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Peacemaker

Sonata Arctica

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PEACEMAKER
As recorded by Sonata Arctica
(Released as a Single in 2001)

Transcribed by /\X/\M
	

Words and Music by T. Kakko
Arranged by Sonata Arctica

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar'

 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=132
 4/4
  Gtr I
                             PM|
  Wx3          Q  Q  Q  Q    E E H    Q    Wx2          Q  Q  E +E   Q
|------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------------||
|------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------------||
|------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------------||
|------------|-3--5--7--5--|-------------|------------|-3--5--7-(7)\------||
|------------|-3--5--7--5--|-2-2---------|------------|-3--5--7-(7)\------||
|------------|-1--3--5--3--|-0-0---------|------------|-1--3--5-(5)\------||


 Pre-Verse
  PM----------------------------------------------|                  PM
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +E  Q  Q  Q  E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--7--5----|
|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2-------3-|-(3)-5--7--5--2-|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0-1-|-(1)-3--5--3--0-|


  PM----------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +E  Q  Q  E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--7-------||
|-2---2-2---2-2---|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---------3-|-(3)-5--7-------||
|-0---0-0---0-0---|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-1-|-(1)-3--5-------||


   Verse
    $
    PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
    E  E   E E 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
||---------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o--------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||---------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--2-(2)\-------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-2--2-----2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2----|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2-2-2--|
||--0--0-----0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0--|


                                     PM-----------|
  Q.   H    +E    Q.   H    +E    E  E  E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-5-------------|-5----9----(9)-|-7-----------------|
|-5----5----(5)-|-5----9----(9)-|-7-----------------|
|-3----5----(5)-|-3----7----(7)-|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|------3----(3)-|---------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W               W               W
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W               W               W
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|


  1.                            2.
        PM----------------|       PM--|
  E     E E E E     E  E  E     E E E E Q  Q
|----------------------------||----------------||
|---------------------------o||----------------||
|-5--------------------------||-9-------9--7---||
|-5--------------------------||-9-------9--7---||
|-3-----3-3-3-3-----3--3--3-o||-7-7-7-7-7--5---||
|----------------------------||----------------||
|
|                      ~~~
| E  a  E E E E  a  E  Q        W
|---------------------[7]----||----------------||
|-----------5-8-(8)s7-------o||----------------||
|---------7------------------||----------------||
|-5-(5)s4--------------------||----------------||
|---------------------------o||----------------||
|----------------------------||----------------||
|
| E     E E Q       E  E  E     W
|----------------------------||----------------||
|---------------------------o||----------------||
|-5p====4---5-------4--------||----------------||
|---------5------------5-----||----------------||
|-------------------------5-o||----------------||
|----------------------------||----------------||


   Chorus
                                            1.            2.
                                                        To Coda
    H    H       H      H       H    H      H    H        H    H
||------------|---------------|-----------|------------||-----------||
||o-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------o||-----------||
||--5---------|--7------9-----|-5---------|-7----4-----||-7----4----||
||--5----5----|--7------9-----|-5----5----|-7----4-----||-7----4----||
||o-3----5----|--5------7-----|-3----5----|-5----2----o||-5----2----||
||-------3----|-(5)----(7)----|------3----|------------||-----------||


 Pre-Verse
                                                        D.S. al Coda
  PM----------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +E  Q  Q  E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--7-------||
|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2-------3-|-(3)-5--7-------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0-1-|-(1)-3--5-------||


 Guitar Solo
  &
  W          +W            H                  H
|----------|------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|------------|--9------------------5----------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|--9------------------5----------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|--7------------------3----------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                                             ~~~
| W           W            Q.        a   +E   Q.    +E
|----------|------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|------------|-19b21====(19)r(19)-19----(19)\-|
|----------|------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|------------|--------------------------------|


   H                   H
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----------------------7----------|
|--5-------------------7----------|
|--5-------------------5----------|
|--3------------------------------|
|
|                    ~~
|  S  S  S  S  E     H      +E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-17p16---------------------------|
|-------17----19b21-19-----(19)\--|
|----------19---------------------|
|---------------------------------|


                                 PM-------------------|
   H           H              E  E  E  E  E  E  E       E
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--9-----------5----------|---7----------------------------|
|--9-----------5----------|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------7--|
|--7-----------3----------|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------5--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E      +E
|-15----14-15----14-15----|-/19----17----15----------------|
|----12-------13-------13-|-----15----15----15-17b19==(17)r|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|


