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Blessed Are You Tab

Send "Blessed Are You" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Tuning:  Eb

Riff 1 
Guitar 1 (Clean)                      x2
eb|---------5--------------------------|
Bb|-------6---6-------5-----5---6------|
Gb|-----7-------7-------7---------7----|
Db|---7-----------7-------7---------7--|
Ab|-5----------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------|
   "Pure ambition..."

Two guitars for the next part:
Guitar 1 (Clean)
eb|------6--------6---------6----------6-|
Bb|--------6--------6---------6------6---|
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|---8---------8--------8---------8-----|
Eb|-6---------6--------6---------6-------|

Guitar 2 (Acoustic)
eb|------0------------------0-------------5-|
Bb|--------3------------------3-----------6-|
Gb|----------3------------------3---------7-|
Db|---3------------------3----------------7-|
Ab|-1------------------1------------------5-|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|

 

Riff 2 (Distortion)   x2
eb|--------------------|
Bb|--------------------|
Gb|--------------------|
Db|-7--7-5--7--------5-|
Ab|-5--5-3--5----/7--3-|
Eb|--------------/5----|
       * *           
  "Blessed are you..."   
                     x2      
eb|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|
Gb|-------------------|
Db|-3--3-2--3----3--5-|
Ab|-1--1-0--1----1--3-|
Eb|-------------------|
       * *
  "Children of the night..."

Lead into next section:
eb|-----|
Bb|-----|
Gb|-----|
Db|--7--|
Ab|--5--|
Eb|-----|

Play Riff 1    but guitar 2 plays this:
Guitar 2
eb|-8-6h8p65---5----|
Bb|-----------8---6~-|
Gb|------------------|
Db|------------------|
Ab|------------------|
Eb|------------------|

eb|-----5---------|
Bb|-6-8---8-6-5---|
Gb|-------------7-|
Db|---------------|
Ab|---------------|
Eb|---------------|


Play Riff 2    "Blessed are you..."

Riff 3 
[Note: on the live version, guitar 2 plays the open Db string
during the second part.]

Guitar 1                      x2                        x2
eb|----------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|-------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------|-------------------------|
Db|-----7---7-5----------------|-3-------3---3-----3-5-5-|
Ab|-5-5---5-----8-5-8-5-8-7-5-|-1-111-0-1---1-111-1-3-3-|
Eb|----------------------------|-------------------------|
    * *   *       *   *          * *** *     * ***
Guitar 2                      x2                        x2
eb|----------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|-------------------------|
Gb|-----5---5-4----------------|-------------------------|
Db|-4-4---4-----7-4-7-4-7-5-4-|-3-------3---3-----3-5-5-|
Ab|----------------------------|-1-111-0-1---1-111-1-3-3-|
Eb|----------------------------|-------------------------|
    * *   *       *   *          * *** *     * ***


Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|-7-------8-------5-----7---------|  -----|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|       |
Eb|---------------------------------|       |
      * * *   * * *   * *   * * * *         |
eb|----------------------------------|      |
Bb|----------------------------------|      |
Gb|----------------------------------|      |
Db|-7-------8-------5-----7----------|      |
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5555-|      |
Eb|----------------------------------|      |
      * * *   * * *   * *   * * ****        |
eb|---------------------------------|       |-----> Play 2x
Bb|---------------------------------|       |
Gb|---------------------------------|       |
Db|-5-------6-------3-----5---------|       |
Ab|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|       |
Eb|---------------------------------|       | 
      * * *   * * *   * *   * * * *         |
eb|----------------------------------|      |
Bb|----------------------------------|      |
Gb|----------------------------------|      |
Db|-5-------6-------3-----5----------| -----|
Ab|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3333-|
Eb|----------------------------------|
      * * *   * * *   * *   * * ****
eb|----------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|------3-3-3---------5-5-5---|
Ab|-1-11---1-1-0--3-33---3-3-0-|
Eb|----------------------------|
    * **          * **
eb|------------------------|
Bb|------------------------|
Gb|------------------------|
Db|-5-7--7--7-7-75-5--5---|
Ab|-3-5--5--5-5-53-3--3-0-|
Eb|------------------------|


Solo
Harmony part:
Guitar 1                                           
eb|---------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------5-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8/10-10-10-10/11-11-11-11--|
Gb|--7~--7--------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-10~-11-10~--10-11-10-8----10-8------8---------------------------|
Gb|------------------------10------10-9---10-9-7-10-9-7--5~-5/7~-7/-|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                      
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|-9~------9-10--12--10-9~--|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------|
         
eb|------10h12p10-----10h12p10--------10h12p10---------|
Bb|-10h11--------11-10--------11-10h11--------11-10h11-|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------|

eb|-12p10-13p10-15p10-13p10-12p10-13-|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------|
        
eb|-------10h12p10----------10--12--13--13^^-|
Bb|-10h11----------11-10h11------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------|

eb|-12p10--------------------------|
Bb|----------13~-------6~--8p65~--|
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|

