12-10-----------12--------------------------------19------------------------------------------
G----------11-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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