Transcribed by: Konstantin Radchenko
e-mail: kostarv@yahoo.com
Date: Thursday, 23 Aug 2001 15:59:27 - Thursday, 30 Aug 2001 19:00:31
Band: ICED EARTH
Composition: Something Wicked (Trilogy), including the following
songs: Prophecy, Birth of the Wicked, the Coming Curse...
Music & Lyrics in all songs by Jon Schaffer
Century Media Records 1998/ Century Media Records 1999
Album: Something Wicked This Way Comes/Alive in Athens ...(by the way, for
transcribing the songs I’ve been using the same from Alive in
Athens... all the songs are the same, but it’s easier to transcribe live
versions... so, here must be some differencies, between the live songs and the
originals, but remember: these are the live versions!! Enjoy!)
All guitars tuned 1/2 step down (of course)
Gtr 1 ... Jon Schaffer
Gtr 2 ... Larry Tarnowski
*** PROPHECY ***
Intro
Riff A (clean electric)
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 x2 x2
||--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
||*----------6------5----3------3------3-----*|*----------6------5-----3------3------3----*||
||-----2--------------------------------------|-----3--------------------------------------||
||---0---0-----0-0----0----0-0----0-0----0----|---0---0-----0-0-----0----0-0----0-0-----0--||
||*------------------------------------------*|*------------------------------------------*||
||--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
repeat Riff A three times...
vocals over the Riff A:
___ I can see clearly now, a painful vision indeed ___
___ An attack on hallowed ground, from high above ___
___ Alien to us, the species known as man ___
___ A serious threat, in the eyes of _________________
Riff B
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (distortion) x2
____the Elder __ __ So heed my warning __ before our own existence __ falls near extinct ___
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||*--/3-(3)------------3/5--3—-1-(1)--------1/3--1------------------------------------------*||
||----------------------------------------------------3-(3)----------3/5—-3—---2-(2)---------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
vocals over Riff B:
___ Our culture is lost in ancient mystery,
___ covered in the sands of time _________________
Riff C
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (clean electric)
1. ___ A sacred few survive the massacre this night ___ x2
2. ___ In secret they will meet a new society _____________ * - distortion, of course
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||*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------*-------*--------||
||---7-----5-----8-----5-----7—---7-----7-----5-----8-----5-----7---7------3-(3)---5-(5)----||
||*----0-0---0-0—--0-0---0-0---0---0------0-0---0-0—--0-0---0-0---0---0----3—(3)---5—(5)---*||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------1—(1)---3—(3)----||
Riff A (again) x2
___ Ten thousand years from now, a child will be born ___
___ I've seen the vision, the writing on the wall ___
___ He'll walk the Earth, two thousand years or more ___
___ Paving the way, for mankind's _________________
Riff B x2
________________ fall ___
___ So there is hope you see, but we must act with great speed ___
___ Assemble the chosen, the ones to lead, and morph them in the likeness of man ____
Riff C x2
___ Oppressed for centuries, await the prophecy ___
___ The child will set us free, reclaim it rightfully ___
Riff D
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||----7-----7----7-----7-----------1------------------------------------||
||----7-----7----7-----7-----------1-------------5---3---5-----6-5-3----||
||----5-555-5----5-555-5-----3-333-3----3-333-3----3---3----3-----------||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m. ... ... . ... . ... . . . .
And here’s the speedy part!!!!!!
Pre - Verse 1
Riff E x2
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 A.H. A.H.
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------*-*-*--------------------------*-*-*-----|
||------------7—-5---7------5-7-8\-------------7--5---7----5-7-8\----|
||*--5-555-5---5---5-----5-----------5-555-5----5---5----5-----------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m. . ... . . . . . ... . . . .
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 A.H. A.H.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|--------------------------*-*-*---------------------------*-*-*----||
|-------------5—-3--5------6-5-3~------------5--3---5------6-5-3~---||
|----3-333-3---3--3----3-----------3-333-3----3---3-----3----------*||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m. . ... . . . . . ... . . . .
note: * - are the artificial harmonics, but they are played not
everywhere (here)... sometimes they appears, sometimes not, so listen to the song...
... then comes the Verse...
