Question Of Heaven by Iced Earth #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# A QUESTION OF HEAVEN As recorded by Iced Earth (From the 1995 Album DARK SAGA) Transcribed by GD_Stormrider Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 G 3 2 0 0 3 3 D x x 0 2 3 2 C x 3 2 0 1 0 E5 x 7 9 9 x x D5 x 5 7 7 x x C5 x 3 5 5 x x F#m 2 0 x x x x F5 1 3 3 x x x Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Clean guitar' Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Schaffers guitar' Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Randal's Guitar' Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Acoustic chords' Gtr V (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Keybords' Gtr VI (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Bell' Intro Q=130 Em Em D D 4/4 Gtr I E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E ||--------7--------|-------7--------|-------5--------|-------5--------| ||o----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----| ||------0------0---|-----0------0---|-----0------0---|-----0------0---| ||----5----------5-|---5----------5-|---4----------4-|---4----------4-| ||o-7--------------|-7--------------|-5--------------|-5--------------| ||--0--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| C C G F#m E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E 6x |-------3--------|-------3--------|------------------|| |----------3-----|----------3-----|-----------------o|| |-----0------0---|-----0------0---|-------0----------|| |---2----------2-|---2----------2-|-----0------------|| |-3--------------|-3--------------|---2-------0-----o|| |----------------|----------------|-3-------2---3-2--|| Verse E5 E5 Gtr II PM----| PM-----| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E ||-------------------|----------------------| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||-------------------|----------------------| ||----------9----(9)-|-----------9------(9)-| ||o---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-| ||--0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------| | | Gtr III | W +Q. Q. Q ||-------------------|----------------------| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||-------------------|----------------------| ||--2----------------|-(2)-------4----5-----| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||-------------------|----------------------| D5 D5 PM----| PM-----| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)--| |---------5----(5)-|-----------5------(5)--| |-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0-------------| | | W +Q. Q. Q |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |-0----------------|-(0)-------2----4------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| C5 D5 G F#m PM----| PM----| PM--------------| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E E E E E E E E E |------------------|------------------|--------------------|| |------------------|------------------|-------------------o|| |------------------|------------------|--------0-----------|| |---------5----(5)-|---------7----(7)-|------0-------------|| |---------3----(3)-|---------5----(5)-|----2--------0-----o|| |-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-3---------2---3-2--|| | | W W Q. Q. E E |------------------|------------------|--------------------|| |------------------|------------------|-------------------o|| |------------------|------------------|--------------------|| |------------------|-0----------------|-5------4------5-4--|| |-3----------------|------------------|-------------------o|| |------------------|------------------|--------------------|| Bridge E5 E5 F5 Gtr II PM------| PM------| PM S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q 4x ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||o--------------------|-------------------o|| ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||o-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1---|| E5 E5 F5 PM------| PM------| S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||o--------------------|-------------------o|| ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||o-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1---|| $ E5 E5 PM----| PM-----| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |---------9----(9)-|-----------9------(9)-| |---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-| |-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------| | | Gtr III | W +Q. Q. Q |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |-2----------------|-(2)-------4----5-----| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| D5 D5 PM----| PM-----| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-| |---------5----(5)-|-----------5------(5)-| |-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------| | | W +Q. Q. Q |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |-0----------------|-(0)-------2----4-----| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| C5 D5 G F#m PM----| PM----| PM--------------| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E E E E E E E E E |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|--------0----------| |---------5----(5)-|---------7----(7)-|------0------------| |---------3----(3)-|---------5----(5)-|----2--------0-----| |-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-3---------2---3-2-| | | W W Q. Q. E E |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-0----------------|-5------4------5-4-| |-3----------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| E5 E5 