Wolf And Raven Guitar Tab

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* SONATA ARCTICA - WOLF & RAVEN (From the ALBUM: SILENCE) *
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Music and Words By: Sonata Arctica/T.Kakko
Transcribed By: Niclas Buss
Day tabbed: 30.5.2001
email: nbuss@ironmaiden.com
Please mail me if you can find mistakes!
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Tune down 1/2 step!
Intro (Gtr.1)                        x7
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------10h12h13-|
G*--9-7-5---7-5-----------5-7-9-7-5------*|-/-9-7------7-----------------9----------|
D*--------9-----9-7-6-7-9-----------9-7--*|-------10-9---10-9-7\6/7-9-10------------|
A-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x6   Two Guitars:
E-10-----12-10-8----10-8---------------8-10-12-10-8-----------/-15-13-12----13-12---|
B-----|----------12------12-10-9-10-12--------------12-10---|-/-17-15-13-15-15-13-15|
G-----|*---------------------------------------------------*|------------16-------16|
D-----|*---------------------------------------------------*|-----------------------|
A-----|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T         Intro (Gtr.2)
E----12-----------------------------8-h12h17~~--------------------------------------|
B-13-13-15-13-12-----------------10-10h13h17~~-----|--------------------------------|
G-14----16-14-13-14-13---------9--9------------\---|--2~-------------7~---------/-2~|
D----------------15-14------10-10--------------\---|--2~-----3~------7~----7~---/-2~|
A-----------------------\12-12---------------------|--0~-----3~------5~----7~---/-0~|
E-----------------------\12----------------------------------1~------------5~-------|
(end Intro)    Verse 1
E-----------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
G-------------7~--------------||*--2------------------------------------------------|
D-----3~------7~------7~~-----||*--2------------------------------------------------|
A-----3~------5~------7~~-----||---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|
E-----1~--------------5~~-----||----------------------------------------------------|
pm..............................................
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------4-/-5--2----------2--------------------|
D--------------------------------------------5---5--2--\-4~~---2--------------------|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-/-3--0--\-5~~---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
E------------------------------------------------------\-2~~------------------------|
..........................................|                    pm..................
B
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--|
G---------------------------------------------------------------4-/-5--2---------|--|
D---------------------------------------------------------------5---5--2--\--4~--|--|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-/-3--0--\--5~--|--|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------\--2~----0|
.............................................................|                   pm
ridge (1)
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------7~-\-5-5~-----------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------9~-\-7-7~---3-----5-----------------------9-9-9-9-|
A-----------------------7-7-7-7---------------3-----5---7-7-7-7/11-11-11-11---------|
E-0-0-0/4-4-4-4h7-7-7-7-----------------------1-----3-------------------------------|
...............................|                      pm...........................
w/Fill 1A                                Bridge (2)
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|-----------|---------------------------------|
G-9-9-9-9~----------------------------|--Verse-2--|--------------------------9-9-9-9|
D------------7~-------3~-------5~~----|-----------|------------------9-9-9-9--------|
A------------7~-------3~-------5~~----|-----------|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------|
E------------5~-------1~-------3~~--------------------------------------------------|
......|                                            pm............................|
w/Fill 1B
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--7~-\-5-5~----------------------------------------------9-9-9-9----2~-------------|
D--9~-\-7-7~--\--3------5-------------------------9-9-9-9------------2~-----3~----5~|
A--5~-\-3-3~--\--3------5-----7-7-7-7/11-11-11-11--------------------0~-----3~----5~|
E-------------\--1------3---------------------------------------------------1~----3~|
pm................................|
Chorus
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-------|
G---|--------------/-7---5---4~---------------/-7---5---4~---|--------------|--Verse|
D---|---7---5---3--/-7---5---5~---7---5---3---/-7---5---5~---|------\-3~~---|-------|
A---|---7---5---3--/-5---3---2~---7---5---3---/-5---3---2~---|--3-2-\-3~~---|-------|
E-------5---3---1-----------------5---3---1-------------------------\-1~~-----------|
Guitar & Keyboard Solo
E-----------------------------------------------------------13----------------13-15-|
B----|--------------|----------|-------------------------|-----17-15-13-15-17-------|
G-3--|--Bridge-(2)--|--Chorus--|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D----|--------------|----------|------2\------6\---7\----|--------------------------|
A----|--------------|----------|------2\------7\---7\----|--------------------------|
E---------------------------------5-3-0\--7-5-4\---5\-------------------------------|
E-17~--15-17-18-17-15--------13-15-17-15-13---------15-13-12----------12-13-15-13-12|
B---------------------18-17-----------------17-15------------15-14-15---------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-15-14-11--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------14-12-10----------------10-12-14~~---12-14-15-14-12--------/-14-12-10----|
D-------------------14-12-11-12-14-----------------------------15-14~------------14-|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|
G-----12-10-9----------9-10-12-10-9\7-6-----------6-7-9-7-6------------------|------|
D-12----------12-11-12------------------8-7-5-7-8-----------8-7-5------------|--2\--|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------8-7-5-7-8--|--0\--|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------/7---------------7-------------------------|
D-2\----5\---5\--------------7\------7\-------7---7---7h8-----7---7---7h8-----------|
A-0\----4\---4\----7\---7\---4\--7\--4\-----5---5---5-------5---5---5------\--7\---7|
E------------------5\---5\-------5\----------------------------------------\--5\---5|
pm  pm  pm      pm  pm  pm
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------/7---------------10-------9------------------|
D-----5\---5\--------------7\------7\-------7---7---7h8----0-7h8---0-7h8------------|
A\----4\---4\----7\---7\---4\--7\--4\-----5---5---5-----------------------\--7\---7\|