Verse 1
Riff F
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 x2
1. ____ We'll take their identity and live among them free ____
2. ____ We'll build the perfect beast _ with the knowledge that they seek ____
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
||*---------------------------------------------------------------|
||----7-----7----7-(7)-----8—-5------7-----7----7—(7)-----8--5----|
||----7-----7----7—(7)-----8--5------7-----7----7—(7)-----8--5----|
||*---5-555-5-55-5—(5)-----6--3------5-555-5-55-5-(5)-----6--3----|
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m. ... .. ... ..
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
____ All the while______ plotting events that mold their history __
___ If it takes ten thousand years ____ we never will retreat ________
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|---10----10----------------8-----8--------------7-----7----7-(7)-----8--5---||
|---10----10----------------8-----8--------------7-----7----7—(7)-----8--5---||
|---8-888-8---8-8h10p8-6----6-666-6--6-6h8p6-5---5-555-5-55-5—(5)-----6--3--*||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m. ... ... ... ..
Pre - Verse 2
Riff G x2
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 A.H. A.H.
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------*-*-*------------------------------*-*-*------|
||---------7-----5-----7------5-7-8\----------7-----5-----7------8-7-5\-----|
||*--5-555---555---555---555------------5-555---555---555---55+-------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m. . ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... ...
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 A.H. A.H.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|-----------------------------*-*-*------------------------------*-*-*-----||
|-----------5-----3-----5-----6-5-3~----------5-----3-----5------6-5-3~----||
|----3-333----333---33+---33+-----------3-333---33+---33+---33+-----------*||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m. . ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... ...
note: with the harmonics the same thing as before, listen to the song...
+ sometimes (especially in Athens) they strike 3 times, sometimes 2 ...
Solo
Riff H
Gtr 2 ...sorry, I’m not sure about this one... too fast to catch...
||----------------10-11-13-14-15-17-18-17-12-11--------------------------|
||----10-11-13-14-------------------------------11~--11h13p11p10-(10)~~--|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
note: during the solo, the first guitar plays the Verse Riff F, two times...
Gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------/10\8\6-6---8-5—-5/6/8-(8)~\6-6\3-3~--5p3-5/6-6/8-8/10-10/11-13fb-13-11-10-(10)~-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17-18-15-18--17-18-13-18--17-18-15-18--17-18-13-18—-17-18-17-15-13-10-13-15-17-20-18-17-15-13—10-13--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2 ...faster...
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---20-18-17-17—-18-17-17-17-20-17-17-17-21-18-17-17—---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2 ...more faster!
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--18-17-17-17-20-17-17-17-21-17-17-17-20-17-17-17-18-17-17-17-20-17-17-17---/22-22-22fbr-22—22\--------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
note: fbr – full bend + release
Riff G x2
Verse 2
Riff I
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 x2
1. ____ Assassins we will be, through human history ____
2. ____ Disciples of the Watch, prepare the coming curse____
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----7-----7----7----7-----8—8-5-----7-----7----7—---7-----8-8-5----|
||----7-----7----7—---7-----8-8-5-----7-----7----7—---7-----8-8-5----|
||*---5-555-5-55-5—55-5-55--6-6-3-----5-555-5-55-5-55-5-55--6-6-3----|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. ..
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
____ Jesus Christ to Kennedy, the Domino Decree__
___ If it takes ten thousand years ____ we never will retreat ________
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|---10----10----------------8-----8--------------7-----7----7----7-----8-8-5---||
|---10----10----------------8-----8--------------7-----7----7—---7-----8-8-5---||
|---8-888-8--88-8h10p8\6----6-666-6-66-6h8p6\5---5-555-5-55-5—55-5-55--6-6-3--*||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ..
Fill
Gtr (both, I think) clean electric
||-------------||
||-------------||
||-------------||
||-------------||
||----5-(5)----||
||-------------||
Some kind of interlude
Riff J
Gtr 2
||----5-(5)~~---5h6p5-(5)~~---5—6-(6)~~----6h8p6-(8)~---6/8-8-8-8fbr-8-6—5-(5)~~---------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
note: Jon plays Riff A two times, Larry plays lead
note: fbr – full bend + release
Gtr 2
|------5h6p5-(5)~~---(5)\1/5-6-(6)~~----6h8p6-(6)~~-----------5-7-8-10—12-13-12-10-8-7--------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------5-7-8-------------------------10-8-7-5-3----||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Ending
Riff K
Gtr 2
___ And so, our world is doomed, we'll lay claim again some day ___
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---/3-(3)------------3/5--3—-1-(1)--------1/3--1-------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------3-(3)----------3/5—-3—-2-(2)------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2
___ There is hope, in the birth of one ________ ____ so many centuries away ___________
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---/3-(3)------------3/5--3—-1-(1)---------------1/3--1------------------------6—8-6-5-(5)----||
|---------------------------------------------------------3-(3)---------3/5—-3—----------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
note: this riff is almost similar with the Riff B, only the ending’s different...
