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PEACEMAKER
As recorded by Sonata Arctica
(Released as a Single in 2001)
Transcribed by /\X/\M
Words and Music by T. Kakko
Arranged by Sonata Arctica
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=132
4/4
Gtr I
PM|
Wx3 Q Q Q Q E E H Q Wx2 Q Q E +E Q
|------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------------|||------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------------|||------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------------|||------------|-3--5--7--5--|-------------|------------|-3--5--7-(7)\------|||------------|-3--5--7--5--|-2-2---------|------------|-3--5--7-(7)\------|||------------|-1--3--5--3--|-0-0---------|------------|-1--3--5-(5)\------||
Pre-Verse
PM----------------------------------------------| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q Q Q E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--7--5----||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2-------3-|-(3)-5--7--5--2-||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0-1-|-(1)-3--5--3--0-|
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E Q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--7-------|||-2---2-2---2-2---|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---------3-|-(3)-5--7-------|||-0---0-0---0-0---|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-1-|-(1)-3--5-------||
Verse
$
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||---------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|||o--------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|||---------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|||--2-(2)\-------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|||o-2--2-----2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2----|-2-2---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--|
PM-----------|
Q. H +E Q. H +E E E E E E E E E|---------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------||-5-------------|-5----9----(9)-|-7-----------------||-5----5----(5)-|-5----9----(9)-|-7-----------------||-3----5----(5)-|-3----7----(7)-|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-||------3----(3)-|---------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr II| W W W|---------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr III| W W W|---------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------|
1. 2.
PM----------------| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q|----------------------------||----------------|||---------------------------o||----------------|||-5--------------------------||-9-------9--7---|||-5--------------------------||-9-------9--7---|||-3-----3-3-3-3-----3--3--3-o||-7-7-7-7-7--5---|||----------------------------||----------------||
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| ~~~| E a E E E E a E Q W|---------------------[7]----||----------------|||-----------5-8-(8)s7-------o||----------------|||---------7------------------||----------------|||-5-(5)s4--------------------||----------------|||---------------------------o||----------------|||----------------------------||----------------||
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| E E E Q E E E W|----------------------------||----------------|||---------------------------o||----------------|||-5p====4---5-------4--------||----------------|||---------5------------5-----||----------------|||-------------------------5-o||----------------|||----------------------------||----------------||
Chorus 1. 2. To Coda H H H H H H H H H H||------------|---------------|-----------|------------||-----------||||o-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------o||-----------||||--5---------|--7------9-----|-5---------|-7----4-----||-7----4----||||--5----5----|--7------9-----|-5----5----|-7----4-----||-7----4----||||o-3----5----|--5------7-----|-3----5----|-5----2----o||-5----2----||||-------3----|-(5)----(7)----|------3----|------------||-----------||
Pre-Verse
D.S. al Coda
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E Q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--7-------|||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2-------3-|-(3)-5--7-------|||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0-1-|-(1)-3--5-------||
Guitar Solo & W +W H H|----------|------------|--------------------------------||----------|------------|--------------------------------||----------|------------|--9------------------5----------||-2--------|-(2)--------|--9------------------5----------||-2--------|-(2)--------|--7------------------3----------||-0--------|-(0)--------|--------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| ~~~| W W Q. a +E Q. +E|----------|------------|--------------------------------||----------|------------|--------------------------------||----------|------------|-19b21====(19)r(19)-19----(19)\-||----------|------------|--------------------------------||----------|------------|--------------------------------||----------|------------|--------------------------------|
H H|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||----------------------7----------||--5-------------------7----------||--5-------------------5----------||--3------------------------------|
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| ~~| S S S S E H +E|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-17p16---------------------------||-------17----19b21-19-----(19)\--||----------19---------------------||---------------------------------|
PM-------------------|
H H E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||--9-----------5----------|---7----------------------------||--9-----------5----------|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------7--||--7-----------3----------|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------5--||-------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E|-15----14-15----14-15----|-/19----17----15----------------||----12-------13-------13-|-----15----15----15-17b19==(17)r||-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------|
H H H H|------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------||---9---------5----------|--------------------7-----||---9---------5----------|---5----------------7-----||---7---------3----------|---5----------------5-----||------------------------|---3----------------------|
