Iced Earth: Overture
transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
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Date last modified: 08/22/07
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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|---------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iced_earth/overture_tab.html ]
Guitar 2 x2
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|-12--14--15--14--12--10--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
