CREDENCE
As recorded by Opeth
From the 1998 Album MY ARMS YOUR HEARSE
Transcribed by Luc Brunet
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
H.=65
Amadd9
6/4
Gtr I
H W 8x Q Q Q Q Q Q
||-----------------||-||--------------------|
||o---------------o||-||o----------0--------|
||-----------------||-||--------5-----5-----|
||-----------------||-||-----7-----------7--|
||o---------------o||-||o-0-----------------|
||-----------------||-||--------------------|
Bmaj7b13/Eb
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|----------0--------|-----------0--------|----------0----------|
|-------5-----5-----|--------0-----0-----|-------0-----0-------|
|----7-----------7--|-----8-----------8--|----8-----------8----|
|-0-----------------|-0h6----------------|-6-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
1.
Em/G Gm/Bb C#m
H. H. W.
|-0-------3-------|-0-------------|
|-----------------|-2-------------|
|-0-------3-------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
H. Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-0-------(0)--(0)--(0)--|----------------------||
|-2-------------0--------|-0-----0-----0-------o||
|----------3---------3---|----3-----3-----3-----||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------||
2.
Em G5/Eb Em Bmaj7sus4/E C
H. H. E E W +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H.
|-----------------|-----3--------(3)--|------------0--------|----------6-----|
|-----------------|-----3--------(3)--|---------------0-----|----------5-----|
|-0---------------|---0---------------|-0----------------3--|----------3-----|
|-2-------4-------|-1-----------------|-----4---------------|-2--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|----1-----------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-0--(0)--0-----------|-------0--------|
Amadd9
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o----------0--------|----------0--------|
||--------5-----5-----|-------5-----5-----|
||-----7-----------7--|----7-----------7--|
||o-0-----------------|-0-----------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
Bmaj7b13/Eb
E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------0--------|----------0----------|
|--------0-----0-----|-------0-----0-------|
|-----8-----------8--|----8-----------8----|
|-0h6----------------|-6-------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
1.
Em/G Gm/Bb C#m
H. H. W.
|-0-------3-------|-0-------------|
|-----------------|-2-------------|
|-0-------3-------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
H. Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-0-------(0)--(0)--(0)--|----------------------||
|-2-------------0--------|-0-----0-----0-------o||
|----------3---------3---|----3-----3-----3-----||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------||
2.
Em G5/Eb Em Bmaj7sus4/E C
H. H. E E W +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H.
|-----------------|-----3--------(3)--|------------0--------|----------6-----|
|-----------------|-----3--------(3)--|---------------0-----|----------5-----|
|-0---------------|---0---------------|-0----------------3--|----------3-----|
|-2-------4-------|-1-----------------|-----4---------------|-2--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|----1-----------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-0--(0)--0-----------|-------0--------|
Dm C#+ Am7/C Am C/Ab
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-5--------5--------|-5--------------|-5----------------------|
|----6--------6-----|----5-----------|----5----------------5--|
|-------7--------6--|-------5--------|-------5----------5-----|
|-------------------|----------------|-7--------6-------------|
|-5--------4--------|-3--------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W H Q E.. +T Q Q
|-------------------|-------0--------|------------------------|
|-6-----------------|-------1--------|---------------------5--|
|----7-----------6--|----0-----------|---------------------7--|
|-------7-----7-----|----------------|------------------------|
|-5--------4--------|-3--------------|-0-----2--3---(3)s5-----|
|-------------------|----------------|------------------------|
E Am
Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q Q E.. +T Q E.. +T Q Q Q E H +E
|----------------------|-----------------------------|------------3--3s5----(5)---|
|---------0--3h5----3--|----------0---(0)h1--3---(3)s|=5--------------------------|
|------------4s5----4--|-------2---------------------|----5-----------------------|
|------6---------------|----2------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7--------------------|-0---------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| E Q. Q E Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q E.. +T Q E.. +T Q H.