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| ~~~~ ~~~~| +Q E E +Q Q +E +E E E H|------------------------|--------------------------||-(17)--15s8-(8)--12b13--|-(12)-(12)\---------------||------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|------------12h14-[12]----||------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------|
H H|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--9-----------------------------------5-----------------||--9-----------------------------------5-----------------||--7-----------------------------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
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| PM---------------------------------------| ~~| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------12h14-12--||----------------------------12h14h16-12h14h16-----------||----------12h14h15-12h14h15-----------------------------||-12h14h15-----------------------------------------------|
PM--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|||--7-------------------------------------------|||--7--------7-----7-7--7--------7-----7---7----|||--5--------5-----5-5--5--------5-----5---5----|||----------------------------------------------||
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| ~~ ~~
| |--3--| |--3--|
| S S S S S Q S S S S S E +E|-15h17p15-14----------------------------------|||-------------15-------------------------------|||----------------14---12h14p12-11--------------|||---------------------------------12-----------|||------------------------------------12-(12)\--|||----------------------------------------------||
Keyboard Solo PM| PM| PM| E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H|----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|----------------||-5-----5-(5)----|----------------|-7-----7-(7)----||-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-5-----5-(5)----|-7-7-7-7-(7)----||-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----||----------------|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|----------------|
PM--| PM| PM| E E E E Q Q E E E E +H E E E E +H|---------------|----------------|----------------|||---------------|----------------|----------------|||-9-------9--7--|-5-----5-(5)----|----------------|||-9-9-9-9-9--7--|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-5-----5-(5)----|||-7-7-7-7-7--5--|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|||---------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-(3)----||
Guitar Break
PM---------|
E E E E +H|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--7--------------------------------------------7--(7)---------------||--7--------------------7-----------7-----------7--(7)---------------||--5--------------------5-----------5-----------5--(5)---------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III
| ~~~
| |--------7--------|
| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q. +E S S|-14p13-------14p13-------14p13-------14p13----14-------(14)\--------||-------14----------14----------14----------14----------------17h19h=||----------13----------13----------13--------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||--9------------------------------------------------------------------------|||--9--------9--------9--------9--------9-----------9--------9-------9-------|||--7--------7--------7--------7--------7-----------7--------7-------7-------|||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
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| |------6-------| |------6-------| |--------6--------| |------5------|
| S S S S. T S S S S S S S S S T S. S S T S. S S S|----17h19h20p19p17---------------------------------------------------------|||-20----------------20p19p17s15h17h19h20p19p17p15---------------------------|||----------------------------------------------------17p16p14---------------|||-------------------------------------------------------------17p16p==14----|||------------------------------------------------------------------------17-|||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bridge PM----------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------------|-----------------|||o-----------------------|-----------------|||---5--------------------|-----------------|||---5--------------------|-----------------|||o--3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-----------------|||------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
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| ~~~| H. +Q W||------------------------|-----------------|||o-----------------------|-----------------|||------------------------|-----------------|||--17------------(17)\---|-----------------|||o-----------------------|-----------------|||------------------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
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E E E E E E E E H Q Q H H|-----------------|-------------||-----------|||-----------------|------------o||-----------|||-----------------|-9----9--7---||-----------|||-----------------|-9----9--7---||-9----9----|||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7----7--5--o||-9----9----|||-----------------|-------------||-7----7----||
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| W W W|-----------------|-------------||-----------|||-----------------|------------o||-----------|||-----------------|-------------||-----------|||-----------------|-------------||-----------|||-----------------|------------o||-----------|||-----------------|-------------||-----------||
Out-Chorus H H H H H H H H 4x||------------|---------------|-----------|------------||||o-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------o||||--5---------|--7------9-----|-5---------|-7----4-----||||--5----5----|--7------9-----|-5----5----|-7----4-----||||o-3----5----|--5------7-----|-3----5----|-5----2----o||||-------3----|-(5)----(7)----|------3----|------------||
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E Q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------*||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------*||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------2-(2)\------*||-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--2-(2)\------*||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2-------3-|-(3)-5--0-(0)\------*||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0-1-|-(1)-3--------------*|
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
