Iced Earth:  I Died For You

transcribed by:  Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
                 Mika Ristiranta (m_ristiranta@hotmail.com)
                 Jordan Baker
 
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Date last modified:  February 26, 2005
  
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Tuning: Eb

Riff 1 (Clean & 12 string acoustic)
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|-----0-----0-------------0--------|
Db|---2-----2------------4-----4---4-|
Ab|--------------------5---------5---|
Eb|-0-----0--------------------------|
   "I can't believe..."


Riff 2 (Distortion) 
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------5----4-5-------------5----4-4-|
Ab|------7----5-7-------------7----5-5-|
Eb|-0-00---00------------0-00---00-----|
      **   **              **   ** 
   "Oh how I love you..."


Play Riff 1   "The pain was just..."

Guitar fills over Riff 1:
Guitar 2
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-12--10--8----10--12--10-----|
Gb|--------------------------11-|
Db|-----------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|

Guitar 3
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-12--11--9----11--12--11-----|
Db|--------------------------12-|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|


Play Riff 2    "Oh how I love you..."
Play Riff 2    Solo Rhythm

At 3:06 Riff 2 changes to this:
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------9----7-9-------------9----7-7-|
Ab|------7----5-7-------------7----5-5-|
Eb|-0-00---00------------0-00---00-----|
      **   **              **   **

Song fades out to this rhythm.

Ending Leads:
(Both guitars displayed in entirety sequentially)

Guitar 1
eb|---------------------|
Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-17~--|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
Ab|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|

eb|------------------------------|
Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-15~--13-12-13-|
Gb|------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------|

eb|---------------------|
Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-17~--|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
Ab|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|

eb|---------------------------|
Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-15~--13-12-|
Gb|---------------------------|
Db|---------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|

eb|-15-14-15-12~--15-14--------|
Bb|---------------------15-12~-|
Gb|----------------------------| -------|
Db|----------------------------|        |
Ab|----------------------------|        |
Eb|----------------------------|        |
                                        |--> Play 4x
eb|-14-15-/17-14----------------|       |
Bb|---------------15------------|       |
Gb|-------------------14-16-14~-|       |
Db|-----------------------------| ------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|

eb|-19-000-17-00-19-19-0-20-000-17-00-15-0-|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------| ---|
Db|----------------------------------------|    |
Ab|----------------------------------------|    |
Eb|----------------------------------------|    |
                                                |--> Play til
eb|-15\14-14~----15/17----17--15-17-14~-|       |--> fade out
Bb|-------------------------------------|       |
Gb|-------------------------------------|       |
Db|-------------------------------------| ------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|


Guitar 2
eb|-22b24r22-21-22-19~--|
Bb|---------------------|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
Ab|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|

eb|-22b24r22-21-22-17~-----------|
Bb|---------------------20-19-20-|
Gb|------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------|

eb|-22b24r22-21-22-19~--|
Bb|---------------------|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
Ab|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|

eb|-22b24r22-21-22-17~--------|
Bb|---------------------20-19-|
Gb|---------------------------|
Db|---------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|

eb|-24-22-24-19~--24-21--------|
Bb|---------------------20-19~-|
Gb|----------------------------| ------|
Db|----------------------------|       |
Ab|----------------------------|       |
Eb|----------------------------|       |
                                       |--> Play 4x
eb|-----------------------------|      |
Bb|-15-17-/19-15--12------------|      |
Gb|-------------------14-12-11~-|      |
Db|-----------------------------| -----|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|

eb|-7-000-5-00-7-7-0-8-000-5-00-3-0-|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------| ---|
Db|---------------------------------|    |
Ab|---------------------------------|    |
Eb|---------------------------------|    |
                                         |--> Play til
eb|-3\2-2~----3/5--5--5-3-5-2~-|         |--> fade out
Bb|----------------------------|         |
Gb|----------------------------|         |
Db|----------------------------| --------|
Ab|----------------------------|
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