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MASTER'S APPRENTICES (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 2002 Album DELIVERANCE
Words and Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Arranged by Opeth


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Electric Bass'

 Intro & 1st Verse
  Moderately Q=93
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H.      Q      Q  e S S e e E E    Q  Q  +E   S S Q
|------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|------------||o------------------|--------------------|
|------------||o------------------|--------------------|
|---------1--||--0--0-0-0-0-0-1-0-|-/4--5--(5)\-0-0-1--|


                    1.,2.,3.,4.,5.           6.
  Q  e S S e e E E    Q  Q   E +E   S S E      Q  Q   E +E   S S E
|------------------|-----------------------||----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------o||----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------o||--------------------2-||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-1-0-|-/4--5--/8-(8)\-0-0-1--||-/4--5--/8-(8)\-0-0---||


   1st Chorus
                           1.,2.,3.
    E. S S S E E. S S S E   E. S S S S S E  S S S S E
||------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|----------------------------o||
||o-2--2-x-x-2-2--2-x-x-2-|-2--2-x-x-------/8-8-8-8-8\-o||
||------------------------|----------5s4-4--------------||


 4.
  E. S S S S S E  S S S S E
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|-2--2-x-x-------/8-8-8-8---||
|----------5s4-4----------1-||


   2nd Verse
    Q  e S S e e E E    Q  Q  +E   S S Q    Q  e S S e e E E
||-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|------------------|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-1-0-|-/4--5--(5)\-0-0-1--|-0--0-0-0-0-0-1-0-|


  1.,2.,3.                4.
   Q  Q   E +E   S S E      Q  Q   E. S S S S S
|-----------------------||----------------------||
|----------------------o||----------------------||
|----------------------o||--------/6----3-6-0---||
|-/4--5--/8-(8)\-0-0-1--||-/4--5------0-------0-||


 Interlude
                                7/8
  S S E S S E E +S   S S S S S   +S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------8-----6s5---------0---|
|-2p1-0-0-0-3-4-(4)\-0-3-4-6-7-|-(7)-6-7---6-7-----7-6-3s6---0-|


   4/4
    S S E S S E E +S   S S S S S
||-------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|
||--6p4-0-0-0-3-4-(4)\-0-3-4-6-7-|


 7/8                               4/4
  +S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x S  E. Q  H
|--------------------------------||---------------|
|-------------------------------o||---------------|
|---------8-----6s5---------0---o||---------------|
|-(7)-6-7---6-7-----7-6-3s6---0--||-8\------------|


  Wx3             E E S S e S E S S S S S    E E S S  E +S  E S S S S S   4x
|------------||---------------------------|-------------------------------||
|------------||o--------------------------|------------------------------o||
|------------||o--------------------------|-----------------------4------o||
|------------||--/8-7-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-0-|-/8-7-0-0-/6-(6)-5-4p3---6-0---||


   3rd Verse
                                |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    E E E. S S S  E E E   4x
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------||
||o------------------------------------|----------------------o||
||o------------------------------------|-----1--0----------5\-o||
||--0-0-0-----0---0-0-0---0-0---7-6-5\-|-1-0------1-0-/4-7-----||


   Interlude
     E E S S e S E S S S S S    E E S S  E +S  E S S S S S   4x
||---------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o--------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o--------------------------|-----------------------4------o||
||--/8-7-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-0-|-/8-7-0-0-/6-(6)-5-4p3---6-0---||


   4th Verse
                                |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    E E E. S S S  E E E   3x
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------||
||o------------------------------------|----------------------o||
||o------------------------------------|-----1--0----------5\-o||
||--0-0-0-----0---0-0-0---0-0---7-6-5\-|-1-0------1-0-/4-7-----||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  S  E  +S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0---0-0---3-3-|-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-11-12-(12)\-||


 2nd Chorus
  E. S S S E +E  E E E   E. S S S E +E  E E E
|------------------2---|------------------4---|
|----------------2-----|----------------4-----|
|-0--0-x-x-0-(0)-----0-|-2--2-x-x-2-(2)-----2-|
|----------------------|----------------------|


  E. S S S E +E  E E E   E. S S S E +E  E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-2--2-x-x-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-1--1-x-x-1-(1)-1-1-3-|


  E. S S S E +E  E E E   E. S S S E +E  E E E
|------------------2---|------------------4---|
|----------------2-----|----------------4-----|
|-0--0-x-x-0-(0)-----0-|-2--2-x-x-2-(2)-----2-|
|----------------------|----------------------|


  E. S S S E +E  E E. S   S S E +E  E Q  E E
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-2--2-x-x-2-(2)-2-1--1-|-x-x-1-(1)-1-3--3-3-||


