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TALLULAH
As recorded by Sonata Arctica
(From the 2001 Album SILENCE)
Transcribed by Rogelio Dionicio (transylvania9@hotmail.com)
Words by Tony Kakko. Music by Sonata Arctica
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
A5
5 7 7 x x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
Am
5 7 7 5 5 5
G
3 5 5 4 3 3
C
x 3 5 5 5 3
F
1 3 3 2 1 1
GVII
x 10 9 7 8 7
Dm
x x 0 2 3 1
FV
x 8 7 5 6 5
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Clean Guitar - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dist Guitar 1 - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dist Guitar 2 - Jani Liimatainen'
Intro Verse Pre-Chorus Interlude Slow Metal Q.=90 4/4 Gtr I Wx11 Wx16 Wx16 Wx11|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------|||-------------||-------------||-------------||---------|||-------------||-------------||-------------||---------|||-------------||-------------||-------------||---------|||-------------||-------------||-------------||---------|||-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
2nd Verse Am G C Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q||----------5-------|-----------3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-------|||o-----5-----5---5-|-----5-------3---|-5-----5-----|-5-------5-----|||----5---5-----5---|---5---5-4-----4-|----5-----5--|----5------5---|||--7---------------|-7---------------|-------------|---------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|||------------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|
Dm G Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q|-------1------|-3------1------|-------3--------|-------3------|||----3----3----|---3------3----|-----3-----3----|----3-----3--o|||-2---------2--|-----2------2--|---4-----4---4--|--------------|||--------------|---------------|-5--------------|-5------------|||--------------|---------------|----------------|-------------o|||--------------|---------------|----------------|--------------||
Pre-Chorus F G Am E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H Q E E E E E E||--------1-(1)-------|-------3-(3)-------|----------------|--------0---------||||o-----1-------1---1-|-----3-------3---3-|-----1-0-(0)----|------1---1------o||||----2-----------2---|---4-----------4---|---2------------|----2-------2-0---||||--3-----------------|-5-----------------|-2--------------|-2----------------||||o-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------o||||--------------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------||
F G C GVII Am G 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 E E E E E E E|-------1-(1)-------|-------3-(3)-------|---8-------7-----|---5-------3-----||-----1-------1---1-|-----3-------3---3-|-----8-------8---|-----5-------3---||---2-----------2---|---4-----------4---|-9-----9-7-----7-|-5-----5-4-----4-||-3-----------------|-5-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F G E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q E E Q +H|-------1-(1)-------|-------1-(1)-------|-3-----------|-3-------------|||-----1-------1---1-|-----1-------1---1-|----3-----3--|---3-----------|||---2-----------2---|---2-----------2---|-------0-----|-----0--(0)----|||-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-------------|---------------|||-------------------|-------------------|-------------|---------------|||-------------------|-------------------|-------------|---------------||
Chorus C G Dm Am Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q||--0-----------|-------------|-1-----------|--------------|||o-1--------1--|-3-----------|-3-----------|-1------------|||-----0--------|-4--------4--|----2-----2--|-2------------|||--------2-----|----5--------|-------3-----|----2-----2---|||o-------------|-------5-----|-------------|-------3------|||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
1. C G F G FV GVII Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------|-------------|-----1-------3---|-----5-------7----|||-1--------1--|-3-----------|---1---1---3---3-|---6---6---8---8-o|||----0--------|-4--------4--|-2-------4-------|-5-------7--------|||-------2-----|----5--------|-----------------|------------------|||-------------|-------5-----|-----------------|-----------------o|||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------||
2. G (F) (G) (Am) Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q +H +W|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------|||-3--------3--|-----1------3--|-----5--(5)----|-(5)----|||----4--------|---0------2----|---4-----------|--------|||-------5-----|-3------5------|-7-------------|--------|||-------------|---------------|---------------|--------|||-------------|---------------|---------------|--------||
Bridge Dm F Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q||--^1-----------|-1-----------|-^1-----------|-^1------------|||o-^3--3-----3--|----3--------|-^1--------1--|-^1--1---------|||--^2-----2-----|-------2-----|-^2-----------|-^2-----2------|||---------------|----------0--|--------3-----|-----------3---|||o--------------|-------------|-----3--------|---------------|||---------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
1. Am C Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|-^5-----------|-------------|-^3-----------|--------------|||-^5-----------|-5-----------|-^5-----------|-5-----------o|||-^5--5-----5--|----5-----5--|-^5--5-----5--|----5-----5---|||--------7-----|-------7-----|--------5-----|-------5------|||--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------o|||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------||
2. G Fsus4 F Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W W|-3-----------|-3-----------|-^1--------|-^1----|||----3-----3--|----3-----3--|-^1--------|-^1----|||-------0-----|-------0-----|-^3--------|-^2----|||-------------|-------------|-^3--------|-^3----|||-------------|-------------|-----------|-------|||-------------|-------------|-----------|-------||
Guitar Solo
(Am) (G) (C)
