The End of This Chapter Sonata Arctica
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
|-------------||-------------||------------||--------|| |-------------||-------------||------------||--------|| |-------------||-------------||------------||--------|| |-------------||-------------||------------||--------|| |-------------||-------------||------------||--------|| |-------------||-------------||------------||--------||
2nd Verse
[A5]Gtr II[E5] [F5] [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 E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / /
Gtr I
W W W W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[A5]E E E E E E E E [E5]E E E E E E E S S [F5]E E E E E E E E [G5]Q. E [G5]Q. S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / o /
W W W W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
2nd Pre-Chorus
[D5]Q. S S [D5]H [Bb5]H.. S S [D5]Q. S S [D5]Q. S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / / o / / o / / o /
W W W
|---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|
[Bb5]W [F5]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]W [A5]W [F5]W [C5]W
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/]
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------|
D5 A5 F5VII
W W W W
| | |
[/] [/] [/]
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|| |----------|----------|----------|------|| |----------|----------|----------|------|| |----------|----------|----------|------|| |----------|----------|----------|------|| |----------|----------|----------|------||
3rd Verse
[C5]E E E E E E E E [G5]E E E E E E E S S [Ab5]E E E E E E E E [Bb5] 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] E E E E E E E E [G5]E E E E E E E S S [Ab5]E E E E E E E E [Bb5]Q. E [Bb5]Q. S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / o /
q H. W W W
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|| |--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|| |--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-10\----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|| |--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|| |--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
3rd Pre-Chorus
[F5]Q. S S [F5]E S S [F5]E S S [Db5]Q. S S [Db5]Q. S S [F5]H.. S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / o / / o / / o / / o / / o /
W W W
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------| |----------------------|-------------------|---------------| |----------------------|-------------------|---------------| |----------------------|-------------------|---------------| |----------------------|-------------------|---------------| |----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
[Db5]Q. S S [Db5]Q. S S [Ab5]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]W [C5]W [Ab5]W [Eb5]W
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/]
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|------| ||o----------|----------|----------|------| ||-----------|----------|----------|------| ||-----------|----------|----------|------| ||o----------|----------|----------|------| ||-----------|----------|----------|------|
1.
[F5]W [C5]W [Ab5]W [Bb5]W
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/]
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------|| |----------|----------|----------|------o|| |----------|----------|----------|-------|| |----------|----------|----------|-------|| |----------|----------|----------|------o|| |----------|----------|----------|-------||
2.
[F5] [C5]
W [5/4] 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]
E E E E E E E E [5/4] E E E E E E E E Q [4/4] W [3/4] +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] W [C5]W [Ab5] W [Eb5]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] W [C5]W [Ab5] 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--------|---------| |-------------------|------------------|-----------|---------|
[(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
Gt[F5]rs I, II[Db5] [Eb5]
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]Gtr [G5]II[D5] [Bb5] [Bb5] [F5]
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]W [G5]W [Eb5]W [Bb5]W
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/]
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------|
[C5]W [G5]W [Eb5]W +W
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/]
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------| |----------|----------|----------|-------| |----------|----------|----------|-------| |----------|----------|----------|-------| |----------|----------|----------|-------| |----------|----------|----------|-------|
[D5] W [A5] W
| |
[/] [/]
Gtr I
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
||-----------------|--------------------| ||o-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-| ||-----------------|--------------------| ||-----------------|--------------------| ||o----------------|--------------------| ||-----------------|--------------------|
[F5] W [C5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E H E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------| |-(13)------13-----12-|-13----12----15p12--| |--------14-----14----|----------12--------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------|
[D5] W [A5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|--------------------| |-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------|
[F5] W [G5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E +H E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|| |-(13)------13-----12-|-(12)----12----15p12-o|| |--------14-----14----|------------12--------|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------o|| |---------------------|----------------------||
Out-Chorus
7[D5]/8 4[A5]/4[F5] [C5]
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] W [A5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|--------------------| |-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------|
[F5] W [G5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E +H E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------| |-(13)------13-----12-|-(12)----12----15p12-| |--------14-----14----|------------12-------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
[D5] W [A5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|--------------------| |-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------|
[F5] W [C5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E H E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------| |-(13)------13-----12-|-13----12----15p12-| |--------14-----14----|----------12-------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------|
[D5] W [A5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|--------------------| |-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------|
[F5] W [G5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E +H E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------| |-(13)------13-----12-|-(12)----12----15p12-| |--------14-----14----|------------12-------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
[D5] W [A5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
H. E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|--------------------| |-13-------13p12-|-13----12-13--15p13-| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------------|
[F5] W [C5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
+Q. E Q E E H E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------| |-(13)------13-----12-|-13----12----15p12-| |--------14-----14----|----------12-------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------|
[D5] W [A5] W [F5] 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
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