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THE IRON FORCE
As recorded by Nocturnal Rites
(From the 1999 Album THE SACRED TALISMAN)
Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Intro
Moderately Q=105
E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E.
|----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------||
|----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------||
|----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------||
|----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|--------------------||
|-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2----||
|-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3--||
E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C.
H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E.
||-----------------|------------------|-----------|---------------------||
||o----------------|------------------|-----------|---------------------||
||-----------------|------------------|-----------|---------------------||
||-----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|---------------------||
||o-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2-----||
||--0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3---||
1st and 2nd Verses
E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C.
H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E.
|----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|----------------------|
|-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2------|
|-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3----|
E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C.
H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E.
|----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------||
|----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------||
|----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------||
|----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|----------------------||
|-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2------||
|-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3----||
Pre-Chorus
$
C5 D5 B5 E5
PM--------------------| PM--| PM-------
E S S E S S E S S E S S Q S S E Q S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2--2-3-5-2----------|
|-------------------------|----------0--0-2-3-0-|
C5 A5 N.C.
-----------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|-4--8---------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------4--7---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--6---------|
|-------------------------|-------2--5---|
C5 D5 B5 E5
PM--------------------| PM--| PM-------
E S S E S S E S S E S S Q S S E Q S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2--2-3-5-2----------|
|-------------------------|----------0--0-2-3-0-|
To Coda
C5 D5
-----------------| PM--|
E S S E S S E S S E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7--------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5--------||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C.
H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E.
|----------------|------------------|-----------|-----------------------||
|----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------o||
|----------------|------------------|-----------|-----------------------||
|----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|-----------------------||
|-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2------o||
|-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3-----||
E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C.
H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E.
|----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|----------------------|
|-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2------|
|-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3----|
E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C. E5
H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E. W
|----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------|------||
|----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------|------||
|----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------|------||
|----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|--------------------|-2----||
|-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2----|-2----||
|-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3--|-0----||
Guitar Solo
F#5
PM-------------------------------------
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------4------4-4--4--4-4-4------4-4-4---4-4-|
|--------2------2-2--2--2-2-2------2-2-2---2-2-|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~
| |-3--|
| a +S +S E +Q S S S E S S E
|----------------------------------------------|
|-9b10==(9)r(9)-7---(7)------------------------|
|---------------------------9h11p9s7---6h7p6---|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
E5 D5
------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|------------------7-7-7--7--7-7--|
|-2--2-2-2-2---2---5-5-5--5--5-5--|
|-0--0-0-0-0---0------------------|
|
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~
| |--3--|
| Q. S S S E E +Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4--------2h4p==2p1h2---(2)------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
F#5
PM----------------------------------------
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4----4-4-4----4----4---4--4----4---|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2----2----2---2--2----2---|
|
| \0.5 \0.5
| |--3---|
| E S S Q S S E +E S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------10------(10)-9h10p==9-|
|-------9--------6h7-----------------------|
|---6h7------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
E5 D5
------------------------|
E S S E S S E E S E.
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------x---7---------7-----|
|-2------2--2--2-------2--2---x---5------5--5-----|
|-0------0--0--0-------0--0-----------------------|
|
| \0.5___/
| ~~~~~~~ ~~
| |--3--| |-3-|
| E +E S S S S S +E S S S E. S
|-9-----(9)------------------------------------14-|
|-------------10h12p10p9h10-(10)-10p9p7h10--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
F#5
PM----------------------------------------------
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---4--4-4-4--4-4---4------4-4--4--------4----4----|
|---2--2-2-2--2-2---2------2-2--2--------2----2----|
|
| ~~~~ T
| |-------6--------|
| +Q. E +S S E S S S S S S
|-(14)-------14---(14)-16-17---14h16h17-19p17p==16-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
E5 D5
------------------------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------7------7----7---7-7-7---|