Jon plays Riff B two tomes, Larry plays Riff K...
Riff L (clean electric)
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
||------------------1—(1)------||
||------------------3—(3)------||
||------------------2—(2)------||
||----7—-5—-3--2----0—(0)------||
||------------------0—(0)------||
||------------------0-(0)------||
effects... clocks are ticking... the Wicked One is getting birthed...
*** BIRTH OF THE WICKED ***
Intro
Riff A
Gtr 1 x2
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
||------------7-7--------------8-(8)----------------10-10------------8-(8)-----|
||------------7-7--------------8-(8)----------------10-10------------8—(8)-----|
||*-----5-555-5-5------5-6-666-6-(6)---------8-888--8--8----8-6-666--6—(6)----*|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m. . ... . . ... . ... . . ... |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*----6h8p6-3—4~3~--3-3h4p3-1-3-(3)~~~-----3-3h4p3-1-3-1~--1-1h3p1-----------*|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------3-3-(3)~--|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 x2
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|----------7----------------8----------------10----------------8---------------||
|----------7----------------8----------------10----------------8—--------------||
|*---5-555-5-5-5-5-5--6-666-6-6-6-6-6--8-888--8-8-8-8-8--6-666-6—6-6-6-6------*||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|p.m.. ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|*----6h8p6-3—4~3~--3-3h4p3-1-3-(3)~~~-----3-3h4p3-1-3-1~--1-1h3p1------------*||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------3-3-(3)~---||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Verse
Riff B
Gtr 1
___ Daylight breaks hard ____ on sacred ground _____________
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------3~---4~---6~---4~----3\1---4p3--1—3-(3)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
___ For centuries we've questioned them of His birth ___
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3-----5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m.. ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3~---4~---6~---4~----3\1---4p3--1—3-(3)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
___ But in this hour, on this day ______ ________ The Elder knew____
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|---------------7---7------------8---8----------|------------------------------------------------||
|---------------7---7------------8---8----------|------------------------------------------------||
|--------5-555--5---5-----6-666--6---6----------|-------5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3----------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
| p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|---------7-5-4-5~----------5-3-2-3~------------|--3-5-1-2-(2)~~~--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
Riff B (Verse continues)
___ Years of madness must now subdue ___
___ Order must be enforced to hide the truth ___
___ Cause on this day, in this hour it's coming true ___
Chorus (without vocals)
Riff C
Gtr 1
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---7-----7-----7-----7-----77777-----7-----7-----7-----77775------|
||---7-----7-----7-----7-----77777-----7-----7-----7-----77775------|
||---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55555-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55553------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--/3-(3)~---------------6~-5~-1~-3-(3)~----------6~-5~-6~—5-(5)~~-|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5-----5-----5-----5555------------------------8888--------|
|---------5-----5-----5-----55558-----8-----8-----8-----8888--------|
|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-33338-----8-----8-----8-----6666--------|
|-------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------|
|p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---(5)~~---------------6~-5~-6~-3~~-------3~---6~-------~-5~~------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7-----7-----7-----7-----77777-----7-----7-----7-----77775------|
|----7-----7-----7-----7-----77777-----7-----7-----7-----77775------|
|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55555-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55553------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|---0—(0)-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-(3)~----------------6~-5~-1~-3-(3)~----------6~-5~-6~—5-(5)~~-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------5-----5-----5-----5555------------------------8888-------||
|---------5-----5-----5-----55558-----8-----8-----8-----8888-------||
|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-33338-----8-----8-----8-----6666-------||
|-------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------||
|p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|---(5)~~---------------6~-5~-6~-3~~-------3~---6~-------~-5~~-----||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
Verse
Riff B x2
___ Child of the wicked and an ancient man ___
___ Baptized in black magic, their master plan ___
___ Born of the Watch, his prophecy, by their command ___
___ Conceived of the Beast and in stars above ___
___ We’ll shape and guide him with undying love ___
___ Born of the Watch, through sands of time, by their command ___
Chorus
Riff C
___ So, behold the birth, the wicked child ___
___ Born of the Beast, in eastern sands ___
___ He will arise, He will divide ___
___ He has the power to bring the end ___
pre - solo
Riff D
Gtr 1 * - A.H. x2
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||----------------------------------------------------------------*-*-*---||
||----------------------------------------------------------------1-2-1~--||
||*----5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---5-555-5-555-555--5-6-5-3--------*||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . . ... . ... ... . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Solo
Riff E
Gtr 1 * - A.H.
