BENIGHTED (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 1999 Album STILL LIFE
Words by Mikael Akerfeldt Music by Mikael Akerfeldt and Opeth
Transcribed by Didn't Say

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Martin Mendez'

   Intro
    Q=147
   4/4
    Gtr I
    W          W          W          W    12x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||


                         1st Verse
  W          W            W          W     8x
|----------|----------||-----------|-------||
|----------|----------||o----------|------o||
|----------|----------||o----------|------o||
|----------|----------||-----------|-------||


   Chorus
    W          W          W          W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||


   2nd Verse
    W          W          W          W     4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||


   Chorus
    W          W          W          W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||


 Interlude
  W          W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|


   9/8         4/4        6/4            4/4
    W           W          W              W
||------------|----------|--------------|------|
||o-----------|----------|--------------|------|
||o-----------|----------|--------------|------|
||------------|----------|--------------|------|


 4/4        3/4
  W          W
|----------|-------||
|----------|------o||
|----------|------o||
|----------|-------||


 9/8         4/4        6/4            4/4
  W           W          W              W
|-----------|----------|--------------|------|
|-----------|----------|--------------|------|
|-----------|----------|--------------|------|
|-----------|----------|--------------|------|


                                  Guitar Solo
                       7/8        4/4
  W          W          W          H    S S E E E
|----------|----------|---------||-----------------|
|----------|----------|---------||-----------------|
|----------|----------|---------||-----------------|
|----------|----------|---------||-0----x-------0--|


  E S S Q  Q  Q    H    S S E E E   E S S Q  Q  Q    H    S S E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------3--2--|----------------|----------3--2--|----------------|
|-0-x---0--------|-0----x-------0-|-0-x---0--------|-0----x-------0-|


  E S S Q  Q  Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  E +Q   H      H    S S E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----0-(0)--2----|------------------|
|----------3--2--|-0----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-------------|------------------|
|-0-x---0--------|----------------|-----------------|-0----x-------0---|


  E S S Q  Q  Q    H    S S E E E   E S S Q  Q  Q    H    S S E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------3--2--|----------------|----------3--2--|----------------|
|-0-x---0--------|-0----x-------0-|-0-x---0--------|-0----x-------0-|


                                                     Chorus
  E S S Q  Q  Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    E E +Q   H        H    S S E E E
|----------------|----------------|---------------||-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---0-(0)--2----||o------------------|
|----------3--2--|-0----2-(2)--3--|-3-------------||o-0----x-------0---|
|-0-x---0--------|----------------|---------------||-------------------|


  E S S Q  +H       Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  E +Q   E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
|-0-x---0--(0)----|-------------0--|-(0)-3-(3)--3-3-2--o||
|-----------------|-0----3-(3)-----|--------------------||


   3rd Verse
    H    S S E E E   E S S Q  Q  Q    H    S S E E E   E S S Q  Q  Q
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|----------3--2--|----------------|----------3--2---|
||--0----x-------0-|-0-x---0--------|-0----x-------0-|-0-x---0---------|


  H    S S E E E   E S S Q  Q  Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  E +Q   H
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----0-(0)--2---o||
|----------------|----------3--2--|-0----2-(2)--3--|-(3)------------o||
|-0----x-------0-|-0-x---0--------|----------------|-----------------||


    H    S S E E E   E S S Q  +H       H    Q.   E   Q  Q  +H      4x
||-----------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|-2----0------|--------------o||
||o-0----x---------|-------0--(0)----|-----------3-|-3------------o||
||---------------3s|=5-x-------------|-------------|----1--(1)-----||


  W          H    +Q.   S S   W          +W
|----------|----------------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------------|----------|--------|
|-0--------|-0----(0)---3-2-|-0--------|-(0)----|


  +W           +W           +W           +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(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