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WHEN THE NIGHT MEETS THE DAY (BONUS TRACK)
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 1996 Album EPISODE)
Transcribed by Argonaut (based on Niclas Buss' text tab)
Words and Music by Timo Tolkki
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Tolkki - Acoustic'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Tolkki - Distortion'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Tolkki - Distortion 2'
Intro
Moderate Ballad Q=90
Emadd2 Dadd11/C Emadd2 Dadd11/C
4/4
Gtr I
Q E Q. Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q. Q Q E E +H
|--------------|------2-------|--------------|------2-(2)----|
|--------------|---------3----|--------------|------3-(3)----|
|------0-------|-----------0--|------0-------|---------------|
|-----------4--|----4---------|-----------4--|----4----------|
|----2---------|-3------------|----2---------|-3-------------|
|-0------------|--------------|-0------------|---------------|
Verse 1
Emadd2 Dadd11/C Emadd2 Dadd11/C
Q E Q. Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q E E E
||---------------|------2-------|--------------|------2----------||
||o--------------|---------3----|--------------|---------3------o||
||-------0-------|-----------0--|------0-------|-----------0-----||
||------------4--|----4---------|-----------4--|----4--------4---||
||o----2---------|-3------------|----2---------|-3--------------o||
||--0------------|--------------|-0------------|-----------------||
Bridge
Cmaj7/A Dadd2add11 N.C.
E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------0-(0)----|-------0-(0)----|-------------------|-----0-0---0-0--|
|-------0-(0)----|-------7-(7)----|---10-10---8-8---7-|-7---5-5---5-5--|
|-----5----------|-----0----------|----9--9---9-9---7-|-7---------7-7--|
|---5------------|---7------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-0--------------|-5--------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-0-------0-----0---|---0-----0------|
C Dadd2add11 B5 C5 D5
Gtr II
PM--------------------| PM| ~
E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S Q
|-------0-(0)----|-------0-(0)----|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------5-(5)----|-------7-(7)----|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----0----------|-----0----------|-----------------|----------------------|
|---5------------|---7------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4S|=5-5-5-5-5s7-----7----|
|-3--------------|-5--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2S|=3-3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5----|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
Chorus
$
E5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q S S H S S E E E Q S S E S S
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------------------|-------------------------|
||---------5--------|-4s=5s==4----------7-----|
||o-2------7--------|-7-(7)-(7)-\2------7-----|
||--0--0-0------0-0-|-----------\0--0-0---0-0-|
C5
PM| PM| PM|
Q S S H S S E E E H S S
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-5------5--------|-4s=5s==4--2---------|
|-3--3-3-3----3-3-|-3-(3)-(3)-3----3-3--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
A/C#
PM| PM| PM|
Q S S H S S E E E H S S
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-7------5--------|-4s=5s==4--4--------|
|-4--4-4-4----4-4-|-5-(5)-(5)-6----6-6-|
|-----------------|--------------------|
To Coda
E5 D5 C5 B5
PM| PM|
Q S S Q. E S S Q. S S E S S Q
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-9------9----9-----|-7----5-5-5S4-4-4-----||
|-7--7-7-7----7-7-7-|-5----3-3-3S2-2-2----o||
|-------------------|----------------------||
Interlude
E5
Gtr III
E E E E E S S Q E E E E E S S Q
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o---0-/12S8-7-7h8S5--|---0-/12S8-7-7h8S5--|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o-2------------------|-2------------------|
||--0------------------|-0------------------|
C5
~
E E E E E S S Q E E E S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---0-/12S8-7-7h8S5--|---0-/12-12-13-10-13----13----13----o||
|--------------------|---------------------12----11----9---||
|--------------------|-------------------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------------------------||
|
| W W
|--------------------|-------------------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-5------------------|-5-----------------------------------||
|-3------------------|-3----------------------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------------------------||
Verse 2
Em Dadd2add11 C Dadd2add11
Gtr I
E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E E E E
||----0------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o-----0----------|-------7-------7-|-------5-(5)----|-------5-------7--o||
||--------0-(0)----|-----0-------0---|-----0----------|-----0-------0-----||
||-----------------|---7-------7-----|---5------------|---5-------7-------||
||o----------------|-5-------4-------|-3--------------|-3-------5--------o||
||--0--------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
Guitar Solo
Esus2 F#6sus4/F
Gtr III
H +Q +E E W
|------------------|------------|
|------------------|------------|
|-/9----(9)--(9)---|-/11--------|
|----------------9-|------------|
|------------------|------------|
|------------------|------------|
|
| Gtr I
| W W
|------------------|------------|
|--7---------------|---7--------|
|--9---------------|---8--------|
|--9---------------|---9--------|
|--7---------------|---8--------|
|------------------|------------|
D A/C#
H +Q E a +E +E E Q +Q E E
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-11----(11)--12-12b14==(12)r|=(12)-11-9--(9)--/9-11-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| W W
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|--7-------------------------|---5-------------------|
|--7-------------------------|---6-------------------|
|--7-------------------------|---7-------------------|
|--5-------------------------|---4-------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
C Bb?7
E E Q +Q E E E E Q +Q E E
|---------------/12-14h|=15p14-12--(12)--14-14b15r|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-12-11-9--(9)---------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|
| W W
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--5-------------------|--2-----------------------|
|--5-------------------|--0-----------------------|
|--5-------------------|--2-----------------------|
|--3-------------------|--1-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
Bsus4 B
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-----3------|
+H +Q +E E S +S +S S S +H +Q
|-(14)----(14)--(14)---|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-/12b14==(12)r(12)p10h12-(12)----(12)---|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| W W
