Iced Earth
Song- Blessed Are You
Album- Something Wicked This Way Comes
Tuning: Eb
Riff 1
Guitar 1 (Clean)
eb|---------5--------------------------|
Bb|-------6---6-------5-----5---6------|
Gb|-----7-------7-------7---------7----|
Db|---7-----------7-------7---------7--|
Ab|-5----------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------|
"Pure ambition..."
eb|---------5--------------------------|
Bb|-------6---6-------5-----5---6------|
Gb|-----7-------7-------7---------7p5--|
Db|---7-----------7-------7------------|
Ab|-5----------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------|
Two guitars for the next part:
Guitar 1 (Clean)
eb|------6--------6-----------6----------6-|
Bb|--------6--------6-----------6------6---|
Gb|----------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------|
Ab|---5---------5----------5---------5-----|
Eb|-6---------6----------6---------6-------|
Guitar 2 (Acoustic)
eb|-------0-------------------0--------------|
Bb|-----3---3---------------3---3----------6-|
Gb|-----------3-------------------3--------7-|
Db|----------------------------------------7-|
Ab|------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------|
Riff 2 (Distortion)
eb|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|
Gb|-------------------|
Db|-7--7-5--7----7-5--|
Ab|-5--5-3--5----5-3--|
Eb|-------------------|
* *
"Blessed are you..."
eb|---------------------|
Bb|---------------------|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|-7--7-5--7----7-5----|
Ab|-5--5-3--5----5-3--0-|
Eb|---------------------|
* * *
"Blessed am I..." x2
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|----------------------|
Db|-3--3----3----3--5--5-|
Ab|-1--1-0--1----1--3--3-|
Eb|----------------------|
* *
"Children of the night..."
Lead into next section:
eb|-----|
Bb|-----|
Gb|-----|
Db|--7--|
Ab|--5--|
Eb|-----|
Play Riff 1 but guitar 2 plays this:
Guitar 2 (Acoustic)
eb|-8-6h8p6p5---5----|
Bb|-----------8---6~-|
Gb|------------------|
Db|------------------|
Ab|------------------|
Eb|------------------|
eb|-----5---------|
Bb|-6-8---8-6-5---|
Gb|-------------7-|
Db|---------------|
Ab|---------------|
Eb|---------------|
Play Riff 2 "Blessed are you..."
Riff 3
[Note: on the live version, guitar 2 plays the open Db string
during the second part.]
Guitar 1 x2 x2
eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
Db|-----7---7-5-------------------|-3-------3---3-----3-5-5-|
Ab|-5-5---5-----8----5-8-5-8-7-5\-|-1-111-0-1---1-111-1-3-3-|
Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
* * * * * * *** * * ***
Guitar 2 x2 x2
eb|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
Db|-----10---10-8-7----7---7--------|-3-------3---3-----3-5-5-|
Ab|-8-8----8---------8---8----10-8\-|-1-111-0-1---1-111-1-3-3-|
Eb|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
* * * * * * *** * * ***
Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|-7-------8-------5-----7---------| -----|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |
Eb|---------------------------------| |
* * * * * * * * * * * * |
eb|----------------------------------| |
Bb|----------------------------------| |
Gb|----------------------------------| |
Db|-7-------8-------5-----7----------| |
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5500-| |
Eb|----------------------------------| |
* * * * * * * * * * **** |
eb|---------------------------------| |-----> Play 2x
Bb|---------------------------------| |
Gb|---------------------------------| |
Db|-5-------6-------3-----5---------| |
Ab|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |
Eb|---------------------------------| |
* * * * * * * * * * * * |
eb|----------------------------------| |
Bb|----------------------------------| |
Gb|----------------------------------| |
Db|-5-------6-------3-----5----------| -----|
Ab|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3300-|
Eb|----------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * ****
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|------3----------------5-----------|
Ab|-1-11---1----1-00-3-33---3----3-00-|
Eb|-----------------------------------|
* ** ** * ** **
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-5-7----7----7----7\5----5----5----|
Ab|-3-5-00-5----5-00-5\3-00-3----3-00-|
Eb|-----------------------------------|
** ** ** **
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|------3----------------5-----------|
Ab|-1-11---1----1-00-3-33---3----3-00-|
Eb|-----------------------------------|
* ** ** * ** **
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|-5\7----7----7----7\5----5----5--|
Ab|-3\5-00-5----5-00-5\3-00-3----3--|
Eb|---------------------------------|
** ** **
Solo
Guitar 1
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-/7~----7-9-10tm-12tm-14tm-15tm-14~----15-14~-|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------|
eb|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-12-15-14-12-10-14-12-10-9-12-10-9-7-10-9-7-5~-|
Db|-----------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------|
eb|--------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-5p3h5-/7~----7p5h7-/9~----9p7h9-/10--12--10--9~--|
Db|--------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------|
eb|------10h12p10--------10h13p10--------10h12p10------|
Bb|-10h11--------11p10h11--------11p10h11--------11p10-|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iced_earth/blessed_are_you_tab.html ]
Eb|-12p10-13p10-15p10-13p10-12p10-13-|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------|
eb|------10h12p10------10--12--13-|
Bb|-10h11--------11p10------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|
eb|-13b15--(15)r13-13-12-10----------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------13~----13\----11----13p11p10-----|
Gb|----------------------------------
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