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Question Of Heaven

Iced Earth

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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