It's Ice
These are just the chords up to the jam after the second chorus.
Intro guitar part over Benny Hill bass line (it's in Bb):
P P
E|-----------|---------4-|---------6-4---3-----------|
B|-------3-6-|-------3---|-------3-----5---6-4---3---|
G|-----5-----|-----5-----|-----5---------------6-----|
D|-3-6-------|-3-6-------|-3-6---------------------6-|
A|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
E|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
P P
E|-----------|---------4-|---------6-4---3---------6-|
B|-------3-6-|-------3---|-------3-----5---6-4---3---|
G|-----5-----|-----5-----|-----5---------------6-----|
D|-3-6-------|-3-6-------|-3-6-----------------------|
A|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
E|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
Bb F/A Eb
I press on the elastic sheet, I'm breathing through a slice
G Bb Dd B
'Are they worms or are they serpents?' bubbled through the ice
Ab/C B G/B F
The source was quite invisible, the ever-present voice
A/E E B Bb
While skating, both legs tracing different shapes, I made my choice
Next vers has the same chords, except that just before going to a
chorus, the last chord is an E instead of a Bb.
I'm mimicking the image in whose radiance I bask
I'm tied to him, or him to me, depending who you ask
None the less reluctantly reflections tumble in
I slide with all the other on the wrong side of the skin
Chorus:
G D
He's fallen on the ice it cracks
Dm7 C
Will he plunge in and join me here?
G D
Meets my eyes to my suprise
F D
Laughs in full light of my frown
My double wants to pull me down
E
That little chromatic riff goes like this:
E Eb D Db Bb A Ab G
E|-----16-15--15-14--14-13-|-10--9---9--8---8--7-|
B|-----17-16--16-15--15-14-|-11-10--10--9---9--8-|
G|-----16-15--15-14--14-13-|-10--9---9--8---8--7-|
D|-------------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------------|---------------------|
Bass: E Bb
Slipping on the friction slide, my skin peels to the bone
The flesh I leave behind, is something that is not my own
I beg my mirror image for a moment with my soul
He's leaning back, time to attack, it's me who's in control
And every move I make he's got a hand up just in time
He's throwing several punches, and he's blocking most of mine
Defeated now I sulk and squirm above the frozen heights
Waiting, calculating till he ventures onto the ice.
The second time this happens it goes:
E Eb D Db C B Bb A
E|-----16-15--15-14--14-13-|-12-11--11--10--10--9-|
B|-----17-16--16-15--15-14-|-13-12--12--11--11-10-|
G|-----16-15--15-14--14-13-|-12-11--11--10--10--9-|
D|-------------------------|----------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------|
Bass: E C
IT'S ICE (JAM)
Transcribed by: Billy (Harpua76@aol.com)
This is a sick tune. There is a lot of playing in it, so
be ready for a challenge. The key is to listen for phrases
and learn the song piece by piece. I am unsure of some of the
chordal sections, so any help would be appreciated. As always,
listen to the Rift version for exact timings.
THEME 1
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D--5-----------------------4--3--4--3--4--3--4--6---7--6--4---
A-----5--6--5--6--5--6--8-------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------5--4--5--4--5--4--
D---3--4--3--4--6---7--6--7--6--7--6--7--9--------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------10--9-10--12--
G---5--7------8--7--8--10-----11--10---11--13-----------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------11--10--11--10--11--13-----14--13--14--13-
B--13--12--13--15---------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-14--13--14--16----17--19--20--22--22\-----------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
THEME 2 (modulation to C)
e---------------------------------------8---------------------
B-------------7--10------------------7-------------------7----
G----------9----------------------9-------------------9-------
D---7--10------------------7--10---------------7--10----------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
(2nd time)
e--10--8-----7-----------------10-----------------------------
B---------9-----10--8------7----------------------------------
G----------------------10-----------------REPEAT--------------
D------------------------------10-----------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
(1st time)
THEME 3
e---/-10--9--8------------------------------------------------
B-----------------9--12--10---------------------------------10
G----------------------------12----11--10--9--8---------------
D------------------------------------------------12--10--11---
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B---9--8------------------------------------------------------
G---------9--11--10--9----------------------------------------
D-----------------------11--13--12--11------------------------
A--------------------------------------12----------------12---
E------------------------------------------14---11-/-12-------
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------12--10------
G-----------------------------11--14--12------12----------11--
D-------------11--14--12------------------14------------------
A-13--14------------------12----------------------------------
E--------15---------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-----14--13---------12---------------------------------------
G-14----------13---------14--12-----11------------------------
D-------------------------------14-----12--14-----11-14-12----
A---------------------------------------------12--------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
Then back to Theme 2
THEME 4
e-/10--9--8---------------------------------------------------
B------------9--10--11--12--10------------S---10--------------
G-------------------------------12--11--10/11-----10--9-------
D--------------------------------------------------------12---
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------9-----------10--------10--11--12---12--13--14
G-----9--10--11------11--12-----------------------------------
D-12-----------------------------10---------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-14--13--12--------------------14--12------------------------
G-------------14----13--12--11----------13--14--12------------
D---------------------------------------------------16--15--14
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
A Dm A
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-----12--11--------------------------------------------------
A-12----------12----8--7--5-------4--7------------------------
E----------------------------8----------5---------------------
THEME 5
C Am B
e-----------------------------------------------12----11------
B-----------------------------7--10---------13-----------12---
G--------------------------9------------14------------------11
D-----------7\------7--10-------------------------------------
A-----7--9----------------------------------------------------
E--8----------------------------------------------------------
Am Abm F# E
e-14--12------------11-----------11---------------------------
B---------13------------12-----------14--11-------12----------
