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Visions (Southern Cross)
By Stratovarius
From album "Visions" (1997)
Transcribed by Teemu Haapanen
Email: thaapanen@pp.nic.fi
Tune down 1/2 step
Intro Riff (Gtr.1) (4x)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------------------*|
|-----------------------7--------------/7--5~-------------|
|--5--7-7hb-7~----5-7-8---7-8-5~--7-8---------8--7~--8-7--|
|*--------------5----------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
| Intro Riff (Gtr.2) (4x)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------8------------5-----7--------|
|*-5------------5-------------6------------3-----5-------*|
|--3------------3-----------------------------------------|
Riff 1 (2x)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7-----5-----8-----7-----5~------7-----5-----8-----7-----5~------7-----5-----8-----7-----5~-|
|----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
|*-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----5------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------|
|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|
|--8-7----8-7------7-5~---|
|------10-----10-9-------*|
|-------------------------|
. . . .
Verse Riff 1 (2x)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------8\7-5-7--------------------------------------8\7-5-7-|
|--5-5-------------5-5--------------7-----------5-5-------------5-5--------------7----------|
|*---------5-5-------------5-5------5--6\5-3-5----------5-5-------------5-5------5--6\5-3-5-|
|------3-3-----3-3-----3-3-----3-3------------------3-3-----3-3-----3-3-----3-3-------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------*|
|----------------7--8\7-5-7--8\7--8\7-5-7--|
|-------10--10-----------------------------|
|-8--8---8---8---5--6\5-3-5--6\5--6\5-3-5-*|
|-6--6-------------------------------------|
Riff 1 (2x)
Verse Riff 1
Riff 1 (2x)
Riff 2
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-8--7-----|
|-6--5--5--|
|-------3--|
Verse Riff 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------7--------------------------------|
|-5--------------------------------5-555555555555555555555555555555-|
|-3-333333333333333333333333333333----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
.............................. ..............................
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---------------------------------3-----5--------------------------------|
|-3-333333333333333333333333333333--1--3--3-333333333333333333333333333333-|
|--------------------------------------1-----------------------------------|
.............................. ..............................
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7---------------------------------7--8\7-5-7--8\7--8\7-5-7--|
|--5-555555555555555555555555555555----------------------------|
|------------------------------------5--6\5-3-5--6\5--6\5-3-5--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
..............................
Interlude Riff 1 (4x)
|----------------------------------------|
|*--------------------------------------*|
|--7---8-75--7---8-75--7---8-75---5------|
|----5---------5---------5------8---7----|
|*------------------------------------5-*|
|----------------------------------------|
Interlude Riff 2 (4x) (4th time)
|----------------------------------------|-------|
|*--------------------------------------*|-------|
|--4---5-42--4---5-42--4---5-42---2------|-------|
|----2---------2---------2------5---4----|-------|
|*------------------------------------2-*|-2-(2)-|
|----------------------------------------|-0-(0)-|
(Acoustic Gtr.) (3x)
|----------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0---------------0-----|
|*-------7-----7-----------7-----7-----------7---7-------------7---7-----------1---0-1-|
|------------------------------------------0-------0---------0-------0-------0---------|
|------9-----9---9-------9-----9---9-----7-----------7-----7-----------7---------------|
|*---7-----------------7---------------5-----------------5-----------------0-----------|
|--0-----------------0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------0-2-3-0------|
|---------3----------------0---------0---*|
|-------0----0-----------0-------------0--|
|-----0--------0-------4------------------|
|-2-3----------------2-------------------*|
|------------------0----------------------|
(Acoustic Gtr.) (3x)
|----------0-----------------0-------------------0-2-3-0------|
|*-------1---1-------------7---7---------------0---------0---*|
|------0-------0---------0-------0-----------0-------------0--|
|----2-----------2-----7-----------7-------4------------------|
|*-3-----------------5-------------------2-------------------*|
|--------------------------------------0----------------------|
Riff 3
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-5--4-----|
|-3--2--2--|
|-------0--|
Solo
C5 E5 C5 E5
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------18fb-15h17p15h17-17~--15~-|
|-12~--12~--11h12-11-9-9~----9-11-12-14--14p12p11-12~--11h12---------------------------|
|--------------------------9-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C5 E5
|----15-------12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13----13-12----13-12-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------14-12-11-------11h12p11--------11~--11hbr-------------9---11---12---14~-|
|-------------------------------14-12----------12----------------12--9~--9-9---9----9----9-----|
|-------------------------------------------------14-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . .
D5 B5
|----------------------------------------12-14~----------12-14~--14h15-14-12h14p12--------------|
|----------12-------------12hbr--15~--15---------16~--16---------------------------16-17fbr-17~-|
|-12p11-------14-12-11--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------14-------------14-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 4 (2x)
|----------------------------------------------------|
|*---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|*-14----14----14---12----10----9---7----5----3---2--|
|-----00----00----0----00----00---0---00---00---0-0--|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
first time
[*.......................................]
|--------------------------------------------------------|-19p17p15----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------*|----------19p17p16-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------17p16p14----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------17p16p14-|
|-14----14----14---12----10----9---10----12----15---14--*|-------------------------------------|
|----00----00----0----00----00---0----00----00----0-12---|-------------------------------------|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
(2nd time)
|-----|-----|---------------|
|-----|-----|---------------|
|-----|-----|---------------|
|-----|-----|---------------|
|-14\-|-----|---------------|
|-12\-|-----|-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|
. . . . . . .
Riff 5
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-14----14----14---12----10----9---7----5----3---2--|
|----00----00----0----00----00---0---00---00---0-0--|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-14----14----14---12----10----9---10----12----15---14--|
|----00----00----0----00----00---0----00----00----0-12--|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
Verse Riff 3
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-10--12--10--12--|
|--8--10---8--10--|
Riff 6
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-14----14----14---12----10----9---7----5----3---2--|
|----00----00----0----00----00---0---00---00---0----|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-14----14----14---12----10----9---10----12----15---14--|
|----00----00----0----00----00---0----00----00----0-12--|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
Verse Riff 4
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------7------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5--7---------5--5-55555555555555-7----------------9--------------------------------|
|--5--3--5--2---5--3-------------------5-55555555555555-7-777777777777777777777777777777-|
|--3--------0---3------------------------------------------------------------------------|
.............. .............. ..............................
Verse Riff 5 (2x) Verse Riff 6
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|*----------------------------*|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----5--7---------5-----7-----|-----5--7---------5-----7-(7)-------------7--------|
|*-5--3--5--2---5--3--5--5--2-*|--5--3--5--2---5--3--5--5-(5)--5-(5)---5--5--2-(2)-|
|--3--------0---3-----3-----0--|--3--------0---3-----3---------3-(3)---3-----0-(0)-|
. = palm mute
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
~ = vibrato
h = hammer on
p = pull off
fb = full bend
hb = half bend
fbr = full bend then release
hbr = half bend then release
(17) = ghost note