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A QUESTION OF HEAVEN
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 1995 Album DARK SAGA)
Transcribed by GD_Stormrider
Em
0 2 2 0 0 0
G
3 2 0 0 3 3
D
x x 0 2 3 2
C
x 3 2 0 1 0
E5
x 7 9 9 x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
F#m
2 0 x x x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Clean guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Schaffers guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Randal's Guitar'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Acoustic chords'
Gtr V (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Keybords'
Gtr VI (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Bell'
Intro
Q=130
Em Em D D
4/4
Gtr I
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
||--------7--------|-------7--------|-------5--------|-------5--------|
||o----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
||------0------0---|-----0------0---|-----0------0---|-----0------0---|
||----5----------5-|---5----------5-|---4----------4-|---4----------4-|
||o-7--------------|-7--------------|-5--------------|-5--------------|
||--0--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C C G F#m
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
|-------3--------|-------3--------|------------------||
|----------3-----|----------3-----|-----------------o||
|-----0------0---|-----0------0---|-------0----------||
|---2----------2-|---2----------2-|-----0------------||
|-3--------------|-3--------------|---2-------0-----o||
|----------------|----------------|-3-------2---3-2--||
Verse
E5 E5
Gtr II
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
||-------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------|----------------------|
||----------9----(9)-|-----------9------(9)-|
||o---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-|
||--0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +Q. Q. Q
||-------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------|----------------------|
||--2----------------|-(2)-------4----5-----|
||o------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------|----------------------|
D5 D5
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)--|
|---------5----(5)-|-----------5------(5)--|
|-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0-------------|
|
| W +Q. Q. Q
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-0----------------|-(0)-------2----4------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
C5 D5 G F#m
PM----| PM----| PM--------------|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|------------------|--------0-----------||
|---------5----(5)-|---------7----(7)-|------0-------------||
|---------3----(3)-|---------5----(5)-|----2--------0-----o||
|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-3---------2---3-2--||
|
| W W Q. Q. E E
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-0----------------|-5------4------5-4--||
|-3----------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
Bridge
E5 E5 F5
Gtr II
PM------| PM------| PM
S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q 4x
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o--------------------|-------------------o||
||---------------------|--------------------||
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1---||
E5 E5 F5
PM------| PM------|
S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o--------------------|-------------------o||
||---------------------|--------------------||
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1---||
$
E5 E5
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|---------9----(9)-|-----------9------(9)-|
|---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-|
|-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +Q. Q. Q
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-2----------------|-(2)-------4----5-----|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
D5 D5
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-|
|---------5----(5)-|-----------5------(5)-|
|-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------|
|
| W +Q. Q. Q
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-0----------------|-(0)-------2----4-----|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
C5 D5 G F#m
PM----| PM----| PM--------------|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------0----------|
|---------5----(5)-|---------7----(7)-|------0------------|
|---------3----(3)-|---------5----(5)-|----2--------0-----|
|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-3---------2---3-2-|
|
| W W Q. Q. E E
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-0----------------|-5------4------5-4-|
|-3----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
E5 E5
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|---------9----(9)-|-----------9------(9)-|
|---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-|
|-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------|
|
| W +Q. Q. Q
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-2----------------|-(2)-------4----5-----|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
D5 D5
PM----| PM-----|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|---------7----(7)-|-----------7------(7)-|
|---------5----(5)-|-----------5------(5)-|
|-0-0-0-0----------|--0--0-0-0------------|
|
| W +Q. Q. Q
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-0----------------|-(0)-------2----4-----|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
To Coda
C5 D5 G F#m
PM----| PM----| PM--------------|
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------0----------|
|---------5----(5)-|---------7----(7)-|------0------------|
|---------3----(3)-|---------5----(5)-|----2--------0-----|
|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-3---------2---3-2-|
|
| W W Q. Q. E E
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-0----------------|-5------4------5-4-|
|-3----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
E5 E5 F5
PM------| PM------| PM
S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q 3x
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o--------------------|-------------------o||
||---------------------|--------------------||
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1---||
D.S. al Coda
E5 E5 F5
PM------| PM------| PM
S S S S E H +E S S S S E Q E Q
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|-----------2----(2)-|-----------2----3--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-1--||
&
E5
>
PM------|
S S S S E H +E +W
|--------------------|--------|
|--------------------|--------|
|--------------------|--------|
|--------------------|--------|
|-----------2----(2)-|-(2)----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----(0)-|-(0)----|
Interlude
Em
Gtr IV
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr V
W +W 4x
||-----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|------------------o||
||-----------------|-------------------||
||---2-------------|-(2)---------------||
||o----------------|------------------o||
||-----------------|-------------------||
|
| Gtr VI
| W W 4x
||--12-------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|------------------o||
||---9-------------|-------------------||
||-----------------|-------------------||
||o--7-------------|------------------o||
||---0-------------|-------------------||
Em G
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr V
W +W W +W
