Iced Earth:  Vengeance Is Mine

transcribed by:  Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)
     edited by:  Stefanos Danakos (slaytanic_gr@yahoo.com)
       solo by:  Stefanos Danakos (slaytanic_gr@yahoo.com)

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Date last modified:  01/10/02

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Tuning: Eb

Riff 1
Guitar 1 (distortion)    x4
eb|-----------------------|-----|
Bb|-----------------------|-----|
Gb|-----------------------|-----|
Db|-------------4---------|-----|
Ab|-2-----------2-------3-|--2--|
Eb|-0------0-0-----0-0--1-|--0--|
           * *     * *

Guitar 2 (clean w/ delay)
eb|----------------------------|
Bb|-0--8p0-7p0-5p0-4p0-5p0-7/8-|
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------|
                                        Final note
eb|---0-7p0---0-8p0---0-7p0---0-8p0---0-|------|
Bb|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|--5~--|
Gb|-------------------------------------|------|
Db|-------------------------------------|------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|------|



Lead into next section:
eb|---------|
Bb|---------|
Gb|---------|
Db|---------|
Ab|---3-----|
Eb|-1---1-3-|
    * * * *


Riff 2 (distortion)
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------3-----|
Eb|-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-1---1-3-|
    * *** * *** * *** * *** * * * *
   "Hear now this story..."
eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|
Db|-------------------------|
Ab|--------------3----3-----|
Eb|-0-000-0-000--1--1---1-3-|
    * *** * ***     * * * *
   "...of a man..."


Riff 3
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-3-----3-----3---4-----4-----4---|
Eb|---111---111---1---111---111---1-|
    * *** * *** * * * *** * *** * *
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-1-----1-----1---3---3-----3-----|
Eb|---111---111---1---1---111---1-1-|
    * *** * *** * * * * * *** * * *

Play Riff 2   "Profane to humanity..."


Riff 4
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-3-----3-----3-3-4-----4-----4-4-|
Eb|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
      * *   * *       * *   * *
   "For all the young lives..."
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-1-----1-----1---3---3-----------|
Eb|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-111-1-1-1-|
      * *   * *   *   *   *** * * *
   "Fear now you shall obtain..."


Riff 5
Guitar 1
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-3\2-----------------------------|
Eb|-1\0-0-000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-111-1-|
        * *** * * * * * * * * *** *
  "...is mine..."
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-3\2---------------------------------|
Eb|-1\0-0-000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|
        * *** * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Guitar 2
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|-5--4--------5-4------|
Db|-------5~---------2~~-|
Ab|-------a----------a---|
Eb|----------------------|



Play Riff 4   "For every young one..."
Play Riff 5   "...is mine..."


Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm)
                   x4                                x2
eb|-----------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------|---------------------------------|
Db|-3-----3-----3\2-|-2-----2-----2-----2-------------|
Ab|-3-----3-----3\2-|-2-----2-----2-----2-------------|
Eb|---1-1---1-1-----|---000---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
      * *   * *         ***   * *   * *   * * * * * *

Solo
eb|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|--12b13-12-----------12-12b13-12-----------12\-|
Gb|-----------10--9--10-------------10--9--10-----|
Db|-----------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------|
                                               Last time
eb|--------------------------------------------|------|
Bb|--12---10----------------12--10-------------|------|
Gb|-----------12--9------9---------12----9--12-|-9~~--|
Db|------------------12---------------12-------|------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------|------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------|------|

End solo


Riff 7 (solo rhythm)               x4
eb|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
Db|-----5-----4-----2-----3-----2/3-|-3--------5-------2/3-2/3-|
Ab|-----7-----5-----2-----3-----2/3-|-3--------5-------2/3-2/3-|
Eb|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|---1-111-----3-3----------|
    * *   * *   * *   * *   * *         * ***     * *

Solo
Guitar 1
eb|-15p12----15p14----19p15-19p15-17-15-------------------|
Bb|-------12-------12-------------------19p15-19p15-15-12-|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-15p12----15p14----19p15-19p15-17-15-14~-|
Bb|-------12-------12-----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|

eb|-15p12----15p14----19p15-19p15-17-15-------------------|
Bb|-------12-------12-------------------19p15-19p15-15-12-|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-12-------14----15-----|
Gb|-14b16----16b18-17b19--|
Db|-----------------------|
Ab|-----------------------|
Eb|-----------------------|

Repeat the above, then play:

eb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-9--11-12--14-11--12-14--16-/16--17-19--21-17--19-19\16-|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2
eb|-19p15----19p17----24p19-24p19-20-19-------------------|
Bb|-------15-------15-------------------22p19-22p19-19----|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------19-|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-19p15----19p17----24p19-24p19-20-19-17~-|
Bb|-------15-------15-----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|

eb|-19p15----19p17----24p19-24p19-20-19-------------------|
Bb|-------15-------15-------------------22p19-22p19-19----|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------19-|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-15-------17----19-----|
Gb|-17b19----19b21-21b23--|
Db|-----------------------|
Ab|-----------------------|
Eb|-----------------------|

Repeat the above, then play:

eb|-15--17-19--20-17--19-20--22----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------15--17-19--20-17--19-19\15-|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------|

End Solo


Play Riff 2   "I shall do..."
Play Riff 4   "For all the young lives..."
Play Riff 5   "...is mine..."
Play Riff 4   "For every young one..."
Play Riff 5   "...is mine...."
Play Riff 1


Notation:

10b12      = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret.
10b12r10   = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret,
             then release to the 10th fret.
[10]12r10  = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick,
             then release to the 10th fret.
10b12 [14] = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend.

10b15*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret.
7d2*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd 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