Against the Wind Stratovarius
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 1994 Album FOURTH DIMENSION)
Transcribed by StrungOut219
Words and Music by Stratovarius
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Gtr. I'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Gtr. II'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Gtr. III'
Intro
Q=135
[E5]
[4/4] Gtr I
S S S S E S S E. S +E E S S S S E S S E. S +E E
||---------------------------|-------------------------------| ||o--------------------------|-------------------------------| ||---------------------------|-------------------------------| ||----------------9--7-(7)-9-|---------------/12--10-(10)----| ||o-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-2-2-2-2-2------------------12-| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
S S S S E S S E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E
|--------------------------|------------------------------|| |--------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |--------------------------|------------------------------|| |---------------9--7-(7)-9-|-/12--10-(10)-9-\7--9-(9)-10--|| |-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-----------------------------o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|------------------------------||
Full Band
S S S S E S S E. S +E E S S S S E S S E. S +E E
||---------------------------|-------------------------------| ||o--------------------------|-------------------------------| ||---------------------------|-------------------------------| ||----------------9--7-(7)-9-|---------------/12--10-(10)----| ||o-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-2-2-2-2-2------------------12-| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
S S S S E S S E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------|-------------------------------o|| |--------------------------|--------------------------------|| |---------------9--7-(7)-9-|-/12--10-(10)-9-\7--9-(9)-10----|| |-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-------------------------------o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|--------------------------------||
[B5] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +Q +Q Q +E E W +H Q +E E
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------| |-10b12=========|=(10)--(10)r---7b9r===(7)--5-|--4--------|--(4)---------------| |---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|---------4b5r=(4)-2-| |---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------| |---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------| |---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +Q +Q Q +E E W +H Q +E E
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------| |-14b16=========|=(14)--(14)r-----------------|-----------|--------------------| |---------------|--------------14b16r=(14)-12-|-11--------|-(11)----8b9r=(8)-6-| |---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------| |---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------| |---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +H Q +E E W +H Q +E E
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------| |---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------| |---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------| |--4------------|--(4)------------------------|--4--------|--(4)---------------| |--2------------|--(2)----------2b3r===(2)--0-|--2--------|--(2)----2b3r=(2)-0-| |---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
W +H Q +E E W
|----------|----------------------|----------| |----------|---------7b8r===(7)-5-|-4--------| |-4--------|-(4)------------------|----------| |----------|----------------------|----------| |----------|----------------------|----------| |----------|----------------------|----------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
| W +H Q +E E W
|----------|----------------------|----------| |-4--------|-(4)----10b12r=(10)-8-|-7--------| |----------|----------------------|----------| |----------|----------------------|----------| |----------|----------------------|----------| |----------|----------------------|----------|
|
| W +H Q +E E W
|----------|----------------------|----------| |----------|----------------------|----------| |----------|----------------------|----------| |-4--------|-(4)------------------|-4--------| |-2--------|-(2)-----2b3r===(2)-0-|-2--------| |----------|----------------------|----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-20--19-17----19-17-------17-----------------------| |-----------20-------20-19----20-19-17-20-19-17-----| |-----------------------------------------------20--| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|
|
|~~~~~
| +W
|---------------------------------------------------| |-(7)-----------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |-(4)-----------------------------------------------| |-(2)-----------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|
Verse
[E5]
PM----| PM------------| PM----| PM------------|
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---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-5h7---------5h7-----------------|-5h7---------5h7------------------| ||------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
[A5]
PM----| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W
|---------------------------------|----------| |---------------------------------|----------| |---------------------------------|-2--------| |---------------------------------|-2--------| |-5h7---------5h7-----------------|-0--------| |-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------|
[C5]
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| |-----------------------------------|
[E5]
PM----------------------------| PM----| PM------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5h7---------5h7-----------------| |---------------------------------|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
PM----| PM| PM| PM----| PM--------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |-----------------------------o||-----------------------------------|| |------------------------------||-------------------------------7-9-|| |---------------------5-----5--||------------------------7-9-10-----|| |-5h7---------5h7-----3-----3-o||-5h7---------5h7-7-9-10------------|| |-----0-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0----||-----0-0-0-0-----------------------||
Pre-Chorus
[B5]W +H Q E E [C5]W +H Q E E
|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------| |----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------| |----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------| |-4--------|-(4)----------------|-5--------|-(5)----------------| |-2--------|-(2)-------2b3--2-0-|-3--------|-(3)----------------| |----------|--------------------|----------|-----------2b3--2-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W Q E E H W Q Q Q Q
|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------| |-7--------|--7b8r=7-5-7--------|-8--------|--8b10--8--7----5---| |----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------| |----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------| |----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------| |----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
[B5]W +H Q E E [C5]W [D5]W
|----------|--------------------|----------|------|| |----------|--------------------|----------|------|| |----------|--------------------|----------|------|| |-4--------|-(4)----------------|-5--------|-7----|| |-2--------|-(2)-------2b3--2-0-|-3--------|-5----|| |----------|--------------------|----------|------||
|
| ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W Q E E H W W
|----------|--------------------|----------|-5----|| |-7--------|--7b8r=7-5-7--------|-8--------|------|| |----------|--------------------|----------|------|| |----------|--------------------|----------|------|| |----------|--------------------|----------|------|| |----------|--------------------|----------|------||
Chorus
[G5]W [D5]W [A5]W [E5]W [G5]W [D5]W
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------| ||o----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------| ||-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------| ||-----------|-7--------|-2--------|----------|----------|-7----| ||o-5--------|-5--------|-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-5----| ||--3--------|----------|----------|-0--------|-3--------|------|
1. 2.
