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WATERLOO
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 2004 Album THE GLORIOUS BURDEN)
Transcribed by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
Words and Music by Jon Schaffer
Arranged by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead Guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony Guitar'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony Guitar'
Intro
Q=162
Em Esus2
4/4
Gtr IV
W W
||---------------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------------|-----------------------|
||---------------------------|-----------------------|
||---------------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------------|-----------------------|
||---------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H
||---------------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------------|-----------------------|
||----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------|
||--9------------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------------|-----------------------|
||---------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q
||---------------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------------|-----------------------|
||-----------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--|
||------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--|
||o-----------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--|
||--0-0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------|
Em Esus2
PM-------|
W H E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------11-12-11----||
|--------------------------|-----------------9--------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)-------------||
|-9------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| PM----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11-------||
|-----------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9-------||
|-----------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7------o||
|-0-0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0---------------------||
D5 C5 N.C.
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H +Q. E +E Q E H H +H. +Q
|------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|-9----11----|-(11)---12-(12)-11---9-|-7-----9--------|-(9)-------------(9)\---|
|------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM| PM--------| PM
| W +H. E E H. +E E E E E E +E E Q
|------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|-7----------|--(7)------------------|-5--------(5)---|------------------------|
|-5----------|--(5)--------------5-0-|-3--------(3)-0-|--3--2------------2-----|
|------------|-----------------------|----------------|-------5-3-(3)-5--------|
Em Esus2
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H
||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-7--------10-(10)------|
||-----12----------------------|-----------------------|
||--12-------------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H
||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------|
||------9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------|
||---9-------------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q
||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------|
||-------------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--|
||--------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--|
||o-------------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--|
||---0--0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------|
Em Esus2
~~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-/15-12-----10-(10)-----------o||
|----12----------------------|--------------------11-12-11---||
|-12-------------------------|-----------------9-------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
| H E E E E
|
| ~~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)------------||
|--9-------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|------------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11------||
|-------------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9------||
|-------------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7-----o||
|--0--0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0--------------------||
D5
~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H +Q. E +E Q E
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-12----14----|-(14)---16-(16)-14---12-|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H +Q. E +E Q E
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|--9----11----|-(11)---12-(12)-11----9-|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|
| PM|
| W +H. E E
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|--7----------|--(7)-------------------|
|--5----------|--(5)--------------5--0-|
|-------------|------------------------|
C5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H +H. +Q
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|-11-----12--------|-(12)-------------(12)\---||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H +H. +Q
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|--7------9--------|--(9)--------------(9)\---||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|
| PM---------| PM
| H. +E E E E E E +E E Q
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|--5---------(5)---|--------------------------||
|--3---------(3)-0-|---3--2-------------2-----||
|------------------|--------5-3-(3)-5---------||
Verse
$
$$
E5 G5
E S S E E +H +E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------10-12---13-12---10------|
||--12-12-12-11-12-(12)--------|-(12)-12----------------------12---|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| E S S E E +H +E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-------------------10--------------|
||---9--9--9-----9--(9)--------|--(9)--9---11-12------12---11--9---|
||-----------12----------------|-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| PM---| PM------------------------------| PM|
| E S S E E +Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||---9-----------9--(9)--------|---------------------------12------|
||o--7--7--7--5--7--(7)--7-7-7-|---7---7-7--7--7-7--7--0-0-10--0-0-|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F#5 D5
E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12-10--------------------|--------------10---12-10-------------|
|-----------11-(11)--------|-(11)-11---12--------------12-11-----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12-11--------------------|------------9-11---12-11----9--------|
|-----------12-(12)--------|-(12)-12----------------------12-----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| PM| PM--------------------------------------|
| E E S S E +Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12-11------7--(7)--------|-------------------------------------|
|-10--9-0-0--5--(5)--5-5-5-|---5---5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--0-0---|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B5 D5 N.C.