|--2--------2----2-----2--------2----2---5------5----5---5-5-5---|
|--0--------0----0-----0--------0----0---------------------------|
|
| ~
| |-------6--------| |-------6-------| |------6------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-14h16h17p16p14---12p10h12h14p12p10---9p7h9h10p9h10p==7h9-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/n/nocturnal-rites/41959.html ]
F#5
PM---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--------4---4-----4--------4----4-----4--------4----4-----4-------4---4----|
|-2--------2---2-----2--------2----2-----2--------2----2-----2-------2---2----|
|
| T T T T T T T
| |-------6-------| |-------6--------| |-------6--------| |------6-------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9h10h12-17p9h==12-19p12h16-17p12h==16---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------19p12h15-17p12h==15-14p7h10-12p7h==10-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5
-|
W
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-2----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-0----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| T T T T T T T T
| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-9p2h6p2-9p2h6p2-9p2h4p2-9p2h4p2----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------11p4h7p4-11p4h7p4-11p4h7p4-11p4h7p4----||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo II
C5
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-5---5-5--5--5-5-5---5--5-5----5-5-|
|-3---3-3--3--3-3-3---3--3-3----3-3-|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~
| S S E +Q S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------7----7-8-|
|-8p7---------------7-8-10---10-----|
|-----9---(9)-----9-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
D/F# G5
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--5----5-5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|--5--5-5-5--5--5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|
|--2----2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-|--3--3-3-3--3--3--2--2-2-2--2--2-|
|
| Q. E Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S
|-10b12-------10---10--------12-14-|-15--------14-15-17--------15-17-|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E5 C5
PM------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-------5--5---5---5--5-|
|--2-----2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-2-2--2--2-|--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-------3--3---3---3--3-|
|--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0-|---------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S Q. S S H E +E +E S S
|-19-17-15----------15-17-19--------17-19-|-20-----------22b24==(22)r==(22)-20-22-|
|----------19-17-19-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D5
-------------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---7--7-7--7--------7-7---7---7----7-----7-----7-7---|
|---5--5-5--5--------5-5---5---5----5-----5-----5-5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
| |--3--| |---3---|
| +Q S S S E +E S S S S E.
|-(22)-----19h20p19s17---(17)-17h19p==17-15h17--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
E5 D5 C5
W E E Q E E Q
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------7---7-----------5--5---|
|--2--------------------------------------------|------5---5-----------3--3---|
|--0--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q
|-19s12-(12)-12---------------12p7-----10p7-----|-12p7-----7p3-------3--------|
|---------------19s12-(12)-12--------8--------8-|------8-------5---5---5-(5)--|
|----------------------------------9--------9---|--------9-------4------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A5 G/B C5
W W W
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-2--------------------|-5--------------------|-5--------------------|
|-0--------------------|-2--------------------|-3--------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S H
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------2-4-5----|-------------4-5-7----|-------------5-7-9----|
|-------2-4-5----------|-------4-5-7----------|-------5-7-9----------|
|-2-3-5----------------|-3-5-7----------------|-5-7-9----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D5
W
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--7----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--5----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------15-17-19-17-19-20-||
|-------------------15-17-19-17-15-------------15-17-19-------------------||
|----------14-16-17----------------17-14-16-17----------------------------||
|-14-16-17----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bridge
E5 G5 D5 C5 E5 G5
Gtr II
Q. E H H H Q. E H
|---------------------|-----------|-------------|
|---------------------|-----------|-------------|
|---------------------|-----------|-------------|
|---------------------|-7----5----|-------------|
|---------2------5----|-5----3----|-2------5----|
|---------0----2-3----|-----------|-0----2-3----|
|
| ~~~~
| a +W W W
|-22b24-(22)----------|-----------|-------------|
|---------------------|-----------|-------------|
|---------------------|-----------|-------------|
|---------------------|-----------|-------------|
|---------------------|-----------|-------------|
|---------------------|-----------|-------------|
D.S. al Coda
D5 C5 E5 G5 D5 C5 E5 G5
H H Q. E H H H Q. E H
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------||
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------||
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------||
|-7----5----|-------------|-7----5----|-------------||
|-5----3----|-2------5----|-5----3----|-2------5----||
|-----------|-0----2-3----|-----------|-0----2-3----||
Outro
&
E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------7-7-9-|-9----(9)-7-7-9-|-9----(9)-7-7-9-|-9----(9)-7-7-9-||
|-2----(2)-5-5-7-|-7----(7)-5-5-7-|-7----(7)-5-5-7-|-7----(7)-5-5-7-||
|-0----(0)-------|-0----(0)-------|-0----(0)-------|-0----(0)-------||
E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C.
H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E. 4x
||-----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------||
||o----------------|------------------|-----------|---------------------o||
||-----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------||
||--9----(9)-7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|----------------------||
||o-7----(7)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2-----o||
||--0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3----||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
