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Tallulah

Sonata Arctica

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TALLULAH
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

C5
x 3 5 5 x x
	
G5
3 5 5 x x x
	
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
	
A5
5 7 7 x x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
	
Am
5 7 7 5 5 5
	
G
3 5 5 4 3 3
	
C
x 3 5 5 5 3
F
1 3 3 2 1 1
	
GVII
x 10 9 7 8 7
	
Dm
x x 0 2 3 1
	
FV
x 8 7 5 6 5

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Clean Guitar - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dist Guitar 1 - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dist Guitar 2 - Jani Liimatainen'

 Intro          Verse          Pre-Chorus     Interlude
  Slow Metal Q.=90
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx11           Wx16           Wx16           Wx11
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||


   2nd Verse
    Am                        G         C
    Gtr I
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E Q
||----------5-------|-----------3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-------|
||o-----5-----5---5-|-----5-------3---|-5-----5-----|-5-------5-----|
||----5---5-----5---|---5---5-4-----4-|----5-----5--|----5------5---|
||--7---------------|-7---------------|-------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|


  Dm                             G
  Q  Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q    E E E E E E Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------1------|-3------1------|-------3--------|-------3------||
|----3----3----|---3------3----|-----3-----3----|----3-----3--o||
|-2---------2--|-----2------2--|---4-----4---4--|--------------||
|--------------|---------------|-5--------------|-5------------||
|--------------|---------------|----------------|-------------o||
|--------------|---------------|----------------|--------------||


   Pre-Chorus
    F                   G                   Am
    E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +H       Q  E E E E E E
||--------1-(1)-------|-------3-(3)-------|----------------|--------0---------||
||o-----1-------1---1-|-----3-------3---3-|-----1-0-(0)----|------1---1------o||
||----2-----------2---|---4-----------4---|---2------------|----2-------2-0---||
||--3-----------------|-5-----------------|-2--------------|-2----------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------||


  F                   G                   C       GVII      Am      G
  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 E E E E E E E
|-------1-(1)-------|-------3-(3)-------|---8-------7-----|---5-------3-----|
|-----1-------1---1-|-----3-------3---3-|-----8-------8---|-----5-------3---|
|---2-----------2---|---4-----------4---|-9-----9-7-----7-|-5-----5-4-----4-|
|-3-----------------|-5-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  F                                       G
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    E E Q  +H
|-------1-(1)-------|-------1-(1)-------|-3-----------|-3-------------||
|-----1-------1---1-|-----1-------1---1-|----3-----3--|---3-----------||
|---2-----------2---|---2-----------2---|-------0-----|-----0--(0)----||
|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|---------------||


   Chorus
    C             G             Dm            Am
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
||--0-----------|-------------|-1-----------|--------------|
||o-1--------1--|-3-----------|-3-----------|-1------------|
||-----0--------|-4--------4--|----2-----2--|-2------------|
||--------2-----|----5--------|-------3-----|----2-----2---|
||o-------------|-------5-----|-------------|-------3------|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


               1.
  C             G             F       G         FV      GVII
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-----1-------3---|-----5-------7----||
|-1--------1--|-3-----------|---1---1---3---3-|---6---6---8---8-o||
|----0--------|-4--------4--|-2-------4-------|-5-------7--------||
|-------2-----|----5--------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------|-------5-----|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------||


  2.
  G             (F)    (G)      (Am)
  Q  Q  Q  Q    E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  +H       +W
|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------||
|-3--------3--|-----1------3--|-----5--(5)----|-(5)----||
|----4--------|---0------2----|---4-----------|--------||
|-------5-----|-3------5------|-7-------------|--------||
|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------||
|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------||


   Bridge
    Dm                           F
     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q
||--^1-----------|-1-----------|-^1-----------|-^1------------|
||o-^3--3-----3--|----3--------|-^1--------1--|-^1--1---------|
||--^2-----2-----|-------2-----|-^2-----------|-^2-----2------|
||---------------|----------0--|--------3-----|-----------3---|
||o--------------|-------------|-----3--------|---------------|
||---------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|


                              1.
  Am                           C
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-^5-----------|-------------|-^3-----------|--------------||
|-^5-----------|-5-----------|-^5-----------|-5-----------o||
|-^5--5-----5--|----5-----5--|-^5--5-----5--|----5-----5---||
|--------7-----|-------7-----|--------5-----|-------5------||
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------o||
|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------||


  2.
  G                           Fsus4       F
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     W           W
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-^1--------|-^1----||
|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|-^1--------|-^1----||
|-------0-----|-------0-----|-^3--------|-^2----||
|-------------|-------------|-^3--------|-^3----||
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------||
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------||