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------*-*-*---|
||----------------------------------------------------------------1-2-1~--|
||-----5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---5-555-5-555-555--5-6-5-3---------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . . ... . ... ... . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
||-------------------------5-—6—-8-—10—5h6p5-(5)~-------------------------|
||----/3-(3)~----3-—4--6--------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------7h9p7-(7)~----------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
note: fbr – full bend + release
Gtr 1 * - A.H.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------*-*-*---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------1-2-1~--|
|------5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---5-555-5-555-555--5-6-5-3---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . . ... . ... ... . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|-----/10-(10)~~--10-10/11-11-11/13-13-13p15-13-11-10-10-(10)-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------10-(10)--10-11-10\--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------7---7------------8---8----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------7---7------------8---8----------------------------------------------------|
|--------5-555--5---5-----6-666--6---6----------5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------/8-----10--------11-----13—---15---16-----15----13-—-15---(15)~~-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 * - A.H.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------*-*-*-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------1-2-1~------------------------------------|
|------5-555-5-555-555--5-6-5-3---------5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m. . ... . ... ... . . . . . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------(15)-15-16-15-(15)~------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------14-15-14-(14)~---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------12-13-12-(12)~--12fbr-(12)~~---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 * - A.H.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------*-*-*--------------7---7-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------1-2-1~-------------7---7-----------------------------------|
|-----5-555-5-555-555--5-6-5-3-------------5-555--5---5-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m. . ... . ... ... . . . . . ... |
| |
|Gtr 2 ...and here goes something really wicked!! :)
|--------------17---17--------------------15-16-17-16-15-15-15-17-16-15-15-15-17-16-15----|
|-----------17---17----19-20-19h20p19-15--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12-13-16-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I don’t know for sure, how to play this fastest part,
but I think, it goes something like this...
Gtr 1
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------8---8------------------------------------------|
|----------8---8------------------------------------------|
|----6-666-6---6------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m.. ... |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|---18-17-15-15-15-18-17-15-15-15-18-17-15-19-17-15-15----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-7-7---------------|
|----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-7-7---------------|
|----5-555-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
| p.m. ... . . . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|----17p15p14—17-15-14---------------------------|
|----------------------15/16-16-(16)—16-15-(15)~-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------7-----7----------------8------8---------7-----7-------------------------|
|---------------------7-----7----------------8------8---------7-----7-------------------------|
|-------------5-555---5-----5---------6-666--6------6---------5-555-5-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| p.m. . ... . ... ... |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|----18-17-15-15--17-14-14-14-18-14-14-14-18-17-15-15--17-14-14-14-18-14-14-14-18-17-15-15----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-----------7-----7-----7-7-7----||
|-----------7-----7-----7-7-7----||
|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
|--------------------------------||
| p.m. . . . . . . |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|-------/18-(18)~--18h19h18p17\--||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
Riff A (only one time each part)
Riff B (Verse)
___ It's up to us now to seal his fate ___
___ Marked with the proper math the child's none to late ___
___ Blessed by the Beast, our Chosen One was born this day ___
___ He'll rise from the ashes of our dying race ___
___ Manipulate history, time and space ___
___ The Elder, Men of the Watch, professed this day ___
Riff C (Chorus) x2
___ So, behold the birth, the wicked child ___
___ Born of the Beast, in eastern sands ___
___ He will arise, He will divide ___
___ He has the power to bring the end ___
___ Behold the birth, the wicked child ___
___ Born of the Beast, in eastern sands ___
___ He will arise, He will divide ___
___ He has the power to bring the end ___
Riff A (only one time each part)
Ending
Gtr 1
||----------------------||
||----------------------||
||------5---7\----------||
||------5---7\----------||
||------3---5\----------||
||----------------------||
| |
|Gtr 2 |
||-----------------------|
||----------------------||
||------5--—7\----------||
||----------------------||
||----------------------||
||----------------------||
... then Rick Risberg finishes with the piano solo ... and the Coming Curse starts!!