~
Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-----------||-------------| |-------------|----------o||-------------| |-------------|-----------||-------------| |-------------|-----------||-------------| |----------6--|-7--------o||----------6--| |-8--5--7-----|-----------||-8--5--7-----|
~ ~ ~
Q +E S S Q +E S S H +H
|-----------------------|--------------|| |-----------------------|--------------|| |-----------------------|--------------|| |-----------------------|--------------|| |-7--(7)-7-7-7--(7)-7-7-|-7----(7)\----|| |-----------------------|--------------||
Guitar Solo
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
|-----3-----|
H. E +E +E
|----------------------------| |-17b19------17b19r(17)-(17)-| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------|
~~~~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
+Q +E S S S S S S T T T T S S S S S S
|------------14-15-18p15p14S12h15p14p12----------15p14p12-15p==| |-(17)--(17)----------------------------15-14-12---------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-14p12----------15p14p12h14p12----------------------------------------------| |-------15-14-12----------------15-14-12----14p12----------15p14p12h14p12----| |----------------------------------------15-------15-14p12----------------15-| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S +E +H
|-----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|| |-14-12p11h12p11--------------------------|| |----------------14-12-11-----------------|| |-------------------------13-(13)-(13)----|| |-----------------------------------------||
~~
|--3--|
Q. +E Q +E S S S
|------------------------10-11-14-| |-13b15====(13)r13--(13)----------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|
T
|--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S S S S S S S S
|-14p11p10h17p14p11p10h11p10S8h11p10p8---------11p10p8h10p8----------| |--------------------------------------11-10-8--------------11-10-8--| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-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
|-11p10p8------------------------------------------------| |---------11-10p8p7-10-8p7-----11p10p8-8p7--------10p8p7h| |--------------------------8p7-------------10p8p7--------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S E +H
|--------------------------|| |-8p7----------------------|| |-----8p7p5----------------|| |-----------8p7p5-4-(4)----|| |--------------------------|| |--------------------------||
Interlude
[G5] ~~~~~~~~ [D5] ~~~ ~~
|---3----|
Q +E S S Q Q Q Q. E Q E E
||-----------------------------|----------------------| ||o-12--(12)-12-13-13b15-13-12-|-10----8-10--10b12-10-| ||-----------------------------|----------------------| ||-----------------------------|----------------------| ||o----------------------------|----------------------| ||-----------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q. E H
||-----------------------------|----------------------| ||o----------------------------|----------------------| ||-----------------------------|----------------------| ||-----------------------------|--7-------------------| ||o--5-------------------------|--5----5--6-----------| ||---3-------------------------|----------------------|
[E5]~~~~~~~ [B5]~ ~
|---3---| |-3-|
Q +E S S Q Q Q Q S S S E Q Q
|------------------------|-------------------| |-8--(8)-8-10-10b12-10-8-|-7--7h8p7----------| |------------------------|----------7----7---| |------------------------|------------9------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------|
|
| W W
|------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |-9----------------------|-4-----------------| |-7----------------------|-2-----------------| |------------------------|-------------------|
1.
[C5]~~~~~~~ [G5]~~ ~ [A5]~~~~~~~ [D5]~~~~~~~
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
Q +E S S Q Q Q Q. E Q E E Q +E S S Q Q Q Q +E S S Q Q Q
|--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|| |-5--(5)-5-7-7b8-7-5-|---------------|------------------|--------------5-7-o|| |--------------------|-7----5-4--5-4-|-2--(2)-2-2-2-4-5-|-7--(7)-7-7-7------|| |--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|| |--------------------|---------------|------------------|------------------o|| |--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------||
|
| W W W W
|--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|| |--------------------|---------------|------------------|------------------o|| |--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|| |-5------------------|---------------|------------------|-7-----------------|| |-3------------------|-5-------------|-7----------------|-5----------------o|| |--------------------|-3-------------|-5----------------|-------------------||
2.
[A5]~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [D5]~ ~~~
Q +E S S Q +E S S H +Q +E S S H +Q. E W
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------/10-|-10-----|| |-----------------------|-----------------7-7-|-7----(7)-------|--------|| |-2--(2)-2-2-2--(2)-5-5-|--5-----(5)--(5)-----|----------------|--------|| |-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|| |-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|| |-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------||
|
| W +W W +W
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|| |-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|| |-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|| |-----------------------|---------------------|-7--------------|-(7)----|| |-7---------------------|-(7)-----------------|-5--------------|-(5)----|| |-5---------------------|-(5)-----------------|----------------|--------||
Out-Chorus
[G5]W [D5]W [A5]W [E5]W
||-----------|----------|----------|------| ||o----------|----------|----------|------| ||-----------|----------|----------|------| ||-----------|-7--------|-2--------|------| ||o-5--------|-5--------|-0--------|-2----| ||--3--------|----------|----------|-0----|
1.,2.,3.
[G5] [D5] ~
W W Q Q Q Q W
|----------|----------|-------------|-------|| |----------|----------|-------------|------o|| |----------|----------|-------------|-------|| |----------|-7--------|-------------|-------|| |-5--------|-5--------|----------6--|-7----o|| |-3--------|----------|-8--5--7-----|-------||
4. H.=H
[G5]W Q Q Q Q [A5]H E E Q [E5]W
|----------|-------------|-------------|------*| |----------|-------------|-------------|------*| |----------|-------------|-------------|------*| |----------|-------------|-------------|-2----*| |-5--------|----------6--|-7-----------|-2----*| |-3--------|-8--5--7-----|-5----3-2-0--|-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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