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4000 Rainy Nights

Stratovarius
Tab
★3.3(4)

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

Song

Location: Season of Change - http://www.sci.fi/~jnevala/stratovarius/

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Title:4000 Rainy nights *

Artist:Stratovarius *

TAB by Jarno Rannanpää (Finland : Vaasa) * ½b Bend ½ step

|-------------------------| * 1b Bend whole step

|Tune down ½ step to Eb!!!| * Br Bend & release

|-------------------------| * / or \ Slide /=up and \=dowd

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Pm.| Palm mute

< Dec.

. Stacato

~ Vibrato

So let's get started!

Keyboards fades in chord of A minor and just before guitar starts there is

some "Keuboard feedback (a)".

Guitar intro!

½Br 1( Slow ) . ½Br 1Br

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------12--------------------------12--12----------------------------|
|----------12---9---12 ~~~~----------------12 ~~---7---5--\ 4~--\ 2~-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bass & Drums enters! PLAY CHORUS LICK BEHIND THE INTRO SOLO!

½br 1b . ½br . ½br

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----12------------------12--12---------------------------12--12----|
|---------12---9---12 ~~~~----------12---9~--12\10--9--7~---------12-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

1b 1b.

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--9---12~~~~--12--12~~~~-10-9-7~---5-4-2~~-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

*********

* Verse * Let Ring!

*********

Clean tone & chorus-pedal (Tolkki uses this always with clean.)

|-----------------------------------3-------------------------------------|
|-------0--------0--------0-------0---------0--------0--------3--------(3)|
|-----2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------4--------(4)--|
|---2--------3--------2--------3--------2--------3--------5--------(5)----|
|-0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------(0)------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Notes in () are played only 1st time.

**********

* Chorus * (Dist. tone!)

**********

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---4-(4)h5-4------2-----4-(4)h5-4------5-------|
|---2-(2)-----5-2--2-----2-(2)-----5-2--5---5---|
|---0--0--0-0-0-0--0-----0--0--0-0-0-0--3---5---|
|-------------------------------------------3---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---4-(4)h5-4------2----------------------------|
|---2-(2)-----5-2--2----5-5/7-5-----------------|
|---0--0--0-0-0-0--0----5-5/7-5-----------------|
|-----------------------3-3/5-3-----------------|

************

*INTERLUDE!*

************

********

Gtr.1 * This is the main guitar and Gtr.2 is played on tape later!

********------------------------------------------------------------

1br 1b 1b. 1b ½b. 1b(Slow)

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------10-12-12-12~~----------|
|--7---5-7--7---7--7~~--12--9~~----------------9-12~~-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Gtr.2 1b 1b(Slow)

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------13-15-15-15~~----------|
|----------------------------------------------12-12~~|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

TO BE CONTINUED!

Incoming solo!

e-mail: j_rannanpaa@hotmail.com

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