I Died for You Tabs & Lyrics by Iced Earth

I Died for You

guitar tabs lyrics

Iced Earth

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 2
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-12--10--8----10--12--10-----|
Gb|--------------------------11-|
Db|-----------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|

Guitar 3
eb|-----------------------------|
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 1
eb|---------------------|
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 4x
eb|-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 til
eb|-15\14-14~----15/17----17--15-17-14~-| |--> fade out
Bb|-------------------------------------| |
Gb|-------------------------------------| |
Db|-------------------------------------| ------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|


Guitar 2
eb|-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 4x
eb|-----------------------------| |
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 til
eb|-3\2-2~----3/5--5--5-3-5-2~-| |--> fade out
Bb|----------------------------| |
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.
= 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