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HANDFUL OF RAIN
As recorded by Savatage
(From the 1991 Album HANDFUL OF RAIN)
Transcribed by Torsten Hartmann
Words and Music by Savatage
Bb6
x 1 0 0 3 0
F/D
x x 0 5 6 5
E5/D
x x 0 4 5 0
Fsus2
3 3 5 0 0 0
E5/D(type 2)
x x 0 4 5 0
D5
x x 0 2 3 x
Am/D
x x 0 2 1 x
Asus2/D
x x 0 2 0 x
Em7/D
x x 0 0 3 0
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar I'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar II'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Intro
Q=80
4/4
Gtr I
E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S E E +S S E S S S S 4x
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||o--------------------------|--------------------------o||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||o------5---------5-----3h5-|------5---------5-----3h5-o||
||--0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0------||
Bb6 Em7/D
E. S +S S E +S S S S E E E. E. E E. E. E
||--0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------|
||o-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|----3----------3-|
||--0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0----0----|
||--0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-------|
||o-1--1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------|
E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S E E +S S E S S S S
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|------5---------5-----3h5-|------5---------5-----3h5--|
|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0------|
1.
E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S E E +S S E S S S S
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|------5---------5-----3h5-|------5---------5-----3h5-o||
|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0------||
2.
F/D E5/D
E. S +S S E +S S S S E E W
|-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-0----|
|-6--6-(6)-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-5----|
|-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-4----|
|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----|
|----------------------------|------|
|----------------------------|------|
E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S E E +S S E S S S S
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|------5---------5-----3h5-|------5---------5-----3h5-|
|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|
F/D E5/D
E. S +S S E +S S S S E E W
|-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-0----|
|-6--6-(6)-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-5----|
|-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-4----|
|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----|
|----------------------------|------|
|----------------------------|------|
D Bb6
E. S +S S E +S S S S E E E. S +S S E +S S S S E E
|-2--2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-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-|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------------------|-1--1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D Bb5
Gtrs I, II
E. S +S S E +S S S S E E S S S S E S S S S E Q
|-2--2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------------|
|-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------------|
|-2--2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3------|
|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3------|
|----------------------------|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
Verse
$
D5 F5G5 D5 A5 G5
Gtr II
|-3-|
E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E +S S E Q
||---------------------------------|------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|------------------------|
||---------------------------------|------------------------|
||--0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-------|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--|
||o-0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-------|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--|
||--0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-0h2h3-|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--|
1.
D5 F5G5 A5 G5
|-3-|
E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E +S S E Q
|--------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------|
|-0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-------|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--|
|-0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-------|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--|
|-0--0---x-0-(0)-0---x-3s5-0h2h3-|-0--0---x-0-(0)-x-/7-5--|
A#5 G5 F5E5
|-3-|
E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-3--3---x-3-(3)-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-3--3---x-3-(3)-3-----------------||
|-3--3---x-3-(3)-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-3--3---x-3-(3)-3-5---3-2---------||
|-1--1---x-1-(1)-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-1--1---x-1-(1)-1-5---3-2--------o||
|------------------------------|------------------5---3-2-0h2h3---||
2.
Fsus2 Esus2
E E E E E E E E H. S S E
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-5---5---5---5---|-4-------4-4---|
|-3---3---3---3---|-2-------2-2---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-------2-2---|
D5 F5 G5 D5 A5 G5
Gtr III
~~~~ ~~
H. S S S S +Q S S Q Q.
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-13---------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-12b13====================12p10------10---|-(10)---10h12-10--------------|
|--------------------------------12--------|-----------------------12\----|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |--3---|
| E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E +S S E Q
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--0-----0---x-0-(0)-0---x--3s=5-----------|---0--0-----x--0-(0)-x-/7--5--|
|--0-----0---x-0-(0)-0---x--3s=5-----------|---0--0-----x--0-(0)-x-/7--5--|
|--0-----0---x-0-(0)-0---x--3s=5--0h2h===3-|---0--0-----x--0-(0)-x-/7--5--|
To Coda
Fsus2 Esus2
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------|
|-5---5---5---5---|-4-----|
|-3---3---3---3---|-2-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-----|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/savatage/92456.html ]
Guitar Solo
Gtr III
~~~
H Q Q +E S S S S Q. Q
|-13-------------13-----------13-------------|-(13)--10--------------------------------|
|-13b15==========13b15========13b15==========|=(13)r----13-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------12pb13r12p10----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------12\--|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |-3-|
| E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E +S S E Q
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--0-----0---x-0-(0)----0---x--3s====5-------|---0-------0---------x--0--(0)-x-/7--5---|
|--0-----0---x-0-(0)----0---x--3s====5-------|---0-------0---------x--0--(0)-x-/7--5---|
|--0-----0---x-0-(0)----0---x--3s====5-0h2h3-|---0-------0---------x--0--(0)-x-/7--5---|
~~~~~~~~~~~~
S S S S +S S Q Q.
|-13--13-13-13-(13)-13----------22---------------|
|-15--15-15-15-(15)-15-15------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| |-3-|
| E. S S S E +S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--0---------0-------x--0-(0)-0-----x-3s5--------|
|--0---------0-------x--0-(0)-0-----x-3s5--------|
|--0---------0-------x--0-(0)-0-----x-3s5-0h2h3--|
D.S. al Coda
~~
S S S S T T S S S S S S S Q
|-22b24r22-20-/15b17r15p13----15-13------------------|
|--------------------------15-------15---------------|
|---------------------------------------13-12-10-----|
|------------------------------------------------12--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| E. S S S E +S S E Q
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--0------------0-----------x--0----(0)--x-/7-----5--|
|--0------------0-----------x--0----(0)--x-/7-----5--|
|--0------------0-----------x--0----(0)--x-/7-----5--|
Interlude
&
D E5/D D E5/D E5/DD E5/D D E5/D E5/D
Gtr I
E. S +E E +S E. E E E. S +E E +S E. E E
||--2--0-(0)-2-(2)-0--2-0-|-2--0-(0)-2-(2)-0--2-0--||
||o-3--5-(5)-3-(3)-5--3-5-|-3--5-(5)-3-(3)-5--3-5-o||
||--2--4-(4)-2-(2)-4--2-4-|-2--4-(4)-2-(2)-4--2-4--||
||--0--0-(0)-0-(0)-0--0-0-|-0--0-(0)-0-(0)-0--0-0--||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| H +Q. E H +Q. E
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
||--0----------(0)------0-|-0----------(0)------0--||
||o-0----------(0)------0-|-0----------(0)------0-o||
||--0----------(0)------0-|-0----------(0)------0--||
D5 Am/D Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D D5 Am/D Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---3-----1-----0-----1---0---1---|---3-----1-----0-----1---0---1----|
||------2-----2-----2-------------2-|-----2-----2-----2-------------2--|
||--0-----0-----0-----0---0---0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0---0---0------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D5 Am/D Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D D5 Am/D Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---3-----1-----0-----1---0---1---|---3-----1-----0-----1---0---1---|
|-----2-----2-----2-------------2-|-----2-----2-----2-------------2-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0---0---0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0---0---0-----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1. 2.
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5
Gtrs I, II
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|------------||-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------o||-----------|-----------|
|-2---------|-2----------||-2---------|-2---------|
|-2----5----|-2----5-----||-2----5----|-2----5----|
|-0----5----|-0----5----o||-0----5----|-0----5----|
|------5----|------5-----||------5----|------5----|
H.=H
A5G5A5G5A5G5A5G5 A5G5A5G5A5G5A5G5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-2----|
|-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2----|
|-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-|-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-|-0----|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|------|
Outro
Q=80
Gtr I
E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S E E +S S E S S S S 4x
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||o--------------------------|--------------------------o||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||o------5---------5-----3h5-|------5---------5-----3h5-o||
||--0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0------||
Bb6 Em7/D
E. S +S S E +S S S S E E E. E. E E. E. E E. S E E +S S E S S S S
|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------||---------------------------|
|-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|----3----------3-||o--------------------------|
|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0----0----||---------------------------|
|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-------||---------------------------|
|-1--1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------||o------5---------5-----3h5-|
|----------------------------|-----------------||--0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|
1.
F/D E5/D
E. S E E +S S E S S S S E. S +S S E +S S S S E E W 3x
|--------------------------|-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-----||
|--------------------------|-6--6-(6)-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-5----o||
|--------------------------|-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-----||
|--------------------------|-0--0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----||
|------5---------5-----3h5-|----------------------------|------o||
|-0--0---0-(0)-0---0-0-----|----------------------------|-------||
2.
E5/D
Gtr III
~~~
W +W E a S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S +H H
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-------------------------------------|-------------*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|---(8)h9-8S6---8-6---6---------------|-------------*|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-------------7-----7---7-5-----------|-------------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|---------------------------7-6-5-----|-------------*|
|----------|------------|---------------------------------8-5-|-(5)---------*|
|----------|------------|-------------------------------------|-------------*|
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
