Forever Tab

FOREVER
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                              by Stratovarius
 
From "Episode" album
 
Note: Guitar is tuned 1/2 step down!!!
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[Intro]
 
Eb||--------------------------------------------------------||
Bb||-----7---5----------------------------------------------||
Gb||-7-----------7\6-4---------------4-7-6---7p6-4---7p6-4~-||
Db||---------------------7p5-4---5h7---------------4--------||
Ab||--------------------------------------------------------||
Eb||--------------------------------------------------------||
 
(You can simply strum the chords or follow the pattern below...)
 
     Bm            F#m           G           D
   I stand         alone in the  dark-       ness
 
Eb||-------2-------------2-----------------------2-----|
Bb||---------3-------------2-----------------------3---|
Gb||---4-------4-----2-------2-----4---4-------2-----2-|
Db||-----4-------------4-------------5---5---0---------|
Ab||-2-------------------------------------------------|
Eb||---------------2-------------3---------------------|
 
    Em            A       Bm            F#
The winter of     my life came so       fast
 
Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------2-------------3-----------2---|
Gb|-----------------2-------4-----4-------3---3-|
Db|-5-4-5-4\2-2-------2-------4-----4-----------|
Ab|-----------------------2-------------4-------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------|
 
    Bm            F#m           G           D
    Memories      go back to    child-      hood
 
Eb|-------2-------------2-----------------------2-----|
Bb|---------3-------------2-----------------------3---|
Gb|---4-------4-----2-------2-----4---4-------2-----2-|
Db|-----4-------------4-------------5---5---0---------|
Ab|-2-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------2-------------3---------------------|
 
    Em            A       Bm
    To days I     still recall
 
Eb|-----------------------------2-----------||
Bb|---------------2---------------3-2-------||
Gb|-----------------2-----4---4-------4---4-||
Db|-5-4-5-4\2-2-------2-----4-----------4---||
Ab|-----------------------------------------||
Eb|-----------------------------------------||
 
 
Bm     F#m     G   D
Oh how happy I was then
Em           A      Bm           F#
There was no sorrow there was no pain
Bm      F#m         G     D
Walking through the green fields
Em       A     Bm
Sunshine in my eyes
 
(Listen to the song for the right strumming...)
 
          Bm         Em
I'm still there everywhere
        A           D
I'm the dust in the wind
        G           A        [Bm]
I'm the star in the northern sky
 
        Bm        Em
I never stayed anywhere
        A           D
I'm the wind in the trees
          G        A     [Bm]
Would you wait for me forever ?
 
 
(You can play [Bm] in this way...)
 
Eb||-------2-----------||
Bb||---------3-2-------||
Gb||-4---4-------4---4-||
Db||---4-----------4---||
Ab||-------------------||
Eb||-------------------||
 
[Solo]
 
(A 2nd guitar can accompany the solo playing the same pattern above...)
 
Eb||----------------------------------------------------|
Bb||-----7---5------------------------------------------|
Gb||-7-----------7\6-4-----------------6-----4h6-7---6~-|
Db||---------------------7p5-4---5p4-----7--------------|
Ab||---------------------------------7------------------|
Eb||----------------------------------------------------|
 
Eb|--------------------------------------------||
Bb|-----7---5----------------------------------||
Gb|-7-----------7\6-4-----------------6-----4~-||
Db|---------------------7p5-4---5p4-----7------||
Ab|---------------------------------7----------||
Eb|--------------------------------------------||
 
 
          Bm         Em
I'm still there everywhere
        A           D
I'm the dust in the wind
        G           A       [Bm]
I'm the star in the northern sky
 
        Bm        Em
I never stayed anywhere
        A           D
I'm the wind in the trees
          G        A    [Bm]
Would you wait for me forever ?
          G        A    [Bm]
Would you wait for me forever ?
         G        A    [Bm]
Will you wait for me forever ?
 
 
END.
 
 
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~ = Vibrato
\ = Slide Down
p = Pull Off
h = Hammer On
 
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