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REPLICA
As recorded by Sonata Arctica
(From the 2000 Album ECLIPTICA)
Transcribed by Alberto Casanovas
Words by Tony Kakko Music by Sonata Arctica
Arranged by Sonata Arctica
Dm
x x 0 2 3 1
F
x x 3 2 1 1
C
x 3 2 0 1 0
Bb5
x 1 3 3 x x
Gm
x x 5 3 3 3
Gm/F
x x 3 3 3 3
Gm/E
x x 2 3 3 3
Eb5
x x 1 3 4 x
A
x 0 2 2 2 x
CIII
x 3 5 5 5 3
G
3 5 5 4 3 3
Bb
x 1 3 3 3 x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
E5
x 7 9 9 x x
F5
x 8 10 10 x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
F5I
1 3 3 x x x
E5open
0 2 2 x x x
A5
5 7 7 x x x
Bb5VI
6 8 8 x x x
C5
8 10 10 x x x
C5/G
3 3 5 x x x
C5III
x 3 5 5 x x
A5open
x 0 2 2 x x
G5X
x 10 12 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion Guitar 2'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboard'
Intro
Q=150
Dm F C
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------||---------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------|
|------------||o----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|
|------------||-------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|
|------------||--0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------|
|------------||o----------------|----------------|-3------------0-|
|------------||-----------------|----------------|----------------|
1. 2. H.=H
Bb5 Bb5
~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E Q E E E Q E E H +W
|-------1---------||--------1----|-(1)----|
|----------1-----o||----1--------|--------|
|-----3------3----||------3------|--------|
|---3----------3--||-------------|--------|
|-1--------------o||-1-----------|--------|
|-----------------||-------------|--------|
Verse 1
Q=150
Dm F C Bb5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------|-------1--------|
|----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----------1-----|
|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|-----3------3---|
|-0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------|---3----------3-|
|----------------|----------------|-3------------0-|-1--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Dm F C Bb5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H.
|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------|-----1-----|
|----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|-----------|
|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|-----------|
|-0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------|---3-------|
|----------------|----------------|-3------------0-|-1---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
Gm Gm/F Gm/E Eb5
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E H.
|-------3-------|-------3-------|-------3-------|-----------|
|---------3-----|---------3-----|---------3-----|-----4-----|
|----3------3---|----3------3---|----3------3---|---3-------|
|-5-----------5-|-3-----------3-|-2-----------2-|-1---------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------|
Dm F Dm C
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E +Q. +W
|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-(0)---|-(0)----|
|----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----3-----3---1-|----1-----------|--------|
|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0---------|--------|
|-0--------------|-3------------3-|-0--------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
Verse 2
Dm F C Bb5 A
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------|----------------|
|----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|-----1----2-----|
|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|-------3----2---|
|-0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------|---3----------2-|
|----------------|----------------|-3------------0-|-1--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Dm F C Bb5 A
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------1-------|--------1-------|---------0-------|-----------------|
|----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|-------1---1---1-|---1-------2-----|
|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|-----0-------0---|-----3-------2---|
|-0--------------|-3------------3-|---2-------------|-------3-------2-|
|----------------|----------------|-3---------------|-1-------0-------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Gm Gm/F Gm/E Eb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---3-------3-----|---3------------|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------4--|
|-------3-------3-|-------3---3----|
|-5-------3-------|-2-------1------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
Dm F Gm Gm/F
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------1-------|--------1-------|---3-------3-----|
|----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|-----3-------3---|
|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|-------3-------3-|
|-0--------------|-3------------3-|-5-------3-------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
Gm/E Dm C
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E Q +Q +W
|---3------------|--------1-------|--------0--(0)--|-(0)----|
|-----3-------4--|----3-----3---1-|----1-----------|--------|
|-------3---3----|------2-----2---|------0---------|--------|
|-2-------1------|-0--------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
Chorus 1
Dm F
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
||--1-----1--1-1-|-1-----1--1-1-|
||o-3-----3--3-3-|-1-----1--1-1-|
||--2--2--2--2-2-|-2--2--2--2-2-|
||--0--0--0--0-0-|-3--3--3--3-3-|
||o--------------|--------------|
||---------------|--------------|
CIII G
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|---------------||
|-5-----5--5-5-|--------------o||
|-5-----5--5-5-|-4-----4--4-4--||
|-5--5--5--5-5-|-5-----5--5-5--||
|-3--3--3--3-3-|-5--5--5--5-5-o||
