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THE BAYING OF THE HOUNDS (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
(From the 2005 Album GHOST REVERIES)
Transcribed by Anton Lidström, Erik Dietrich (zerosk8r4life12)
Words by Mikael Åkerfeldt Music by Opeth
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Bass'
0:00
Q.=131
12/8
Gtr I
W. +W. +W.
|---------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|--------|
|-0-------------|-(0)------------|-(0)----|
+W. +W. E E E E E E +E E E Q E
|----------------|----------------|---------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-5h6-----------------------|
|-(0)------------|-(0)------------|-----0-3-5-6-(6)-5-3-0--0--|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5----------------------|-3h5---3h5---5--5-5-5-5-|-3h5----------------------|
|----0-0-0-0-3h5-0-0-0-0-|-----0-----0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--|
E E E E E E +E E E Q E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-5h6----------------------|
|-----0-3-5-6-(6)-5-3-0--0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-3h5-5-------------------|-3h5---3h5---5--5-5-5-5--|
||--------0-0-0-3h5-0-0-0-0-|-----0-----0-------------|
E E E E E E e E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E 4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-3h5---------------------|-5h6----------------------o||
|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-----0-3-5-6-(6)-5-3-0--0--||
0:49
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|
||--5-5-5/-8-8-8/-11-11-11/-14-14-14/-|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------o||--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------o||--------------------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\--||-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|
||--5-5-5/-8-8-8/-11-11-11/-14-14-14/-|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------o||----------12-12-12--------------------|
|----------17-17-17--------------------o||-------------------10-10-10-----------|
|-17-17-17----------17-17-17-17-17-17\--||-11-11-11-------------------11-11-11\-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|
||--5-5-5/-8-8-8/-11-11-11/-14-14-14/-|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------o||--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------o||--------------------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\--||-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\-|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------------|----------17-------18-------17--------o||
||--5-5-5/-8-8-8/-11-11-11/-14-14-14/-|-17-17-17----17-17----17-17----17-17\--||
2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------||
|----------12-12-12--------------------||
|-------------------10-10-10-----------||
|-11-11-11-------------------11-11-11\-||
1:19
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E E
||--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-3h5-5-------------------|-3h5---3h5---5--5-5-5-5-|-3h5---------------------|
||--------0-0-0-3h5-0-0-0-0-|-----0-----0------------|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E +E E E Q E 4x W
|---------------------------||------||
|--------------------------o||------||
|-5h6----------------------o||------||
|-----0-3-5-6-(6)-5-3-0--0--||------||
1:51
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 8x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-----5-4---4-------------o||
||o-----------------------3-|-5-6-----5---3s5---------o||
||--0---0---0-0-0---0---0---|-----------------0-0-0-0--||
2:20
Q E E E E Q E E E E 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-x-x-5--5-5-x-x-|-7--7-7-x-x-7--7-7-x-x-|-8--8-8-x-x-8--8-8-x-x-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------(7)---------|
|---------------(7)-----(7)-(7)-|
|-7--7-7-x-x-7---7---7---x---x--|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-5--5-5-x-x-5--5-5-x-x-|-7--7-7-x-x-7--7-7-x-x--|
1. 2.
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------||------------6h7----------||
|-----------------------|----------7-9-9-9-7-----o||------7---7-----7p5------||
|-----------------------|--------7-----------7---o||----7---7-----------7-4--||
|-8--8-8-x-x-8--8-8-x-x-|-7--7-7---------------7--||-7-----------------------||
2:49
6/4
E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------5---5-------|------------7---7-------|-8----------8---8---------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-5--5-x-x---5---5-x-x-|-7-7--7-x-x---7---7-x-x-|---8--8-x-x---8---8-x-x---|
E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------7---7-------|------------5---5-------|------------7---7--------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7--7-x-x---7---7-x-x-|-5-5--5-x-x---5---5-x-x-|-7-7--7-x-x---7---7-x-x--|
E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-------------6h7-6-------||
|------------8---8-------|---------5-7-------7-5---||
|------------------------|-----5-7---------------7-||
|-8-8--8-x-x---8---8-x-x-|-7-7---------------------||
3:04
Q Q E E E q E +Q q q E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7--7----7--------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-5--4--0-----------0-5-|
|-------x---7-7--7-(7)\--|---------3-2-0-2-3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-12-12-12--|
|--------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E Q +Q
|------------------------------|
|-10p9---9-10-13-10p9----------|
|------9--------------9--(9)\--|
|------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-12p11-10-11-9-10-10p9-8-9-7-8-|-6h7---6------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----8---7h8-6h7---6------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------8---7h8--||
3:15
q Q E E E q Q E 23x q Q E E E Q Q.
