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/ Opeth / Damnation (2003) / Closure guitar tab

CLOSURE
As recorded by Opeth
From the 2003 Album DAMNATION
Words and Music by Mikael Akerfeldt

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic (low)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic (high)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted 1'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted 2'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Electric'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Octave Doubling'

   Intro/Verse I
    Q=89
    D5                                    Amaj7sus4/D           Dsus2
   4/4
    Gtrs I, II
    E  S   S  E E  S   S   E  E  S   S    E  S   S  E E  S   S  E E  S   S
||--5-----(5)-5-5-----(5)-(5)-5-----(5)-|-4-----(4)-5-4-(x)-(x)-0-0-----(0)-|
||o-3-(3)--3--3-3-(3)--3---3--3-(3)--3--|-3-(3)--3--3-3--3---3--3-3-(3)--3--|
||--2--2---2--2-2--2---2---2--2--2---2--|-2--2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2--2---2--|
||--0--0---0--0-0--0---0---0--0--0---0--|-0--0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0--0---0--|
||o-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


  Asus2             Asus2           Dmadd9/A                          Dsus2/A
  E  S   S  E E  S   S  E  E   E    E  S  S  S   S  E  S  S  S   S  E S S
|-0-(0)-(0)-0-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-|-0-(0)-0--0--(0)-0-(0)-0--0--(0)-0-0-0-|
|-0-(0)--0--0-0--0---0--0--0--(0)-|-3-(3)-3--3---3--3-(3)-3--3---3--3-3-3-|
|-4--4---4--5-4--4---2--2--2--(2)-|-2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|
|-2--2---2--2-2--2---2--2--2---2--|-3--3--3-(3)--3--3--3--3-(3)--3--3-0-0-|
|-0--0---0--0-0--0---0--0--0--(0)-|-0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


  D5                                    Amaj7sus4/D           D
  E  S   S  E E  S   S   E  E  S   S    E  S   S  E E  S   S  E E  S   S
|-5-----(5)-5-5-----(5)-(5)-5-----(5)-|-4-----(4)-5-4-(x)-(x)-2-2-----(2)-|
|-3-(3)--3--3-3-(3)--3---3--3-(3)--3--|-3-(3)--3--3-3--3---3--3-3-(3)--3--|
|-2--2---2--2-2--2---2---2--2--2---2--|-2--2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2--2---2--|
|-0--0---0--0-0--0---0---0--0--0---0--|-0--0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0--0---0--|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


                                   1.
  Asus2             Asus2           Dmadd9/A
  E  S   S  E E  S   S  E  E   E    E  S  S  S   S  E  S  S  S   S  E S S
|-0-(0)-(0)-0-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-|-0-(0)-0--0--(0)-0-(0)-0--0--(0)-0-0-0----||
|-0-(0)--0--0-0--0---0--0--0--(0)-|-3-(3)-3--3---3--3-(3)-3--3---3--3-3-3---o||
|-4--4---4--5-4--4---2--2--2--(2)-|-2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2----||
|-2--2---2--2-2--2---2--2--2---2--|-3--3--3-(3)--3--3--3--3-(3)--3--3-0-0----||
|-0--0---0--0-0--0---0--0--0--(0)-|-0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0---o||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------||


  2.
  Dmadd9/A
  E  S  S  S   S  E  S  S  S   S  E S S
|-0-(0)-0--0--(0)-0-(0)-0--0--(0)-0-----|
|-3-(3)-3--3---3--3-(3)-3--3---3--3-----|
|-2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2---2--2-----|
|-3--3--3-(3)--3--3--3--3-(3)--3--3-----|
|-0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0---0--0-0h2-|
|---------------------------------------|


   Verse II
    Em/Bb     Eb+              EmadGm/majGm/mGm/maj7/E
    E S S S S  E S E S E S S   E S S S S E S S S S E S S   3x
||---------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-------0------------0-----|----------------------------o||
||------0---0------0-----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------||
||----2----------5---5---2-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------||
||o-1---------/6-------------|-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-2--o||
||---------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-0-------||


  Em/Bb     Eb+              A5  Bm11  C   Eb        E
                                                              3/4
  E S S S S  E S E S E S S   E S S S S E S  E  S  S   S   E    +H.
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|
|-------0------------0-----|---------------------------------|--------|
|-----0---0------0-----0-0-|----------------8--8--8s==9---9--|-(9)----|
|---2----------5---5---2-5-|-2-2-0-0-0-2-2--x--x--x----------|--------|
|-1---------/6-------------|-0-0-2-2-2-3-3--6--6--6s==7---7--|-(7)----|
|--------------------------|---------------(0)---(0)-(0)-(0)-|-(0)----|