|--------------|-3--3--3--3-3--||
Guitar solo
Bb Bb Dm F
Gtr I
W +W Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------|----------------|---------1-------|----------1-------|
|-3--------|-(3)------------|-----3-----3---1-|-----1------1-----|
|-3--------|-(3)------------|-------2-----2---|-------2------2---|
|-3--------|-(3)------------|-0---------------|-3--------------3-|
|-1--------|-(1)------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H E E E E H. E E E Q Q. E E
|----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|-----------------|-5-6--------------|
|----------|--------------5s|=7-----------5---|-------5------5---|
|----------|----------5-7---|---------------7-|----------------7-|
|----------|--------7-------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
C Bb5 A
Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|--------0-----------|--------------------|
|----1-----1---------|-------1----2-------|
|------0-----0-------|---------3------2---|
|--------------------|-----3------------2-|
|-3---------------0--|--1-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q Q E E E +E +E E H Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------/10---|
|-5--5---5---7b9r(7)-|-(7)-5--------------|
|----------7---------|-------7------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
Dm F
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------1-----------------|---------------1----------|
|--------3-----3---------1-----|----------1------1--------|
|----------2------2------------|-------------2-----2------|
|--0---------------------------|--3--------------------3--|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| ~~
| H. E E Q E H +E
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-13b15----------13pb15-13pb15-|-13pb15r=10-13-------(13)-|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
C
E E E E E E E E
|--------------------0-------------------|
|-----------------1--------1--------1----|
|-----------2--------------------0-------|
|-----2----------------------------------|
|--3-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|-13-10----------------------------------|
|-------13-10----13-10----------10-------|
|-------------12-------12-10-------12-10-|
|----------------------------12----------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Bb5 A G
2/4
E E E E E E E E E Q.
|---------------------------------|---------|
|--------1------------------2-----|---------|
|--------------3--------------2---|---------|
|--------------------3----------2-|----5----|
|--1----------------------0-------|----5----|
|---------------------------------|----3----|
|
| ~~ ~~~
| S S S S S S S S H E Q.
|---------------------------------|---------|
|---------------------------------|---------|
|----------------------9s10-------|---12----|
|-12-10----------10h12------------|---------|
|-------12-10h12------------------|---------|
|---------------------------------|---------|
Verse 3
Q=150 1.
4/4
Gtr II
PM-----| PM-----| PM-----| PM---|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
||--------1------|-------1------|-------0------|-------1---------||
||o---------3----|---------1----|----1----1----|---------1-!2---o||
||-----2------2--|----2------2--|-----------0--|----3------!2----||
||--0------------|-3------------|--------------|----3------!2----||
||o--------------|--------------|-3------------|-1--------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
2.
Bb5 A G5 F5I E5open Eb5 D5 E5 F5
Gtr III
W H H H H H. Q W
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
Gtr II
~~ ~~
H H Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E H. Q W
|-----------|---------------------|---------------11-|------------|-------|
|-----------|-----11--------11----|----11------11----|------------|-------|
|-3----2----|-12-----12-10-----10-|-9-----9-8--------|-7-------9--|-10----|
|-3----2----|---------------------|------------------|------------|-------|
|-1----0----|---------------------|------------------|------------|-------|
|-----------|---------------------|------------------|------------|-------|
G5 F5I E5open Eb5
H H H H
| | | |
/ / / /
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonata_arctica/replica_tab_ver_3.html ]
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------------|---------------11-|
|-----11--------11----|----11------11----|
|-12-----12-10-----10-|-9-----9-8--------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
A5 Bb5VI C5 C5
H H W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H W +W
|--------------|--------------|------------|
|-/10----11----|-11b13--------|-(11)b13----|
|--------------|--------------|------------|
|--------------|--------------|------------|
|--------------|--------------|------------|
|--------------|--------------|------------|
Chorus 2
D5 E5opeF5I C5/G G5
H +Q Q W W W
||---------------|----------|----------|-------||
||o--------------|----------|----------|------o||
||---------------|----------|----------|-------||
||--7----(7)--2--|-3--------|-5--------|-5-----||
||o-5----(5)--2--|-3--------|-3--------|-5----o||
||------------0--|-1--------|-3--------|-3-----||
Bridge
Bb5 F5I C5III Bb5 D5 D5 D5 C5IIIBb5
PM----|
W H H W q q q Q W
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|------|
|-3--------|------5----|-3--------|-7--7--7--5--|-3----|
|-1--------|-3----3----|-1--------|-5--5--5--3--|-1----|
|----------|-1---------|----------|-------------|------|
F5I C5III Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 Bb5
H H E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|-----------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------|---------------|----------------|
|------5----|-----3------3--|-----3------3\--|
|-3----3----|-0-0-1--0-0-1--|-0-0-1--0-0-1\--|
|-1---------|---------------|----------------|
N.C.
