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Sing in Silence

Sonata Arctica
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

SING IN SILENCE

As recorded by Sonata Arctica

(From the 2001 Album SILENCE)

Words and Music by T. Kakko

Tune your guitar(s) half step down (to D#)

Guitar In (1.39)

Q=125

4/4

Gtr I

|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)-3-3-5--|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)-3-3-5--|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----(1)-1-1-3--|

Chorus

4x

||-------------|-----------|----------|-------||
||o------------|-----------|----------|------o||
||-------------|-----------|-9--------|-7-----||
||--7-----9----|-10--------|-9--------|-7-----||
||o-7----10----|-10--------|-7--------|-5----o||
||--5-----7----|--8--------|----------|-------||

Bridge

|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-1--------|-(1)----|

Verse

|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-3-3-------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|-3-3-------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|-1-1-------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----|

Guitar Solo

(There are some errors in rhytm guitar section (Gtr 2II)) maybe? =(

Gtr I

|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----7b8r7----(7)-|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--6--5------5h6-5-|-(5)------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------8---------|------8-6---8-5-|-(5)-6-5-6-5--------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------8-8----|

|

| Gtr II

| PM-----------|

|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-10-------------8-|-(8)------------|--------------------|
|---10---8----(8)-|-10----10-------8-|-(8)----8-------|--------------------|
|---10---8----(8)-|--8----10-------6-|-(6)----8-----6-|-(6)----------------|
|----8---6----(6)-|--------8---------|--------6-----4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-------------------8-11-----(11)-|-11-10------------------|
|-----------------8---------------|-------11---------------|
|---------------8-----------------|----------10pb12r=10----|
|------------10-------------------|------------------------|
|---------10----------------------|------------------------|
|----8-11-------------------------|------------------------|

|

|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-10-------------------8-|
|---10-----8-------------(8)------|-10-------10----------8-|
|---10-----8-------------(8)------|--8-------10----------6-|
|----8-----6-------------(6)------|-----------8------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|--7--8-7---------|-------------------|
|---------8-----5-|--5--6-5-----------|
|------------8----|---------6---------|
|-----------------|-------------------|

|

| PM-----------|

|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-(8)-------------|-------------------|
|-(8)-----8-------|-------------------|
|-(6)-----8-----6-|-(6)---------------|
|---------6-----4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

Guitar Solo 2.

\7/

|-------------|-------------|---------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------|---/9-7--------|------------------|
|-----10-7----|-(7)---------|----------10-9-|-(9)--10-9--------|
|---7---------|-------------|---------------|-------------10-7-|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------|------8-10-10b12r=10--|
|--------------|----------|--/10-----------------|
|----------7---|-9--------|----------------------|
|------7-------|----------|----------------------|
|-(7)----------|----------|----------------------|
|--------------|----------|----------------------|

(This part is not correct, but I gotta get to the bed

'cause I must go to job early at morning, sorry)

|----------------------12-------12-13----12-13-15--|
|----12-13-15-12-13-15----13-15-------15-----------|
|-14-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

Bridge

Gtr II

|-----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|--3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)-3-3-5-|
|--3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)-3-3-5-|
|--1--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----(1)-1-1-3-|

|

| Gtr I

| ~~

|-17--------|------------|------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------------|

Chorus

Gtrs I, II

4x

||-------------|-----------|----------|-------||
||o------------|-----------|----------|------o||
||-------------|-----------|-9--------|-7-----||
||--7-----9----|-10--------|-9--------|-7-----||
||o-7----10----|-10--------|-7--------|-5----o||
||--5-----7----|--8--------|----------|-------||

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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths,

s16 = swing 16ths

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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen -

http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *

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