Black Sheep Chords & Tabs
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BLACK SHEEP
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
A5
5 7 7 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
F5
x 8 10 10 x x
A5VII
x x 7 9 x x
A6VII
x x 7 10 x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
G/B
x 2 5 4 x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
F5(type 2)
x 8 10 x x x
C/E
x 7 10 x x x
B/Eb
x 6 9 x x x
E5
0 2 2 x x x
G#5
4 6 6 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 1 (Lead) - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 2 (Rythm) - Jani Liimatainen'
Intro
Fast Metal Q=180
$
A5 F5
3/4
Gtr II
W H. H.
| |
/ /
Gtr I
W E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
|--------||------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------||o-13--13h15h17-13-15-17-|-18--17h18-15-17-15-13-|
|--------||------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------||------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------||------------------------|-----------------------|
1.,2.,3.
G5 E5
H. H.
| |
/ /
E E E E E E E S S E E E E 4x
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|-12--13-15-12-13-15-|-12--12h13h15-12----15--o||
|--------------------|-----------------17------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
4.
G5 E5
H. H.
| |
/ /
E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-12--13-15-12-13-15-|-12--12h13h15-12----15-|
|--------------------|-----------------17----|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
F5
H. +H.
| |
/ /
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-17-----------------|--------------------||
|-----18-20-18-17-18-|-17--15-17-15-13-12-||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
Verse
A5VII A5 A6VII A6VII A5VII A5VII C5 G/B
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
||--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
||o-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
||--9-----9-----|-10-----10-----|-9-----9-----|-5----4----|
||--7-----7-----|--7------7-----|-7-----7-----|-5----5----|
||o---0-0---0-0-|----0-0----0-0-|---0-0---0-0-|-3----2----|
||--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
A5 D5 C5 G/B
H. H. H. Q. Q.
|---------|---------|---------|-------------||
|---------|---------|---------|------------o||
|---------|-7-------|-5-------|-5----4------||
|-7-------|-7-------|-5-------|-5----5------||
|-7-------|-5-------|-3-------|-3----2-----o||
|-5-------|---------|---------|-------------||
Pre-Chorus
F5 A5 C5 G/B
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / /
W W W W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
F5(type 2) E5/C B/Eb E5 G#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / o /
W W W W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Chorus
A5 C5
4/4
W +H H W +W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
W W W W
||-----------|------------|----------|-------|
||o----------|------------|----------|-------|
||-----------|------------|----------|-------|
||-----------|------------|----------|-------|
||o----------|------------|----------|-------|
||-----------|------------|----------|-------|
1.
D5 E5
W +W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
PM------------------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------|--------------------|---------------------||
|----------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------o||
|----------|-----------|-9-10-7-9----7------|---------------------||
|----------|-----------|----------10---9-10-|---------------------||
|----------|-----------|--------------------|--7-8----7----------o||
|----------|-----------|--------------------|------10---8-10-7-8--||
2.
To CoD.S. al Coda
D5 C5 G/B A5 E5 G#5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / /
W W W H. Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
Harmony Solo
&
A5 N.C.(A5)
4/4
Gtr II
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||--------------------------------------|
|-----------------||o-------------------------------------|
|-----------------||--------------------------------------|
|-7---------------||--------------------------------------|
|-7---------------||o--0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--0--0-|
|-5---------------||--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------12----------------13-------|
|-----------10-12-||o-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10----10-12-|
|-----------------||--------------------------------------|
|-----------------||--------------------------------------|
|-----------------||o-------------------------------------|
|-----------------||--------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|--0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--7--0--o||
|---------------------------------------||
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------12----------------13-12-10---||
|-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10-----------o||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------||
(D5)
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||---0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--0--0-|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------17----------------18-------|
||o-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----15-17-|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|--0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--7--0--||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------17----------------18-17-15--||
|-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
(A5)
4/4
Gtr I
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------12----------------13-------|
||o-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10----10-12-|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------12----------------13-12-10---||
|-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10-----------o||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------||
(D5)
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------17----------------18-------|
||o-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----15-17-|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonata_arctica/black_sheep_tab_ver_3.html ]
1. 2.