~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E H +E E E E E E E E E E E E H +E
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----6-----6-----|-5-----3----(3)-|---6-6---6-6---5-|---3---3----(3)--o||
||------7-----5-----|-5-----4----(4)-|---7-7---5-5---5-|---5---3----(3)---||
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0----------|-0-----0-----0---|-0---0------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Guitar Solo 2
Q=150
Bb5 F5I C5III Bb5 D5 C5III
Gtr III
W H H W H. Q
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
Gtr II
H E E E E H H H E E E E +E Q Q E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|---------9-10-12-|-12b14----12----|-----------9-10-12-|-(12)-10--9--10-9tr10--|
|------12---------|----------------|-/12----12---------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
Bb5 F5I C5III
W H H
| | |
/ / /
~~
H E E E E Q. E H
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|---------13-------|
|----------9-10-12-|-12b14------12----|
|-12----12---------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
Bb5 Bb5
H E E E E
| | | | |
/ / / / /
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3--|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-17-13----13----------------------------------------------|
|-------15----15----15-------------------------------------|
|----------------14----14----14----------------------------|
|-------------------------15----15-12---15-12----12--------|
|---------------------------------------------13----13-8---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
A5open
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
|--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
|-----------------------------------------------------------10-|
|--------------------------10-11-13-11-10----------10-11-13----|
|------------------9-10-12----------------12-10-12-------------|
|----------8-10-12---------------------------------------------|
|-8--10-12-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H. E E
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------10----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard solo
D5 F5
Gtr III
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
+W W
|-(10)-------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q E H E Q E H E
|--10---12-13------------|-10--12-13------------|
|---------------------10-|-------------------10-|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
C5III Bb5
Gtr III
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV
Q E Q Q. E S S E E E E E E
|-10--12-13-----15------|-17-15-17-15------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------18-17---15-13----|
|-----------------------|---------------------------15-|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
D5 F5
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|-----3-----|
H +E E E E H Q Q Q
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-14-----(14)---12-14-15-|-15b17r===========12---14---|
|------------------------|-----------15---------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
C5III Bb5
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S Q Q
|------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------|
|-14-----12-14-12--------10-12-|-10-----7-8-7---------|
|------------------------------|------------------8---|
|------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------|
Bridge 2
G5X F5 E5 Eb5 D5 E5 F5
Gtr II
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. Q W
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|-------|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|-------|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|-------|
|-12------------------|-----------------|-7-------9--|-10----|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-5-------7--|--8----|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|-------|
G5X F5 E5 Eb5
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|---------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|---------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|---------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|-12------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|----------|------|
|---------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
Pre-Chorus
Dm F C Bb5
Gtr I
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------|-------1--------|
|----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1---1-|----------1-----|
|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|-----3------3---|
|-0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------|---3----------3-|
|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|-1--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Dm F C5III G5
Gtr II
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E W W
|--------1-------|--------1-------|----------|------|
|----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----------|------|
|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|----------|------|
|-0--------------|-3------------3-|-5--------|------|
|----------------|----------------|-3--------|-5----|
|----------------|----------------|----------|-3----|
Chorus 3
H Q Q H H H H H H 7x
||-------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o------------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||-------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||--7----7-----|-----------|-5----5----|------------||
||o-5----5--2--|-3----3----|-3----3----|-5----5----o||
||----------0--|-1----1----|-3----3----|-3----3-----||
H.=H
H Q Q H H W W +W
|------------|-----------|----------|----------|--------|
|------------|-----------|----------|----------|--------|
|------------|-----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-7----7-----|-----------|-5--------|----------|--------|
|-5----5--2--|-3----3----|-3--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|---------0--|-1----1----|-3--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
Outro
Q=120
Gtr I
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
||---------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------|-------1----------||
||o----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1---1-|----------1------o||
||-------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|-----3------3-----||
||--0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------|---3----------3---||
||o----------------|----------------|-3--------------|-1---------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
H.=H
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E H. +W
|-------3-------|-------3-------|-------3-------|-------------|--------*|
|---------3-----|---------3-----|---------3-----|-----4-------|-(4)----*|
|----3------3---|----3------3---|----3------3---|---3---------|--------*|
|-5-----------5-|-3-----------3-|-2-----------2-|-1-----------|--------*|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------*|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------*|
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
