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DARK SAGA
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 1996 Album DARK SAGA)
Transcribed by Robert Lech
Words by Jon Schaffer Music by Jon Schaffer/Matthew Barlow/Randall Shawver/Dave Abell/Mark Prator
Arranged by Jon Schaffer
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Guitar 1 - Clean'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Guitar 2 - Distorted'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=123
D#add2
4/4
Gtr I
E E E H +E +W E E E H +E +W
||-----------------|------------|----------------|---------||
||o----------------|------------|----------------|--------o||
||--------0----(0)-|-(0)--------|-----0----------|---------||
||------4----------|------------|-------4----(4)-|-(4)-----||
||o---2------------|------------|---2------------|--------o||
||--0--------------|------------|-0--------------|---------||
F# F#sus2/F F#sus2/E
3/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------||
|-------0-----|---0-------0-||
|-----0-------|-0-------0---||
|---2-------0-|-------0-----||
|-3-------2---|-----1-------||
Pre-Verse
D#add2
4/4
Gtr I
E E E H +E +W E E E H +E +W
||-----------------|------------|----------------|---------||
||o----------------|------------|----------------|--------o||
||--------0----(0)-|-(0)--------|-----0----------|---------||
||------4----------|------------|-------4----(4)-|-(4)-----||
||o---2------------|------------|---2------------|--------o||
||--0--------------|------------|-0--------------|---------||
F# F#sus2/F F#sus2/E
3/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------||
|-------0-----|---0-------0-||
|-----0-------|-0-------0---||
|---2-------0-|-------0-----||
|-3-------2---|-----1-------||
D#5 D#add9 D#5 D#add9 F#5 F5
4/4
Gtr II
PM------| PM--------| PM--------| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-2-----------2-3-|-------------3-2-|-------------2-3-|---------5-5-4-4-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2--||
Verse
D#5 D#add9 D#5 D#add9 F#5 F5
4/4
Gtr II
PM------| PM--------| PM--------| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-2-----------2-3-|-------------3-2-|-------------2-3-|---------5-5-4-4-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2--||
Chorus
E5 D#5 D#5
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q
||--------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------9-9\--|
||o-3--3--------------|-2--2---------7-7\--|
||--1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-------|
E5 D#5 D#5
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-3--3--------------|-2--2---------2-2---o||
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
Verse
D#5 D#add9 D#5 D#add9 F#5 F5
4/4
Gtr II
PM------| PM--------| PM--------| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-2-----------2-3-|-------------3-2-|-------------2-3-|---------5-5-4-4-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2--||
Chorus
E5 D#5 D#5
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q
||--------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------9-9\--|
||o-3--3--------------|-2--2---------7-7\--|
||--1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-------|
E5 D#5 D#5
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-3--3--------------|-2--2---------2-2---o||
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
Bridge
D#add2
4/4
Gtr I
E E E H +E +W
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------0---------(0)-|--(0)----------------|
|-----4---------------|---------------------|
|---2-----------------|---------------------|
|-0-------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~
| H E E E E +Q E H +E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------/12--|-(12)--13-12----(12)-|
|--------------9------|---------------------|
|-----------/9--------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E E E H +E +W
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----0---------------|----------------------|
|-------4---------(4)-|--(4)-----------------|
|---2-----------------|----------------------|
|-0-------------------|----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~
| H E E E E +Q E H +E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------/12--|-(12)--13-10----(10)--|
|--------------9------|----------------------|
|-----------/9--------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iced_earth/dark_saga_tab_ver_3.html ]
D#add2
4/4
Gtr I
E E E H +E +W
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------0---------(0)-|--(0)----------------|
|-----4---------------|---------------------|
|---2-----------------|---------------------|
|-0-------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~
| H E E E E +Q E H +E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------/12--|-(12)--13------------|
|--------------9------|----------12----(12)-|
|-----------/9--------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E E E H +E +W
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------0----------|-----------------------------|
|----------4----(4)-|-(4)-------------------------|
|------2------------|-----------------------------|
|---0---------------|-----------------------------|
|
|~~~~~~ ~~~~~
| +W E q Q E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----15b17--13b15--13-12-10--|
|-(12)--------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
F# F#sus2/F F#sus2/E
3/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-------------0------|------0---------0-|
|-------0------------|---0---------0----|
|----2-------------0-|----------0-------|
|--3-------------2---|--------1---------|
|
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q S S E Q +H E E
|--------------------|------------------|
|-13---12h13p12-10---|-(10)-------12-13-|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
Pre-Verse
D#add2
4/4
Gtr I
E E E H +E +W E E E H +E +W
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------|
|--------0------(0)-|--(0)--------|--------0----------|---------|
|------4------------|-------------|----------4----(4)-|--(4)----|
|----2--------------|-------------|------2------------|---------|
|--0----------------|-------------|---0---------------|---------|
|
| Gtr II
| >
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H +W +W +W
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------|
|-12-------11-------|-(11)--------|-(11)--------------|-(11)----|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------|
D#add2
4/4
Gtr I
E E E H +E +W E E E H +E +W
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------|
|-------0----(0)-|-(0)--------|-----0----------|--------|
|-----4----------|------------|-------4----(4)-|-(4)----|
|---2------------|------------|---2------------|--------|
|-0--------------|------------|-0--------------|--------|
F#5 F5 E5
3/4
Gtr II
PM--| PM----| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------||
|-5-------4---|-----3-------||
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-|-2-2-1-1-3-1-||
Verse
D#5 D#add9 D#5 D#add9 F#5 F5
4/4
Gtr II
PM------| PM--------| PM--------| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-2-----------2-3-|-------------3-2-|-------------2-3-|---------5-5-4-4-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2--||
Chorus
E5 D#5 D#5
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q
||--------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------9-9\--|
||o-3--3--------------|-2--2---------7-7\--|
||--1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-------|
E5 D#5 D#5
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q 4x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-3--3--------------|-2--2---------2-2---o||
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
Outro
D#add2
4/4
Gtr I
E E E H +E +W E E E H +E +W
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||--------0------(0)-|-(0)-------------|-----0------------|------------------||
||------4------------|-----------------|-------4------(4)-|-(4)--------------||
||o---2--------------|-----------------|---2--------------|-----------------o||
||--0----------------|-----------------|-0----------------|------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o-2-2---2-2-2---2--|--2--2--2-2-2--2-|-2-2---2-2-2---2--|--2--2--2-2-2--2-o||
||--0-0---0-0-0---0--|--0--0--0-0-0--0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0--|--0--0--0-0-0--0--||
F#5 F5 E5
3/4
Gtr II
PM--| PM----| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-5-------4---|-----3-------|
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-|-2-2-1-1-3-1-|
D#5
4/4
>
W W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-0--------|--0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