    H         H              H                H
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---9---------5----------|--------------------7-----|
|---9---------5----------|---5----------------7-----|
|---7---------3----------|---5----------------5-----|
|------------------------|---3----------------------|
|
|                            ~~~~             ~~~~
|  +Q    E E +Q    Q        +E   +E    E  E   H
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-(17)--15s8-(8)--12b13--|-(12)-(12)\---------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|------------12h14-[12]----|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|


   H                                   H
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----------------------------------5-----------------|
|--9-----------------------------------5-----------------|
|--7-----------------------------------3-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  PM---------------------------------------|         ~~
|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------12h14-12--|
|----------------------------12h14h16-12h14h16-----------|
|----------12h14h15-12h14h15-----------------------------|
|-12h14h15-----------------------------------------------|


            PM--------------------------|
   E        E     E E  E        E     E   E
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|--7-------------------------------------------||
|--7--------7-----7-7--7--------7-----7---7----||
|--5--------5-----5-5--5--------5-----5---5----||
|----------------------------------------------||
|
|                 ~~                  ~~
|  |--3--|             |--3--|
|  S  S  S  S  S  Q    S  S  S  S  S  E  +E
|-15h17p15-14----------------------------------||
|-------------15-------------------------------||
|----------------14---12h14p12-11--------------||
|---------------------------------12-----------||
|------------------------------------12-(12)\--||
|----------------------------------------------||


 Keyboard Solo
    PM|              PM|              PM|
  E E E E +H       E E E E +H       E E E E +H
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5-----5-(5)----|----------------|-7-----7-(7)----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-5-----5-(5)----|-7-7-7-7-(7)----|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|
|----------------|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|----------------|


    PM--|           PM|              PM|
  E E E E Q  Q    E E E E +H       E E E E +H
|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|-9-------9--7--|-5-----5-(5)----|----------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9--7--|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-5-----5-(5)----||
|-7-7-7-7-7--5--|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----||
|---------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-(3)----||


 Guitar Break
                        PM---------|
   E                    E           E           E  +H
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7--------------------------------------------7--(7)---------------|
|--7--------------------7-----------7-----------7--(7)---------------|
|--5--------------------5-----------5-----------5--(5)---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                                               ~~~
|  |--------7--------|
|  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  Q.       +E    S  S
|-14p13-------14p13-------14p13-------14p13----14-------(14)\--------|
|-------14----------14----------14----------14----------------17h19h=|
|----------13----------13----------13--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


            PM------------------------------------------------------|
   E        E        E        E        E           E        E       E
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--9------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--9--------9--------9--------9--------9-----------9--------9-------9-------||
|--7--------7--------7--------7--------7-----------7--------7-------7-------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |--------6--------|  |------5------|
|  S  S  S  S. T  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  T  S.    S  S  T  S. S    S  S
|----17h19h20p19p17---------------------------------------------------------||
|-20----------------20p19p17s15h17h19h20p19p17p15---------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------17p16p14---------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------17p16p==14----||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------17-||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||


   Bridge
        PM-----------------------------------
     E  E E E E E   E   E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||---5--------------------|-----------------|
||---5--------------------|-----------------|
||o--3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-----------------|
||------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
|    ~~~
|    H.            +Q       W
||------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||------------------------|-----------------|
||--17------------(17)\---|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||------------------------|-----------------|


                    1.             2.
 ---------------|
  E E E E E E E E   H    Q  Q      H    H
|-----------------|-------------||-----------||
|-----------------|------------o||-----------||
|-----------------|-9----9--7---||-----------||
|-----------------|-9----9--7---||-9----9----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7----7--5--o||-9----9----||
|-----------------|-------------||-7----7----||
|
| W                 W              W
|-----------------|-------------||-----------||
|-----------------|------------o||-----------||
|-----------------|-------------||-----------||
|-----------------|-------------||-----------||
|-----------------|------------o||-----------||
|-----------------|-------------||-----------||


   Out-Chorus
    H    H       H      H       H    H      H    H     4x
||------------|---------------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------o||
||--5---------|--7------9-----|-5---------|-7----4-----||
||--5----5----|--7------9-----|-5----5----|-7----4-----||
||o-3----5----|--5------7-----|-3----5----|-5----2----o||
||-------3----|-(5)----(7)----|------3----|------------||


  PM----------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +E  Q  E +E   E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------2-(2)\------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--2-(2)\------*|
|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2-------3-|-(3)-5--0-(0)\------*|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0-1-|-(1)-3--------------*|



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