Iced Earth – Question Of Heaven (Guitar Tab)
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A QUESTION OF HEAVEN
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 1995 Album DARK SAGA)
Transcribed by GD_Stormrider
Em
0 2 2 0 0 0
G
3 2 0 0 3 3
D
x x 0 2 3 2
C
x 3 2 0 1 0
E5
x 7 9 9 x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
F#m
2 0 x x x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Clean guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Schaffers guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Randal's Guitar'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Acoustic chords'
Gtr V (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Keybords'
Gtr VI (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Bell'
Intro
Q=130
Em Em D D
4/4
Gtr I
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
||--------7--------|-------7--------|-------5--------|-------5--------| ||o----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----| ||------0------0---|-----0------0---|-----0------0---|-----0------0---| ||----5----------5-|---5----------5-|---4----------4-|---4----------4-| ||o-7--------------|-7--------------|-5--------------|-5--------------| ||--0--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| C C G F#m E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E 6x |-------3--------|-------3--------|------------------|| |----------3-----|----------3-----|-----------------o|| |-----0------0---|-----0------0---|-------0----------|| |---2----------2-|---2----------2-|-----0------------|| |-3--------------|-3--------------|---2-------0-----o|| |----------------|----------------|-3-------2---3-2--||
Verse
E5 E5
Gtr II
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E ||-------------------|----------------------| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||-------------------|----------------------| ||----------9----(9)-|-----------9------(9)-| ||o---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-| ||--0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------|
|
| Gtr III | W +Q. Q. Q ||-------------------|----------------------| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||-------------------|----------------------| ||--2----------------|-(2)-------4----5-----| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||-------------------|----------------------|
D5 D5
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)--| |---------5----(5)-|-----------5------(5)--| |-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0-------------|
|
| W +Q. Q. Q |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |-0----------------|-(0)-------2----4------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------|
C5 D5 G F#m
PM----| PM----| PM--------------|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E E E E E E E E E |------------------|------------------|--------------------|| |------------------|------------------|-------------------o|| |------------------|------------------|--------0-----------|| |---------5----(5)-|---------7----(7)-|------0-------------|| |---------3----(3)-|---------5----(5)-|----2--------0-----o|| |-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-3---------2---3-2--||
|
| W W Q. Q. E E
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-0----------------|-5------4------5-4--||
|-3----------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
Bridge
E5 E5 F5
Gtr II
PM------| PM------| PM
S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q 4x
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o--------------------|-------------------o||
||---------------------|--------------------||
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1---||E5 E5 F5
PM------| PM------|
S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||o--------------------|-------------------o|| ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||o-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1---||
$
E5 E5
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |---------9----(9)-|-----------9------(9)-| |---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-| |-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------|
|
| Gtr III | W +Q. Q. Q |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |-2----------------|-(2)-------4----5-----| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------|
D5 D5
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-| |---------5----(5)-|-----------5------(5)-| |-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------|
|
| W +Q. Q. Q |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |-0----------------|-(0)-------2----4-----| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------|
C5 D5 G F#m
PM----| PM----| PM--------------|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E E E E E E E E E |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|--------0----------| |---------5----(5)-|---------7----(7)-|------0------------| |---------3----(3)-|---------5----(5)-|----2--------0-----| |-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-3---------2---3-2-|
|
| W W Q. Q. E E |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-0----------------|-5------4------5-4-| |-3----------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------|
E5 E5
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |---------9----(9)-|-----------9------(9)-| |---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-| |-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------|
|
| W +Q. Q. Q |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |-2----------------|-(2)-------4----5-----| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------|
D5 D5
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-| |---------5----(5)-|-----------5------(5)-| |-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------|
|
| W +Q. Q. Q |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |-0----------------|-(0)-------2----4-----| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------|
To Coda
C5 D5 G F#m
PM----| PM----| PM--------------|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E E E E E E E E E |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|--------0----------| |---------5----(5)-|---------7----(7)-|------0------------| |---------3----(3)-|---------5----(5)-|----2--------0-----| |-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-3---------2---3-2-|
|
| W W Q. Q. E E
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-0----------------|-5------4------5-4-|
|-3----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
E5 E5 F5
PM------| PM------| PM
S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q 3x
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o--------------------|-------------------o||
||---------------------|--------------------||
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1---||D.S. al Coda
E5 E5 F5
PM------| PM------| PM
S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q |--------------------|-------------------|| |--------------------|-------------------|| |--------------------|-------------------|| |--------------------|-------------------|| |-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1--||
&
E5
>
PM------|
S S S S E H +E +W |--------------------|--------| |--------------------|--------| |--------------------|--------| |--------------------|--------| |-----------2----(2)-|-(2)----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-(0)----|
Interlude
Em
Gtr IV
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr V
W +W 4x
||-----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|------------------o||
||-----------------|-------------------||
||---2-------------|-(2)---------------||
||o----------------|------------------o||
||-----------------|-------------------|||
| Gtr VI | W W 4x ||--12-------------|-------------------|| ||o----------------|------------------o|| ||---9-------------|-------------------|| ||-----------------|-------------------|| ||o--7-------------|------------------o|| ||---0-------------|-------------------||
Em G
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr V
W +W W +W
||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||---0-------------|-(0)--------------|-3-------------|-(3)---------------||
