Iced Earth:  The Pierced Spirit

transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
                Jordan B. (sansamppsa1@hotmail.com)

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Date last modified:  May 09, 2006
  
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Tuning: Eb

NOTE: Entire song is acoustic, guitar 1 is probably
nylon and guitar 2 is steel.

Riff 1
Guitar 1
eb|---------0---------------0---------------0-------|
Bb|-6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----|
Gb|---5---------5-----5---------5-----5---------5---|
Db|-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7---------7-|
Ab|-5---------------8---------------5---------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|

eb|---------0---------------0--|
Bb|-------0---0-----------0----|
Gb|---5---------5-----5--------|
Db|-----7---------7-----7------|
Ab|-0---------------0----------|
Eb|----------------------------|

eb|---------0---------------0---------------0-------|
Bb|-------6---6-----------6---6-----------6---6-----|
Gb|---5---------5-----5---------5-----5---------5---|
Db|-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7---------7-|
Ab|-5---------------8---------------5---------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|

eb|---------0---------------0-------|
Bb|-------0---0-----------0----0----|
Gb|---5---------5-----5-----------5-|
Db|-----7---------7-----7-----------|
Ab|-0---------------0---------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|

Guitar 2
eb|---0---------0------0---------0---|
Bb|-6---5h6-------0--6---5h6-------0-|
Gb|---------7~---------------7~------|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------|

eb|---0---------0------------------------|
Bb|-6---5h6------------------------------|
Gb|---------7~----7----------------------|
Db|-----------------7/9----7----7----9---|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|


Riff 2
Guitar 1
eb|---------0---------------0-------|
Bb|-1-----1---1-----0-----0---0-----|
Gb|---0---------0-----0---------0---|
Db|-----2---------2-----2---------2-|
Ab|-0-------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------3---------------|
   "Gaze upon me now..."
eb|---------0-----------------------|
Bb|-0-----0---0-----0---------0-----|
Gb|---2---------2-----1---------1---|
Db|-----0---------0-----0---0-----0-|
Ab|-----------------------2---------|
Eb|-1---------------0---------------|
   "Desperate soul for all time..."

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


Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2  Last bar slowed up and omit final note.


Final chord
eb|--0--|
Bb|--0--|
Gb|--5--|
Db|--7--|
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.
<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