The End Of This Chapter Chords & Tabs
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THE END OF THIS CHAPTER
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.
A5
5 7 7 x x x
E5
0 2 2 x x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
Bb5
6 8 8 x x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
F5VII
x 8 10 10 x x
Ab5
4 6 6 x x x
Db5
x 4 6 6 x x
Eb5
x 6 8 8 x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dist Guitar 1 - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dist Guitar 2 - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Clean Guitar - Jani Liimatainen'
Telephone call Intro 1st Verse Pre-Chorus
Moderate Metal Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
Wx14 Wx16 Wx8 Wx4
|-------------||-------------||------------||--------||
|-------------||-------------||------------||--------||
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2nd Verse
A5 E5 F5 G5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / /
Gtr I
W W W W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A5 E5 F5 G5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / o /
W W W W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
2nd Pre-Chorus
D5 D5 Bb5 D5 D5
Q. S S H H.. S S Q. S S Q. S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / / o / / o / / o /
W W W
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
Bb5 F5
W W +W
| | |
/ / /
~~~~ PM--------| ~
|--3--| |-3-|
W Q +E E Q Q Q Q Q Q H
|----------|------------------------|-------------||
|----------|------------------------|-------------||
|----------|-------------[10]-------|-------------||
|----------|--------[10]------10----|-------------||
|----------|-8--(8)--------------8--|--7----------||
|----------|------------------------|----8p5-1----||
Chorus
D5 A5 F5 C5
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
D5 A5 F5VII
W W W W
| | |
/ / /
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
3rd Verse
C5 G5 Ab5 Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / /
PM--| PM--|
W W W E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-[8]-------[7]-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----8-5-8-----8---8-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------8---|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
C5 G5 Ab5 Bb5 Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / o /
q H. W W W
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-10\----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
3rd Pre-Chorus
F5 F5 F5 Db5 Db5 F5
Q. S S E S S E S S Q. S S Q. S S H.. S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / o / / o / / o / / o / / o /
W W W
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
Db5 Db5 Ab5
Q. S S Q. S S W +W
| | | | | | | |
/ o / / o / / /
~~~ PM--------| ~
|-3--| |-3-|
W Q +E E Q Q Q Q Q Q H
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------||
|-------------------|------------[9]------|-------------||
|-------------------|--------[8]-----8----|-------------||
|-------------------|-6--(6)-----------6--|--5----------||
|-------------------|---------------------|----6p3------||
|-------------------|---------------------|--------4----||
2nd Chorus
F5 C5 Ab5 Eb5
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
1.
F5 C5 Ab5 Bb5
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
2.
F5 C5
5/4
W W Q
| |
/ /
W W
|----------|-------------||
|----------|-------------||
|----------|-------------||
|----------|-------------||
|----------|-------------||
|----------|-------------||
Bridge
Bb5 C5 D5 C5
3/4 4/4
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
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / / / / o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / o / / / / / /
W W W W
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Bb5 C5 C5 F5
5/4 4/4 3/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q W +H Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / /
W W W W
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
Bb5 C5 D5 A5
4/4
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
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / o / / / / / /
W W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bb5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / / / / / / o / / / / / /
W W
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
Interlude
F5 C5 Ab5 Eb5
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
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
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-/5-5-5-/6-6-6-----|------------------|------------------|----------------5--|
|---------------6-6s|=5-5-5-/6-6-6-8-8-|-/6-6-6-6-6-6-6s5-|-6-6-6-6-6-/8-8----|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
F5 C5 Ab5
W W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
<
~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|---------|
|-/5-5-5-/6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------|--7b9----|
|---------------6-6s|=5-5-5-/6-6-6-8-8-|-/6--------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|---------|
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(Am) (Em) (F) (G)
2/4
< >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Q H. +W +W H
|------[7]------|-([7])--------|-(7)--------|------||
|---------------|--------------|------------|------||
|---------------|--------------|------------|------||
|-(7)--(7)------|--(7)---------|-(7)--------|------||
|---------------|--------------|------------|------||
|---------------|--------------|------------|------||
Guitar Solo
C5 G5
4/4
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
~~~ ~~~
S S S S Q +E Q. E +E E Q Q.
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------10------|-[10]b12r(10)-8---------------|
|------8h10-------------------|----------------8---10--------|
|-8h10------8b9r==(8)---------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Ab Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / /
~~~~ ~
E E E Q +Q. E E E E +Q Q
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|-8h9-[8]------------------|----------------------|
|---------10b12r==(10)-----|-7h8p7----------------|
|--------------------------|-------10-(10)---8----|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
C5 G5
4/4
Gtr I
~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
Q E Q. E E +Q E E +H
|-----15-13----------|-------11------------|
|-13-----------16-15-|-(15)-----13-(13)----|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
| Q E Q. E E +Q E E +H
|--------------------|---------------------|
|------8-------------|---------------------|
|--------10-----8--7-|--(7)---8------------|
|-10-----------------|----------10-(10)----|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
Ab Bb5
~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Q E Q. E E +Q E Q. Q
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----8-----------|-----------------||
|-------10----8-7-|-(7)--8----------||
|-10--------------|--------10----8--||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~
| Q E Q. E E +Q E Q. Q
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----5-----------|-----------------||
|--------8----6-5-|-(5)--6----------||
|--8--------------|---------8----6--||
Bridge 2
F5 Db5 Eb5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--| PM PM| PM------|
e E +e S S q Q e Q S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|---6------8-------------|
|---3-(3)-----5-----|---6------8-------------|
|---3-(3)-3-3-------|-4-4--6-6-6---------1-3-|
|-1-1-(1)-----------|--------------1-3-4-----|
F5 Db5 Eb5
PM PM--| PM PM| PM----|
e E E S S q Q e Q S S Q S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---6------8----------|
|---3-3-----5-----|---6------8----------|
|---3-3-3-3-------|-4-4--6-6-6--3-4-3-1-|
|-1-1-1-----------|---------------------|
N.C.(F5) C5 Db5 Eb5 Eb5
PM--------------| PM PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S e E Q e E E S S E S S E. S
||-------------------------|-----------------------||
||o------------------------|----------------------o||
||------------------5------|---6-6-----8-----8-----||
||------------------5------|---6-6-----8-----8-----||
||o-----------1-3-4-3------|-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6--1-o||
||--4-3-1-3-4--------------|-----------------------||
4th Verse
N.C.(F5)
2/4 4/4
PM--------|
S S S S S S E Wx8
|---------------||--------|
|---------------||--------|
|---------------||--------|
|---------------||--------|
|-------1-3-4---||--------|
|-1-3-4---------||--------|
G5 G5 D5 Bb5 Bb5 F5
Gtr II
E E q H W E E q H W
| | | | | | | |
o / / / o / / /
Gtr III
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
||--5-----6--------|-0-----1-----3--|-1-----3-----3--|-3-----5-----5----||
||o---3-----3---6--|---3-----3------|---3-----3------|---6-----6-------o||
||------0-----0----|-----2-----2----|-----3-----3----|-----5-----5------||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
3rd Chorus
C5 G5 Eb5 Bb5
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
C5 G5 Eb5
W W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------|
D5 A5
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr I
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
||-----------------|--------------------|
||o-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-|
||-----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|--------------------|
F5 C5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E H E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-(13)------13-----12-|-13----12----15p12--|
|--------14-----14----|----------12--------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
D5 A5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|--------------------|
|-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
F5 G5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E +H E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-(13)------13-----12-|-(12)----12----15p12-o||
|--------14-----14----|------------12--------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
Out-Chorus
D5 A5 F5 C5
7/8 4/4
E e q E Q W W W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
E Q H Q. E Q E E +Q. E Q E E H E E E E
|--------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-13----12-13--15p13-|-(13)------13-----12-|-13----12----15p12-|
|--------------|--------------------|--------14-----14----|----------12-------|
|--------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
D5 A5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|--------------------|
|-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
F5 G5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E +H E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-(13)------13-----12-|-(12)----12----15p12-|
|--------14-----14----|------------12-------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
D5 A5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|--------------------|
|-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
F5 C5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E H E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-(13)------13-----12-|-13----12----15p12-|
|--------14-----14----|----------12-------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
D5 A5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|--------------------|
|-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
F5 G5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E +H E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-(13)------13-----12-|-(12)----12----15p12-|
|--------14-----14----|------------12-------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
D5 A5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|--------------------|
|-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
F5 C5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E H E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-(13)------13-----12-|-13----12----15p12-|
|--------14-----14----|----------12-------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
D5 A5 F5
W W W
| | |
/ / /
~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E +Q. E Q E E
|----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-|-(13)------13-----12-|
|----------------|--------------------|--------14-----14----|
|----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
Piano - Outro
Q=60
G5 N.C.(Am)
W W W
|
/
~~
H E E E E Wx8 W
|-------------------||------------|------*|
|-12----12----15p12-||------------|------*|
|----------12-------||------------|------*|
|-------------------||------------|------*|
|-------------------||------------|------*|
|-------------------||------------|------*|
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
