CLOSURE (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 2003 Album DAMNATION
Words and Music by Mikael Akerfeldt
Transcribed by Erik Dietrich
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro/Verse I Verse II
Q=89
4/4 3/4
Gtr I
Wx16 Wx8 H.
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Interlude
4/4
W +W +W +W
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||o----------|------------|------------|--------o||
||o----------|------------|------------|--------o||
||--0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----||
E. S E E +S S E S S S S
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||o----7---/7-(7)---------7---|
||--0----0--------0-0-5h7---7-|
1.,2.,3.,4.,5. 6.
E. S E E +S S E S S E 5x E. S E E +E E Q
|--------------------------||---------9--(9)-(9)-9--|
|-------------------------o||------9-(9)-(9)--9--8--|
|----7---/7-(7)-------7---o||-----------------------|
|-0----0--------0-0-6---6--||-0--0------------------|
E. S E E +S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----7---/7-(7)-----------7---|
|-0----0--------0-0-0-5h7---7-|
E. S E E +S E. S S E E. S E E +S S E S S S S
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|----7---/7-(7)------7---|----7---/7-(7)---------7----|
|-0----0--------0--6---6-|-0----0--------0-0-5h7---7--|
E. S E E +S E. E E E. S E E +S E. E S S
|---------9--(9)-(9)-----||------------------------|
|------9-(9)-(9)--9--8---||o-----------------------|
|------------------------||o------7-5-(5)-4--7-6h7-|
|-0--0-----------------6-||--0--0------------------|
E. S E E +S S S S S S E 4x
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----7---/7-(7)---------7---o||
|-0----0--------0-0-0-6---6--||
Verse III
Wx16
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Outro
E. S E S S S S S S E S S
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||o--------------------------|
||o----7---5h7-------7-------|
||--0----0-----0-0-0---0-5h7-|
E. S E S S S S S S E S S E. S E S S S S S S E S S
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----7---5h7-------7-------|----7---5h7-------7-------|
|-0----0-----0-0-0---0-5h7-|-0----0-----0-0-0---0-5h7-|
E. S E S S S S S S E S S 4x
|---------------------------||-|
|--------------------------o||-|
|----7---5h8-------7-------o||-|
|-0----0-----0-0-0---0-5h7--||-|
E S S S S E S S S S S +S E E. S S S E E. S E E
||-------------------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------------------|----------------------|
||o-7---7-----7---7-7-7-6-(6)\-2-|-5--5-5-5-7\-2--2-2-2-|
||----0---0-0---0----------------|----------------------|
1.,2.,3.,4.,5. 6.
3/8
Q. E S S S S E E E S S S S S S +S S S S +S S S S 5x E S S S S
|--------------------|------------------------------------||-----------*|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------o||-----------*|
|-1------0h1-1-1-2-2-|-----------------------------------o||-----------*|
|------3-------------|-3-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0--||-3-0-0-0-0-*|
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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