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It's a Long Way To The Top

Iced Earth

6 acessos

Tuning: Eb

Riff 1
Guitar 1

eb|----------------|
Bb|----------------|
Gb|----------------|
Db|----------------|
Ab|-7--5-7--7----5-|
Eb|-5--3-5--5--0-3-|

* *
Guitar 2

eb|----------|
Bb|----------|
Gb|----------|
Db|-----5----|
Ab|-3/4----0-|
Eb|----------|


Riff 1a
Guitar 1

eb|----------------|
Bb|----------------|
Gb|----------------|
Db|----------------|
Ab|-7--5-7--7----5-|
Eb|-5--3-5--5--0-3-|

* *
"Riding on the highway..."

Guitar 2

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


Riff 2

eb|---------------|
Bb|---------------|
Gb|---------------|
Db|---------------|
Ab|--7----5----5--|
Eb|--5----3----2--|

"It's a long way..."

eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|-7--5-7--7----5-7--5-7--7-|
Eb|-5--3-5--5--0-3-5--3-5--5-|

* *

Riff 3

eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------|
Db|------7----------------|
Ab|-7----5----5----5----5-|
Eb|-5---------3----2----3-|

"...think it's easy..."

eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-7--5-7--7----5-7--5-7--7----5-|
Eb|-5--3-5--5--0-3-5--3-5--5--0-3-|

* * * *

Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)

eb|----------------|
Bb|----------------|
Gb|----------------|
Db|----------------|
Ab|-7--5-7--7----5-|
Eb|-5--3-5--5--0-3-|

* *
Final time

eb|----------------|
Bb|----------------|
Gb|----------------|
Db|----------------|
Ab|-7--5-7--7----7-|
Eb|-5--3-5--5--0-5-|

* *

Riff 4a (Solo Rhythm)

eb|--------------|
Bb|--------------|
Gb|--------------|
Db|--------------|
Ab|-5-7--7--7--7-|
Eb|-3-5--5--5--5-|

* * * * *
Final time

eb|----------------|
Bb|----------------|
Gb|----------------|
Db|----------------|
Ab|-5-7--7--7--7---|
Eb|-3-5--5--5--5-0-|

* * * * * *

NOTE: For solo 1, another guitar lets a chord ring throughout
the whole solo, here's the chord:

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


Here's the solo:

Solo 1 (Guitar 3 plays the notes in () )

eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|----------17~~--------19-17----17~~--|
Gb|----------------------------19-------|
Db|--5b7~~--(14~~)------(16-14----14~~)-|
Ab|-(5b7~~)--------------------17-------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|



eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--19-17----17~~-----------17----------|
Gb|--------19-------------19----19-18~~--|
Db|-(16-14----14~~)------(12-14-12-11~~)-|
Ab|--------17----------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|



eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|--17~~--------19-17----17~~--|
Gb|--------------------19-------|
Db|-(14~~)------(16-14----14~~)-|
Ab|--------------------17-------|
Eb|-----------------------------|



eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--19-17----17~~-----------17----------|
Gb|--------19-------------19----19-18~~--|
Db|-(16-14----14~~)------(12-14-12-11~~)-|
Ab|--------17----------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|


End Solo 1

Solo 2 (Harmony guitars notated in () and [] )

eb|-----5----5\-----------/17~~-|
Bb|-----5----5\----13/14--------|
Gb|-5/6-------------------------|
Db|----------------(6/7~)-------|
Ab|----------------[6/7~]-------|
Eb|-----------------------------|


End Solo 2

Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm)
Guitar 1

eb|------------------|
Bb|------------------|
Gb|------------------|
Db|-5----------------|
Ab|-5------5----5----|
Eb|------0-2--0-3--0-|

* * *

eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-7--5-7--7----5-7--5-7--7----5---|
Eb|-5--3-5--5--0-3-5--3-5--5--0-3-0-|

* * * *

Guitar 2

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


Guitar 3 (Fades in on second note of guitar 2,
fades out after the last note)

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


Solo

eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|



eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|



eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|


End Solo

Final time for Riff 5
Guitar 1

eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-5-----------------------------|
Ab|-5------5----5----7-[let ring]-|
Eb|------0-2--0-3--0-5------------|

* * *

eb|---------------|
Bb|---------------|
Gb|---------------|
Db|---------------|
Ab|---5-7--5-7--7-|
Eb|-0-3-5--3-5--5-|

* *

Guitar 2

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



eb|--9~~----------5~~--|
Bb|--------------------|
Gb|--------------------|
Db|--------------------|
Ab|--------------------|
Eb|--------------------|


Guitar 3 (Fades in on second note of guitar 2,
fades out after the last note)

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


Pick up rhythm with Riff 1 w/o guitar 2 "Hotel, motel..."

Play Riff 1a "Getting old..."
Play Riff 2 "It's a long way..."
Play Riff 3 "...be a star of..."
Play Riff 2 "It's a long way..."

Ending
Guitar 1 keeps playing Riff 1

Guitar 2 plays this:

eb|-17p15-17~~~~-|
Bb|--------------|
Gb|--------------|
Db|--------------|
Ab|--------------|
Eb|--------------|


Guitar 3 plays this:

eb|--------------|
Bb|-14p12-14~~~~-|
Gb|--------------|
Db|--------------|
Ab|--------------|
Eb|--------------|


Guitar 4 plays this:

eb|------------|
Bb|------------|
Gb|------------|
Db|--7p5-7~~~~-|
Ab|------------|
Eb|------------|


Guitar 5 plays this:

eb|------------|
Bb|------------|
Gb|------------|
Db|------------|
Ab|--7p5-7~~~~-|
Eb|------------|


Song fades out

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.
= 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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