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Visions (Southern Cross)
By Stratovarius
From album "Visions" (1997)
Transcribed by Teemu Haapanen
Email: thaapanen@pp.nic.fi
Tune down 1/2 step
Intro Riff (Gtr.1) (4x)|---------------------------------------------------------||*-------------------------------------------------------*||-----------------------7--------------/7--5~-------------||--5--7-7hb-7~----5-7-8---7-8-5~--7-8---------8--7~--8-7--||*--------------5----------------------------------------*||---------------------------------------------------------|
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| Intro Riff (Gtr.2) (4x)|---------------------------------------------------------||*-------------------------------------------------------*||---------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------8------------5-----7--------||*-5------------5-------------6------------3-----5-------*||--3------------3-----------------------------------------|
Riff 1 (2x)|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------7-----5-----8-----7-----5~------7-----5-----8-----7-----5~------7-----5-----8-----7-----5~-||----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----5----||*-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----5------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------||------------------------*||-------------------------||--8-7----8-7------7-5~---||------10-----10-9-------*||-------------------------| . . . .
Verse Riff 1 (2x) |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------8\7-5-7--------------------------------------8\7-5-7-||--5-5-------------5-5--------------7-----------5-5-------------5-5--------------7----------||*---------5-5-------------5-5------5--6\5-3-5----------5-5-------------5-5------5--6\5-3-5-||------3-3-----3-3-----3-3-----3-3------------------3-3-----3-3-----3-3-----3-3-------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------*||----------------7--8\7-5-7--8\7--8\7-5-7--||-------10--10-----------------------------||-8--8---8---8---5--6\5-3-5--6\5--6\5-3-5-*||-6--6-------------------------------------|
Riff 1 (2x)
Verse Riff 1
Riff 1 (2x)
Riff 2|----------||----------| |----------||-8--7-----||-6--5--5--||-------3--|
Verse Riff 2 |-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------7--------------------------------||-5--------------------------------5-555555555555555555555555555555-||-3-333333333333333333333333333333----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------| .............................. ..............................
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||-5---------------------------------3-----5--------------------------------||-3-333333333333333333333333333333--1--3--3-333333333333333333333333333333-||--------------------------------------1-----------------------------------| .............................. ..............................
|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--7---------------------------------7--8\7-5-7--8\7--8\7-5-7--||--5-555555555555555555555555555555----------------------------||------------------------------------5--6\5-3-5--6\5--6\5-3-5--||--------------------------------------------------------------| ..............................
Interlude Riff 1 (4x) |----------------------------------------||*--------------------------------------*||--7---8-75--7---8-75--7---8-75---5------||----5---------5---------5------8---7----||*------------------------------------5-*||----------------------------------------|
Interlude Riff 2 (4x) (4th time)|----------------------------------------|-------||*--------------------------------------*|-------||--4---5-42--4---5-42--4---5-42---2------|-------||----2---------2---------2------5---4----|-------||*------------------------------------2-*|-2-(2)-||----------------------------------------|-0-(0)-|
(Acoustic Gtr.) (3x)|----------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0---------------0-----||*-------7-----7-----------7-----7-----------7---7-------------7---7-----------1---0-1-||------------------------------------------0-------0---------0-------0-------0---------||------9-----9---9-------9-----9---9-----7-----------7-----7-----------7---------------||*---7-----------------7---------------5-----------------5-----------------0-----------||--0-----------------0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------0-2-3-0------||---------3----------------0---------0---*||-------0----0-----------0-------------0--||-----0--------0-------4------------------||-2-3----------------2-------------------*||------------------0----------------------|
(Acoustic Gtr.) (3x)|----------0-----------------0-------------------0-2-3-0------||*-------1---1-------------7---7---------------0---------0---*||------0-------0---------0-------0-----------0-------------0--||----2-----------2-----7-----------7-------4------------------||*-3-----------------5-------------------2-------------------*||--------------------------------------0----------------------|
Riff 3|----------||----------||----------||-5--4-----||-3--2--2--||-------0--|
Solo C5 E5 C5 E5|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------18fb-15h17p15h17-17~--15~-||-12~--12~--11h12-11-9-9~----9-11-12-14--14p12p11-12~--11h12---------------------------||--------------------------9-----------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C5 E5|----15-------12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-13----13-12----13-12-------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------14-12-11-------11h12p11--------11~--11hbr-------------9---11---12---14~-||-------------------------------14-12----------12----------------12--9~--9-9---9----9----9-----||-------------------------------------------------14-------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| . . . . .
D5 B5|----------------------------------------12-14~----------12-14~--14h15-14-12h14p12--------------||----------12-------------12hbr--15~--15---------16~--16---------------------------16-17fbr-17~-||-12p11-------14-12-11--------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------14-------------14-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 4 (2x) |----------------------------------------------------||*---------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||*-14----14----14---12----10----9---7----5----3---2--||-----00----00----0----00----00---0---00---00---0-0--|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. . first time [*.......................................]|--------------------------------------------------------|-19p17p15----------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------*|----------19p17p16-------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------17p16p14----------||--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------17p16p14-||-14----14----14---12----10----9---10----12----15---14--*|-------------------------------------||----00----00----0----00----00---0----00----00----0-12---|-------------------------------------| .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
(2nd time)|-----|-----|---------------||-----|-----|---------------||-----|-----|---------------||-----|-----|---------------||-14\-|-----|---------------||-12\-|-----|-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-| . . . . . . .
Riff 5|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||-14----14----14---12----10----9---7----5----3---2--||----00----00----0----00----00---0---00---00---0-0--| .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-14----14----14---12----10----9---10----12----15---14--||----00----00----0----00----00---0----00----00----0-12--| .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
Verse Riff 3|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||-10--12--10--12--||--8--10---8--10--|
Riff 6|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||-14----14----14---12----10----9---7----5----3---2--||----00----00----0----00----00---0---00---00---0----| .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-14----14----14---12----10----9---10----12----15---14--||----00----00----0----00----00---0----00----00----0-12--| .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
Verse Riff 4 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------7------------------------------------------------------------------||-----5--7---------5--5-55555555555555-7----------------9--------------------------------||--5--3--5--2---5--3-------------------5-55555555555555-7-777777777777777777777777777777-||--3--------0---3------------------------------------------------------------------------| .............. .............. ..............................
Verse Riff 5 (2x) Verse Riff 6|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------||*----------------------------*|---------------------------------------------------||------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------||-----5--7---------5-----7-----|-----5--7---------5-----7-(7)-------------7--------||*-5--3--5--2---5--3--5--5--2-*|--5--3--5--2---5--3--5--5-(5)--5-(5)---5--5--2-(2)-||--3--------0---3-----3-----0--|--3--------0---3-----3---------3-(3)---3-----0-(0)-|
. = palm mute
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
~ = vibrato
h = hammer on
p = pull off
fb = full bend
hb = half bend
fbr = full bend then release
hbr = half bend then release
(17) = ghost note
