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Last Drop Falls

Sonata Arctica

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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----------|----------||
|--------------------|--------------|--------------||
|----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------|----------|-^----*|
|---0------3----|----------|-^----*|
|-----0------2--|----------|-^----*|
|---------------|----------|----------*|
|---------------|----------|----------*|
|---------------|-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