GODHEAD'S LAMENT (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 1999 Album STILL LIFE
Words and Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Arranged by Opeth
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Martin M. - El. Bass'
Intro/Verse #1
Q=98
6/8
Gtr I
E S E S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|-4-4-4-x-x-----------|
||--3-x-5-x-6-6-6-6-x-|-----------3-3-3-x-x-|
S S S S E S S S S E E S E S E S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|-/8-8-8-7-x-5-5-5-4-x-|-3-3-0-0-----------|
|----------------------|---------2-2-2-2-x-|
E S E S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-4-4-4-x-x-----------|
|-3-x-5-x-6-6-6-6-x-|-----------3-3-3-x-x-|
S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S S S S E.
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-/8-8-8-7-x-5-5-5-4-x-|-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-|
|----------------------|--------------------|
E S E S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-4-4-4-x-x-----------|
|-3-x-5-x-6-6-6-6-x-|-----------3-3-3-x-x-|
S S S S E S S S S E E S E S E S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|-/8-8-8-7-x-5-5-5-4-x-|-3-3-0-0-----------|
|----------------------|---------2-2-2-2-x-|
E S E S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-4-4-4-x-x-----------|-/8-8-8-7-x-5-5-5-4-x-|
|-3-x-5-x-6-6-6-6-x-|-----------3-3-3-x-x-|----------------------|
1. 2.
E S S S S S S S E. E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------||-----------------------
|--------------------o||-----------------------
|-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||-----------------------
|---------------------||-6-6-6-5s6s5-5-5-5-5---
Bridge #1
E S S S S E S S S S E S E. E E E
||--------4---------5---|------------------|
||o-----4---4-----5---5-|------------------|
||o-2-x-------3-x-------|-0-0-0--/12-12-12-|
||----------------------|------------------|
E S E S E S E S E S E S E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|----------------o||
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-/7-7-7-o||
|-3-x-2-x-2-x-0-x-|-----------------||
E. S S S E. S S S E S E. E E E E S E S E S E S E S E S E E E 4x
||-------4--------5---|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o----4---4----5---5-|------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-2--------3--------|-0-0-0--/12-12-12-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-/7-7-7-o||
||--------------------|------------------|-3-x-2-x-2-x-0-x-|-----------------||
Pre-Verse/Verse #2
3/8 6/8
E E E 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--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---/2---||o-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|------0-||---------------------------|-------------------------|
~
E E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S 6x
|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------o||
|---------------0-2-|-1---1-----0-2-3-/5-3h5-o||
|-6-0-0-2-3-2-3-----|---3---2-3---------------||
Bridge #2
E S E S E S S S S E S E S E S S S S
||---------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||--/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-|
E E E E S S S S E E S S S S E E 4x
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------o||
|---/6-6-5-5-5-x-x-|-1-2--------------o||
|------------------|-----0-0-2-3-0-0---||
Guitar Solo
E. S S S E E E E. E S E. E S E. E S E E E S S S S E S S S S E
||-------4---4-----|----------------|---------------|---------------------
||o----4---4---4---|--------/7--5---|---------5-----|---------------------
||o-2------------2-|-0--0-0-------5-|-------5---5---|-5-5-5-5-x-7-7-7-7-x-
||-----------------|----------------|-/3--3-------3-|---------------------
E. S S S E E E E. E S E. E S E. E S E E E E S E S E S E S
|------4---4-----|----------------|--------------|-------------------||
|----4---4---4---|--------/7--5---|--------5-----|------------------o||
|-2------------2-|-0--0-0-------5-|------5---5---|------------------o||
|----------------|----------------|-3--3-------3-|-/5-x-2-x-3-x-3-x--||
Bridge #3
E. S S S E E E E. E S E. E S E. E S E E E E S S S S E S E.
|------4---4-----|----------------|---------------|-------7-----------|
|----4---4---4---|--------/7--5---|---------5-----|-----7---7---------|
|-2------------2-|-0--0-0-------5-|-------5---5---|-5-x-------/7-x-7--|
|----------------|----------------|-/3--3-------3-|-------------------|
E. S S S E E E E. E S E. S S S
|------4---4-----|------------------|
|----4---4---4---|--------/7--5-----|
|-2------------2-|-0--0-0-------5---|
|----------------|----------------3-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------------|
E. E S E E E Q E Q.
|--------------|-----------|
|--------7-----|-----------|
|-0--0-7---7---|-----------|
|------------5-|-0--0-0----|
Interlude #1 - Pt. I
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. 6x
||------------|-----------|-----------|-------------||
||o-----------|------0----|-7----6----|-5----4-----o||
||o-0----2----|-3---------|-----------|------------o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|-------------||
Interlude #1 - Pt. II
1. 2.
