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* NIGHTWISH - SLEEPING SUN (From the single: 4 BALLADS OF THE ECLIPSE) *
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 Music and Words By: Tuomas Holopainen/Nightwish

Original Chord-Tab By: Tomi Salter (tomppa@optimus.inet.fi)
Upgraded By: Niclas Buss
Day tabbed: 7.8.2000
email: nbuss@ironmaiden.com

Please mail me if you can find mistakes!

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"This song can also be found on the sec-
 ond version of OCEANBORN"
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 Normal Tuning!!!

Keyboard Intro, then bass plays:

Verse 1:
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Dm                  C    Dm
The sun is sleeping quietly
            C     F
Once upon a century
               C        F
Wistful oceans calm and red
                E       Dm
Ardent caresses laid to rest
                C       Dm
For my dreams I hold my life
                C      A#
For wishes I behold my nights
                      Gm
A truth at the end of time
                     Dm
Losing faith makes a crime

Chorus (1):
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  Dm                          A#         F
I wish for this night-time to last for a life-time
    Gm         Dm               A#         F   E
The darkness around me - shores of a solar sea
Dm                  A#            C
Oh how I wish to go down with the sun
F         C        Dm
Sleeping, Weeping, With you

Verse 2:
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  Distorion Guitar with Delay enters at (1:36)
   Dm                   C    Dm			           C     F
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------Delay...|-----------------Delay..|---------------------------Delay...|---|
A--5-5-5--(5-5-5)------------5-5-5--(5-5-5)--------------------/-8-8-8--(8-8-8)----|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  pm.............|	    pm............|		        pm.............|
          Sorrow has a human heart          From my god it will depart         I'd

                 C        F                           E       Dm
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------Delay..|-----------------------------Delay...|-----|
A------------------------8-8-8--(8-8-8)----------------------\-5-5-5--(5-5-5)------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                        pm.............|		     pm.............|
  sail before a thousand moons          Never finding where to go              222

    C     Dm                               C     A#
E---------------------------------------------Delay..|-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------Gtr.2:--/-13~-13~(13~)-------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------Delay..|----------------------------------------------------------|
A---------5-5-5--(5-5-5)-----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------6-6-6--(6-6-6)----------------------|
         pm.............|			    pm.............|
  days of light           Will be desired by a night           A moment for the poe

     Gm							    Dm
E-----------------------------------------------------------||
B-----------------------------------------------------------||
G----------------------------------------------------7~-----||
D----------------------------------------------------7~-----||
A----------------------------------------------------5~-----||
E--\-3-3-3--(3-3-3)-----------------------------------------||
    pm.............|
 t's play             Until there's nothing left to say

Chorus (1):
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  Dm                          A#         F
I wish for this night-time to last for a life-time
    Gm       Dm                 A#         F   E
The darkness around me - shores of a solar sea
Dm                  A#            C
Oh how I wish to go down with the sun
F         C        Dm
Sleeping, Weeping, With you

Interlude:

Dm | C | Bb | Dm | F | C

Guitar Solo at (3:03):
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   C       			  Dm				    Bb
								 Two Guitars.......
E-A.H.........................|------------------------------------/13~--13---12-\-|
B--13-\-8~--15-\-10~-------------------------A.H.------------10~---/15~--15---13-\-|
G--------------------10-/-12~-----\7~--9--10--10~---10-/-12~-----------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  F             Gm			  Dm			       Bb
 .......|					    Two Guitars:
E-8--8~-----\----------------------------/17-15-13----13-15------------------------|
B-10-10~----\---11-10-8~-/13-11-10~---10-/18-17-15-17-15-17-17b(18)~---\6~---8--10-|
G--------------------------------------------------17-------17b(19)~---\7~---9--10-|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-----------||
B-/-13~~----||
G-/-13~~----|| end Guitar Solo
D-----------||
A-----------||
E-----------||

Chorus (2):
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  Distortion Guitar:
   Fm				C#         G#            Bbm       Fm
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------6~-----------------------3~-----------------------|
D---3~---------------------------6~---------6~------------3~--------3~-------------|
A---3~---------------------------4~---------6~------------1~--------3~-------------|
E---1~--------------------------------------4~----------------------1~-------------|
  I wish for this night-time to last for a life-time. The darkness around me - shor

   C#          Fm        Fm                  C#           D#    G#        D#
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---6~----------------------------------------6~-----------8~--------------8~------|
D---6~----------3~---x-x--3~------------------6~-----------8~----6~--------8~------|
A---4~----------3~---x-x--3~------------------4~-----------6~----6~--------6~------|
E---------------1~---x-x--1~-------------------------------------4~----------------|
 es of a solar sea.      Oh how I wish to go down with the sun. Sleeping, Weeping ,

   Fm
E--------------||
B--------------||
G--------------|| end
D--3~~---------||
A--3~~---------||
E--1~~---------||
  With you.

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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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