G-------------14------------13---------------11-------13------
D---------------------------------------------------------14--
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
Eb
e-----------------------------------12-----------------12--15-
B-11------------------------11--14--------------11--14--------
G-----12----------------12-------------------12---------------
D---------13--------13--------------------13------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
(Eb mixo)
e-15----------------------------------------------------------
B-----16--14------16--14------------------14------------------
G-------------15----------15--13--12--15------15--13--12------
D---------------------------------------------------------13--
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
Adim7
e------------------------------------------------10-----------
B-------------------------------10-------------------11-------
G----------------------------11-------------------------------
D-11------------------10--13-------------10--13---------------
A-----13--12-------12-----------------12----------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
(F#)
e-18----------------------------------------------------------
B-----19--17------19--17------------------17------------------
G-------------18----------18--16--15--18------18--16--15------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
G
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------12--13--12------
G-----------------------------------------12------------------
D-16--14------------------------------12------------------15--
A---------16--15--------------14--15--------------------------
E-------------------------15----------------------------------
(G)
e-----------------------------19------------------------------
B-12------10----------------------20--18------20--18----------
G-----------------------------------------19----------19--17--
D-----13------11----------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-----15--18--15----------------------------------------------
G-16--------------17--16--------------------------------------
D-------------------------17--15------------------------------
A---------------------------------17--16----------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
Edim7
e-------------------------------------12----------------------
B---------11--14--------------11--14-----------------14--17---
G-----13------------------13-----------------13--15-----------
D-14------------------14--------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-16--18--20--16----------16----------------------------------
B-----------------19--16------19--16----------16--------------
G-------------------------------------18--17------18--17------
D---------------------------------------------------------18--
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
G#aug7 Aaug7
e----------16-----17--17--17----------------------------------
B------17---------18--18--18----------------------------------
G--17-------------18--18--18----------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
Now here is where it gets really tricky. I am not 100% sure
if they are just playing augmented chords all the way up.
But it was the closest I could get to the sound. Use the same
fingering for all the augmented chords. The rhythm is based on
4 different patterns that each member is playing at different
times. Listen to the album to get the right timing.
AUGMENTED CHORD FORM--- Bbaug7
e----------------------------6--------------------------------
B----------------------------7--------------------------------
G----------------------------7--------------------------------
D----------------------------8--------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
Chords Bbaug7--Baug7--Caug7--C#aug7--Daug7--D#aug7--"OWWW"
Then this little lick Bdim C
e----------------------------10----8--8--8--------------------
B----------------------------9-----8--8--8--------------------
G----------------------------10----9--9--9--------------------
D----------------------------9--------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
Continue chord build-up----Faug7--F#aug7--Gaug7--G#aug7--Aaug7
A#aug7
Then this build-up
Baug7 G#aug7 Aaug7 A#aug7
e-19--19----16--16-----17--17----18\--------------------------
B-20--20----17--17-----18--18----19\--------------------------
G-20--20----17--17-----18--18----19\--------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
Decending line:
e-18--17--16--15----------------------------------------------
B-----------------19--18--19--18--------18--17--16--15--------
G-------------------------------------------------------18--17
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-18--17------17--15--17-15-----------------------------------
D---------------------------------18--16--18--16-----15--14---
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-13--12------------------------------------------------------
A---------16--15--16--15-------15--13--15--13---11--9-11--9---
E-------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A--8--7--6--5-------------------------------------------------
E----------------9--8--9--8\----------------------------------
JAM
Again, I am not sure of the chords for this section. What
I have seems to work, but I'm sure it's not even close.
Ebaug/G Gbaug/Bb
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B------4--------7---------------------------------------------
G------4--------7------------REPEAT 4 TIMES-------------------
D------5--------8---------------------------------------------
A------6--------9---------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
It then sounds like the band goes to a G-Bb vamp for Page's
keyboard solo. Again, that is probably inaccurate.
ON CUE- Go back to Theme 1 holding out that last D note a
few beats longer before leading back to the final
chorus.
Then--OUTRO
F E Eb D Db C B Bb
e------17--16--16--15--15--14------13--12--12--11--11--10-----
B------18--17--17--16--16--15------14--13--13--12--12--11-----
G------17--16--16--15--15--14------13--12--12--11--11--10-----
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-(8)---------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------(9)----------------------------
(bass)
A Ab G Gb F E Eb D
e-------9--8--8--7--7--6-------5--4--4--3--3--2---------------
B------10--9--9--8--8--7-------6--5--5--4--4--3---------------
G-------9--8--8--7--7--6-------5--4--4--3--3--2---------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-(5)---------------------(1)---------------------------------
(bass)
I am unsure of the last chord. It may be a C/C#.
I hope this transcription will give everyone lots to work on.
I sure gave me a lot. If anyone has any corrections, feel free
to submit them. ----Billy
== Bass Tablature ==
It's Ice
From: David Lionelli ( LIONELLI_DAV@CSUSYS.CTSTATEU.EDU )
G|--------15--/19-/19-15------------------------------------------------15\-|
D|--15-17----------------17-15-17--/19-/19-15------------------15-17-15-----|
A|--------------------------------------------18-16-15----15-16-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------18-------------------|