 Interlude
  Em
 4/4
  Gtr V
                                                                  |-3-| |-3-|
  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 S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-------2-------2-----2------------|---------0--------------------------------|
|-----5---2---2-----2--------------|-------6---6p5-6-\3-(3)-2-2h3-------0-----|
|---2-------5-----4-----/7-----6h7-|-----7----------------------------4---4---|
|-0------------------------(0)-----|--0---------------------------0h6-------6-|
|
| Gtr III
| W                                  +W
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-8--------------------------------|-(8)--------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------|-(9)--------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------|-(9)--------------------------------------|
|-7--------------------------------|-(7)--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|


    N.C.(Em)
    E S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  S S
||-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|
||--------2-------2-----2------------|
||------5---2---2-----2--------------|
||o---2-------5-----4-----/7-----6h7-|
||--0------------------------(0)-----|


                             |-3-| |-3-|
  S S S S S S S  S +S  S S S S S S S S S  3x
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-------0---------------------------------||
|-----6---6p5-6-\3-(3)-2-2h3-------0------||
|---7----------------------------4---4---o||
|-0--------------------------0h6-------6--||


  Em
                                                                  |-3-| |-3-|
  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 S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------2-------2-----2------------|---------0---------------------------------|
|-----5---2---2-----2--------------|-------6---6p5-6-\3-(3)-2-2h3-------0------|
|---2-------5-----4-----/7-----6h7-|-----7----------------------------4---4----|
|-0------------------------(0)-----|--0---------------------------0h6-------6--|
|
| Gtr III
| W                                  +W
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-8--------------------------------|-(8)---------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------|-(9)---------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------|-(9)---------------------------------------|
|-7--------------------------------|-(7)---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|


    N.C.(Em)
    E S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  S S
||-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|
||--------2-------2-----2------------|
||------5---2---2-----2--------------|
||o---2-------5-----4-----/7-----6h7-|
||--0------------------------(0)-----|


                             |-3-| |-3-|
  S S S S S S S  S +S  S S S S S S S S S  3x
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-------0---------------------------------||
|-----6---6p5-6-\3-(3)-2-2h3-------0------||
|---7----------------------------4---4---o||
|-0--------------------------0h6-------6--||


  Em
                                                                  |-3-| |-3-|
  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 S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------2-------2-----2------------|---------0---------------------------------|
|-----5---2---2-----2--------------|-------6---6p5-6-\3-(3)-2-2h3-------0------|
|---2-------5-----4-----/7-----6h7-|-----7----------------------------4---4----|
|-0------------------------(0)-----|--0---------------------------0h6-------6--|
|
| Gtr III
| W                                  +W
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-8--------------------------------|-(8)---------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------|-(9)---------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------|-(9)---------------------------------------|
|-7--------------------------------|-(7)---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|


    N.C.(Em)
    E S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  S S
||-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|
||--------2-------2-----2------------|
||------5---2---2-----2--------------|
||o---2-------5-----4-----/7-----6h7-|
||--0------------------------(0)-----|


                             |-3-| |-3-|
  S S S S S S S  S +S  S S S S S S S S S  3x
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-------0---------------------------------||
|-----6---6p5-6-\3-(3)-2-2h3-------0------||
|---7----------------------------4---4---o||
|-0--------------------------0h6-------6--||


  Em
  Gtr V
                                                                  |-3-| |-3-|
  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 S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------2-------2-----2------------|---------0---------------------------------|
|-----5---2---2-----2--------------|-------6---6p5-6-\3-(3)-2-2h3-------0------|
|---2-------5-----4-----/7-----6h7-|-----7----------------------------4---4----|
|-0------------------------(0)-----|--0---------------------------0h6-------6--|
|
| Gtr IV
| W                                  +W
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------|-(0)---------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W                                  +W
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-8--------------------------------|-(8)---------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------|-(9)---------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------|-(9)---------------------------------------|
|-7--------------------------------|-(7)---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|


  N.C.(Em)
   E  S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------2-------2-----2------------|
|-------5---2---2-----2--------------|
|-----2-------5-----4-----/7-----6h7-|
|--0-------------------------(0)-----|
|
| +W
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-(0)--------------------------------|


                               |-3-| |-3-|
   S  S S S S S S  S +S  S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------0---------------------------------|
|-------6---6p5-6-\3-(3)-2-2h3-------0------|
|-----7----------------------------4---4----|
|--0---------------------------0h6-------6--|
|
| +W
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-(0)---------------------------------------|


