Iced Earth:  1776

transcribed by: Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)
     edited by: Adam Tunzelmann (chadam31@hotmail.com)

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Date last modified:  01/10/02

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Tuning: Eb

Riff 1 (whenever this riff is played, the first bar is this:
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-------9-------9--12-11-12-11-9--7-|
Ab|-------7-------7--10--9-10--9-7--5-|
Eb|-0-000---0-000---------------------|
    * ***   * ***

The rest is played like this:

Guitar 1                              Final time
eb|-----------------------------------|---------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|---------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|---------|
Db|-------9-------9-------------------|-5-5-----|
Ab|-------7-------7--10--9-10--9-7--5-|-3-2-5-5-|
Eb|-0-000---0-000---------------------|-----3-2-|
    * ***   * ***

Guitar 2                              Final time
eb|-----------------------------------|---------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|---------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|---------|
Db|-------9-------9---9--7--9--7-5--4-|-5-5-----|
Ab|-------7-------7-------------------|-3-2-5-5-|
Eb|-0-000---0-000---------------------|-----3-2-|
    * ***   * ***


Riff 2
eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-0-000-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-|
    * *** * * * * *** * * * * *** * * * * *** * * *

Riff 3
Guitar 1
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|-------9-------9-------9--------------|
Ab|-------7-------7-------7--7-770-5-550-|
Eb|-0-000---0-000---0-000----------------|
    * ***   * ***   * ***    * *** * ***
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------|
Db|-5-------5-------5-------5--7-|
Ab|-3-3-333-3-3-333-3-3-333-3--5-|
Eb|------------------------------|
    * ***   * ***   * ***

Guitar 2
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|-9---7---5---7--4--4h5p4----4-------|
Ab|-------------------------7----7-5-7-|
Eb|------------------------------------|



Riff 4 (solo rhythm)
eb|--------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------|
Db|--9---9-1---1-7---7-------5---5-------------------|
Ab|--7---7-2---2-5---5-4---4-3---3-5---5-7---7-9---9-|
Eb|--------------------5---5-------3---3-5---5-7---7-|

eb|----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------|
Db|--9---9-1---1-7---7-------5---5---------------------|
Ab|--7---7-2---2-5---5-4---4-3---3-5---5-7---7-9-------|
Eb|--------------------5---5-------3---3-5---5-7--//\\-|


Solo
eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------17--16-17/20--19tr20--17-17-19--17--|
Gb|------16-------------------------------------|
Db|-14------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------|

eb|-17--15--15-17-15-14-------------------|
Bb|---------------------15---15/20-20-20--|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------|

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

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

eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-13---13-15-13-12---12/20-20-20------|
Gb|---------------------------------16--|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|

eb|--------------------17-15--15tr17--14-15-14-12-|
Bb|-20--20-19-17-19-20----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------|


Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3  w/ this addition:
Guitar 3
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-10^^--10---8---10---7---7h8p7------7-------------7-8-9-10-|
Gb|-------------------------------9------9-7-9---7-9----------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|

eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-10^^--10---8---10--7--7h8p7---7--------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------9---9-7-9-7---7--------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------9---9-7-9-7----7-------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------10---10-9--|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|



Riff 5 (solo rhythm)
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|--9---9\-1---7-------5-------------------|
Ab|--7---7\-2---5---4---3---5---7---9-------|
Eb|-----------------5-------3---5---7--//\\-|


Solo (arranged for guitar)
eb|----19-17-19-----19-17-19-----17-15-17-----17-15-17-|
Bb|-17-----------16-----------15-----------14----------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------|

eb|----15-14-15-----15-14-15------------12-11--14--17-|
Bb|-13-----------12-----------13--13-15---------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------|

End solo



Play Riff 1  with this addition:
Flute (arranged for guitar)
eb|-19-15----------15-19-15----------15-|
Bb|-------17----17----------17----17----|
Gb|----------16----------------16-------|
Db|-------------------------------------| ----|
Ab|-------------------------------------|     |
Eb|-------------------------------------|     |
                                              |--> Play 3x
eb|-19h20p19-17h19p17-15h17p15-14h15p14-|     |
Bb|-------------------------------------|     |
Gb|-------------------------------------| ----|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|

eb|-12h14p12-10h12p10-8h10p8-7h8p7-|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|


Ending (guitar 2 on top):
eb|-------|
Bb|---5~--|
Gb|-------|
Db|-------|
Ab|---2---|
Eb|---0---|


notation:
^   =  bend [ ^ = half, ^^ = whole, etc. ]
^r  =  bend and release
x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  mute with palm-hand
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  tap-on
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  harmonics
ah  =  artificial harmonic
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill