Black Sheep Sonata Arctica
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
[A5]5 7 7 x x x
[G5]3 5 5 x x x
[F5]x 8 10 10 x x
A5VII
x x 7 9 x x
A6VII
x x 7 10 x x
[C5]x 3 5 5 x x
[G/B]x 2 5 4 x x
[D5]x 5 7 7 x x
F5(type 2)
x 8 10 x x x
[C/E]x 7 10 x x x
[B/Eb]x 6 9 x x x
[E5]0 2 2 x x x
[G#5]4 6 6 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 1 (Lead) - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 2 (Rythm) - Jani Liimatainen'
Intro
Fast Metal Q=180
$
[A5] [F5]
[3/4] Gtr II
W H. H.
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[/] [/]
Gtr I
W E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
|--------||------------------------|-----------------------| |--------||o-13--13h15h17-13-15-17-|-18--17h18-15-17-15-13-| |--------||------------------------|-----------------------| |--------||------------------------|-----------------------| |--------||o-----------------------|-----------------------| |--------||------------------------|-----------------------|
1.,2.,3.
[G5] H. [E5] H.
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[/] [/]
E E E E E E E S S E E E E 4x
|--------------------|-------------------------|| |-12--13-15-12-13-15-|-12--12h13h15-12----15--o|| |--------------------|-----------------17------|| |--------------------|-------------------------|| |--------------------|------------------------o|| |--------------------|-------------------------||
4.
[G5] H. [E5] H.
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[/] [/]
E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------| |-12--13-15-12-13-15-|-12--12h13h15-12----15-| |--------------------|-----------------17----| |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------|
[F5] H. +H.
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[/] [/]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-17-----------------|--------------------|| |-----18-20-18-17-18-|-17--15-17-15-13-12-|| |--------------------|--------------------|| |--------------------|--------------------|| |--------------------|--------------------|| |--------------------|--------------------||
Verse
A5VII A5 A6VII A6VII A5VII A5VII C5 G/B
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
||--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------| ||o-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------| ||--9-----9-----|-10-----10-----|-9-----9-----|-5----4----| ||--7-----7-----|--7------7-----|-7-----7-----|-5----5----| ||o---0-0---0-0-|----0-0----0-0-|---0-0---0-0-|-3----2----| ||--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
[A5]H. [D5]H. [C5]H. Q. [G/B]Q.
|---------|---------|---------|-------------|| |---------|---------|---------|------------o|| |---------|-7-------|-5-------|-5----4------|| |-7-------|-7-------|-5-------|-5----5------|| |-7-------|-5-------|-3-------|-3----2-----o|| |-5-------|---------|---------|-------------||
Pre-Chorus
[F5]Gtr II[A5] [C5] [G/B]
[E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]|
o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / /
W W W W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
F5(type 2) E5/C B/Eb E5 G#5
[E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]|
o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / o /
W W W W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Chorus
[A5] [C5]
[4/4] W +H H W +W
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
W W W W
||-----------|------------|----------|-------| ||o----------|------------|----------|-------| ||-----------|------------|----------|-------| ||-----------|------------|----------|-------| ||o----------|------------|----------|-------| ||-----------|------------|----------|-------|
1.
[D5]W +W [E5]W +W
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[/] [/] [/] [/]
PM------------------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------|--------------------|---------------------|| |----------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------o|| |----------|-----------|-9-10-7-9----7------|---------------------|| |----------|-----------|----------10---9-10-|---------------------|| |----------|-----------|--------------------|--7-8----7----------o|| |----------|-----------|--------------------|------10---8-10-7-8--||
2.
To CoD.S. al Coda
[D5]E E E E [C5]E E E E [G/B]E E E E [A5]E E E E [E5]E E E E [G#5]E E E E [A5]W
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o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / /
W W W H. Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
Harmony Solo
&
A5 N.C.(A5)
[4/4] Gtr II
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||--------------------------------------| |-----------------||o-------------------------------------| |-----------------||--------------------------------------| |-7---------------||--------------------------------------| |-7---------------||o--0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--0--0-| |-5---------------||--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------12----------------13-------| |-----------10-12-||o-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10----10-12-| |-----------------||--------------------------------------| |-----------------||--------------------------------------| |-----------------||o-------------------------------------| |-----------------||--------------------------------------| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|| |--0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--7--0--o|| |---------------------------------------||
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------12----------------13-12-10---|| |-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10-----------o|| |---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------------||
[(D5)]
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||--------------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------| ||---0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--0--0-| ||o-------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------17----------------18-------| ||o-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----15-17-| ||--------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|--------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------------------|| |--0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--7--0--|| |-------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------------------||
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------17----------------18-17-15--|| |-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----------o|| |--------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------------------||
[(A5)]
[4/4] Gtr I
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||-----------12----------------13-------| ||o-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10----10-12-| ||--------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|----------12----------------13-12-10---|| |-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10-----------o|| |---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------------||
[(D5)]
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||-----------17----------------18-------| ||o-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----15-17-| ||--------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------|
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonata_arctica/black_sheep_tab_ver_3.html )
1. 2.
