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EPISODE
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 1996 Album EPISODE)

Transcribed by an unregistered user
	

Music by Timo Tolkki

Gtr I (C# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Jens Johannson (Synth)'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Timo Tolkki'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Jens Johannson (Strings)'

    Q=95
    Em
   6/8
    Gtr I
     E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o----------20-------|----------20-------|
||--------21----21----|-------21----21----|
||-----21----------21-|----21----------21-|
||o-19----------------|-19----------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|


  Bsus4/F#            B
   E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|----------19-------|----------19-------o||
|-------21----21----|-------20----20-----||
|----21----------21-|----21----------21--||
|-21----------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|-21-----------------||


  Am
   E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|----------17-------|----------17-------|
|-------17----17----|-------17----17----|
|----17----------17-|----17----------17-|
|-19----------------|-19----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


  B
   E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|----------19-------|----------19-------|
|-------19----19----|-------19----19----|
|----20----------20-|----20----------20-|
|-21----------------|-21----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


  Am
   E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|----------17-------|----------17-------|
|-------17----17----|-------17----17----|
|----17----------17-|----17----------17-|
|-19----------------|-19----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


  B                   B7
   E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|----------19-------|----------17-------||
|-------19----19----|-------19----19----||
|----20----------20-|----20----------20-||
|-21----------------|-21----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||


  Em
 6/8
  Gtr I
   E   E  E  E   E  E        E   E  E  E   E      E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------20------------|-----------20------------|
|--------21-----21--------|--------21-----21--------|
|-----21-----------21-----|-----21---------------21-|
|-19----------------------|-19----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|                   |-3-|                  |-3-|
|  Q.       +Q      S S S    Q.       +E   S S S  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-/8--------(8)-----7h8p7-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--9--------(9)--7h9p7--5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  Bsus4/F#                B
   E   E  E  E   E  E      E   E  E  E   E  E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------19--------|-------------19--------|
|--------21-----21----|----------20-----20----|
|-----21-----------21-|-------21-----------21-|
|-21------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|---21------------------|
|
|                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  Q.       +E   E  E   a  Q.       +E   Q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|--4--------(4)--5----|-----------------------|
|-------------------7-|-7s=9--------(9)-------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|


  Em
 6/8
   E   E  E  E   E  E        E   E  E  E   E      E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------20------------|-----------20------------|
|--------21-----21--------|--------21-----21--------|
|-----21-----------21-----|-----21---------------21-|
|-19----------------------|-19----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|                   |-3-|                  |-3-|
|  Q.       +Q      S S S    Q.       +E   S S S  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-/8--------(8)-----7h8p7-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--9--------(9)--7h9p7s=5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  Bsus4/F#                B
   E   E  E  E   E  E      E   E  E  E  E  E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-----------19--------|-------------19-------||
|--------21-----21----|----------20----20----||
|-----21-----------21-|-------21----------21-||
|-21------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---21-----------------||
|
|                          ~~~
|  Q.       +E   E  E   a  H.
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|--4--------(4)--5----|----------------------||
|-------------------7-|-7s=9-----------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||


  Am
   E   E  E  E   E  E    E   E  E  E    E  E
|-----------17--------|-----------17---------|
|--------17-----17----|--------17------17----|
|-----17-----------17-|-----17------------17-|
|-19------------------|-19-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
|                        ~~~
|  Q.       +Q      E    Q.       +E    E  E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|--5--------(5)h====7-|--9--------(9)\--7p=5p|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|


  B
   E   E  E  E   E  E      E   E  E  E   E  E
|-----------19--------|-------------19---------|
|--------19-----19----|----------19-----19-----|
|-----20-----------20-|-------20-----------20--|
|-21------------------|---21-------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  Q.       +E   E  E   a  Q.       +E   Q
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|--4--------(4)--5----|------------------------|
|-------------------7-|-7s=9--------(9)--------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|


  Am
   E   E  E  E   E  E    E   E  E  E    E  E
|-----------17--------|-----------17---------|
|--------17-----17----|--------17------17----|
|-----17-----------17-|-----17------------17-|
|-19------------------|-19-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~         ~~~
|  Q.       +Q      E    Q.       +E    E  E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-/5--------(5)-----7-|--9--------(9)\--7--5-|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|


  B                    B7
   E   E  E  E  E  E    E   E  E  E   E  E
|-----------19-------|-----------17--------||
|--------19----19----|--------19-----19----||
|-----20----------20-|-----20-----------20-||
|-21-----------------|-21------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|
|                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  H.                   Q.       +Q      E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|-/7--------(7)-------||
|--4-----------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||


