#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# WATERLOO As recorded by Iced Earth (From the 2004 Album THE GLORIOUS BURDEN) Transcribed by Russ Elton ([email protected]) Words and Music by Jon Schaffer Arranged by Russ Elton ([email protected]) Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Distortion Guitar' Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead Guitar' Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony Guitar' Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony Guitar' Intro Q=162 Em Esus2 4/4 Gtr IV W W ||---------------------------|-----------------------| ||o--------------------------|-----------------------| ||---------------------------|-----------------------| ||---------------------------|-----------------------| ||o--------------------------|-----------------------| ||---------------------------|-----------------------| | | Gtr II | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H ||---------------------------|-----------------------| ||o--------------------------|-----------------------| ||----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------| ||--9------------------------|-----------------------| ||o--------------------------|-----------------------| ||---------------------------|-----------------------| | | Gtr I | PM----| PM-----| | E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q ||---------------------------|-----------------------| ||o--------------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--| ||------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--| ||o-----------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--| ||--0-0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------| Em Esus2 PM-------| W H E E E E |--------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------|-------------------------------o|| |--------------------------|--------------------11-12-11----|| |--------------------------|-----------------9--------------|| |--------------------------|-------------------------------o|| |--------------------------|--------------------------------|| | | ~~~~~~~ | E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H |--------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------|-------------------------------o|| |---9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)-------------|| |-9------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------|-------------------------------o|| |--------------------------|--------------------------------|| | | PM----| PM-----| | E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q |--------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------|-------------------------------o|| |----------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11-------|| |-----------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9-------|| |-----------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7------o|| |-0-0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0---------------------|| D5 C5 N.C. Gtr II ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H +Q. E +E Q E H H +H. +Q |------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------| |------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------| |-9----11----|-(11)---12-(12)-11---9-|-7-----9--------|-(9)-------------(9)\---| |------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------| |------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------| |------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------| | | Gtr I | PM| PM--------| PM | W +H. E E H. +E E E E E E +E E Q |------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------| |------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------| |------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------| |-7----------|--(7)------------------|-5--------(5)---|------------------------| |-5----------|--(5)--------------5-0-|-3--------(3)-0-|--3--2------------2-----| |------------|-----------------------|----------------|-------5-3-(3)-5--------| Em Esus2 Gtr III ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H ||-----------------------------|-----------------------| ||o---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-7--------10-(10)------| ||-----12----------------------|-----------------------| ||--12-------------------------|-----------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------| | | Gtr II | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H ||-----------------------------|-----------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------| ||------9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------| ||---9-------------------------|-----------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------| | | Gtr I | PM-----| PM-----| | E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q ||-----------------------------|-----------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------| ||-------------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--| ||--------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--| ||o-------------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--| ||---0--0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------| Em Esus2 ~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H |----------------------------|-------------------------------|| |---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-/15-12-----10-(10)-----------o|| |----12----------------------|--------------------11-12-11---|| |-12-------------------------|-----------------9-------------|| |----------------------------|------------------------------o|| |----------------------------|-------------------------------|| | H E E E E | | ~~~~~~~ | E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H |----------------------------|-------------------------------|| |----------------------------|------------------------------o|| |-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)------------|| |--9-------------------------|-------------------------------|| |----------------------------|------------------------------o|| |----------------------------|-------------------------------|| | | PM-----| PM-----| | E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q |----------------------------|-------------------------------|| |----------------------------|------------------------------o|| |------------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11------|| |-------------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9------|| |-------------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7-----o|| |--0--0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0--------------------|| D5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H +Q. E +E Q E |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-12----14----|-(14)---16-(16)-14---12-| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ | H H +Q. E +E Q E |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |--9----11----|-(11)---12-(12)-11----9-| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| | | PM| | W +H. E E |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |--7----------|--(7)-------------------| |--5----------|--(5)--------------5--0-| |-------------|------------------------| C5 N.C. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H +H. +Q |------------------|--------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------|| |-11-----12--------|-(12)-------------(12)\---|| |------------------|--------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------|| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | H H +H. +Q |------------------|--------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------|| |--7------9--------|--(9)--------------(9)\---|| |------------------|--------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------|| | | PM---------| PM | H. +E E E E E E +E E Q |------------------|--------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------|| |--5---------(5)---|--------------------------|| |--3---------(3)-0-|---3--2-------------2-----|| |------------------|--------5-3-(3)-5---------|| Verse $ $$ E5 G5 E S S E E +H +E E E E E E E E ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------10-12---13-12---10------| ||--12-12-12-11-12-(12)--------|-(12)-12----------------------12---| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------| | | E S S E E +H +E E E E E E E E ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||o----------------------------|-------------------10--------------| ||---9--9--9-----9--(9)--------|--(9)--9---11-12------12---11--9---| ||-----------12----------------|-----------------------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------| | | PM---| PM------------------------------| PM| | E S S E E +Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||---9-----------9--(9)--------|---------------------------12------| ||o--7--7--7--5--7--(7)--7-7-7-|---7---7-7--7--7-7--7--0-0-10--0-0-| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------| F#5 D5 E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-12-10--------------------|--------------10---12-10-------------| |-----------11-(11)--------|-(11)-11---12--------------12-11-----| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| | | E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-12-11--------------------|------------9-11---12-11----9--------| |-----------12-(12)--------|-(12)-12----------------------12-----| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| | | PM| PM--------------------------------------| | E E S S E +Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-12-11------7--(7)--------|-------------------------------------| |-10--9-0-0--5--(5)--5-5-5-|---5---5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--0-0---| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| B5 D5 N.C. Q. E +Q Q Q. Q +E Q |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-12-----10---(10)------------|----------------------10-----| |----------------------12-----|-11-----12-----(12)----------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| | | Q. E +Q Q Q. Q +E Q |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-12-----11---(11)------9-----|---------9------(9)---11-----| |-----------------------------|-12--------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| | | PM-------------------| PM-------------------| | Q