||-----------------------||---------------------||
||o---------------------o||---------------------||
||o-----------5---------o||-----------3-5--5\---||
||--0--0--x-0---0--0--x--||-0--0--x-0-----------||
3:58
q Q E E E q Q. q Q E E E q Q.
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------5---------|-----------5---------|
||--0--0--x-0---0--0----|-0--0--x-0---0--0----|
q Q E E E q Q. q Q E E E q Q.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----------5---------|-----------5----------|
|-0--0--x-0---0--0----|-0--0--x-0---0--0-----|
q Q E E E q Q. q Q E E E q Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------5---------|-----------5---------|
|-0--0--x-0---0--0----|-0--0--x-0---0--0----|
q Q E E E q Q. q Q E E E Q Q E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------7-------|
|-----------5---------|-----------5-/8-----8----|
|-0--0--x-0---0--0----|-0--0--x-0---------------|
q Q E E E q Q. q Q E E E q Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------5---------|-----------5---------|
|-0--0--x-0---0--0----|-0--0--x-0---0--0----|
q Q E E E q Q. q Q E E E q Q.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----------5---------|-----------5----------|
|-0--0--x-0---0--0----|-0--0--x-0---0--0-----|
q Q E E E q Q. q Q E E E q Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------5---------|-----------5---------|
|-0--0--x-0---0--0----|-0--0--x-0---0--0----|
1.,2.
Q. Q E E Q Q E Q E Q E Q E Q +E
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|------12----12s10--9--10-|-/13----13----12----12--(12)\----o||
|-0--------0--------------|------0-----0-----0---------------||
3.
W. +W.
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-/10-------------|-(10)------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
5:25
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
1.,2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
3.
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-3----------|
|-----------------8-7-5-3--|
6:23
12/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--1p0-0-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-|-1p0-0-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x
|-------------------------|-------7------------------||
|-------------------------|-----6---6-----6---------o||
|-------------------------|---5-------4s5---5-6s5\--o||
|-1p0-0-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-|-0------------------------||
H. Q Q E E H. Q Q E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-------1--0--x-x-|-0-------1--0--x-x-|
H. Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------|-------7-----------------|
|-------------------|-----6---6-----6---------|
|-------------------|---5-------4s5---5-6s5\--|
|-0-------1--0--x-x-|-0-----------------------|
6:52
Q E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------------|
||o------------------------|
||o------------------------|
||--0--0-0-0-0-2p0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E +E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3-0-0-0--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-/7--7-(7)-5--2--2-2-2-2-|-------------7-7-7-6-6-6\-|
E E E Q. Q. Q. q E +E E E E q Q E
|-----------------------||-||-------------------------|
|----------------------o||-||o------------------------|
|-------1----2----3----o||-||o--------------5---------|
|-1p0-0-----------------||-||--0--0-(0)-0-0---0--0--0-|
q E +E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3-0-0-0----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-/7--7-(7)-5--2--2-2-2-2-|-------------7-7-7-6-6-6\---|
6/4
E E E Q. Q. Q. W. +W. 3x
|-----------------------||---------------||----------||
|----------------------o||---------------||o--------o||
|-------1----2----3----o||---------------||o--------o||
|-1p0-0-----------------||-0-------------||--(0)-----||
7:28
W. W. W.
||----------------|---------------|-------|
||o---------------|---------------|-------|
||o-5-------------|-3-------------|-2-----|
||----------------|---------------|-------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. H. +H +Q W.
