Sonata Arctica - Shamandalie Chords & Tabs

 

Shamandalie Chords & Tabs

Sonata Arctica Chords & Tabs

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Shamandalie Chords

   
Shamandalie - Tabbed by Offer Ambar
Written in Font Courier New, Size 14


I know Sonata are always using the Eb tuning, but this is a regular tuning tab. 
I find it more comfortable to play it this way, involving open strings and such goodies :)


Chords you might not recognize 

C#mb6  G#sus4I  G#sus4II  Bsus4    E D#/E    G#m#5  F#sus4

E|-4----4---------4-------2--------------------------2
B|-5----4---------4-------5--------9--9--------------2
G|-6----6---------6-------4--------9--9--------------4
D|-7----6---------6-------4--------9--9-------2------4
A|-4----4---------6-------2--------7--6-------2------4
E|------4---------4---------------------------4------2

 G#/E
E|-0-|
B|-0-|
G|-1-|
D|-2-|
A|-2-|
E|-4-|

Important note: this chord appears in the part where Tony sings
"Can we ever have what we had then". If it's uncomfortable,
You can either replace it with a regular "E" or with simply
the bass note "G#".



Intro: C#mb6, C#m, B, E, A, F#m, Bsus4 B
       F#m, C#m, B, E, A, F#m, G#sus4I G#


Verse 1:

G#m         C#m       A          B
In good old times, remember my friend

E             A            C#m           E D#/E
Moon was so bright and so close to us, sometimes

G#m           C#m       A            B
We were still blind and deaf, what a bliss?

 E            A           C#m          E   D#/E  B(Hit once, let ring)
Painting the world of our own, for our own eyes, now?


(B)          A                   E        
"Can we ever have what we had then?

F#m          C#m
Friendship unbreakable

B          E
Love means nothing to me

A       F#m         Bsus4   
Without blinking an eye

B       F#m         C#m
I'd... fade, if so needed,

B         E
All those moments with you

A    F#m     G#sus4II G#
If I had you beside   me"


Verse 2:

G#m        C#m    A             B
One cloudy day we both lost the game?

E             A        C#m    E D#/E
We drifted so far and away

G#m        C#m      A          B
Nothing is quite as cruel as a child

E            A             C#m        E D#/E   B(Hit once, let ring) 
Sometimes we break the unbreakable, sometimes?

(B)              A                 G#/E       
"And we'll never have what we had then

F#m          C#m
Friendship unbroken

B            E
Love means nothing to me

A        F#m        Bsus4 
Without blinking an eye

B       F#m         C#m
I'd... fade, if so needed,

B           E
All those moments with you
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonata_arctica/shamandalie_crd.html ]
A    F#m       G#sus4II G#     G#m
If I had you beside     me     now"


Passage: Notice the D# changing to D#m, and the final C# (not C#m) 
(G#m),E,C#m,D#
 D#m,B,C#

E|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|-6-7-6-4----|    
E|---------7-6|
  *Palm Mute*


G#5-A#5-B5  A       E             F#
I   was un-able to cope with what you said
           
G#5   A#5   B5  A          E           F#
Some- times we  need to be cruel to be kind
                
G#5   A#5  B5 A          E           F#
Child that I  was, could not see the reason

G#5 A#5   B5 A            E          F#
Fee-lings I  had were but sham and a lie?



Bridge:

Bm G    D        A            G
I have never forgotten your smile

A              Bm
Your eyes, oh, Shamandalie

G         A           D      G
Time went by, many memories died

Em                       F#
I'm writing this down to ease my pain

E|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-7--7--|
A|-5--4--|
E|-------|


Bm  G   D         A            G
You saw us always clearer than me
    
    A       Bm
How we were never meant to be

E|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|-4-2-----|
A|-----5-4-|
E|---------|


G       A             D                G
Love denied meant the friendship would die

Em                   F#sus4 F#
Now I have seen the light

Em                     F#
These memories make me cry


Solo Break (It's not as complicated as it looks):
            G#5-A#5-B5, C#m, A, B
            G#5-A5-B5, A5-B5-C#5, C#5-D#5-C#5, E, D#/E, B


(B)          A                  G/E      
"Can we ever have what we had then?

F#m          C#m
Friendship unbroken

B          E
Love means nothing to me

A       F#m         Bsus4   
Without blinking an eye

B       F#m         C#m
I'd... fade, if so needed,

B         E
All those moments with you

A        F#m          Bsus4 B   F#m  
see the world with my wide open eyes


(F#m)           C#m
Friendship got broken

B          E
There's no other for me

A        F#m       Bsus4     B
Like the one of my childhood days

F#m     C#m
Can you forgive me?

B          E
Love's got better off me,

A       F#m             G#
On that day back in old times"


I'd leave the piano outro for the Guitarpro wizards, to whom I hope
to give appetite to with my tab :)