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TALLULAH
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
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
A5
5 7 7 x x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
Am
5 7 7 5 5 5
G
3 5 5 4 3 3
C
x 3 5 5 5 3
F
1 3 3 2 1 1
GVII
x 10 9 7 8 7
Dm
x x 0 2 3 1
FV
x 8 7 5 6 5
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Clean Guitar - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dist Guitar 1 - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dist Guitar 2 - Jani Liimatainen'
Intro Verse Pre-Chorus Interlude
Slow Metal Q.=90
4/4
Gtr I
Wx11 Wx16 Wx16 Wx11
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
|-------------||-------------||-------------||---------||
2nd Verse
Am G C
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q
||----------5-------|-----------3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-------|
||o-----5-----5---5-|-----5-------3---|-5-----5-----|-5-------5-----|
||----5---5-----5---|---5---5-4-----4-|----5-----5--|----5------5---|
||--7---------------|-7---------------|-------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|
Dm G
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q
|-------1------|-3------1------|-------3--------|-------3------||
|----3----3----|---3------3----|-----3-----3----|----3-----3--o||
|-2---------2--|-----2------2--|---4-----4---4--|--------------||
|--------------|---------------|-5--------------|-5------------||
|--------------|---------------|----------------|-------------o||
|--------------|---------------|----------------|--------------||
Pre-Chorus
F G Am
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H Q E E E E E E
||--------1-(1)-------|-------3-(3)-------|----------------|--------0---------||
||o-----1-------1---1-|-----3-------3---3-|-----1-0-(0)----|------1---1------o||
||----2-----------2---|---4-----------4---|---2------------|----2-------2-0---||
||--3-----------------|-5-----------------|-2--------------|-2----------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------||
F G C GVII Am G
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 E E E E E E E
|-------1-(1)-------|-------3-(3)-------|---8-------7-----|---5-------3-----|
|-----1-------1---1-|-----3-------3---3-|-----8-------8---|-----5-------3---|
|---2-----------2---|---4-----------4---|-9-----9-7-----7-|-5-----5-4-----4-|
|-3-----------------|-5-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F G
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q E E Q +H
|-------1-(1)-------|-------1-(1)-------|-3-----------|-3-------------||
|-----1-------1---1-|-----1-------1---1-|----3-----3--|---3-----------||
|---2-----------2---|---2-----------2---|-------0-----|-----0--(0)----||
|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|---------------||
Chorus
C G Dm Am
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--0-----------|-------------|-1-----------|--------------|
||o-1--------1--|-3-----------|-3-----------|-1------------|
||-----0--------|-4--------4--|----2-----2--|-2------------|
||--------2-----|----5--------|-------3-----|----2-----2---|
||o-------------|-------5-----|-------------|-------3------|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
1.
C G F G FV GVII
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-----1-------3---|-----5-------7----||
|-1--------1--|-3-----------|---1---1---3---3-|---6---6---8---8-o||
|----0--------|-4--------4--|-2-------4-------|-5-------7--------||
|-------2-----|----5--------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------|-------5-----|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------||
2.
G (F) (G) (Am)
Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q +H +W
|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------||
|-3--------3--|-----1------3--|-----5--(5)----|-(5)----||
|----4--------|---0------2----|---4-----------|--------||
|-------5-----|-3------5------|-7-------------|--------||
|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------||
|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------||
Bridge
Dm F
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--^1-----------|-1-----------|-^1-----------|-^1------------|
||o-^3--3-----3--|----3--------|-^1--------1--|-^1--1---------|
||--^2-----2-----|-------2-----|-^2-----------|-^2-----2------|
||---------------|----------0--|--------3-----|-----------3---|
||o--------------|-------------|-----3--------|---------------|
||---------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
1.
Am C
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-^5-----------|-------------|-^3-----------|--------------||
|-^5-----------|-5-----------|-^5-----------|-5-----------o||
|-^5--5-----5--|----5-----5--|-^5--5-----5--|----5-----5---||
|--------7-----|-------7-----|--------5-----|-------5------||
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------o||
|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------||
2.
G Fsus4 F
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W W
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-^1--------|-^1----||
|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|-^1--------|-^1----||
|-------0-----|-------0-----|-^3--------|-^2----||
|-------------|-------------|-^3--------|-^3----||
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------||
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------||
Guitar Solo
(Am) (G) (C)
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
|--3--|
W +H E +E Q H. S S S E W
|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------|
|-7b9=========|=(7)----7r(7)p5--|-/12-------10h12p10-9-|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|-[10]----|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonata_arctica/tallulah_tab_ver_5.html ]
(F) (G)
~~ ~~~~~~
Q E Q. +Q Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E S S Q. E +Q Q
|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|------[9]b10r==(9)--|-7----------------|-------7-(7)--5-7p5-|-4---------------|
|--------------------|------7-(7)--/7-9-|-10-----------------|------7-(7)--5---|
|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
(Am) (G) (C)
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
|-3--| |-3--|
a Q. E H +H E E E E E E H E +Q S S W
|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|---------------|--------------------10p|=8----15b17==(15)r=15p13-|-------|
|---------------|----------------7h9----|-------------------------|-14----|
|--------7-7----|-(7)----/7h9h10--------|-------------------------|-------|
|-5s7-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
(F) (G)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
W +H Q Q H E +Q S S H. Q
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------||
|-----------|-----------------|-------15b17==(15)r=15p13-|-15-------13---||
|-14--------|-(14)----14--16--|-17-----------------------|---------------||
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------||
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------||
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------||
Pre-Chorus 2
(F) (G) (Am)
~~~~ ~~~~ ~
|-3--| |-3-|
H. Q +W Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|-/17-------15b17r=|=(15)--------|-12p8----10p7---|------|
|------------------|-------------|------10------8-|------|
|------------------|-------------|----------------|-9----|
|------------------|-------------|----------------|------|
|------------------|-------------|----------------|------|
|------------------|-------------|----------------|------|
(F) (G)
~~~~
H. Q +Q. +E +E +E +E +E
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-/10-------12b13r=|=(12)---(12)-(12)b13==(12)r(12)b13==(12)r|
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
(Am)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a W +H. +Q
|----------------|-------------------|
|-(12)-10--------|-(10)------(10)\---|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
(F) (G)
H Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|------12------|-----------------|
|----------10--|-9--[10]--12--9--|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
(C) (G) (Am) (G)
~~
|--3--| |--3--| |----3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q Q H
|-------------------------15-17-|-19b20r(19)-15-------|
|-------------------15-17-------|---------------17----|
|----------12h14-16-------------|---------------------|
|-10h12h14----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
(F) (G)
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~
E +Q S S H +H Q Q H. E E W
|--------------------------|---------17--19--|-19b20------19p17h|=19----||
|-18b20==(18)r=18p17h18----|-(18)------------|------------------|-------||
|--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------||
|--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------||
|--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------||
|--------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------||
Out-Chorus
C5 G5 D5 A5
Gtr III
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
>
~~~~~
W +W W W
||--19b20--------|-(19)--------|----------|------|
||o--------------|-------------|----------|------|
||---------------|-------------|----------|------|
||---------------|-------------|----------|------|
||o--------------|-------------|----------|------|
||---------------|-------------|----------|------|
C5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5
W W H H H H
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
W W W W
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------o||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------o||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
C5 G5 D5 A5
q Q H W W W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
W W W W
||-------------|----------|----------|------|
||o------------|----------|----------|------|
||-------------|----------|----------|------|
||-------------|----------|----------|------|
||o------------|----------|----------|------|
||-------------|----------|----------|------|
1.
C5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5
W W H H H H
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
W W W W
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------o||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------o||
|----------|----------|-----------|------------||
Outro
2.
(F) (G) (Am)
Gtr I
E E Q E E Q E E H. +W W
|------8--------10--|-------12-------|-(12)--------|------*|
|----8-------10-----|----12----------|-------------|------*|
|-10------12--------|-14-------------|-------------|------*|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------|------*|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------|------*|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------|------*|
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
