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Heir Apparent - Opeth
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Tabbed by: AbsorbedPit
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: EADGBe
Quick info:
* I didn't tab the solo because the guitarmessenger verion is going to be better.
* If you hav corrections, complaints or just want to send some hatemail; my email adress is found above.
* Guitar 1 is Mikael and guitar 2 is Fredrik-
Both guitars:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3------------------------------------3------------------------------------|
D|-x------------------------------------x------------------------------------|
A|-1------------------------------------1------------------------------------|
E|-+------------------------------------0------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3------------------------------------3------------------------------------|
D|-x------------------------------------x------------------------------------|
A|-1------------------------------------1------------------------------------|
E|-+------------------------------------0------------ps////////-/18~~--------|
Guitar 1:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0-------0----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4------3-----------0-------0-------3b---------------------------------|
D|--------------------5-------4-------4--------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------0----------------------------------|
B|---------0---/10---9-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4-----------------8---9---10---9--------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2----------------------------4-------------------------------------------|
A|--2------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0----------------------------2----------------/18~~----------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------4------3-------------------------------------------------|
D|--2---------------4------3-------------------------------------------------|
A|--2---------------2------1-------------------------------------------------|
E|--0------------------------------------------0-0-0-2-----------------------|
Piano interlude (can be played as guitar 1´s previous part with added octaves on guitar)
Both guitars:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3------------------------------------3------------------------------------|
D|-x------------------------------------x------------------------------------|
A|-1------------------------------------1------------------------------------|
E|-+------------------------------------0------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3------------------------------------3------------------------------------|
D|-x------------------------------------x------------------------------------|
A|-1------------------------------------1------------------------------------|
E|-+------------------------------------0------------------------------------|
Verse
Guitar 1:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------0---------------------------*-|
D|-5--------6--------14-----13--------6------------------------6----*-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------4-3----------|
E|-3-000000-4-000000-12-000-11-0---/4---------0---3ph--0-2-1-0-4-0----|
...... ...... ... ....... .
Guitar 2:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------0---------------------------*-|
D|-9--------10-------14-----13--------6------------------------6----*-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------4-3----------|
E|-7-000000-8-000000-12-000-11-0---/4---------0---3ph--0-2-1-0-4-0----|
...... ...... ... ....... .
Chorus!
Both Guitars
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5----------5----------5---------5-----------------------------------------|
D|-4----------4----------4---------4---0-0---/9-8--------0----------6--------|
A|-3----------3----------3---------3---1-1--------10-9-4---4------0---0------|
E|-2----------0----------2---------0---3-3-------------------0-/4-------0----|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5----------5----------5---------5-----------------------------------------|
D|-4----------4----------4---------4---0-0---/9-8--------0----------6--------|
A|-3----------3----------3---------3---1-1--------10-9-4---4------0---0------|
E|-2----------0----------2---------0---3-3-------------------0-/4-------0----|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5----------5----------5---------5-----------------------------------------|
D|-4----------4----------4---------4---0-0---/9-8--------0----------6--------|
A|-3----------3----------3---------3---1-1--------10-9-4---4------0---0------|
E|-2----------0----------2---------0---3-3-------------------0-/4-------0----|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0---0-----------------------7----6--------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1---1-------------------------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-3---3---11-000000-12-000000-5-00-4--------|
............................... ...... ...... ..
Verse again:
Guitar 1:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------0---------------------------*-|
D|-5--------6--------14-----13--------6------------------------6----*-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------4-3----------|
E|-3-000000-4-000000-12-000-11-0---/4---------0---3ph--0-2-1-0-4-0----|
...... ...... ... ....... .
Guitar 2:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------0---------------------------*-|
D|-9--------10-------14-----13--------6------------------------6----*-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------4-3----------|
E|-7-000000-8-000000-12-000-11-0---/4---------0---3ph--0-2-1-0-4-0----|
...... ...... ... ....... .
End:
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Odd riff:
Both Guitars
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------12-11--12-111110---|
D|-3---3-3-3-3---3---3-3-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3-3-3-3---3---3-3---------3-------------57-57/11---10-9---10-9-9-8----|
E|-1---0-0-0-0---1---1-1-000000001-0-/12---0-46--6------0------x-----------0-|
........
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3-3--------------------9-8---109-9-8---3-3------------------------------*-|
D|-x-x------------------------------------x-x------------------------------*-|
A|-1-1--------------------7-6---8-7-7-6---1-1--------------------------------|
E|-------0134310134---0-------x---------0-------0134/6~~---------------------|
......... ...
Guitar 2 does a solo here, guitarmessenger has got a great tab and video for this part,
if anyone sends me the tab I'll put it up
End of the Riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------9----------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--------------------9----------------------------------------------------|
A|-2--------------------7----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Acoustic guitar:
e|---------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---|
G|-----4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Next part:
e|---------------------12----------12----------12----------12-------|
B|---5-----8-----11------11--11------11--11------11--11------11-----|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------*-|
D|-------------8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8--*-|
A|-4-----7----------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Build-up:
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----3h4p3-----3---3---------------------|
G|-----------------------5h7p5-----8---8-*-|
D|----------0--------------------8-------*-|
A|-0----------0--------0-------6-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Here the electric guitar breaks in again, and plays a few bars of palm muted sixteenth notes on the low
E string before this riff:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1010109\---------------1010109\---------------1010109\---------------1010109-------------|
D|-1010109\-------3-/-----1010109\-------3-/-----1010109\-------3-/-----1010109-------3-/---|
A|-8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7-------------|
E|------------000-1-/----------------000-1-/----------------000-1-/---------------000-1-/---|
... ... ... ...
