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HANDFUL OF RAIN
As recorded by Savatage
(From the 1991 Album HANDFUL OF RAIN)
Transcribed by Torsten Hartmann
Words and Music by Savatage
Bb6
x 1 0 0 3 0
F/D
x x 0 5 6 5
E5/D
x x 0 4 5 0
Fsus2
3 3 5 0 0 0
E5/D(type 2)
x x 0 4 5 0
D5
x x 0 2 3 x
Am/D
x x 0 2 1 x
Asus2/D
x x 0 2 0 x
Em7/D
x x 0 0 3 0
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar I'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar II'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Intro Q=80 4/4 Gtr I E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S E E +S S E S S S S 4x||---------------------------|---------------------------||||o--------------------------|--------------------------o||||---------------------------|---------------------------||||---------------------------|---------------------------||||o------5---------5-----3h5-|------5---------5-----3h5-o||||--0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0------||
Bb6 Em7/D E. S +S S E +S S S S E E E. E. E E. E. E||--0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------|||o-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|----3----------3-|||--0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0----0----|||--0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-------|||o-1--1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------|
E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S E E +S S E S S S S|--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------||------5---------5-----3h5-|------5---------5-----3h5--||-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0------|
1. E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S E E +S S E S S S S|--------------------------|---------------------------|||--------------------------|--------------------------o|||--------------------------|---------------------------|||--------------------------|---------------------------|||------5---------5-----3h5-|------5---------5-----3h5-o|||-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0------||
2. F/D E5/D E. S +S S E +S S S S E E W|-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-0----||-6--6-(6)-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-5----||-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-4----||-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----||----------------------------|------||----------------------------|------|
E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S E E +S S E S S S S|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||------5---------5-----3h5-|------5---------5-----3h5-||-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|
F/D E5/D E. S +S S E +S S S S E E W|-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-0----||-6--6-(6)-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-5----||-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-4----||-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----||----------------------------|------||----------------------------|------|
D Bb6 E. S +S S E +S S S S E E E. S +S S E +S S S S E E|-2--2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-||-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-||-2--2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-||-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-||----------------------------|-1--1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-||----------------------------|----------------------------|
D Bb5 Gtrs I, II E. S +S S E +S S S S E E S S S S E S S S S E Q|-2--2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------------||-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------------||-2--2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3------||-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3------||----------------------------|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1------||----------------------------|------------------------|
Verse
$
D5 F5G5 D5 A5 G5
Gtr II
|-3-|
E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E +S S E Q
||---------------------------------|------------------------|||o--------------------------------|------------------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------|||--0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-------|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--|||o-0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-------|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--|||--0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-0h2h3-|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--|
1. D5 F5G5 A5 G5 |-3-| E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E +S S E Q|--------------------------------|------------------------||--------------------------------|------------------------||--------------------------------|------------------------||-0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-------|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--||-0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-------|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--||-0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-0h2h3-|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--|
A#5 G5 F5E5 |-3-| E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------|----------------------------------|||------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||-3--3---x-3-(3)-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-3--3---x-3-(3)-3-----------------|||-3--3---x-3-(3)-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-3--3---x-3-(3)-3-5---3-2---------|||-1--1---x-1-(1)-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-1--1---x-1-(1)-1-5---3-2--------o|||------------------------------|------------------5---3-2-0h2h3---||
2. Fsus2 Esus2 E E E E E E E E H. S S E|-----------------|---------------||-----------------|---------------||-----------------|---------------||-5---5---5---5---|-4-------4-4---||-3---3---3---3---|-2-------2-2---||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-------2-2---|
D5 F5 G5 D5 A5 G5 Gtr III ~~~~ ~~ H. S S S S +Q S S Q Q.|------------------------------------------|------------------------------||-13---------------------------------------|------------------------------||-12b13====================12p10------10---|-(10)---10h12-10--------------||--------------------------------12--------|-----------------------12\----||------------------------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| |--3---|
| E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E +S S E Q|------------------------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------------------------|------------------------------||--0-----0---x-0-(0)-0---x--3s=5-----------|---0--0-----x--0-(0)-x-/7--5--||--0-----0---x-0-(0)-0---x--3s=5-----------|---0--0-----x--0-(0)-x-/7--5--||--0-----0---x-0-(0)-0---x--3s=5--0h2h===3-|---0--0-----x--0-(0)-x-/7--5--|
