THE LEPER AFFINITY (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 2001 Album BLACKWATER PARK
Words and Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Arranged by Opeth
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'elec bass'
Intro Pre-Verse/Verse
Q=100
6/4
Gtr I
Wx7 S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S S S 7x
|----------------||-----------------------------------------------||
|----------------||o---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------||o-7-----8s7-(5)h7---------------------------5-o||
|----------------||----0-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2-2-0h3h6----||
12/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-7-----8s7-(5)h7---------------------------5-|
|---0-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2-2-0h3h6---|
Bridge
E S S S S E S E S E S S S S E S S S S
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|-4-4-4-4-4-0-0S7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S E S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------------8-7-6-5-5-5-5----5---5-5-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4---------------/4---4-----|
E S S S S E S E S E S S S S E S S S S
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|---------------------------------------|
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|-4-4-4-4-4-0-0S7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---------------8-7-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4----------------------------|
E S S S S E S E S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
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|-4-4-4-4-4-0-0S7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S E S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------------8-7-6-5-5-5-5----5---5---|
|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4---------------/4---4---4-|
E S S S S E S E S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
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|-4-4-4-4-4-0-0S7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
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|---------------8-7-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4----------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S E E S S E
|-------------7---8-7-----------------------|
|---6-7---6-7---------9-8h9p8-5-8-----------|
|-------5-------------------------2-1-x-2---|
|-4---------------------------------------1-|
Pre-Verse/Verse #2
E S E S E S E S E S S S S E S S S S
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||o-------------------------------------|
||o-------------0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
||--0-0-2-2-3-3-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 6x
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------o||
|-/7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10------------------------------o||
|-----------------------7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-5\-0-2-3-5----||
Interlude
6/8
S E S E S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---|-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
E S E S E S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o----------------------|-------------------------|
||o----------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-(0)-2-(2)-3-(3)-5--|-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Guitar Solo
12/8
E. E. E. E. E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------|
|-0--2--3--5--|-----------5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3---------------------5h7---7-5h7-|
|-----------5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
|-----------5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------7h9-|
|---------------------------------5h7s9-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3---------------------7-----------|
|-----------5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3---------------------7-7-7-7-7---|
|-----------5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------|
|-----------5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5---------|
|-3-3-3-3-3---------------------5h7---7-5h7---|
|-----------5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
6/8 9/8 12/8
E S S S S E S S S S E. E. E. E. E. E. W +H
|---------------------|---------------13--/16--|-19--------(19)----|
|---------------------|-------6--/12-----------|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-----------|----5-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------5-5-5-5-5-|-4----------------------|-------------------|
Breakdown
6/8
S H S S S 3x S S E H
||----------------||------------|
||o--------------o||------------|
||o--------------o||------------|
||--0------7-8-5--||-0----------|
e S S S S T T S S S S S 8x E s E S S S S S S S 4x
||------------------------------||-||-----------------------||
||o----------------------------o||-||o-----3-3S4-3-1-3-1---o||
||o-----------10h11p10---------o||-||o-------------------4-o||
||--0-0---0-0----------0-7-8-5--||-||--1-1------------------||
e S S S S T T S S S S S 8x E s E S S S S S S S
||------------------------------||-||-----------------------||
||o----------------------------o||-||o-----3-3S4-3-1-3-1---o||
||o-----------10h11p10---------o||-||o-------------------4-o||
||--0-0---0-0----------0-7-8-5--||-||--1-1------------------||
E s E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-----3-3S4-3-1-3-1---|-1-----------------------|
|-------------------4-|---4-3-4-3-1-3-1-----2-3-|
|-1-1-----------------|-----------------4-3-----|
Acoustic Interlude
12/8
E. E. E. E. E E E E E E H. H. H. H.
|-------------|-------0-2-4-|-----------------|---------------|
|----------0--|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-0--2--3-----|-0-2-3-------|-3-------2-------|---------0-----|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-1-------------|
H +E E H +E E H +E E Q. E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------(7)h(9)h(10)-|
|-3----(3)-(3)-2----(2)-(2)-|--------------0-----------------|
|---------------------------|-1----(1)-(1)-------------------|
H +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3----(3)-(3)-2----(2)-(2)-|--------------0----(0)-(0)-|
|---------------------------|-1----(1)-(1)--------------|
H +E E H +E E H +E E Q. E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------/7-5----|
|-3----(3)-(3)-2----(2)-(2)-|--------------0---------5\-|
|---------------------------|-1----(1)-(1)--------------|
H +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3----(3)-(3)-2----(2)-(2)-|--------------0----(0)-(0)-|
|---------------------------|-1----(1)-(1)--------------|
H +E E H +E E H +E E Q. E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------7-9-10-|
|-3----(3)-(3)-2----(2)-(2)-|--------------0-----------|
|---------------------------|-1----(1)-(1)-------------|
H. +H. +H. +H.
|------------------|-----------------|
|-7-------(7)------|-(7)------(7)----|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
