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AGAINST THE WIND
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 1994 Album FOURTH DIMENSION)
Transcribed by StrungOut219
Words and Music by Stratovarius
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Gtr. I'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Gtr. II'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Gtr. III'
Intro
Q=135
E5
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S E S S E. S +E E S S S S E S S E. S +E E
||---------------------------|-------------------------------|||o--------------------------|-------------------------------|||---------------------------|-------------------------------|||----------------9--7-(7)-9-|---------------/12--10-(10)----|||o-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-2-2-2-2-2------------------12-|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
S S S S E S S E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E|--------------------------|------------------------------|||--------------------------|-----------------------------o|||--------------------------|------------------------------|||---------------9--7-(7)-9-|-/12--10-(10)-9-\7--9-(9)-10--|||-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-----------------------------o|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|------------------------------||
Full Band S S S S E S S E. S +E E S S S S E S S E. S +E E||---------------------------|-------------------------------|||o--------------------------|-------------------------------|||---------------------------|-------------------------------|||----------------9--7-(7)-9-|---------------/12--10-(10)----|||o-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-2-2-2-2-2------------------12-|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
S S S S E S S E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E|--------------------------|--------------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------------o|||--------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------------9--7-(7)-9-|-/12--10-(10)-9-\7--9-(9)-10----|||-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-------------------------------o|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|--------------------------------||
B5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W +Q +Q Q +E E W +H Q +E E|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------||-10b12=========|=(10)--(10)r---7b9r===(7)--5-|--4--------|--(4)---------------||---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|---------4b5r=(4)-2-||---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------||---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------||---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
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| Gtr II| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| W +Q +Q Q +E E W +H Q +E E|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------||-14b16=========|=(14)--(14)r-----------------|-----------|--------------------||---------------|--------------14b16r=(14)-12-|-11--------|-(11)----8b9r=(8)-6-||---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------||---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------||---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
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| Gtr III| W +H Q +E E W +H Q +E E|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------||---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------||---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------||--4------------|--(4)------------------------|--4--------|--(4)---------------||--2------------|--(2)----------2b3r===(2)--0-|--2--------|--(2)----2b3r=(2)-0-||---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ W +H Q +E E W|----------|----------------------|----------||----------|---------7b8r===(7)-5-|-4--------||-4--------|-(4)------------------|----------||----------|----------------------|----------||----------|----------------------|----------||----------|----------------------|----------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~| W +H Q +E E W|----------|----------------------|----------||-4--------|-(4)----10b12r=(10)-8-|-7--------||----------|----------------------|----------||----------|----------------------|----------||----------|----------------------|----------||----------|----------------------|----------|
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| W +H Q +E E W|----------|----------------------|----------||----------|----------------------|----------||----------|----------------------|----------||-4--------|-(4)------------------|-4--------||-2--------|-(2)-----2b3r===(2)-0-|-2--------||----------|----------------------|----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-20--19-17----19-17-------17-----------------------||-----------20-------20-19----20-19-17-20-19-17-----||-----------------------------------------------20--||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
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|~~~~~| +W|---------------------------------------------------||-(7)-----------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
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| +W|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||-(4)-----------------------------------------------||-(2)-----------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
Verse
E5
PM----| PM------------| PM----| PM------------|
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---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|||o-5h7---------5h7-----------------|-5h7---------5h7------------------|||------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A5
PM----| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W|---------------------------------|----------||---------------------------------|----------||---------------------------------|-2--------||---------------------------------|-2--------||-5h7---------5h7-----------------|-0--------||-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------|
C5
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||-----------------------------------|
E5
PM----------------------------| PM----| PM------------|
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5h7---------5h7-----------------||---------------------------------|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
PM----| PM| PM| PM----| PM--------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------||-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------o||-----------------------------------|||------------------------------||-------------------------------7-9-|||---------------------5-----5--||------------------------7-9-10-----|||-5h7---------5h7-----3-----3-o||-5h7---------5h7-7-9-10------------|||-----0-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0----||-----0-0-0-0-----------------------||
Pre-Chorus B5 C5 W +H Q E E W +H Q E E|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------||----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------||----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------||-4--------|-(4)----------------|-5--------|-(5)----------------||-2--------|-(2)-------2b3--2-0-|-3--------|-(3)----------------||----------|--------------------|----------|-----------2b3--2-0-|
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| Gtr II| ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~| W Q E E H W Q Q Q Q|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------||-7--------|--7b8r=7-5-7--------|-8--------|--8b10--8--7----5---||----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------||----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------||----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------||----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
