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A Last Illusion

Trans-siberian Orchestra
Tab
★4.7(5)

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

Song

This is an awesome song to learn. Located on Beethoven's Last Night

Can be played standard tuning, but I think 2nd Guitar is Drop-D

All the lead parts are above the Low E string so If you have it in Drop-D its ok

(Intro Accustic guitar played w/ 1 or 2 gtrs)

E----------------------------8-----------------|
B---------5-8-----------10-8---8-6h8p6-5-5h6p5-|
G-5-----------4-4-5h7p5------------------------|
D---5---5--------------------------------------|
A-----7----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|

(.08)

E---------0-1-3-5-3-1-0------------------0-1-3-1-0---------|
B-----1-3---------------3-1-----------1-3----------3-1-----|
G-2-4-----------------------4-2-0-2-4------------------4-2-|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------0-1-0-----------------------|
B-----------1-3-------3-1-------------------|
G-0---0-2-4---------------4-2-0-----0-------|
D---3---------------------------3-2-------2-|
A-------------------------------------3-3-2-|
E-----------------------------------------0-|

Then Piano Plays

(.28) Now the fun part.

E--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|

G-(98765)10(98765)(56789)(98765)10(98765)(56789)(98765)10

D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------|
B---------------|

G-(98765)(5678)9

D---------------|
A---------------|
E---------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|

G-(1413121110)15(1413121110)(1011121314)(1413121110)15

D-----------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|

G-(1413121110)(1011121314)(1413121110)15(1413121110)

D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
E--------------|
B--------------|

G-(10111213)14

D--------------|
A--------------|
E--------------|

(.40) (.50)

E-----------------------------  -----  -------------|
B----17~17-16-15---------15-16  --17~  ---17~17~17~-|
G----------------18-17-18-----  -----  -------------|
D-14--------------------------  14---  14-----------|
A-----------------------------  -----  -------------|
E-----------------------------  -----  -------------|

^3 times^ ^3 times^

(.53)

E-----------------------|
B-----------------------|

G-(98765)10(98765)(56789)

D-----------------------|
A-----------------------|
E-----------------------|

^3 times^

E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|

G-(1413121110)15(1413121110)(1011121314)

D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|

^3 times^

(1.06)

E-----------------------------  -----  -------------|
B---17~17-16-15----------15-16  ---17~ ---17~17~17~-|
G---------------18-17-18------  -----  -------------|
D-14--------------------------  14---  14-----------|
A-----------------------------  -----  -------------|
E-----------------------------  -----  -------------|

^3 times^ ^3 times^

(1.18)

E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D---------5/7-----5/7-----7-7-7-5/7-----5/7-----5/7-7\6\5\3-|
A-0-0-0-0-5/7-0-0-5/7-0-0-7-7-7-5/7-0-0-5/7-0-0-5/7-7\6\5\3-|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|

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

First 0's repeat alot,I might have missed some 0's in there.

It repeats 4 times

(1.49)

E----------------------------  ----  -------------|
B---17~17-16-15---------15-16  --17~ ---17~17~17~-|
G---------------18-17-18-----  ----  -------------|
D-14-------------------------  14--  14-----------|
A----------------------------  ----  -------------|
E----------------------------  ----  -------------|

^3 times^ ^3 times^

(2.02)

E-----------------------|
B-----------------------|

G-(98765)10(98765)(56789)

D-----------------------|
A-----------------------|
E-----------------------|

^3 times^

E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|

G-(1413121110)15(1413121110)(1011121314)

D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|

^3 times^

(2.14)

E-----------------------------  ------  ------------|
B----17~17-16-15---------15-16  ---17~  ---17~17~17-|
G----------------18-17-18-----  ------  ------------|
D-14--------------------------  14----  14----------|
A-----------------------------  ------  ------------|
E-----------------------------  ------  ------------|

^3 times^ ^3 times^ ^Grad. Slowing^

Ode to Joy on the Piano now

(2.48)

E----------------------------------------------------|
B-12-12-14----12-14b15r14----12-14b15r14-12----12----|
G----------14-------------14----------------14-------|
D-------------------------------------------------14-|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|

(2.55)

E----------------------------------------------------------|
B-14~15-17-16b17-15-14-12-------12-14-12-14-15-16-17~14p12-|
G-------------------------14-14----------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|

(3.07)

E----------------------17-14b15-14-14-|
B-------17-14b15-14-14----------------|
G-14~\9-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|
E-22-19-17-16-19-16----------|
B-------------------19-17-19-|
G----------------------------|
D----------------------------|
A----------------------------|
E----------------------------|
E----------------------------17-14b15-14-14-|
B-14b15-14-14-17-14b15-14-14----------------|
G-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|
E-22-19-17-16-19-16-------22-19-17-16-19-16-------|
B-------------------19-17-------------------19-17-|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|
E-22-19-17-16-19-16---------------------------16-17-19-22~-|
B-------------------19-17-19-17-15-14-15-17-19-------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|

(3.28) I put chords with this part

E---------------------------------------------------------|
B-14-14-15-17-17-15-14-12--12--------12-14-15-15-15-14-12-|
G--2---------------------14--14-14-14---------------------|
D--2-2-4-0-2----------------------------------------------|
A--0-2-4-0-2----------------------------------------------|
E----0-2---0----------------------------------------------|

Chords Repeated until end of song..They could be in Drop-D

Here they are in Drop-D, and the 3 (15's) near the end could be 14b15's

E-----------|
B-----------|
G-2---------|
D-2-2-4-0-2-|
A-0-2-4-0-2-|
E---2-4-0-2-|

All this repeats for a while

(4.18) This is a background guitar part, fast.

E-12-10-9----12-10-9----14-12-------14-12-------|
B---------10---------10-------15-12-------15-12-|
G-----------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
E-17-15-14----17-15-14----19-17-15----19-17-15----|
B----------14----------14----------15----------15-|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

This Repeats 4 times, on last time skip the 19-17-15 part and play this

(4.49)

E-------------------------|

B-14b15-14b15-14b15-14-12-|

G-------------------------|
D-------------------------|
A-------------------------|
E-------------------------|

^3 times^ Slowing down eachtime

Then Piano finishes the song

End song (5.26)

Tab Key

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

* = Palm Mute

h = hammer-on

p = pull-off

14b15 = 1/2 bend

() = Tremelo Picked and its probably a 'trill'

~ = Vibro/Tremelo

That is all, The song is really good, any comments, questions e-mail me. Good Luck and Rock on!

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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