Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal.[1] The current line-up consists of singer, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko, guitarist Elias Viljanen, bass guitarist Pasi Kauppinen, keyboardist and keytarist Henrik Klingenberg, and drummer Tommy Portimo. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo also acted as backing vocalists.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Intro: AB | C#mB | AB | F#F# | AB | C#mB | AB | C#m |
C#m The leaves they fall AE/G#F#m upon the day that makes a memory those pleading eyes, EB/D# echoing, silently in me
C#m the final nights AE/G#F#m I guard her sleep, I can do without the fear's down deep EB/D# There's nothing good in this morning...
G#A Oh, and I know... EG#m7C#m invested feelings in the one I would outlast AEG#mC# My little friend is getting tired, fading fast...
Interlude: AB | C#mB | AB | F#F# | AB | C#mB | AB |
BC#D#mC# Did not want to see the signs of the dimming flame BC#G# I need to have more time
(No, I don't want to let you go) BC#D#mC# Tonight I fear I'll say goodbye to my little friend BC#G#m Don't want to let you go...
the warmest heart I've found D#m I lower into the ground B my tears, forever with you F# resting under your tree
G#m you have always liked this place D#m it now belongs to you... B I need to set you free B and go on alone
GmDm one day in my feeble timeline Bm7b5Bb You gave me your heart and stole mine GmDmBm7b5 tomorrows came too fast for me BbAm to hear your slow, silent goodbye...
(Quieter) Am | G | E | FG | (Band enters) Am | G | E | FG |
Dm the kindest heart I've found Am I lowered into the ground F your smile kept me alive C back when the skies were still
Dm you always liked this place Am now sleep under the tree F I planted here the day F when you were born
FG | AmG | FG | DD | FG | AmG | FG |
FGAmCG I should've been ready, seen the nearing end FGD my little old friend, a child. FGAmCG That day I had to say goodbye and turn the bend FGAm but I'll never let go