  Em
 6/8
  Gtr I
    E   E  E   E   E  E          E   E  E   E   E        E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------20--------------|------------20--------------|
|---------21------21----------|--------21------21----------|
|------21------------21-------|-----21------------------21-|
|--19-------------------------|-19-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|                     |--3--|                   |--3--|
|   Q.        +Q      S  S  S    Q.        +E   S  S  S  E
|-/15--------(15)----14h15p14-|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-17--------(17)-15h17p15-13-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|   H.                           H.
|-----------------------------|-19-------------------------|
|--20-------------------------|----------------------------|
|--21-------------------------|-21-------------------------|
|--21-------------------------|-21-------------------------|
|--19-------------------------|-19-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|


  Bsus4/F#               B
   E   E  E   E   E  E    E   E  E   E   E  E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------19--------|------------19---------|
|--------21------21----|--------20------20-----|
|-----21------------21-|-----21------------21--|
|-21-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-21--------------------|
|
|                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  Q.        +E   E  E    Q.        +E   Q
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-12--------(12)-13----|-12--------(12)--------|
|-------------------14-|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
|  H.                     H.
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-22-------------------|-22--------------------|
|-21-------------------|-20--------------------|
|-21-------------------|-21--------------------|
|-21-------------------|-21--------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|


  Em
 6/8
   E      E  E   E    E          E     E   E  E   E   E        E
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------20------------------|------------20--------------|
|-----------21-------21-------------|--------21------21----------|
|--------21---------------------21--|-----21------------------21-|
|-19--------------------------------|-19-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|                                                     |--3--|
|  Q.           +Q       a      +E     Q.        +E   S  S  S  E
|-14b15========(14)r----14pb15r(14)-|-12--------(12)-------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------15h17p15s13-|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|  H.                                  H.
|-----------------------------------|-19-------------------------|
|-20--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-21--------------------------------|-21-------------------------|
|-21--------------------------------|-21-------------------------|
|-19--------------------------------|-19-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|


  Bsus4/F#                  B
   E   E  E   E   E  E       E   E  E   E   E  E
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|------------19--------|---------------19---------||
|--------21------21----|-----------20------20-----||
|-----21------------21-|--------21------------21--||
|-21-------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|----21--------------------||
|
|  Q.        +E   E  E    a  Q.        +E   Q
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|-12--------(12)-13----|--------------------------||
|-------------------14-|-14s16--------(16)--------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|
|  H.                        H.
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|-22-------------------|----22--------------------||
|-21-------------------|----20--------------------||
|-21-------------------|----21--------------------||
|-21-------------------|----21--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||

[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/stratovarius/43781.html ]
  G
    E   E  E  E  E  E    E   E  E   E   E  E
|------------15-------|------------15--------|
|---------15----15----|--------15------15----|
|------16----------16-|-----16------------16-|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|--17-----------------|-17-------------------|
|
|   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|   H.                   Q.        +E   E  E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-/15-----------------|-15--------(15)-13-12-|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
|   H.                   H.
|--19-----------------|-19-------------------|
|--20-----------------|-20-------------------|
|--19-----------------|-19-------------------|
|--17-----------------|-17-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|


  D
   E   E  E   E   E  E    E   E  E  E  E  E
|------------14--------|-----------14-------|
|--------15------15----|--------15----15----|
|-----14------------14-|-----14----------14-|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-12-------------------|-12-----------------|
|
|                         ~~~
|  Q.        +E   E  E    H.
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------12----|--------------------|
|-14--------(14)----12-|-14-----------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|
|  H.                     H.
|-17-------------------|-17-----------------|
|-20-------------------|-19-----------------|
|-19-------------------|-19-----------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-17-------------------|-17-----------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|


  Em
   E   E  E   E   E  E    E      E  E   E            E   E
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------17--------|---------------17------------------|
|--------16------16----|-----------16---------------16-----|
|-----17------------17-|--------17----------------------17-|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-14-------------------|-14--------------------------------|
|
|  Q.        +Q      E    Q.           +E    a      +E   E
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-12--------(12)----14-|-14b16========(14)r-14pb16r(14)-12-|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|  H.                     H.
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-22-------------------|-20--------------------------------|
|-21-------------------|-21--------------------------------|
|-21-------------------|-21--------------------------------|
|-19-------------------|-19--------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|


  Bm
   E   E  E   E   E  E       E   E  E   E   E  E
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|------------15--------|---------------15--------||
|--------16------16----|-----------16------16----||
|-----16------------16-|--------16------------16-||
|-14-------------------|----14-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|
|                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  Q.        +E   E  E    a  Q.        +E   Q
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|-11--------(11)-12----|-------------------------||
|-------------------14-|-14s16--------(16)-------||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|
|  H.                        H.
|-14-------------------|----14-------------------||
|-17-------------------|----15-------------------||
|-16-------------------|----16-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|-14-------------------|----14-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------||


