• Song:

    A Last Illusion

  • Artist:

    Trans Siberian Orchestra

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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!
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