x#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# THE IRON FORCE As recorded by Nocturnal Rites (From the 1999 Album THE SACRED TALISMAN) Transcribed by Ivan - ([email protected]) Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. Guitar 1' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. Guitar 2' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead' Intro Moderately Q=105 E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C. 4/4 Gtrs I, II H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E. |----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------|| |----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------|| |----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------|| |----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|--------------------|| |-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2----|| |-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3--|| E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C. H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E. ||-----------------|------------------|-----------|---------------------|| ||o----------------|------------------|-----------|---------------------|| ||-----------------|------------------|-----------|---------------------|| ||-----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|---------------------|| ||o-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2-----|| ||--0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3---|| 1st and 2nd Verses E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C. H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E. |----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------| |----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------| |----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------| |----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|----------------------| |-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2------| |-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3----| E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C. H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E. |----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|| |----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|| |----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|| |----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|----------------------|| |-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2------|| |-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3----|| Pre-Chorus $ C5 D5 B5 E5 PM--------------------| PM--| PM------- E S S E S S E S S E S S Q S S E Q S S S S |-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2--2-3-5-2----------| |-------------------------|----------0--0-2-3-0-| C5 A5 N.C. -----------------------| E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q Q |-------------------------|--------------| |-------------------------|--------------| |-------------------------|-4--8---------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------4--7---| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--6---------| |-------------------------|-------2--5---| C5 D5 B5 E5 PM--------------------| PM--| PM------- E S S E S S E S S E S S Q S S E Q S S S S |-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2--2-3-5-2----------| |-------------------------|----------0--0-2-3-0-| To Coda C5 D5 -----------------| PM--| E S S E S S E S S E E +E E E E E E Q |-----------------------|--------------------|| |-----------------------|--------------------|| |-----------------------|--------------------|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7--------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5--------|| |-----------------------|--------------------|| E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C. H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E. |----------------|------------------|-----------|-----------------------|| |----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------o|| |----------------|------------------|-----------|-----------------------|| |----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|-----------------------|| |-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2------o|| |-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3-----|| E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C. H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E. |----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------| |----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------| |----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------| |----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|----------------------| |-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2------| |-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3----| E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C. E5 H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E. W |----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------|------|| |----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------|------|| |----------------|------------------|-----------|--------------------|------|| |----------7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|--------------------|-2----|| |-2----(2)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2----|-2----|| |-0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3--|-0----|| Guitar Solo F#5 PM------------------------------------- E S S E S S E S S E S S |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |--------4------4-4--4--4-4-4------4-4-4---4-4-| |--------2------2-2--2--2-2-2------2-2-2---2-2-| | | Gtr III | ~~~~~~~~ | |-3--| | a +S +S E +Q S S S E S S E |----------------------------------------------| |-9b10==(9)r(9)-7---(7)------------------------| |---------------------------9h11p9s7---6h7p6---| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| E5 D5 ------------------------------| E S S E S S E S S E S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |------------------7-7-7--7--7-7--| |-2--2-2-2-2---2---5-5-5--5--5-5--| |-0--0-0-0-0---0------------------| | | ~~ ~~~~~~~~ | |--3--| | Q. S S S E E +Q |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-4--------2h4p==2p1h2---(2)------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| F#5 PM---------------------------------------- E S S E S S E S S E S S |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4----4-4-4----4----4---4--4----4---| |-2-2-2-2----2-2-2----2----2---2--2----2---| | | \0.5 \0.5 | |--3---| | E S S Q S S E +E S S S |------------------------------------------| |--------------------10------(10)-9h10p==9-| |-------9--------6h7-----------------------| |---6h7------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| E5 D5 ------------------------| E S S E S S E E S E. |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------x---7---------7-----| |-2------2--2--2-------2--2---x---5------5--5-----| |-0------0--0--0-------0--0-----------------------| | | \0.5___/ | ~~~~~~~ ~~ | |--3--| |-3-| | E +E S S S S S +E S S S E. S |-9-----(9)------------------------------------14-| |-------------10h12p10p9h10-(10)-10p9p7h10--------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| F#5 PM---------------------------------------------- E S S E S S E S S E S S |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |---4--4-4-4--4-4---4------4-4--4--------4----4----| |---2--2-2-2--2-2---2------2-2--2--------2----2----| | | ~~~~ T | |-------6--------| | +Q. E +S S E S S S S S S |-(14)-------14---(14)-16-17---14h16h17-19p17p==16-| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| E5 D5 ------------------------------------------------------------| E S S E S S E S S E S S |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------7------7----7---7-7-7---| |--2--------2----2-----2--------2----2---5------5----5---5-5-5---| |--0--------0----0-----0--------0----0---------------------------| | | ~ | |-------6--------| |-------6-------| |------6------| | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q |-14h16h17p16p14---12p10h12h14p12p10---9p7h9h10p9h10p==7h9-------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| F#5 PM--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E S S E S S E S S E S S |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-4--------4---4-----4--------4----4-----4--------4----4-----4-------4---4----| |-2--------2---2-----2--------2----2-----2--------2----2-----2-------2---2----| | | T T T T T T T | |-------6-------| |-------6--------| |-------6--------| |------6-------| | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-9h10h12-17p9h==12-19p12h16-17p12h==16---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------19p12h15-17p12h==15-14p7h10-12p7h==10-| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E5 -| W |------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-2----------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-0----------------------------------------------------------------------|| | | T T T T T T T T | T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T |------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-9p2h6p2-9p2h6p2-9p2h4p2-9p2h4p2----------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------11p4h7p4-11p4h7p4-11p4h7p4-11p4h7p4----|| |------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Guitar Solo II C5 E S S E S S E S S E S S |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-5---5-5--5--5-5-5---5--5-5----5-5-| |-3---3-3--3--3-3-3---3--3-3----3-3-| |-----------------------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~ | S S E +Q S S S S S S S S |--------------------------7----7-8-| |-8p7---------------7-8-10---10-----| |-----9---(9)-----9-----------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| D/F# G5 E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |--5----5-5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|--5--5-5-5--5--5--5--5-5-5--5--5-| |--2----2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-|--3--3-3-3--3--3--2--2-2-2--2--2-| | | Q. E Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S |-10b12-------10---10--------12-14-|-15--------14-15-17--------15-17-| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| E5 C5 PM------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-------5--5---5---5--5-| |--2-----2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-2-2--2--2-|--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-------3--3---3---3--3-| |--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0-|---------------------------------------| | | S S S S S S S S Q. S S H E +E +E S S |-19-17-15----------15-17-19--------17-19-|-20-----------22b24==(22)r==(22)-20-22-| |----------19-17-19-----------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D5 -------------------------------------------------| E S S E S S E S S E S S |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |---7--7-7--7--------7-7---7---7----7-----7-----7-7---| |---5--5-5--5--------5-5---5---5----5-----5-----5-5---| |-----------------------------------------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ | |--3--| |---3---| | +Q S S S E +E S S S S E. |-(22)-----19h20p19s17---(17)-17h19p==17-15h17--------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| E5 D5 C5 W E E Q E E Q |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|------7---7-----------5--5---| |--2--------------------------------------------|------5---5-----------3--3---| |--0--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| | | ~~~~~~ | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q |-19s12-(12)-12---------------12p7-----10p7-----|-12p7-----7p3-------3--------| |---------------19s12-(12)-12--------8--------8-|------8-------5---5---5-(5)--| |----------------------------------9--------9---|--------9-------4------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| A5 G/B C5 W W W |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-2--------------------|-5--------------------|-5--------------------| |-0--------------------|-2--------------------|-3--------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| | | S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S H |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-------------2-4-5----|-------------4-5-7----|-------------5-7-9----| |-------2-4-5----------|-------4-5-7----------|-------5-7-9----------| |-2-3-5----------------|-3-5-7----------------|-5-7-9----------------| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| D5 W |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |--7----------------------------------------------------------------------|| |--5----------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| | | |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------------15-17-19-17-19-20-|| |-------------------15-17-19-17-15-------------15-17-19-------------------|| |----------14-16-17----------------17-14-16-17----------------------------|| |-14-16-17----------------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Bridge E5 G5 D5 C5 E5 G5 Gtr II Q. E H H H Q. E H |---------------------|-----------|-------------| |---------------------|-----------|-------------| |---------------------|-----------|-------------| |---------------------|-7----5----|-------------| |---------2------5----|-5----3----|-2------5----| |---------0----2-3----|-----------|-0----2-3----| | | ~~~~ | a +W W W |-22b24-(22)----------|-----------|-------------| |---------------------|-----------|-------------| |---------------------|-----------|-------------| |---------------------|-----------|-------------| |---------------------|-----------|-------------| |---------------------|-----------|-------------| D.S. al Coda D5 C5 E5 G5 D5 C5 E5 G5 H H Q. E H H H Q. E H |-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|| |-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|| |-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|| |-7----5----|-------------|-7----5----|-------------|| |-5----3----|-2------5----|-5----3----|-2------5----|| |-----------|-0----2-3----|-----------|-0----2-3----|| Outro & E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------7-7-9-|-9----(9)-7-7-9-|-9----(9)-7-7-9-|-9----(9)-7-7-9-|| |-2----(2)-5-5-7-|-7----(7)-5-5-7-|-7----(7)-5-5-7-|-7----(7)-5-5-7-|| |-0----(0)-------|-0----(0)-------|-0----(0)-------|-0----(0)-------|| E5 D5 E5 B5/FC5/G A5 N.C. H +E E E E H +E E E E H H Q Q S S S S S E. 4x ||-----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|| ||o----------------|------------------|-----------|---------------------o|| ||-----------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|| ||--9----(9)-7-7-9-|--9-----(9)-4-4-5-|-5----2----|----------------------|| ||o-7----(7)-5-5-7-|--7-----(7)-2-2-3-|-3----0----|----2--2h3p2p0-2-----o|| ||--0----(0)-------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-3-|-3---------|-3---------------3----|| 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
