Speed of Light Stratovarius
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 1995 Album EPISODE)
Words by Timo KotipeltoMusic by Timo Tolkki
Transcribed by Jorge Carrillo (Lead_guitar666@hotmail.com)
Intro
Fast Rock Q=165
[4/4] Gtr I
PM| PM| PM---
S S Q S S S S S S E S S
||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------| ||----------------------------| ||------9------9h10p9-7-9-----| ||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-| ||----------------------------| ---| PM--------------------------| PM|
S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------| |-----9------7-7-----------------|-----9------9h10p9-7-9---| |-7-7----7-7-----10-10-9-9-10-10-|-7-7----7-7--------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
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||--------------------------------------| |-7-------------------------------------||-7------------------------------------| |---10-9-7-10-9-7----9-7------7---------||---10-9-7-10-9-7----9-7------7--------| |-----------------10-----10-9---10-9-7-o||-----------------10-----10-9---10-9-7-| |---------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------------------|-------------|| |--------------------------------------|-------------|| |--------------------------------------|-------------|| |--------------------------------------|-------------|| |-10-9-7----9-7------7-----------------|-------------|| |--------10-----10-8---10-8-7-10-8-7-5-|-7--5--3--2--||
Verse
W +W W +H Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|--------------| |----------|------------|----------|--------8-----| |----------|------------|----------|--------7-----| |----------|------------|-5--------|-(5)----5--7--| |-2--------|-(2)--------|-3--------|-(3)-------5--| |-0--------|-(0)--------|----------|--------------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|| |----------|------------|----------|--------|| |----------|------------|----------|--------|| |-9--------|-(9)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|| |-7--------|-(7)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|| |-0--------|-(0)--------|----------|--------||
Bridge
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-7-----------------------------|-7-----------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H
|-------------------------------|-----------| |-------------------------------|-----------| |-------------------------------|-----------| |-9-----------------------------|-9----7----| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7----5----| |-------------------------------|-----------|
W W W
|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------| |-5--------|-7--------|-7--------| |-3--------|-4--------|-5--------| |----------|----------|----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|----------------------------15-17-19s20-------|| |-------------------15-17-19-------------------|| |----------14-16-17----------------------------|| |-14-16-17-------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------||
Verse 2
W +W W +H Q Q
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------| |----------|------------|-------------------|-----------8------| |----------|------------|-------------------|-----------7------| |-9--------|-(9)--------|-5-----------------|-(5)-------5---7--| |-7--------|-(7)--------|-3-----------------|-(3)-----------5--| |----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W H Q +Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------| |----------|------------|-------------------|------------------| |----------|------------|------14b16r=(14)--|-12---11--12--14--| |----------|------------|-------------------|------------------| |----------|------------|-------------------|------------------| |----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
W +W W +W
|-----------|-------------|----------|--------|| |-----------|-------------|----------|--------|| |-----------|-------------|----------|--------|| |--9--------|--(9)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|| |--7--------|--(7)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|| |--0--------|--(0)--------|----------|--------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W W W
|-----------|-------------|----------|--------|| |-----------|-------------|----------|--------|| |-12--------|-(12)--------|----------|--------|| |-----------|-------------|----------|--------|| |-----------|-------------|----------|--------|| |-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
Bridge
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-7-----------------------------|-7-----------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H
|-------------------------------|-----------| |-------------------------------|-----------| |-------------------------------|-----------| |-9-----------------------------|-9----7----| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7----5----| |-------------------------------|-----------|
W W W
|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------| |-5--------|-7--------|-7--------| |-3--------|-4--------|-5--------| |----------|----------|----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|----------------------------15-17-19s20-------|| |-------------------15-17-19-------------------|| |----------14-16-17----------------------------|| |-14-16-17-------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------||
Chorus
PM| PM| PM---
S S Q S S S S S S E S S
||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------| ||----------------------------| ||------9------9h10p9-7-9-----| ||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-| ||----------------------------| ---| PM-------------------|
S S Q S S S S S S S S S S W Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------------|----------|--------------|| |--------------------------------|----------|-------------o|| |--------------------------------|----------|--------------|| |-----9------7-7-----------------|-5--------|----------1---|| |-7-7----7-7-----10-10-9-9-10-10-|-3--------|-0--3--2-----o|| |--------------------------------|----------|--------------|| |--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 E
|-------------------------------15-17-15----------------------------| |----------------------15-17-19----------19-17-15-------------------| |----------14-16-17-19----------------------------17-16-14----------| |-14-16-17-------------------------------------------------17-16-14-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [B]
|--------------|| |--------------|| |-------9------|| |---9---9------|| |---9---7------|| |---7----------||
Solo part 1
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------------| ||o---------10-12-10---------13-12-10-12-10-------| ||--9-11-12----------12-11-9----------------12-11-| ||------------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM---------------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------------| ||o-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-| ||------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------10-12-10----------13-12-10-12-10--------| |-10-12-13----------13-12-10----------------13-12--| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |----------12-14-12----------16-14-12-14-12-------| |-12-14-16----------16-14-12----------------16-14-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-| |-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|----------------10-------10-11-12s14-15--------|| |-------10-12-13----12-13----------------------o|| |-11-12-----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------o|| |-----------------------------------------------||
|
|--------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------o|| |-----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------o|| |--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7--|| |--------5--------| |--------5--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------------14-15-17-------|| |-----------------------------------15---17-15-17----------------|| |---------14---16---17-14-16---17--------------------------------|| |-16-17----------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------|| |--7----7----7----7-----7----7----7----7-----7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-||
Solo part 2
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------19--| |-------------17--|-16--19--17------| |-----18----------|-----------------| |---------18------|-----------------| |-16--------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
|
| W H H
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |--6--------------|-----------------| |--6--------------|--7-------9------| |--4--------------|--7-------9------| |-----------------|--5-------7------|
