'Hands Of Time' by Stratovarius - Guitar Tutorial

            Stratovarius - Hands Of Time
Tabbed By: Rodrigo Salazar
EMail: rsalazart@hotmail.com

Intro: Keyboard                                         
                                                       
                                                            
E---|------------------------|------------------------------
B---|------------------------|------------------------------
G---|/12-----------11-----9--|------------------/1----------
D---|------------------------|-------9----------------------
A---|------------------------|------------------------------
E---|------------------------|------------------------------
                                                            
                                                            

                                                            
E------------------------------|----------------------------
B------------------------------|----------------------------
G---/12--------11--------9-----|-----------/1---------------
D------------------------------|------10--------------------
A------------------------------|----------------------------
E------------------------------|----------------------------
                                                            
                                                            
E----------------------------------|------------------------
B----------------------------------|----------/1------------
G---/14-----------12-----------11--|------------------------
D----------------------------------|-----12-----------------
A----------------------------------|------------------------
E----------------------------------|------------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E----------------------------------------------------------/1-----
B---/12--------------13-------------------------------------------
G----------------------------14---12---11-------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E---/15--------14--------12--|-----------/1-----------------
B----------------------------|-----12-----------------------
G----------------------------|------------------------------
D----------------------------|------------------------------
A----------------------------|------------------------------
E----------------------------|------------------------------
                                                            
                                                            
E---/15-----14--------12--|----------/1---------------------
B-------------------------|---13----------------------------
G-------------------------|---------------------------------
D-------------------------|---------------------------------
A-------------------------|---------------------------------
E-------------------------|---------------------------------
                                                            

                                                            

                                                            
E---/17--------15--------14--------|----------/1------------
B----------------------------------|----15------------------
G----------------------------------|------------------------
D----------------------------------|------------------------
A----------------------------------|------------------------
E----------------------------------|------------------------
                                                            
                                                            

                                                            
E---/19--------------20-----------------|-------------------
B---------------------------------------|-------------------
G---------------------------------------|-------------------
D---------------------------------------|-------------------
A---------------------------------------|-------------------
E---------------------------------------|-------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E---17--------15--------14--|--------------------|----------
B---------------------------|--17^--------17-----|----------
G---------------------------|--------------------|----------
D---------------------------|--------------------|----------
A---------------------------|--------------------|----------
E---------------------------|--------------------|----------
                                                            

                                                            
E---------------------------------15--17--19--17--15--14----
B------------17-----------17--19----------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E---17--15--14--12--|---------------------------------------
B-------------------|---------------------------------------
G-------------------|---------------------------------------
D-------------------|---------------------------------------
A-------------------|---------------------------------------
E-------------------|---------------------------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E---15--14--12------14--12----------12----------------------
B---------------15----------15--13------15--13--12--15------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E---------------|-------------------------------------------
B---13--12------|-------------------------------------------
G-----------14--|-------------------------------------------
D---------------|-------------------------------------------
A---------------|-------------------------------------------
E---------------|-------------------------------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E-----------------------------------------------------------
B---12h14p12------------------------------------------------
G-------------14--------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
                                                            

            Verse Riff                                      
E---||---------------------------------------|--------------
B---||---------------------------------------|--------------
G---||*--------------------------------------|--------------
D---||*-----9----------------5--4------------|--------------
A---||------7----------------------5---------|--------------
E---||------0--------------------------------|--------------
                                                            
                                                            
E-------------------------------------|----------------------
B-------------------------------------|----------------------
G-------------------------------------|----------------------
D------9---------------------5--4-----|----------------------
A------7---------------------------4--|----------------------
E------0------------------------------|----------------------
                                                            
                                                            

                                                            
E-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------5-----4--------------------------
A------3------------------------------5---------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
                                                            
                                                            
                                                            

                                                            
E------------------------------------------------------|----
B------------------------------------------------------|----
G------------------------------------------------------|----
D-------------------5------4-----------7---------------|----
A---3----------------------------------5---------------|----
E------------------------------------------------------|----
                                                            

            Pre Chorus                                      
E---||---|--------------------------------------|-----------
B---||---|--------------------------------------|-----------
G---||*--|--------------------------------------|-----------
D---||*--|--4-----------------------------------|-----------
A---||---|--2-----------------------------------|-----------
E---||---|--------------------------------------|-----------
                                                            

    Gtr 2 (one octave higher)                               
E------------------------------------------------------|----
B------------------------------------------------------|----
G------------------------------------------------------|----
D---2-----------------------------------1--------------|----
A---------------3-----------2--------------------------|----
E------------------------------------------------------|----
                                                            