   Bridge
    E. S S S E +E  E E E   E. S S S E +E  E E E
||-------------------7---|------------------7---|
||o----------------7-----|----------------6-----|
||o-5--5-x-x-5-(5)-----5-|-5--5-x-x-5-(5)-----5-|
||-----------------------|----------------------|


  E. S S S E +E  E E E   E. S S S E +E  E E E
|------------------7---|------------------7-----||
|----------------7-----|----------------6------o||
|-5--5-x-x-5-(5)-----5-|--------------------5--o||
|----------------------|-4--4-x-x-4-(4)---------||


   Instrumental Break
    E. S S S E +E  E E E   E. S S S E +E  E E E
||-------------------7---|------------------7---|
||o----------------7-----|----------------6-----|
||o-5--5-x-x-5-(5)-----5-|-5--5-x-x-5-(5)-----5-|
||-----------------------|----------------------|


  E. S S S E +E  E E E   E. S S S E +E  E E E
|------------------7---|------------------7-----||
|----------------7-----|----------------6------o||
|-5--5-x-x-5-(5)-----5-|--------------------5--o||
|----------------------|-4--4-x-x-4-(4)---------||


 3rd Chorus
  E. S S S E +E  E E E   E. S S S E +E  E E E
|------------------2---|------------------4---|
|----------------2-----|----------------4-----|
|-0--0-x-x-0-(0)-----0-|-2--2-x-x-2-(2)-----2-|
|----------------------|----------------------|


  E. S S S E +E  E E E   E. S S S E +E  E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-2--2-x-x-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-1--1-x-x-1-(1)-1-1-3-|


  E. S S S E +E  E E E   E. S S S E +E  E E E   E. S S S E +E  E E E   W
|------------------2---|------------------4---|----------------------|------||
|----------------2-----|----------------4-----|----------------------|------||
|-0--0-x-x-0-(0)-----0-|-2--2-x-x-2-(2)-----2-|----------------------|-5----||
|----------------------|----------------------|-2--2-x-x-2-(2)-2-2-2-|------||


 Transition
  Q  E S S  E E E E   +E  E E S S S S S S S S S S   Q  E S S  E E E  E
|-------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------/7-5-----|-----------------5---5-7-5-7-|----------/7-7-7\---|
|-0--0-0-0------7---|-------------5s7---7---------|-0--0-0-0-----------|
|-----------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-----------------|------------------0-|


  +E  E E S S  E S S +S  S E
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|-------------/7-7-5-(5)-5---||
|-(0)-0-0-0-0--------------7-||


 1st Guitar Solo
  Q  E S S  E E E E   +E  E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|----7-----/7-5-----|-----------------5---5-------|
|-0----0-0------7---|-------------5s7---7---7-5-7-|
|-----------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-----------------|


  Q  E S S  E E E  E   +E  E E S S S S S S S S E     Q  E S S  E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------------||--------------------|
|----------/7-7-7\---|---------------------------||o----------/7-5-----|
|-0--0-0-0-----------|-------------7p5---5-7---5-||o-0--0-0-0------7---|
|------------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-----7-----7---||------------------0-|


  +E  E E S S S S S S S S S S   Q  E S S  E E E  E
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------5---5-------|----------/7-7-7\---|
|-------------5s7---7---7-5-7-|-0--0-0-0-----------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-----------------|------------------0-|


  +E  E E S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|-------------7p5---5-7---5-7-o||
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-----7-----7------||


 5th Verse
  Q  E S S E E E  E   +E  E E S S S S S S S S E   Q  E S S E E E  E
|-------------------|-------6-6-6-------6-6-6---|-------------------|
|----7-----7-7-5\---|-------------4h6-6-------6-|----------7-7-5\---|
|-0----0-0--------4-|-(4)-4---------------------|-0--0-0-0--------4-|
|-------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|


  +E  E E S S S S S S +S  S S S
|-------6-----------------------|
|-------------------2-(2)-2-----|
|-(4)-4---x-x-2h4-4---------4-4-|
|-------------------------------|


  Q  E S S E E E  E   +E  E E E S S S S +S  S S S
|-------------------|-------6---------6-(6)-6-----|
|----7-7-7-7-7-5\---|-----------4h6-6---------6-6-|
|-0---------------4-|-(4)-4---4-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|


  Q  E S S E E E  E   +E  E E S S S S S S +S  S S S   Q  E S S E E E  E
|-------------------|-------6-----------------------|--------------------|
|------------7-5\---|-------------------2-(2)-2-----|----7-----7-7-5\----|
|-0--0-0-0-0------4-|-(4)-4---x-x-2h4-4---------4-4-|-0----0-0--------4--|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|


