Speed Of Light Chords & Tabs
SPEED OF LIGHT
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 1995 Album EPISODE)
Words by Timo KotipeltoMusic by Timo Tolkki
Transcribed by Jorge Carrillo (Lead_guitar666@hotmail.com)
Intro
Fast Rock Q=165
4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM---
S S Q S S S S S S E S S
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|
||------9------9h10p9-7-9-----|
||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-|
||----------------------------|
---| PM--------------------------| PM|
S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----9------7-7-----------------|-----9------9h10p9-7-9---|
|-7-7----7-7-----10-10-9-9-10-10-|-7-7----7-7--------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------o||--------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------------||-7------------------------------------|
|---10-9-7-10-9-7----9-7------7---------||---10-9-7-10-9-7----9-7------7--------|
|-----------------10-----10-9---10-9-7-o||-----------------10-----10-9---10-9-7-|
|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------------------|-------------||
|--------------------------------------|-------------||
|--------------------------------------|-------------||
|--------------------------------------|-------------||
|-10-9-7----9-7------7-----------------|-------------||
|--------10-----10-8---10-8-7-10-8-7-5-|-7--5--3--2--||
Verse
W +W W +H Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------8-----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------7-----|
|----------|------------|-5--------|-(5)----5--7--|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-3--------|-(3)-------5--|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|----------|--------------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-9--------|-(9)--------|-5--------|-(5)----||
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-3--------|-(3)----||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|----------|--------||
Bridge
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------|-7-----------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-9-----------------------------|-9----7----|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7----5----|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
W W W
|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|
|-5--------|-7--------|-7--------|
|-3--------|-4--------|-5--------|
|----------|----------|----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|----------------------------15-17-19s20-------||
|-------------------15-17-19-------------------||
|----------14-16-17----------------------------||
|-14-16-17-------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
Verse 2
W +W W +H Q Q
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|-------------------|-----------8------|
|----------|------------|-------------------|-----------7------|
|-9--------|-(9)--------|-5-----------------|-(5)-------5---7--|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-3-----------------|-(3)-----------5--|
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W H Q +Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------14b16r=(14)--|-12---11--12--14--|
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
W +W W +W
|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
|--9--------|--(9)--------|-5--------|-(5)----||
|--7--------|--(7)--------|-3--------|-(3)----||
|--0--------|--(0)--------|----------|--------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W W W
|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
|-12--------|-(12)--------|----------|--------||
|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
Bridge
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------|-7-----------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-9-----------------------------|-9----7----|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7----5----|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
W W W
|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|
|-5--------|-7--------|-7--------|
|-3--------|-4--------|-5--------|
|----------|----------|----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|----------------------------15-17-19s20-------||
|-------------------15-17-19-------------------||
|----------14-16-17----------------------------||
|-14-16-17-------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
Chorus
PM| PM| PM---
S S Q S S S S S S E S S
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|
||------9------9h10p9-7-9-----|
||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-|
||----------------------------|
---| PM-------------------|
S S Q S S S S S S S S S S W Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
|--------------------------------|----------|-------------o||
|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
|-----9------7-7-----------------|-5--------|----------1---||
|-7-7----7-7-----10-10-9-9-10-10-|-3--------|-0--3--2-----o||
|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
|--3--| |--3--| |--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 E
|-------------------------------15-17-15----------------------------|
|----------------------15-17-19----------19-17-15-------------------|
|----------14-16-17-19----------------------------17-16-14----------|
|-14-16-17-------------------------------------------------17-16-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E H
|--------------||
|--------------||
|-------9------||
|---9---9------||
|---9---7------||
|---7----------||
Solo part 1
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------------|
||o---------10-12-10---------13-12-10-12-10-------|
||--9-11-12----------12-11-9----------------12-11-|
||------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM---------------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||o-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
||------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------10-12-10----------13-12-10-12-10--------|
|-10-12-13----------13-12-10----------------13-12--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------12-14-12----------16-14-12-14-12-------|
|-12-14-16----------16-14-12----------------16-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|----------------10-------10-11-12s14-15--------||
|-------10-12-13----12-13----------------------o||
|-11-12-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|
|--------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7--||
|--------5--------| |--------5--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------------14-15-17-------||
|-----------------------------------15---17-15-17----------------||
|---------14---16---17-14-16---17--------------------------------||
|-16-17----------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|--7----7----7----7-----7----7----7----7-----7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-||
Solo part 2
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------19--|
|-------------17--|-16--19--17------|
|-----18----------|-----------------|
|---------18------|-----------------|
|-16--------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| W H H
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|--6--------------|-----------------|
|--6--------------|--7-------9------|
|--4--------------|--7-------9------|
|-----------------|--5-------7------|
~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q. E +Q E +E E E E E E E H
|-16----16pb17r(16)--16pb17r(16)-|-14-16-14----------------|
|--------------------------------|----------17-16-14-16----|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W H H
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--6-----------------------------|--9----------------------|
|--6-----------------------------|--9-----------------9----|
|--4-----------------------------|--7-----------------9----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------7----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stratovarius/speed_of_light_tab_ver_2.html ]
S S S S T S T T S T S S T T T T T T S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------19h21h22p21p19----------------------------------------|
|-18h20h21----------------21p20s17h18h20p18p17p16h17p16-------16h|
|-------------------------------------------------------18h19----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
T S T T S T S S S S T T S S +S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17h18p16h18p16h18p17p16-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------19p18h19p18p16------------16h18h19p=|
|----------------------------------------18-(18)-19-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| H H
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------------9----------------------------|
|--7-----------------------------9----------------------------|
|--5-----------------------------7----------------------------|
T T T T S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------16-------16h18h20p18h20-|
|-18h19p18h19p18p16----------16h18h19----18h19----------------|
|-------------------19p18h19----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6----------------------------------------------------------|
|--6----------------------------------------------------------|
|--4----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-17h19h21p19p17-------------17h19h21p19p17----------17h19h21-||
|----------------20p18-18h20----------------20p18h20----------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| H H
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|--2-----------------------9----------------------------------||
|--2-----------------------9----------------------------------||
|--0-----------------------7----------------------------------||
Solo part 3
PM------------------------------------------|
W
|-19----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|
| PM| PM| PM----
| S S Q S S E E E S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------16----------------16----14----16----------|
|--x--x--------------x--x--------------------x--x-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
PM----------| PM--| PM--------------| PM------------------------------|
+Q. E H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-(19)------------(19)\----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---8--8--8-8-8-8---8---8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-|-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|
|------| PM--| PM------| PM| PM|
| S S Q S S E E E S S S S Q S S E E E S S
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------16---------------16---14---16-------|-----16-----------16---14---16-------|
|---x--x------------x---x----------------x-x-|-x-x----------x-x----------------x-x-|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-14---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------16---------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--12--12-12-12-|-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-|
|
| PM| PM| ~~~~ PM| PM| PM|
| S S Q S S E E Q S S Q S S E E E S S
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------[17]----------|-------------------------------------|
|-------16----------------16----14------------------|-----16-----------16---14---16-------|
|--x--x--------------x--x---------------------------|-x-x----------x-x----------------x-x-|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H H H
|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--9--------9----|-----9--------9----||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-|--7--------7----|-----7--------7----||
|
| PM| PM| PM| ~~
| S S Q S S E E E S S H a H a H a H
|-------------------------------------|----------------|----------17s19----||
|-------------------------------------|----------------|-17s19-------------||
|-----16-----------16---14---16-------|-------18s20----|-------------------||
|-x-x----------x-x----------------x-x-|-16-------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
Solo part 4
|------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19-17-15----15-19-15-------------15-------------------------15-17-15----|
|----------19----------19-17-17-19----19-17-15-17-19-17----17----------19-|
|-------------------------------------------------------19----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------6--------| |--------6--------| |------6-------| |------6-------|
S S S T T S S S T S T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-19-20-19p17----17-15-17s19-19s17-17-------------19-19-------17-19-20-19-17----|
|----------------19----------------------19-17-16-17-------19-18-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----17-19-17-------------17-17-------------------------------------------|
|-19----------19-17-17-19-------19-17-16-16-16-17s19-17-16-18-19-17-16-17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S T T S S S T T S S S T T S S S T T S
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-19-17----------17------------------------------------------|
|----------19-17-19----19-17-16-17-19-17-16----16-17-16---------|
|-------------------------------------------19----------19-16---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-12--10----------|-12--10----------|-12----10----|-------------||
|---------12--11--|---------12--11--|-------------|-12----11----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------||
Out-Chorus
PM| PM| PM---
S S Q S S S S S S E S S
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|
||------9------9h10p9-7-9-----|
||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-|
||----------------------------|
---| PM-------------------|
S S Q S S S S S S S S S S W Q Q Q Q 4x
|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
|--------------------------------|----------|-------------o||
|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
|-----9------7-7-----------------|-5--------|----------1---||
|-7-7----7-7-----10-10-9-9-10-10-|-3--------|-0--3--2-----o||
|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
Q Q Q Q H H H H
|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------1--|-----------|------1----|
|-0--3--2-----|-0----3----|-2---------|
|-------------|-----------|-----------|
TP TP TP TP
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|-9--------|-9--------|-9--------|-9--------|
|-7--------|-7--------|-7--------|-7--------|
|-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-9--------|-(9)--------|-(9)--------|-(9)----|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|--3--| |--3--| |--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 E
|-------------------------------15-17-15----------------------------|
|----------------------15-17-19----------19-17-15-------------------|
|----------14-16-17-19----------------------------17-16-14----------|
|-14-16-17-------------------------------------------------17-16-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E H
|--------------*|
|--------------*|
|-------9------*|
|---9---9------*|
|---9---7------*|
|---7----------*|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