E S S E S S E S S Q E S S E S S E S S |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |--4--------------------------|--7--------------------------| |--2---2--2-2---2--2-2--2-0-0-|--5---5--5-5-5---5--5--5-----| |-----------------------------|-------------------------5-5-| A5 E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E 4x |--------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------------------o|| |-11--9--------------------|------------9-11---12-11----9----------|| |-----------11-(11)--------|-(11)-11----------------------11-------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------|---------------------------------------|| | | E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E 4x |--------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------|--------------------9------------------|| |-12-11--------------------|-----------11-12------12---11----------|| |-----------12-(12)--------|-(12)-12----------------------12------o|| |--------------------------|---------------------------------------|| | | PM--------------------------------------| | E S S E E +Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S 4x |--------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |------------7--(7)--------|--------------------------------------o|| |--5--5-5-3--5--(5)--5-5-5-|---5---5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-----|| Chorus Em Esus2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H ||-----------------------------|-----------------------| ||o---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-7--------10-(10)------| ||-----12----------------------|-----------------------| ||--12-------------------------|-----------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H ||-----------------------------|-----------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------| ||------9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------| ||---9-------------------------|-----------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------| | | PM-----| PM-----| | E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q ||-----------------------------|-----------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------| ||-------------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--| ||--------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--| ||o-------------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--| ||---0--0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------| Em Esus2 ~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H |----------------------------|------------------------------| |---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-/15-12-----10-(10)-----------| |----12----------------------|--------------------11-12-11--| |-12-------------------------|-----------------9------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------| | H E E E E | | ~~~~~~~ | E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H |----------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------| |-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)-----------| |--9-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------| | | PM-----| PM-----| | E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q |----------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------| |------------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11-----| |-------------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9-----| |-------------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7-----| |--0--0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0-------------------| Em Esus2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H |----------------------------|-----------------------| |---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-7--------10-(10)------| |----12----------------------|-----------------------| |-12-------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H |----------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------| |-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------| |--9-------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------| | | PM-----| PM-----| | E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q |----------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------| |------------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--| |-------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--| |-------------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--| |--0--0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------| Em Esus2 ~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H |----------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-/15-12-----10-(10)------------| |----12----------------------|--------------------11-12-11---| |-12-------------------------|-----------------9-------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------------| | H E E E E | | ~~~~~~~ | E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H |----------------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)------------| |--9-------------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------------| | | PM-----| PM-----| | E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q |----------------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------------| |------------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11------| |-------------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9------| |-------------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7------| |--0--0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0--------------------| D5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H +Q. E +E Q E |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-12----14----|-(14)---16-(16)-14---12-| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ | H H +Q. E +E Q E |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |--9----11----|-(11)---12-(12)-11----9-| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| | | PM| | W +H. E E |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |--7----------|--(7)-------------------| |--5----------|--(5)--------------5--0-| |-------------|------------------------| D.S. D.S. C5 N.C. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H +H. +Q |------------------|---------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------o|| |-11-----12--------|-(12)-------------(12)\----|| |------------------|---------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------o|| |------------------|---------------------------|| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | H H +H. +Q |------------------|---------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------o|| |--7------9--------|--(9)--------------(9)\----|| |------------------|---------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------o|| |------------------|---------------------------|| | | PM---------| PM | H. +E E E E E E +E E Q |------------------|---------------------------|| |------------------|--------------------------o|| |------------------|---------------------------|| |--5---------(5)---|---------------------------|| |--3---------(3)-0-|---3--2-------------2-----o|| |------------------|--------5-3-(3)-5----------|| Bridge N.C.(E) F5/C Gtr I PM----------------------------------| PM E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------3--| |-------------------------|-----------------3--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----| N.C.(E) G5/D PM----------------------------------| PM E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------5----| |-------------------------|-----------------5----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------| N.C.(E) F5/C PM----------------------------------| PM E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------3--| |-------------------------|-----------------3--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----| N.C.(E) G5/D PM----------------------------------| PM PM E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------5------| |-------------------------|-----------------5------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0----| D5/A C5/G N.C. PM| W +H. E E W E E E E +E E Q |----------|--------------|----------|-------------------|| |----------|--------------|----------|-------------------|| |----------|--------------|----------|-------------------|| |----------|--------------|----------|-------------------|| |-5--------|-(5)------5---|-3--------|-3-2-----------2---|| |-5--------|-(5)------5-0-|-3--------|-----5-3-(3)-5-----|| Interlude E5 F#5 W +W W +W ||-----------|------------|----------|--------| ||o----------|------------|----------|--------| ||-----------|------------|----------|--------| ||--2--------|-(2)--------|-4--------|-(4)----| ||o-2--------|-(2)--------|-4--------|-(4)----| ||--0--------|-(0)--------|-2--------|-(2)----| D.S.S. al Coda G5 A5 W +W W +W |----------|------------|----------|----------|| |----------|------------|----------|---------o|| |----------|------------|----------|----------|| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)------|| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)-----o|| |-3--------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)------|| Outro & E5 F#5 PM-------------------------------------------------| q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4---| |-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2---| G5 A5 PM----------------------------------------------| q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q Q |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7---------| |-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--/12\---| N.C.(E) F5/C E5 PM----------------------------------| PM E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q E E Q H |-------------------------|--------------------|-------------*| |-------------------------|--------------------|-------------*| |-------------------------|--------------------|-------------*| |-------------------------|-----------------3--|-------------*| |-------------------------|-----------------3--|-2-----------*| |-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|-0-----------*| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