Guitar 2                                                                          
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------6-8-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11/13-13-13-13/15-15-15-15-|
Gb|--7~-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-13~-15-13~--13-15-13-11-10-13-11-10-|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|

eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|----11-10-------10-8-----------------|
Gb|-12-------12-10------10--9~-9-10~-10-|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-------------10--11--10------|
Gb|-12~------12------------12~--|
Db|-----------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|

eb|------17h18p17-------17h18p17--------17h18p17---|
Bb|-17h18--------18-17----------18-17h18--------18-|
Gb|------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|

eb|------18p17-20p17-22p17-20p17-18p17-18--|
Bb|-17h18----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------|
            
eb|-------17h18p17----------17--19--20--20^^---19-17-|
Bb|-17h18----------18-17h18--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------|

eb|---------------------------|
Bb|--20~-------10~--11p10-8~--|
Gb|---------------------------|
Db|---------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|   
 
Both guitars 
eb|----------------------------12h13p12-15p12----------12-17p13-------|
Bb|--------10h11h13/15-11h13h15--------------13------13--------15-----|
Gb|-9h10h12------------------------------------12--12------------14---|
Db|----------------------------------------------14----------------15-|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                       
eb|----12-13------12-13-15--13--12h13p12h13p12h13p12p13--|
Bb|-15-------15------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-13-12-13------------13-12--12~--|
Bb|----------15~--15-15-------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|
                                                       
eb|-----12-13------12-13-15--13--12h13p12h13p12h13p12h13--|
Bb|--15-------15------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|

eb|--13-12-13------------13-12-12~--12p10-----10h12-|
Bb|-----------15~--15-15-----------------11p10------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
eb|-----/13-12-10~-|
Bb|-15-------------|
Gb|----------------|
Db|----------------|
Ab|----------------|
Eb|----------------|

Guitar 2
eb|-13--/17-15-13~-|
Bb|----------------|
Gb|----------------|
Db|----------------|
Ab|----------------|
Eb|----------------|

End solo

Play Riff 2   "Blessed are you..."

Outro lead                        x2
eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|-11p10--10--11------11-11-10----|
Gb|------10-------10~-----------10-|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|
                                    x2
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|-/13--11-11--10-11--/13--13-11-10-|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------|


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.
       = 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

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Blessed Are You Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture JustiN Professional	#1 by JustiN at Aug 27, 1972 at 7:15 PM EST
	Nothing to be added. Period Iced Earth plays in the same league as all the true Heavy-Metal from Europe, which is quite astonishing these days - when you face that they're from the country of limp bizkit, papa roach and all the other casted-fake-New-Metal-Pop-Shit! (Don't get me wrong, folks. There are a lot of really great american Metal Bands, but most of them are products totally other Periods - for example, the US charts of the 80's were dominated so much by totally different shit, that the cool American trash metal had enough time to grow and develop independently, without getting mixed up with pseudo-charts-filth. But today, the're some guys in the Record Companies, who smelled a lot of money, found out what "the kids" like, and flooded the market (and our poor minds) with Kindergarten-Metal, Kindergarten-Punk, etc.. AND ITS COMIN' OVER TO EUROPE, FOR GOD'S SAKE... SOMEBODY STOP THIS!

No Picture Dev1 Average	#2 by Dev1 at Aug 16, 1976 at 7:13 PM EST
	From the Something Wicked This Way Comes album blooklet: ICED EARTH wishes to thank the following people...all the true Iced Earth fans worldwide, "Blessed Are You" was written for you and we love you

No Picture Andrew Rhythm Player	#3 by Andrew Lang at Oct 18, 1976 at 5:32 AM EST
	Iced Earth is honestly one of the best bands ever and they dont get the recognition they deserve...especially in north america. USA and Canada both have too many panzies with fans who listen to that pop shit that isnt really music...ICED EARTH RULES...im canadian by the way and dont mean to bash anyone but the truth is there

No Picture Valenteen Lead Player	#4 by Valenteen Valkorados at Feb 6, 1977 at 8:28 AM EST
	Not only did Iced Earth give us a song, they made a whole album dedicated to our country yet we dont care.. they are one of the most generous bands look at most music people today especially rappers, they hate their fans. I wish everyone like Iced earth they are the most underrated band in the world.

No Picture MacThistle Wanna Be	#5 by MacThistle at Nov 30, 1979 at 10:53 PM EST
	I think you mean thrash metal Exterminator. Damn Europeans often mispell that word.

No Picture ian Average	#6 by ian mckinly at Nov 18, 1988 at 1:24 PM EST
	Patriotism = xenophobia Wrootbeer 1

No Picture Art Wanna Be	#7 by Art at May 26, 1992 at 5:49 AM EST
	I LIKE BEANS, that is best thing ive heard come out of your posts on this site. Iced Earth kicks ass. this is prolly my favorite iced earth song