Back to the palm muting and then back to:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1010109\---------------1010109\---------------1010109\---------------1010109-------------|
D|-1010109\-------3-/-----1010109\-------3-/-----1010109\-------3-/-----1010109-------3-/---|
A|-8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7-------------|
E|------------000-1-/----------------000-1-/----------------000-1-/---------------000-1-/---|
Acoustic guitar returns:
e|-------0-0------------------------------------------------12121212121212---|
B|-----0-0-0---/6-5p0---------------------------------------11111111111111---|
G|---0---0-0----------3-4-3p0-------------------6-----9-0---9-9-9-9-9-9-9--*-|
D|-----------2----------------------5-----8---5-----8----------------------*-|
A|--------------------------------4-----7---4-----7--------------------------|
E|-0--------------------------0-3-----6--------------------------------------|
Guitar 1's slide solo:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-/-----16-----------------------16\15------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------5----------|
G|-\12\11/12\11/12\11/12\11/12\11-------\6-------\5---\4\3/4-3/4-------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4--/11---9---9---11------/12---------6--------------4\3/4-3/4-------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------5----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-----/12/11----12-14-15----\14/15\14/15\14/15\14/15\14/15\14-------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Build up:
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----3h4p3-----3---3---------------------|
G|-----------------------5h7p5-----8---8-*-|
D|----------0--------------------8-------*-|
A|-0----------0--------0-------6-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
A few bars of palm muted sixteenth notes on the low E string
before this riff:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1010109\---------------1010109\---------------1010109\---------------1010109-------------|
D|-1010109\-------3-/-----1010109\-------3-/-----1010109\-------3-/-----1010109-------3-/---|
A|-8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7-------------|
E|------------000-1-/----------------000-1-/----------------000-1-/---------------000-1-/---|
Back to the palm muting and then back to:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1010109\---------------1010109\---------------1010109\---------------1010109-------------|
D|-1010109\-------3-/-----1010109\-------3-/-----1010109\-------3-/-----1010109-------3-/---|
A|-8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7\---------------8-8-8-7-------------|
E|------------000-1-/----------------000-1-/----------------000-1-/---------------000-1-/---|
Fast riff (I gave it some extra spaces to make it clearer):
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
D|-------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-|
A|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-13-13-13----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------12-12-12-12-12-12----------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10--------------------10-10-10-9--9--9--4--4--4--6--6--6--------*-|
D|----------9--9--9--9--9--9---------------------------------------5-5---*-|
A|-----------------------------8--8--8--7--7--7--2--2--2--4--4--4----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------3-3-0---|
Last time:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
D|-------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-|
A|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12\9--9--9--9--9-------------------|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\11-11-11-11-11------------------|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\11-11-11-11-11---8\7--7--5------|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10\9--9--9--9--9----6\5--5--3-p0---|
Next Riff (no more extra spaces)
:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------12---11h12p11-------------------------|
G|-----7----------------7-----9---10--13---12--13---------13p12--12--12------------|
D|---6----------------6----------------------------------------14--14--14p1313h14--|
A|-----------56-5-------------7---8---11-------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------0---4-43-0-------0------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-15/16-1615------13-13-13--*-|
D|---------------------------*-|
A|-13/14-1414------11-11-11----|
E|-----------------------------|
"In the year...":
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-10\9-9-10\9-8/9---------10\9-9-10\9-8/9--------*-|
D|-----------------8\7---------------------8\7----*-|
A|-8\\7-7-8\\7-6/7---------8\\7-7-8\\7-6/7----------|
E|-----------------6\5-0-------------------6\5-0----|
"...Heir apparent":
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------4---4---4---4------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----|
E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-012121212121212121213232323232323232323434343434343545454545454656565656565-|
...........................................................................
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-76767676767687878787878798989810910910911101110111012~~-------------------|
...................................................
Rebirth:
Guitar 1:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6------------7-6-4---4-6-----------6-7-4----------------------------------|
D|--------------------4------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6------------7-6-4---4-6-----------6-7-4----------------------------------|
D|--------------------4---------------------5-4------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|---------------------------------------------------7----------7------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------7----------7------------|
G|-4-------------------------0-----------------------9----------9------------|
D|-4-------------------------0-------------2---------9----------9------------|
A|-2-------------------------2-------------2---------7----------7------------|
E|-2-----------------------023-------------0---------------------------------|
..
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-------------------------0-----------------------------------------------|
D|-4-------------------------0-----------------------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------------2-------------/7---5-4-0---------0-5-7-7/9-4----|
E|-2-----------------------023------------------------2-0-2-3----------------|
..
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| . Palm mute
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| ph Pitch harmonic
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