Q. E +Q Q Q. Q +E Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12-----10---(10)------------|----------------------10-----|
|----------------------12-----|-11-----12-----(12)----------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Q. E +Q Q Q. Q +E Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12-----11---(11)------9-----|---------9------(9)---11-----|
|-----------------------------|-12--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------| PM-------------------|
| Q E S S E S S E S S Q E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--4--------------------------|--7--------------------------|
|--2---2--2-2---2--2-2--2-0-0-|--5---5--5-5-5---5--5--5-----|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------5-5-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iced_earth/waterloo_tab_ver_2.html ]
A5
E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E 4x
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|-11--9--------------------|------------9-11---12-11----9----------||
|-----------11-(11)--------|-(11)-11----------------------11-------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|
| E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E 4x
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------9------------------||
|-12-11--------------------|-----------11-12------12---11----------||
|-----------12-(12)--------|-(12)-12----------------------12------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|
| PM--------------------------------------|
| E S S E E +Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S 4x
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|------------7--(7)--------|--------------------------------------o||
|--5--5-5-3--5--(5)--5-5-5-|---5---5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-----||
Chorus
Em Esus2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H
||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-7--------10-(10)------|
||-----12----------------------|-----------------------|
||--12-------------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H
||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------|
||------9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------|
||---9-------------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q
||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------|
||-------------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--|
||--------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--|
||o-------------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--|
||---0--0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------|
Em Esus2
~~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-/15-12-----10-(10)-----------|
|----12----------------------|--------------------11-12-11--|
|-12-------------------------|-----------------9------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
| H E E E E
|
| ~~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)-----------|
|--9-------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11-----|
|-------------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9-----|
|-------------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7-----|
|--0--0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0-------------------|
Em Esus2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-7--------10-(10)------|
|----12----------------------|-----------------------|
|-12-------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------|
|--9-------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--|
|-------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--|
|-------------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--|
|--0--0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------|
Em Esus2
~~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-/15-12-----10-(10)------------|
|----12----------------------|--------------------11-12-11---|
|-12-------------------------|-----------------9-------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| H E E E E
|
| ~~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)------------|
|--9-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11------|
|-------------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9------|
|-------------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7------|
|--0--0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0--------------------|
D5
~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H +Q. E +E Q E
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-12----14----|-(14)---16-(16)-14---12-|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H +Q. E +E Q E
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|--9----11----|-(11)---12-(12)-11----9-|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|
| PM|
| W +H. E E
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|--7----------|--(7)-------------------|
|--5----------|--(5)--------------5--0-|
|-------------|------------------------|
D.S.
D.S.
C5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H +H. +Q
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------o||
|-11-----12--------|-(12)-------------(12)\----||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------o||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H +H. +Q
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------o||
|--7------9--------|--(9)--------------(9)\----||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------o||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|
| PM---------| PM
| H. +E E E E E E +E E Q
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------o||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|--5---------(5)---|---------------------------||
|--3---------(3)-0-|---3--2-------------2-----o||
|------------------|--------5-3-(3)-5----------||
Bridge
N.C.(E) F5/C
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------| PM
E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------3--|
|-------------------------|-----------------3--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|
N.C.(E) G5/D
PM----------------------------------| PM
E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------5----|
|-------------------------|-----------------5----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|
N.C.(E) F5/C
PM----------------------------------| PM
E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------3--|
|-------------------------|-----------------3--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|
N.C.(E) G5/D
PM----------------------------------| PM PM
E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------5------|
|-------------------------|-----------------5------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0----|
D5/A C5/G N.C.
PM|
W +H. E E W E E E E +E E Q
|----------|--------------|----------|-------------------||
|----------|--------------|----------|-------------------||
|----------|--------------|----------|-------------------||
|----------|--------------|----------|-------------------||
|-5--------|-(5)------5---|-3--------|-3-2-----------2---||
|-5--------|-(5)------5-0-|-3--------|-----5-3-(3)-5-----||
Interlude
E5 F#5
W +W W +W
||-----------|------------|----------|--------|
||o----------|------------|----------|--------|
||-----------|------------|----------|--------|
||--2--------|-(2)--------|-4--------|-(4)----|
||o-2--------|-(2)--------|-4--------|-(4)----|
||--0--------|-(0)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
D.S.S. al Coda
G5 A5
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|----------||
|----------|------------|----------|---------o||
|----------|------------|----------|----------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)-----o||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)------||
Outro
&
E5 F#5
PM-------------------------------------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4---|
|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2---|
G5 A5
PM----------------------------------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7---------|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--/12\---|
N.C.(E) F5/C E5
PM----------------------------------| PM
E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q E E Q H
|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------*|
|-------------------------|-----------------3--|-------------*|
|-------------------------|-----------------3--|-2-----------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---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
