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BLESSED ARE YOU
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 1998 Album SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES)
Transcribed by Russ Elton ([email protected]), Jordan B. ([email protected])
Words and Music by Jon Schaffer
Arranged by Russ Elton ([email protected]), Jordan B. ([email protected])
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Clean Guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Gtr V (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead Guitar'
Gtr VI (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony Guitar'
Intro
Q=130
Dm
4/4
Gtr I
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
|---------5-------|-------------------|---------5-------|-------------------|
|-------6---6-----|-5-----5-(5)-6-----|-------6---6-----|-5-----5-(5)-6-----|
|-----7-------7---|---7-----------7---|-----7-------7---|---7-----------7p5-|
|---7-----------7-|-----7-----------7-|---7-----------7-|-----7-------------|
|-5---------------|-------------------|-5---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Bb
Gtr II
Q E E +E Q E +H H
|-------0-(0)-------|--------------------|
|-----3-------3-----|--------------------|
|-----------------3-|-(3)----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E Q E +E Q. +E E E E +E Q.
|-------6-(6)-------|---------6-(6)------|
|-------------6-----|-(6)-----------6----|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|---5---------------|-------5------------|
|-6-----------------|-----6--------------|
Q E E +E Q E +H H
|-------0-(0)-------|--------------------|
|-----3-------3-----|--------------------|
|-----------------3-|-(3)----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| E Q E +E Q. +E E E E +E Q.
|-------6-(6)-------|---------------6----|
|-------------6-----|-(6)-----6-(6)------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|---5---------------|-------5------------|
|-6-----------------|-----6--------------|
Verse
Dm
W W
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o-^6---------------|-------------------|
||--^7---------------|-------------------|
||--^7---------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||-----------5-------|-------------------|
||o--------6---6-----|-5-----5-(5)-6-----|
||-------7-------7---|---7-----------7---|
||-----7-----------7-|-----7-----------7-|
||o--5---------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
W W
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------5-------|--------------------|
|-------6---6-----|-5-----5-(5)-6------|
|-----7-------7---|---7-----------7p5--|
|---7-----------7-|-----7--------------|
|-5---------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
Bb
Gtr II
Q E E +E Q E +H H
|-------0-(0)-------|--------------------|
|-----3-------3-----|--------------------|
|-----------------3-|-(3)----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E Q E +E Q. +E E E E +E Q.
|-------6-(6)-------|---------6-(6)------|
|-------------6-----|-(6)-----------6----|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|---5---------------|-------5------------|
|-6-----------------|-----6--------------|
Q E E +E Q E +H H 3x
|-------0-(0)-------|---------------------||
|-----3-------3-----|--------------------o||
|-----------------3-|-(3)-----------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|
| E Q E +E Q. +E E E E +E Q. 3x
|-------6-(6)-------|---------------6-----||
|-------------6-----|-(6)-----6-(6)------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|---5---------------|-------5------------o||
|-6-----------------|-----6---------------||
Chorus
Q=140
$
D5 C5D5 C5 D5 C5D5 C5
Gtrs III, IV
PM| PM| PM
E E E E H +Q. E +E Q. E E E E H +Q. E +E Q E
||---------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
||o--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
||---------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
||--7---7-5-7----|-(7)---7-(7)-5----|-7---7-5-7----|-(7)---7-(7)-5-----|
||o-5---5-3-5----|-(5)---5-(5)-3----|-5---5-3-5----|-(5)---5-(5)-3--0--|
||---------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
To Coda
Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5
PM| PM|
E E E E H +Q. E +E Q E E E E E H +Q. E +E Q E
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------o||
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|-3---3---3----|-(3)---3-(3)-5--5-|-3---3---3----|-(3)---3-(3)-5--5--||
|-1---1-0-1----|-(1)---1-(1)-3--3-|-1---1-0-1----|-(1)---1-(1)-3--3-o||
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------||
Pre-Verse
Q=130
Dm
Gtrs III, IV
>
W +W
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-7---------------|-(7)-----------------|
|-5---------------|-(5)-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------5-------|---------------------|
|-------6---6-----|--5------5-(5)-6-----|
|-----7-------7---|-----7-----------7---|
|---7-----------7-|-------7-----------7-|
|-5---------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
W W
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
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| |-3--|
| W E Q E S S S E E E
|-----
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