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BLACK SHEEP
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
A5
5 7 7 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
F5
x 8 10 10 x x
A5VII
x x 7 9 x x
A6VII
x x 7 10 x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
G/B
x 2 5 4 x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
F5(type 2)
x 8 10 x x x
C/E
x 7 10 x x x
B/Eb
x 6 9 x x x
E5
0 2 2 x x x
G#5
4 6 6 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 1 (Lead) - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 2 (Rythm) - Jani Liimatainen'
Intro
Fast Metal Q=180
$
A5 F5
3/4
Gtr II
W H. H.
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/ /
Gtr I W E S S E E E E E S S E E E E|--------||------------------------|-----------------------||--------||o-13--13h15h17-13-15-17-|-18--17h18-15-17-15-13-||--------||------------------------|-----------------------||--------||------------------------|-----------------------||--------||o-----------------------|-----------------------||--------||------------------------|-----------------------|
1.,2.,3.
G5 E5
H. H.
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/ /
E E E E E E E S S E E E E 4x|--------------------|-------------------------|||-12--13-15-12-13-15-|-12--12h13h15-12----15--o|||--------------------|-----------------17------|||--------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------|------------------------o|||--------------------|-------------------------||
4.
G5 E5
H. H.
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/ /
E E E E E E E S S E E E E|--------------------|-----------------------||-12--13-15-12-13-15-|-12--12h13h15-12----15-||--------------------|-----------------17----||--------------------|-----------------------||--------------------|-----------------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
F5
H. +H.
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/ /
E E E E E E E E E E E E|-17-----------------|--------------------|||-----18-20-18-17-18-|-17--15-17-15-13-12-|||--------------------|--------------------|||--------------------|--------------------|||--------------------|--------------------|||--------------------|--------------------||
Verse A5VII A5 A6VII A6VII A5VII A5VII C5 G/B PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.||--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|||o-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|||--9-----9-----|-10-----10-----|-9-----9-----|-5----4----|||--7-----7-----|--7------7-----|-7-----7-----|-5----5----|||o---0-0---0-0-|----0-0----0-0-|---0-0---0-0-|-3----2----|||--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
A5 D5 C5 G/B H. H. H. Q. Q.|---------|---------|---------|-------------|||---------|---------|---------|------------o|||---------|-7-------|-5-------|-5----4------|||-7-------|-7-------|-5-------|-5----5------|||-7-------|-5-------|-3-------|-3----2-----o|||-5-------|---------|---------|-------------||
Pre-Chorus
F5 A5 C5 G/B
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / /
W W W W|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
F5(type 2) E5/C B/Eb E5 G#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / o /
W W W W|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Chorus
A5 C5
4/4
W +H H W +W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
W W W W||-----------|------------|----------|-------|||o----------|------------|----------|-------|||-----------|------------|----------|-------|||-----------|------------|----------|-------|||o----------|------------|----------|-------|||-----------|------------|----------|-------|
1.
D5 E5
W +W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
PM------------------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------|-----------|--------------------|---------------------|||----------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------o|||----------|-----------|-9-10-7-9----7------|---------------------|||----------|-----------|----------10---9-10-|---------------------|||----------|-----------|--------------------|--7-8----7----------o|||----------|-----------|--------------------|------10---8-10-7-8--||
2.
To CoD.S. al Coda
D5 C5 G/B A5 E5 G#5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / /
W W W H. Q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
Harmony Solo
&
A5 N.C.(A5)
4/4
Gtr II
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------||--------------------------------------||-----------------||o-------------------------------------||-----------------||--------------------------------------||-7---------------||--------------------------------------||-7---------------||o--0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--0--0-||-5---------------||--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------||-----------12----------------13-------||-----------10-12-||o-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10----10-12-||-----------------||--------------------------------------||-----------------||--------------------------------------||-----------------||o-------------------------------------||-----------------||--------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------o|||---------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------|||--0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--7--0--o|||---------------------------------------||
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------12----------------13-12-10---|||-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10-----------o|||---------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------o|||---------------------------------------||
(D5)
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|||---0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--0--0-|||o-------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E||-----------17----------------18-------|||o-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----15-17-|||--------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------o|||--------------------------------------|||--0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--7--0--|||-------------------------------------o|||--------------------------------------||
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------17----------------18-17-15--|||-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----------o|||--------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------o|||--------------------------------------||
(A5)
4/4
Gtr I
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E||-----------12----------------13-------|||o-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10----10-12-|||--------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------12----------------13-12-10---|||-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10-----------o|||---------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------o|||---------------------------------------||
(D5)
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E||-----------17----------------18-------|||o-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----15-17-|||--------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|
1. 2.
