ACTIVITY
Against The Wind
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AGAINST THE WIND
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 1994 Album FOURTH DIMENSION)
Transcribed by StrungOut219
Words and Music by Stratovarius
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Gtr. I'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Gtr. II'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Gtr. III'
Intro
Q=135
E5
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S E S S E. S +E E S S S S E S S E. S +E E
||---------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o--------------------------|-------------------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------------|
||----------------9--7-(7)-9-|---------------/12--10-(10)----|
||o-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-2-2-2-2-2------------------12-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
S S S S E S S E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E
|--------------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|--------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------9--7-(7)-9-|-/12--10-(10)-9-7--9-(9)-10--||
|-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-----------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|------------------------------||
Full Band
S S S S E S S E. S +E E S S S S E S S E. S +E E
||---------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o--------------------------|-------------------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------------|
||----------------9--7-(7)-9-|---------------/12--10-(10)----|
||o-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-2-2-2-2-2------------------12-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
S S S S E S S E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------9--7-(7)-9-|-/12--10-(10)-9-7--9-(9)-10----||
|-2-2-2-2-2----------------|-------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|--------------------------------||
B5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +Q +Q Q +E E W +H Q +E E
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-10b12=========|=(10)--(10)r---7b9r===(7)--5-|--4--------|--(4)---------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|---------4b5r=(4)-2-|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +Q +Q Q +E E W +H Q +E E
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-14b16=========|=(14)--(14)r-----------------|-----------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------14b16r=(14)-12-|-11--------|-(11)----8b9r=(8)-6-|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +H Q +E E W +H Q +E E
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|--4------------|--(4)------------------------|--4--------|--(4)---------------|
|--2------------|--(2)----------2b3r===(2)--0-|--2--------|--(2)----2b3r=(2)-0-|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
W +H Q +E E W
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|----------|---------7b8r===(7)-5-|-4--------|
|-4--------|-(4)------------------|----------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
| W +H Q +E E W
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|-4--------|-(4)----10b12r=(10)-8-|-7--------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|
| W +H Q +E E W
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|
|-4--------|-(4)------------------|-4--------|
|-2--------|-(2)-----2b3r===(2)-0-|-2--------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-20--19-17----19-17-------17-----------------------|
|-----------20-------20-19----20-19-17-20-19-17-----|
|-----------------------------------------------20--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
|~~~~~
| +W
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-(7)-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-(4)-----------------------------------------------|
|-(2)-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
Verse
E5
PM----| PM------------| PM----| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-5h7---------5h7-----------------|-5h7---------5h7------------------|
||------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A5
PM----| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W
|---------------------------------|----------|
|---------------------------------|----------|
|---------------------------------|-2--------|
|---------------------------------|-2--------|
|-5h7---------5h7-----------------|-0--------|
|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------|
C5
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-----------------------------------|
E5
PM----------------------------| PM----| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5h7---------5h7-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
PM----| PM| PM| PM----| PM--------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||-----------------------------------||
|------------------------------||-------------------------------7-9-||
|---------------------5-----5--||------------------------7-9-10-----||
|-5h7---------5h7-----3-----3-o||-5h7---------5h7-7-9-10------------||
|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0----||-----0-0-0-0-----------------------||
Pre-Chorus
B5 C5
W +H Q E E W +H Q E E
|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
|-4--------|-(4)----------------|-5--------|-(5)----------------|
|-2--------|-(2)-------2b3--2-0-|-3--------|-(3)----------------|
|----------|--------------------|----------|-----------2b3--2-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W Q E E H W Q Q Q Q
|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
|-7--------|--7b8r=7-5-7--------|-8--------|--8b10--8--7----5---|
|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
B5 C5 D5
W +H Q E E W W
|----------|--------------------|----------|------||
|----------|--------------------|----------|------||
|----------|--------------------|----------|------||
|-4--------|-(4)----------------|-5--------|-7----||
|-2--------|-(2)-------2b3--2-0-|-3--------|-5----||
|----------|--------------------|----------|------||
|
| ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W Q E E H W W
|----------|--------------------|----------|-5----||
|-7--------|--7b8r=7-5-7--------|-8--------|------||
|----------|--------------------|----------|------||
|----------|--------------------|----------|------||
|----------|--------------------|----------|------||
|----------|--------------------|----------|------||
Chorus
G5 D5 A5 E5 G5 D5
W W W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|-7--------|-2--------|----------|----------|-7----|
||o-5--------|-5--------|-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-5----|
||--3--------|----------|----------|-0--------|-3--------|------|
1. 2.
