Black Sheep Lyrics

As recorded by Sonata Arctica
(From the 2001 Album SILENCE)
Words by Tony Kakko. Music by Sonata Arctica
A5VII
A6VII
F5(type 2)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 1 (Lead) - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 2 (Rythm) - Jani Liimatainen'
Fast Metal Q=180
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Gtr II
W H. H.
Gtr I
W E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
|--------||o-13--13h15h17-13-15-17-|-18--17h18-15-17-15-13-|
|--------||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
H. H.
E E E E E E E S S E E E E 4x
|-12--13-15-12-13-15-|-12--12h13h15-12----15--o||
|--------------------|------------------------o||
H. H.
E E E E E E E S S E E E E
H. +H.
A5VII A5 A6VII A6VII A5VII A5VII C5 G/B
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
||o-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
||o---0-0---0-0-|----0-0----0-0-|---0-0---0-0-|-3----2----|
H. H. H. Q. Q.
|---------|---------|---------|------------o||
|-7-------|-5-------|-3-------|-3----2-----o||
Gtr II
o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / /
W W W W
F5(type 2) E5/C B/Eb E5 G#5
o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / / / o / / / o /
W W W W
W +H H W +W
W W W W
||o----------|------------|----------|-------|
||o----------|------------|----------|-------|
W +W W +W
PM------------------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------o||
|----------|-----------|--------------------|--7-8----7----------o||
To CoD.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / /
W W W H. Q
Harmony Solo
&
A5 N.C.(A5)
Gtr II
W E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||o-------------------------------------|
|-7---------------||o--0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--0--0-|
| Gtr I
| H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------10-12-||o-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10----10-12-|
|-----------------||o-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------o||
|--0--0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--8--7--0--o||
|-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10-----------o||
|--------------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----15-17-|
||o-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------o||
|-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----------o||
|-------------------------------------o||
Gtr I
||o-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10----10-12-|
||o-------------------------------------|
|-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10-----------o||
|--------------------------------------o||
||o-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----15-17-|
||o-------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-18-17-15----15-17-18-17-15----------o||-18-17-15--------------||
|-------------------------------------o||-----------------------||
Keyboard Solo
Gtr II
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q H H
Gtr I
H H W W W
|-16tr17------17-----|--------------|--------------|-----------|
Q. Q. Q W W W
W W W W
Guitar Solo
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S Q.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
T ~~
S S S S S S S S H
|-----17s12----12s14-----14-|-------14s9----9s12-----|
H
|-12-------12s7----7s9-|----9s12-----12----|
F5(type 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Out-Chorus
Gtr II
W +W W +W
Q H. W W W
||o-----------------|-----------|----------|-------|
||o-----------------|-----------|----------|-------|
W +W W +W
PM------------------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
W +W W +W
W W W W
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / o / / / /
W W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------o||
H. H.
E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
||o-13--13h15h17-13-15-17-|-18--17h18-15-17-15-13-|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
H. H.
E E E E E E E S S E E E E 4x
|-12--13-15-12-13-15-|-12--12h13h15-12----15-o||
|--------------------|-----------------------o||
N.C.(F5)
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H W
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