Last Drop Falls Lyrics

As recorded by Sonata Arctica
(From the 2001 Album SILENCE )
Words by Tony Kakko. Music by Sonata Arctica
GIII
DII
E5VI
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 1 - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar - Jani Liimatainen'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dist Guitar 2 - Jani Liimatainen'
Moderately Metal Q=130
N.C.(Em) Em G D
Gtr II
W +W E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q 3x
|----------|------------||o---0---0---0---0-|---3------3----o||
|----------|------------||o-----------------|---------------o||
W H H
Am C Dadd11 Em GIII
HH
||o-------1---1-----|-------1-------3-|--------3-----|--------3------o||
||o-0---------------|-3-------5-------|--------------|---------------o||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W
1st & 3rd Verse
$
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|---0---0---0---0-|---3------3----||o---0---0---0---0-|---3------3----o||
|-----------------|---------------||o-----------------|---------------o||
W H H W H H
To Coda
HH
||o-------1---1-----|-------1-------3-|--------3-----|--------3------o||
||o-0---------------|-3-------5-------|--------------|---------------o||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
GIII DII F C Em DII
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
GIII DII F C D
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E Q
2nd Verse
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|---0---0---0---0-|---3------3----||o---0---0---0---0-|---3------3----o||
|-----------------|---------------||o-----------------|---------------o||
W H H W H H
Gtr III
W H H W W
Gtr I
W W W W
||o----------|-----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|-----------|----------|------o||
A5 C5 D5 N.C.(Em)
W H H W W
>
W W H +H +H H
H H W W H H H Q Q
W W W W W
||o-----------|----------|----------|-----------o||--------------||
||o-----------|----------|----------|-----------o||--------------||
W W W W W
W W H Q Q W W
||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------|
W W H H H H H H
W W W W W
|----------|----------|-----------o||-----------|-----------||
|----------|----------|-----------o||-----------|-----------||
Guitar Solo
Gtr I
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Q. S S Q +Q +Q Q E E Q
|-17b19r==17p15-------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------14b16r=|
Q E E +H +Q Q H
W W
Q E E E. E. E E. E. E H
Gtr III
W H H
E E E E E E +H E E E E E E +Q. E
Gtr III
W
Gtr I
S S S +E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12h13-12-(12)-12----------------12----------------12-------|
W
S S S S S S S S +E H
|----------------14p12-14-(14)b16r14----|
W H H
E E E E E E E E +E. +E E. H
|-----19-17h19-15h19-14-15b17==|=(15)r(15)-14--------|
W W W
E +Q +E H E +Q +E H E E Q +E Q.
|-----------------------|---------------------|-/12----10b12r=(10)-------|
|-11-(11)b12r=(11)-9----|---------------------|--------------------12----|
|-----------------------|-9-(9)b10r=(9)-------|--------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
H H W +W
<
E E Q +E Q. Q. Q. Q H. Q
|-/9---7b9r=(7)-5----|------------------|--------------||
&
Am C D Em D5 E5VI
W W W E E E E E E E E
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E H W W
W W W W W
Gtr I
W W H Q Q W W
||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|------------|----------|------|
W W H H W +W
W W W W W
|----------|----------|-----------o||----------|-------||
|----------|----------|-----------o||----------|-------||
H.=H
+W +W +W W
Gtr II
W E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
Q=100
G D N.C.(Em)
Gtr II
E E Q E E Q W 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