Opeth - Windowpane guitar tab
Opeth - Windowpane
Submitted By: eyeh8thugz
EMail: bobby360_bd50@hotmail.com
the first track from the most beautiful album in the music history, ***ation
tabbed by eugenio crippa alias opethpainter, whom you can
thank @ demon_of_the_fall@msn.com
normal tuning, with a capo on the 2nd fret [thanx matt]
More tabs at Opeth's Domain: http://opeth.darkwood.com
I - intro - beware of the slight rhythm variations - play 8 times
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------2-------------2---------2----------------------|
|--------4-------------4---------4---------------7p2-4--|
|------4-----4-----4-----------4-----4-----2h4/7--------|
|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------------|
II - starts to sing - repeat 12 times
"Blank face in the windowpane
Made clear in seconds of light
Disappears and returns again
Counting hours, searching the night"
|----------------2------------------|
|----------2------------------------|
|------8-----8-------8---8-----8----|
|----6---6-----6-------6-----6---6--|
|--4-----------------------2--------|
|-----------------------------------|
times 9-12: keyboards enter [transposed for guitar]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-------------------------------7---------------------------------|
|--9-------------------------------8---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----4-2----4-5-----------------4---------------------------------|
|--6----4-2----4-6-----------------4---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
III - repeat I 8 times, with the 1st guitar solo:
|--/9--|--/9-9-10-9-7-9-7/9---7-------|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|------|------------------------10-9--|--9--10--9--10p9---------------------------------|------|
|------|------------------------------|--.---.--.-------11-9----------------------------|--/8--|
|------|------------------------------|----------------------/9----9--------------------|------|
|------|------------------------------|-------------------------12---12p11-9-----7h9--|------|
|------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|-------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|----------7-----9--9b10--|--10r9b-(x7)--|--7-9-7------7--------------------|------------|
|--7-6--------6-----------|--------------|--------/7-6---64-6h7p6----------|------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|-----------------------------9--|--9p7-9/11--|
|-------------------------|--------------|-----------------------------.----|------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|---------|-------------------------------|
|------------------|---------|-------------------------------|
|-------9-11-------|---------|-------------------------------|
|--9h11------119--|--7h9-6--|--6h7p6---6--------------------|
|------------------|---------|--------9---7h9-9-----2---3-4--|
|------------------|---------|-------------------------------|
IV - repeat II together with the 2nd verse
"Might be waiting for someone
Might be there for us to see
Might be in need of talking
Might be staring directly at me"
V - things change:
gtr1
1.2.3.4.7. 5.6. 8.
|--7-----5--------------------|--8-----6--------------------|---------------------------------------------------8-10-10/12--|
|--------------5--------------|--------------6--------------|--5h6p5---5----------------------10---8-10-10/12---------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------7---5-7-4-2-------2-9-12-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|gtr2
|--------------7-----5--------|--------------8-----6--------|----------------------------------------fading in...-10-10/12--|
|--------------------------5--|--------------------------6--|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
VI - new verse, and new riff:
"Inside plays a lullaby
Slurred voice over children cries
On the inside"
1.2.4.5. 3.
|--------5-----------5-----5---------------5---------5-----5---------|----------6---------6-----6---------|
|--------5-----------5-----5---------------5---------5-----5---------|----------6---------6-----6---------|
|------5-----------------5-----5---------5---------------5-----5-----|--------6---------------6-----6-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--5-----------7-------------------5-----------7h8-------------------|--6-------8h9-2---------------------|
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
VII - repeat V
VIII - after the drum solo, repeat this 8 times
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------2-----2-----2------2-----2-----2-----2-----2---------|
|----------7-----7-----7------7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----------|
|--------------------7-----6------------------------------7---10--|
|--2-----8-----9-------------8----7-----7-----8-----9-------------|
> > > > > > > > > > > >
IX - orgasm: the 2nd guitar solo
rhythm gtr:
1.2.5.6. 3.4.7.8.11.12.15.16. 9.10.13.14.
|--4--4--5--5--2--2-----2-------|--4-----5-----2-----------|-----5--5--5--------2--2-------|
|--5--5--7--7-------2-----------|--5-----7-----2-----------|-----7--7--7--------2--2-------|
|---------------------2---------|-----------------2--------|-------6--------------2--------|
|-------------------------------|--2-----4-----------6-----|-------------------------------|
|--------------5----------------|--------------5-----------|----------------75-------------|
|--2----------------------------|--------------------------|--2----------------------------|
solo gtr:
1.2.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------*------*-----------*-----*-----*--------------------|
|-/9--7--6--7-------------/9--7--/11--9--7-----------9--/--11----7--------/--9----7----7p6-4-------------|
|--------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*listen to mike's fingers sliding on the 4th string
3.
|----------------------|-------------------9--------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------/10--9--9--|--------9b10r9--------12---9h10p9h10p9--|--9h10p9---------------------------------------|
|-----9--11------------|--11-----------11-----------------------|---------11----9--11p9-------------------------|
|-/11------------------|-----11---------------------------------|------------------------/9---------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------12---11h12p11h12--|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--b14--|--------------------------------------9h10----9-----------|
|-----------------------------------|-------|--12b13r12--------12-12h14--12h14----------12---10h12-----|
|-----------------------------------|-------|---------------14-------------------------------------11--|
|----------9-11---------------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--9h11-12----------12-----9h11h12--|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7-10p9p7------7h9-7---7-9-9h10-----9b10r9-7------------9---------------------------|
|--7h10----------7-10-----------------------------------10---9---9-7-9b10r9-7-5-----5h7----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
X - repeat I 10 times
XI - repeat II 19 times with the 4th verse
"Haunting loneliness in the eye
Skin covering secret scars
His hand is waving a goodbye
There's no response or action returned"
the 5th verse enters with keys:
"There is deep prejudice in me
Outshines all reasons inside
Given dreams all ridden with pain
And projected unto the last"
the 20th time, II ends like this:
gtr:
|--------------2--|let both instruments ring
|----------2------|and fade away...
|------8-----8----|
|----6---6--------|
|--4--------------|
|-----------------|
keys:
|-----------------|
|--------------4--|
|--------------4--|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
the end.
