Band- Iced Earth
Song- I Died For You
Album- The Dark Saga
Tuning: Eb
Riff 1 (Clean & 12 string acoustic)eb|----------------------------------|Bb|----------------------------------|Gb|-----0-----0-------------0--------|Db|---2-----2------------4-----4---4-|Ab|--------------------5---------5---|Eb|-0-----0--------------------------| "I can't believe..."
Riff 2 (Distortion) eb|------------------------------------|Bb|------------------------------------|Gb|------------------------------------|Db|------5----4-5-------------5----4-4-|Ab|------7----5-7-------------7----5-5-|Eb|-0-00---00------------0-00---00-----| ** ** ** ** "Oh how I love you..."
Play Riff 1 "The pain was just..."
Guitar fills over Riff 1:Guitar 2eb|-----------------------------|Bb|-12--10--8----10--12--10-----|Gb|--------------------------11-|Db|-----------------------------|Ab|-----------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------|
Guitar 3eb|-----------------------------|Bb|-----------------------------|Gb|-12--11--9----11--12--11-----|Db|--------------------------12-|Ab|-----------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------|
Play Riff 2 "Oh how I love you..."
Play Riff 2 Solo Rhythm
At 3:06 Riff 2 changes to this:eb|------------------------------------|Bb|------------------------------------|Gb|------------------------------------|Db|------9----7-9-------------9----7-7-|Ab|------7----5-7-------------7----5-5-|Eb|-0-00---00------------0-00---00-----| ** ** ** **
Song fades out to this rhythm.
Ending Leads:
(Both guitars displayed in entirety sequentially)
Guitar 1eb|---------------------|Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-17~--|Gb|---------------------|Db|---------------------|Ab|---------------------|Eb|---------------------|
eb|------------------------------|Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-15~--13-12-13-|Gb|------------------------------|Db|------------------------------|Ab|------------------------------|Eb|------------------------------|
eb|---------------------|Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-17~--|Gb|---------------------|Db|---------------------|Ab|---------------------|Eb|---------------------|
eb|---------------------------|Bb|-20b22r20-19-20-15~--13-12-|Gb|---------------------------|Db|---------------------------|Ab|---------------------------|Eb|---------------------------|
eb|-15-14-15-12~--15-14--------|Bb|---------------------15-12~-|Gb|----------------------------| -------|Db|----------------------------| |Ab|----------------------------| |Eb|----------------------------| |
|--> Play 4xeb|-14-15-/17-14----------------| |Bb|---------------15------------| |Gb|-------------------14-16-14~-| |Db|-----------------------------| ------|Ab|-----------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------|
eb|-19-000-17-00-19-19-0-20-000-17-00-15-0-|Bb|----------------------------------------|Gb|----------------------------------------| ---|Db|----------------------------------------| |Ab|----------------------------------------| |Eb|----------------------------------------| |
|--> Play tileb|-15\14-14~----15/17----17--15-17-14~-| |--> fade outBb|-------------------------------------| |Gb|-------------------------------------| |Db|-------------------------------------| ------|Ab|-------------------------------------|Eb|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 2eb|-22b24r22-21-22-19~--|Bb|---------------------|Gb|---------------------|Db|---------------------|Ab|---------------------|Eb|---------------------|
eb|-22b24r22-21-22-17~-----------|Bb|---------------------20-19-20-|Gb|------------------------------|Db|------------------------------|Ab|------------------------------|Eb|------------------------------|
eb|-22b24r22-21-22-19~--|Bb|---------------------|Gb|---------------------|Db|---------------------|Ab|---------------------|Eb|---------------------|
eb|-22b24r22-21-22-17~--------|Bb|---------------------20-19-|Gb|---------------------------|Db|---------------------------|Ab|---------------------------|Eb|---------------------------|
eb|-24-22-24-19~--24-21--------|Bb|---------------------20-19~-|Gb|----------------------------| ------|Db|----------------------------| |Ab|----------------------------| |Eb|----------------------------| |
|--> Play 4xeb|-----------------------------| |Bb|-15-17-/19-15--12------------| |Gb|-------------------14-12-11~-| |Db|-----------------------------| -----|Ab|-----------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------|
eb|-7-000-5-00-7-7-0-8-000-5-00-3-0-|Bb|---------------------------------|Gb|---------------------------------| ---|Db|---------------------------------| |Ab|---------------------------------| |Eb|---------------------------------| |
|--> Play tileb|-3\2-2~----3/5--5--5-3-5-2~-| |--> fade outBb|----------------------------| |Gb|----------------------------| |Db|----------------------------| --------|Ab|----------------------------|Eb|----------------------------|
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