E\---------------5\---5\-------5\-----------------------------------------\--5\---5\|
pm  pm  pm       pm      pm
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------/7---------------7-------------------------------|
D--5\---5\-------------7\------7\-------7---7---7h8-----7---7---7h8---------------5\|
A--4\---4\---7\---7\---4\--7\--4\-----5---5---5-------5---5---5------\--7\---7\---4\|
E------------5\---5\-------5\----------------------------------------\--5\---5\-----|
pm  pm  pm      pm  pm  pm
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------7~--|*--14-12-10----12-|
D--5\-------------7\------7\---8--7--5-----------------------7~--|*-----------14----|
A--4\---7\---7\---4\--7\--4\-----------8-7-5-4--1---------4--5~--|------------------|
E-------5\---5\-------5\--------------------------5-3-1-0----5~---------------------|
x7
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G-10----------------10-12-14-12-10--------*|--14-12-------12----------------------14|
D----14-12-11-12-14----------------14-12~-*|--------15-14----15-14-12\11/12-14-15---|
A------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
w/Fill 3                                               x6
E-------13-15------17-15-13----15-13----------------13-15-17-15-13------------17-15-|
B-15-17--------|------------17-------17-15-14-15-17----------------17-15---|--------|
G--------------|*---------------------------------------------------------*|--------|
D--------------|*---------------------------------------------------------*|--------|
A--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-13----15-13----------13-----------------------------------------------------------|
B----17-------17-15-14----17-15-14--------17----------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------\15-14----14-12----14-12-------12----------------|
D--------------------------------------------------15-------15-14----15-14-12-14-15-|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------13-15----17~~---------------------------------------------------|
B----------13-15-17--------|--------------------------------------------------------|
G-12-14-15-----------------|--7~------------------------7~--------------------------|
D--------------------------|--7~------10---10--5--------7~----10---10--5------------|
A--------------------------|--5~------7--/-8---2-\-5----5~----7--/--8--2-\-5--------|
E------------------------------------------------\-3---------------------\-3---5-5-5|
pm....
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------Gtr.2:-3b(5)--r3-3~-----------------------------Gtr.2:--3-\-1|
G-----------------------------7~-----------------------------------------------4-\-2|
D-------------------7-7-7-7---7~-----------------------------------------------7~---|
A---4-4-4-4/7-7-7-7-----------5~-------------------------------------7-7-7-7---7~---|
E-5------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4/7-7-7-7-----------5~---|
..........................|                pm..............................|
w/Fill 2                         w/Riff 1
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B~-----------------------------------------------------|---------------|------------|
G~---------------------------------5~-----5~------4~---|--Chorus-(x2)--|*--9-7-5---7|
D----------------------------------5~-----5~------5~---|---------------|*--------9--|
A----------------------------------3~-----5~------5~---|---------------|------------|
E--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------3~------3~--------------------------------|
pm.............................|
x7
E----------------------------------------------------------------------10----12-10-8|
B-----------------------------|-------------------------------10-12-13----|---------|
G-5-----------5-7-9-7-5------*|--9-7------7-----------------9-------------|*--------|
D---9-7-6-7-9-----------9-7--*|------10-9---10-9-7\6/7-9-10---------------|*--------|
A-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x6
E----10-8---------------8-10-12-10-8------------12----------10h12-------------------|
B-12------12-10-9-10-12--------------12-10---|-----10h12h13-------9h10h12---------9h|
G-------------------------------------------*|----------------------------9h10h12---|
D-------------------------------------------*|--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------||
Bh10h12--------------------------------------||
G-------9h10h12-10-9-------------------------|| end
D--------------------12-10-9-----------------||
A----------------------------12\11/12~~-\----||
E--------------------------------------------||
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Fill 1A                                    Fill 1B
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------T-----|----------------------------------------|
G--7--\-5-5~--5-7-9--5-7-9--9--7~-/-19~~---|--7--\-5-5~--5-7-9--5-7-9--5-7-9--5~~---|
D------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fill 2                     Fill 3
E-------------------------------------------------------------------||
B--------------------------|----------------------------------------||
G---9~~-----9----7p5h7~~---|----7~-------------------------7~-------|| end
D---10~~----10---9p7h9~~---|----7~-------8~-------5~-------7~-------||
A--------------------------|----5~-------8~-------5~-------5~-------||
E----------------------------------------6~-------3~----------------||
Riff 1
E---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G---2~------------7~-----2~------2~-------------7~-----2~------2\-----|| end
D---2~-----3~-----7~-----2~------2~-----3~------7~-----2~------2\-----||
A---0~-----3~-----5~-----0~------0~-----3~------5~-----0~------0\-----||
E----------1~---------------------------1~----------------------------||
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=TABLATURE EXPLANATION=
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A.H. = Artificial Harmonic
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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|*   *| = repeat from * to *
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Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/s/sonata_arctica/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Frost Wanna Be	#1 by Frost Bite at Aug 22, 1970 at 12:07 PM EST
	The line "Remember to pray, and what the Bible says and you will live thru eternity" suggests it may be more about hypocricy, but that enters into the domain of personal meaning. "You haven't heard of this?" right after it can be interpreted several ways after all. For myself, I always figured this song had perhaps more to do with hypocricy in accusing others. I am particularily struck by the fire & brimstone language and partially want to think it's about how people who accuse of everybody else ending up in Hell are most likely to end up there themselves, but who knows. (Again "False News Travel Fast" suggests it's likely to be much more mundane).

