Ice Age

Song: Ice Age
Artist: How to Destroy Angels
Album: The Omen EP
Tuning: Drop Bb and/or Drop D


NOTES (READ BEFOREHAND):
I tabbed this in two tunings for this piece. Drop Bb (Bb, F, Bb, Eb, G, C) and a Drop D 
(DADGBE) for those people who don’t want to tune down.
And it’s basically all palm-muted (and most likely finger picked) unless said otherwise.
This is in two parts. The lowest Bb (or D) string is the rhythm, while the rest are the 
melody. Also, there’s a lot going more going on in this song, so this is just the 
skeleton. I plan to edit this some more and flesh it out later.


DROP Bb VERSION

Main Riff
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------11------11------14------12------12------11-----------------|
|-----11------11------11------11------11------11-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------11----1312---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------11------11------14------12------12------11-----------------|
|-----11------11------11------11------11------11--9-------9---9----|
|-----------------------------------------------------11-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4------------------------|


Refrain
|-----21------21------21------21------21------21------21------21---| These
|------------------------------------------------------------------| are
|---------18------18------18------18------18------18------18-------| muted.
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-------5-----------------5---------4-------4---12---|
|-----------------------6-------------4---4------------------------|
|-4---6-------------4-----7-----------------7----------------------|
|---------9--------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---6-----------4-----------------4---------------4-4------------|

|-----21------21------21------21------21------21------21------21---| These
|------------------------------------------------------------------| are
|---------18------18------18------18------18------18------18-------| muted.
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------10-------|
|---------------------8---6----------------------------------------|
|-------------------7-------7-------------------------------7------|
|-----------------------------------------------------9-------7----|
|-4-------4-------4---------------4-------4-------4----------------|


Main Riff at 2:45
|---------------------------------------------------------16--14---|
|-------11------11------14------12------12------11-----------------|
|-----11------11------11------11------11------11-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------11----1312---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4--------|

|-12---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------11------11------14------12------12------11-----------------|
|-----11------11------11------11------11------11--9-------9---9----|
|-----------------------------------------------------11-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4------------------------|


Every once and a while a guitar strikes
|------------|
|------------|
|-11~--------|
|-11~--------|
|------------|
|------------|
and
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4~-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4~-----------------------------------------------------------------|


Ending
6:16                                            6:36
|---------------------------------14---------10-12-8~----|
|------------------------------14------------------------|
|---11~--------------------------------------------------|
|---11~------------11--11--------------------------------|
|------------------9---9---------------------------------|
|-4------------------------------------------------------|

Another part repeats this
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----11------11------11------11----|
|-----9-------9-------9-------9-----|
|-4-------4-------4-------4---------|

And then it fades out



DROP D VERSION
(one can take the low D string and tune it down to a Bb if you want to have the correct octaves)

Main Riff
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7-------7-------10------8-------8-------7------------------|
|-----7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------7--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------7-----9-8----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7-------7-------10------8-------8-------7------------------|
|-----7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------7---5-------5---5----|
|-----------------------------------------------------7------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------8--|
|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------------------------|


Refrain
|-----17------17------17------17------17------17------17------17---| These
|------------------------------------------------------------------| are
|---------14------14------14------14------14------14------14-------| muted.
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------3-------3-------3-------1-------1-------1-------1--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------1-------1-----------------1---------0-------0---8----|
|-----------------------2-------------0---0------------------------|
|-0---2-------------0-----3-----------------3----------------------|
|---------5--------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---2-----------0-----------------0---------------0-0------------|

|-----17------17------17------17------17------17------17------17---| These
|------------------------------------------------------------------| are
|---------14------14------14------14------14------14------14-------| muted.
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------6--------|
|---------------------4---2----------------------------------------|
|-------------------3-------3-------------------------------3------|
|-----------------------------------------------------5-------3----|
|-0-------0-------0---------------0-------0-------0----------------|


Main Riff at 2:45
|---------------------------------------------------------12--10---|
|-------7-------7-------10------8-------8-------7------------------|
|-----7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------7--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------7-----9-8----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|

|-8----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7-------7-------10------8-------8-------7------------------|
|-----7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------7---5-------5---5----|
|-----------------------------------------------------7------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------8--|
|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------------------------|


Every once and a while a guitar strikes
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-7~--------|
|-7~--------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
and
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0~-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0~-----------------------------------------------------------------|


Ending
6:16                                            6:36
|---------------------------------10---------6-8-4~----|
|------------------------------10----------------------|
|---7~-------------------------------------------------|
|---7~-------------7---7-------------------------------|
|------------------5---5-------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------------------------|

Another part repeats this
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----7------7-------7-------7------|
|-----5------5-------5-------5------|
|-0-------0-------0-------0---------|