Shooting Star

Iced Earth

Tom: A

Tuning: Eb

Riff 1 (Acoustic)
Guitar 1

eb|--------------------------------0----|
Bb|-----0--------0--------0----------0--|
Gb|---2---2-1------1-0------0-2---------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-0---------0--------0--------0-------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|


Guitar 2

eb|-----0--------0--------0--------0----|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-2---------1--------0--------2-------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|



Riff 2 (Distortion):

eb|--------------------|
Bb|--------------------|
Gb|--------------------|
Db|--0---2-------0---2-|
Ab|--0---2-------0---2-|
Eb|--------------------|
   "Don't ya know..."



Play Riff 1  "Johnny told his momma..."


Riff 2a (Distortion)

eb|--------------------|
Bb|--------------------|
Gb|--------------------|
Db|--0---2-------0---2-|
Ab|--0---2-------0---2-|
Eb|-----------00-------|
              **

   "Don't ya know..."



Riff 3
eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------|
Db|--0----7----\2-------0---2-|
Ab|--0----7----\2-------0---2-|
Eb|------------------00-------|

                     **

   "Don't you know..."
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|--0----7----5----0----2-------0---2-|
Ab|--0----7----5----0----2-------0---2-|
Eb|---------------------------00-------|

                              **
   "And all the world will love you..."


Play Riff 1   "Johnny made a record..."
Play Riff 2   "Don't ya know..."
Play Riff 3   "Don't you know..."


Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)                   x3

eb|-------------------------------------|-------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|-------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|-------------|
Db|--4----2----4--4-4-4---4--4-4-4------|--4------9---|
Ab|--4----2----2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2----0-|--4------7---|
Eb|-------------------------------------|-------------|
               *  * *     *  * * 


Play Riff 3  "Don't you know..."
Play Riff 1  "Johnny died one night..."
Play Riff 2  "Whoa..."
Play Riff 3  "Don't you know..."

Riff 3a


e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--0----7----\2\---------0-2\-------------|
A|--0----7----\2\---------0-2\-------------|
E|----------------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-|
                  * * * *      * * * * * * 

   "Don't you know..."




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