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

Iced Earth:  Winter Nights

transcribed by: Vassilis Androutsopoulos (Billy_270@hotmail.com)
                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:  12/9/00

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WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION.  THANK YOU.

Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-2-------4/5\4---2-------4/5\4---|
A|-2-------2/3\2---2-------2/3\2---|
E|-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-------0-|
     * * *       *   * * *       *
1st, 2nd, 3rd ending
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------2-4-2---2---------|
D|-2-------4/5\4-------5---5-3-5-3-|
A|-2-------2/3\2-------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
     * * *
4th ending
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------2-4-2---2-------------2-----------|
D|-2-------4/5\4-------5---5-3-5-0-3-5---5-3-3-5-0-|
A|-2-------2/3\2-----------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------|
     * * *


Riff 2                                x3
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-9------------10--10-10---11---10----|
A|-7--7-777-777--8---8--8-88-8-88-8-88-|
E|-------------------------------------|
      * *** ***           **   **   **
  "I feel, you'll see........"
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-9-------------------------|
A|-7--7-777------------------|
E|----------8-7-6~--6-6-6-6\-|
      * ***         * * *
  "...and dead........"


Riff 3 (solo rhythm, guitar 2 plays top notes)
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--5-----5---4-----4-|
A|--7-----7---5-----5-|
E|--------------------|
  "Look up to the sky....."

Solo
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------7-9-9-7h9~--9-7---------9---------------------------|
D|----7-9-----------------9-7-9~--9-7h9p7-5--5-5-7-5-5h7p5-4~-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-\\---------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----7-9-9-7h9~--9-7---------9----------------------------7~-|
D|-7-9-----------------9-7-9~--9-7h9p7-5--5-5-7-5-5h7p5-4~-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

This is one of the guitars
e|--------------------------------------------------7----------7----------7-----|
B|-----8-----7~--8-----7~--8-------------------8/10---8---10~----8---10~----8---|
G|-7/9---9---------9---------9--------------------------9----------9----------9-|
D|---------9---------9---------9--9^r--7-9-7~-----------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-12~-|
B|-------------7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10--------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-9-9-9-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

End solo

Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2    "If you find........"

Riff 4
Guitar 1                    x2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-9----9/10-10--10\7-7--7/9-|
A|-7----7/-8--8---8\5-5--5/7-|
E|---------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-9----9/10-10--10\7-7--7\5-5----5/7-7----7/9-|
A|-7----7/-8--8---8\5-5--5\3-3----3/5-5----5/7-|
E|---------------------------------------------|

Lead over Riff 4
[Guitar 1: low notes, guitar 2: high notes, guitar 1 first]
                              x2
e|----------5--7--5---------5--|
B|--8----8----------8--7-8-----|
G|--9----9-10-12-10-9----9-10--|
D|--------------------12-------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

e|----------5--7--5---------5--------------------|
B|--8----8----------8--7-8-----5-----5--7-----7--|
G|--9----9-10-12-10-9----9-10--------------------|
D|--------------------12------10----10-12----12--|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Riff 5                                 x2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-9--------------10---10-10--7----7-7--|
D|-9--------------10---10-10--7----7-7--|
A|-7--7-777-777-0--8-88-8--8--5-55-5-5--|
E|--------------------------------------|
      * *** *** *

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--------------10---10-10--7----7-7----------------|
D|-9--------------10---10-10--7----7-7----5----7----2-|
A|-7--7-777-777-0--8-88-8--8--5-55-5-5----3----5----2-|
E|----------------------------------------3----5----0-|
      * *** *** *


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