*** THE COMING CURSE ***
Intro
Riff A1 (the main riff)
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 x2
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*--------7-777-------8-----8-7-5-5-------5-777-------------------------*||
||---5-555-------5-555---555---------8-888--------5-555-5-555-555-555-----||
p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . . ... . ... . ... . ... ... ...
Riff A2
Gtr 1 Gtr 2 x2
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---5-----5-----8-----8-----10--8----8-7-5-7-----7-----7-----7-7-7-7-----||
||*--5-----5-----8-----8-----10--8----8-7-5-7-----7-----7-----7-7-7-7----*||
||---3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6—8-8-6-6--6-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----||
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Verse 1
Riff A1 x2
___ I walk the Earth just as they planned ___
___ Baptized in fire for my ancient land ___
Riff A2 x2
___ The coming curse, your anti-Christ, I am the Watcher's eye ___
___ I vindicate and cleanse the Earth of all mankind ___
Verse 2
Riff A1 x2
___ For many years, I've walked among you ___
___ Through the folds of time and space ___
Riff A2 x2
___ Kingdoms fall, leaders die, as I see fit ___
___ I devour souls of those that pose a threat ___
Chorus
Riff B
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
____ I walk the Earth another day ______ The wicked one that comes this way ___
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----7---7—(7)----------7--10-—10\8-8-(8)-------8\5-5-----5----5--8—-8\7---7-(7)------|
||----7---7—(7)----------7--10—-10\8-8-(8)-------8\5-5-----5----5--8—-8\7---7—(7)------|
||----5-5-5-(5)----------5--8----8\6-8-(6)-------6\3-3-3-3-3----3--6—-6\5---5—(5)------|
p.m. . . .
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
____ Savior to my own ____ devil to some ________ Mankind falls, something wicked comes ___
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----7—----7-(7)----------7--10-—10\8-8-(8)-------8\5-5-----5----5--8—-8\7---7-(7)----||
|-----7—----7-(7)----------7--10—-10\8-8-(8)-------8\5-5-----5----5--8—-8\7---7—(7)----||
|-----5-5-5-5-(5)----------5--8----8\6-8-(6)-------6\3-3-3-3-3----3--6—-6\5---5—(5)----||
p.m. . . . .
Verse 3
Riff A1 x2
___ I bide my time planning your fate ___
___ With bated breath, The Elder wait ___
Riff A2 x2
___ The coming curse, your anti-Christ, I am the Watcher's eye ___
___ For your crimes on our kind you all will die ___
Chorus
Riff B
___ I walk the Earth another day ___
___ The wicked one that comes this way ___
___ Savior to my own, devil to some ___
___ Mankind falls, something wicked comes ___
Solo riff
Riff C1
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 x2
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*---------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*--------7-777----------------------------8-888-----------------------*||
||---5-555-------5-555-5-555-555-555-—5-555-------5-555-5-555-555-555----||
p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... ... ... . ... . ... . ... . ... ... ...
Riff C2
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 x2
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*---------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*--------5-555----------------------------6-666-----------------------*||
||---3-333-------3-333-3-333-333-333-—3-333-------3-333-3-333-333-333----||
p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... ... ... . ... . ... . ... . ... ... ...
Solo
Riff D
Gtr 2
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----5-6—10-(10)~~---5-6-8--6--5—5h6-5-(5)~\3-(3)~h5p4p3-2~~--------3-5-3------2~--------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------2-3-6--------2-3-----------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
During the solo, Jon plays Riff C1 two times and Riff C2 two times too...
Gtr 2 Oh, fuck! Hey, I don’t really know how to play this fast part... but I’ve figured smth here...
...of course, It’s wrong... well, anyway, here it is... But if you have any ideas, pls contact me!
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-5-4-3-2-2-3-4-6-5-4-3-3-4-5-7-6-5-4-4-3-4-6-5-4-3-3—2-3-5-4-3-2-2-3-3h5-3-2----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------2\-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2
|-----------------------------------------------10-----------------------------------------|
|--------3-5-6-5-3—3/10-10-11-10\---------10-11----10—10-11-12-10h11p10-10-10~-------------|
|---/2-2-----------------------------/9-9--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2 A.H.
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------*---*----*-----------------------------|
|---9-000-7-000-6-000-4-000-7-000-6-000-4-000-2000—-7~~-10~~-7~~--------3—3---5------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The aftersolo riff
Riff E
Gtr 1
||----------5-(5)------------------5—(5)-----------------5-(5)------------------5-(5)--|
||----------5—(5)------------------5-(5)-----------------5-(5)------------------5-(5)--|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---7-(7)---------5-7-8--8\7—(7)----------------7-(7)----------5-7-8--8\7—(7)---------|
||---7—(7)---------5-7-8--8\7—(7)----------------7—(7)----------5-7-8--8\7—(7)---------|
||---5—(5)---------3-5-6--6\5-(5)----------------5—(5)----------3-5-6--6\5-(5)---------|
| |
| |
|Gtr 2 |
|-------------------------------------------||-----------5-(5)------------------5—(5)--|
|-------------------------------------------||-----------5—(5)------------------5-(5)--|
|----2-(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------||-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------||---7-(7)----------5-7-8--8\7—(7)---------|
|---------------------------------------\x--||---7—(7)----------5-7-8--8\7—(7)---------|
|---------------------------------------\x--||---5—(5)----------3-5-6--6\5-(5)---------|
pick slide (rake)
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 x2
|-----------|---------2-(2)------------------2—(2)--|----------------||
|-----------|*--------2—(2)------------------2-(2)-*|----------------||
|-----------|---------------------------------------|----------------||
|----8-7-5--|--4-(4)---------2-4-5--5\4—(4)---------|----------------||
|----8-7-5--|*-4-(4)---------2-5-5--5\4—(4)--------*|---2-4-5-7------||
|----6-5-3--|--2-(2)---------0-2-3--3\2-(2)---------|---0-2-3-5------||
p.m. . . . .
Riff F
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--7--7-7-7--7-7-7—-7-7-5-7-8—-8--7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7—-7-7-5-7-8—-8--7-7--7-7-7---|
||--5--5-5-5--5-5-5—-5-5-3-5-6--6--5-5—-5-5-5—-5-5-5—-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5—-5-5-3-5-6--6--5-5—-5-5-5—--|
p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7-----7-5--4--4-4-4--4-4-4—-4-4-2-4-5—-5--4-4—-4-4-4—-4-4-4--4-4-4---|
|----5-555-5-3--2--2-2-2--2-2-2—-2-2-0-2-3--3--2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---|
p.m. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|----4-4-4--4-4-4—-4-4-2-4-5—-5--4-4—-4-4-4—-4-5-8-7-5---||
|----2-2-2--2-2-2—-2-2-0-2-3--3--2-2--2-2-2--2-3-6-5-3---||
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff G
Gtr 2 A.H.
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------*--*--*-----------|
||-----7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-10-9---7-9---7-9-10-9---14-15-14-(14)~\----|
||---7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------7-----7-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jon plays Riff F, Larry plays lead...
Gtr 2 A.H.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------*--*--*-----------|
|------7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-10-9---7-9---7-9-10-9---19-13-14-(14)~\----|
|----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------7-----7-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gtr 2 A.H. x2
|--------------------------------------------------------*--*--*-----------||
|*-------------------------------------------------------7~-6~-5~---------*||
|------4-6---4-6---4-6---4-6---4-7-6----4-6---4-6-7-6-------------6~\------||
|----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--------4-----4------------------------------||
|*------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fill 1
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (clean electric)
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||---0-(0)------------------||
||--------------------------||
Clean part
Riff H
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (clean electric) x2
||------------------------------------------------|
||*--------6-------------------------------------*|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||*--7-------------5-----7-------7-------7-------*|
||-5---5------5-5-----5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-----|
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (clean electric) x2
|------------------------------------------------||
|*--------4-------------------------------------*||
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|*--5-------------3-----5-------5-------5-------*||
|-3---3------3-3-----3-----3-3-----3-3-----3-----||
play Riff H three times...
___ Fo_______rged in the sacred flames ___
____On the sixth day _________________________
____Of the sixth month ___
___ In the sixth
Riff I
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (switch to drive)
hour _____ x4 x4
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
||*-------------------------*|*------------------------*||
||-----9----9-9-10----7-9----|-----7----7-7-8----5-7----||
||---7---7----------7--------|---5---5---------5--------||
||*-------------------------*|*------------------------*||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
play Riff I two times...