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. H. E S S S S S S S S S S
||------------|-----------|-----------|----------||----------5h7-5----------|
||o-5----4----|-3----2----|-1---------|-0-------o||-0-0-/5h7-------7-5------|
||o-----------|-----------|------3----|---------o||--------------------7-5--|
||------------|-----------|-----------|----------||-------------------------|
Pre-Bridge/Bridge #4
E. E S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S
||---------------------|----------------------||
||o--------------5-----|---------------5-----o||
||o--------5h7-7---7-7-|---------5h7-7---7-7-o||
||--0--0-0-------------|-0-0-0-0--------------||
E S E S E. E S E S E S E. E S
||-----------------|----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-5--5-5-|-3-3-3-5-5--5-5-|
||-----------------|----------------|
E S E S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------5-----|---------------5------o||
|---------5h7-7---7-7-|---------5h7-7---7-7--o||
|-0-0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-0---------------||
E S E S E S E S E. E S E E E E S E S E S E S E. E S E E E
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o---------5-5-5-x-|-0--0-0-------|---------5-5-5-x-|-0--0-0-/7-7-7--o||
||--3-3-3-3---------|--------0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------||
E S E S E. E S E S E S E. E S
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-5--5-5-|-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-|
|----------------|----------------|
E S E S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------5-----|---------------5-------|
|---------5h7-7---7-7-|---------5h7-7---7-7---|
|-0-0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-0---------------|
E S E S E. E S E S E S E. E S
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-5--5-5-|-3-3-3-5-5--5-5-|
|----------------|----------------|
E S E S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------5-----|---------7-5---5-------|
|---------5h7-7---7-7-|-------------7---7s5---|
|-0-0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-0---------------|
E S E S E S E S E. E S E E E E S E S E S E S E. E S E E E
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o---------5-5-5-x-|-0--0-0-------|---------5-5-5-x-|-0--0-0-/7-7-7--o||
||--3-3-3-3---------|--------0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------||
Interlude #2
e E H H +E E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|----------||--------------|------------|-----------|
|----------||o-------------|------/7--7-|-7----7----|
|-7--------||o-5----(5)\-3-|-5----------|-----------|
|----------||--------------|------------|---------0-|
Q. Q E E. E S E E E Q E E E E
|------------|--------------|------4-----|
|------------|--------------|----4---4---|
|------------|--------------|-2--------2-|
|-5----5--5\-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-|------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 4x S S E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------||---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------o||---------------|
|-5h7---------5h7---------|-2-2-2-0h2-4-4-4-4-4-o||-----2-2---0-0-|
|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|----------------------||-0-------------|
Bridge #5 - Pt. I
~~~~~
E S E. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------|--------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------/5h7h8p7-|
||o-----------------|-7---5h7p5---5------------|
||--0-0-/3--4-0-5h6-|---6-------6---6----------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
E S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E E S S 4x E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------||-------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------o||-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7s6-6-6-6-x-|-----------------o||-------------|
|-----------------------|-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x--||-3-3---3-3---|
Bridge #5 - Pt. II
E S E S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------|--------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------/5h7h8p7-|
||o-----------------|-7---5h7p5---5------------|
||--0-x-3-x-4-0-5h6-|---x-------6---6----------|
1. 2.
E S S S S S S S S S S E E E E Q E E S S E E S S
|-----------------------|-----------<7>---||-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------<7>------o||-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7s6-6-6-6-x-|----------------o||-----------------|
|-----------------------|-3-3-------------||-3-3---x-3-3-x-x-|
Bridge #5 - Pt. III
~~~~~
E S E. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------|--------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------/5h7h8p7-|
||o-----------------|-7---5h7p5---5------------|
||--0-0-/3--4-0-5h6-|---6-------6---6----------|
1. 2.
E S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E Q
|-----------------------|------------------||---------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------o||---------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7s6-6-6-6-x-|-----------------o||---------------|
|-----------------------|-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x--||-3-3-x-x-3-----|
Verse #2 - Revisited
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-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
~
E E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S 4x
|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------o||
|---------------0-2-|-1---1-----0-2-3-/5-3h5-o||
|-6-0-0-2-3-2-3-----|---3---2-3---------------||
Bridge #2 - Revisited
E S E S E S S S S E S E S E S S S S
||---------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||--/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-|
E E E E S S S S E E S S S S E E 4x
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------o||
|---/6-6-5-5-5-x-x-|-1-2--------------o||
|------------------|-----0-0-2-3-0-0---||
Bridge #3 - Revisited
E. S S S E E E E. E S E. E S E. E S E E E S S S S E S S S S E
|------4---4-----|----------------|---------------|----------------------|
|----4---4---4---|--------/7--5---|---------5-----|----------------------|
|-2------------2-|-0--0-0-------5-|-------5---5---|-5-5-5-5-x-7-7-7-7-x--|
|----------------|----------------|-/3--3-------3-|----------------------|
E. S S S E E E E. E S E. E S E. E S E E E E S E S E S E S
|------4---4-----|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|----4---4---4---|--------/7--5---|--------5-----|------------------|
|-2------------2-|-0--0-0-------5-|------5---5---|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-3--3-------3-|-/5-x-2-x-3-x-3-x-|
E. S S S E E E E. E S E. E S E. E S E E E E S S S S E S S S S
|------4---4-----|----------------|---------------|-------7----------9----|
|----4---4---4---|--------/7--5---|---------5-----|-----7---7------9---9--|
|-2------------2-|-0--0-0-------5-|-------5---5---|-5-x-------/7-x--------|
|----------------|----------------|-/3--3-------3-|-----------------------|
E. S S S E E E E. E S E. S S S
|------4---4-----|------------------|
|----4---4---4---|--------/7--5-----|
|-2------------2-|-0--0-0-------5---|
|----------------|----------------3-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------------|
Outro
1.,2.,3.,4.,5. 6.
S S S S E E S E S E S S E E. E. 6x E S S S S E Q
||---------------------|----------------||----------------*|
||o-/6-6-6-5-x---------|---------------o||----------------*|
||o------------8-x-----|---------------o||----------------*|
||-----------------7-x-|-6-x-1-1-0--0---||-6-x-1-1-1-0----*|
Performance Notes
-----------------
The bass lies embedded very low in the mix on this record so it's hard to hear what's going
on(the same goes for the 2:nd, 3:d and all other guitars on the record). But this should be
at least, 98% correct... :)
And as usual, feel free to improvise! Martin Mendez sure does!
Enjoy!
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
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