THE MOOR (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) - 'Electric Bass'

 Intro
  Moderately Q.=62
 4/4            6/8
  Gtr I
  Wx41           Wx14        Q.   E. E.   H.
|-------------||-----------|------------|-------|
|-------------||-----------|------------|-------|
|-------------||-----------|------------|-------|
|-------------||-----------|------5--3--|-0-----|


  +H.        +H.        +H.        Q.   E. E.   H.
|----------|----------|----------|------------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------|-------||
|-(0)------|-(0)------|-(0)------|------5--3--|-0-----||


    E S E. E  S  S S S   E S E. E  S  S S S
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o---7-7--7-----5-6-7-|---7-7--7-----5-6-7-|
||--0--------(0)-------|-0--------(0)-------|


  E S E. E  S  S S S   E. S S S E S S S S
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------0-1-2-o||
|---7-7--7-----5-6-7-|-3--2---------------o||
|-0--------(0)-------|------0-2-3-0--------||


    e S S S S S S S S S S   e S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------5-6-7-|-----------------5-6-7-|
||--0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-------|-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-------|


  e S S S S S S S S S S   E. S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------0-1-2--o||
|-----------------5-6-7-|-3--2----------------o||
|-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-------|------0-2-3-0---------||


    e S S S S S S S S S S   e S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------5-6-7-|-----------------5-6-7-|
||--0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|


  e S S S S S S S S S S   E. S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------0-1-2--o||
|-----------------5-6-7-|-3--2----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|------0-2-3-0---------||


  T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|


  T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E S
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||


  S S S S E S e  S E    S  S  S  S  S  S  +E.  E.
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-----9-10---|-12-12-12-14-14-13-(13)\----|
|--------------------|----------------------------|


   Interlude & 1st Verse
    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-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-3h4-4-4-4-4-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S  6x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|---8---7-----------5-----o||
|-------------------------|-7---7---6-----5-----4---o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-----------5-4---4-----3--||


 Interlude
  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E E. E.
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|---------2-3-----|
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5\-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S e e S S e S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9--|
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0-|-0------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E E. E.
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-7---------------------|---------2-3-----|
|---0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5\-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S e e S S e S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9---||
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0-|-0-------------------||


   1st Bridge
    S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E E. E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------2-3-----|--------------------------|
||--1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5\-|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0--|


  S e e S S e S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E E. E.
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9-|-7---------------------|---------2-3-----|
|-0-----------------|---0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5\-|


                           1.                    2.
  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S e e S S e S S S     E e E Q.
|-------------------------|--------------------||------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------o||------------||
|-------------------------|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9-o||------------||
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0-|-0------------------||-0-4--------||


   1st Chorus
    E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|---------------------|
||o-0-0-------0-0-------|-----------------5h7-|
||----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|


  S S S S S S S S S E +S     E S E S S S S S S S
|-------------------9-(9)\-|------------------------||
|-------------8---8--------|-----------------------o||
|-----5s8---7---7----------|-2-2-0-0---------------o||
|-0h1-----6----------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1----||


    E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|
||o-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0-------0-0-------|
||----------------------|---------------------|


  E S S S S E S S E   E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-----------3-3-3---|-----------------------o||
|-------------------|-------3---3h5-7-3h5-6-o||
|-1-1-1-x-x-------3-|-4-3-4---4--------------||


    E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|---------------------|
||o-0-0-------0-0-------|-----------------5h7-|
||----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|


  S S S S S S S S S E +S     E S E S S S S S S S
|-------------------9-(9)\-|------------------------||
|-------------8---8--------|-----------------------o||
|-----5s8---7---7----------|-2-2-0-0---------------o||
|-0h1-----6----------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1----||


  E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|
|-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0-------0-0-------|
|---------------------|---------------------|


  E S S S S E S S E   E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----------3-3-3---|------------------------|
|-------------------|-------3---3h5-7-3h5-6--|
|-1-1-1-x-x-------3-|-4-3-4---4--------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S   E S E.  S  S  S  S  S  S
|---------------------|--------12----14-12-------|
|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|-----5/----14-------14p12-|
|-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0----------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|


  E S S S S E S S E   E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------3-3-3---|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------3---3h5-6-5h6-7---|
|-1-1-1-x-x-------3-|-4-3-4---4---------------|


 Interlude    2nd Verse
  Wx8          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-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|
|----------||--------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


                      1.,2.,3.,4.,5.         6.
  E S S S S  E S S E   E S S S S  E S S E     E S S S S E S S S S
|--------------------|-----------/6-6-6----||---------------------||
|-----------/7-7-----|------------------6-o||---------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0------7-5-|-4-4-4-4-4----------o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----||
|--------------------|---------------------||-----------------5-5-||


   2nd Bridge
                           1.,2.,3.,4.,5.            6.
    E S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S     E S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||-----------------------||
||o-----------4-4-4-3-3-3-|-1---------------------o||-1---------------5h6h8-||
||--3-3-3-3-3-------------|---3-3-x-x-1h3-3-3-x-x--||---3-3-x-x-1h3s6-------||


 Transition
  Slightly Slower Q.=56
   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     H.
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|-10----9----|-8----7----|-6----4----|-5-----|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     H.
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|-10----9----|-8----7----|-6----4----|-5-----|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     H.        Wx20
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------||
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------||
|-10----9----|-8----7----|-6----4----|-5-------|---------||
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------||


 3rd Verse                Instrumental Break
                                     3/8    6/8
  Wx16         Wx8         Wx3        W      Wx2
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|


  H.        +H.        H.        +H.
|---------|----------|---------|--------||
|---------|----------|---------|--------||
|---------|----------|-0-------|-(0)----||
|-0-------|-(0)------|---------|--------||


                            Transition
                          A Tempo Q.=62
            3/8   6/8
  Wx7        W     W         Wx8
|----------|-----|--------||--------||
|----------|-----|--------||--------||
|----------|-----|--------||--------||
|----------|-----|--------||--------||


   4th Verse
    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-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


  S S S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S  E S S S S    4x
|-----------------------|-----------/6-6-6--------||
|-------------7-7-------|------------------6-6---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----7-6-5-|-4-4-4-4-4--------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||


   3rd Bridge & Outro
                           1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7.      8.
    E S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S     E S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------|------------------------||----------------------*|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||----------------------*|
||o-----------4-4-4-3-3-3-|-1---------------------o||-1--------------------*|
||--3-3-3-3-3-------------|---3-3-x-x-1h3-3-3-x-x--||---3-3-x-x-1h3-3-3----*|

Performance Notes
-----------------
Due to the muddiness of the original recording, much of the bass came from the live recording of the

song from February 27th, 2004 at Irving Plaza, NY.

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