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Band:  Stratovarius
Album: Elements Pt.1
Song:  Stratofortress

Copyright (c)  Nuclear Blast 2003
Version 1.0 - 11/4/03

Transcribed By: Aerek
Email:          mrhat2xr@aol.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tunning E A D G B E 1/2 step down

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|4x
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-7---8-757--------7-7---8-757------7-7---8-7p5h7-5---5---------------|
|-5-----5---------555------5-------555------5-----------8---8p7h8-757-545-|
|-.-----.---------...------.-------...------.-----------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|2x
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|those are a
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|10 and a 12
|00002000300050007000800070005000---|000020003000500070008000-10-000-12-|not a 1 and 2
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------if u have the cd, listen for the right timing on the -|
|-------------open notes--------------------------------------------|
|000000000000-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----13-12-10-12-13-12-10-12----|all single notes are
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|downstroked.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|both parts 2x in
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|order, 2nd time play
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|the 13's 28 times
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|then the little run

|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----15-13-12-13-15-13-12-13----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                             2x
|-15-17-18-18-15-17-18-18--12-13-15-15-12-13-15-15--13-15-17-17-13-15-17-17-|these are all
|-10-12-13-13-10-12-13-13--12-13-15-15-12-13-15-15--9-10-12-12-9-10-12-12---|on the high e
|-10-12-13-13--12-13-15-15--13-15-17-17--14-15-17-17------------------------|string


|-17p13----------13h17p13----------13h17p13----------13h17p13----------13-17p13-18p13-17p13-15p13--| Pt.1
|-------15-14-15----------15-14-15----------15-14-15----------15-14-15-----------------------------|play Pt.1 2x
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|then Pt.2 2x
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|but play them
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|in order
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-15p12----------12h15p12----------12h15p12----------12h15p12----------12--15p12-17p12-15p12-17p12-|Pt.2
|-------14-12-14----------14-12-14----------14-12-14----------14-12-14-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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