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Hands of Time

Stratovarius
Tab

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

Song

Stratovarius - Hands Of Time

Tabbed By: Rodrigo Salazar

EMail: rsalazart@hotmail.com

Intro: Keyboard

E---|------------------------|------------------------------
B---|------------------------|------------------------------
G---|/12-----------11-----9--|------------------/1----------
D---|------------------------|-------9----------------------
A---|------------------------|------------------------------
E---|------------------------|------------------------------
E------------------------------|----------------------------
B------------------------------|----------------------------
G---/12--------11--------9-----|-----------/1---------------
D------------------------------|------10--------------------
A------------------------------|----------------------------
E------------------------------|----------------------------
E----------------------------------|------------------------
B----------------------------------|----------/1------------
G---/14-----------12-----------11--|------------------------
D----------------------------------|-----12-----------------
A----------------------------------|------------------------
E----------------------------------|------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------/1-----

B---/12--------------13-------------------------------------------
G----------------------------14---12---11-------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------------

E---/15--------14--------12--|-----------/1-----------------
B----------------------------|-----12-----------------------
G----------------------------|------------------------------
D----------------------------|------------------------------
A----------------------------|------------------------------
E----------------------------|------------------------------
E---/15-----14--------12--|----------/1---------------------
B-------------------------|---13----------------------------
G-------------------------|---------------------------------
D-------------------------|---------------------------------
A-------------------------|---------------------------------
E-------------------------|---------------------------------
E---/17--------15--------14--------|----------/1------------
B----------------------------------|----15------------------
G----------------------------------|------------------------
D----------------------------------|------------------------
A----------------------------------|------------------------
E----------------------------------|------------------------
E---/19--------------20-----------------|-------------------
B---------------------------------------|-------------------
G---------------------------------------|-------------------
D---------------------------------------|-------------------
A---------------------------------------|-------------------
E---------------------------------------|-------------------
E---17--------15--------14--|--------------------|----------
B---------------------------|--17^--------17-----|----------
G---------------------------|--------------------|----------
D---------------------------|--------------------|----------
A---------------------------|--------------------|----------
E---------------------------|--------------------|----------
E---------------------------------15--17--19--17--15--14----
B------------17-----------17--19----------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------

E---17--15--14--12--|---------------------------------------
B-------------------|---------------------------------------
G-------------------|---------------------------------------
D-------------------|---------------------------------------
A-------------------|---------------------------------------
E-------------------|---------------------------------------
E---15--14--12------14--12----------12----------------------
B---------------15----------15--13------15--13--12--15------

G-----------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------

E---------------|-------------------------------------------
B---13--12------|-------------------------------------------
G-----------14--|-------------------------------------------
D---------------|-------------------------------------------
A---------------|-------------------------------------------
E---------------|-------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------

B---12h14p12------------------------------------------------

G-------------14--------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------

Verse Riff

E---||---------------------------------------|--------------
B---||---------------------------------------|--------------
G---||*--------------------------------------|--------------
D---||*-----9----------------5--4------------|--------------
A---||------7----------------------5---------|--------------
E---||------0--------------------------------|--------------
E-------------------------------------|----------------------
B-------------------------------------|----------------------
G-------------------------------------|----------------------
D------9---------------------5--4-----|----------------------
A------7---------------------------4--|----------------------
E------0------------------------------|----------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------

B-----------------------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------5-----4--------------------------
A------3------------------------------5---------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------|----
B------------------------------------------------------|----
G------------------------------------------------------|----
D-------------------5------4-----------7---------------|----
A---3----------------------------------5---------------|----
E------------------------------------------------------|----

Pre Chorus

E---||---|--------------------------------------|-----------
B---||---|--------------------------------------|-----------
G---||*--|--------------------------------------|-----------
D---||*--|--4-----------------------------------|-----------
A---||---|--2-----------------------------------|-----------
E---||---|--------------------------------------|-----------

Gtr 2 (one octave higher)