|----------------------|-8p=5--0-------------3---(3)s|=5--------------------------|
|------------3h5----3--|----------3p======1----------|----5---(5)s3--1------------|
|------------4s5----4--|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------0------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5s7------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Verse 1 & 2
$
Am
Q Q Q E.. +S. E. Q Q Q Q E.. +S. E. Q
||-------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------1---(1)s3--0--|-1--(1)-----1---(1)s3--0--|
||--------2--2---(2)s4--0--|-2--(2)-----2---(2)s4--0--|
||-----2-------------------|---------2----------------|
||o-0----------------------|-----0--------------------|
||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q E.. +S. E. Q Q Q Q E.. +S. E. Q
||-------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------1---(1)s3--0--|-1--(1)-----1---(1)s3--0--|
||--------2--2---(2)s4--0--|-2--(2)-----2---(2)s4--0--|
||-----2-------------------|---------2----------------|
||o-0----------------------|-----0--------------------|
||-------------------------|--------------------------|
To Coda
Em Am
Q Q Q H Q E E Q Q E E E E E E 6x
|------------------|--------------------------||
|----------0-------|-------------------------o||
|----------0-------|---------5----------------||
|-------2----------|---------7----------------||
|----2-------------|------7---------0---3----o||
|-0-------------0--|-3s5--------0h1---1---3---||
|
| Q Q Q H Q E Q. Q H. 6x
|------------------|--------------------------||
|----------0-------|-0h1-----1--0------------o||
|----------0-------|-0h2-----2----------------||
|-------2----------|--------------------------||
|----2-------------|-------------------------o||
|-0-------------0--|--------------------------||
Chorus 1
D5/Bb C#m/G
Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q Q H Q
||---------------------|------------------|
||o--------------------|----2--2--0-------|
||--------2--2s3----2--|----0--0--0-------|
||-----0---------------|------------------|
||o-1------------------|-0----------------|
||---------------------|------------------|
|
| Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q Q H Q
||---------------------|----0--0--0-------|
||o--------------------|----2--2--0-------|
||--------2--2s3----2--|------------------|
||-----0---------------|------------------|
||o-1------------------|-0----------------|
||---------------------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda
F Em F Em C Dm
Q Q Q H. S E. Q Q H. 6x
|----------5------3-------|-------------------------||
|-/6--------------5-------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---0h=2---0--------------||
|-------------------------|---2-(2)-(2)--2--3-------||
|-------------------------|-----------------5------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| S E. +Q Q H. Q Q Q H. 6x
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|--9s10--(10)-----9-------|-/10------9---5--7-------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--7s=8---(8)-----7-------|--/8------7---3--5------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
Chorus 2
&
D5/Bb C#m/G
Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q Q H Q
||---------------------|------------------|
||o--------------------|----2--2--0-------|
||--------2--2s3----2--|----0--0--0-------|
||-----0---------------|------------------|
||o-1------------------|-0----------------|
||---------------------|------------------|
|
| Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q Q H Q
||---------------------|----0--0--0-------|
||o--------------------|----2--2--0-------|
||--------2--2s3----2--|------------------|
||-----0---------------|------------------|
||o-1------------------|-0----------------|
||---------------------|------------------|
1.,2.,3.
F Em F Em C Dm
Q Q Q H. S E. Q Q H. 4x
|----------5------3-------|------------------------||
|-/6--------------5-------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------------|---0h=2---0-------------||
|-------------------------|---2-(2)-(2)--2--3------||
|-------------------------|-----------------5-----o||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|
| S E. +Q Q H. Q Q Q H. 4x
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|--9s10--(10)-----9-------|-/10------9---5--7------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|--7s=8---(8)-----7-------|--/8------7---3--5-----o||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
4.
