Last Drop Falls 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
[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] [B] [E] [E] [E] [E] [B] [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]E E E E E E E E [C]E E E E [Dadd11]E E E E [Em]W [Em]+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] [B] [E] [E] [E] [E] [B] [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]E E E E E E E E [G]E E Q [D]E E Q [Em]E E E E E E E E [G]E E Q [D]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]Gtr III[C5] [D5] [E5] [G5]
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]H [D5]H [F5]W [C5]W [E5]H [D5]H [E5]H [D5]Q [E5]Q
| | | | | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
W W W W W
||------------|----------|----------|------------||--------------|| ||o-----------|----------|----------|-----------o||--------------|| ||------------|----------|----------|------------||--------------|| ||------------|----------|----------|------------||--------------|| ||o-----------|----------|----------|-----------o||--------------|| ||------------|----------|----------|------------||--------------||
Chorus
[A5]W [C5]W [E5]W [D/F#] [G5]W [A5]W
| | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
W W H Q Q W W
||-----------|----------|------------|----------|------| ||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------| ||-----------|----------|---------7--|-7--------|------| ||-----------|----------|---------4--|-5--------|------| ||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------| ||-----------|----------|------------|----------|------|
1. 2.
[C5]W [E5]W [D5]H [E5]H [B5]H [A5]H [G5]H [F#5]H
| | | | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
W W W W W
|----------|----------|------------||-----------|-----------|| |----------|----------|-----------o||-----------|-----------|| |----------|----------|------------||-----------|-----------|| |----------|----------|------------||-----------|-----------|| |----------|----------|-----------o||-----------|-----------|| |----------|----------|------------||-----------|-----------||
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)]W [(G)] W[(D)]
~~~
Q E E E. E. E E. E. E H
|------/15-14----------|--------------------| |--------------15------|--------------------| |------------------14--|-12--11-------------| |----------------------|---------12---------| |----------------------|------------/12-----| |----------------------|--------------------|
[A5]Gtr III[C5] [D5]
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] W [C5] H [D5] 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] W [G5]W [A5] 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] H [D5] H [E5]W [E5] +W
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/]
<
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E Q +E Q. Q. Q. Q H. Q
|--------------------|------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]W [C5]W [E5]W [D/F#] [G5]W [A5]W
| | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtr I
W W H Q Q W W
||-----------|----------|------------|----------|------| ||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------| ||-----------|----------|---------7--|-7--------|------| ||-----------|----------|---------4--|-5--------|------| ||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------| ||-----------|----------|------------|----------|------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
[C5]W [E5]W [D5]H [E5]H [E5]W +W
| | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
W W W W W
|----------|----------|------------||----------|-------|| |----------|----------|-----------o||----------|-------|| |----------|----------|------------||----------|-------|| |----------|----------|------------||----------|-------|| |----------|----------|-----------o||----------|-------|| |----------|----------|------------||----------|-------||
Outro
H.=H
[Em]+W [Em]+W [G]+W [D] [Em]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------|----------|-^----*| |---0------3----|----------|-^----*| |-----0------2--|----------|-^----*| |---------------|----------|----------*| |---------------|----------|----------*| |---------------|-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
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