No Picture The Guitar Guy Lead Player	#2 by The Guitar Guy at Mar 27, 1980 at 6:06 PM EST
	This song says to me that a liars words will always come back and hurt them. their lies keep them from rising, keeping them from ever resting peacefully, dooming them to hell. Great song, This is what got me hooked on Sonata in the first place... LOVE IT!

No Picture Laurence Average	#3 by Laurence Alam at Apr 15, 1980 at 2:04 PM EST
	Oh, btw, everyone on the video is a servant now, thats why they all, including Kakko, appear as ghosts.. just fell like writing that.

No Picture Jimmy Average	#4 by Jimmy Dresbach at Feb 16, 1982 at 11:48 AM EST
	The 8th commandment: Thou shall not lie. This song is a warning to someone who lie maybe a wee too much. It is saying, God takes us all equally so, you lied, you sinned, you will burn in Hell.

No Picture gabby Professional	#5 by gabby at Jul 28, 1983 at 1:57 AM EST
	ive heard the original and i agree with you Genes: the original sounded sort of "slow" to me... not a very good mood for something this "rebelious"

No Picture Austin Rhythm Player	#6 by Austin at Sep 10, 1987 at 10:14 PM EST
	i agree with rebelj1 on the meaning

No Picture TOm Wanna Be	#7 by TOm HIrsch at Mar 1, 1992 at 10:40 AM EST
	Didn't plucking notice this even though I have been searching Sonatas lyric list a bazillion of times... sucker I know. Sonatas cover indeed has more 'powerful' feel in it. :p

No Picture ben Rhythm Player	#8 by ben kurkul at Aug 11, 1994 at 9:31 AM EST
	Sonata Arctica are from Finland, so am I, the 8th one is the one about false witness in our main religion. That could also mean serious lies, I don't think you'll go to hell for telling your mother you went to bed at ten when you stayed up all night ;)

No Picture Alexxx <3 Lead Player	#9 by Alexxx <3 at May 11, 1996 at 7:54 PM EST
	Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor is most definately the commandment against lying. And which religions switched the commandments? I'm sure Jewish and Christians have the same, along with muslims.