~
Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-----------||-------------|
|-------------|----------o||-------------|
|-------------|-----------||-------------|
|-------------|-----------||-------------|
|----------6--|-7--------o||----------6--|
|-8--5--7-----|-----------||-8--5--7-----|
~ ~ ~
Q +E S S Q +E S S H +H
|-----------------------|--------------||
|-----------------------|--------------||
|-----------------------|--------------||
|-----------------------|--------------||
|-7--(7)-7-7-7--(7)-7-7-|-7----(7)----||
|-----------------------|--------------||
Guitar Solo
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
|-----3-----|
H. E +E +E
|----------------------------|
|-17b19------17b19r(17)-(17)-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
~~~~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
+Q +E S S S S S S T T T T S S S S S S
|------------14-15-18p15p14S12h15p14p12----------15p14p12-15p==|
|-(17)--(17)----------------------------15-14-12---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-14p12----------15p14p12h14p12----------------------------------------------|
|-------15-14-12----------------15-14-12----14p12----------15p14p12h14p12----|
|----------------------------------------15-------15-14p12----------------15-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S +E +H
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-14-12p11h12p11--------------------------||
|----------------14-12-11-----------------||
|-------------------------13-(13)-(13)----||
|-----------------------------------------||
~~
|--3--|
Q. +E Q +E S S S
|------------------------10-11-14-|
|-13b15====(13)r13--(13)----------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
T
|--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S S S S S S S S
|-14p11p10h17p14p11p10h11p10S8h11p10p8---------11p10p8h10p8----------|
|--------------------------------------11-10-8--------------11-10-8--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-11p10p8------------------------------------------------|
|---------11-10p8p7-10-8p7-----11p10p8-8p7--------10p8p7h|
|--------------------------8p7-------------10p8p7--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S E +H
|--------------------------||
|-8p7----------------------||
|-----8p7p5----------------||
|-----------8p7p5-4-(4)----||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
Interlude
G5 D5
~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~
|---3----|
Q +E S S Q Q Q Q. E Q E E
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||o-12--(12)-12-13-13b15-13-12-|-10----8-10--10b12-10-|
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q. E H
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------------|--7-------------------|
||o--5-------------------------|--5----5--6-----------|
||---3-------------------------|----------------------|
E5 B5
~~~~~~~ ~ ~
|---3---| |-3-|
Q +E S S Q Q Q Q S S S E Q Q
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-8--(8)-8-10-10b12-10-8-|-7--7h8p7----------|
|------------------------|----------7----7---|
|------------------------|------------9------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|
| W W
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-9----------------------|-4-----------------|
|-7----------------------|-2-----------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
1.
C5 G5 A5 D5
~~~~~~~ ~~ ~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
Q +E S S Q Q Q Q. E Q E E Q +E S S Q Q Q Q +E S S Q Q Q
|--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-5--(5)-5-7-7b8-7-5-|---------------|------------------|--------------5-7-o||
|--------------------|-7----5-4--5-4-|-2--(2)-2-2-2-4-5-|-7--(7)-7-7-7------||
|--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|---------------|------------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------||
|
| W W W W
|--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|---------------|------------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-5------------------|---------------|------------------|-7-----------------||
|-3------------------|-5-------------|-7----------------|-5----------------o||
|--------------------|-3-------------|-5----------------|-------------------||
2.
A5 D5
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~
Q +E S S Q +E S S H +Q +E S S H +Q. E W
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------/10-|-10-----||
|-----------------------|-----------------7-7-|-7----(7)-------|--------||
|-2--(2)-2-2-2--(2)-5-5-|--5-----(5)--(5)-----|----------------|--------||
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------||
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------||
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------||
|
| W +W W +W
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------||
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------||
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------||
|-----------------------|---------------------|-7--------------|-(7)----||
|-7---------------------|-(7)-----------------|-5--------------|-(5)----||
|-5---------------------|-(5)-----------------|----------------|--------||
Out-Chorus
G5 D5 A5 E5
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|-7--------|-2--------|------|
||o-5--------|-5--------|-0--------|-2----|
||--3--------|----------|----------|-0----|
1.,2.,3.
G5 D5
~
W W Q Q Q Q W
|----------|----------|-------------|-------||
|----------|----------|-------------|------o||
|----------|----------|-------------|-------||
|----------|-7--------|-------------|-------||
|-5--------|-5--------|----------6--|-7----o||
|-3--------|----------|-8--5--7-----|-------||
4. H.=H
G5 A5 E5
W Q Q Q Q H E E Q W
|----------|-------------|-------------|------*|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------*|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------*|
|----------|-------------|-------------|-2----*|
|-5--------|----------6--|-7-----------|-2----*|
|-3--------|-8--5--7-----|-5----3-2-0--|-0----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n]
- artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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