| Gtr VI | W W W W ||--12-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||o----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||---9-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||o--7-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||---0-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
D Em
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr V W +W W +W |---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------o|| |---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------o|| |-2-------------|-(2)--------------|-0-------------|-(0)---------------||
Em G
Gtr IV
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr V
W +W W +W
||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||---0---------------|-(0)--------------|-3---------------|-(3)---------------||
| Gtr VI | W W W W ||--12---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||---9---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o--7---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||---0---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr I | E E E E E E Q +W E E E E E E Q +W ||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o------8-----8-----|------------------|-----8-----8-----|-------------------| ||-----9---9-9---9---|-(9)--------------|---7---7-7---7---|-(7)---------------| ||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D Em
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W +W W +W 3x |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o|| |-2---------------|-(2)--------------|-0---------------|-(0)---------------||
|
| Gtr I | E E E E E E Q +W E E E E E E Q +W 3x |-------0---------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----7-----7-----|------------------|-----8-----8-----|------------------o|| |---7-----7---7---|-(7)--------------|---9---9-9---9---|-(9)---------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| Guitar solo E5 E5 G5 G5 Gtr II PM| PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W |------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| |------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| |-9--------9-------|-(9)----------------|---------------|----------------| |-9--------9-------|-(9)----------------|--5-------5----|-(5)------------| |-7--------7-------|-(7)----------------|--5-------5----|-(5)------------| |-0---0-0--0-------|-(0)----------------|--3---3-3-3----|-(3)------------|
|
| Gtr III
| PM--------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H +H E E Q |------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| |------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------7---|---------------|----------------| |---9-----10---9-7-|-----7-9---10-------|-10-9-7---9----|-(9)----10-9-7--| |-7-----7----------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| |------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| D5 D5 E5 E5 PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W |----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------| |----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------| |-7-------7------|-(7)------------|-9--------9-------|-(9)--------------| |-7-------7------|-(7)------------|-9--------9-------|-(9)--------------| |-5--5-5--5------|-(5)------------|-7--------7-------|-(7)--------------| |----------------|----------------|-0----0-0-0-------|-(0)--------------|
|
| H E E Q +Q H. E E E Q Q E E E Q E E Q |----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------| |----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------| |----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------| |-7------10-9----|----------------|--------7---------|------------------| |-------------9--|-(9)--[9]\------|-7-9-10-----10--9-|-10--9-7--9-7-----| |----------------|----------------|------------------|--------------10--| E5 E5 PM| Q E E H +W |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |-9-----------9----|-(9)-------------------| |-9-----------9----|-(9)-------------------| |-7-----------7----|-(7)-------------------| |-0-----0--0--0----|-(0)-------------------|
|
| E E E E H E E E E E E E E |------------------|-----------------------| |---10-12-13-12----|-12--13---12---10------| |-9----------------|--------------------12-| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| G5 G5 PM| Q E E H +W |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |-5-----------5----|-(5)-------------------| |-5-----------5----|-(5)-------------------| |-3-----3--3--3----|-(3)-------------------|
|
| E E E E H E E E E E E E E |------------------|----------10-----------| |---10-12-13-12----|-12--13--------13---12-| |-9----------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| D5 D5 Q E E H +W |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |--7----------7--------|--(7)--------------| |--7----------7--------|--(7)--------------| |--5-----5--5-5--------|--(5)--------------| |----------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E H +E +H. +E E |----------------------|-------------------| |----10-12-10-----(10)-|-(10)------(10)-12-| |-12-------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| E5 E5 PM| Q E E H +W |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| |--9------9----------|-(9)---------------------| |--9------9----------|-(9)---------------------| |--7------7----------|-(7)---------------------| |--0--0-0-0----------|-(0)---------------------|
|
| |-3--|
| H Q E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------10----------| |-11------9--12-11-9-|-----9-11-12----12-11-9--| |--------------------|-12----------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| PM| PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W ||--------------|------------|-------------|--------| ||o-------------|------------|-------------|--------| ||--9------9----|-(9)--------|-------------|--------| ||--9------9----|-(9)--------|-5------5----|-(5)----| ||o-7------7----|-(7)--------|-5------5----|-(5)----| ||--0--0-0-0----|-(0)--------|-3--3-3-3----|-(3)----| PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W |-------------|------------|-------------|---------|| |-------------|------------|-------------|--------o|| |-7------7----|-(7)--------|-9------9----|-(9)-----|| |-7------7----|-(7)--------|-9------9----|-(9)-----|| |-5--5-5-5----|-(5)--------|-7------7----|-(7)----o|| |-------------|------------|-0--0-0-0----|-(0)-----|| Outro E5 G5 Gtr II PM| PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W ||---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||o--------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||--9-------9----|--(9)-----------|-----------------|------------------| ||--9-------9----|--(9)-----------|--5---------5----|--(5)-------------| ||o-7-------7----|--(7)-----------|--5---------5----|--(5)-------------| ||--0--0-0--0----|--(0)-----------|--3---3--3--3----|--(3)-------------|
|
| Gtr III | H H +H Q Q Q. E H +H Q Q ||---------------|----------------|-10--------------|------------------| ||o--------12----|-(12)-------12--|--------13-12----|-(12)----13--12---| ||--9------------|---------9------|-----------------|------------------| ||---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||o--------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| D5 E5 PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W 8x |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------|| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------o|| |--7---------7----|--(7)------------|-9---------9----|--(9)-----|| |--7---------7----|--(7)------------|-9---------9----|--(9)-----|| |--5---5--5--5----|--(5)------------|-7---------7----|--(7)----o|| |-----------------|-----------------|-0---0--0--0----|--(0)-----||
|
| Q. E H +H Q Q Q. E H +W 8x |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------|| |-10--------10----|-(10)------------|----------12----|-(12)----o|| |--------12-------|---------12--11--|-9-----12-------|----------|| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------|| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------o|| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------||
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
<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
-----------
| - 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