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Cusp of Eternity - Opeth
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Tabbed by: David Benítez
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: EADGBe
Hey guys, sorry for not having the solo yet!
Any comments and/or suggestions are more than appreciated, and don't forget to rate! Good luck!
Mikael is lead throughout the song, except on the solo, he plays rhythm.
Intro
Lead (Palm Muted)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------13----13----12----12-------|
G|-13----13----13----13-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
Rhythm (Palm Muted)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------| Repeat a gazillion times
A|------------------|
E|-3-3-3---1-4-1----|
Lead
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
} Repeat throughout the verse
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------13----13----12----12-------|
G|-13----13----13----13-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----x-x--10--10-x-x-10--x-x-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--x-x--x---x--x-x--x--x-x--6---6--x-x--3--3/6-5--5--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----| x2
A|-x--x-x--8---8--x-x--8--x-x--x---x--x-x--x----x-x--x--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----|
E|-3---------------------------4---4--x-x--1--1/4-3--3--x-x-----------------------|
Verse 2
Rhythm (Palm Muted)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------| Repeat a gazillion times again
A|------------------|
E|-3-3-3---1-4-1----|
Lead - Enters with this first bar, delay, reverb, mystic tone pedal, all you can pour into it
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-/16~~~~~~~~b17~~~~r16~~~~~/19~~~~\16~~\13~~~~|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
} Repeat throughout the verse again
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------13----13----12----12-------|
G|-13----13----13----13-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----x-x--10--10-x-x-10--x-x-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--x-x--x---x--x-x--x--x-x--6---6--x-x--3--3/6-5--5--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----| x2
A|-x--x-x--8---8--x-x--8--x-x--x---x--x-x--x----x-x--x--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----|
E|-3---------------------------4---4--x-x--1--1/4-3--3--x-x-----------------------|
PM * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
A|-3-2---3--2---5--3h5p3p2-----------------3-2---3--2h3-5h6p5--5h6h8p6p5---------|
E|-----3------3------------4--3-4-3-1-3h4------3-------------------------4--1----|
Verse 3
Rhythm (Palm Muted)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------| Repeat a gazillion times again, again. (At least we changed frets!)
A|------------------|
E|-5-5-5---3-6-3----|
Lead - Again with the cool mystic tone that I’ll never achieve
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-/17~~~~\14~~~~/20~~~~\17~~~~\14~~~~/20~~~~|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
} Repeat throughout the verse
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------15----15----14----14-------|
G|-15----15----15----15-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Solo - About the actual solo... I’ve got no idea how to play it yet,
might come later if nobody else tabs it.
Rhythm (PM throughout)
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------| x7
A|--------------4h5p4--------------------------------------|
E|-5-3-5-6-3-5--------6-5-3-0--5-3-5-6-3-5--3-3-3-3-3-3----|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------4h5p4-----------------------------3-5-6----|
E|-5-3-5-6-3-5--------6-5-3-0--5-3-5-6-3-5--3-5-6----------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------8------------------------------|
D|-----------------6---6-9---6-9-10---12-10-9----------------------|
A|-----5-8---5-8-9---8-----8----------------------7-----7-7--------|
E|-4-7-----7-----------------------------------0----0-0-----0-0----|
No idea why anybody would play power chords that way, but Mikael does so live
e|-1--0-------------------------|
B|-1--0--3----------------------|
G|-x--x--2--0--2----------------|
D|-3--2--0--0--2--3--5--8--7----|
A|----------3--0--3--5--8--7----|
E|----------------1--3--6--5----|
Final Chorus
e|-3------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3--x-x--10--10-x-x-10--x-x-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--x-x--x---x--x-x--x--x-x--6---6--x-x--3--3/6-5--5--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----|
A|-x--x-x--8---8--x-x--8--x-x--x---x--x-x--x----x-x--x--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----|
E|-3---------------------------4---4--x-x--1--1/4-3--3--x-x-----------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----x-x--10--10-x-x-10--x-x-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--x-x--x---x--x-x--x--x-x--6---6--x-x--3--3/6-5--5--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----| Repeat till fade
A|-x--x-x--8---8--x-x--8--x-x--x---x--x-x--x----x-x--x--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----|
E|-3---------------------------4---4--x-x--1--1/4-3--3--x-x-----------------------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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