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Distant Skies

Stratovarius
Tab

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Song

Distant skies

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By Stratovarius

Tabbed by Sami Rikala

email=rikala@pp.qnet.fi

From album 4th Dimension

Intro

2x

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--2-----------------------3--2------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------5--3--1---0--1--0----------5--3--1---/5--3--1--0-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

| P.m--> |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------5----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------3--3-----5----5--------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----1--3--3----3--------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------1----------------------------------------|

1st verse

2x

|-----------------|<-------|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|<-------|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|<--4x---|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------5-|<-------|--------|----------5--3--1--0-------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|<-------|--------|--3-------------------3----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|<-------|3-5-6-5-|--1------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7-----3-----7-----3---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\---------------------------------------------|
|----5-----1-----5-----1---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3\---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Silhouets in the sky....

Chorus

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------5--3----3-------------10--8-7--10----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

| |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--10---5--3--1--0------------------------------|
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--6---8---------------3---------------------------|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro

2nd verse

chorus

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7---5--7--8--10--8--7--8--7--5--7--8-------------------------------------------------------|
|--5---3--5--6---8--6--5--6--5--3--5--6-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

solo P.m---------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------b-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------½-----------½----------------18--18--16---|
|-----------------------5-7-8-5-7-8-7~-------/12~---14--14--12--14--14--12--12----------------|
|-----------5-7-8-5-7-8-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---6-5-6-8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------15--13--16--15--13---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------15--14--12--15--14--12--15--14--12--11--11~------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

½

|--17--17----------------11-13-15^13^11-13^11^10-11^10^11-------------------------------------|
|----------15~--11-13-15----------------------------------13-11-10----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------12-10-12-10~---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10^11^10----------------------------10^11^10----------------------10^11^10---------|
|-10-11-13----------13-11-10--------- 10-11-13----------13-11-10----10-11-13----------13-11-10|
|----------------------------12-11-12----------------------------12---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

p.m

				   |-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10-11-13-11-10----------------------------13^15^16^15^13-15~-----------------------|
|-12-11-12-----------------11-9-8-----------11-12-14------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------10-12-13---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

2x

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5---|
|--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-3-3---|
|--6--6--6-6-6-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--1--1--1-1-1-1--1--1--1-1-1-1---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

End.

Rhythm gtr for solo

2x

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8---|
|--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-3-3--6--6--6-6-6-6--6--6--6-6-6-6---|
|--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-3-3--1--1--1-1-1-1--1--1--1-1-1-1---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

^ = Hammer / pull-off

/ = Slide up

\ = Slide down

½ = bend ½ step

b = bend 1 whole step

~ = Vibrato

P.m = Palm mute

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