  C
    E   E  E   E   E  E    E   E  E   E   E     E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------17--------|------------17-----------|
|---------17------17----|--------17------17-------|
|------17------------17-|-----17---------------17-|
|--15-------------------|-15----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
|   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|   Q.        +Q      E    Q.        +E   S  S  E
|-----------------------|-------------------14-15-|
|--------------------15-|-17--------(17)-17-------|
|-/17--------(17)-------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
|   H.                     H.
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--19-------------------|-17----------------------|
|--17-------------------|-17----------------------|
|--17-------------------|-17----------------------|
|--15-------------------|-15----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|


  G
   E   E  E   E   E  E    E   E  E   E   E      E
|------------15--------|------------15-----------------|
|--------15------15----|--------15------15-------------|
|-----16------------16-|-----16----------------16------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-17-------------------|-17----------------------------|
|
|                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  Q.        +E   Q       Q.        +E   E.        +S
|----------------------|-15--------(15)-17pb19r===(17)-|
|----------------15----|-------------------------------|
|-16--------(16)-------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|  Q.        +E   Q       H.
|----------------15----|-15----------------------------|
|-15--------(15)-15----|-15----------------------------|
|-16--------(16)-17----|-16----------------------------|
|-17--------(17)-------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-15--------(15)-15----|-15----------------------------|


  Bsus4
   E   E  E   E   E  E    E   E  E   E      E  E
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------17--------|------------17-----------|
|--------16------16----|--------16---------16----|
|-----16------------16-|-----16---------------16-|
|-14-------------------|-14----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  Q.        +E   Q       Q.        +E   a  Q
|-14--------(14)-15----|-17--------(17)-17s19----|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  H.                     Q.        +E      Q
|-14-------------------|-14--------(14)----14----|
|-17-------------------|-17--------(17)----17----|
|-16-------------------|-16--------(16)----16----|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-14-------------------|-14--------(14)----14----|
|----------------------|-------------------------|


  B
   E   E  E   E   E  E    E   E  E   E   E      E
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|------------16--------|------------16-----------------||
|--------16------16----|--------16------16-------------||
|-----16------------16-|-----16----------------16------||
|-14-------------------|-14----------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|
|                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  Q.        +E   Q       Q.        +E   E.        +S
|-20--------(20)-23----|-24--------(24)-24pb26r===(24)-||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|
|  Q.        +E   Q       H.
|-14--------(14)-19----|-19----------------------------||
|-16--------(16)-19----|-19----------------------------||
|-16--------(16)-20----|-20----------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|-14--------(14)-------|-------------------------------||
|----------------19----|-19----------------------------||


  B
   E   E  E  E  E  E    E   E  E  E   E  E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------16-------|-----------16--------|
|--------16----16----|--------16-----16----|
|-----16----------16-|-----16-----------16-|
|-14-----------------|-14------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  H.                   H.
|-19-----------------|-19------------------|
|-19-----------------|-19------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  H.                   Q.        Q.
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-16-----------------|-17--------19--------|
|-19-----------------|-19--------21--------|
|-19-----------------|-19--------19--------|


   E   E  E  E  E  E    E   E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------16-------|-----------16-------|
|--------16----16----|--------16----16----|
|-----16----------16-|-----16----------16-|
|-14-----------------|-14-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  H.                   H.
|-19-----------------|-19-----------------|
|-19-----------------|-19-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  H.                   H.
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-16-----------------|-16-----------------|
|-16-----------------|-16-----------------|
|-19-----------------|-18-----------------|
|-19-----------------|-19-----------------|


  B
   E   E  E  E  E  E    E   E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------16-------|-----------16-------|
|--------16----16----|--------16----16----|
|-----16----------16-|-----16----------16-|
|-14-----------------|-14-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  H.                   H.
|-19-----------------|-19-----------------|
|-19-----------------|-19-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  H.                   H.
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-16-----------------|-19-----------------|
|-19-----------------|-21-----------------|
|-19-----------------|-19-----------------|


   E   E  E  E  E  E    E   E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------|--------------------*|
|-----------16-------|-----------16-------*|
|--------16----16----|--------16----16----*|
|-----16----------16-|-----16----------16-*|
|-14-----------------|-14-----------------*|
|--------------------|--------------------*|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  H.                   H.
|-19-----------------|-19-----------------*|
|-19-----------------|-19-----------------*|
|--------------------|--------------------*|
|--------------------|--------------------*|
|--------------------|--------------------*|
|--------------------|--------------------*|
|
|  H.                   H.
|--------------------|--------------------*|
|--------------------|--------------------*|
|-16-----------------|-16-----------------*|
|-16-----------------|-16-----------------*|
|-19-----------------|-18-----------------*|
|-19-----------------|-19-----------------*|



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

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