Iced Earth: Melancholy (Holy Martyr)
transcribed by: Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)
edited by: Chipsie (IchJQ@gmx.de)
solo by: Stefanos Danakos (slaytanic_gr@yahoo.com)
edited by: Adam Tunzelmann (chadam31@hotmail.com)
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Date last modified: 4/25/01
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Tuning: Eb
Riff 1 (clean)
Guitar 1
eb|---------------------------0-------------0------|
Bb|---------------------------5-------------3------|
Gb|---------------------------0-------------0------|
Db|-----9------9-7-5-4----4---4--4------2---2--2---|
Ab|---7------7----------5---5-5----5--3---3-3----3-|
Eb|-0------0---------------------------------------|
"Make the sadness......."
Guitar 2 (not the first time)
eb|-----7------7-5-3-2--------0-------------0------|
Bb|-----------------------------3-------------3----|
Gb|-------------------------------2-------------2--|
Db|-----------------------4-------------2----------|
Ab|---7------7----------5---5---------3---3--------|
Eb|-0------0---------------------------------------|
Riff 2 (distortion)
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------7---------------------7-|
Db|------2----------7----------2----------7-|
Ab|------2-----5-55-5----------2-----5-55-5-|
Eb|-0-00-0----------------0-00-0------------|
* ** * ** * ** * **
"I see the sadness......"
Play Riff 1 "Make the sadness......."
Play Riff 2 "I see the sadness......"
Riff 3 (Solo Rhythm)
eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------9-------9-------9------9----9\7-7-----7\5-5--5/7-|
Db|------9-------9-------9------9----9\7-7-----7\5-5--5/7-|
Ab|-7-77-7--7-77-7--7-77-7-7-77-7-77-7\5-5--55-5\3-3--3/5-|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
* ** * ** * ** * ** ** **
Solo
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------18-17~----|
Gb|---------------------------------12-14-17-16~----17-19-----------|
Db|------------------------12-14-15---------------------------------|
Ab|----------12-14-15-14~-------------------------------------------|
Eb|-12-14-15--------------------------------------------------------|
eb|----------------19--19h-20--17~-(17)\---14--15--17~----17p15p14-----|
Bb|-18p17p15h17~---------------------------------------------------17~-|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
eb|-19p17p15----19p17p15-20p17p15-19p17p15----19p17p15-20p17p15-19p17p15-|
Bb|----------17----------------------------17----------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
eb|----19p17p15-20p17p15-|
Bb|-17-------------------|
Gb|----------------------|
Db|----------------------|
Ab|----------------------|
Eb|----------------------|
eb|-19/22--20--19--20--19-17-17~--17h20-19~-|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|
eb|-19h20p19h20p19-17h19p17h19p17-15h17p15h17p15-14h15p14h15p14--12~-|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
End solo
Play Riff 2 "I see the sadness....."
Outro leads
The studio version is harmonized, but i think the live version is better,
So these are from the live album, but the studio should be very similar.
Lead 1
eb|-12~~---/15-14---15--\10---12~~-----/15-14--15--17--19-\-|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Lead 2
eb|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-12-----------------------12-------------------|
Gb|---12--12--11h12p11---------12--12--11h12p11---|
Db|-----14------------14-12------14------------14-|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------|
eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------12----------|
Gb|-12-11~--12~--14~-----14-12-11-|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|
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