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