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q|----------17----------------18-17-15--||----------18--17--16---|||-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----------o||-18-17-15--------------|||--------------------------------------||-----------------------|||--------------------------------------||-----------------------|||-------------------------------------o||-----------------------|||--------------------------------------||-----------------------||
Keyboard Solo
A5 F5 A5 C5 G/B
Gtr II
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q H H
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I H H W W W|-16tr17------17-----|--------------|--------------|-----------||--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------||--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------||--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------||--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------||--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
A5 D5 C5 G/B
Q. Q. Q W W W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
W W W W|--------------|----------|----------|------|||--------------|----------|----------|------|||--------------|----------|----------|------|||--------------|----------|----------|------|||--------------|----------|----------|------|||--------------|----------|----------|------||
Guitar Solo A5 S S S S E S S S S E S S S S|-----------------------------------------||-10h13p10------10h13p10------10h13p10----||----------12p9----------12p9----------12-||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
F5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------||-13p10------13p10------13p10------13p10-------||-------12p9-------12p9-------12p9-------12p9--||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
A5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-/17-15-13----------------------------------------||-----------17-15-13-12-13-15-13-12----------------||-----------------------------------14-12----------||-----------------------------------------15-14-15-||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
C5 G/B ~~~ S S S S S S S S S S Q.|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-12----------------------------12----||----15-14-12-------------------------||-------------15-14-12----------------||----------------------15-13-12-------|
A5
|--3--| |--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 S|----------------------------------------------------------------------12-||-------------------12h13p12-------------------------------------13h15----||----------------14----------14----------------------------12h14----------||----------12h14----------------14-------------------12h14----------------||-12h14h15-------------------------15-12h14h15p14h15----------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5
~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|-------------------------------------------12h13h15h17-17--||-15p13----------------------------12h13h15-----------------||-------14p12h14-------12h14-12h14--------------------------||----------------12h15--------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------|
C5
T T T T T
|------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-20-17p15p12h15h17-20-17p15-20-17p15p12h15h17-20-17p15-20-17p15p12h15h17-||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G/B T ~~ S S S S S S S S H|-20-17p15p12-------------------||-------------15p13----13-15----||-------------------14----------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
F5 A5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-/20-------15-------/17----|------------12------/15-||---------------------------|-15h17------------------||-----17s12----12s14-----14-|-------14s9----9s12-----||---------------------------|------------------------||---------------------------|------------------------||---------------------------|------------------------|
C5 G/B ~~ E E E E E E E E E E E E H|---------------10-----|-12------/15-------||----13h15-------------|-------------------||-12-------12s7----7s9-|----9s12-----12----||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
F5(type 2) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-/17-15-13----------------12-13-15-13-12----------||-----------15-13-12-13-15----------------15-13-12-||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
C/E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------10-12-10------------------------------||-10-12-13----------13-12---------10-12-13-12-10-||-------------------------9-10-12----------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
B/Eb S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-13-12-10---------------------------------||----------13-12-10-8----------------------||---------------------10-9-7------7-9-10-9-||----------------------------10-9----------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
E5 G#5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------|||-7-------------------------------------|||---10-9-7------------------------------|||----------10-8-7-8-10-12-10-8-7--------|||--------------------------------10-8-7-||
Out-Chorus
A5 C5
4/4
Gtr II
W +W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
~~~~~~ Q H. W W W||------------------|-----------|----------|-------|||o-----------------|-----------|----------|-------|||------------------|-----------|----------|-------|||--([7])\----------|-----------|----------|-------|||o-----------------|-----------|----------|-------|||------------------|-----------|----------|-------|
D5 E5
W +W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
PM------------------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------||----------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------||----------|-----------|-9-10-7-9----7------|--------------------||----------|-----------|----------10---9-10-|--------------------||----------|-----------|--------------------|--7-8----7----------||----------|-----------|--------------------|------10---8-10-7-8-|
A5 C5
4/4
W +W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
W W W W|----------|-----------|----------|-------||----------|-----------|----------|-------||----------|-----------|----------|-------||----------|-----------|----------|-------||----------|-----------|----------|-------||----------|-----------|----------|-------|
D5 C5 G/B A5 E5 G#5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / /
W W W W|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------o|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------o|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------||
Outro
A5 F5
3/4
H. H.
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/ /
E S S E E E E E S S E E E E||------------------------|-----------------------|||o-13--13h15h17-13-15-17-|-18--17h18-15-17-15-13-|||------------------------|-----------------------|||------------------------|-----------------------|||o-----------------------|-----------------------|||------------------------|-----------------------|
G5 E5
H. H.
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/ /
E E E E E E E S S E E E E 4x|--------------------|------------------------|||-12--13-15-12-13-15-|-12--12h13h15-12----15-o|||--------------------|-----------------17-----|||--------------------|------------------------|||--------------------|-----------------------o|||--------------------|------------------------||
N.C.(F5) E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H W|-17----------------|-------------------|-----------|------*||----18-20-18-17-18-|-17-15-17-15-13-12-|-13\-------|------*||-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*||-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*||-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*||-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*|
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
----------------
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
