Speed of Light Lyrics

As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 1995 Album EPISODE)
Words by Timo KotipeltoMusic by Timo Tolkki
Fast Rock Q=165
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM---
S S Q S S S S S S E S S
||o---------------------------|
||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-|
S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q 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
|--------------------------------------o||--------------------------------------|
|-----------------10-----10-9---10-9-7-o||-----------------10-----10-9---10-9-7-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q
W +W W +H Q Q
W +W W +W
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H
W W W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|----------------------------15-17-19s20-------||
W +W W +H Q Q
| Gtr II
| W W H Q +Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|------------|------14b16r=(14)--|-12---11--12--14--|
W +W W +W
| W +W W W
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H
W W W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|----------------------------15-17-19s20-------||
PM| PM| PM---
S S Q S S S S S S E S S
||o---------------------------|
||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-|
S S Q S S S S S S S S S S W Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------------|----------|-------------o||
|-7-7----7-7-----10-10-9-9-10-10-|-3--------|-0--3--2-----o||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
H
Solo part 1
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------10-12-10---------13-12-10-12-10-------|
||o-----------------------------------------------|
| Gtr II
| PM---------------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-----------------------------------------------|
||o-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
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
| PM----------------------------------------------
| 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 E S
|----------------10-------10-11-12s14-15--------||
|-------10-12-13----12-13----------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------o||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------o||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
| PM----------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Solo part 2
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| W H H
Q. E +Q E +E E E E E E E H
|-16----16pb17r(16)--16pb17r(16)-|-14-16-14----------------|
| W H H
S S S S T S T T S T S S T T T T T T S S S
|-18h20h21----------------21p20s17h18h20p18p17p16h17p16-------16h|
| W
T S T T S T S S S S T T S S +S S S S S
|-------------------------19p18h19p18p16------------16h18h19p=|
| H H
T T T T S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T
| W
S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T
| H H
Solo part 3
PM------------------------------------------|
W
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| PM| PM| PM----
| S S Q S S E E E S S
PM----------| PM--| PM--------------| PM------------------------------|
+Q. E H 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
|------| PM--| PM------| PM| PM|
| S S Q S S E E E S S S S Q S S E E E S S
PM---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| H H
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
| PM| PM| ~~~~ PM| PM| PM|
| S S Q S S E E Q S S Q S S E E E S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H H H
| PM| PM| PM| ~~
| S S Q S S E E E S S H a H a H a H
|-------------------------------------|----------------|----------17s19----||
|-------------------------------------|----------------|-17s19-------------||
|-----16-----------16---14---16-------|-------18s20----|-------------------||
Solo part 4
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 T T S S S T S T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17-19-20-19p17----17-15-17s19-19s17-17-------------19-19-------17-19-20-19-17----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19----------19-17-17-19-------19-17-16-16-16-17s19-17-16-18-19-17-16-17-|
S S T T S S S T T S S S T T S S S T T S
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H H H
Out-Chorus
PM| PM| PM---
S S Q S S S S S S E S S
||o---------------------------|
||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-|
S S Q S S S S S S S S S S W Q Q Q Q 4x
|--------------------------------|----------|-------------o||
|-7-7----7-7-----10-10-9-9-10-10-|-3--------|-0--3--2-----o||
Q Q Q Q H H H H
TP TP TP TP
W W W W
W +W +W +W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
H
|---7----------*|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