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|----------17----------------18-17-15--||----------18--17--16---||
|-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----------o||-18-17-15--------------||
|--------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|--------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||-----------------------||
|--------------------------------------||-----------------------||
Keyboard Solo
A5 F5 A5 C5 G/B
Gtr II
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q H H
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
H H W W W
|-16tr17------17-----|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
A5 D5 C5 G/B
Q. Q. Q W W W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
W W W W
|--------------|----------|----------|------||
|--------------|----------|----------|------||
|--------------|----------|----------|------||
|--------------|----------|----------|------||
|--------------|----------|----------|------||
|--------------|----------|----------|------||
Guitar Solo
A5
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-10h13p10------10h13p10------10h13p10----|
|----------12p9----------12p9----------12-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
F5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|-13p10------13p10------13p10------13p10-------|
|-------12p9-------12p9-------12p9-------12p9--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
A5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-/17-15-13----------------------------------------|
|-----------17-15-13-12-13-15-13-12----------------|
|-----------------------------------14-12----------|
|-----------------------------------------15-14-15-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
C5 G/B
~~~
S S S S S S S S S S Q.
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-12----------------------------12----|
|----15-14-12-------------------------|
|-------------15-14-12----------------|
|----------------------15-13-12-------|
A5
|--3--| |--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 S
|----------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|-------------------12h13p12-------------------------------------13h15----|
|----------------14----------14----------------------------12h14----------|
|----------12h14----------------14-------------------12h14----------------|
|-12h14h15-------------------------15-12h14h15p14h15----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5
~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------12h13h15h17-17--|
|-15p13----------------------------12h13h15-----------------|
|-------14p12h14-------12h14-12h14--------------------------|
|----------------12h15--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C5
T T T T T
|------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
|-20-17p15p12h15h17-20-17p15-20-17p15p12h15h17-20-17p15-20-17p15p12h15h17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G/B
T ~~
S S S S S S S S H
|-20-17p15p12-------------------|
|-------------15p13----13-15----|
|-------------------14----------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
F5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-/20-------15-------/17----|------------12------/15-|
|---------------------------|-15h17------------------|
|-----17s12----12s14-----14-|-------14s9----9s12-----|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
C5 G/B
~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|---------------10-----|-12------/15-------|
|----13h15-------------|-------------------|
|-12-------12s7----7s9-|----9s12-----12----|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
F5(type 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-/17-15-13----------------12-13-15-13-12----------|
|-----------15-13-12-13-15----------------15-13-12-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
C/E
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------10-12-10------------------------------|
|-10-12-13----------13-12---------10-12-13-12-10-|
|-------------------------9-10-12----------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
B/Eb
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-13-12-10---------------------------------|
|----------13-12-10-8----------------------|
|---------------------10-9-7------7-9-10-9-|
|----------------------------10-9----------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
E5 G#5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|-7-------------------------------------||
|---10-9-7------------------------------||
|----------10-8-7-8-10-12-10-8-7--------||
|--------------------------------10-8-7-||
Out-Chorus
A5 C5
4/4
Gtr II
W +W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
~~~~~~
Q H. W W W
||------------------|-----------|----------|-------|
||o-----------------|-----------|----------|-------|
||------------------|-----------|----------|-------|
||--([7])\----------|-----------|----------|-------|
||o-----------------|-----------|----------|-------|
||------------------|-----------|----------|-------|
D5 E5
W +W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
PM------------------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------|-----------|-9-10-7-9----7------|--------------------|
|----------|-----------|----------10---9-10-|--------------------|
|----------|-----------|--------------------|--7-8----7----------|
|----------|-----------|--------------------|------10---8-10-7-8-|
A5 C5
4/4
W +W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
W W W W
|----------|-----------|----------|-------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------|
D5 C5 G/B A5 E5 G#5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / /
W W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------||
Outro
A5 F5
3/4
H. H.
| |
/ /
E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-13--13h15h17-13-15-17-|-18--17h18-15-17-15-13-|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
G5 E5
H. H.
| |
/ /
E E E E E E E S S E E E E 4x
|--------------------|------------------------||
|-12--13-15-12-13-15-|-12--12h13h15-12----15-o||
|--------------------|-----------------17-----||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------o||
|--------------------|------------------------||
N.C.(F5)
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H W
|-17----------------|-------------------|-----------|------*|
|----18-20-18-17-18-|-17-15-17-15-13-12-|-13\-------|------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------*|
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
