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/ Opeth / Deliverance (1994) / A Fair Judgement bass tab

A FAIR JUDGEMENT (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 2002 Album DELIVERANCE
Words and Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Transcribed by Erik Dietrich

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q.=55
 6/8
  Gtr I
  Wx36
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|


   Verse
    Q.=55(16=s16)
    $
    H.        H.       7x H.        +H.
||----------|----------||---------|--------|
||o---------|---------o||---------|--------|
||o-0-------|-2-------o||-0-------|-(0)----|
||----------|----------||---------|--------|


    E. S E E. S E   E. S S S S E. E   E. E S E. S E   E. S E S S S S S S
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------2-2-2-3-2----|
||--0--0-0-2--2-2-|-3--3-3-3-5-5--2-|-0--0-0-2--2-2-|-3--3-3-----------3--|


                                                         D.S. al Coda
                                                         D.S. al Coda
  E. E S E. S E   E. S E S E. E   E. E S E. S E   E. S E S S S S S S
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------o||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------2-2-2-3-2----o||
|-0--0-0-2--2-2-|-3--3-3-5-5--2-|-0--0-0-2--2-2-|-3--3-3-----------3---||


  &
  E. E S E. E S   E. E S E. S E   Q  E Q  E   H.
|---------------|---------------|-----------|-------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------|-------|
|---------------|---------------|-2--2-5--5-|-7-----|
|-0--0-0-2--2-2-|-3--3-3-5--x-5-|-----------|-------|


 Guitar Break
  E=156(s16=16)
  Wx20
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|


   Interlude
    E=157
    Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     E. E. E. E S  6x
||------------|-----------|-----------|---------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------o||
||o-5----5----|-1----0----|-----------|--------------o||
||------------|-----------|-3----3----|-1--3--6--5-8--||


 Bridge
  Wx12
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|


   Distorted Bridge
    E=163
    Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.      E. E S S S E E   4x
||------------|-----------|-----------|-------------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------o||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-/7--5-4----------o||
||--7----0----|-0----0----|-7----0----|---------7p6-2-0---||


 Second Solo
  Q.=55
  Q  E Q  E   Q.   Q.     E S S E Q  E   E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------|-----------|--------------|----------------------|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|----------------------|
|-2--2-5--5-|-7---------|-2-2-2-2-5--5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------|------0----|--------------|----------------------|


  Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q   E   Q  E Q  E   E. E.  E E E
|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------|
|-2--2-5--5-|-7--7-9--10-|-2--2------|-------/7-7-7-|
|-----------|------------|------0--0-|-2--2---------|


  Q  E Q  E   E. E S Q.     E S S E Q  E   E. E. E. E.
|-----------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-2--2-5--5-|-7--7-7------|-2-2-2-2-5--5-|-------------|
|-----------|--------0----|--------------|-0--0--0--0--|


  Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E   E. E.  E E E
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|-2--2-5--5-|-7--7------|-2--2------|-------/7-7-7-|
|-----------|------2--2-|------0--0-|-2--2---------|


 Third Solo
  Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-2--2-5--5-|-7--7------|-2--2-5--5-|-7--7------|
|-----------|------0--0-|-----------|------0--0-|


  E. E S E. S E   E. E.  S S S S S S   E. E S Q  E   E. E S  E E E
|---------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
|-2--2-2-5--5-5-|-7--7--/9-9-9-9-9-9-|-2--2-2------|--------/7-7-7--|
|---------------|--------------------|--------0--0-|-2--2-2---------|


  E. E S E. S E   Q  E Q.     E. E S E. E.   Q  E Q  E
|---------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|
|-2--2-2-5--5-5-|-7--7------|-2--2-2-5--5--|-7--7-7--7-|
|---------------|------0----|--------------|-----------|


  E. E S E S S E   Q  E E E E    E. E S Q  E   E. E S  S S S S E
|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-2--2-2-5-5-5-5-|-7--7-9-9-9\-|-2--2-2------|--------/7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------|-------------|--------0--0-|-2--2-2------------|


 Intro REPRISE?
  Wx16
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|


 WORST OUTRO EVERR
  Q=120
 4/4
  H    H        H    H      +H     H      Q  Q  H
|-----------||------------|-------------|------------|
|-----------||o-----------|-------------|------------|
|-----------||o------7----|-(7)----6----|-3----------|
|-3----2----||--0---------|-------------|----5--2----|


  +W           H    H      Q  H.        H    H
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-(2)--------|-6----5----|-2--2-------|-6----5----|


  Q  H.        H    H     8x
|------------|------------||
|------------|-----------o||
|------------|-----------o||
|-2--1-------|-3----2-----||


Performance Notes
-----------------
It's too hard to hear the bass so it's largely guesswork :'(

Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
 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
-----------
 |  - 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


Opeth albums
2003 Damnation
2002 Deliverance
2001 Blackwater Park
1999 Still Life
1998 My Arms, Your Hearse
1996 Morningrise
1995 Orchid
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