x------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opeth- The Lotus Eater ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Silhouettica Email: [email protected] Tuning: Standard* *The request for this song said that it was in Dropped D tuning. However, it actually is standard. Because of this, I cannot change the tuning section. Riff order: Riff 1 x2 Riff 2 x4 Riff 1 x2 Riff 2 x4 Riff 3 x7 Riff 4 x1 Riff 5 x3 Riff 6 x1 Riff 7 x1 Riff 8 x1 Riff 5 x3 Riff 6 x1 Riff 7 x1 Riff 8 x1 Keyboard Break Riff 3 x6 (During the first repetition of riff 3, guitar 2 plays Riff 9) Keyboard Break 2 Riff 1 x2 Riff 2 x4 Riff 1 x2 Riff 2 x4 Guitar Breakdown (Sorry, this one is gonna take a while to tab) Guitar Solo (There is a video on youtube with a guy showing you how to play it note for Thus, I did not tab this part) Clean Section (Tabbed out Below) Guitar Solo 2 (Tabbed out Below) Keyboard Breakdown (During this, guitar plays all muted strings with a wah. Listen to song for the rhythm) Riff 10 x1 Riff 11 x1 Riff 10 x1 Riff 11 x1 Riff 12 x1 Riff 12 x1 Riff 13 x3 (repeat until the end of song) Ending solo over Riff 13 (Tabbed out Below) e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| Riff 1 G|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------| D|-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------| A|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------| E|---------------------------------| e|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------| Riff 2 A|-6-3-------7-------------------| E|-4-1-0h1h2-5-------------------| e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-6------| Riff 3 A|--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-4------| E|----------------------------------------------| e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------------------------| D|------------------------| Riff 4 A|------------------------| E|-0-1-3-0-1-4-0-4-7-0----| e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|-------6-------6h7p6------| Riff 5 A|--------------------------| E|-4-4-4---4-4-4------------| e|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|------------------------------| D|------------------------------| Riff 6 A|------------------------------| E|--9-6-9-0-9-6-6-3-6-0-6-3-----| e|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|---------------------4--------| D|-1-x-x-x-1-x-x-x-1-x-1--------| Riff 7 A|-3-x-x-x-3-x-x-x-3-x-3--------| E|-2-x-x-x-2-x-x-x-2-x-2--------| e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| Riff 8 D|-1-x-x-x-3-5-5/3-3-1-0----------| A|-3-x-x-x-2-4-4/2-------3-1------| E|-2-x-x-x-1-3-3/1-----------4----| e|-8^9-8~~~-12-11-8-12-11-8----------------| B|--------------------------11-10-8-12-8---| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| Riff 9 A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------| Clean Section e|-----------------------------------------------------------------[7]--| B|---------------------------9----------------------------------[7]-----| G|-7/8-------------------------8-8h9-7-7h8p7-----------------[7]--------| D|-----9~---5/7------2/5---------------------8-6~~~-------[7]-----------| X2 A|--------------7~-------7-----------------------------[7]--------------| E|-------------------------7------------------------[7]-----------------| Fingerpick this part: e|-11/13--12~--10/12--10~---------14-----------------------------------------| B|-10/12--11~--9/-11--9~~----------------------------------------------------| G|-9/-11--10~--8/-10--8~~------11------------------------9/11---------8------| D|-8/-10--9~~--7/-9---7~~---10--------12-----9-----7-8-9-----10-9---9-----9--| A|--------------------------------------------10------------------7-----7----| E|---------------------------------------7-------6---------------------------| e|-----------------7-[12]----------------------------------------------------| B|---------------9-----------------------------------------------------------| G|-8/10-10-----7-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------9-8------------7-7------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------9-8------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| (End of Section) Guitar Solo 2 e|------------------13-------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------12----12-11-10----------------------------------------------| G|-3/7~~~-----------------------8-6~~~-------------------------7-9-10-7------| D|-------7/10-10-----------------------2-3-2-0-2-3-5-2-3-5^6~~~--------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| (End of Guitar Solo 2) e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-4-1~~-------------------------------| Riff 10 A|-4-1~~-13-12-6-12-13-14-14-14-14-----| E|-6-3~~-11-10-4-10-11-12-12-12-12-----| e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-4-1~~--------------------------------------------------------| Riff 11 A|-4-1~~-13-12-6-12-13-14-13-14-14-13-14-14-6-5-6-3-6-11-12-13--| E|-6-3~~-11-10-4-10-11-12-11-12-12-11-12-12-4-3-4-1-4-9--10-11--| e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| Riff 12 D|-11-10----------------| A|-9--8--6-5-6-3-6------| E|-------4-3-4-1-4------| e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|------------------| Riff 13 A|-5---4---5---4----| E|-3---2---3---2----| e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--8-7~~~~~------------8/11-7~~~-8-5-7-8/11~~~-----| G|-----------8-7-5-4~~~-----------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| Emding Solo A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================