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Lord of the Wasteland

Stratovarius
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Song

STRATOVARIUS - LORD OF THE WASTELAND(From 4th Dimension)

Words & Music: By Timo Tolkki

Transcried By: Niclas Buss (Nbjbuss@hotmail.com)

Tune down ½ Step!

Clean Sound

Intro riff x9 Riff 1 x3

E-12-13-0-10-12-0-8-10-0-7-8-0-5-7-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------|
G------------------------------------|---9-10-----7-9-----5-7-----4-5-----2-4-1~~-|---9-10-----7-9-----5-7-|
D------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------|
A------------------------------------|-0------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0---------|-0------0-0-----0-0-----|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

pm..| pm..| pm..| pm..| pm..| pm..|

x4 Riff 2

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-|
B--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------9-12----|
G---9-10-----7-9-----5-7-----4-5-----2-4-1~~-|--------------------------------------------------10---------|
D--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------9-12------------|
A-0------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0---------|-8-7-8-10-8-7-8-10--10-8-10-12-10-8-10-12-11-----------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

pm..| pm..| pm..| pm..| pm.......................................|

Verse riff

E-13-10-13-16-19~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------0--|-----10---7-------------10---7---------------------------------------------|
A------------------------2-----|-7----8---5---3-2---7----8---5---3-2-----------------------------------7---|
E------------------0--4----------5------------------5------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5---|

pm..............................|

x2

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------7---------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------0---0-3-0-3-6----|------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------1---1---1--------------|------------|
D-----------------------------------------------0---0-3-0-3---3--------------------|----------0-|
A---------------------------------3-------2---2---2--------------------------------|-------2----|
E-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1---0-4---4----------------------------------------0--4-------|

pm..............................|

Chorus x4 x4

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------|--------|------------|
G---------------------------------------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------|--------|------------|
D-----10---7---9-----------10---7---9---|-Riff-1-|-Riff-2-|-Verseriff-|----------0--|-Chorus-|-intro-riff-|
A-7----8---5---7-------7----8---5---7---|--------|--------|-----------|-------2-----|--------|------------|
E-5----------------0-4-5------------------------------------------------0--4------------------------------|

Solo

Rhythm guitar during solo

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

Gtr.1

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------9-10-9-7-------------------------------------------9-10-9-7h9p7------9-|
D-7---7--10-9-7--9----9-12-10-9------------10-9-7----7---7--10-9-7--9----9-12-10-9---------------10-9---|
A---8--------------10----------------------------------8--------------10--------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr.2 |

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------9----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-3--------------5---------------7------5-------3--2-3--------------5---------------2-------------------|
E-1--------------3-----------------------------------1--------------3---------------0-------------------|

Gtr.1

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------9-10-9-7-------------------------------------------9-10-9-7h9p7------|
D-7---7--10-9-7--9----9-12-10-9------------10-9-7----7---7--10-9-7--9----9-12-10-9---------------10-9-|
A---8--------------10----------------------------------8--------------10------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr.2 |

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-3--------------5---------------7------5-------3--2-3--------------5---------------2-----------------|
E-1--------------3-----------------------------------1--------------3---------------0-----------------|

slower...

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-15b(17)--r15-15---17b(18)-18-18-18-18-18-18-r17--15--17-18-17-15-------17-15------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------17-16-------17-16-14-17-16-14-13-14|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

................................| x4

E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
D-15-14-12-14-12-------------------------7-6---6-----------------------------------|-Chorus-|-Riff-1-|
A----------------15-14-12--------------------8---7-8-7-5-7-5---5-------------------|--------|--------|
E-------------------------16-13-12~~-------------------------8---8-7-8-7-5-4-1-0~~-------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------15-17-17-17-17-15-15-15-15-13-13-12-13-12----12-|
B-------------------------------------------15-17-18-------------------------------------------15----|
G----------------------------------14-16-17----------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------12-14-15-14-15-17-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-12-14-15-14-15-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
B-15-13-15-13-12-13-12---------------------|

G----------------------14~~----\-Trem------| end

D-------------------------------\--bar-----|
A-----------------------7--------\---------|
E-----------------------5---------\--------|

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