B5 C5 D5 W +H Q E E W W|----------|--------------------|----------|------|||----------|--------------------|----------|------|||----------|--------------------|----------|------|||-4--------|-(4)----------------|-5--------|-7----|||-2--------|-(2)-------2b3--2-0-|-3--------|-5----|||----------|--------------------|----------|------||
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| ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| W Q E E H W W|----------|--------------------|----------|-5----|||-7--------|--7b8r=7-5-7--------|-8--------|------|||----------|--------------------|----------|------|||----------|--------------------|----------|------|||----------|--------------------|----------|------|||----------|--------------------|----------|------||
Chorus G5 D5 A5 E5 G5 D5 W W W W W W||-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|||o----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|||-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|||-----------|-7--------|-2--------|----------|----------|-7----|||o-5--------|-5--------|-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-5----|||--3--------|----------|----------|-0--------|-3--------|------|
1. 2. ~ Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q|-------------|-----------||-------------||-------------|----------o||-------------||-------------|-----------||-------------||-------------|-----------||-------------||----------6--|-7--------o||----------6--||-8--5--7-----|-----------||-8--5--7-----|
~ ~ ~ Q +E S S Q +E S S H +H|-----------------------|--------------|||-----------------------|--------------|||-----------------------|--------------|||-----------------------|--------------|||-7--(7)-7-7-7--(7)-7-7-|-7----(7)\----|||-----------------------|--------------||
Guitar Solo
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
|-----3-----|
H. E +E +E|----------------------------||-17b19------17b19r(17)-(17)-||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
~~~~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
+Q +E S S S S S S T T T T S S S S S S|------------14-15-18p15p14S12h15p14p12----------15p14p12-15p==||-(17)--(17)----------------------------15-14-12---------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S S S S S S S S S S S|-14p12----------15p14p12h14p12----------------------------------------------||-------15-14-12----------------15-14-12----14p12----------15p14p12h14p12----||----------------------------------------15-------15-14p12----------------15-||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S +E +H|-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------|||-14-12p11h12p11--------------------------|||----------------14-12-11-----------------|||-------------------------13-(13)-(13)----|||-----------------------------------------||
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|--3--|
Q. +E Q +E S S S|------------------------10-11-14-||-13b15====(13)r13--(13)----------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
T
|--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S S S S S S S S|-14p11p10h17p14p11p10h11p10S8h11p10p8---------11p10p8h10p8----------||--------------------------------------11-10-8--------------11-10-8--||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-11p10p8------------------------------------------------||---------11-10p8p7-10-8p7-----11p10p8-8p7--------10p8p7h||--------------------------8p7-------------10p8p7--------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S E +H|--------------------------|||-8p7----------------------|||-----8p7p5----------------|||-----------8p7p5-4-(4)----|||--------------------------|||--------------------------||
Interlude
G5 D5
~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~
|---3----|
Q +E S S Q Q Q Q. E Q E E||-----------------------------|----------------------|||o-12--(12)-12-13-13b15-13-12-|-10----8-10--10b12-10-|||-----------------------------|----------------------|||-----------------------------|----------------------|||o----------------------------|----------------------|||-----------------------------|----------------------|
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| Gtr II| W Q. E H||-----------------------------|----------------------|||o----------------------------|----------------------|||-----------------------------|----------------------|||-----------------------------|--7-------------------|||o--5-------------------------|--5----5--6-----------|||---3-------------------------|----------------------|
E5 B5
~~~~~~~ ~ ~
|---3---| |-3-|
Q +E S S Q Q Q Q S S S E Q Q|------------------------|-------------------||-8--(8)-8-10-10b12-10-8-|-7--7h8p7----------||------------------------|----------7----7---||------------------------|------------9------||------------------------|-------------------||------------------------|-------------------|
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| W W|------------------------|-------------------||------------------------|-------------------||------------------------|-------------------||-9----------------------|-4-----------------||-7----------------------|-2-----------------||------------------------|-------------------|
1.
C5 G5 A5 D5
~~~~~~~ ~~ ~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
Q +E S S Q Q Q Q. E Q E E Q +E S S Q Q Q Q +E S S Q Q Q|--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|||-5--(5)-5-7-7b8-7-5-|---------------|------------------|--------------5-7-o|||--------------------|-7----5-4--5-4-|-2--(2)-2-2-2-4-5-|-7--(7)-7-7-7------|||--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|||--------------------|---------------|------------------|------------------o|||--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------||
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| W W W W|--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|||--------------------|---------------|------------------|------------------o|||--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|||-5------------------|---------------|------------------|-7-----------------|||-3------------------|-5-------------|-7----------------|-5----------------o|||--------------------|-3-------------|-5----------------|-------------------||
2. A5 D5 ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~ Q +E S S Q +E S S H +Q +E S S H +Q. E W|-----------------------|---------------------|------------/10-|-10-----|||-----------------------|-----------------7-7-|-7----(7)-------|--------|||-2--(2)-2-2-2--(2)-5-5-|--5-----(5)--(5)-----|----------------|--------|||-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|||-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|||-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------||
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| W +W W +W|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|||-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|||-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|||-----------------------|---------------------|-7--------------|-(7)----|||-7---------------------|-(7)-----------------|-5--------------|-(5)----|||-5---------------------|-(5)-----------------|----------------|--------||
Out-Chorus G5 D5 A5 E5 W W W W||-----------|----------|----------|------|||o----------|----------|----------|------|||-----------|----------|----------|------|||-----------|-7--------|-2--------|------|||o-5--------|-5--------|-0--------|-2----|||--3--------|----------|----------|-0----|
1.,2.,3. G5 D5 ~ W W Q Q Q Q W|----------|----------|-------------|-------|||----------|----------|-------------|------o|||----------|----------|-------------|-------|||----------|-7--------|-------------|-------|||-5--------|-5--------|----------6--|-7----o|||-3--------|----------|-8--5--7-----|-------||
4. H.=H G5 A5 E5 W Q Q Q Q H E E Q W|----------|-------------|-------------|------*||----------|-------------|-------------|------*||----------|-------------|-------------|------*||----------|-------------|-------------|-2----*||-5--------|----------6--|-7-----------|-2----*||-3--------|-8--5--7-----|-5----3-2-0--|-0----*|
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
