MOONLAPSE VERTIGO (Bassline) As recorded by Opeth From the 1999 Album STILL LIFE Words and Music by Mikael Akerfeldt Transcribed by Erik Dietrich Gtr I (E A D G) - '4 String Bass' Intro Q.=60 1/4 6/8 Gtr I E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E E E |-----||------------------------|--------------------| |-----||o-------------5-5-4-----|--------------------| |---5-||o-5s7-7-7---------------|-5s7-7-7-7-7-7-2-3-| |-3---||----------0-0-------0-0-|--------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E 5x |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------/5------o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-2-2-2-2-|-0h3-3-3-3-3------5--o|| |-----------------------|----------------3-----|| S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E E E |-----------------------|--------------------| |-------------5-5-4-----|--------------------| |-5s7-7-7---------------|-5s7-7-7-7-7-7-2-3-| |---------0-0-------0-0-|--------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|-------------/5------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-2-2-2-2-|-0h3-3-3-3-3----7----| |-----------------------|------------------0--| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S |---------------------|---------------------| |-----------------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3p2-| |---------------------|---------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|---------------------| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------|----------------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------5h7---o|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------5h7-------o|| |---------------------|-0h1-1-1-1-1-0h1------------|| E S S S S S E S E E S S S S Q E E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------------|-----------7-----|-------------5---|------------------| |-----------5h7-7---|--------------7-|-----------5---5-|------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-------8-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S |---------------------|---------------------| |-----------------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3p2-| |---------------------|---------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|---------------------| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------5h7---| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------5h7-------| |---------------------|-0h1-1-1-1-1-0h1-----------| E S S S S E E E E S S S S E S E. E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------7---|-----------7---5--|-------------5---|-----------------| |-----------7---7-|-------------7----|-----------5---5-|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-5--------|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S |---------------------|---------------------| |-----------------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3p2-| |---------------------|---------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|---------------------| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------|---------------------0h2---| |---------------------|-----------------0h2-------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------| |---------------------|-0h1-1-1-1-1-0h1-----------| Q=85 4/4 H. +H. +H. Wx2 |---------|----------|----------||--------| |---------|----------|----------||--------| |-0-------|-(0)------|-(0)------||--------| |---------|----------|----------||--------| Verse E. S +Q E. S +Q E. S +E. S +E S S S S S S ||----------------------|----------------0h2-3-0h2-3--|| ||o---------------------|----------------------------o|| ||o---------------------|----------1-(1)-------------o|| ||--0--3-(3)--0--3-(3)--|-0--3-(3)--------------------|| 1.,2.,3. E. S S e S E. S S e S E. S S e S +E S S S S S S ||------------------------|----------------0h2-3-0h2-3--|| ||o-----------------------|----------------------------o|| ||o-----------------------|----------1-(1)-------------o|| ||--0--0-3-0-x-0--0-3-0-x-|-0--0-3-0--------------------|| 4. E. S S e S +S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |----------1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| |-0--0-3-0----------------------| Heavy Verse $ E. S S S S S +S S E Q E S S +S S E +S S E E E ||--------------------------|---------------------------| ||o----------5--------------|---------------------------| ||o-0--0-5h6---5-(5)s3-0-0--|---------------------------| ||--------------------------|-5s8-8-(8)-7-7-(7)S4-4-4S7-| 1.,2.,3. |-3-| E. S S S S S +S S E E E E E. S +S S S S S S S S S S S S |----------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |----------5-------------7-6-|-5--------------------------------o|| |-0--0-5h6---5-(5)s3-0-0-----|----7-(7)-0-3-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-3-3---o|| |----------------------------|-----------------------------------|| 4. To Coda E. S +S S S S +E. S +Q E. S +Q E. S +Q |---------------------------||----------------------| |-5-------------------------||o---------------------| |----7-(7)-6-5--------------||o---------------------| |--------------8-(8)-7-(7)--||--0--3-(3)--0--3-(3)--| E. S +E. S +E S S S S S S |----------------0h2-3-0h2-3--|| |----------------------------o|| |----------1-(1)-------------o|| |-0--3-(3)--------------------|| E. S S e S E. S S e S E. S S e S +E S S S S S S |-----------------------|----------------0h2h3-0-2h3-| |-----------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------|----------1-(1)-------------| |-0--0-3-0-x-0--0-3-0-x-|-0--0-3-0-------------------| D.S. al