Wx2 Q. Q. E. E. Q. 4x
|----------------||------------------------||
|----------------||o----------------------o||
|----------------||o-4----3----1----------o||
|----------------||---------------3--0-----||
H. +H. +H. +H.
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-0-------(0)------|-(0)------(0)----|
|------------------|-----------------|
Interlude - part #2
Wx2 Q. Q. E. E. Q. Q. Q. E. E. Q. 8x
|----------------||------------------------||-||-------------------------||
|----------------||o----------------------o||-||o-----------------------o||
|----------------||o-4----3----1----------o||-||o-4----3----1-----------o||
|----------------||---------------3--0-----||-||---------------3--0------||
Bridge #2
6/8
S S E S S S E S E S S E S S S E S E S S S S S S E E E
||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------
||o-------------------|-------------------o||--------------------
||o-----7-5h7-x-8-8---|-----7-5h7-x-8-8---o||-------------/7-7-7-
||--0h7-------------7-|-0h7-------------7--||-0-0---0---0--------
S S E S S S E S E S S E S S S E S E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-----7-5h7-x-8-8---|-----7-5h7-x-8-8---|
||--0h7-------------7-|-0h7-------------7-|
1.,2.,3.
S S E S S S E S E S S E S S E s s S S 4x
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-----7-5h7-x-8-8---|-----7-5h7-8\---------o||
|-0h7-------------7-|-0h7----------6-5-3-5--||
4.
12/8
S S E S S E s s S S Q. Q. E. E. Q. Q. Q. E. E. q E
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----7-5h7-8\---------|-4----3---------------|-4----3----1----------|
|-0h7----------6-5-3-0-|-----------6--3--0----|--------------3--0----|
Pre-Verse/Verse #3
6/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S S S 7x
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||o---------------------------------------------o||
||o-7-----8s7-(5)h7---------------------------5-o||
||----0-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2-2-0h3h6----||
12/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-7-----8s7-(5)h7---------------------------5-|
|---0-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2-2-0h3h6---|
Bridge #3
E S S S S E S E S E S S S S E S S S S
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|-4-4-4-4-4-0-0S7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S E S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------8-7-6-5-5-5-5----/5-5-5-5-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4---------------/4----------|
E S S S S E S E S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-0-0S7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S E.
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------8-7-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-------------------------|
E S S S S E S E S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-0-0S7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S E S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------8-7-6-5-5-5-5----/5-5-5-5-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4---------------/4----------|
E S S S S E S E S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-0-0S7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---------------8-7-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4----------------------------|
Breakdown #2
6/8
S S E S S S E S E S S E S S S E S E S S S S S S E E E W
||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|------|
||o-------------------|-------------------o||--------------------|------|
||o-----7-5h7-x-8-8---|-----7-5h7-x-8-8---o||-------------/7-7-7-|------|
||--0h7-------------7-|-0h7-------------7--||-0-0---0---0--------|------|
Outro - Part #1
1.,2.,3. 4.
7/8 4/4
Q E S E E S E Q E S E E S e 4x Q E S E E S Q
||-----------------|------------------||------------------|
||o----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
||o-7--7-7-4-4-4-4-|-3--3-3----------o||-3--3-3-----------|
||-----------------|--------/6-6-6-6--||--------/6-6-6-6--|
|-3--|
Q S S S e S Q. Q S S S E S S S S S S E
||--------------------|------5---------------7-----|
||o----5s4------------|----5---5-0-0-(0)-5-7---7-5-|
||o-7------5-4-x-4----|-3--------------------------|
||--------------------|----------------------------|
|-3-|
Q S S S e S Q. Q S S S E. S S S S S E 3x
|-------------------|------5------------7------||
|----5s4------------|----5---5-0--0-5-7---7-5-o||
|-7------5-4-x-4----|-3-----------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------------||
Outro - Part #2, Piano Only
Q=63 Q=57
5/4 4/4
Wx2 Wx16 Wx3 W Wx3
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|--------*|
Performance Notes
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So, here it is, "The Leper Affinity", finally... :) As usual, this is as accurate as it gets(at
least it should be). Last part of the song(after the 7/8-measures) is great for improvising, I
recommend you to give it a shot at least. As always, enjoy!
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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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