Shamandalie Chords & Tabs
Shamandalie
Sonata Arctica
Track number 10 from Reckoning night (2004)
&
Track number 8 from For The Sake Of Revenge (live vertion)
Tabbed By: Mariano Arnaiz
Anything to : marianoarnaiz@hotmail.com
Tunning: 1/2 step down (EbAbDbGbBbeb)
This song is for two guitars, the acoustic one plays the chords all along the song.
the second guitar plays the fill (clean when theres no distortion, and the distorter
part along with the acustic guitar struming once)
Piano Intro: Piano only, follow the picking and struming as the piano plays
Dmadd13- Dm C F Bb Gm Csus4 C
eb||--5----5--|--3--------|--1--|--1-----------|--3-------|--1---0---||
Bb||--6----6--|--5-----5--|--1--|--3--------3--|--3--3----|--1---1---||
Gb||--7----7--|--5-----5--|--2--|--3----3------|--3----3--|--0---0---||
Db||--8----7--|--5--5-----|--3--|--3--3---3----|--5-------|--3---2---||
Ab||--5----5--|--3--------|--3--|--1-----------|--5-------|--3---3---||
Eb||----------|-----------|--1--|--------------|--3-------|----------||
Gm Dm C F Bb Gm Asus4 A
eb||--3--3--|--1--1--|--0---0--|--1--|--1----3------|--3---------|--0--(0)--||
Bb||--3-----|--3-----|--1--1---|--1--|--3------3----|--3--3------|--3.\.2---||
Gb||--3-----|--2-----|--0------|--2--|--3--------3--|--3----3----|--2--(2)--||
Db||--5--5--|--0--3--|--2------|--3--|--3--3--------|--5------5--|--2--(2)--||
Ab||--5-----|--0-----|--3------|--3--|--1-----------|--5---------|--0--(0)--||
Eb||--3-----|--------|---------|--1--|--------------|--3---------|----------||
Verse 1: Piano and guitar, the guitar strums the chords following the rhythm, no picking.
Am Dm Bb C
In good old times, remember my friend
(FILL 1)
F Bb Dm F F/E
Moon was so bright and so close to us, sometimes
Am Dm Bb C
We were still blind and deaf, what a bliss?
(___FILL 2___)
F Bb Dm F F/E C
Painting the world of our own, for our own eyes, now?
FILL 1 FILL 2
F F/E F F/E C
eb||--------------|| ||-------------------||
Bb||---10----10---|| ||---10----10----5---||
Gb||---10----9----|| ||---10----9-----5---||
Db||---10----10---|| ||---10----10----5---||
Ab||---8-----7----|| ||---8-----7-----3---||
Eb||--------------|| ||-------------------||
Chorus: play as the verse (the struming i mean)
(C) Bb F
"Can we ever have what we had then?
Gm Dm
Friendship unbreakable
C F
Love means nothing to me
Bb Gm Csus4
Without blinking an eye
C Gm Dm
I'd... fade, if so needed,
C F
All those moments with you
(_FILL 3_)
Bb Gm Asus4 A
If I had you beside me"
FILL 3
Asus4 A
eb||---0----0---||
Bb||---3----2---||
Gb||---2----2---||
Db||---2----2---||
Ab||---0----0---||
Eb||------------||
Verse 2: Piano and guitar, the guitar strums the chords following the rhythm, no picking.
Am Dm Bb C
One cloudy day we both lost the game?
(FILL 1)
F Bb Dm F F/E
We drifted so far and away
Am Dm Bb C
Nothing is quite as cruel as a child
(___FILL 2___)
F Bb Dm F F/E C
Sometimes we break the unbreakable, sometimes?
FILL 1 FILL 2
F F/E F F/E C
eb||--------------|| ||-------------------||
Bb||---10----10---|| ||---10----10----5---||
Gb||---10----9----|| ||---10----9-----5---||
Db||---10----10---|| ||---10----10----5---||
Ab||---8-----7----|| ||---8-----7-----3---||
Eb||--------------|| ||-------------------||
Chorus
(C) Bb F/A
"And we'll never have what we had then
Gm Dm
Friendship unbroken
C F
Love means nothing to me
Bb Gm Csus4
Without blinking an eye
C Gm Dm
I'd... fade, if so needed,
C F
All those moments with you
(_____FILL 4_____)
Bb Gm Asus4 A Am
If I had you beside me now"
FILL 4
Asus4 A Am
eb||---0----0----0---||
Bb||---3----2----1---||
Gb||---2----2----2---||
Db||---2----2----2---||
Ab||---0----0----0---||
Eb||-----------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonata_arctica/shamandalie_tab.html ]
Middle: Nice thing to rest form all those chords.
