Overture Guitar Tabs by Iced Earth

Iced Earth:  Overture

transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)

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Tuning: Eb

Guitars 1 & 2 are violins arranged for guitar
Guitar 3 is an electric clean guitar

Riff 1
Guitar 1
eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|------------------10~--9~--|
Db|-7~--9~--10~--7~-----------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|

eb|-----------------|
Bb|-----------------|
Gb|-9~----7~----7~--|
Db|-----------------|
Ab|-----------------|
Eb|-----------------|

eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|------------------10~--9~--|
Db|-7~--9~--10~--7~-----------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|


Riff 2
Guitar 1
eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|------------------10~--9~--|
Db|-7~--9~--10~--7~-----------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|

eb|------------------|
Bb|------------------|
Gb|-9~----10~----7~--|
Db|------------------|
Ab|------------------|
Eb|------------------|

eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|-9~--------10~----9~--|
Db|----------------------|
Ab|----------------------|
Eb|----------------------|

eb|------------------|
Bb|------------------|
Gb|-9~----10~----7~--|
Db|------------------|
Ab|------------------|
Eb|------------------|

Guitar 2
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|--[silent for two measures]--|
Db|-----------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|

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

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

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

Guitar 3                         x4
eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|---5---8--7----------5---7--8--|
Eb|-5---5-------------6---6-------|



Riff 3
Guitar 1                     x2
eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|---------------15~----14~--|
Db|-12~----15~----------------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|

Guitar 2                                   x2
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|-12--14--15--14--12--10--10-12-10-10/12--|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|


Riff 4
Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------12~-----------------|
Db|-14~--12~--15~--14~-------15~--14~--12~--|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------12~-------|
Db|-12~--10~--13~--12~--15---13~-------15~--|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------12~-----------------|
Db|-14~--12~--15~--14~-------15~--14~--12~--|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------12~-------|
Db|-12~--10~--13~--12~--15---13~-------15~--|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|

Repeat the above 2x then final note is:
eb|-------|
Bb|-------|
Gb|-------|
Db|--14~--|
Ab|-------|
Eb|-------|

Guitar 2 (Silent the first play through)
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------9~----------------|
Db|-10~--9~--12~--10~-------12~--10~--8~--|
Ab|---------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------|

eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------8~--7~--|
Db|-----------8~-------12~--10~----------|
Ab|-12~--10~------12~--------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|

Repeat the above, no extra final note.


Guitar 3 (Delay effect)
eb|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|
Gb|-------------------|
Db|-------------------|
Ab|----7-----------8--|
Eb|-5-----------5-----|

eb|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|
Gb|-------------------|
Db|-------------------|
Ab|----5-----------6--|
Eb|-3-----------3-----|

Repeat the above 2x, then end with:
eb|-------|
Bb|-------|
Gb|-------|
Db|-------|
Ab|----7--|
Eb|-5-----|


Notation:

10^        = bend a quarter step.
10b11      = bend a half step.
10b12      = bend a full step.
10b12r10   = bend and release.
[10]12     = pre-bend.
[10]12r10  = pre-bend and release.
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most 
             previous bend.
<17>       = touch the string above the 17th fret while 
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th 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

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