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