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Artist:          Iced Earth
Title:           Stand Alone (Bass)
Album:           Something Wicked This Way Comes


Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb

 

Timing:

| --------     | 1/2  | Half note
| ----         | 1/4  | Quarter note
| --           | 1/8  | Eight note
| -            | 1/16 | Sixteenth note




INTRO:
->(0:00-0:10)
Gb)|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Db)|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ab)|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Eb)|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|


Gb)|---------------------|------------------|----------------------|------------------|
Db)|---------------------|------------------|----------------------|------------------|
Ab)|---------------------|------------------|----------------------|------------------|
Eb)|--0--`---1--`---0----|------------------|--0--`---1--`--1--0---|------------------|



VERSE 1:
Riff 1 x 4
->(0:11-0:21)
Gb)||-------------------------|---------------------------||
Db)||*------------------------|--------------------------*||
Ab)||*------------------------|--------------------------*||
Eb)||---0--0--0--1-`--1--0----|--0--0--0----0-0-0--0--0---||

     Listen not to ones who preach
     Those who fell you're a freak
     Everything about you is wrong
     You must be sick, you don't belong



VERSE 2:
Riff 2 x 4
->(0:22-0:32)
Gb)||-------------------------|---------------------------||
Db)||*------------------------|--------------------------*||
Ab)||*------------------------|--------------------------*||
Eb)||---0--0--0--1-`--1--0----|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---||

     Father said, worry not what they say
     Use your mind, your own free will
     In a time when everyone follows
     Ignorance can kill



PRE-VERSE:
Riff 3a
->(0:32-0:42)
Gb)|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Db)|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Ab)|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Eb)|--0--`-----------0-`|----------------0--|--0--`-------------|--1--0--1--0--1--0--1----|


Gb)|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Db)|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Ab)|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Eb)|--0--`-----------0-`|----------------0--|--0--`-------------|--1--0--1--0--1--0--1----|



VERSE 3:
Riff 2 x 4
->(0:43-0:53)
Gb)||-------------------------|---------------------------||
Db)||*------------------------|--------------------------*||
Ab)||*------------------------|--------------------------*||
Eb)||---0--0--0--1-`--1--0----|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---||

     They only say what they want you to hear
     Half-truths have been twisted to conceal your fate
     In a world of spoon-fed emotion
     Intelligence can save



CHORUS:
Riff 4 x 2
->(0:54-1:10)
Gb)||---------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
Db)||*--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
Ab)||*--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
Eb)||---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|--0--0--0--1-`--1--0----|



Gb)||--------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------||
Db)||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------*||
Ab)||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------*||
Eb)||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--1-`--1--0----|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---||

     Stand alone
     Hear what I say
     Stand alone
     You will seize the day



PRE-SOLO:
Riff 3b
->(1:10-1:21)
Gb)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Db)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Ab)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Eb)||--0----0--`-------0--|----0--`---------0--|----0--`-----------|--1--0--1--0--1--0--1----|



Gb)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Db)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Ab)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Eb)||--0----0--`-------0--|----0--`---------0--|----0--`-----------|--1--0--1--0--1--0--1----|



SOLO:
Riff 5
->(1:21-1:31)
Gb)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Db)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Ab)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Eb)||--0--0--`-----------|--0--0--`-----------|--0--0--`-----------|--3--------1--------|



Gb)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Db)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Ab)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Eb)||--0--0--`-----------|--0--0--`-----------|--0--0--`-----------|--3--------1--------|



PRE-VERSE:
Riff 3b
->(1:31-1:42)
Gb)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Db)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Ab)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Eb)||--0----0--`-------0--|----0--`---------0--|----0--`-----------|--1--0--1--0--1--0--1----|



Gb)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Db)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Ab)||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
Eb)||--0----0--`-------0--|----0--`---------0--|----0--`-----------|--1--0--1--0--1--0--1----|



PRE-VERSE:
->(1:42-1:47)
Gb)||------------------|------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
Db)||------------------|------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
Ab)||------------------|------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
Eb)||------------------|------------------|--0-`--0--1-`--1--0----|------------------|



VERSE 4:
Riff 2 x 4
->(1:48-1:58)
Gb)||-------------------------|---------------------------||
Db)||*------------------------|--------------------------*||
Ab)||*------------------------|--------------------------*||
Eb)||---0--0--0--1-`--1--0----|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---||

     Son, say what you mean, don't be afraid
     Tell them how you feel, hear what I say
     Be true to yourself and true to your own
     Your spirit will crush the hearts of stone



CHORUS:
Riff 4 x 4
->(1:59-2:30)
Gb)||---------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
Db)||*--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
Ab)||*--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
Eb)||---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|--0--0--0--1-`--1--0----|



Gb)||--------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------||
Db)||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------*||
Ab)||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------*||
Eb)||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--1-`--1--0----|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---||

     Stand alone
     Hear what I say
     Stand alone
     It's a leap of faith



SOLO:
Riff 5
->(2:31-2:41)
Gb)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Db)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Ab)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Eb)||--0--0--`-----------|--0--0--`-----------|--0--0--`-----------|--3--------1--------|



Gb)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Db)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Ab)||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Eb)||--0--0--`-----------|--0--0--`-----------|--0--0--`-----------|--3--------1--------|


ENDING:
->(2:42-2:44)
Gb)||------------------------||
Db)||------------------------||
Ab)||------------------------||
Eb)||--0--0--0--1-`--1--0----||


it goes something like that anyway...I don't think its 100% but its really close...Enjoy