Iced Earth: Overture transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com) FIND EVERY ICED EARTH SONG AND THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT: The Frozen Palace http://abysslord.com/icedearth/ Date last modified: 08/02/08 PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU. Tuning: Eb Guitars 1 & 2 are violins arranged for guitar Guitar 3 is an electric clean guitar Riff 1 Guitar 1 eb|---------------------------| Bb|---------------------------| Gb|------------------10~--9~--| Db|-7~--9~--10~--7~-----------| Ab|---------------------------| Eb|---------------------------| eb|-----------------| Bb|-----------------| Gb|-9~----7~----7~--| Db|-----------------| Ab|-----------------| Eb|-----------------| eb|---------------------------| Bb|---------------------------| Gb|------------------10~--9~--| Db|-7~--9~--10~--7~-----------| Ab|---------------------------| Eb|---------------------------| Riff 2 Guitar 1 eb|---------------------------| Bb|---------------------------| Gb|------------------10~--9~--| Db|-7~--9~--10~--7~-----------| Ab|---------------------------| Eb|---------------------------| eb|------------------| Bb|------------------| Gb|-9~----10~----7~--| Db|------------------| Ab|------------------| Eb|------------------| eb|----------------------| Bb|----------------------| Gb|-9~--------10~----9~--| Db|----------------------| Ab|----------------------| Eb|----------------------| eb|------------------| Bb|------------------| Gb|-9~----10~----7~--| Db|------------------| Ab|------------------| Eb|------------------| Guitar 2 eb|-----------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------| Gb|--[silent for two measures]--| Db|-----------------------------| Ab|-----------------------------| Eb|-----------------------------| eb|----------------------| Bb|----------------------| Gb|--------------7~------| Db|-7~--9~--10~------8~--| Ab|----------------------| Eb|----------------------| eb|-----------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------7~------| Db|-7~--9~--10~--7~--8~--10~------8~--| Ab|-----------------------------------| Eb|-----------------------------------| eb|----------------------| Bb|----------------------| Gb|--------------7~------| Db|-7~--9~--10~------8~--| Ab|----------------------| Eb|----------------------| Guitar 3 x4 eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------| Db|-------------------------------| Ab|---5---8--7----------5---7--8--| Eb|-5---5-------------6---6-------| Riff 3 Guitar 1 x2 eb|---------------------------| Bb|---------------------------| Gb|---------------15~----14~--| Db|-12~----15~----------------| Ab|---------------------------| Eb|---------------------------| Guitar 2 x2 eb|---------------------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------------------| Gb|-/7----9----10----9----7\-5/-----------------| Db|-----0----0----------0--------10-12-10-10/12-| Ab|---------------------------------------------| Eb|---------------------------------------------| Riff 4 Guitar 1 eb|-----------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------| Gb|---------------------12~-----------------| Db|-14~--12~--15~--14~-------15~--14~--12~--| Ab|-----------------------------------------| Eb|-----------------------------------------| eb|-----------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------12~-------| Db|-12~--10~--13~--12~--15---13~-------15~--| Ab|-----------------------------------------| Eb|-----------------------------------------| eb|-----------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------| Gb|---------------------12~-----------------| Db|-14~--12~--15~--14~-------15~--14~--12~--| Ab|-----------------------------------------| Eb|-----------------------------------------| eb|-----------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------12~-------| Db|-12~--10~--13~--12~--15---13~-------15~--| Ab|-----------------------------------------| Eb|-----------------------------------------| Repeat the above 2x then final note is: eb|-------| Bb|-------| Gb|-------| Db|--14~--| Ab|-------| Eb|-------| Guitar 2 (Silent the first play through) eb|---------------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------------| Gb|---------------------9~----------------| Db|-10~--9~--12~--10~-------12~--10~--8~--| Ab|---------------------------------------| Eb|---------------------------------------| eb|--------------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------8~--7~--| Db|-----------8~-------12~--10~----------| Ab|-12~--10~------12~--------------------| Eb|--------------------------------------| Repeat the above, no extra final note. Guitar 3 (Delay effect) eb|-------------------| Bb|-------------------| Gb|-------------------| Db|-------------------| Ab|----7-----------8--| Eb|-5-----------5-----| eb|-------------------| Bb|-------------------| Gb|-------------------| Db|-------------------| Ab|----5-----------6--| Eb|-3-----------3-----| Repeat the above 2x, then end with: eb|-------| Bb|-------| Gb|-------| Db|-------| Ab|----7--| Eb|-5-----| 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