||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||---0-------------|-(0)--------------|-3-------------|-(3)---------------|
|
| Gtr VI
| W W W W
||--12-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||---9-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||-----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o--7-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||---0-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
D Em
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr V
W +W W +W
|---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------o||
|---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------o||
|-2-------------|-(2)--------------|-0-------------|-(0)---------------||
Em G
Gtr IV
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr V
W +W W +W
||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||---0---------------|-(0)--------------|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|
|
| Gtr VI
| W W W W
||--12---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||---9---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o--7---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||---0---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E Q +W E E E E E E Q +W
||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o------8-----8-----|------------------|-----8-----8-----|-------------------|
||-----9---9-9---9---|-(9)--------------|---7---7-7---7---|-(7)---------------|
||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D Em
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W +W W +W 3x
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-2---------------|-(2)--------------|-0---------------|-(0)---------------||
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E Q +W E E E E E E Q +W 3x
|-------0---------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----7-----7-----|------------------|-----8-----8-----|------------------o||
|---7-----7---7---|-(7)--------------|---9---9-9---9---|-(9)---------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Guitar solo
E5 E5 G5 G5
Gtr II
PM| PM|
Q E E H +W Q E E H +W
|------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-9--------9-------|-(9)----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-9--------9-------|-(9)----------------|--5-------5----|-(5)------------|
|-7--------7-------|-(7)----------------|--5-------5----|-(5)------------|
|-0---0-0--0-------|-(0)----------------|--3---3-3-3----|-(3)------------|
|
| Gtr III
| PM--------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H +H E E Q
|------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------7---|---------------|----------------|
|---9-----10---9-7-|-----7-9---10-------|-10-9-7---9----|-(9)----10-9-7--|
|-7-----7----------|--------------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------|
D5 D5 E5 E5
PM|
Q E E H +W Q E E H +W
|----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-7-------7------|-(7)------------|-9--------9-------|-(9)--------------|
|-7-------7------|-(7)------------|-9--------9-------|-(9)--------------|
|-5--5-5--5------|-(5)------------|-7--------7-------|-(7)--------------|
|----------------|----------------|-0----0-0-0-------|-(0)--------------|
|
| H E E Q +Q H. E E E Q Q E E E Q E E Q
|----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-7------10-9----|----------------|--------7---------|------------------|
|-------------9--|-(9)--[9]\------|-7-9-10-----10--9-|-10--9-7--9-7-----|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|--------------10--|
E5 E5
PM|
Q E E H +W
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-9-----------9----|-(9)-------------------|
|-9-----------9----|-(9)-------------------|
|-7-----------7----|-(7)-------------------|
|-0-----0--0--0----|-(0)-------------------|
|
| E E E E H E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|---10-12-13-12----|-12--13---12---10------|
|-9----------------|--------------------12-|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
G5 G5
PM|
Q E E H +W
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-----------5----|-(5)-------------------|
|-5-----------5----|-(5)-------------------|
|-3-----3--3--3----|-(3)-------------------|
|
| E E E E H E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------10-----------|
|---10-12-13-12----|-12--13--------13---12-|
|-9----------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
D5 D5
Q E E H +W
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|--7----------7--------|--(7)--------------|
|--7----------7--------|--(7)--------------|
|--5-----5--5-5--------|--(5)--------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E H +E +H. +E E
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----10-12-10-----(10)-|-(10)------(10)-12-|
|-12-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
E5 E5
PM|
Q E E H +W
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--9------9----------|-(9)---------------------|
|--9------9----------|-(9)---------------------|
|--7------7----------|-(7)---------------------|
|--0--0-0-0----------|-(0)---------------------|
|
| |-3--|
| H Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------10----------|
|-11------9--12-11-9-|-----9-11-12----12-11-9--|
|--------------------|-12----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
PM| PM|
Q E E H +W Q E E H +W
||--------------|------------|-------------|--------|
||o-------------|------------|-------------|--------|
||--9------9----|-(9)--------|-------------|--------|
||--9------9----|-(9)--------|-5------5----|-(5)----|
||o-7------7----|-(7)--------|-5------5----|-(5)----|
||--0--0-0-0----|-(0)--------|-3--3-3-3----|-(3)----|
PM|
Q E E H +W Q E E H +W
|-------------|------------|-------------|---------||
|-------------|------------|-------------|--------o||
|-7------7----|-(7)--------|-9------9----|-(9)-----||
|-7------7----|-(7)--------|-9------9----|-(9)-----||
|-5--5-5-5----|-(5)--------|-7------7----|-(7)----o||
|-------------|------------|-0--0-0-0----|-(0)-----||
Outro
E5 G5
Gtr II
PM| PM|
Q E E H +W Q E E H +W
||---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o--------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--9-------9----|--(9)-----------|-----------------|------------------|
||--9-------9----|--(9)-----------|--5---------5----|--(5)-------------|
||o-7-------7----|--(7)-----------|--5---------5----|--(5)-------------|
||--0--0-0--0----|--(0)-----------|--3---3--3--3----|--(3)-------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H H +H Q Q Q. E H +H Q Q
||---------------|----------------|-10--------------|------------------|
||o--------12----|-(12)-------12--|--------13-12----|-(12)----13--12---|
||--9------------|---------9------|-----------------|------------------|
||---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o--------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D5 E5
PM|
Q E E H +W Q E E H +W 8x
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------o||
|--7---------7----|--(7)------------|-9---------9----|--(9)-----||
|--7---------7----|--(7)------------|-9---------9----|--(9)-----||
|--5---5--5--5----|--(5)------------|-7---------7----|--(7)----o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0--0--0----|--(0)-----||
|
| Q. E H +H Q Q Q. E H +W 8x
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------||
|-10--------10----|-(10)------------|----------12----|-(12)----o||
|--------12-------|---------12--11--|-9-----12-------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------||
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
