First of all, credits go to Stratovarius for this song, it is amazing.This song seems 
simple compared to the rest of the band, but Jari plays a bunch of extremely fast 
fills live, but they are not in the original recording, so I will not be including them. 
Note that the standard note length is indicated by no space in between fret numbers, and 
double-digit frets are indicated by brackets to simplify things. 

Stratovarius
Speed of Light
Tabbed By: Evan
e mail: evan_tc@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard EADG

Guitar plays first
Intro (play twice) 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111(11)98----98-----8----------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------(11)--(11)9-(11)98(11)98----|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------(11)|

Intro (ending; play immediately after the intro) 
(if you have a 5-string like me, feel free to scale down to it intead of down the fretboard)
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------8---6---4---3---|
A|98-----8---------------------------------|
E|--(11)9-(11)97(11)9769764----------------|

Verse (verses 1 and 2)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------2-2-2-2-2-22-22-2-2-2-2-4-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------4---|

Verses (cont.)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------2-2-2-2-2-22-22-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Verses (cont.)
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|333333333333333344444444444444445555555555555555|
E|------------------------------------------------|

Verses (cont.)(after each verse the guitar has a short fill) 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|





Chorus
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11111111111111111111111111111111----------------------------0000-----------|
A|--------------------------------2222222222222222----22221111---------------|
E|------------------------------------------------4444-----------------------|

Chorus (cont.)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11111111111111111111111111111111----------------------------0---|
A|--------------------------------2222222222222222----2---1-------|
E|------------------------------------------------4---------------|

Fill (before guitar and piano duet)
G|----|
D|--1-|
A|1---|
E|----|

Guitar and piano duet (play this part twice)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|1111111111111111------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------44444444444444441111111111111111|
E|----------------4444444444444444--------------------------------|

Guitar and piano duet (cont.)
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|1111111111111111|
E|----------------|

Guitar solo (play this part four times)
G|--------------------------------| 
D|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|
A|------------------------2-2-2-2-|
E|----------------4-4-4-4---------|

Guitar solo (cont.) 
G|------------------------------------------------11111111--------|
D|11111111111111111111111-111111111111111111111111--------33333333|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar solo (cont.)(play this part five times)
G|----------------|
D|1111111111111111|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

Fill (before chorus) (guitar finishes solo first)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|6---4---2---1---6---4---2---1---6-------4-------2-------1-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus (two choruses this time around)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11111111111111111111111111111111----------------------------0000-----------|
A|--------------------------------2222222222222222----22221111---------------|
E|------------------------------------------------4444-----------------------|

Chorus (cont.)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11111111111111111111111111111111----------------------------0---|
A|--------------------------------2222222222222222----2---1-------|
E|------------------------------------------------4---------------|

Ending
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------0---------------------------0-------1-----------------------|
A|----2---1---------------2-------1---------------------------------------|
E|4---------------4-------------------------------------------------------|

Ending (cont.) (after guitar fill)
G|-----|
D|--1--|
A|1----|
E|-----|

Credits to Timo Kotipelto, Timo Tolkki, Jens Johansson, Jorg Michael, and Jari Kainulainen.