Handful of Rain Savatage
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------||
E. [Bb6]S +S S E +S S S S E E [Em7/D]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]E. S +S S E +S S S S E E [E5/D] 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]E. S +S S E +S S S S E E [E5/D]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]E. S +S S E +S S S S E E [Bb6]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]Gtr II[F5G5] [D5] [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
||---------------------------------|------------------------| ||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] |-3-|[A5] [G5]
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]E E E E E E E E [Esus2]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]Gtr III[F5] [G5] [D5] [A5] [G5]
~~~~ ~~
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]Gtr II[Esus2]
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-----|
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]Gtr[E5/D] I[D] [E5/D] [E5/DD] [E5/D] [D] [E5/D] [E5/D]
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]S S S S [Am/D]S S S [Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D]S S S S S S S S S [D5]S S S S [Am/D]S S S [Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D]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]S S S S [Am/D]S S S [Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D]S S S S S S S S S [D5]S S S S [Am/D]S S S [Asus2/Am/DAsusAm/D]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]Gtrs [G5]I, II[A5] [G5] [A5] [G5] [A5] [G5]
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
|-----------|------------||-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------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]E E E E E E E E [A5G5A5G5A5G5A5G5]E E E E E E E E [A5]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]E. S +S S E +S S S S E E [Em7/D]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.
E. S E E +S S E S S S S [F/D]E. S +S S E +S S S S E E [E5/D]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
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