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
|--3--|
W +H E +E Q H. S S S E W|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------||-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------||-7b9=========|=(7)----7r(7)p5--|-/12-------10h12p10-9-|---------||-------------|-----------------|----------------------|-[10]----||-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------||-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------|
(F) (G) ~~ ~~~~~~ Q E Q. +Q Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E S S Q. E +Q Q|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------||------[9]b10r==(9)--|-7----------------|-------7-(7)--5-7p5-|-4---------------||--------------------|------7-(7)--/7-9-|-10-----------------|------7-(7)--5---||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
(Am) (G) (C)
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
|-3--| |-3--|
a Q. E H +H E E E E E E H E +Q S S W|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------||---------------|--------------------10p|=8----15b17==(15)r=15p13-|-------||---------------|----------------7h9----|-------------------------|-14----||--------7-7----|-(7)----/7h9h10--------|-------------------------|-------||-5s7-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------||---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
(F) (G) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ W +H Q Q H E +Q S S H. Q|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------|||-----------|-----------------|-------15b17==(15)r=15p13-|-15-------13---|||-14--------|-(14)----14--16--|-17-----------------------|---------------|||-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------|||-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------|||-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------||
Pre-Chorus 2
(F) (G) (Am)
~~~~ ~~~~ ~
|-3--| |-3-|
H. Q +W Q Q Q Q Q Q W|-/17-------15b17r=|=(15)--------|-12p8----10p7---|------||------------------|-------------|------10------8-|------||------------------|-------------|----------------|-9----||------------------|-------------|----------------|------||------------------|-------------|----------------|------||------------------|-------------|----------------|------|
(F) (G) ~~~~ H. Q +Q. +E +E +E +E +E|------------------|-----------------------------------------||-/10-------12b13r=|=(12)---(12)-(12)b13==(12)r(12)b13==(12)r||------------------|-----------------------------------------||------------------|-----------------------------------------||------------------|-----------------------------------------||------------------|-----------------------------------------|
(Am) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a W +H. +Q|----------------|-------------------||-(12)-10--------|-(10)------(10)\---||----------------|-------------------||----------------|-------------------||----------------|-------------------||----------------|-------------------|
(F) (G) H Q Q Q Q Q Q|--------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------||------12------|-----------------||----------10--|-9--[10]--12--9--||--------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|
(C) (G) (Am) (G)
~~
|--3--| |--3--| |----3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q Q H|-------------------------15-17-|-19b20r(19)-15-------||-------------------15-17-------|---------------17----||----------12h14-16-------------|---------------------||-10h12h14----------------------|---------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------|
(F) (G) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~ E +Q S S H +H Q Q H. E E W|--------------------------|---------17--19--|-19b20------19p17h|=19----|||-18b20==(18)r=18p17h18----|-(18)------------|------------------|-------|||--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------|||--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------|||--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------|||--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------||
Out-Chorus
C5 G5 D5 A5
Gtr III
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
> ~~~~~ W +W W W||--19b20--------|-(19)--------|----------|------|||o--------------|-------------|----------|------|||---------------|-------------|----------|------|||---------------|-------------|----------|------|||o--------------|-------------|----------|------|||---------------|-------------|----------|------|
C5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5
W W H H H H
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
W W W W|----------|----------|-----------|------------|||----------|----------|-----------|-----------o|||----------|----------|-----------|------------|||----------|----------|-----------|------------|||----------|----------|-----------|-----------o|||----------|----------|-----------|------------||
C5 G5 D5 A5
q Q H W W W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
W W W W||-------------|----------|----------|------|||o------------|----------|----------|------|||-------------|----------|----------|------|||-------------|----------|----------|------|||o------------|----------|----------|------|||-------------|----------|----------|------|
1.
C5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5
W W H H H H
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
W W W W|----------|----------|-----------|------------|||----------|----------|-----------|-----------o|||----------|----------|-----------|------------|||----------|----------|-----------|------------|||----------|----------|-----------|-----------o|||----------|----------|-----------|------------||
Outro 2. (F) (G) (Am) Gtr I E E Q E E Q E E H. +W W|------8--------10--|-------12-------|-(12)--------|------*||----8-------10-----|----12----------|-------------|------*||-10------12--------|-14-------------|-------------|------*||-------------------|----------------|-------------|------*||-------------------|----------------|-------------|------*||-------------------|----------------|-------------|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
