CALEB- Sonata Arctica
Acoustic version by sinForge xJp
Standard tuning, Capo 2, 4, 5 & 6 (Changes where indicated)
*I know.. 4 capo positions is a bit much, and I DID try to at least avoid the
switch to 5 in the middle.. Unfortunately, there wasn't a good-sounding way
around it.. But honestly, none of the moves are really that much hassle =)
Also, in the actual song, the guitar is pretty stationairy in the verses, and
all the tonality is in the keyboards.. so I considered the tonality when
doing the verse.. I've also MAPPED OUT the chords for a change =D Enjoy!!
Em 022000 Dadd11 x54030
E 022100 Dadd11* x54035
Bm x24432 Dm xx0231
Bsus4 x24400 D xx0232
B x24442 Am x02210
Bb x13331 Asus2 x02200
C x32010 A x02220
C* x32013 F 133211
C/B x20010 F#m 244222
C# x46664 G 320033
CAPO 4
e|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-
B|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-
G|-------------0---|--------------|---------0-------|-
D|---------9-------|--------------|-------------4---|-
A|-----7-----------|------2-------|-----2-----------|-
E|-0---------------|--------------|-0---------------|-
There is a man in this world, who has never smiled
You may know his tragedy, the later years, by heart
e|-----0-----0---------2-----2-----|-----3-----3---------5---5-3-2-0-|-
B|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|---1-----1-----1---3-------------|-
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D|-2-----2-----2-------------------|---------------------------------|-
A|-----------------2-----2-----2---|-3-----3-----3---5-----5---------|-
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|- x2
In the beginning, there was a mother, a father, and a child
A troubled little silent boy, whose life they worked to destroy
e|-----0-----0---------------------|---------------------------------|-
B|---------------------3-----3-----|-----0-----0---------------------|-
G|---2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0-|---------------------2-----2-----|-
D|---------------------------------|---2-----2-----2---4-----4-----4-|-
A|-0-----0-----0---2-----2-----2---|-3-----3-----3---5-----5-----5---|-
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
Known to us from this day on by his father, Caleb..
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---------------------3-----3-----|-----0-----0---------------------||-
---2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0-|---------------------2---2-0-----||-
---------------------------------|---2-----2-----2---4---------4-2-||-
-0-----0-----0---2-----2-----2---|-3-----3-----3---5-----5---------||-
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Em.. Bm.. C*.. Dadd11*
Em.. Bm.. C*.. Dadd11*
Am.. Bsus4.. C... Dadd11
Am.. Bsus4.. C... Dadd11
Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2
His mother came up with such a clever way to save the day with a little white lie
Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2
He thinks he missed the point back then, but now he's grown to understand it, in a way
Em Bm C* Dadd11*
Father said "I'm sorry" only once, as I remember
Em Bm C* Dadd11*
The words were not meant to hurt, only destroy you, my stupid son
Am Bsus4 C Dadd11
One person can make a difference, sometimes
Am Bsus4 C Dadd11
Just turn his head when the kid is still and has a weak neck
[NC]
Smiled at his funeral, "happy you're dead."
Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2
All his solutions, it seemed, were only problems in disguise
Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2
Glueing on his drinkin' face, got ready to erase another day
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonata_arctica/caleb_crd.html ]
CAPO 2
Am F Am F C
Mother was yet confident, although they had it tight, taught her son
Dm E
At the end of every tunnel's a little light
Am F Am F
It wasn't a lie, it was her hope, that everything would be fine one day
C Dm E
He can fulfill his every dream, I'm happy as long as he's not
F G A E
..I hate it and fear can't face it
F G A E
The child is not right, he's my greatest shame
F G A E
Go out, create thunder, and stand right under
F G A [CHANGE CAPO to 5 NOW]
That old apple tree where dead snakes let him feed on those
Am F G C C/B Am
Lost hopes, all those kind words could hurt him even more, now
F G C C/B
Somehow, lost one more way back home
CAPO 4
Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2
Out on the lake, he rows towards a monster he should've been running away from, years ago
Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2
The past had made him blind to the way he'd turned the pain into a way of life
CAPO 2
Am F Am F
Followed his father, tucked him in, Caleb knows the trade
C Dm E Am
He's the portrait of a man his mother drew to hate forever
F Am F
She was a beast, a deadly saint, wrong in many ways
C Dm E [CHANGE CAPO to 4 NOW]
Wanted to keep up the charade, until the end waltzing together
(TIME CHANGE 6/8)
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-
B|----------0-------|------------------|-0-----0--1--0----|-0-----0--1--0----|-
G|-0-----0-----0----|----------0-----0-|----2-----------2-|----3-----------2-|-
D|----4-----------4-|-2--1--2-----4----|------------------|------------------|-
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-
Em C
Over the hills, under the sea, fighting the will, whole Universe
G Am B
Why does a man driving a hearse live in fear, Gift and a Curse
F#m D
Taking 'em out, taking 'em all, shooting the wall, over and out
A Bm C# F#m
When nothing moves, all's well, a decision he can find a way to live with
D
...And dried up flowers are so beautiful
A Bm C#
And it applies to all things living, and dead
Em Bm C D Em Bm C D A
For that I serve my time... in my suite in Hell
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
CAPO 6
Em Bm C D
Now I ring the bell to tell the world
Em Bm C D Em
I'm ready when they bring out the soon to be dead against the wall
Bm C G Am B Em Bm C G Am B
Oooh.. This necessary evil has no heart
Em C
Flowers and people he will now enlace
G Am B
A price he must pay serving a cold ..whateverGod
..C.. F C
Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C
Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C
Em.. C.. D.. G D Em.. C.. D.. G D Em