                                                            
E------------------------------------|----------------------
B------------------------------------|----------------------
G------------------------------------|----------------------
D---2--------------------------------|----------------------
A---2--------------------------------|----------------------
E---0--------------------------------|----------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E-------------------------------------------||--------------
B-------------------------------------------||--------------
G------------------------------------------*||--------------
D------------------------------------------*||--------------
A------------------------------2------------||--------------
E------------------0--2--3--5-----5--3--2---||--------------
                                                            

       Solo (only after 1rst Pre Chorus                     
E-----------------------------------|-----------------------
B------15^--------------------------|-----------------------
G-----------------------------------|-----------------------
D------9----------------------------|-----------------------
A------7----------------------------|-----------------------
E------0----------------------------|-----------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E------------------------14--15--17--19--|------------------
B---------15^--17------------------------|------------------
G----------------------------------------|------------------
D----------------------------------------|------------------
A----------------------------------------|------------------
E----------------------------------------|------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E---19^--19--17-----------15--17--15--14--15--14------------
B-------------------------------------------------17--15----
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D---9-------------------------------------------------------
A---7-------------------------------------------------------
E---0-------------------------------------------------------
                                                            
                                                            

                                                            
E---12--10--8--10--8----------------------------------------
B---------------------12--10--8--12--10--8--7--10--8--7-----
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E---------|-------------------------------------------------
B---8-----|-------------------------------------------------
G------9--|-------------------------------------------------
D---------|-------------------------------------------------
A---------|-------------------------------------------------
E---------|-------------------------------------------------
                                                            

       Back to Verse, Pre-ch, then Chorus                   
         Chorus                                             
E---||--------------------------------------------|-----------
B---||--------------------------------------------|-----------
G---||*-------------------------------------------|-----------
D---||*--9-------------7------5--------5-----7----|-----------
A---||---7-------------5------3--------3-----5----|-----------
E---||---0----------------------------------------|-----------
                                                            
                                                            
E---------------------------------------|-------------------
B---------------------------------------|-------------------
G---------------------------------------|-------------------
D---------7-----------------------------|-------------------
A---------5-------5---------------------|-------------------
E-----------------3---------------------|-------------------
                                                            
                                                            
E-------------------------------------------------||--------
B-------------------------------------------------||--------
G------------------------------------------------*||--------
D---7--------------------------8-----------------*||--------
A---5--------------------------6------------------||--------
E-------------------------------------------------||--------
                                                            

       For solo just hit B chord, then D chord              
E-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
                                                            
                                                            
                                                            

       Harmony part (end of solo) (two gtrs)                
E------||----------------7---|--8---------7-------|---------
B------||------8-----10------|--10------------10--|---8-----
G------||*-----9-----11--12--|------------12--11--|---9-----
D------||*-------------------|--------------------|---------
A------||--------------------|--------------------|---------
E------||--------------------|--------------------|---------
                                                            

    3&4 time with 2 more gtrs 1 octave higher 4x            
E---------------|--12--10--8---7--------------||------------
B---------------|--13--12--10------10--7------||---8--------
G---------------|--------------12--11--8-----*||---9--------
D---------------|----------------------------*||------------
A---------------|-----------------------------||------------
E---------------|-----------------------------||------------
                                                            
        (Slow bend and release)                             
E-----------------------------------------------------------
B---12^--12-------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
                                                            

                                                            
E---------------|--------------------------------|----------
B---------------|--------------------------------|----------
G---------------|--11--------------------12--11--|----9-----
D---------------|--------------------------------|----------
A---------------|--------------------------------|----------
E---------------|--------------------------------|----------
                                                            

    Go to Pre Chorus, Chorus, End                           
E-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
                                                            

       time     0h             0h                           
E------------------------------------------|----------------
B------------------------------------------|----------------
G------------------------------------------|----------------
D------7-----------------4---------5-------|----------------
A------5-----------------2---------3-------|----------------
E------------------------------------------|----------------
                                                            
E------------------------------------------------------|----
B------------------------------------------------------|----
G------------------------------------------------------|----
D------5--4--2-----4--2--------2-----------------------|----
A---------------5--------5--3-----5--3--2--5--3--2-----|----
E---------------------------------------------------5--|----
                                                            

                                                            
E------------------------------|----------------------------
B------------------------------|----------------------------
G------------------------------|----------------------------
D---------------------------2--|----------------------------
A---3--2--------2-----------2--|----------------------------
E---------5--3-----5--3--2--0--|----------------------------