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LAST DROP FALLS
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
Em
0 2 2 0 0 0
G
3 2 0 0 3 3
D
x x 0 2 3 2
Am
x 0 2 2 1 0
C
x 3 2 0 1 0
Dadd11
x 5 4 0 3 x
GIII
3 5 5 4 3 3
DII
x 5 4 2 3 2
F
1 3 3 2 1 1
A5
5 7 7 x x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
E5
0 2 2 x x x
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
F5
x 8 10 10 x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
F#5
2 4 4 x x x
E5VI
x 7 9 9 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 1 - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 2 - Jani Liimatainen'
Intro
Moderately Metal Q=130
N.C.(Em) Em G D
4/4
Gtr II
W +W E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q 3x
|----------|------------||--0-------3-------|-3------2-------|||----------|------------||o---0---0---0---0-|---3------3----o|||----------|------------||------0-------0---|-----0------2---|||----------|------------||------------------|--------0-------|||----------|------------||o-----------------|---------------o|||-0--------|-(0)--------||--0---------------|-3--------------|| W H H
Am C Dadd11 Em GIII E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E H E E E E||----------0-------|-----------------|------0-------|------3---------||||o-------1---1-----|-------1-------3-|--------3-----|--------3------o||||------2-------2---|-----0-------0---|----------0---|----------4-----||||----2-----------2-|---2-------4-----|------------0-|------------0---||||o-0---------------|-3-------5-------|--------------|---------------o||||------------------|-----------------|-0------------|-3--------------||
Am C Dadd11 Em Em E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W|---------0-------|-----------------|----------|--------|||-------1---1-----|-------1-------3-|----------|--------|||-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|----------|--------|||---2-----------2-|---2-------4-----|----------|--------|||-0---------------|-3-------5-------|----------|--------|||-----------------|-----------------|-0--------|-(0)----||
1st & 3rd Verse $ Em G D Em G D 4/4 E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q|-0-------3-------|-3------2------||--0-------3-------|-3------2-------|||---0---0---0---0-|---3------3----||o---0---0---0---0-|---3------3----o|||-----0-------0---|-----0------2--||------0-------0---|-----0------2---|||-----------------|--------0------||------------------|--------0-------|||-----------------|---------------||o-----------------|---------------o|||-0---------------|-3-------------||--0---------------|-3--------------|| W H H W H H
To Coda Am C Dadd11 Em G E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E H E E E E||----------0-------|-----------------|------0-------|------3---------||||o-------1---1-----|-------1-------3-|--------3-----|--------3------o||||------2-------2---|-----0-------0---|----------0---|----------4-----||||----2-----------2-|---2-------4-----|------------0-|------------0---||||o-0---------------|-3-------5-------|--------------|---------------o||||------------------|-----------------|-0------------|-3--------------||
Am C Dadd11 Em (G) 4/4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W|---------0-------|-----------------|----------|------|||-------1---1-----|-------1-------3-|----------|------|||-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|----------|------|||---2-----------2-|---2-------4-----|----------|------|||-0---------------|-3-------5-------|----------|------|||-----------------|-----------------|-0--------|------||
Pre-Chorus GIII DII F C Em DII E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------3-------2-|--------1-------|---------0-------|-------0-------2-||-----3-------3---|-----1----1-----|-------1---1-----|-----0-------3---||---4-------2-----|---2--------2---|-----0-------0---|---0-------2-----||-5-------4-------|-3------------3-|---2-----------2-|-2-------4-------||-----------------|----------------|-3---------------|-----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
GIII DII F C D E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E Q|-------3-------2-|--------1-------|---------0-------|-------2h3p2------|||-----3-------3---|-----1----1-----|-------1---1-----|-----3-------3----|||---4-------2-----|---2--------2---|-----0-------0---|---2-----------2--|||-5-------4-------|-3------------3-|---2-----------2-|-0----------------|||-----------------|----------------|-3---------------|------------------|||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
2nd Verse Em G D Em G D E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q|-0-------3-------|-3------2------||--0-------3-------|-3------2-------|||---0---0---0---0-|---3------3----||o---0---0---0---0-|---3------3----o|||-----0-------0---|-----0------2--||------0-------0---|-----0------2---|||-----------------|--------0------||------------------|--------0-------|||-----------------|---------------||o-----------------|---------------o|||-0---------------|-3-------------||--0---------------|-3--------------|| W H H W H H
A5 C5 D5 E5 G5
Gtr III
W H H W W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
Gtr I W W W W||-----------|-----------|----------|-------||||o----------|-----------|----------|------o||||-----------|-----------|----------|-------||||-----------|-----------|----------|-------||||o----------|-----------|----------|------o||||-----------|-----------|----------|-------||
A5 C5 D5 N.C.(Em)
W H H W W
| | |
/ / /
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W W H +H +H H|----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|||----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|||----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|||----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|||----------|-----------|-7----(7)----|-(7)---------|||----------|-----------|-------------|-------------||
Pre-Chorus
1. 2.
