Im Still Alive

Stratovarius

Tom: G

Tune Down 1/2 Step!  
 

  Riff 1 
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B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------5\4/5h7h9p7p5\4------------------| 
A|---5h7---------7~-------------5h7---------------------------------\5h7---------7~--| 
E|-------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------0-0-0-0----0| 

       pm......|  pm..........|   pm..............|                    pm......|  pm 

 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------5--5~----------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------5--4~----------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------5h7------------------3--3~--5h7---------7~-------------5h7--------------| 
E|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0| 

 ..........|   pm..............|           pm......|  pm..........|   pm............ 
 

                                                                                 x2 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------end-Riff-1--| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*| 
D|---5\4h5h7h9p7p5\4----------------------------/7p5p0-0-9p7p0-0-10p9p0-0-12p10p0-0-*| 
A|-------------------\5h7---------7~-------------------------------------------------| 
E|-0----------------------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------| 

 ..|                    pm......|  pm........| 

 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-7p5p0-0-9p7p0-0-10p9p0-0-12p10p0-0-7p5p0-0-9p7p0-0-10p9p0-0-12p10p0-0-/12~-10-h12p| 
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E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

 

                 (end Intro)    Verse 1                                   Bridge 
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B|----------------------------||--------0~-----------------0~------------|-----------| 
G|----------------------------||--------0~------5----------0~------5-----|----7---\--| 


Dp10--9--7-/-10--9--7--------||----2-----------5----\-2-----------5-----|----7---\--| 
A|----------------------10-9--||----2-----------3----\-2-----------3-----|----5---\--| 
E|----------------------------||----0----------------\-0-----------------------------| 

 

                                                     Chorus 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------|-------------|------------|--------------------------------| 
G|--5------7------5~-----|---Verse|-2---|---Bridge|---|---9------5------7--------------| 
D|--5------7------5~-----|-------------|------------|---9------5------7-----------5--| 
A|--3------5------3~-----|-------------|------------|---7------3------5-----------5--| 
E|----------------3~------------------------------------------------------\-0~-2~-3--| 


 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------T.bar--| 
G|----5------7----/--9------5------7----------------------------/-5----4~---\\-dive|--| 
D|----5------7----/--9------5------7-------------5-------2----2-/-5----4~---\\\\\----| 
A|----3------5----/--7------3------5-------------5-------2----2-/-3----2~------\\\---| 
E|-------------------------------------\--0~-2~--3---2~--0----0-----------------\\\--| 

 

  Guitar Solo 
e|-/-19p0-17p0-15p0-17p0-15p0-14p0-15p0-14p0-12p0-14p0-12p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-3p0-/19p| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


 
E0-17p0-15p0-17p0-15p0-14p0-15p0-14p0-12p0-14p0-12p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-3p0-----------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------/7h8p7----| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-8| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
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                                                                                pm.. 

 
E|-------------------------------------------------/-15p14p12-------14p12------------| 
B|---7-8-7-------7h8---------7-8-7-------8/10~~~--------------15p14-------15p14p12\11| 
G|-9-------9-8-9-----9-9-9-9-------9-9-9---------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

 ..|     pm....|     pm....|     pm....| 

 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------/-15p12----12-14p| 
B|-14p12p11/15p14p12-------14p12--------------------------------------------12-------| 
G|-------------------15p14-------15p14p12-14p12-------15p14p12-----------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------14p12----------14--------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

 

E12h14p12----15p12h15p12h17p12h15p12h14p12-15p12----12h15~~------------15-17~-------| 
B|---------12-------------------------------------12----------/15-17-19---------17-19| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


 
E|----17-19~-p17-15------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-20---------------19-17-15---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------17-16-14----------17-16-14----16-14---------------------| 
D|------------------------------------17-16-14----------17-------17-16-14------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------17-15-14\12| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------15~-17-15----------| 
B|----------------------------------------------15----17-15-19-17-----------19-17-15-| 
G|----------------------------------16-14-17-16----17--------------------------------| 
D|----------14~--/-17~-16~--19~-17~--------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-15-14-12--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

 

                                        Chorus (2) 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------| 
G|-17-16-14~~-\----|---Keyboard-Solo---|*--9------5-----7----------------------5-----| 
D|--------------\--|-------------------|*--9------5-----7-------------5--------5-----| 
A|-----------------|-------------------|---7------3-----5-------------5--/-2~--3-----| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------\-0~-2~--3--------------| 

                                                       ______________________ ______ 

                                                      |1.                    |2. 
E|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|------| 
G|--7----/---9----\--7-\--5-----7----------------------|/--7---5-----/--7~---*|/--7--| 
D|--7----/---9----\--7-\--5-----7------------5------2--|/--7---5-----/--7~---*|/--7--| 
A|--5----/---7----\--5-\--3-----5------------5------2--|/--5---3-----/--5~----|/--5--| 
E|----------------------------------\-0~-2~--3--2~--0--|----------------------|------| 

 ____________________________ 

                             |                    Outro 
E|----------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------------------------| 
G|--5-----4~----\\---T.bar----||---Riff-1-(x2)---|-----------------------------------| 
D|--5-----4~----\\\\--dive|----||-----------------|--7p5p0-0-9p7p0-0-10p9p0-0-12p10p0-| 
A|--3-----2~----\\\\\\\-------||-----------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|----------------\\\\\\\-----||-----------------------------------------------------| 


 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-0--7p5p0-0-9p7p0-0-10p9p0-0-12p10p0-0-/12~-10--9--7--/10~-9--7--5-/9~-7--5--4-/7~-| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
G|-----------T.bar----5~~-----2~~------------------------T.bar-------------|| end 
D|--5--4--5-\\-dive|---5~~-----2~~----\--2~~~--------------dive|-------------|| 
A|-----------\\-------3~~-----0~~----\--2~~~--------------\\\\\-------\----|| 
E|------------\\------3~~-----0~~----\--0~~~---------------\\\\\\-----\----|| 


 
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  Rhythm Guitar during Guitar Solo 
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B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

G*----------------------------------------------------------------7h9---------------| 

D*---------------------------------------------------------7h9h10-------------------| 
A|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7h9h10--------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------\-8-8-8-8-8-8-| 

     pm............................................|                     pm......... 

                                                          x4 
E|------------------------------------------------------------|| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------|| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------*|| end 
D|-----------------------------------------------------9h10--*|| 
A|---------------------------------------------9h10h12--------|| 
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8h10h12----------------|| 

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  Rhythm Guitar during Keyboard Solo 
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A--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0/2-2/3-3\0-0-/2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| 
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    pm............................................................|  pm............. 

 
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A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/3-3/5-5\2-2-/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3| 
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 ................................................|  pm.............................. 

 
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A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5-5/7-7\3-3-/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| 
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 ...............................| pm................................................ 

 
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A-5-5-5-5-5-5--\2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/3-3\5-5\2-2-/-3-| 
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 ............|   pm............................................................| 

 
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A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5-5/7-7\3-3-/-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 
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 pm..............................................................|   pm............. 

 
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A-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 
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E|-------------------------------------|| 
B|-------------------------------------|| 
G|-------------------------------------|| end 
D|-------------------------------------|| 
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-\-----|| 
E|---------------------------------\---|| 

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======================= 
=TABLATURE EXPLANATION= 
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A.H. = Artificial harmonic 
 
> = Volume decrease effect 
 
pm..| = Palm mute 
 
h = hammer on 
 
p = pull off 
 
/ = slide up 
 
\ = slide down 
 
~ = Vibrato 
 
b() = Bend 
 
x\ = Pick slide 

 
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---12--- = Tremolo pick 
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--12--- = Staccato 
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