Sonata Arctica – Peacemaker (Guitar Tab)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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As recorded by Sonata Arctica
(Released as a Single in 2001)
Transcribed by /\X/\M
Words and Music by T. Kakko
Arranged by Sonata Arctica
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=132
4/4
Gtr I
PM|
Wx3 Q Q Q Q E E H Q Wx2 Q Q E +E Q
|------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------------|| |------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------------|| |------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------------|| |------------|-3--5--7--5--|-------------|------------|-3--5--7-(7)\------|| |------------|-3--5--7--5--|-2-2---------|------------|-3--5--7-(7)\------|| |------------|-1--3--5--3--|-0-0---------|------------|-1--3--5-(5)\------||
Pre-Verse
PM----------------------------------------------| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q Q Q E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--7--5----| |-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2-------3-|-(3)-5--7--5--2-| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0-1-|-(1)-3--5--3--0-|
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E Q |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--7-------|| |-2---2-2---2-2---|-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---------3-|-(3)-5--7-------|| |-0---0-0---0-0---|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-1-|-(1)-3--5-------||
Verse
$
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E 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 ||---------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||o--------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||---------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||--2-(2)\-------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||o-2--2-----2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2----|-2-2---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--|
PM-----------|
Q. H +E Q. H +E E E E E E E E E |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |-5-------------|-5----9----(9)-|-7-----------------| |-5----5----(5)-|-5----9----(9)-|-7-----------------| |-3----5----(5)-|-3----7----(7)-|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |------3----(3)-|---------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr II | W W W |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr III | W W W |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|
1. 2.
PM----------------| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q |----------------------------||----------------|| |---------------------------o||----------------|| |-5--------------------------||-9-------9--7---|| |-5--------------------------||-9-------9--7---|| |-3-----3-3-3-3-----3--3--3-o||-7-7-7-7-7--5---|| |----------------------------||----------------||
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| ~~~ | E a E E E E a E Q W |---------------------[7]----||----------------|| |-----------5-8-(8)s7-------o||----------------|| |---------7------------------||----------------|| |-5-(5)s4--------------------||----------------|| |---------------------------o||----------------|| |----------------------------||----------------||
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| E E E Q E E E W |----------------------------||----------------|| |---------------------------o||----------------|| |-5p====4---5-------4--------||----------------|| |---------5------------5-----||----------------|| |-------------------------5-o||----------------|| |----------------------------||----------------|| Chorus 1. 2. To Coda H H H H H H H H H H ||------------|---------------|-----------|------------||-----------|| ||o-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------o||-----------|| ||--5---------|--7------9-----|-5---------|-7----4-----||-7----4----|| ||--5----5----|--7------9-----|-5----5----|-7----4-----||-7----4----|| ||o-3----5----|--5------7-----|-3----5----|-5----2----o||-5----2----|| ||-------3----|-(5)----(7)----|------3----|------------||-----------||
Pre-Verse
D.S. al Coda
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E Q |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--7-------|| |-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2-------3-|-(3)-5--7-------|| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0-1-|-(1)-3--5-------|| Guitar Solo & W +W H H |----------|------------|--------------------------------| |----------|------------|--------------------------------| |----------|------------|--9------------------5----------| |-2--------|-(2)--------|--9------------------5----------| |-2--------|-(2)--------|--7------------------3----------| |-0--------|-(0)--------|--------------------------------|
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| Gtr III | ~~~ | W W Q. a +E Q. +E |----------|------------|--------------------------------| |----------|------------|--------------------------------| |----------|------------|-19b21====(19)r(19)-19----(19)\-| |----------|------------|--------------------------------| |----------|------------|--------------------------------| |----------|------------|--------------------------------| H H |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |----------------------7----------| |--5-------------------7----------| |--5-------------------5----------| |--3------------------------------|
|
| ~~ | S S S S E H +E |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-17p16---------------------------| |-------17----19b21-19-----(19)\--| |----------19---------------------| |---------------------------------|
PM-------------------|
H H E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------| |--9-----------5----------|---7----------------------------| |--9-----------5----------|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------7--| |--7-----------3----------|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------5--| |-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E |-15----14-15----14-15----|-/19----17----15----------------| |----12-------13-------13-|-----15----15----15-17b19==(17)r| |-------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------| H H H H |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| |---9---------5----------|--------------------7-----| |---9---------5----------|---5----------------7-----| |---7---------3----------|---5----------------5-----| |------------------------|---3----------------------|