E------------------------------------------------------|----
B------------------------------------------------------|----
G------------------------------------------------------|----
D---2-----------------------------------1--------------|----
A---------------3-----------2--------------------------|----
E------------------------------------------------------|----
E------------------------------------|----------------------
B------------------------------------|----------------------
G------------------------------------|----------------------
D---2--------------------------------|----------------------
A---2--------------------------------|----------------------
E---0--------------------------------|----------------------
E-------------------------------------------||--------------
B-------------------------------------------||--------------
G------------------------------------------*||--------------
D------------------------------------------*||--------------
A------------------------------2------------||--------------
E------------------0--2--3--5-----5--3--2---||--------------

Solo (only after 1rst Pre Chorus

E-----------------------------------|-----------------------
B------15^--------------------------|-----------------------
G-----------------------------------|-----------------------
D------9----------------------------|-----------------------
A------7----------------------------|-----------------------
E------0----------------------------|-----------------------
E------------------------14--15--17--19--|------------------
B---------15^--17------------------------|------------------
G----------------------------------------|------------------
D----------------------------------------|------------------
A----------------------------------------|------------------
E----------------------------------------|------------------
E---19^--19--17-----------15--17--15--14--15--14------------
B-------------------------------------------------17--15----

G-----------------------------------------------------------

D---9-------------------------------------------------------
A---7-------------------------------------------------------
E---0-------------------------------------------------------
E---12--10--8--10--8----------------------------------------
B---------------------12--10--8--12--10--8--7--10--8--7-----

G-----------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------

E---------|-------------------------------------------------
B---8-----|-------------------------------------------------
G------9--|-------------------------------------------------
D---------|-------------------------------------------------
A---------|-------------------------------------------------
E---------|-------------------------------------------------

Back to Verse, Pre-ch, then Chorus

Chorus

E---||--------------------------------------------|-----------
B---||--------------------------------------------|-----------
G---||*-------------------------------------------|-----------
D---||*--9-------------7------5--------5-----7----|-----------
A---||---7-------------5------3--------3-----5----|-----------
E---||---0----------------------------------------|-----------
E---------------------------------------|-------------------
B---------------------------------------|-------------------
G---------------------------------------|-------------------
D---------7-----------------------------|-------------------
A---------5-------5---------------------|-------------------
E-----------------3---------------------|-------------------
E-------------------------------------------------||--------
B-------------------------------------------------||--------
G------------------------------------------------*||--------
D---7--------------------------8-----------------*||--------
A---5--------------------------6------------------||--------
E-------------------------------------------------||--------

For solo just hit B chord, then D chord

E-----------------------------------------------------------

B-----------------------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------

Harmony part (end of solo) (two gtrs)

E------||----------------7---|--8---------7-------|---------
B------||------8-----10------|--10------------10--|---8-----
G------||*-----9-----11--12--|------------12--11--|---9-----
D------||*-------------------|--------------------|---------
A------||--------------------|--------------------|---------
E------||--------------------|--------------------|---------

3&4 time with 2 more gtrs 1 octave higher 4x

E---------------|--12--10--8---7--------------||------------
B---------------|--13--12--10------10--7------||---8--------
G---------------|--------------12--11--8-----*||---9--------
D---------------|----------------------------*||------------
A---------------|-----------------------------||------------
E---------------|-----------------------------||------------

(Slow bend and release)

E-----------------------------------------------------------

B---12^--12-------------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------

E---------------|--------------------------------|----------
B---------------|--------------------------------|----------
G---------------|--11--------------------12--11--|----9-----
D---------------|--------------------------------|----------
A---------------|--------------------------------|----------
E---------------|--------------------------------|----------

Go to Pre Chorus, Chorus, End

E-----------------------------------------------------------

B-----------------------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------

time 0h 0h

E------------------------------------------|----------------
B------------------------------------------|----------------
G------------------------------------------|----------------
D------7-----------------4---------5-------|----------------
A------5-----------------2---------3-------|----------------
E------------------------------------------|----------------
E------------------------------------------------------|----
B------------------------------------------------------|----
G------------------------------------------------------|----
D------5--4--2-----4--2--------2-----------------------|----
A---------------5--------5--3-----5--3--2--5--3--2-----|----
E---------------------------------------------------5--|----
E------------------------------|----------------------------
B------------------------------|----------------------------
G------------------------------|----------------------------
D---------------------------2--|----------------------------
A---3--2--------2-----------2--|----------------------------
E---------5--3-----5--3--2--0--|----------------------------

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