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|----------17----------------18-17-15--||----------18--17--16---|| |-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----------o||-18-17-15--------------|| |--------------------------------------||-----------------------|| |--------------------------------------||-----------------------|| |-------------------------------------o||-----------------------|| |--------------------------------------||-----------------------||
Keyboard Solo
[A5]Gtr II[F5] [A5] [C5] [G/B]
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q H H
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Gtr I
H H W W W
|-16tr17------17-----|--------------|--------------|-----------| |--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------| |--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------| |--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------| |--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------| |--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
[A5]Q. Q. Q [D5]W [C5]W [G/B]W
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
W W W W
|--------------|----------|----------|------|| |--------------|----------|----------|------|| |--------------|----------|----------|------|| |--------------|----------|----------|------|| |--------------|----------|----------|------|| |--------------|----------|----------|------||
Guitar Solo
[A5] S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------| |-10h13p10------10h13p10------10h13p10----| |----------12p9----------12p9----------12-| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
[F5] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------| |-13p10------13p10------13p10------13p10-------| |-------12p9-------12p9-------12p9-------12p9--| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
[A5] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-/17-15-13----------------------------------------| |-----------17-15-13-12-13-15-13-12----------------| |-----------------------------------14-12----------| |-----------------------------------------15-14-15-| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
[C5] [G/B] ~~~
S S S S S S S S S S Q.
|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-12----------------------------12----| |----15-14-12-------------------------| |-------------15-14-12----------------| |----------------------15-13-12-------|
[A5]
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------------------12-| |-------------------12h13p12-------------------------------------13h15----| |----------------14----------14----------------------------12h14----------| |----------12h14----------------14-------------------12h14----------------| |-12h14h15-------------------------15-12h14h15p14h15----------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[D5] ~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------12h13h15h17-17--| |-15p13----------------------------12h13h15-----------------| |-------14p12h14-------12h14-12h14--------------------------| |----------------12h15--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------|
[C5] T T T T T
|------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-20-17p15p12h15h17-20-17p15-20-17p15p12h15h17-20-17p15-20-17p15p12h15h17-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[G/B] T ~~
S S S S S S S S H
|-20-17p15p12-------------------| |-------------15p13----13-15----| |-------------------14----------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
[F5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-/20-------15-------/17----|------------12------/15-| |---------------------------|-15h17------------------| |-----17s12----12s14-----14-|-------14s9----9s12-----| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------|
[C5] [G/B] ~~
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [B]
|---------------10-----|-12------/15-------| |----13h15-------------|-------------------| |-12-------12s7----7s9-|----9s12-----12----| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------|
F5(type 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-/17-15-13----------------12-13-15-13-12----------| |-----------15-13-12-13-15----------------15-13-12-| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
[C/E] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------10-12-10------------------------------| |-10-12-13----------13-12---------10-12-13-12-10-| |-------------------------9-10-12----------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
[B/Eb] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-13-12-10---------------------------------| |----------13-12-10-8----------------------| |---------------------10-9-7------7-9-10-9-| |----------------------------10-9----------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|
[E5]S S S S S S S S [G#5] S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|| |-7-------------------------------------|| |---10-9-7------------------------------|| |----------10-8-7-8-10-12-10-8-7--------|| |--------------------------------10-8-7-||
Out-Chorus
[A5] [C5]
[4/4] Gtr II
W +W W +W
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[/] [/] [/] [/]
~~~~~~
Q H. W W W
||------------------|-----------|----------|-------| ||o-----------------|-----------|----------|-------| ||------------------|-----------|----------|-------| ||--([7])\----------|-----------|----------|-------| ||o-----------------|-----------|----------|-------| ||------------------|-----------|----------|-------|
[D5]W +W [E5]W +W
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[/] [/] [/] [/]
PM------------------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------| |----------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------| |----------|-----------|-9-10-7-9----7------|--------------------| |----------|-----------|----------10---9-10-|--------------------| |----------|-----------|--------------------|--7-8----7----------| |----------|-----------|--------------------|------10---8-10-7-8-|
[A5] [C5]
[4/4] W +W W +W
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[/] [/] [/] [/]
W W W W
|----------|-----------|----------|-------| |----------|-----------|----------|-------| |----------|-----------|----------|-------| |----------|-----------|----------|-------| |----------|-----------|----------|-------| |----------|-----------|----------|-------|
[D5]E E E E [C5]E E E E [G/B]E E E E [A5]E E E E [E5]E E E E [G#5]E E E E [A5]W
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o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / /
W W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------o|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------o|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------||
Outro
[A5] [F5]
[3/4] H. H.
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[/] [/]
E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------| ||o-13--13h15h17-13-15-17-|-18--17h18-15-17-15-13-| ||------------------------|-----------------------| ||------------------------|-----------------------| ||o-----------------------|-----------------------| ||------------------------|-----------------------|
[G5] H. [E5] H.
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[/] [/]
E E E E E E E S S E E E E 4x
|--------------------|------------------------|| |-12--13-15-12-13-15-|-12--12h13h15-12----15-o|| |--------------------|-----------------17-----|| |--------------------|------------------------|| |--------------------|-----------------------o|| |--------------------|------------------------||
N.C.(F5)
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H W
|-17----------------|-------------------|-----------|------*| |----18-20-18-17-18-|-17-15-17-15-13-12-|-13\-------|------*| |-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*| |-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*| |-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*| |-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*|
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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