Stratosphere
Stratovarius
Tabbed by: Evan Curtis
evan_tc@hotmail.com
I have given up on writing a 4-string tab for this.
I tried, and the modes get so weird that it's not even worth learning.
I'm fairly certain that the song can be played in standard tuning, and that one
A# would just be an octave up, but I really wanted that low rumble resolution.
The spacing is hard to read, but trust me, reading through this thing at twice the size
would be more difficult.
This song is perfect for building up speed and endurance, and that's why I tabbed it
out in the first place.
Fast part 1 (Guitar starts, then you play a single note, rest, and fast run)
Play twice
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
A |-------------------------1242----------------------------1242---|
E |4---restrestrestrestrest4----40-----restrestrestrestrest4----40-|
A#|-------------------------------5--------------------------------|
Fast part 2
Play twice
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------121---------121-1111111111111111121---------121-|
A |-------------------421---124---4-------------------421---124---4|
E |4444444444444444------434-----------------------------434-------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Fast part 3
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------11------------------44444444442211--------------11--|
A |333333333344--3344444444442211----------------33222222222244----|
E |------------------------------44------------------------------44|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Fast part 4
G |--------------------------------------------------------88886------|
D |222222222211--------------------111111111111111111111114-----9-----|
A |------------44221111111111111111------------------------------(11)7|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fast part 5 (Same as part 3)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------11------------------44444444442211--------------11--|
A |333333333344--3344444444442211----------------33222222222244----|
E |------------------------------44------------------------------44|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Fast part 6
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |222222222211--------------------11111111111111111111111111111111|
A |------------44221111111111111111--------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Fast part 7 (Fast guitar at least)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------0---1-------|
A |--------------------1---2---3---4-------4-------4---------------|
E |4-------4-------4-------------------4-------4-------------------|
A#|----5-------5---------------------------------------------------|
Fast part 8 (Still just fast guitar)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------0---1-------|
A |--------------------1---2---3---4-------4-------4---------------|
E |4-------4-------4-------------------4-------4-------------------|
A#|----5-------5---------------------------------------------------|
Fast part 9
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------00001-------|
A |----6666----6666----1111222233334444----4444----4444------------|
E |4444----4444----4444----------------4444----4444----------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Moving to slow part
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |1---restrest1---restrest1---restrest1---restrest1-------2-------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Still moving to slow part (*indicates how many measures to hold it for)
G |------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------1---------------------------------------------|
A |4---------------2-------4-------1-------2-------------|
E |------------------------------------------------0*****|
A#|------------------------------------------------------|
Slow part 1
Play six times
G |--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
E |4-------------4-4---4-----------|
A#|--------------------------------|
Slow part 2
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |4-------------4-4---4-------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------0-------------0-0---0----------|
A#|------------------------5---------------------------------------|
Slow part 3
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|5-------------5-5---5-----------5-------------5-5---5-----------|
Slow part 4 (same as slow part 1)
Play four times
G |--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
E |4-------------4-4---4-----------|
A#|--------------------------------|
Slow part 5 (same as slow part 2)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |4-------------4-4---4-------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------0-------------0-0---0----------|
A#|------------------------5---------------------------------------|
Slow part 6 (same as slow part 3)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|5-------------5-5---5-----------5-------------5-5---5-----------|
Slow part 7
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
A |--------3-------4-------2---------------1-------2-------1-------|
E |4---------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Slow part 8
G |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------0-------3-------1----------------|
A |--------1-------2-------1----------------------------------------|
E |0----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------5-------|
Slow part 9 (same as slow part 7)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
A |--------3-------4-------2---------------1-------2-------1-------|
E |4---------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Slow part 10 (same as slow part 8)
G |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------0-------3-------1----------------|
A |--------1-------2-------1----------------------------------------|
E |0----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------5-------|
Fast part 10 (same as fast part 1)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
A |-------------------------1242----------------------------1242---|
E |4---restrestrestrestrest4----40-----restrestrestrestrest4----40-|
A#|-------------------------------5--------------------------------|
Fast part 11 (only guitar is fast)
Play twice
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------1---------------1---1-----------|
A |--------------------------1-2-4---------------1-----------4-2-1-|
E |4---------------4---4-------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------5-------------------------------------------------|
Fast part 12 (same as fast part 2)
Play twice
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------121---------121-1111111111111111121---------121-|
A |-------------------421---124---4-------------------421---124---4|
E |4444444444444444------434-----------------------------434-------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Fast part 13+Ending 1 Start slowing down here
G |--------------------------------8---9---6---8----------------------|
D |121---------121-121---------121-----------------9---(11)---8---9---|
A |---421---124---4---421---124---4-----------------------------------|
E |------434-------------434------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ending 2
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |6---8---5---6---------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------6---7---4---6---2---6---1---2-------1-----------|
E |------------------------------------------------4-------3---4---|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ending 3
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------112222|
A |----------------------------------------------------112244------|
E |----0---------------------------0-------------002244------------|
A#|5-------3---5---1---3---0---1-----------------------------------|
Ending 4
G |------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |2-----------21----------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------421-------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------420----------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ending 5
G |------------------------0---|
D |restrestrestrestrest1-------|
A |----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|
A#|----------------------------|
Artist: Stratovarius
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