Iced Earth – Burnt Offerings (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 1995 Album BURNT OFFERINGS)
Transcribed by Gary Marshall
Words by Schaffer Music by Schaffer, Shawver
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
W +W W +W
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||o-0--------|-(0)--------|----------|--------o||
||-----------|------------|-1--------|-(1)-----||
Q=180
W E E H. H +E E E E W
||-----------|-------------|----------------|-------||
||o----------|-------------|----------------|------o||
||o----------|-------------|----------------|------o||
||--5--------|-4-4---------|-5----(5)-0-7-6-|-4-----||
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-4--------|-3--------|-4--------|-3----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Pre-verse
q H. H Q Q q H. H Q Q
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|-4----------|------7--7--|-4----------|------7--7---|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
W +W
|----------|--------|
|----------|--------|
|-3--------|-(3)----|
|----------|--------|
1st verse
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S Q
||------------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------------|--------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7--|
||------------------------|--------------------|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S Q
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S Q 4x
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
Bridge
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-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
2nd verse
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S Q
||------------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------------|--------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7--|
||------------------------|--------------------|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S Q
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S Q 4x
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
Bridge
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-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Chorus
Q=140
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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
||------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|------------------||
Q=200
Q q E q E q E q E Q Q q E q E q E q E Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o----3----3----|-4----4----4--|----3----3----|-2----2----2--|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Interlude
Q q E q E q E q E Q Q. Q. Q +W
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------o||
|----3----3----|-4----4----4--|--------------|--------o||
|--------------|--------------|-0----1----3--|-(3)-----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3--3--|-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-0--0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. Q. Q +H. Q 4x
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------||
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|--------------o||
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|--------------o||
|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3--3--|-0----1----3--|-(3)------5----||
H.=H
W +W
|----------|--------|
|----------|--------|
|----------|--------|
|-7--------|-(7)----|
Q=120
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
W W W H H 6x
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||o-2--------|-3--------|-2--------|-0---------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|------3-----||
W E E H. H +E E E E W 5x
||-----------|-------------|----------------|-------||
||o----------|-------------|----------------|------o||
||o----------|-------------|----------------|------o||
||--5--------|-4-4---------|-5----(5)-0-7-6-|-4-----||
Guitar solo
Q=180
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-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|------------------||-||------------------|-----------------|
Bridge
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-||------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-o||-||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|------------------||-||------------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Chorus - Outro
Q=140
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-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-o||-||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-||------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 8x
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|-----------------|------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration Legend
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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
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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
<n> - 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths