Reaching the End Tabs & Lyrics by Iced Earth

Reaching the End

guitar tabs lyrics

Iced Earth

Band- Iced Earth
Song- Reaching The End
Album- Night Of The Stormrider

Tuning: Eb

Entire song is played with 6 string acoustics.

Riff 1 x4
eb|---------7---------------7-------|

Bb|-------0---0-----------0---0-----|
Gb|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
Db|---5---------------5-------------|
Ab|-7-------------7-6-------------6-|
Eb|---------------------------------|


Riff 2
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6---|
Db|---4---4-----4-----4-----4-----4-|
Ab|-5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----|
Eb|---------------------------------|
"Now I feel..."
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6---|
Db|---4---4-----4-----4-----4-----4-|
Ab|-5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----|
Eb|---------------------------------|
"...reached the end..."
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----5-----5-----4-----0-----0---|
Db|---2---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
Ab|-3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----|
Eb|---------------------------------|
"...end of my quest..."
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----5-----5-----4-----0-----0---|
Db|---2-----2---2-----2-----2-----2-|
Ab|-3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----|
Eb|---------------------------------|
"...close at hand..."

Riff 3
Guitar 1
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|-----2-----2-------2---/5--4--|
Db|---2---2-----2---3---3--------|
Ab|-0-------0-----0--------------|
Eb|------------------------------|
"I've reached the end..."

Guitar 2
eb|-----------------------1/3--1--0-|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----2-----2-------2-------------|
Db|---2---2-----2---3---3-----------|
Ab|-0-------0-----0-----------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|

Play Riff 2 "And as my life..."
Play Riff 3 "I've reached the end..."

Ending
eb|---------|
Bb|---------|
Gb|-----2---|
Db|---2---2-|
Ab|-0-------|
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