D5/Bb Bbm/D Bb Eb5 D
Q Q Q E Q. +Q H. E E H E E E E E E H Q
|----------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-2----------------|-------------------------|
|-------2--2s3----(3)--|-3----------------|---------------------7---|
|----0-----------------|---------8s6-4----|-3h4-3h4-3h4-3-----------|
|-1--------------------|------------------|---------------------5---|
|----------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q E Q. +Q H. H. W +Q Q
|----------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-2----------------|-------------------------|
|-------2--2s3----(3)--|-3----------------|---------------------7---|
|----0-----------------|-0----------------|-8--------------(8)------|
|-1--------------------|---------5--------|-6--------------(6)--5---|
|----------------------|---------6--------|-------------------------|
Outro
Q=60
Em E5/B D Em E5/B D
4/4
S E. E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------8--8---------------7---7--|-----8---8------------7---7-----|
|-7s9---9--9--9--------9---7---7--|-----9---9---9----9---7---7-----|
|-------9-----9--------9----------|-----9-------9----9-------------|
|-5s7--(7)----------------(5)-(5)-|----(7)-(7)----------(5)-(5)----|
|------------(7)------(7)---------|-0--(0)-(0)-(7)--(7)------------|
|
| S H +Q.. H Q.. S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------!0-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------!0-|
|-7s9------------(9)--------------|-----------------------------!0-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------!4-|
|-5s7------------(7)--------------|-----------------------------!7-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Em E5/B D Em E5/B D
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------8---8-----------7---7-------|------8---8-----------7---7---|
|--------9---9---9---9---7---7-------|------9---9---9---9---7---7---|
|--------9-------9---9---------------|------9-------9---9-----------|
|-------(7)-(7)---------(5)-(5)------|-----(7)-(7)---------(5)-(5)--|
|--0----(0)-(0)-(7)-(7)--------------|--0--(0)-(0)-(7)-(7)----------|
|
| H.. +S T T W
|-(0)-----------------------(0)------|-12---------------------------|
|-(0)-----------------------(0)------|------------------------------|
|-(0)-----------------------(0)-9s11-|------------------------------|
|-(4)-----------------------(4)------|------------------------------|
|-(7)-----------------------(7)------|------------------------------|
|--0------------------------(0)------|------------------------------|
Em E5/B D Em E5/B D
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------8---8-----------7---7----|-----8-----8---------------7-------7----|
|------9---9---9---9---7---7----|-----9-----9---9-------9---7-------7----|
|------9-------9---9------------|-----9---------9-------9----------------|
|-----(7)-(7)---------(5)-(5)---|----(7)---(7)-------------(5)-----(5)---|
|-0---(0)-(0)-(7)-(7)-----------|-0--(0)---(0)-(7)-----(7)---------------|
|
| Q. E Q. S S Q +S S E T Q +S. S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------/9---7----------/5--4-|-4--(4)---/9----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------9p==7----------(7)--5--4-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------|--------0-(0)-(0)-(0)-------------------|
Em E5/B D Em E5/B D
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------8-----8-----------7---7----|-----8-----8---------------7-------7------|
|-----------9-----9---9---9---7---7----|-----9-----9---9-------9---7-------7------|
|-----------9---------9---9------------|-----9---------9-------9------------------|
|----------(7)---(7)---------(5)-(5)---|----(7)---(7)-------------(5)-----(5)-----|
|-0--------(0)---(0)-(7)-(7)-----------|-0--(0)---(0)-(7)-----(7)-----------------|
|
| S T T E. S E Q. S S Q +S S E T Q +S. S S
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------/9---7----------/5--4-|-4--(4)---/9------------------------------|
|-4-5p4--------------------------------|---------------9p==7----------(7)--5--4---|
|-------7------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------0-(0)-(0)---------------|--------0-(0)-(0)-(0)---------------------|
Em E5/B D Em E5/B D
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||o-----------8-----8-----------7---7----|-----8-----8---------------7-------7----|
||------------9-----9---9---9---7---7----|-----9-----9---9-------9---7-------7----|
||------------9---------9---9------------|-----9---------9-------9----------------|
||o----------(7)---(7)---------(5)-(5)---|----(7)---(7)-------------(5)-----(5)---|
||--0--------(0)---(0)-(7)-(7)-----------|-0--(0)---(0)-(7)-----(7)---------------|
|
| S T T E. S E Q. S S Q +S S E T Q +S. S S
||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------/9---7----------/5--4-|-4--(4)---/9----------------------------|
||--4-5p4--------------------------------|---------------9p==7----------(7)--5--4-|
||o-------7------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||---------------0-(0)-(0)---------------|--------0-(0)-(0)-(0)-------------------|
Em E5/B D Em E5/B D
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E 3x
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|-----------8-----8-----------7---7----|-----8-----8---------------7-------7-------o||
|-----------9-----9---9---9---7---7----|-----9-----9---9-------9---7-------7--------||
|-----------9---------9---9------------|-----9---------9-------9--------------------||
|----------(7)---(7)---------(5)-(5)---|----(7)---(7)-------------(5)-----(5)------o||
|-0--------(0)---(0)-(7)-(7)-----------|-0--(0)---(0)-(7)-----(7)-------------------||
|
| S T T E. S E Q. S S Q +S S E T Q +S. S S 3x
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------o||
|----------------/9---7----------/5--4-|-4--(4)---/9--------------------------------||
|-4-5p4--------------------------------|---------------9p==7----------(7)--5--4-----||
|-------7------------------------------|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------0-(0)-(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
|
