Iced Earth - Tear Down The Wall guitar tab
Demons & Wizards: Tear Down The Wall
transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
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Date last modified: 01/17/02
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Tuning: Eb
Riff 1 (Play 2.5x)
eb|------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------|
Db|-2----------2-----3---3-2-----------2-----3---3-|
Ab|-0--0-1-1-1-0---0-1---1-0---0-1-1-1-0---0-1---1-|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * *
eb|--------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9----10-10-9-----10-10-10-7-----8--8-7-----8-8-8-|
Ab|-7--7--8--8-7---7--8--8--8-5---5-6--6-5---5-6-6-6-|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------|
* * * *
Play Riff 1 again, then end with just the first bar
Riff 2 (acoustic, except the last two chords, A5, are distorted)
eb|----------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
Gb|-9-7-10--9--7-9----9-7-10--9--7-9-------|
Db|-8-8--8--8--8-7----8-8--8--8--8-7-------|
Ab|-----------------------------------7--7-|
Eb|-----------------------------------5--5-|
"Deep in the void..."
Riff 3 (acoustic)
eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------9------------4------------2--------------|
Db|-7------------7------------5------------3--------------|
Ab|-0-0-000-0000---0-000-0000---0-000-0000---0-000-000000-|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
"I am the only one..."
Riff 4 (distortion)
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|----------------------|
Db|-10--10--7--5---5--3--|
Ab|--8---7--5--3---2--1--|
Eb|----------------------|
"...time now to..."
Riff 5
eb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------9\-------------4\-------------2\---------------|
Db|-2-------------7\-------------5\-------------3\---------------|
Ab|-0--0-000-0000-----0-000-0000-----0-000-0000----0-00-3-2-1111-|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
* *** **** * *** **** * *** **** * ** * * ****
"It all turns to black..."
Play Riff 4 "...dance into the sun..."
Riff 6
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-2----------12/14\12----7/9\7----5/7-|
Ab|-0--0-000-0-10/12\10--0-5/7\5--0-3/5-|
Eb|-------------------------------------|
* *** * * *
"Tear down the wall..."
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------|
Db|---------5/7\5----4/5\4-------|
Ab|-5-555-0-3/5\3--0-2/3\2-0-5/7-|
Eb|--------------------------3/5-|
* *** * * *
"Let silence..."
Play Riff 4 "...wall..."
Play Riff 5 "He can't hold back..."
Play Riff 4 "...time now to take..."
Play Riff 6 "Tear down the wall..."
Play Riff 4 "...wall..."
Riff 4a
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|----------------------|
Db|-14--14-10-10---7--5--|
Ab|-12--10--8--7---5--3--|
Eb|----------------------|
"...wall..."
Riff 7
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------3-2--0-0h2--------------------------------------|
Db|-2-----------3-2--0-0h2--------------------------------------|
Ab|-0-0-000-000------------0-0--8-888-7-777-5-5-3-333-2-222-1-1-|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
* *** *** * * * *** * *** * * * *** * *** * *
"The void seems like..."
Riff 7 ends with this chord
eb|-----|
Bb|-----|
Gb|-----|
Db|--2--|
Ab|--0--|
Eb|-----|
Song ends to Riff 2
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
