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PEACEMAKER
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)-|---------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|
| 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---||
|----------------------------||----------------||
|
| ~~~
| E a E E E E a E Q W
|---------------------[7]----||----------------||
|-----------5-8-(8)s7-------o||----------------||
|---------7------------------||----------------||
|-5-(5)s4--------------------||----------------||
|---------------------------o||----------------||
|----------------------------||----------------||
|
| 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)--------|--------------------------------|
|
| 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|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonata_arctica/peacemaker_tab.html ]
H H H H
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---9---------5----------|--------------------7-----|
|---9---------5----------|---5----------------7-----|
|---7---------3----------|---5----------------5-----|
|------------------------|---3----------------------|
|
| ~~~~ ~~~~
| +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-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| 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)---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| 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.
---------------|
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----||
|
| 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
---------------
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
