Sonata Arctica – Black Sheep tab

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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.
              |                       |
              /                       /

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. | | / /
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. | | / /
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. | | / /
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. | | / /
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. | | / /
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 --------------- 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
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