|------------------------||----------------------|-------|
|-/12----9----8---------o||----------------------|-------|
|------------------6----o||-5-------(5)----(5)/--|-8-----|
|------------------------||----------------------|-------|
W. Q. Q. Q. Q. W +Q E E
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-/12----9----8---------|--------------------|
|-2-------------|------------------6----|-5--------(5)--x-x--|
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
W +Q E E W. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-------------------|---------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-/12----9----8----------|
|-3--------(3)--x-x-|-2-------------|------------------6-----|
|-------------------|---------------|------------------------|
W +Q +Q Q Q Q H +Q
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-/7-----7--9----(9)\--|
|-4--------(4)--(4)/--|-----8----------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
8:03
$
Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------7s5s7-|
||--2--2-2-0h1-2--2-0--1-|-2--2-2-0h1-2--0-------|
1. 2.
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E Q. Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------5\---o||------------/5--4--2---|
|-----------------------|----------------------o||-----------------------|
|-2--2-2-0h1-2--2-0-0-1-|-2--2-2-0h1-2--0-------||-2--2-2-0h1------------|
Q. Q. Q Q Q Q. Q. Q Q Q
|-1------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|------1----2--2--2--|-2----4----5--5--5--|
|--------------------|--------------------|
H. H. H. E E +H
|-/7\--------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------8s7-(7)----|
|------------------|-0------------------|
|----------0-------|--------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. W.
|---------------------|---------------|
|-6----8----9---------|---------------|
|----------------6----|-5-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
D.S.
Q. Q E +Q. Q E +Q. Q E +Q. Q.
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-7--------------------|-------------------------|
|------6--7-(7)---3--5-|-(5)---------------------|
|----------------------|-------8--7-(7)----------|
9:07
12/8
Q. Q. E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------------------|-3-3-3-3-x-x-3-3-3-3-x-x-|--------------------------|
||--6----8----1-3-1-0----|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-x-x-0-0-0-0-x-x--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------7-8-7----7-----|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------5--------5---5---|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-6-6-6----------------6-|-3-3-3-3-x-x-3-3-3-3-x-x--|
|-7-7-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-x-x-|------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-x-x-0-0-0-0-x-x-|-7-7-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-x-x-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||
|-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6----o||
|-----8-----8-----8-----8---||
9:43
6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------5-------|
||o-------------5h7---7-5h7-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
||--------------------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--3-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------|
|------------------------|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|--------------------------||-------------------5--|
|-------------------------o||----------------5-----|
|-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-------------3--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
12/8
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0--0-0-----0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-----0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0--------------|
|--------2h5------------|--------2h5------------|------------0--0-0-0-0---|
E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------5-------|-----------------------|---------5---7---5--------|
|------------------5---5-|-----------------------|-----5h7---7---7---7-5h7--|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-3------3---|-0--0-0-----0--0-0-0-0-|-5h7----------------------|
|------------------------|--------2h5------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-------------3--3-3-3-3-|
|------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
10:14
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------5-5---------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------6-------|-----------------------|-------------7-7-7--------|
|-3-3-3-3-x-x-------3-x-x-|-5-5-5------5-5-5------|-------------------7-x-x--|
|-------------------------|-------0----------0----|-7-7-7-7-x-x--------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------7-8-7----7-----|-5-5--------5-5--------|--------------------------|
|-------5--------5---5---|-----6----------6------|--------------------------|
|-6-6-6----------------6-|-------3----------3----|-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5--------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------0-----------0-x-x--|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------9----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7------7-7-7-------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------7-x-x-|-------------------------|-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|
|------------------------|-1-1-x-1-1-x-1-1-x-1-1-x-|-----8-----8-----8-----8--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. E E E Q.
|----------------------14----14--------|----------------------*|
|-13-13----13-13----13----13----13-----|----------------------*|
|-------12-------12----------------12\-|----------------------*|
|--------------------------------------|-6----8----1-3-1-0----*|
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