No Picture joel Average	#10 by joel christman at Jul 29, 1999 at 10:50 AM EST
	there is no commandment that says "thou shall not lie" Different religions have different orders, on some the 8th commandment is "You shall not steal." altho this one is the 7th in others. the 8th Commandment, however, is "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor" Which is basically not to lie, but it does not say "thou shall not lie"... confusing... All in all, what they (Sonata A) might be saying is that lying will be punished, and death, furthermore, going to hell ("Can you feel the fire burning ") is the consequence... This is not true at all, for God will not send you to hell for lying, but it is a sing alright. "Remember to pray, and what the Bible says and you will live thru eternity You haven't hear of this? There is something you missed - it will cost you so heavily." The commandments are on Exodus 20 "When you're done with him, you know where you have been, He will treat us all equally. Can you feel the fire burning" Could be talking about God or the devil, or both. "He" is spelled with capital H, therefore refering to God, however, they talk abotu the "fire", and of course, that is not God

No Picture SLUT Badass	#11 by SLUT at Jul 27, 2000 at 3:23 AM EST
	it is a sin~ arlight... not sing. hehe

No Picture adg Average	#12 by adg ??? at Oct 23, 2004 at 9:18 PM EST
	GGCrono4, u r so right.. =D

No Picture Tony Wanna Be	#13 by Tony Danza at Oct 31, 2005 at 10:27 PM EST
	also the part of the song saying 'You say I am unbreakable, I cannot die' is a strong link to macbeth as it links how macbeth could not be killed by one given birth to by a woman

No Picture kenzie Professional Badass	#14 by kenzie at Sep 15, 2007 at 10:04 AM EST
	The state religion of Finland is Evangelic-Lutheran. Luther's interpretation of the 8th Commandment actually seemed to be more along the lines of not spreading damaging rumors or betraying someone's trust, whether true or false. On the surface that's exactly what this song is about. In "False News Travel Fast" they touch on the very same subject but without religious overtones. I'm not sure SA would go out with plain out religious song, but in any case it certainly seems very simple.

No Picture julian Average	#15 by julian at Sep 30, 2007 at 6:05 PM EST
	i agree with the first two posts. wow, Tony must be into literature. both this and The Power of One contain literary references.

No Picture Matt Average	#16 by Matt Waas at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:22 PM EST
	lol yes all i can hear is "We're not Iron Maiden/ And we're not from England/ We are the Sonata/ And we come from Finland", in the first stanza.

No Picture cody Average	#17 by cody jay at Oct 3, 2007 at 8:15 PM EST
	this song is asskicking. the drums hunt the other instruments through the whole song

No Picture Nileppezdel Lead Player	#18 by Nileppezdel at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:10 PM EST
	There's only two things I'm sure of about this song: A: It makes me want to write B: The guitarist is le` gewd.

No Picture James Wanna Be	#19 by James Pigott at Oct 6, 2007 at 11:18 AM EST
	this song to me has a bit of a macbeth by Shakespeare feel to me - talk about killing in the king and and the master is his pride and need for power how his need to be king lead macbeth from being the hero to the villian. He hates his 'master' but he cant escape it it wont let him go hence the begging for it to 'let his go' which could also be begging for death

No Picture zach Wanna Be	#20 by zach lilly at Oct 8, 2007 at 11:57 AM EST
	this song is excellent

No Picture btotherizzad Average	#21 by btotherizzad moriznad at Oct 10, 2007 at 7:11 PM EST
	i dunno what it means, but the Black Sheep is in general a metaphor for an outcast, one who dosen't fit in, a black sheep among white sheep. it's used in the bible alot. the quotationed part looks like it could even be a biblical quote, maybe not, tho

No Picture Emdizzy foshizz Lead Player	#22 by Emdizzy foshizzy at Oct 12, 2007 at 12:40 PM EST
	I noticed that too, infact this was the reason I looked up the lyrics for the song in the first place. Probably just a crowd jeer. Nevertheless, an amazing song.

No Picture brad Average	#23 by brad everett at Oct 12, 2007 at 7:50 PM EST
	I agree that it's about not fitting in. Also perhaps the point of view of the person ('How many times heart's gone thru the grinder, wherever you look there's a painful reminder').

No Picture aleXeXeX Rhythm Player	#24 by aleXeXeX at Oct 17, 2007 at 12:34 AM EST
	I think it's about being a black sheep, not fitting in and embracing it, asking another to join. Which would explain the "live with the blacksheep, live with me". Best guess!

No Picture Max Average	#25 by Max Benton at Oct 17, 2007 at 1:50 PM EST
	I agree on the 'not fitting in'....But what the hell does Tony sing on the For the Sake of Revenge version? All I can make out of the first stanza is : "...We're not from England (inland?)/ We (hunt?) the summertime/We come from Finland..."

No Picture Abe Lead Player	#26 by Abe Watson at Oct 17, 2007 at 5:21 PM EST
	Very awesome song. About a person who doesn't fit in and feels people hate and condemn him and had his heart broken a lot and no one knows how bad it makes him feel. The general message is that he's asking someone to be like him, to not fit in and stuff.