To Coda Fsus2 Esus2 Gtr II E E E E E E E E W|-----------------|-------||-----------------|-------||-----------------|-------||-5---5---5---5---|-4-----||-3---3---3---3---|-2-----||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-----|
Guitar Solo Gtr III ~~~ H Q Q +E S S S S Q. Q|-13-------------13-----------13-------------|-(13)--10--------------------------------||-13b15==========13b15========13b15==========|=(13)r----13-----------------------------||--------------------------------------------|-------------12pb13r12p10----------------||--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------12\--||--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| |-3-|| E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E +S S E Q|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||--0-----0---x-0-(0)----0---x--3s====5-------|---0-------0---------x--0--(0)-x-/7--5---||--0-----0---x-0-(0)----0---x--3s====5-------|---0-------0---------x--0--(0)-x-/7--5---||--0-----0---x-0-(0)----0---x--3s====5-0h2h3-|---0-------0---------x--0--(0)-x-/7--5---|
~~~~~~~~~~~~ S S S S +S S Q Q.|-13--13-13-13-(13)-13----------22---------------||-15--15-15-15-(15)-15-15------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
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| |-3-|| E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||--0---------0-------x--0-(0)-0-----x-3s5--------||--0---------0-------x--0-(0)-0-----x-3s5--------||--0---------0-------x--0-(0)-0-----x-3s5-0h2h3--|
D.S. al Coda ~~ S S S S T T S S S S S S S Q|-22b24r22-20-/15b17r15p13----15-13------------------||--------------------------15-------15---------------||---------------------------------------13-12-10-----||------------------------------------------------12--||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
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| E. S S S E +S S E Q|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||--0------------0-----------x--0----(0)--x-/7-----5--||--0------------0-----------x--0----(0)--x-/7-----5--||--0------------0-----------x--0----(0)--x-/7-----5--|
Interlude & D E5/D D E5/D E5/DD E5/D D E5/D E5/D Gtr I E. S +E E +S E. E E E. S +E E +S E. E E||--2--0-(0)-2-(2)-0--2-0-|-2--0-(0)-2-(2)-0--2-0--||||o-3--5-(5)-3-(3)-5--3-5-|-3--5-(5)-3-(3)-5--3-5-o||||--2--4-(4)-2-(2)-4--2-4-|-2--4-(4)-2-(2)-4--2-4--||||--0--0-(0)-0-(0)-0--0-0-|-0--0-(0)-0-(0)-0--0-0--||||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||||------------------------|------------------------||
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| Gtr II| H +Q. E H +Q. E||------------------------|------------------------||||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||||------------------------|------------------------||||--0----------(0)------0-|-0----------(0)------0--||||o-0----------(0)------0-|-0----------(0)------0-o||||--0----------(0)------0-|-0----------(0)------0--||
D5 Am/D Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D D5 Am/D Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|||o---3-----1-----0-----1---0---1---|---3-----1-----0-----1---0---1----|||------2-----2-----2-------------2-|-----2-----2-----2-------------2--|||--0-----0-----0-----0---0---0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0---0---0------|||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D5 Am/D Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D D5 Am/D Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---3-----1-----0-----1---0---1---|---3-----1-----0-----1---0---1---||-----2-----2-----2-------------2-|-----2-----2-----2-------------2-||-0-----0-----0-----0---0---0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0---0---0-----||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1. 2. A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 Gtrs I, II H H H H H H H H|-----------|------------||-----------|-----------||-----------|-----------o||-----------|-----------||-2---------|-2----------||-2---------|-2---------||-2----5----|-2----5-----||-2----5----|-2----5----||-0----5----|-0----5----o||-0----5----|-0----5----||------5----|------5-----||------5----|------5----|
H.=H A5G5A5G5A5G5A5G5 A5G5A5G5A5G5A5G5 A5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W|-----------------|-----------------|------||-----------------|-----------------|------||-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-2----||-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2----||-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-|-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-|-0----||---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|------|
Outro Q=80 Gtr I E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S E E +S S E S S S S 4x||---------------------------|---------------------------||||o--------------------------|--------------------------o||||---------------------------|---------------------------||||---------------------------|---------------------------||||o------5---------5-----3h5-|------5---------5-----3h5-o||||--0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0------||
Bb6 Em7/D E. S +S S E +S S S S E E E. E. E E. E. E E. S E E +S S E S S S S|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------||---------------------------||-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|----3----------3-||o--------------------------||-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0----0----||---------------------------||-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-------||---------------------------||-1--1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------||o------5---------5-----3h5-||----------------------------|-----------------||--0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|
1. F/D E5/D E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S +S S E +S S S S E E W 3x|--------------------------|-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-----|||--------------------------|-6--6-(6)-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-5----o|||--------------------------|-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-----|||--------------------------|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----|||------5---------5-----3h5-|----------------------------|------o|||-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|----------------------------|-------||
2. E5/D Gtr III ~~~ W +W E a S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S +H H|-0--------|-(0)--------|-------------------------------------|-------------*||-5--------|-(5)--------|---(8)h9-8S6---8-6---6---------------|-------------*||-4--------|-(4)--------|-------------7-----7---7-5-----------|-------------*||-0--------|-(0)--------|---------------------------7-6-5-----|-------------*||----------|------------|---------------------------------8-5-|-(5)---------*||----------|------------|-------------------------------------|-------------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
