Iced Earth – Overture (Guitar Tab)

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transcribed by: Russ Elton ([email protected]) FIND EVERY ICED EARTH SONG AND THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT: The Frozen Palace http://abysslord.com/icedearth/ Date last modified: 08/22/07 PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU. 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|---------------------------|

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