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---5------------------|---4------------------------------------|
|---4------------------|---4------------------------------------|
|---4------------------|---4------------------------------------|
|---2------------------|---2------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
Esus2 F#6sus4/F
H +Q +E E W
|------------------|------------|
|------------------|------------|
|-/9----(9)--(9)---|-/11--------|
|----------------9-|------------|
|------------------|------------|
|------------------|------------|
|
| W W
|------------------|------------|
|--7---------------|---7--------|
|--9---------------|---8--------|
|--9---------------|---9--------|
|--7---------------|---8--------|
|------------------|------------|
D A/C#
H +Q E a +E +E E Q +Q E E
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-11----(11)--12-12b14==(12)r|=(12)-11-9--(9)--/9-11-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| W W
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|--7-------------------------|---5-------------------|
|--7-------------------------|---6-------------------|
|--7-------------------------|---7-------------------|
|--5-------------------------|---4-------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
C Bb?7
E E Q +Q E E E E Q +Q E E
|---------------/12-14h|=15p14-12--(12)--14-14b15r|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-12-11-9--(9)---------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|
| W W
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--5-------------------|--2-----------------------|
|--5-------------------|--0-----------------------|
|--5-------------------|--2-----------------------|
|--3-------------------|--1-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
Bsus4 B
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+H +Q +E a +E +Q +Q +Q +Q
|-(14)----(14)--(14)-19b20==(19)r|=(19)--(19)--(19)--(19)--|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W W
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---5----------------------------|---4---------------------|
|---4----------------------------|---4---------------------|
|---4----------------------------|---4---------------------|
|---2----------------------------|---2---------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
C5 G/B A5 F#m
Gtr III
~~~~
a +Q +Q +H Q. +E H
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|-15b17==(15)--(15)r=(15)----|-13----(13)S10-----|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H H H Q Q
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------5-----------5-----|--2----------------|
|----------3-----------2-----|--0----------0--0--|
|----------------------------|-------------2--2--|
E5
~~~~
Q Q Q Q a +E +E +Q H
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----10--12--13--|-13b15==(13)-(13)r(13)--12----|
|-12--------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|--2--------------|---------(2)------------------|
|--0--------------|---------(0)------------------|
C5 G/B A5 F#m
~~~~
a +Q +Q +H H Q Q
|----------------------------|---------------|
|-15b17==(15)--(15)r=(15)----|-13----12--10--|
|----------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|
|
| H H H Q Q
|----------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|
|----------5-----------5-----|--2------------|
|----------3-----------2-----|--0-----0---0--|
|----------------------------|--------2---2--|
B5
H +Q E E W
|--------------------|------------------|
|-/12----(12)--10----|------------------|
|-----------------12-|-11---------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| W H +Q +Q
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|---4----------------|--4----(4)--(4)\--|
|---2----------------|--2----(2)--(2)\--|
|--------------------|------------------|
Bridge
Esus4
Gtr I
E E E E +H
|-------------0-----------------------|
|---------10------/8--(8)-------------|
|---------------9---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------0--------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| >
| a +H +E +S S Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-17b19==(17)--------(17)r(17)-17-17--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Esus2 Esus4 Esus2
E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H
|------0---0--(0)-----|----7-------------|---0---0-(0)----|
|---7----7------------|-10------8-(8)----|-7---7----------|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|--7h==10----------|----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------|
| Q E E H
|
| +H +H W W
|---------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-(17)-------(17)\----|------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda
Esus4 D Em C/E D5 C5 B5
Gtr II
~~
E E E E +H E Q E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q. S S E S S Q
|----0------------|---------------|-8-----7---------|---------------------|
|-10-----8-(8)----|-7----7-----7--|---0-----0---10--|---------------------|
|------9----------|---7------8----|-----0-----0-----|---------------------|
|-----------------|--------9------|-----------------|-7----5-5-5S4-4-4----|
|--0--------------|-5-------------|-----------------|-5----3-3-3S2-2-2----|
|-----------------|------7--------|-0---------------|---------------------|
Outro
&
G5
Gtr II
PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q S S H S S E E E Q S S E S S
||---------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------|------------------------------|
||----------8----------|--7s==8s===7---------10-------|
||o-5------10----10-10-|-10-(10)-(10)-5------10-10-10-|
||--3--3-3-------------|--------------3--3-3--3-------|
Eb5
PM| PM| PM|
Q S S H S S E E E H S S
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-8------8--------|-7s=8s==7--5--------|
|-6--6-6-6----6-6-|-6-(6)-(6)-6----6-6-|
|-----------------|--------------------|
C/E
PM| PM| PM|
Q S S H S S E E E H S S
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|-10------8--------|-7s=8s==7--7--------|
|--7--7-7-7----7-7-|-8-(8)-(8)-9----9-9-|
|------------------|--------------------|
G5 F5 Eb5 D5
PM| PM|
Q S S Q. E S S Q. S S E S S Q
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|-12--------12----12-------|-10----8-8-8S7-7-7----||
|-10--10-10-10----10-10-10-|--8----6-6-6S5-5-5---o||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
G5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q S S H S S E E E Q S S E S S
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|---------8----------|--7s==8s===7---------10-------|
|-5------10----10-10-|-10-(10)-(10)-5------10-10-10-|
|-3--3-3-------------|--------------3--3-3--3-------|
Eb5
PM| PM|
Q S S H S S E E E Q. Q
|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-8------8--------|-7s=8s==7--5----5--*|
|-6--6-6-6----6-6-|-6-(6)-(6)-6----6--*|
|-----------------|-------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
