Chord/Tab song: Vengeance Is Mine

Iced Earth: Vengeance Is Mine
transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
edited by: Stefanos Danakos (slaytanic_gr@yahoo.com)
solo by: Stefanos Danakos (slaytanic_gr@yahoo.com)
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Tuning: Eb
Riff 1
Guitar 1 (Distortion) x4
eb|-----------------------|-----|
Bb|-----------------------|-----|
Gb|-----------------------|-----|
Db|-------------4---------|-----|
Ab|-2-----------2-------3-|--2--|
Eb|-0------0-0-----0-0--1-|--0--|

Guitar 2 (Clean w/ delay)
eb|----------------------------|
Bb|-0--8p0-7p0-5p0-4p0-5p0-7h8-|
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------|
Final note
eb|---0-7p0---0-8p0---0-7p0---0-8p0---0-|------|
Bb|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|--5~--|
Gb|-------------------------------------|------|
Db|-------------------------------------|------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|------|
Lead into next section:
eb|---------|
Bb|---------|
Gb|---------|
Db|---------|
Ab|---3-----|
Eb|-1---1-3-|

Riff 2 (Distortion)
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------3-----|
Eb|-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-1---1-3-|

"Hear now this story..."
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|-------------3------3-----|
Eb|-0-000-0-000-1----1---1-3-|

"...of a man..."
Riff 3
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-3-----3-----3---4-----4-----4---|
Eb|---111---111---1---111---111---1-|

eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-1-----1-----1---3---3-----3-----|
Eb|---111---111---1---1---111---1-3-|

Play Riff 2 "Profane to humanity..."
Riff 4
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-3-----3-----3-3-4-----4-----4-4-|
Eb|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

"For all the young lives..."
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-1-----1-----1---3---3-----------|
Eb|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-111-1-1-1-|

"Fear now you shall obtain..."
Riff 5
Guitar 1
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-3\2-----------------------------|
Eb|-1\0-0-000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-111-1-|

"...is mine..."
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-3\2---------------------------------|
Eb|-1\0-0-000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|

Guitar 2
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|-5--4--------5-4------|
Db|-------5~---------2~~-|
Ab|-------a----------a---|
Eb|----------------------|
Play Riff 4 "For every young one..."
Play Riff 5 "...is mine..."
Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm)
x4 x2
eb|-----------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------|---------------------------------|
Db|-3-----3-----3\2-|-2-----2-----2-----2-------------|
Ab|-3-----3-----3\2-|-2-----2-----2-----2-------------|
Eb|---1-1---1-1-----|---000---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Solo
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-12b13-12-----------12-12b13-12-----------12\-|
Gb|----------10--9--10-------------10--9--10-----|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------|
Last time
eb|---------------------------------------------|------|
Bb|-12--10----------------12--10----------------|------|
Gb|---------12--9\--7--9----------12\--7--9--12-|--9~--|
Db|---------------------------------------------|------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------|------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------|------|
End solo
Riff 7 (Solo Rhythm) x4
eb|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
Db|-----5-----4-----2-----3-----2/3-|-3--------5-------2/3-2/3-|
Ab|-----7-----5-----2-----3-----2/3-|-3--------5-------2/3-2/3-|
Eb|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|---1-111-----3-3----------|

Solo
Guitar 1
eb|-15p12----15p14----19p15-19p15-17-15-------------------|
Bb|-------12-------12-------------------19p15-19p15-15-12-|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
eb|-15p12----15p14----19p15-19p15-17-15-14~-|
Bb|-------12-------12-----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|
eb|-15p12----15p14----19p15-19p15-17-15-------------------|
Bb|-------12-------12-------------------19p15-19p15-15-12-|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
eb|----------------------|
Bb|-12-------14----15----|
Gb|-14b16----16b18-17b19-|
Db|----------------------|
Ab|----------------------|
Eb|----------------------|
Repeat the above, then play:
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|-9----11-12----14-11----12-14-|
Db|------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------|
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|-16-/16----17-19----21-17----19-19\16-|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (Comes in the 2nd time)
eb|-19p15----19p17----24p19-24p19-20-19-------------------|
Bb|-------15-------15-------------------22p19-22p19-19----|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------19-|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
eb|-19p15----19p17----24p19-24p19-20-19-17~-|
Bb|-------15-------15-----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|
eb|-19p15----19p17----24p19-24p19-20-19-------------------|
Bb|-------15-------15-------------------22p19-22p19-19----|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------19-|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
eb|----------------------|
Bb|-15-------17----19----|
Gb|-17b19----19b21-21b23-|
Db|----------------------|
Ab|----------------------|
Eb|----------------------|
eb|-15----17-19----20-17----19-20-|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|
eb|-22----------------------------------|
Bb|----15----17-19----20-17----19-19\15-|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 2 "I shall do..."
Play Riff 4 "For all the young lives..."
Play Riff 5 "...is mine..."
Play Riff 4 "For every young one..."
Play Riff 5 "...is mine..."
Guitar fill over ending chorus:
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-12b13-12-----------12-12b13-12-----------12\-|
Gb|----------10--9--10-------------10--9--10-----|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------|
Last time
eb|---------------------------------------------|------|
Bb|-12--10----------------12--10----------------|------|
Gb|---------12--9\--7--9----------12\--7--9--12-|--9~--|
Db|---------------------------------------------|------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------|------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------|------|
End guitar fill
Play Riff 1
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.
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