Artist: Nightwish	
Title: Passion And The Opera
Album: Ocean Born
Guitarist: Emppu Vuorinen
Tabbed By BurningPiano

Awesome song, from an amazing band who push the boundaries all the time!
Here goes…
/: slide up
: slide down
~: vibrato

Intro:  all notes in brackets palm muted
G] ---------------2-4------
D] -|44--44--44|--2-4------
A] -|44--44--44|--0-2------
E] -|22--22--22|-----------

Intro Part 2: all in brackets are palm muted
G] ----------------2------------2-4-----
D] -|444444444444|-2-|44444444|-2-4-----
A] -|444444444444|-0-|44444444|-0-2-----
E] -|222222222222|---|22222222|---------

Verse/Chorus: All Palm Muted
G] -------------------------------22-2-2-22-2222----------------------
D] -44-4-4-44-4444-44-4-4-44-4444-22-2-2-22-2222-66-6-6-66-6666-------
A] -44-4-4-44-4444-44-4-4-44-4444-00-0-0-00-0000-66-6-6-66-6666-------
E] -22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222----------------44-4-4-44-4444-------

Solo:
e] -----------------------------------------------------7-9~--7---------------
B] ---------------------------------------------7~~~--9---------9-7~-5~-7~~---
G] -/6~--6-------------------77-/-9~--77-/-4~-6-------------------------------
D] ---------9-7-6-7~----------------------------------------------------------
A] -------------------66-7~---------------------------------------------------
E] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Break: all in brackets are palm muted
G] ---------------2-------------2-4------
D] -|44-44-44-44|-2-|44-44-44|--2-4------
A] -|44-44-44-44|-0-|44-44-44|--0-2------
E] -|22-22-22-22|---|22-22-22|-----------

Break 2: all in brackets are palm muted
G] ----------------4---------------------------------4-------------4------------
D] -|666666666666|-4-|666666666666|-2-|666666666666|-4--|66666666|-4--2---------
A] -|666666666666|-2-|666666666666|-2-|666666666666|-2--|66666666|-2--2---------
E] -|444444444444|---|444444444444|-0-|444444444444|----|44444444|----0---------

Ending Part 1: all palm muted
G] -----------------|----|-22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222--------------------------------------
D] -22-2-2-22-2222--|----|-22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222--------
A] -22-2-2-22-2222--|-X4-|-00-0-0-00-0000-00-0-0-00-0000-22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222--------
E] -00-0-0-00-0000--|----|-------------------------------00-0-0-00-0000-00-0-0-00-0000--------

Ending Part 2: all notes in brackets palm muted
G] --------|----|-|22|-2-|----|--------|----|-22--------
D] -|22|-2-|----|-|22|-2-|----|-|22|-2-|----|-22-22-4---
A] -|22|-2-|-X8-|-|00|-0-|-X7-|-|00|-0-|-X7-|-00-22-4---
E] -|00|-0-|----|--------|----|-|00|-0-|----|----00-2---

Ending Part 3: all palm muted
G] ----------------------------------------------------------------
D] -22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222----
A] -22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222----
E] -00-0-0-00-0000-00-0-0-00-0000-00-0-0-00-0000-00-0-0-00-0000----

Ending Part 4: all palm muted
G] ----------------|------|-------------------------------22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222------
D] -22-2-2-22-2222-|------|-66-6-6-66-6666-66-6-6-66-6666-22-2-2-22-2222-22-2-2-22-2222------
A] -22-2-2-22-2222-|-X4---|-66-6-6-66-6666-66-6-6-66-6666-00-0-0-00-0000-00-0-0-00-0000------
E] -00-0-0-00-0000-|------|-44-4-4-44-4444-44-4-4-44-4444------------------------------------

Song Structure:
Whacky guitar bit first I couldn’t figure out
Intro 
Intro part 2 x 4
Verse/chorus x 4
Solo
Verse/chorus x 4
Solo
Break x 2
Break part 2 x 2
(operatic singing comes in)
Ending Part 1
Ending Part 2
Ending Part 3
Ending Part 4 till end….

Amazing song…enjoy! ;) please rate or let me know if you can correct it for me
Cheers ;)