Dystopia - half-step down
========
transcription: Myke Havoc
plannineproductions@hotmail.com
intro rhythm:
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-9------7------10------9------|
|-9-[4x]-7-[4x]-10-[4x]-9-[4x]-|
|-7------5-------8------7------|
|------------------------------|
intro lead 1:
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-9-~-9-11-12-11-~----11-12-14-~-11-12-14-12-~-|
|------------------12--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
intro harmony 1:
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-12-~-12-14-16-14-~----14-16-17-~-14-16-17-16-~-|
|--------------------15--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
intro harmony 2:
|-12-~-12-14-15-14-~----14-15-17-~-14-15-17-15-~-|
|--------------------15--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
intro lead 2:
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------14-------------------------|
|-14-16-17----17-16-17-16-14----14-16-|
|----------------------------17-------|
|-------------------------------------|
pm--------------------------------->
intro lead 2 cont'd:
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------14-------16-14----14-------|
|-14-16-17----17-16-------17----17-16-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
pm--------------------------------->
riff 1:
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-9----9----7----7----7-7-10----10----9----9----9-9-|
|-777777777755555555555555-88888-8888877777777777777|
|---------------------------------------------------|
**** **** **** **** * * **** **** **** **** * *
riff 1 harmony:
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-5----5----4----4----4-4--7-----7----5----5----5-5-|
|-777777777755555555555555-88888-8888877777777777777|
|---------------------------------------------------|
**** **** **** **** * * **** **** **** **** * *
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iced_earth/dystopia_tab_ver_2.html ]
main riff:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------5-------|------------------------8-7-5---|
|-2-----7-5-7-8------7-5---8-7-5-|-2-----7-5-7-8------7-5-------8-|
|-0-000---------0000-------------|-0-000---------0000-------------|
pm------> pm-----> pm--------> pm----->
main riff accents:[do not hold chords]
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2-------------2-2--------------|-2-------------2-2--------------|
|-2-------------2-2--------------|-2-------------2-2--------------|
|-0-------------000--------------|-0-------------000--------------|
* *** * ***
bridge:
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------10-|-9---------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------10-|-9---------------------------------------------------|
|-5------------------------------8-|-7---------------------------------------------------|
|-5------------------------------8-|-7---------------------------------------------------|
bridge lead:[on repeat, play bar 2 twice instead]
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-9-7----[3]-10-9-7-----(repeat--|-9-10-9----[3]-12-10-9----|-9-10-9----[3]-12-10-9----|
|-------10-[x]--------10----all)---|--------10-[x]---------12-|--------10-[x]---------10-|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
chorus gtr 1:
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5--5--------4--4--4--------2--2--2--------4--4--4---------|
|-777777777777777555555555555555333333333333333555555555555555-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
** ** pm-----> ** ** pm-----> ** ** pm-----> ** ** pm----->
chorus gtr 2:
|--------7-0------------5-------------3--------------5---------|
|------------0------------5-0-----------3-0------------5-0-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-hold>>>>-----4-hold>>>>----2-hold>>>>-----4-hold>>>>-------|
|-7-hold>>>>-----5-hold>>>>----3-hold>>>>-----5-hold>>>>-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
intro rhythm [2x]
intro rhythm +lead 1
intro rhythm +lead 1 +harmony 1 [2x]
intro rhythm +lead 1 +harmony 1+2
intro rhythm +lead 1 +harmony 1+2 +lead 2 [2x]
E (all leads play first note and hold)
riff 1 [2x]
riff 1 +harmony [2x]
main riff +accents
main riff [4x]
bridge [2x]
main riff [4x]
bridge [2x]
chorus gtr 1+2 [2x]
chorus gtr 2 (both play) [2x]
riff 1 w/solo [2x]
main riff +accents
main riff [4x]
bridge [2x]
chorus gtr 1+2 [4x]
chorus gtr 2 (both play) [2x]
main riff +accents
E