 Guitar Solo
  (Am)                 (G)        (C)
  Gtr II
                             ~~~~~~~~~~                    ~~~~
                                             |--3--|
  W             +H     E +E  Q      H.       S  S  S E     W
|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------|
|-7b9=========|=(7)----7r(7)p5--|-/12-------10h12p10-9-|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|-[10]----|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------|


  (F)                                     (G)
                       ~~                       ~~~~~~
  Q  E  Q.      +Q     Q.   E +Q    E E    Q.   E +Q   E S S   Q.   E +Q   Q
|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|------[9]b10r==(9)--|-7----------------|-------7-(7)--5-7p5-|-4---------------|
|--------------------|------7-(7)--/7-9-|-10-----------------|------7-(7)--5---|
|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|


  (Am)                   (G)              (C)
    ~~     ~~~~~~~~~~~                                               ~~
                          |-3--| |-3--|
  a Q.   E H      +H      E E  E E E  E   H     E      +Q    S  S    W
|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|---------------|--------------------10p|=8----15b17==(15)r=15p13-|-------|
|---------------|----------------7h9----|-------------------------|-14----|
|--------7-7----|-(7)----/7h9h10--------|-------------------------|-------|
|-5s7-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------|


  (F)                           (G)
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                         ~~~
   W           +H      Q   Q     H     E      +Q    S  S    H.       Q
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------||
|-----------|-----------------|-------15b17==(15)r=15p13-|-15-------13---||
|-14--------|-(14)----14--16--|-17-----------------------|---------------||
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------||
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------||
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------||


 Pre-Chorus 2
  (F)                (G)           (Am)
    ~~~~               ~~~~                         ~
                                    |-3--|  |-3-|
    H.       Q        +W            Q Q  Q  Q Q Q   W
|-/17-------15b17r=|=(15)--------|-12p8----10p7---|------|
|------------------|-------------|------10------8-|------|
|------------------|-------------|----------------|-9----|
|------------------|-------------|----------------|------|
|------------------|-------------|----------------|------|
|------------------|-------------|----------------|------|


  (F)                (G)
    ~~~~
    H.       Q        +Q.    +E   +E       +E   +E       +E
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-/10-------12b13r=|=(12)---(12)-(12)b13==(12)r(12)b13==(12)r|
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|


  (Am)
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    a   W           +H.       +Q
|----------------|-------------------|
|-(12)-10--------|-(10)------(10)\---|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|


  (F)            (G)
  H     Q   Q    Q    Q    Q  Q
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|------12------|-----------------|
|----------10--|-9--[10]--12--9--|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|


  (C)         (G)                 (Am)          (G)
                                                 ~~
               |--3--|  |--3--|    |----3-----|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    Q     +Q   Q  H
|-------------------------15-17-|-19b20r(19)-15-------|
|-------------------15-17-------|---------------17----|
|----------12h14-16-------------|---------------------|
|-10h12h14----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|


  (F)                                          (G)
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~              ~~~~~              ~~
   E      +Q    S  S  H       +H      Q   Q     H.         E  E    W
|--------------------------|---------17--19--|-19b20------19p17h|=19----||
|-18b20==(18)r=18p17h18----|-(18)------------|------------------|-------||
|--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------||
|--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------||
|--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------||
|--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------||


   Out-Chorus
    C5             G5            D5         A5
    Gtr III
     W               W           W          W
     |               |           |          |
     /               /           /          /

                     >
     ~~~~~
     W              +W           W          W
||--19b20--------|-(19)--------|----------|------|
||o--------------|-------------|----------|------|
||---------------|-------------|----------|------|
||---------------|-------------|----------|------|
||o--------------|-------------|----------|------|
||---------------|-------------|----------|------|


  C5         G5         F5   G5     F5   G5
  W          W          H    H      H    H
  |          |          |    |      |    |
  /          /          /    /      /    /

  W          W          W           W
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------o||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------o||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||


    C5           G5         D5         A5
    q  Q  H      W          W          W
    |     |      |          |          |
    /     /      /          /          /

    W            W          W          W
||-------------|----------|----------|------|
||o------------|----------|----------|------|
||-------------|----------|----------|------|
||-------------|----------|----------|------|
||o------------|----------|----------|------|
||-------------|----------|----------|------|


                       1.
  C5         G5         F5   G5     F5   G5
  W          W          H    H      H    H
  |          |          |    |      |    |
  /          /          /    /      /    /

  W          W          W           W
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------o||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------o||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||


 Outro
  2.
  (F)     (G)         (Am)
  Gtr I
   E E Q   E  E  Q     E  E  H.         +W           W
|------8--------10--|-------12-------|-(12)--------|------*|
|----8-------10-----|----12----------|-------------|------*|
|-10------12--------|-14-------------|-------------|------*|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------|------*|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------|------*|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------|------*|



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