• Song:

    Stratosphere

  • Artist:

    Stratovarius

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This song is insanely fast, and it took me a long time to figure out. In similar 
fashion to my last tab, the standard note is indicated by no space between notes, 
double digit notes are bracketed. 

Stratovarius
Stratosphere
Tabbed By : Evan
e-mail: evan_tc@hotmail.com

Tuning: A#EADG (One note for the A# string, that pissed me off) 

Fast part 1 (Guitar starts, then you play a single note, rest, and fast run)
Play twice
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
A |-------------------------1242----------------------------1242---|
E |4---restrestrestrestrest4----40-----restrestrestrestrest4----40-|
A#|-------------------------------5--------------------------------|

Fast part 2
Play twice
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------121---------121-1111111111111111121---------121-|
A |-------------------421---124---4-------------------421---124---4|
E |4444444444444444------434-----------------------------434-------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Fast part 3
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------11------------------44444444442211--------------11--|
A |333333333344--3344444444442211----------------33222222222244----|
E |------------------------------44------------------------------44|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Fast part 4
G |--------------------------------------------------------88886------|
D |222222222211--------------------111111111111111111111114-----9-----|
A |------------44221111111111111111------------------------------(11)7|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Fast part 5 (Same as part 3)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------11------------------44444444442211--------------11--|
A |333333333344--3344444444442211----------------33222222222244----|
E |------------------------------44------------------------------44|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Fast part 6
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |222222222211--------------------11111111111111111111111111111111|
A |------------44221111111111111111--------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Fast part 7 (Fast guitar at least)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------0---1-------|
A |--------------------1---2---3---4-------4-------4---------------|
E |4-------4-------4-------------------4-------4-------------------|
A#|----5-------5---------------------------------------------------|

Fast part 8 (Still just fast guitar)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------0---1-------|
A |--------------------1---2---3---4-------4-------4---------------|
E |4-------4-------4-------------------4-------4-------------------|
A#|----5-------5---------------------------------------------------|

Fast part 9
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------00001-------|
A |----6666----6666----1111222233334444----4444----4444------------|
E |4444----4444----4444----------------4444----4444----------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Moving to slow part
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |1---restrest1---restrest1---restrest1---restrest1-------2-------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Still moving to slow part (*indicates how many measures to hold it for)
G |------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------1---------------------------------------------|
A |4---------------2-------4-------1-------2-------------|
E |------------------------------------------------0*****|
A#|------------------------------------------------------|

Slow part 1
Play six times
G |--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
E |4-------------4-4---4-----------|
A#|--------------------------------|

Slow part 2
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |4-------------4-4---4-------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------0-------------0-0---0----------|
A#|------------------------5---------------------------------------|

Slow part 3
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|5-------------5-5---5-----------5-------------5-5---5-----------|

Slow part 4 (same as slow part 1)
Play four times
G |--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
E |4-------------4-4---4-----------|
A#|--------------------------------|

Slow part 5 (same as slow part 2)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |4-------------4-4---4-------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------0-------------0-0---0----------|
A#|------------------------5---------------------------------------|

Slow part 6 (same as slow part 3)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|5-------------5-5---5-----------5-------------5-5---5-----------|

Slow part 7
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
A |--------3-------4-------2---------------1-------2-------1-------|
E |4---------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Slow part 8
G |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------0-------3-------1----------------|
A |----------------4-------2----------------------------------------|
E |0-------4--------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------5-------|

Slow part 9 (same as slow part 7)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
A |--------3-------4-------2---------------1-------2-------1-------|
E |4---------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Slow part 10 (same as slow part 8)
G |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------0-------3-------1----------------|
A |----------------4-------2----------------------------------------|
E |0-------4--------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------5-------|

Fast part 10 (same as fast part 1)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
A |-------------------------1242----------------------------1242---|
E |4---restrestrestrestrest4----40-----restrestrestrestrest4----40-|
A#|-------------------------------5--------------------------------|

Fast part 11 (only guitar is fast)
Play twice
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------1---------------1---1-----------|
A |--------------------------1-2-4---------------1-----------4-2-1-|
E |4---------------4---4-------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------5-------------------------------------------------|

Fast part 12 (same as fast part 2)
Play twice
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------121---------121-1111111111111111121---------121-|
A |-------------------421---124---4-------------------421---124---4|
E |4444444444444444------434-----------------------------434-------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Fast part 13+Ending 1              Start slowing down here
G |--------------------------------8---9---6---8----------------------|
D |121---------121-121---------121-----------------9---(11)---8---9---|
A |---421---124---4---421---124---4-----------------------------------|
E |------434-------------434------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Ending 2
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |6---8---5---6---------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------6---7---4---6---2---6---1---2-------1-----------|
E |------------------------------------------------4-------3---4---|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ending 3
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------112222|
A |----------------------------------------------------112244------|
E |----0---------------------------0-------------002244------------|
A#|5-------3---5---1---3---0---1-----------------------------------|

Ending 4
G |------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |2-----------21----------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------421-------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------420----------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Ending 5 
G |------------------------1---|
D |restrestrestrestrest1-------|
A |----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|
A#|----------------------------|

Ok, that's it. Of course, credits go to Timo Kotipelto, Timo Tolkki, Jens 
Johansson, Jorg Michael (sorry, no accent available), and Jari Kainulainen
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