*********************************************************************************** * TIMO TOLKKI - SOLIDERS PRAYER (From the album: CLASSICAL VARIATIONS AND THEMES) * *********************************************************************************** Music & Words By: Timo Tolkki Original Transcription By: J-P Pusa (kon7jupu@kyamk.fi) Tab Upgraded By: Niclas Buss Day tabbed: 27.6.2001 email: nbuss@ironmaiden.com Plese mail me if you find mistakes! ------------------------------------ Tune down 1/2 step! 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E-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| G-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------0-2| A------------/5--5-5-5--5-5-\3--3-3-3--3-3--|--------------------------------0-2-3----| E-0-0-0--0-0--------------------------------|-\0--0-0-0--0-0-/4--4-4-4--4-4-----------| ..........................................................................| _______ _______________________________________________________________________ |2. | E-------|--Play-slower:---------------------------------------------------------|| B-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|| G--9~--*|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|| end D--9~--*|-----------------------------------------0--2---6~-----7~~-----~~--\---|| A--7~---|--------------------------------0--2--3---------7~-----7~~-----~~--\---|| E-------|-\0--0-0-0--0-0-/4--4-4-4--4-4------------------4~-----5~~-----~~--\---|| pm............................| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================= =TABLATURE EXPLANATION= ======================= A.H. = Artificial Harmonic <12> = Natural Harmonic pm..| = Palm mute h = hammer on p = pull off / = slide up \ = slide down ~ = Vibrato b() = Bend x\ = Pick Slide -------- -------- ---12--- = Tremolo pick ----/--- ----/--- ----/--- ---.--- --12--- = Staccato ------- ------- ------- | | | | |* *| = repeat from * to * |* *| | | LYRICS: *********************************************************** Stars shine bright in the sky Warning you gonna die Freezing wind blows across the snow plains Here all alone Marching towards the front line Hoping this is the last time Fighting for what I don't know Praying something I can't conceive WON'T YOU PLEASE SAVE MY SOUL TRYING TO FIND MY WAY HOME KILL OR BE KILLED IS THE LAW IN THIS MAD GAME WON'T YOU PLEASE SAVE MY LIFE I'M NOT READY TO DIE JUST TRYING TO FIND MY WAY BACK TO HOME AGAIN What is wrong with the mankind All those things that you can find We just waste our time War is just another crime Marching towards the frontline WON'T YOU PLEASE SAVE MY SOUL TRYING TO FIND MY WAY HOME KILL OR BE KILLED IS THE LAW IN THIS MAD GAME WON'T YOU PLEASE SAVE MY LIFE I'M NOT READY TO DIE JUST TRYING TO FIND MY WAY BACK TO HOME AGAIN WON'T YOU PLEASE SAVE MY SOUL TRYING TO FIND MY WAY HOME KILL OR BE KILLED IS THE LAW IN THIS MAD GAME WON'T YOU PLEASE SAVE MY LIFE I'M NOT READY TO DIE JUST TRYING TO FIND MY WAY BACK TO HOME AGAIN ***********************************************************