Riff J
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
___ I am your anti-Christ, I will destroy mankind
(I am your anti-Christ) (I will destroy
||-----------5—(5)-----------------5—(5)--------5—(5)-----------------5—(5)--------|
||-----------5-(5)-----------------5-(5)--------5—(5)-----------------5—(5)--------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----7-(7)-------7-8-—8\7--7-(7)--------7-(7)-------7-8-—8\7--7-(7)---------------|
||----7—(7)-------7-8-—8\7—-7-(7)--------7-(7)-------7-8-—8\7--7-(7)---------------|
||----5—(5)-------5-6-—6\5—-5-(5)--------5—(5)-------5-6-—6\5—-5-(5)---------------|
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
___ Born of the beast ____ and flames I will devour, I will divide _______________
mankind) (and flames) (I will devour, I will divide ________________)
|------------3—(3)----------------3—(3)---------------5—(5)-------------------5—(5)--------||
|------------3-(3)----------------3-(3)---------------5—(5)-------------------5—(5)--------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----5-(7)-------------—8\5-(5)---------5-8—-8-7-(7)--------7--8—--8-7-(7)----------------||
|-----5—(7)-------------—8\5—(5)---------5-8—-8-7-(7)--------7--8—--8-7-(7)----------------||
|-----3—(5)-------------—6\3—(3)---------3-6—-6-5-(5)--------5--6—--6-5-(5)----------------||
repeat Riff A1 x2
and Riff A2 x2
Verse 4
Riff A1 x2
___ Hellfire rages in my eyes ___
___ Blood will fall like rain this night ___
Riff A2 x2
___ The coming curse, the anti-Christ, I am the Watcher's eye ___
___ I vindicate and cleanse the Earth of all mankind ___
Chorus x2
Riff B x2
___ I walk the Earth another day ___
___ The wicked one that comes this way ___
___ Savior to my own, devil to some ___
___ Mankind falls, something wicked comes ___
Ending
Riff K
Gtr 2 lead x2
||------------------------------------------------------------|
||*--------------10-(10)~~--10-(10)~---9h10p9p7-9—6-5-(5)~~--*|
||------------------------------------------------------------|
||----/7-(7)--------------7-----------------------------------|
||*----------------------------------------------------------*|
||------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 plays Riff C1, Riff C2, Riff C1, Riff C2...
Gtr 2 lead x2
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|*--------------8-(8)~~----8-(8)~-----7h8p7p5-7—4-3-(3)~~---*||
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|----/5-(5)-------------5------------------------------------||
|*----------------------------------------------------------*||
|------------------------------------------------------------||
play Riff K two times...
The very ending
Riff L
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 x2 x2
||-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
||*-----------------------------------------*|*-----------------------------------------*|
||---2-----9—(9)-9\----2-----10-(10)-10\-----|----2-----7-(7)-7\-----2-----8-(8)-8\------|
||---2-----9—(9)-9\----2-----10—(10)-10\-----|----2-----7-(7)-7\-----2-----8—(8)-8\------|
||*--0-0-0-7-(7)-7\----0-0-0--8—-(8)--8\----*|*---0-0-0-5-(5)-5\-----0-0-0-6—(6)-6\-----*|
||-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 x2
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------*|---------------------------------------|
|----2-----9—(9)\----2-----10-(10)\-----|----2-----7-(7)\-----2-----8-(8)-------|
|----2-----9—(9)\----2-----10—(10)\-----|----2-----7-(7)\-----2-----8—(8)-------|
|*---0-0-0-7-(7)\----0-0-0--8—-(8)\----*|----0-0-0-5-(5)\-----0-0-0-6—(6)-------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|----2-----7-(7)-----2-----8-(8)------------2-(2)------||
|----2-----7—(7)-----2-----8—(8)------------2—(2)------||
|----0-0-0-5—(5)-----0-0-0-6—(6)------------0—(0)------||
|------------------------------------0-0-0-------------||
p.m. . . . . . . . . .
MORE LATIN!!
Latin fading out..............
THE END
Oh, FUCK!! At LAST!!!!!!!!!
So, boys and girls, how do you like it?
Hey, don’t thank me, thank Jon! ... but anyway, remember:
...If you have any comments, corrections, missing parts (‘cause the tab isn’t that correct... :) )
or you just wanna talk to somebody, be sure to e-mail me...
See ya later! Keep Metal Alive!!
Konstantin...
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