WHEN (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 1998 Album MY ARMS, YOUR HEARSE
Words and Music by Mikael Akerfeldt
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'mendez'
Intro
Q=138
4/4
Gtr I
Wx16
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Verse 1
Q.=134 1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7. 8.
12/8
E E E Q E Q Q Q Q E Q E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------||--------------------------|
||o-2-2-----------------|--------------------o||--------------------------|
||o-------2--2-2--2--2--|-2--2-3--3-6--6--6--o||-7-----------5h7---7---7--|
||------0---------------|---------------------||---6p5-0---0-----0--------|
Q.=133
Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------------|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
Q. E. +S E Q E E E E H. H. Wx2
|--------------------------|------------------||--------|
|--------------------------|-----------------o||--------|
|------4--(4)s5-5--5-5-5-5-|-----------------o||--------|
|-3------------------------|-3-------3--------||--------|
Verse 2
Q.=132
Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--4--4-4----4--4-4----|-2--2-2----2--2-2----|
Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q 6x
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|-4--4-4--------------o||
|-0--0-0----0--0-0----|-----------5--5-5-----||
Guitar Solo
Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--4--4-4----4--4-4----|-2--2-2----2--2-2----|
Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q 4x
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|-4--4-4--------------o||
|-0--0-0----0--0-0----|-----------5--5-5-----||
Acoustic Interlude
Q.=122
W. +W. +W. +W.
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|-0-------------|-(0)------------|-(0)------------|-(0)----|
Wx24
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|---------|
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|---------|
Verse 3
Q.=130
Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
||o-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-3----|-----------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
Q E Q. Q. Q. Q E E E E Q E E E E 4x
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|------6----7----6----|-------------------------o||
|-4--4----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---o||
|---------------------|--------------------------||
Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E Q. Q. Q. Wx2
|----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|--------|
|--------------------0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|------6----7----6----|--------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-3----|-----------------------|-4--4----------------|--------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|--------|
Breakdown
3/2 12/8
Wx2 Q. Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E 3x
|----------------|---------------------||-----------------------||
|----------------|---------------------||o---------------------o||
|----------------|---------------------||o---------------------o||
|----------------|------0----0----0----||--0----0----0----0-----||
Q E E E E Q E E E E 3x Q E E E E Q Q Q
||-------------------------||---------------------|
||o-----------------------o||---------------------|
||o-----------------------o||---------------------|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--||-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--2--|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E 4x
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---o||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|--------------------------||
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------/5--5--|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1s3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
Distorted Interlude
6/4
H Q H Q Q Q Q H.
||------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|
||o---------2----2--|-5--4-------------|
||--0----0----------|-------5--2-------|
H Q Q. Q E H. E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|-0-------2h4-4-4-4-x-o||
|-2----2--0----0--0-|---------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------||
Bridge
Q=130
4/4
W. W. W +W
|---------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|-2-------------|-3-------------|----------|--------|
|---------------|---------------|-0--------|-(0)----|
Wx14
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|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
Q. E +H Q. E E E Q Q. E +Q. E +Q. E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------0h2----|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|------2--------|----------------|-------0h5h7----|
|-3----1-(1)----|-3----------0--|-3----1-(1)---5-|-(5)---------3--|
Q. E +H Q. E E E Q Q. E +Q. E +Q. E E E E E 3x
||----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|--------0h2----|----------------|------------------o||
||o---------------|------2--------|----------------|-------0h5h7-7----o||
||--3----1-(1)----|-3----------0--|-3----1-(1)---5-|-(5)-----------0---||
H. E E +H. E E H. E E Q E E +E E Q
|-------------|----------([9])-------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------------([9])-|-------------|-2----------2----|
|---------5-7-|-(7)------------------|---------0h2-|-----------------|
|-0-----------|----------------------|-0-----------|----1-0-(0)---0--|
H. E E +H. E E H. E E Q E E +E E E E 3x
||--------------|----------([9])-------|-------------|------------------------||
||o-------------|----------------([9])-|-------------|-2----------2----------o||
||o---------5-7-|-(7)------------------|---------0h2-|-----------------------o||
||--0-----------|----------------------|-0-----------|----1-0-(0)---(0)-(0)---||
Q. E +H Q. E E E Q Q. E +Q. E +Q. E E E E E 3x
||----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|--------0h2----|----------------|------------------o||
||o---------------|------2--------|----------------|-------0h5h7-7----o||
||--3----1-(1)----|-3----------0--|-3----1-(1)---5-|-(5)-----------0---||
Q. E +H Q. E E E Q Q. E +Q. E +Q. E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------0h2----|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|------2--------|----------------|-------0h5h7-7--|
|-3----1-(1)----|-3----------0--|-3----1-(1)---5-|-(5)------------|
Q.=130H=H
12/8
W +W +W.
|----------|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|---------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----|
Breakdown 2
Q.=137
12/8
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------4-4-4-4-x-x-|
||o------------5h7-7-7-x-x-|------------------------|
||--0--0-0-0-0-------------|-2--2-2-x-x-------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E 8x
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-3--3-3-3-3-0--0-0-0-0-|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--||
Outro
Q E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0--3--5--|-----------------------|
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E Q Q E E E E 6x
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-5--5-5-4---------------o||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-----------5--5-5-5-5----||
6.
H. H. +W. +W. +W. +W.
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------*|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------*|
|-5---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------*|
|---------5-------|-(5)------------|-(5)------------|-(5)------------|-(5)----*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
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