  +E  E E S S S S S S +S  S S S   Q  E S S E E E  E
|-------6-----------6-(6)-6-----|-------------------|
|-------------4h6-6---------6-6-|------------7-5\---|
|-(4)-4---4-4-------------------|-0--0-0-0-0------4-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|


  +E  E E S S S S S S +S  S S S
|--------------------------------|
|-------------------2-(2)-2------|
|-(4)-4-4-4-4-2h4-4---------4-4--|
|--------------------------------|


  Q  E S S E E E  E   +E  E E S S S S S S +S  S S S   Q  E S S E E E  E
|-------------------|-------6-----------6-(6)-6-----|--------------------|
|----7-----7-7-5\---|-------------4h6-6---------6-6-|----7-----7-7-5\----|
|-0----0-0--------4-|-(4)-4---4-4-------------------|-0----0-0--------4--|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|


  +E  E E S S S S S S +S  S S S   Q  E E E E E E   +W
|-------6-----------------------|----------------|--------||
|-------------------2-(2)-2-----|----------------|--------||
|-(4)-4---4-4-2h4-4---------4-4-|-2--2-2-0-0-----|--------||
|-------------------------------|--------------2-|-(2)----||


 Interlude
  Q  E S S a E E E E   +E  E Q   E E  E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|----6---------------|--------------------|
|----------4h6-4-----|----------/7-7\-4-2-|
|-4----4-4-------4-0-|-(0)-0-0------------|


  Q  E S S a E E E E   +E  E Q   E S S S S S S
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|----------4h6-4-----|----------/7-7s5-5-5-----|
|-4--4-4-4-------4-0-|-(0)-0-0-------------7-0-|


  Q  E S S a E E E E   +E  E Q   E E  S S E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------4h6-4-----|-----7-7--/7-7\-5-5---|
|-4--4-4-4-------4-0-|-(0)----------------7-|


  Q  E S S a E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
|----------4h6-4---6-|-(6)-6-6--4-4-4-4-||
|-4--4-4-4-------4---|------------------||


  Q  E S S E E E E   +E  E E S S  E. S +E  E   Q  E S S E S S +S  S E
|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------4S9---|-------------------------|--------------9-(9)------|
|----------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-/7--5-(5)-4-|------------9-------9-0--|
|-7--7-7-7-7-------|-------------------------|-7--7-7-7-7--------------|


  +E  E E S S  E S S +S  S S S   Q  E S S E S S E E
|------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------------|------------9---9---|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-/7-7-5-(5)-4-0-0-|----------9---9---0-|
|------------------------------|-7--7-7-7-----------|


  +E  E E S S  E S S +E  E   Q  E S S E S S +S  S E   +W
|--------------------------|------------------------|--------||
|--------------------------|--------------9-(9)-----|--------||
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-/7-7-5-(5)-0-|------------9-------9-0-|-(0)----||
|--------------------------|-7--7-7-7-7-------------|--------||


 6th Verse
  Q  E S S E E E  E   +E  E E S S S S S S +S  S S S   Q  E S S E E E  E
|-------------------|-------6-----------6-(6)-6-----|--------------------|
|----7-------7-5\---|-------------4h6-6---------6-6-|------------7-5\----|
|-0----0-0-0------4-|-(4)-4---4-4-------------------|-0--0-0-0-0------4--|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|


  +E  E E S S S S S S +S  S S S   Q  E S S E E E  E
|-------6-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------2-(2)-2-----|----7-7-7-7-7-5\---|
|-(4)-4---x-x-2h4-4---------4-4-|-0---------------4-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|


  +E  E E S S S S S S +S  S S S
|-------------------6-(6)-6------|
|-------------4h6-6---------6-6--|
|-(4)-4-4-4-4--------------------|
|--------------------------------|


  Q  E S S E E E  E   +E  E E S S S S S S +S  S S S
|-------------------|-------------------6-(6)-6-----||
|------------7-5\---|-------------------------------||
|-0--0-0-0-0------4-|-(4)-4-4-x-x-2h4-4---------2h4-||
|-------------------|-------------------------------||


   Transition                         Instrumental Break
    Faster Q.=68
   6/8
    E Q  E Q   3x S S S S S S Q.       S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-------------||------------------||--------------------------|
||o-----------o||------------------||o-------------------------|
||o-3----3----o||------------------||o---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7-|
||-------------||-0-2-3-0-3-5-6----||--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   S S S S S S Q.    4x
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------o||
|---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7-|---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7-|------------------o||
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-2-3-0-3-5-6-----||


   2nd Guitar Solo
    S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7-|---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7-|
||--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 Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------o||
|---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7-|------------------o||
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-2-3-0-3-5-6-----||


   4th Chorus & Outro
    E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||----------------------|---------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S 16x
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-----------|----------------------||


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