PM----| PM-----| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |---------9----(9)-|-----------9------(9)-| |---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-| |-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------| | | W +Q. Q. Q |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |-2----------------|-(2)-------4----5-----| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| D5 D5 PM----| PM-----| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-| |---------5----(5)-|-----------5------(5)-| |-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------| | | W +Q. Q. Q |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |-0----------------|-(0)-------2----4-----| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| To Coda C5 D5 G F#m PM----| PM----| PM--------------| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E E E E E E E E E |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|--------0----------| |---------5----(5)-|---------7----(7)-|------0------------| |---------3----(3)-|---------5----(5)-|----2--------0-----| |-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-3---------2---3-2-| | | W W Q. Q. E E |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-0----------------|-5------4------5-4-| |-3----------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| E5 E5 F5 PM------| PM------| PM S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q 3x ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||o--------------------|-------------------o|| ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||---------------------|--------------------|| ||o-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1---|| D.S. al Coda E5 E5 F5 PM------| PM------| PM S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q |--------------------|-------------------|| |--------------------|-------------------|| |--------------------|-------------------|| |--------------------|-------------------|| |-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1--|| & E5 > PM------| S S S S E H +E +W |--------------------|--------| |--------------------|--------| |--------------------|--------| |--------------------|--------| |-----------2----(2)-|-(2)----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-(0)----| Interlude Em Gtr IV Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / Gtr V W +W 4x ||-----------------|-------------------|| ||o----------------|------------------o|| ||-----------------|-------------------|| ||---2-------------|-(2)---------------|| ||o----------------|------------------o|| ||-----------------|-------------------|| | | Gtr VI | W W 4x ||--12-------------|-------------------|| ||o----------------|------------------o|| ||---9-------------|-------------------|| ||-----------------|-------------------|| ||o--7-------------|------------------o|| ||---0-------------|-------------------|| Em G Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Gtr V W +W W +W ||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||o----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||o----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||---0-------------|-(0)--------------|-3-------------|-(3)---------------| | | Gtr VI | W W W W ||--12-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||o----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||---9-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||o--7-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||---0-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| D Em Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Gtr V W +W W +W |---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------o|| |---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------o|| |-2-------------|-(2)--------------|-0-------------|-(0)---------------|| Em G Gtr IV Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Gtr V W +W W +W ||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||---0---------------|-(0)--------------|-3---------------|-(3)---------------| | | Gtr VI | W W W W ||--12---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||---9---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o--7---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||---0---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| | | Gtr I | E E E E E E Q +W E E E E E E Q +W ||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o------8-----8-----|------------------|-----8-----8-----|-------------------| ||-----9---9-9---9---|-(9)--------------|---7---7-7---7---|-(7)---------------| ||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| D Em Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / W +W W +W 3x |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o|| |-2---------------|-(2)--------------|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|| | | Gtr I | E E E E E E Q +W E E E E E E Q +W 3x |-------0---------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----7-----7-----|------------------|-----8-----8-----|------------------o|| |---7-----7---7---|-(7)--------------|---9---9-9---9---|-(9)---------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| Guitar solo E5 E5 G5 G5 Gtr II PM| PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W |------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| |------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| |-9--------9-------|-(9)----------------|---------------|----------------| |-9--------9-------|-(9)----------------|--5-------5----|-(5)------------| |-7--------7-------|-(7)----------------|--5-------5----|-(5)------------| |-0---0-0--0-------|-(0)----------------|--3---3-3-3----|-(3)------------| | | Gtr III | PM--------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H +H E E Q |------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| |------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------7---|---------------|----------------| |---9-----10---9-7-|-----7-9---10-------|-10-9-7---9----|-(9)----10-9-7--| |-7-----7----------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| |------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------| D5 D5 E5 E5 PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W |----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------| |----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------| |-7-------7------|-(7)------------|-9--------9-------|-(9)--------------| |-7-------7------|-(7)------------|-9--------9-------|-(9)--------------| |-5--5-5--5------|-(5)------------|-7--------7-------|-(7)--------------| |----------------|----------------|-0----0-0-0-------|-(0)--------------| | | H E E Q +Q H. E E E Q Q E E E Q E E Q |----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------| |----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------| |----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------| |-7------10-9----|----------------|--------7---------|------------------| |-------------9--|-(9)--[9]\------|-7-9-10-----10--9-|-10--9-7--9-7-----| |----------------|----------------|------------------|--------------10--| E5 E5 PM| Q E E H +W |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |-9-----------9----|-(9)-------------------| |-9-----------9----|-(9)-------------------| |-7-----------7----|-(7)-------------------| |-0-----0--0--0----|-(0)-------------------| | | E E E E H E E E E E E E E |------------------|-----------------------| |---10-12-13-12----|-12--13---12---10------| |-9----------------|--------------------12-| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| G5 G5 PM| Q E E H +W |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |-5-----------5----|-(5)-------------------| |-5-----------5----|-(5)-------------------| |-3-----3--3--3----|-(3)-------------------| | | E E E E H E E E E E E E E |------------------|----------10-----------| |---10-12-13-12----|-12--13--------13---12-| |-9----------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| D5 D5 Q E E H +W |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |--7----------7--------|--(7)--------------| |--7----------7--------|--(7)--------------| |--5-----5--5-5--------|--(5)--------------| |----------------------|-------------------| | | E E E H +E +H. +E E |----------------------|-------------------| |----10-12-10-----(10)-|-(10)------(10)-12-| |-12-------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| E5 E5 PM| Q E E H +W |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| |--9------9----------|-(9)---------------------| |--9------9----------|-(9)---------------------| |--7------7----------|-(7)---------------------| |--0--0-0-0----------|-(0)---------------------| | | |-3--| | H Q E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------10----------| |-11------9--12-11-9-|-----9-11-12----12-11-9--| |--------------------|-12----------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|-------------------------| PM| PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W ||--------------|------------|-------------|--------| ||o-------------|------------|-------------|--------| ||--9------9----|-(9)--------|-------------|--------| ||--9------9----|-(9)--------|-5------5----|-(5)----| ||o-7------7----|-(7)--------|-5------5----|-(5)----| ||--0--0-0-0----|-(0)--------|-3--3-3-3----|-(3)----| PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W |-------------|------------|-------------|---------|| |-------------|------------|-------------|--------o|| |-7------7----|-(7)--------|-9------9----|-(9)-----|| |-7------7----|-(7)--------|-9------9----|-(9)-----|| |-5--5-5-5----|-(5)--------|-7------7----|-(7)----o|| |-------------|------------|-0--0-0-0----|-(0)-----|| Outro E5 G5 Gtr II PM| PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W ||---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||o--------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||--9-------9----|--(9)-----------|-----------------|------------------| ||--9-------9----|--(9)-----------|--5---------5----|--(5)-------------| ||o-7-------7----|--(7)-----------|--5---------5----|--(5)-------------| ||--0--0-0--0----|--(0)-----------|--3---3--3--3----|--(3)-------------| | | Gtr III | H H +H Q Q Q. E H +H Q Q ||---------------|----------------|-10--------------|------------------| ||o--------12----|-(12)-------12--|--------13-12----|-(12)----13--12---| ||--9------------|---------9------|-----------------|------------------| ||---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||o--------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| D5 E5 PM| Q E E H +W Q E E H +W 8x |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------|| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------o|| |--7---------7----|--(7)------------|-9---------9----|--(9)-----|| |--7---------7----|--(7)------------|-9---------9----|--(9)-----|| |--5---5--5--5----|--(5)------------|-7---------7----|--(7)----o|| |-----------------|-----------------|-0---0--0--0----|--(0)-----|| | | Q. E H +H Q Q Q. E H +W 8x |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------|| |-10--------10----|-(10)------------|----------12----|-(12)----o|| |--------12-------|---------12--11--|-9-----12-------|----------|| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------|| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------o|| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------|| 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 www.TAB6.com