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Taken with permission from The Frozen Palace: http://truemetal.org/icedearth/

Iced Earth:  Pure Evil

transcribed by:  Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)

FIND EVERY ICED EARTH SONG AND
THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT:

                          The Frozen Palace
                  http://truemetal.org/icedearth/

Date last modified:  12/30/00

PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE
WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION.  THANK YOU.

Tuning: Eb

NOTE:  All solos are from the live version of this song, because it's much
       easier to hear (because of better quality and no harmonies), and in my opinion,
       they're better anyway.

Riff 1
Guitar 1                                 x2
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|-----------2----------7--7-------------|
Ab|--4--------0----------5--5-------4--4--|
Eb|--2------------------------------2--2--|

Guitar 2                      x8
eb|--17----16----14------------|
Bb|-----14----14----17--15-14--|
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------|

Guitar 1                    x2
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--2-----2-----4-----5-----|
Ab|--0-----0--5--2-----3--5--|
Eb|-----------3-----------3--|


Guitar 2         x4              x4
eb|--17-13--------|--19-15--------|
Bb|--------17-----|--------19-----|
Gb|-----------14--|-----------16--|
Db|---------------|---------------|
Ab|---------------|---------------|
Eb|---------------|---------------|


Riff 2                                                      x2
eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7----------------------5-6-7-8--7---------------7------7-|
Eb|-5-5-555-555-555-555-5--3-4-5-6--5-5-555-5--5555-5-5555-5-|
      * *** *** *** *** *  * * *      * *** *  ****   ****

Riff 3
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7----------------------8-8-8-7-------------------7------7-|
Eb|-5-5-555-555-555-555-5--6-6-6-5-5-555-555-5--5555-5-5555-5-|
      * *** *** *** *** *          * *** *** *  ****   ****
    "Cannons pound......"

Riff 4
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------|
Ab|-10---9---8--8--8--7---------------------|
Eb|--8---7---6--6--6--5-5-555-555-555-555-5-|
                        * *** *** *** *** *
  "The seeds of hate..."

eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-5-6-7-8--7---------------7------7-|
Eb|-3-4-5-6--5-5-555-5--5555-5-5555-5-|
    * * *      * *** *  ****   ****

Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3   "For seven years...."
Play Riff 4   "We paint the sky..."

Riff 5
Gutiar 1
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------3h5-----8---5---7-------------3h5-----8---7---5-|
Ab|-0-0-0-000-0-----0-0---0---0---0-0-0-000-0-----0-0---0---0---|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
    * * * *** *     * *   *   *   * * * *** *     * *   *   *

Guitar 2
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------11-8-10-----------------------11-10-8-|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-10-10---------8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-10-10---------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
    * * * * * * * *  *  *         * * * * * * * *  *  *

Riff 6
Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|---------9--7--3-------------------|
Ab|--0-000--7--5--3-------------------|
Eb|------------------5-555-5-77-5-4~--|
     * ***           * *** * ** *

Guitar 2                                    x3
eb|----------12------------------------------|
Bb|-13-12-10----13-----13-12-10--121212-10---|
Gb|----------------10---------------------13-|
Db|------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (last time)
eb|----------12-------------------------------|
Bb|-13-12-10----13-----13-12-10--121212-10-12-|
Gb|----------------10-------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------|


Lead into next section (clean):
eb|-------0-|
Bb|------0--|
Gb|-----9---|
Db|----9----|
Ab|---7-----|
Eb|--0------|



Riff 7 (clean)
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|--------7--------------------------|
Ab|--8--7-----8--7-6-7---7--7-8-7---7-|
Eb|-----------------------------------|

Ending to riff 7 (distortion)
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|--9-8-9------------9-10-9------------|
Ab|--7-6-7------------7--8-7------------|
Eb|--------000-0-0000--------000-0-0000-|
           *** * ****        *** * ****

Riff 8
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------9----------------|
Db|-10-------9--------7-------10-------|
Ab|--8-------7-----------------8-------|
Eb|----0-0-0---000-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-|
      * * *   *** *    * * *    * * *
   "Feel the pain from the jackals wrath...."
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|-9-8-9------------9-10-9------------|
Ab|-7-6-7------------7--8-7------------|
Eb|-------000-0-0000--------000-0-0000-|
          *** * ****        *** * ****

Riff 9 (Solo Rhythm)
eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|-3----3--2----------------------|
Eb|-1-00-1--0-0-000-0-000-0-000-00-|
    * ** *    * *** * *** * *** **
eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|-4----4--5----------------------|
Eb|-2-00-2--3-3-333-3-333-3-333-33-|
    * ** *    * *** * *** * *** **

Solo

Play this twice
                   x4              x4
eb|-12p10p8---------|-10p8p6--------|
Bb|---------12p10p8-|--------10p8p6-|
Gb|-----------------|---------------|
Db|-----------------|---------------|
Ab|-----------------|---------------|
Eb|-----------------|---------------|

                  x8             x8
eb|-10h12-12p10p8--|--8h10-10p8p7-|
Bb|----------------|--------------|
Gb|----------------|--------------|
Db|----------------|--------------|
Ab|----------------|--------------|
Eb|----------------|--------------|

                  x8             x4
eb|-10h12-12p10p8--|--8h10-10p8p7-|--7~-|
Bb|----------------|--------------|--8~-|
Gb|----------------|--------------|-----|
Db|----------------|--------------|-----|
Ab|----------------|--------------|-----|
Eb|----------------|--------------|-----|

End solo


Riff 10
Guitar 1                            x4
eb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Db|---3--2--3--2~~------3--2--3--5~~-|--7-10--7-10-|
Ab|----------------------------------|--5--8--5--8-|
Eb|----------------------------------|-------------|

Guitar 2                            x4
eb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|-------------|
Gb|---5--4--5--4~~------5--4--5--7~~-|-------------|
Db|----------------------------------|--7-10--7-10-|
Ab|----------------------------------|--5--8--5--8-|
Eb|----------------------------------|-------------|


Riff 11 (Solo Rhythm)
eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9------------------|
Ab|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-8-10-8-7-|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
      * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * *
                                                                Last time
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
Db|-7-------7-------7-------7-----------------------------------|--7-10--7-10-|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-------8------7-------7--7-|--5--8--5--8-|
Eb|---------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-5--5-|-------------|
      * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * *    * * *

Solo
eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------13----12---13---12----13---12--|
Gb|-----------------------------9-9-9-9----9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9----9---9-|
Db|---------------------9-9-9-9----------------------------------------|
Ab|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
      * * *     *  *  *   * * *   * * *    * *  * *  * *  * *    *   *

eb|-----------------13~--/15-12~~-|
Bb|--14^--13-12-10----------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|

Repeat above

End solo

Riff 12
eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------4-444-5-555-------------------------4\-|
Gb|-------------------5-555-4-444-------------4-444-5-555-5-555-4-444----|
Db|-2-222-5-555-4-444----------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3    "The land on Earth...."
Play Riff 4    "We paint the sky...."
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 1
Play Riff 8    "Feel the pain....."

notation:
^   =  bend [ ^ = half, ^^ = whole, etc. ]
^r  =  bend and release
x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  mute with palm-hand
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  tap-on
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  harmonics
ah  =  artificial harmonic
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill