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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||-----------|-----------||
|----------|----------|------------||-----------|-----------||
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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
