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Question Of Heaven

Iced Earth

9 acessos

transcribed by:  Russ Elton (*)

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Tuning: Eb

Riff 1 (Acoustic)
x2 x2 x2

eb|-------7-------|-------5-------|-------3-------|------------------|
Bb|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------3-----|------------------|
Gb|-----------0---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-------0----------|
Db|-----5-------5-|---4---------4-|---2---------2-|-----0------------|
Ab|---7-----------|-5-------------|-3-------------|---2--------0-----|
Eb|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|-3--------2---3-2-|

"The time is close now..."


Riff 2 (distortion)
Guitar 1

eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------9--9--------9--9--------7--7--------7--7-|
Ab|--------7--7--------7--7--------5--5--------5--5-|
Eb|-0-0000------0-0000------0-0000------0-0000------|

* **** * **** * **** * ****


eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------0---------|
Db|--------5--5--------7--7------0-----------|
Ab|--------3--3--------5--5----2-------0-----|
Eb|-0-0000------0-0000-------3-------2---3-2-|

* **** * **** * * * * * * * *

Guitar 2 x2

eb|--------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------|
Db|-2----4--5---------2--4-----------5--4--5-4-|
Ab|------------5------------3----5-------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------|



Riff 3

eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|--------2----------2----3-|
Eb|-000000-0---000000-0-00-1-|

****** ****** **
"What exactly is the meaning of this..."

Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3 "Lord I pound..."
Play Riff 3

Lead into the acoustic part

eb|-----------|
Bb|-----------|
Gb|-----------|
Db|-----------|
Ab|--------2--|
Eb|-000000-0--|

******

Acoustic part (listen to song for strumming pattern)

Lead into next section:
eb|---0---|
Bb|---0---|
Gb|---0---|
Db|---2---|
Ab|---2---|
Eb|---0---|

Riff 4
eb|---0---|
Bb|---0---|
Gb|---0---|
Db|---2---|
Ab|---2---|
Eb|---0---|
"I did what I thought was right..."

eb|---3---|
Bb|---0---|
Gb|---0---|
Db|---0---|
Ab|---2---|
Eb|---3---|
"All for the love of my life..."


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

"I know it's sad but..."

eb|---0---|
Bb|---0---|
Gb|---0---|
Db|---2---|
Ab|---2---|
Eb|---0---|
"...true..."

Repeat Riff 4 til distortion kicks in.

After first break, guitar 2 plays this:

eb|---------------------------------0-------------------|
Bb|---8----8--------8----8--------7---7--------8----8---|
Gb|-9---9----9----7---7----7----7-------7----9---9----9-|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------|


End acoustic part


Riff 5 (distortion)

eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------7-----7------------|
Ab|-2-----2----5-----5----5-5-5-5----2-----2-|
Eb|-0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3---------------0-0-0-0-|

* * * * * * * *

Solo

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



eb|--------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------|
Db|-10-9--------2-4-5-/7-5-4--5-4----4---------|
Ab|------9--9\--------------------7----7-5-7~~-|
Eb|--------------------------------------------|

a


eb|------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----10-12-13-12--12-13-12-10--------10-12-13-12-|
Gb|--9--------------------------12---9-------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|



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



eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|--12-10--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------11~--9--12p11p9-11^-11----9----------|
Db|-------------------------------12------7-9---|
Ab|------------------------------------10-----7-|
Eb|---------------------------------------------|


End solo


Riff 5a

eb|-------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------7-----7----7-9-9----|
Ab|-2-----2----5-----5----5-5-5-5----5-7-7--2-|
Eb|-0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----------------------0-|

* * * * * *
"My spirit begins to rise..."

eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------7-----7----7-9-9-----7-9-9----|
Ab|-2-----2----5-----5----5-5-5-5----5-7-7--2--5-7-7--2-|
Eb|-0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----------------------0---------0-|

* * * * * *
"Now all I want is to die..."


Play Riff 5 [song fades out with this]


Outro lead

eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---12-----12-/15-13-12----13-12-10----10-----------------|
Gb|-9------9--------------------------12-------12-11-9----9-|
Db|----------------------------------------------------12---|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------|


This lick is done on the live version, improvise your own, this is close

eb|------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------12-12-|
Gb|-12p11p9--9~\----9-11-12~--12p11p9--9~\----9-11-12-12-|
Db|--------12----12------------------12----12------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|



eb|---------------------------|
Bb|-/10---------------/10-10\-|
Gb|-----12-12--11--12---------|
Db|-------------a-------------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|



eb|--------------------------------------------|
Bb|-/12-12\-/13-13\-/12-12-12~--12h13p12--12~~-|
Gb|-------------------------------------14-----|
Db|--------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------|




notation:
^ = bend [ ^ = half, ^^ = whole, etc. ]
^r = bend and release
x = mute with fret-hand
* = mute with palm-hand
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = tap-on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = harmonics
a = artificial harmonic
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill

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