Stratovarius - Speed Of Light bass tab
First of all, credits go to Stratovarius for this song, it is amazing. Jari plays
on a five to six-string bass most of the time, but I have a four-string bass, and
most people I know do as well. If you are playing a six-string bass, you are most
likely talented enough to re-tab it to your liking. This song seems simple compared
to the rest of the band, but Jari plays a bunch of extremely fast fills live, but
they are not in the original recording, so I will not be including them. Note that
the standard note length is indicated by no space in between fret numbers, and
double-digit frets are indicated by brackets to simplify things.
Stratovarius-Speed of Light
Tabbed By: Evan
e mail: evan_tc@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard EADG
Guitar plays first
Intro (play twice) (I am probably going to post an easier way to play the runs later on)
G|------------------------------------------------6431------------|
D|111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111----986486436431|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro (ending; play immediately after the intro)
G|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------8---6---4---3---|
A|98648642----------------------------|
E|--------(11)9769764-----------------|
Verse (verses 1 and 2)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------2-2-2-2-2-22-22-2-2-2-2-4-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------4---|
Verses (cont.)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------2-2-2-2-2-22-22-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Verses (cont.)
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|333333333333333344444444444444445555555555555555|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Verses (cont.)(after each verse the guitar has a short fill)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11111111111111111111111111111111----------------------------0000-----------|
A|--------------------------------2222222222222222----22221111---------------|
E|------------------------------------------------4444-----------------------|
Chorus (cont.)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11111111111111111111111111111111----------------------------0---|
A|--------------------------------2222222222222222----2---1-------|
E|------------------------------------------------4---------------|
Fill (before guitar and piano duet)
G|----|
D|--1-|
A|1---|
E|----|
Guitar and piano duet (play this part twice)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|1111111111111111------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------44444444444444441111111111111111|
E|----------------4444444444444444--------------------------------|
Guitar and piano duet (cont.)
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|1111111111111111|
E|----------------|
Guitar solo (play this part four times)
G|--------------------------------|
D|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|
A|------------------------2-2-2-2-|
E|----------------4-4-4-4---------|
Guitar solo (cont.)
G|------------------------------------------------11111111--------|
D|11111111111111111111111-111111111111111111111111--------33333333|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar solo (cont.)(play this part five times)
G|----------------|
D|1111111111111111|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Fill (before chorus) (guitar finishes solo first)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|6---4---2---1---6---4---2---1---6-------4-------2-------1-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus (two choruses this time around)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11111111111111111111111111111111----------------------------0000-----------|
A|--------------------------------2222222222222222----22221111---------------|
E|------------------------------------------------4444-----------------------|
Chorus (cont.)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11111111111111111111111111111111----------------------------0---|
A|--------------------------------2222222222222222----2---1-------|
E|------------------------------------------------4---------------|
Ending
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------0---------------------------0-------1-----------------------|
A|----2---1---------------2-------1---------------------------------------|
E|4---------------4-------------------------------------------------------|
Ending (cont.) (after guitar fill)
G|-----|
D|--1--|
A|1----|
E|-----|
Credits to Timo Kotipelto, Timo Tolkki, Jens Johansson, Jorg Michael, and Jari Kainulainen.
Version history
Version 1 finished working the kinks out of the song, but one note during the
guitar solo does not sound right
Version 1.1 I am trying to make it so that the basslines don't get seperated while
printing
Version 1.2 finished with the printing problem, and made sure the version history
doesn't get cut off
Version 1.3 forgot the band name and song title at the top, but it's fixed now
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.tabs-database.com
