Stormrider Lyrics

Iced Earth: Stormrider
last lead harmony: Steve
ending solo by: Seth Hayes (majorrager138@yahoo.com)
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Date last modified: April 16, 2003
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This part is the bridge between Angel's and Stormrider. On one cd it's the
end of Angel's, the other it's the beginning of Stormrider. So here it is.
(12 String Acoustic)
Guitar 1 x2 x2
"As I travel through..."
Guitar 2 (Distortion)
Ab|-------------------------------| Volume swell on
Eb|----------------------------3--| last note
"Lightning breaks..."
Stormrider
Riff 1
"Storming demons..."
"The time is almost here..."
Riff 2
"I can feel..."
Eb|-0-000-000-000-2-0-000-3-3p0-1-0-000-3-3-2-1-|
"...the pain is its reality..."
Riff 3
Ab|-2-----------4-----------3-----------2-----| keep picking
Eb|-0----00-6-3-2----00-3-2-1----00-3-2-0--\\-| through slide
"Fight on, grab on..."
"Fight on, grab on..."
Riff 4
Db|-------5\-------4-------5-----7-----4tr5-|
Riff 5
Riff 5a
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm) x3
Solo (Various pinch harmonics throughout)
Bb|----------10-9-8tr9--8-------8-7-6tr7-|
Gb|-10-------9-8-7tr8-----------9tr10-----|
Ab|--------------------a---7tr8-----------|
Bb|--------10-9-8tr9--8-------8-7-6tr7-|
Gb|-10-------9-8-7tr8-----------7tr8-----|
Ab|--------------------a---5tr6----------|
Gb|----16-15-----------19b21-|
Gb|----16-15-----------19b21-22b24-21b23-|
End solo
Riff 7 (Guitar 2 comes in just playing the chords)
Riff 7a
Riff 8
Riff 8a
Riff 9
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Bb|----13-------13-12----------18b20-18b20~-|
Ending to riff 9
Play Riff 2 "Now the rider..."
Play Riff 3 "Fight on, grab on..."
Ending
Ending Solo
eb|-20p19p17--------19p17p15--------17p15p13---------|
Bb|---------20p19p17--------19p17p15--------17p15p13-|
eb|-15p13p12--------13p12p10------10-------|
Bb|---------15p13p12--------13p12----13~~\-|
Eb|------------------------------------------10-7-4~~-|
slight palm mutes
End Solo
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