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Coming Home Bass

(ver. 2)
Stratovarius

COMING HOME (Bassline)
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 1994 Album "VISIONS")

	

Words and Music by Timmo Tolkki

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboards'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'

   Intro
    Moderately Q=70
   4/4
    Gtr II
    W          W          W          W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||


    W          W          W          W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||


 Verse
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


  W          Q.   E H      W          Q.   E Q  Q
|----------|-------------|----------|---------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|---------------|
|----------|-5----0-5----|----------|-5------5--x\--|
|-0--------|-------------|-0--------|------5--------|


 Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|


   Gtr I
    W           W             W           W
||-----------|--------------|----------|--------|
||-----------|--------------|----------|--------|
||-17--------|-16-----------|----------|--------|
||-19--------|-18-----------|----------|--------|
||--8--------|--7-----------|----------|--------|
||-----------|--------------|----------|--------|
|
|  Gtr II
|   W           Q.   E H      W          +W
||-----------|--------------|----------|--------|
||-----------|--------------|----------|--------|
||--3--------|--2----0-2----|----------|--------|
||-----------|--------------|-0--------|-(0)----|


 Bridge
  Gtr II
  Q.   E  H      H    H      H    Q.   E   W
|--------------|-----------|-------------|------|
|--------------|-----------|-------------|------|
|-7----7\-2----|-3---------|-0----3----3-|-5----|
|--------------|------3----|-------------|------|


  Q.   E  H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-7----7\-2----|-3----3------|-0----2-3----|-5----0-5----||
|--------------|--------3----|-------------|-------------||


 Verse
  Gtr I
  Q        Q   +H           W          Q        Q    +H        W
|------------------------|-----------|----------------------|-------|
|------------------------|-----------|----------------------|-------|
|------------------------|-----------|----------------------|-------|
|---------16--(16)-------|-16--------|---------16---(16)----|-15----|
|---------18--(18)-------|-18--------|---------18---(18)----|-16----|
|---------19--(19)-------|-18--------|---------19---(19)----|-16----|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S  Q    E  E  Q     W          S S S S  H.             W
|------------------------|-----------|----------------------|-------|
|------------------------|-----------|----------------------|-------|
|-3-3-3-3--3----3--3\----|-----------|-3-3-3-3--3-----------|--5----|
|------------------------|--0--------|----------------------|-------|


   W                  W                  W                  W
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-16---------------|-15---------------|-16---------------|-15---------------|
|-18---------------|-16---------------|-18---------------|-16---------------|
|-18---------------|-16---------------|-18---------------|-16---------------|
|
|  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|------------------|--5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|


 Chorus
   W                  W                  W                  W
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|-16---------------|-15---------------|-13---------------|-12-----------|
|-18---------------|-16---------------|-14---------------|-13-----------|
|-18---------------|-16---------------|-14---------------|-13-----------|
|
|  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E    Q.   E H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------|--5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--2----0-2----|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|------------------|--------------|


                     Bridge
   H        H          W                                  H        H
|-11-------13-------|-14-------------------------------|-11-------13--------|
|-12-------14-------|-16-------------------------------|-12-------14--------|
|-11-------13-------|-15-------------------------------|-11-------13--------|
|-13-------15-------|-16-------------------------------|-13-------15--------|
|-14-------16-------|-18-------------------------------|-14-------16--------|
|-14-------16-------|-18-------------------------------|-14-------16--------|
|
|  E E E E  E E E E    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    E E E E  E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------|
|--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-|----------------------------------|--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--|
|-------------------|--3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------|


   H.                        Q          H        H          Q   Q  Q  Q
|-14------------------------13-------|-11-------13-------|----------------|
|-11------------------------14-------|-12-------14-------|--7---6--4--2---|
|-11------------------------15-------|-11-------13-------|-11--10--8--6---|
|-13------------------------15-------|-13-------15-------|----------------|
|-14------------------------16-------|-14-------16-------|----------------|
|---------------------------16-------|-14-------16-------|----------------|
|
|  S  S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S    E E E E  E E E E    Q   Q  Q  Q
|------------------------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|--5---4--2------|
|------------------------------------|--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-|------------5---|
|--3--2-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-------------------|----------------|


   W           W           W                  W
|-11--------|-10--------|------------------|------------------|
|-12--------|-11--------|------------------|------------------|
|-11--------|-10--------|-11---------------|-10---------------|
|-13--------|-12--------|-13---------------|-11---------------|
|-14--------|-13--------|-13---------------|-11---------------|
|-14--------|-13--------|------------------|------------------|
|
|  W           W           E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
|-----------|-----------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------|-----------|------------------|------------------|
|--3--------|--2--------|------------------|--5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------|-----------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|


                                                        Q=134
  W                 W                 W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-6---------------|
|-8---------------|-7---------------|-8---------------|-6---------------|
|-9---------------|-8---------------|-8---------------|-6---------------|
|-9---------------|-8---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-----|-----------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-------------3-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|


                                                            Q=67
  +W                  W                 +W                  W
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-(6)---------------|-4---------------|-(4)---------------|-3---------------|
|-(6)---------------|-4---------------|-(4)---------------|-3---------------|
|-(6)---------------|-4---------------|-(4)---------------|-3---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|
|  E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-----|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-------------------|-------------3-2-|


                   Guitar Solo
  W                 W                 W                 W
|-2---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|-2---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-3---------------|-1---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-2-|


  W                 W                 W                 W
|-2---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|-2---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-3---------------|-1---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-2-|


  W                 W                 W                 W
|-2---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|-2---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-3---------------|-1---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-2-|


                   Outro
  W                 W                 W                 W
|-2---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|-2---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-3---------------|-1---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-2-|


  W                 W                 W                 W
|-2---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|-2---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-3---------------|-1---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-2-|


  W                 W                 W                 W
|-2---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-4---------------|-2---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------*|
|-3---------------|-1---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-3---------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-----*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-2-*|



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
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - 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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