Vengeance Is Mine

Iced Earth

tom:
E|-----------------------|-----|
B|-----------------------|-----|
G|-----------------------|-----|
D|-------------4---------|-----|
A|-2------2-2--2--2-2--3-|--2--|
E|-0------0-0-----0-0--1-|--0--|
           * *     * *     

Guitar 2 (Clean)
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-8p0-7p0-5p0-4p0-5p0-7h8-|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
                                        Final note
E|---0-7p0-7p0-8p0-8p0-7p0-7p0-8p0-8p0-|--0--|
B|-0-----------------------------------|-----|
G|-------------------------------------|-----|
D|-------------------------------------|-----|
A|-------------------------------------|-----|
E|-------------------------------------|-----|



Lead into next section:
E|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---3-----|
E|-1---1-3-|
    * * * * 


Riff 2 (Distortion)
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------3-----|
E|-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-1---1-3-|
    * *** * *** * *** * *** * * * * 
   "Hear now this story..."
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-------------3------------|
A|-------------3------3-----|
E|-0-000-0-000-1----1---1-3-|
    * *** * ***      * * * *
   "...of a man..."

Final time:
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-------------3------------|
A|-------------3------3-----|
E|-0-000-0-000-1----1---1-0-|
    * *** * ***      * * * *

Riff 3
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-3-----3-----3---4-----4-----4---|
E|---111---111---1---111---111---1-|
    * *** * *** * * * *** * *** * *
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-1-----1-----1---3---3-----3-----|
E|---111---111---1---1---111---1-3-|
    * *** * *** * * * * * *** * * *


Play Riff 2   "Profane to humanity..."


Riff 4
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-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..."
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-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
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-3-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3----3-3-|
Eb|-1-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-11-1-1-|
        * ** * * * * * * * * * ** * *  
  "...is mine..."
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Eb|-1-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
        * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * 

Guitar 2
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-10--9--5~----10--9--2~-|
A|--------a---------------|
E|------------------------|
       


Play Riff 4   "For every young one..."


Riff 5a
Guitar 1
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-3-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3----3-3-|
Eb|-1-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-11-1-1-|
        * ** * * * * * * * * * ** * *  
  "...is mine..."
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-3-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-----|
E|-1-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1---1-0-|
        * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

Guitar 2
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-10--9--5~----10--9--2~-|
A|--------a------------a--|
E|------------------------|



Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm)
                   x3
E|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-3-----3-----3-3-|-3-----3-----3---|
A|-3-----3-----3-3-|-3-----3-----3---|
E|---1-1---1-1-----|---1-1---1-1---1-|
      * *   * *         * *   * *   *
                                   x2
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|
A|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|---000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
      ***   * *   * *   * * * * * *


Solo
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-16b17-16~---------------16-16b17-16~---------------16\-|
D|------------15--14~--15----------------15--14~--15------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12--10-------------------12--10----------------------|
G|---------12\9--9\7--7--9----------12\7--7/9--9-(9)/12-|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-16b17-16~---------------16-16b17-16~---------------16\-|
D|------------15--14~--15----------------15--14~--15------|
A|----------------------a---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12--10-------------------12--10---------------------------|
G|---------12\9--9\7--7--9-------a--12\7--7/9--9-(9)/12\9-9~-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

End solo


Riff 7 (Solo Rhythm)               x3
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----5-----4-----2-----3-----2/3-|
A|-----7-----5-----2-----3-----2/3-|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|
    * *   * *   * *   * *   * *
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----5-----4-----2-----3-----2---|
A|-----7-----5-----2-----3-----2---|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|
    * *   * *   * *   * *   * *   *
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-3----------5--------2/3-2/3-|
A|-3----------5--------2/3-2/3-|
E|------1-111------3-0---------|
         * ***      * *

Final time:
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-3----------5----5-----------|
A|-3----------5----5-----3-----|
E|------1-111--------0-1---1-3-|
         * ***          * * * *


Solo
Guitar 1
E|-15p12----15p14----15h19p15h19-17-15----------------------|
B|-------12-------12-------------------19-15h19p15h19-17-15-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-15p12----15p14----15h19p15h19-17-15-14~--(14)\-|
B|-------12-------12------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

E|-15p12----15p14----15h19p15h19-17-15-----------------------|
B|-------12-------12-------------------19-15h19p15h19-17-15\-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-7----------8-----10-----|
B|-10b12~----11b13--13b15~-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

Repeat the above, then play:

E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-9~----11-12~----/14-11~----12-14~-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------|
B|------12~----13-15~---/17-13~---/15-12~-|
G|-/16\-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|


Guitar 2 (Comes in the 2nd time)
E|-19p15----19p17----19h22p19h22-20-19----------------------|
B|-------15-------15-------------------22-19h22p19h22-20-19-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-19p15----19p17----19h22p19h22-20-19-17~--(17)\-|
B|-------15-------15------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

E|-19p15----19p17----19h22p19h22-20-19-----------------------|
B|-------15-------15-------------------22-19h22p19h22-20-19\-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-10--------12-----14-----|
B|-13b15~----15b17--17b19~-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

E|-15~----17-19~----/20-17~----19-20~-|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

E|-/22-------------------------------------|
B|------15~----17-19~---/20-17~----/19-15~-|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

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:
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-16b17-16~---------------16-16b17-16~---------------16\-|
D|------------15--14~--15----------------15--14~--15------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12--10-------------------12--10----------------------|
G|---------12\9--9\7--7--9----------12\7--7/9--9-(9)/12-|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-16b17-16~---------------16-16b17-16~---------------16\-|
D|------------15--14~--15----------------15--14~--15------|
A|----------------------a---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12--10-------------------12--10---------------------------|
G|---------12\9--9\7--7--9-------a--12\7--7/9--9-(9)/12\9-9~-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

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.
{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