Dark Saga Iced Earth
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 1996 Album DARK SAGA)
Transcribed by Robert Lech
Words by Jon Schaffer Music by Jon Schaffer/Matthew Barlow/Randall Shawver/Dave Abell/Mark Prator
Arranged by Jon Schaffer
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Guitar 1 - Clean'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Guitar 2 - Distorted'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=123
[D#add2]
[4/4] Gtr I
E E E H +E +W E E E H +E +W
||-----------------|------------|----------------|---------|| ||o----------------|------------|----------------|--------o|| ||--------0----(0)-|-(0)--------|-----0----------|---------|| ||------4----------|------------|-------4----(4)-|-(4)-----|| ||o---2------------|------------|---2------------|--------o|| ||--0--------------|------------|-0--------------|---------||
[F#] [F#sus2/F] [F#sus2/E]
[3/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------|-------------|| |-------------|-------------|| |-------0-----|---0-------0-|| |-----0-------|-0-------0---|| |---2-------0-|-------0-----|| |-3-------2---|-----1-------||
Pre-Verse
[D#add2]
[4/4] Gtr I
E E E H +E +W E E E H +E +W
||-----------------|------------|----------------|---------|| ||o----------------|------------|----------------|--------o|| ||--------0----(0)-|-(0)--------|-----0----------|---------|| ||------4----------|------------|-------4----(4)-|-(4)-----|| ||o---2------------|------------|---2------------|--------o|| ||--0--------------|------------|-0--------------|---------||
[F#] [F#sus2/F] [F#sus2/E]
[3/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------|-------------|| |-------------|-------------|| |-------0-----|---0-------0-|| |-----0-------|-0-------0---|| |---2-------0-|-------0-----|| |-3-------2---|-----1-------||
[D#5] [D#add9] [D#5] [D#add9] [F#5] [F5]
[4/4] Gtr II
PM------| PM--------| PM--------| PM----|
[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|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-2-----------2-3-|-------------3-2-|-------------2-3-|---------5-5-4-4-o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2--||
Verse
[D#5] [D#add9] [D#5] [D#add9] [F#5] [F5]
[4/4] Gtr II
PM------| PM--------| PM--------| PM----|
[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|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-2-----------2-3-|-------------3-2-|-------------2-3-|---------5-5-4-4-o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2--||
Chorus
[E5] [D#5] [D#5]
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q
||--------------------|--------------------| ||o-------------------|--------------------| ||--------------------|--------------------| ||--------------------|--------------9-9\--| ||o-3--3--------------|-2--2---------7-7\--| ||--1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-------|
[E5] [D#5] [D#5]
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q
|-------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|--------------------o|| |-------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|---------------------|| |-3--3--------------|-2--2---------2-2---o|| |-1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
Verse
[D#5] [D#add9] [D#5] [D#add9] [F#5] [F5]
[4/4] Gtr II
PM------| PM--------| PM--------| PM----|
[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|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-2-----------2-3-|-------------3-2-|-------------2-3-|---------5-5-4-4-o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2--||
Chorus
[E5] [D#5] [D#5]
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q
||--------------------|--------------------| ||o-------------------|--------------------| ||--------------------|--------------------| ||--------------------|--------------9-9\--| ||o-3--3--------------|-2--2---------7-7\--| ||--1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-------|
[E5] [D#5] [D#5]
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q
|-------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|--------------------o|| |-------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|---------------------|| |-3--3--------------|-2--2---------2-2---o|| |-1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
Bridge
[D#add2]
[4/4] Gtr I
E E E H +E +W
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |-------0---------(0)-|--(0)----------------| |-----4---------------|---------------------| |---2-----------------|---------------------| |-0-------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~
| H E E E E +Q E H +E
|---------------------|---------------------| |----------------/12--|-(12)--13-12----(12)-| |--------------9------|---------------------| |-----------/9--------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
E E E H +E +W
|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |-----0---------------|----------------------| |-------4---------(4)-|--(4)-----------------| |---2-----------------|----------------------| |-0-------------------|----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~
| H E E E E +Q E H +E
|---------------------|----------------------| |----------------/12--|-(12)--13-10----(10)--| |--------------9------|----------------------| |-----------/9--------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|
[D#add2]
[4/4] Gtr I
E E E H +E +W