~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q. E +Q E +E E E E E E E H
|-16----16pb17r(16)--16pb17r(16)-|-14-16-14----------------| |--------------------------------|----------17-16-14-16----| |--------------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W H H
|--------------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------| |--6-----------------------------|--9----------------------| |--6-----------------------------|--9-----------------9----| |--4-----------------------------|--7-----------------9----| |--------------------------------|--------------------7----|
S S S S T S T T S T S S T T T T T T S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------19h21h22p21p19----------------------------------------| |-18h20h21----------------21p20s17h18h20p18p17p16h17p16-------16h| |-------------------------------------------------------18h19----| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |--6-------------------------------------------------------------| |--6-------------------------------------------------------------| |--4-------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------|
T S T T S T S S S S T T S S +S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-17h18p16h18p16h18p17p16-------------------------------------| |-------------------------19p18h19p18p16------------16h18h19p=| |----------------------------------------18-(18)-19-----------| |-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| H H
|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |--7-----------------------------9----------------------------| |--7-----------------------------9----------------------------| |--5-----------------------------7----------------------------|
T T T T S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------16-------16h18h20p18h20-| |-18h19p18h19p18p16----------16h18h19----18h19----------------| |-------------------19p18h19----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |--6----------------------------------------------------------| |--6----------------------------------------------------------| |--4----------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------------------|| |-17h19h21p19p17-------------17h19h21p19p17----------17h19h21-|| |----------------20p18-18h20----------------20p18h20----------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| H H
|-------------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------|| |--2-----------------------9----------------------------------|| |--2-----------------------9----------------------------------|| |--0-----------------------7----------------------------------||
Solo part 3
PM------------------------------------------|
W
|-19----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|
| PM| PM| PM----
| S S Q S S E E E S S
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------16----------------16----14----16----------| |--x--x--------------x--x--------------------x--x-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| PM----------| PM--| PM--------------| PM------------------------------|
+Q. E H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-(19)------------(19)\----------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |---8--8--8-8-8-8---8---8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-|-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|
|------| PM--| PM------| PM| PM|
| S S Q S S E E E S S S S Q S S E E E S S
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------16---------------16---14---16-------|-----16-----------16---14---16-------| |---x--x------------x---x----------------x-x-|-x-x----------x-x----------------x-x-| |--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| PM---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H
|------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-14---------------------------------------| |-------------------------16---------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--12--12-12-12-|-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-|
|
| PM| PM| ~~~~ PM| PM| PM|
| S S Q S S E E Q S S Q S S E E E S S
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------[17]----------|-------------------------------------| |-------16----------------16----14------------------|-----16-----------16---14---16-------| |--x--x--------------x--x---------------------------|-x-x----------x-x----------------x-x-| |---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H H H
|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------------------|--9--------9----|-----9--------9----|| |-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-|--7--------7----|-----7--------7----||
|
| PM| PM| PM| ~~
| S S Q S S E E E S S H a H a H a H
|-------------------------------------|----------------|----------17s19----|| |-------------------------------------|----------------|-17s19-------------|| |-----16-----------16---14---16-------|-------18s20----|-------------------|| |-x-x----------x-x----------------x-x-|-16-------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
Solo part 4
|------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
|-19-17-15----15-19-15-------------15-------------------------15-17-15----| |----------19----------19-17-17-19----19-17-15-17-19-17----17----------19-| |-------------------------------------------------------19----------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------6--------| |--------6--------| |------6-------| |------6-------|
S S S T T S S S T S T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-17-19-20-19p17----17-15-17s19-19s17-17-------------19-19-------17-19-20-19-17----| |----------------19----------------------19-17-16-17-------19-18-------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------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
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----17-19-17-------------17-17-------------------------------------------| |-19----------19-17-17-19-------19-17-16-16-16-17s19-17-16-18-19-17-16-17-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S T T S S S T T S S S T T S S S T T S
|---------------------------------------------------------------| |-17-19-17----------17------------------------------------------| |----------19-17-19----19-17-16-17-19-17-16----16-17-16---------| |-------------------------------------------19----------19-16---| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|| |-12--10----------|-12--10----------|-12----10----|-------------|| |---------12--11--|---------12--11--|-------------|-12----11----|| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------||
Out-Chorus
PM| PM| PM---
S S Q S S S S S S E S S
||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------| ||----------------------------| ||------9------9h10p9-7-9-----| ||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-| ||----------------------------| ---| PM-------------------|
S S Q S S S S S S S S S S W Q Q Q Q 4x
|--------------------------------|----------|--------------|| |--------------------------------|----------|-------------o|| |--------------------------------|----------|--------------|| |-----9------7-7-----------------|-5--------|----------1---|| |-7-7----7-7-----10-10-9-9-10-10-|-3--------|-0--3--2-----o|| |--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
Q Q Q Q H H H H
|-------------|-----------|-----------| |-------------|-----------|-----------| |-------------|-----------|-----------| |----------1--|-----------|------1----| |-0--3--2-----|-0----3----|-2---------| |-------------|-----------|-----------|
TP TP TP TP
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |-9--------|-9--------|-9--------|-9--------| |-7--------|-7--------|-7--------|-7--------| |-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------| |----------|------------|------------|--------| |----------|------------|------------|--------| |-9--------|-(9)--------|-(9)--------|-(9)----| |-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----| |-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----| |--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 E
|-------------------------------15-17-15----------------------------| |----------------------15-17-19----------19-17-15-------------------| |----------14-16-17-19----------------------------17-16-14----------| |-14-16-17-------------------------------------------------17-16-14-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [B]
|--------------*| |--------------*| |-------9------*| |---9---9------*| |---9---7------*| |---7----------*|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
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