G5 D5 F5 C5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
H H W W H H H Q Q
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
W W W W W||------------|----------|----------|------------||--------------||||o-----------|----------|----------|-----------o||--------------||||------------|----------|----------|------------||--------------||||------------|----------|----------|------------||--------------||||o-----------|----------|----------|-----------o||--------------||||------------|----------|----------|------------||--------------||
Chorus
A5 C5 E5 D/F# G5 A5
W W W W W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
W W H Q Q W W||-----------|----------|------------|----------|------|||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------|||-----------|----------|---------7--|-7--------|------|||-----------|----------|---------4--|-5--------|------|||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------|||-----------|----------|------------|----------|------|
1. 2.
C5 E5 D5 E5 B5 A5 G5 F#5
W W H H H H H H
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
W W W W W|----------|----------|------------||-----------|-----------|||----------|----------|-----------o||-----------|-----------|||----------|----------|------------||-----------|-----------|||----------|----------|------------||-----------|-----------|||----------|----------|-----------o||-----------|-----------|||----------|----------|------------||-----------|-----------||
Guitar Solo
(Em) (G) (D)
4/4
Gtr I
<
~~~~~~
Q. S S Q +Q +Q Q E E Q
|-17b19r==17p15-------------|-------------------------||---------------17--([17])--|-(17)\-----/12-15--------||---------------------------|------------------14b16r=||---------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------|
(Em) (G) (D) ~~~~ Q E E +H +Q Q H|-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||-14--12------------|----------------||--------14-(14)----|-(14)\----------||-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------|
(Em) (G) (D) W W ~~~ Q E E e. e. e e. e. e H|------/15-14----------|--------------------||--------------15------|--------------------||------------------14--|-12--11-------------||----------------------|---------12---------||----------------------|------------/12-----||----------------------|--------------------|
A5 C5 D5
Gtr III
W H H
| | |
/ / /
~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|------6-------| |------6-------|
E E E E E E +H E E E E E E +Q. E|----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------12-(12)----|-----------------15-(15)---13-||-----------12---------------|-----------12-----------------||-----12-14----14------------|-----12-14----14--------------||-/14------------------------|-/14--------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------|
E5
Gtr III
W
|
/
Gtr I
~~~~~~~
|------6-------| |------6-------| |--3--|
S S S +E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------10-12-10h12p10----10-12-10h12p10----10-15p||-12h13-12-(12)-12----------------12----------------12-------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------|
G5
W
|
/
~~
|------6-------|
S S S S S S S S +E H|-14p12---------------------------------||-------15p13p12------------------------||----------------14p12-14-(14)b16r14----||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
A5 C5 D5
W H H
| | |
/ / /
~~ E E E E E E E E +E. +E E. H|-----19-17h19-15h19-14-15b17==|=(15)r(15)-14--------||-/17--------------------------|---------------15----||------------------------------|---------------------||------------------------------|---------------------||------------------------------|---------------------||------------------------------|---------------------|
E5 G5 A5
W W W
| | |
/ / /
~ ~~ ~~~ E +Q +E H E +Q +E H E E Q +E Q.|-----------------------|---------------------|-----10-------------------||-----------------------|---------------------|-/12----10b12r=(10)-------||-11-(11)b12r=(11)-9----|---------------------|--------------------12----||-----------------------|-9-(9)b10r=(9)-------|--------------------------||-----------------------|---------------12----|--------------------------||-----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
C5 D5 E5 E5
H H W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E E Q +E Q. Q. Q. Q H. Q|--------------------|------12----------|-<12>---------|||--------------------|------------<12>--|--------------|||----7---------------|------------------|--------------|||-/9---7b9r=(7)-5----|------------------|--------------|||--------------------|-7----(7)----(7)--|--------------|||--------------------|------------------|--------------||
&
Am C D Em D5 E5VI
4/4
W W W E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E H W W|---------0-------|---------^5----|-^7--------|-----------------|||-------1---1-----|-------1-^7----|-^8--------|-----------------|||-----2-------2---|-----0---^7----|-^9--------|-----------------|||---2-----------2-|---2-----^7----|-^9--------|-----------------|||-0---------------|-3-------------|-----------|-----------------|||-----------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------||
Chorus
A5 C5 E5 D/F# G5 A5
W W W W W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
Gtr I W W H Q Q W W||-----------|----------|------------|----------|------|||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------|||-----------|----------|---------7--|-7--------|------|||-----------|----------|---------4--|-5--------|------|||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------|||-----------|----------|------------|----------|------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
C5 E5 D5 E5 E5
W W H H W +W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
W W W W W|----------|----------|------------||----------|-------|||----------|----------|-----------o||----------|-------|||----------|----------|------------||----------|-------|||----------|----------|------------||----------|-------|||----------|----------|-----------o||----------|-------|||----------|----------|------------||----------|-------||
Outro
H.=H
Em Em G D Em
+W +W +W W
| | |
/ / /
Gtr II W E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q|-----------||--0------0------|--3------2------|-0------0------||-----------||----0------0----|----3------3----|---0------0----||-----------||------0------0--|------0------2--|-----0------0--||-----------||----------------|----------------|---------------||-----------||----------------|----------------|---------------||-----------||----------------|----------------|---------------|
Q=100 G D N.C.(Em) Gtr II E E Q E E Q W W|-3------2------|----------|-^<12>----*||---0------3----|----------|-^<12>----*||-----0------2--|----------|-^<12>----*||---------------|----------|----------*||---------------|----------|----------*||---------------|-0--------|----------*|
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