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| ~~~~ ~~~~ | +Q E E +Q Q +E +E E E H |------------------------|--------------------------| |-(17)--15s8-(8)--12b13--|-(12)-(12)\---------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|------------12h14-[12]----| |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| H H |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--9-----------------------------------5-----------------| |--9-----------------------------------5-----------------| |--7-----------------------------------3-----------------| |--------------------------------------------------------|
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| PM---------------------------------------| ~~ | |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------12h14-12--| |----------------------------12h14h16-12h14h16-----------| |----------12h14h15-12h14h15-----------------------------| |-12h14h15-----------------------------------------------|
PM--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E |----------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------|| |--7-------------------------------------------|| |--7--------7-----7-7--7--------7-----7---7----|| |--5--------5-----5-5--5--------5-----5---5----|| |----------------------------------------------||
|
| ~~ ~~
| |--3--| |--3--|
| S S S S S Q S S S S S E +E
|-15h17p15-14----------------------------------||
|-------------15-------------------------------||
|----------------14---12h14p12-11--------------||
|---------------------------------12-----------||
|------------------------------------12-(12)\--||
|----------------------------------------------||
Keyboard Solo
PM| PM| PM|
E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5-----5-(5)----|----------------|-7-----7-(7)----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-5-----5-(5)----|-7-7-7-7-(7)----|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|
|----------------|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|----------------|
PM--| PM| PM|
E E E E Q Q E E E E +H E E E E +H
|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|-9-------9--7--|-5-----5-(5)----|----------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9--7--|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-5-----5-(5)----||
|-7-7-7-7-7--5--|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----||
|---------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-(3)----||Guitar Break
PM---------|
E E E E +H |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--7--------------------------------------------7--(7)---------------| |--7--------------------7-----------7-----------7--(7)---------------| |--5--------------------5-----------5-----------5--(5)---------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III
| ~~~
| |--------7--------|
| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q. +E S S |-14p13-------14p13-------14p13-------14p13----14-------(14)\--------| |-------14----------14----------14----------14----------------17h19h=| |----------13----------13----------13--------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |--9------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |--9--------9--------9--------9--------9-----------9--------9-------9-------|| |--7--------7--------7--------7--------7-----------7--------7-------7-------|| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| |------6-------| |------6-------| |--------6--------| |------5------|
| S S S S. T S S S S S S S S S T S. S S T S. S S S
|----17h19h20p19p17---------------------------------------------------------||
|-20----------------20p19p17s15h17h19h20p19p17p15---------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------17p16p14---------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------17p16p==14----||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------17-||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bridge
PM-----------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||---5--------------------|-----------------|
||---5--------------------|-----------------|
||o--3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-----------------|
||------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
| ~~~ | H. +Q W ||------------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------------|-----------------| ||------------------------|-----------------| ||--17------------(17)\---|-----------------| ||o-----------------------|-----------------| ||------------------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
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E E E E E E E E H Q Q H H |-----------------|-------------||-----------|| |-----------------|------------o||-----------|| |-----------------|-9----9--7---||-----------|| |-----------------|-9----9--7---||-9----9----|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7----7--5--o||-9----9----|| |-----------------|-------------||-7----7----||
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| W W W
|-----------------|-------------||-----------||
|-----------------|------------o||-----------||
|-----------------|-------------||-----------||
|-----------------|-------------||-----------||
|-----------------|------------o||-----------||
|-----------------|-------------||-----------||
Out-Chorus
H H H H H H H H 4x
||------------|---------------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------o||
||--5---------|--7------9-----|-5---------|-7----4-----||
||--5----5----|--7------9-----|-5----5----|-7----4-----||
||o-3----5----|--5------7-----|-3----5----|-5----2----o||
||-------3----|-(5)----(7)----|------3----|------------||PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E Q |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------2-(2)\------*| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)-5--2-(2)\------*| |-2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2-------3-|-(3)-5--0-(0)\------*| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0-1-|-(1)-3--------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
<n> - 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths