Stratosphere Chords & Tabs
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STRATOSPHERE
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 2002 Album 1996)
Transcribed by Bruno Di Giorgi
Music by Stratovarius
Arranged by Stratovarius
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Timo Tolkki'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Timo Tolkki Right'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Timo Tolkki Left'
Q=160
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0--||
||o----------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-|
||o----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--|
|-------------13-12-10----10-12-13-----------------|
|----------------------13--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--||
|-------------13-12-10----10-12-13----------------o||
|----------------------13--------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--12p9----9h12p9h13p9h12p9----9h12p9----|
||o------10------------------10--------10-|
||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-17p13----13h17p13h18p13h17p13----13h17p13----|
|-------15----------------------15----------15-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-10p7---7h10p7h12p7h10p7---7h10p7---|
|------8------------------8--------8-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-15p12----12h15p12h17p12h15p12----12h15p12-----|
|-------13----------------------13----------13--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------|
|-13p10----10h13p10h15p10h13p10----10h13p10----|
|-------10----------------------10----------10-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-14p11----11h14p11h15p11h14p11----11h14p11-----|
|-------12----------------------12----------12--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19p16----16h19p16h20p16h19p16----16h19p16----16h|
|-------17----------------------17----------17----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-19p16----16h19p16h20p16h19p16----16h19----||
|-------17----------------------17---------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
$
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------------|
||o-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------10-------8-12-10-8-9-12-10-9--|
|-10-13-12-10-12----13-12----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-13-12-10-11-14-12-11-12-13-12-10--------------||
|-------------------------------------13-12-10----o||
|----------------------------------------------13--||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
2.
D.S.
3/4
TP TP TP
S S S S S S S S H Q Q Q
|-10-13-12-10-11-14-12-11-12----|-19--16--12--|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-12----------|-------------|-------------|
|-----14--13--|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-14----------|-------------|
|-------------|-----14--12--|-11----------|
|-------------|-------------|-----13--10--|
Q=120 Q=90 Q=60
4/4
Gtr II
H H H H H H H H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-12----13----|-10----12----|--8----10----|--7-------8------|
|
| Gtr III
| \1/ \1/
| H H H H H H H H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-13----14----|-------13----|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-15----------|-14----15----|-12------14------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
Q=40 Q=110
Gtr I
>
\7
W Wx3 H. Q
|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|---------/7--|
|-5---------|------------|-------------|
|-3--|
H. Q H Q Q Q Q E H +E +H. Q
||---------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
||o--------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
||-----------/9--|-7-----------|----------------|--------------|
||--10-----------|------9------|-----7-7----(7)-|-(7)----------|
||o--------------|--------10-5-|-/7-------------|----------/7--|
||---------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stratovarius/stratosphere_tab_ver_2.html ]
H. Q H. Q W +H. Q
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|----------/9--|-7-------/12--|-\9--------|-(9)------/9--|
|-10-----------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
1.
Gtr III
H. Q H Q Q H +E. S +Q H. Q
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-/10----12--13--|-12b13=====(12)-12r(12)--|-10-------12b13--|
|-10-------/12--|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| H. Q H Q Q H +E. S +Q H. Q
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------10--|-------------------------|-----------------|
|--7--------/9--|-/10----12------|-12b14=====(12)-12r(12)--|-10-------12b14--|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
W +H E E E E W +H. Q
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
|-12--------|-(12)---------------|----------|--------------o||
|-----------|---------/10-9-7-10-|-9--------|-(9)-----------||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|----------/7--o||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
|
| W +H H W W
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|--------------o||
|-13--------|-(13)---------------|----------|---------------||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|--------------o||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
2.
H. Q W
|-----------------|-----------|
|-10-------12b13--|-12--------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|
| H. Q W
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-10--------9b10--|--9--------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|
+H S +S +E E E H. +E E W
|---------12-(12)b13r(12)-10-13-|-12-------(12)--12-|-12----|
|-(12)--------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|
| +H H H. E E W
|-------------------------------|---------------/19-|-19----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|--(9)--------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q W
||--/12--9---------|----------|-/10--7--------|----------|
||o---------10--8--|-6--------|---------8--6--|-5--------|
||-----------------|----------|---------------|----------|
||-----------------|----------|---------------|----------|
||o----------------|----------|---------------|----------|
||-----------------|----------|---------------|----------|
Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q W
|-----------------|----------|---------------|-------||
|-/13--10---------|----------|---------------|------o||
|----------10--9--|-7--------|-/8--11--8-----|-9-----||
|-----------------|----------|------------9--|-------||
|-----------------|----------|---------------|------o||
|-----------------|----------|---------------|-------||
Q=160
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-|
||o----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--|
|-------------13-12-10----10-12-13-----------------|
|----------------------13--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6x
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--||
|-------------13-12-10----10-12-13----------------o||
|----------------------13--------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--||
||o-------------13-12-10----10-12-13----------------o||
||-----------------------13--------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------------------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-12--13--10--12--|-----10----------|
|-----------------|-13------12--13--|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Q=120 Q=100 Q=90 Q=70
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|-10--12------10--|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------13------|-9--10--7--9--|-----7---------|-------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-10-----9--10--|-7--9--6--7--|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
Q=60
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W +W
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-7--8--5--7--|----5--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-------------|-8-----7--8--|-1--------|-(1)----|
Q=160
6/4 4/4
|---5---| |---5---| |---5---| |---5---| |---5---| |---5---|
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 q H.
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-5--------*|
|-------------------------------------------------1-3-5-1-3-5-|----------*|
|-------------------------------------0-2-4-0-2-4-------------|----------*|
|-------------------------0-2-3-0-2-3-------------------------|----------*|
|-------------0-2-3-0-2-3-------------------------------------|----------*|
|-0-1-3-0-1-3-------------------------------------------------|----------*|
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