Coda E. S S e S E. S S e S E. S S e S +S S S S S S S S |-----------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------|----------1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---| |-0--0-3-0-x-0--0-3-0-x-|-0--0-3-0-----------------------| & E. S S e S E. S S e S E. S S e S +E S S S S S S |-----------------------|----------------0h2h3-0-2h3-| |-----------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------|----------1-(1)-------------| |-0--0-3-0-x-0--0-3-0-x-|-0--0-3-0-------------------| E. S S e S E. S S e S E. S S e S +E S S S S S S |-----------------------|----------------0h2h3-0-2h3-| |-----------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------|----------1-(1)-------------| |-0--0-3-0-x-0--0-3-0-x-|-0--0-3-0-------------------| Clean Interlude E. S +Q E. S +Q E. S +E E +H |---------------------|-------------------| |-5--4-(4)--2---------|-------------------| |--------------3-(3)--|-3--5-(5)----------| |---------------------|----------0-(0)----| E. S +E E +S S S S E S S E. S +E E +H |----------------------------|-------------------| |----------------5-4---------|-------------------| |-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-----5-7-0-2-|-3--5-(5)----------| |----------------------------|----------0-(0)----| 6/4 E. S E E +S S S S Q +H W |----------------7s8s7--|-(7)-------------| |--------------5--------|-----------------| |-3--5---6-(6)----------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| 4/4 Q. +S S e Q E Q +S S S S S S S S S S S S |--------------------|-----------7-9s10s9-7-9-5S7--------| |-3----(3)-2s3-3-----|--------/7------------------5S7----| |-----------------8-|-----------------------------------| |--------------------|-1--(1)----------------------------| Q +E. S S S E +Q Q +E. S S S E +Q E. S +E E +S E. Q |---------------------|---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|----------7-(7)-9--10---| |-5--(5)-3-5p0-5-(5)--|-5--(5)-3-5p0-5-(5)--|----7-(7)---------------| |---------------------|---------------------|-5----------------------| 15/16 H.. +S Wx6 H. e. |---------------|-----------|------------| |---------------|-----------|------------| |-0---------(0)-|-----------|------------| |---------------|-----------|---------2--| Guitar Solo 4/4 E S S S S S S S s S S S E S 3x E S S S S S S S s S S S E S ||-------------------------------||-----------------------------| ||o-----------------------------o||-----------------------------| ||o-----------------------------o||-----------------------------| ||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-x-x-x-2-x--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-x-x-x-4-x-| E S S S S S S S s S S S E S 3x E S S S S S S S s S S S E S ||-------------------------------||-----------------------------| ||o-----------------------------o||-----------------------------| ||o-----------------------------o||-----------------------------| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-x-x-x-4-x--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-x-x-x-4-x-| E S S S S S S S s S S S E S 3x E S S S S S S S s S S S E S ||-------------------------------||------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------o||------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------o||------------------------------| ||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-x-x-x-2-x--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-x-x-x-4-x--| E S S S S S S S s S S S E S 3x E. S E. S +E E E E ||-------------------------------||---------------------| ||o-----------------------------o||---------------------| ||o-----------------------------o||------6--5-(5)-------| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-x-x-x-4-x--||-3--3----------4-4-4-| Breakdown E S S S S S S +S S S S +S S S S E S S S S S S +S S S S +S S S S ||--------0h2---2-(2)-2---------------|-------0h2---2-(2)-2----------------| ||o-------------------------------2---|-------------------------------2----| ||o-0-0-0-----0---------0-0-(0)-0---0-|-0-0-0-----0---------0-0-(0)-0---0--| ||------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1.,2.,3. Q T T S S S +S E S E. S E S S S E S +S S S S S S S S |---------------------------|--------------------------------|| |---------------------------|---5h6-3h5-4-(4)---4---4-----7-o|| |-7--6h7p6-------------7----|-----------------6---5---5h6---o|| |----------8-7-(7)-5-0----0-|-4------------------------------|| 4. Q T T S S S +S E S Q E. S +E E +S E. Q |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-7--6h7p6-------------7--|----------------------| |----------8-7-(7)-5-0----|-1--0-(0)-4-(4)-4--3--| Outro E S S S S E +S S S S E S S S S S S S S E +S S E E S S ||------------------------------|---------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|---------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|-7-10-10-10-10-10-7-(7)-5-5-10-10-10--| ||--0-0-0-0-0-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------------------------------| S S S S S S E +S S S S E S S S S S S S S E +S E. E S S 8x |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-9h10p9p7-----------------------|----------------------------o|| |----------5h7-5-(5)-2-3-5-------|-------------0-(0)-1--2-2-2-o|| |--------------------------5-5-0-|-3s1-1-1-1-1-----------------|| Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 ----------- | - 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