After the First line play the chords from the middle OVER THE LYRICS.
(Am) F Dm C Em E5 C D
eb||--(0)----1----1----0----0-------0----5-------------------||
Bb||--(1)----1----3----1----0-------1----7-------------------||
Gb||--(2)----2----2----0----0-------0----7-------------------||
Db||--(2)----3----0----2----2--2----2----7-------------------||
Ab||--(0)----3----0----3----2--2----3----5----7-8-7-5--------||
Eb||---------1--------------0--0----------------------8-7-5--||
(FILL 5 x4)
A5 B5 C5 Bb F G
I was un-able to cope with what you said
A5 B5 C5 Bb F G
Some- times we need to be cruel to be kind
A5 B5 C5 Bb F G
Child that I was, could not see the reason
A5 B5 C5 Bb F G
Fee-lings I had were but sham and a lie?
FILL 5
A5 B5 C5 Bb F G
eb||-----------|-------|-------|-------||
Bb||-----------|---3---|-------|-------||
Gb||--2--4--5--|---3---|---2---|---4---|| x4
Db||--2--4--5--|---3---|---3---|---5---||
Ab||--0--2--3--|---1---|---3---|---5---||
Eb||-----------|-------|---1---|---3---||
Bridge:
Cm A D# Bb G#
I have never forgotten your smile
Bb Cm
Your eyes, oh, Shamandalie
G# Bb D# G#
Time went by, many memories died
(___FILL 6___)
Fm G D#5 D#5*(no3)
I'm writing this down to ease my pain
Cm G# D# Bb G#
You saw us always clearer than me
(FILL 7)
Bb Cm
How we were never meant to be
G# Bb D# G#
Love denied meant the friendship would die
Fm Gsus4 G
Now I have seen the light
Fm G
These memories make me cry
FILL 6 FILL 7
D#5 D#5*(no3) Cm
eb||------------|| eb||--(3)---------------||
Bb||------------|| Bb||--(4)---------------||
Gb||---8----6---|| Gb||--(5)---------------||
Db||---8----8---|| Db||--(5)---5-3---------||
Ab||---6----5---|| Ab||--(3)-------6-5-3---||
Eb||------------|| Eb||--------------------||
Intrumental: every instrument on the track plays this, I actually like to play only the lows notes
you can play the full chords if you want but is kind of difficult at that speed.
eb||-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||
Bb||-------------|---6---|---3---|---5---|-------------|----------------|--------------|--(10)-(10)--5---||
Gb||---2--4--5---|---7---|---3---|---5---|----------2--|---3--5--7--7---|---7--9--7----|---10---9----5---||
Db||--(2)(5)(5)--|---7---|---3---|---5---|---3--5--(2)-|--(3)(5)(7)(7)--|--(7)(9)(7)---|---10---10---5---||
Ab||---0--2--3---|---5---|---1---|---3---|--(3)(5)--0--|---1--3--5--5---|---5--7--5----|---8----7----3---||
Eb||-------------|-------|-------|-------|---1--3------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||
Chorus
(C) Bb F/A
"Can we ever have what we had then?
Gm Dm
Friendship unbroken
C F
Love means nothing to me
Bb Gm Csus4
Without blinking an eye
C Gm Dm
I'd... fade, if so needed,
C F
All those moments with you
Bb Gm Csus4 C Gm
see the world with my wide open eyes
(Gm) Dm
Friendship got broken
C F
There's no other for me
Bb Gm Csus4 C
Like the one of my childhood days
Gm Dm
Can you forgive me?
C F
Love's got better off me,
(_FILL 3_)
Bb Gm Asus4 A
On that day back in old times"
FILL 3
Asus4 A
eb||---0----0---||
Bb||---3----2---||
Gb||---2----2---||
Db||---2----2---||
Ab||---0----0---||
Eb||------------||
Piano Outro (WELL NO IDEA)
eb||--------------------------------------------------------||
Bb||--------------------------------------------------------||
Gb||--------------------------------------------------------||
Db||--------------------------------------------------------||
Ab||--------------------------------------------------------||
Eb||--------------------------------------------------------||
WEIRD CHORDS USED ALL ALONG THE SONG
Dmadd13- Csus4 F/E Gsus4 F/A
eb||--5-----|--1---|------|---3---|--1--||
Bb||--6-----|--1---|-(10)-|---1---|--1--||
Gb||--7-----|--0---|--9---|---0---|--2--||
Db||--8-----|--3---|--10--|---0---|--3--||
Ab||--5-----|--3---|--7---|---2---|--0--||
Eb||--------|------|------|---3---|-----||
