Iced Earth - Reaping Stone
Submitted By: Z3Ro^C0oL
EMail: metalxaris@msn.com

Tuning: Half Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)



Intro:

(Clean)
eb|-0----|
Bb|--0---|
Gb|---2--|
Db|----2-|
Ab|------|
Eb|------|

(Harmonics are acoustic, the other notes are distortion)
eb|-------------------------------7----------------|
Bb|-12----10~--12~--13~--------7--h-7---------12~\-|
Gb|--h-----------------------5-h----h--------------|
Db|--------------------------h---------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1  Bass only


Riff 1 (Distortion)
eb|---------------------|
Bb|---------------------|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|-5----------9---9-8--|
Ab|-3-5-7--7\--7-0-7-6--|
Eb|---3-5--5\-----------|
    * *          *
eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|---------9---9-8----8-7----5---|
Ab|-/7--7\--7-0-7-6--0-6-5--0-3-5-|
Eb|-/5--5\----------------------3-|
              *      *      * * *


Verse 2   Bass only, except for this little guitar fill:
(Acoustic)
eb|--12------|
Bb|---h12----|
Gb|-----h----|
Db|-------7--|
Ab|-------h--|
Eb|----------|


Play Riff 1   "Come into my world..."

Riff 2
Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------|
Ab|-2---------9------8------7---|
Eb|-0--0-0--7---7-6~---6-5~---5-|
       * *  a a a a  a a a  a a
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------|
Ab|-2---------9------8------7---|
Eb|-0--0-0--7---7-6~---6-5~---5-|
       * *

Guitar 2
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------|
Ab|-2---------9------8------7---|
Eb|-0--0-0--7---7-6~---6-5~---5-|
       * *  a a a a  a a a  a a
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-----------11-------10-------9---|
Db|---------9----9-8~-----8-7~----7-|
Ab|-2-------------------------------|
Eb|-0--0-0--------------------------|
       * *


Play Riff 1   "Come into my world..."

Riff 3                              x2
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|-------10-10-10------10-10--12\10-|
Ab|--------8--8--8-------8--8--10\-8-|
Eb|-0-000----------0-000-------------|
    * ***          * ***

Riff 4
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-0-0000-0-00000000-0-0000-0-0000-3-1-|
    * **** * ******** * **** * **** * *

Play Riff 3   "Think not of ones..."
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 3   "I shall give you..."

Riff 5
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|-0-000-7-000-6-000-6-000-5555-3---|
Eb|--------------------------------3-|
    * *** * *** * *** * *** **** * *

Riff 6
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|-0--7--6--5--3------------|
Eb|---------------3--3-3/5-5-|
    *  *  *  *  * *  *
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
Ab|-0--2--3--5--3--2--0--2--3-----5--7-|
Eb|----------------------------0--3--5-|
    *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

Play Riff 1   "Come into my world..."

Riff 7
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|
Gb|----------------------|
Db|-9-----9-8----7---5---|
Ab|-7---0-7-6----5---3-5-|
Eb|--------------------3-|
        *
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|-9-----9-8----7---5------5-------|
Ab|-7-----7-6----5---3-5----3--5--7-|
Eb|--------------------3-------3--5-|



Notation:

10^        = bend a quarter step.
10b11      = bend a half step.
10b12      = bend a full step.
10b12r10   = bend and release.
[10]12     = pre-bend.
[10]12r10  = pre-bend and release.
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
             previous bend.
<17>       = touch the string above the 17th fret while
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill