Diary Lyrics

Iced Earth: Diary
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Date last modified: April 27, 2003
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Riff 1
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Bb|--5b6r5--|
Riff 2
Guitar 1 x2
Guitar 2 (Clean, some effect)
Ab|-7---------------------7-8-7-10-7-8~-|
Ab|-9-------------------------9-10-9-12-9-10~-|
Play Riff 1 "Mine is pure darkness..."
Play Riff 2 "In the twilight of morning..."
Riff 3
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Db|---7-9-10--9-7--10p9p7--------7-9-10-|
Db|---7-9-10--9-7--10p9p7-----------------------|
Db|---7-9-10--9-7--10p9p7--------7-9-10-|
Db|---7-9-10--9-7--10p9p7--------------------------|
Lead into next section:
Riff 4
Guitar 1 x3
"I missed my love tonight..."
Guitar 2 (When singing starts)
Bb|-12~----12-10-12-13-12~----12-12-13-15-|
Bb|-13~--13-12-13-15-15b17----15-13h15p13-|
Riff 5
Play Riff 4 "Skin soft and white..."
Play Riff 5
Riff 6 x3
"I will have her..."
"It's time to sleep..."
Play Riff 2 "...again..."
Riff 2a
Guitar 1 x2
"As consciousness slips..."
Guitar 2 (Clean, some effect)
Ab|-7---------------------7-8-7-10-7-8~-|
Ab|-9-------------------------9-10-9-12-9-10~-|
Riff 7
"Like it did ten thousand years ago..."
Riff 8 x3
Riff 8a (Solo Rhythm)
Gb|-9-----10-----9b10r9-|
End Solo
Riff 6a (Solo Rhythm) x3
End Solo
Riff 10
Guitar 1 x4
"Forbidden love..."
Guitar 2 x4
Both guitars
"Now I'm the one crucified..."
Lead into next section:
Play Riff 4 "For her immortal..."
Play Riff 5
Play Riff 6 "I will have her..."
Ending
"I will make her mine!"
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
12 = pre-bend.
12r10 = pre-bend and release.
= 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