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |-------0---------(0)-|--(0)----------------| |-----4---------------|---------------------| |---2-----------------|---------------------| |-0-------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~
| H E E E E +Q E H +E
|---------------------|---------------------| |----------------/12--|-(12)--13------------| |--------------9------|----------12----(12)-| |-----------/9--------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
E E E H +E +W
|-------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------------| |--------0----------|-----------------------------| |----------4----(4)-|-(4)-------------------------| |------2------------|-----------------------------| |---0---------------|-----------------------------|
|
|~~~~~~ ~~~~~
| +W E q Q E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------|-----15b17--13b15--13-12-10--| |-(12)--------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------------|
[F#] [F#sus2/F] [F#sus2/E]
[3/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |-------------0------|------0---------0-| |-------0------------|---0---------0----| |----2-------------0-|----------0-------| |--3-------------2---|--------1---------|
|
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q S S E Q +H E E
|--------------------|------------------| |-13---12h13p12-10---|-(10)-------12-13-| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------|
Pre-Verse
[D#add2]
[4/4] Gtr I
E E E H +E +W E E E H +E +W
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------| |-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------| |--------0------(0)-|--(0)--------|--------0----------|---------| |------4------------|-------------|----------4----(4)-|--(4)----| |----2--------------|-------------|------2------------|---------| |--0----------------|-------------|---0---------------|---------|
|
| Gtr II
| >
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H +W +W +W
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------| |-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------| |-12-------11-------|-(11)--------|-(11)--------------|-(11)----| |-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------| |-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------| |-------------------|-------------|-------------------|---------|
[D#add2]
[4/4] Gtr I
E E E H +E +W E E E H +E +W
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------| |----------------|------------|----------------|--------| |-------0----(0)-|-(0)--------|-----0----------|--------| |-----4----------|------------|-------4----(4)-|-(4)----| |---2------------|------------|---2------------|--------| |-0--------------|------------|-0--------------|--------|
[F#5] [F5] [E5]
[3/4] Gtr II
PM--| PM----| PM--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------|-------------|| |-------------|-------------|| |-------------|-------------|| |-------------|-------------|| |-5-------4---|-----3-------|| |-3-3-3-3-2-2-|-2-2-1-1-3-1-||
Verse
[D#5] [D#add9] [D#5] [D#add9] [F#5] [F5]
[4/4] Gtr II
PM------| PM--------| PM--------| PM----|
[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|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-2-----------2-3-|-------------3-2-|-------------2-3-|---------5-5-4-4-o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2--||
Chorus
[E5] [D#5] [D#5]
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q
||--------------------|--------------------| ||o-------------------|--------------------| ||--------------------|--------------------| ||--------------------|--------------9-9\--| ||o-3--3--------------|-2--2---------7-7\--| ||--1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-------|
[E5] [D#5] [D#5]
PM---------| PM----|
Q E S S S S Q E Q E S S S S E Q 4x
|-------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|--------------------o|| |-------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|---------------------|| |-3--3--------------|-2--2---------2-2---o|| |-1--1-1-1-1-1-3--0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
Outro
[D#add2]
[4/4] Gtr I
E E E H +E +W E E E H +E +W
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|| ||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------o|| ||--------0------(0)-|-(0)-------------|-----0------------|------------------|| ||------4------------|-----------------|-------4------(4)-|-(4)--------------|| ||o---2--------------|-----------------|---2--------------|-----------------o|| ||--0----------------|-----------------|-0----------------|------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|| ||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------o|| ||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|| ||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|| ||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-o|| ||--0-0---0-0-0---0--|--0--0--0-0-0--0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0--|--0--0--0-0-0--0--||
[F#5] [F5] [E5]
[3/4] Gtr II
PM--| PM----| PM--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------| |-5-------4---|-----3-------| |-3-3-3-3-2-2-|-2-2-1-1-3-1-|
[D#5]
[4/4] >
W W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*| |----------|------------|------------|--------*| |----------|------------|------------|--------*| |----------|------------|------------|--------*| |-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-0--------|--0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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