  N.C.(Em)
                                                                  |-3-| |-3-|
  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 S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------2-------2-----2------------|---------0---------------------------------|
|-----5---2---2-----2--------------|-------6---6p5-6-\3-(3)-2-2h3-------0------|
|---2-------5-----4-----/7-----6h7-|-----7----------------------------4---4----|
|-0------------------------(0)-----|--0---------------------------0h6-------6--|
|
| Gtr IV
|                                     >
| W                                  +W
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------|-(0)---------------------------------------|


  N.C.(Em)
                                                                  |-3-| |-3-|
  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 S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------2-------2-----2------------|---------0---------------------------------|
|-----5---2---2-----2--------------|-------6---6p5-6-\3-(3)-2-2h3-------0------|
|---2-------5-----4-----/7-----6h7-|-----7----------------------------4---4----|
|-0------------------------(0)-----|--0---------------------------0h6-------6--|
|
| <
| W                                  +W
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------|-(0)---------------------------------------|


   Verse III
    Q=87
    B11/A                           Amadd9      Cmaj7b13/A
    E  S  S  E  E S  S  E E  S  S   E  S  S  E  E  S  S  S  S E S S
||--0-----0-(0)-0-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----0-(0)-0-----0-(0)-0---0-0-|
||o-0-(0)-0--0--0-0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-|-0-(0)-0--0--0-(0)-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
||--8--8--8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-|
||--7--7--7--7--7-7--7--7-7--7--7-|-7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--6-6-6-6-|
||o-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  Am6add9                                 N.C.(Em)
                                            |-3-|
   E  S  S   S  S  E  S  S   S  S E S S   E S S S S S S S    +S   S S S  S S S S     4x
|-------(0)-------------(0)-------------|---2h3p2-0---0-0----(0)--0------------------||
|-(0)-0--0--(0)-0-(0)-0--0--(0)-0-0-0-0-|---0-------0---4b5==(4)r---0---------------o||
|--5--5--5---5--5--5--5--5---5--5-5-5-5-|-----------------------------0-10s9-9-9-----||
|--4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4---4--4-4-4-4-|--------------------------------------------||
|--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-0-|--------------------------------8s7-7-7----o||
|---------------------------------------|-0------------------------------------------||


   Outro
    E5                    Eb  B    D           E5   B
    Gtrs I, II
     E  S S S S E S S S S   E  E     S S S S E   E   E   S   S   E   E
||---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|---------0----------------------------|
||o--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|---------0----(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|
||---9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---8--4-|---6s7-7-7-7---9---4---4---4---4---4--|
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||o--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---6--2-|---4s5-5-5-5---7---2---2---2---2---2--|
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
|   Gtrs III, VI
|    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|    H.                     E  E     Q.          E   H
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||--14--------------------\13-\9-|-/12---------/14--\9------------------|
||o------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


  Bb                  G  Bb     B
   E   S   S   S   S   E  E S S  E S S
|--------------------------------------|
|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--8---8---8---8---8---5--8-8-8--9-9-9-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--6---6---6---6---6---3--6-6-6--7-7-7-|
|
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  Q.                  E  Q      Q
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--8------------------\5-/8-----/9-----|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


  G  N.C.(E5)
                  ~~~~~~    ~~~~~~
   E  S S  S  S S S +S  S S S +S  S  S   S  9x
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------2----------------------------o||
|----------0--------------------------------||
|--5----------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|--3--0-0-------0-1-(1)-0-0-1-(1)-0--0---0--||
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  E  E   +Q        +Q.             +E      9x
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-\5-\2---(2)-------(2)-------------(2)/----||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||


  E5                    Eb  B    D       D6suE5   B
   E  S S S S E S S S S   E  E     S S S S E   E   E   S   S   E   E
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|---------0----------------------------|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|---------0----(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|
|--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---8--4-|---6s7-7-7-7---9---4---4---4---4---4--|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---6--2-|---4s5-5-5-5---7---2---2---2---2---2--|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  H.                     E  E     Q.          E   H
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-14--------------------\13-\9-|-/12---------/14--\9------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


  Bb                  G  Bb     B        G  N.C.(E5)
                                        3/8
   E   S   S   S   S   E  E S S  E S S    E  S S S S
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)------------------|-----------2-*|
|--------------------------------------|---------0---*|
|--8---8---8---8---8---5--8-8-8--9-9-9-|--5----------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|--6---6---6---6---6---3--6-6-6--7-7-7-|--3--0-0-----*|
|
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  Q.                  E  Q      Q        E  Q
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|--8------------------\5-/8-----/9-----|-\5-\2-------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|


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
Damnation tabs
01Windowpane tabbass tab
02In My Time of Need tabbass tab
03Death Whispered a Lullaby tabbass tab
04Closure tabbass tab
05Hope Leaves tabbass tab
06To Rid the Disease tabbass tab
07Ending Credits tabbass tab
08Weakness tabbass tab

 

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