SERENITY PAINTED DEATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 1999 Album STILL LIFE
Words and Music by Mikael Ã…kerfeldt
Arranged by Opeth


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q.=131
 9/8              12/8
                   Gtr I
  H.      Q.       Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
|--------------||------------------------|
|--------------||o-----------------------|
|--------------||o-5--5---0h3-5--5-------|
|--------------||--------------------5p3-|


  Q  E E E E Q  E E Q     Q  E E E E Q  E E Q
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-5--5---5-5-5--5---5--|-1--1---1-1-1--1---1--|


  1.                      2.
  Q  E E E E Q  E E Q      Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|----------------------o||-----------------------|
|-0--0---0-0-0--0---0--o||-0--0---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
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|


  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----o||
|-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-(3)h5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|


  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||
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--------------------------||


     E  E E E  E  E e E E E E e    Q  E E E E E E E Q  E
||------------------------------||-----------------------|
||o-----------------6-6---6---6-||-5--5---5-x------------|
||o-(4)h6-6-6-(4)h6-------------||-----------------------|
||------------------------------||------------3-3---3--3-|


  Q  E E E E E E E Q  E   Q  E E E E E E E Q  E  3x
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-5--5---5-x-5-5---5--5-|-0--0---0-x-0-0---0--0-o||
|-----------------------|------------------------||


   E  E E E  E  E e E E E E e    Q  E E E E E E E Q  E
|-----------------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------------||-----------------------|
|-(4)h6-6-6-(4)h6-------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------4-4---4---4-||-3--3---3-x-3-3---3--3-|


  Q  E E E E E E E Q  E   Q  E E E E E E E Q  E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5--5---5-x-5-5---5--5-|-0--0---0-x-0-0---0--0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  H.       E Q  Q.    H.      Q  Q  E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------/6--------|-------------------|
|---------------7h==|=8-------8p=7--5h7-|
|-0-----------------|-------------------|


  W.              +W.              Wx2
|---------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|--------|
|-0-------------|-(0)------------|--------|


 "Met the Earth in Silence"
  Q=94
 5/4           4/4
  Q  W          Wx3
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|


                                 1.,2.,3.,4.,5.
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   6x
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------5-5-|-5-4-4-4----------------------o||
||--0h2-2-2---0h2-0h2-3-3-------|-----------6-6-6-5-5-5---0h2---||


  6.
  S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S    E S E S  E. E S E E   E S E S e H
|--------------------------------|---------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----0-0-2------|
|-5-4-4-4------------------------|-------------4-4-2-3-|-4-x------------|
|-----------6-6-6-5---5---5---5-|-2-x-1-1-/4----------|----------------|


   Chorus
    E. S S S E +S  S S S S S S S   E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S  6x
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o------------------------------|----------------------3s4-6h7-o||
||--4--3---0-1-(1)-0---0-3p2-1p0-|-2--1---0-4p3-0h3h4-0----------||


 Instrumental
  Q=86
 5/8
  H    +E    +Q.   S S S +S       S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|------------------||----------------------|---------------------|
|----------|------------------||o-8-8-8-------8-8-----|-8-8-8-------8-8-----|
|----------|------------------||o-------7-7-7-----7-7-|-------7-7-7-----7-7-|
|-6----(6)-|-(6)---6---6-(6)-||----------------------|---------------------|


                       1.,2.,3.                    4.
                       6/8
  S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------7-7-7-----7-7-|-------7-7---------7-7-7-o||-------7-7---------7-7-7--|
|-6-6-6-------6-6-----|-6-6---------6-6---------o||-6-6---------6-6----------|
|---------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|


    Q=87
   4/4
    E. S S S S S S E S a S S S S   S S S S S S S S +S  S S S +S  S E
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|-----5h7-7-7-7-----------------------|
||o------7-------7---------------|---------------5-(5)-5-5-8-(8)-8-8--|
||--0--0---0-5h6---0-0-5h6-6-6-5-|-5-5---------------------------------|


  E. S S S S S +S  E S Q     E.  S +E  E +S  E. S S S S
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-----------------3----3S5h7-o||
|-0--6-6S5-5-5-(5)S3-0-6--|-0--/3-(3)-5-(5)----5--------||


   Beautiful Pain
    Q=86
    E. S S S S S S E S a S S S S   S S S S S S S S +S  S S S +S  S E
||-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|-----5h7-7-7-7----------------------|
||o------7-------7---------------|---------------5-(5)-5-5-8-(8)-8-8-|
||--0--0---0-5h6---0-0-5h6-6-6-5-|-5-5--------------------------------|


  E. S S S S S +S  E S Q     E.  S +E  E +S  E. S S S S  4x
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-----------------3----3S5h7-o||
|-0--6-6S5-5-5-(5)S3-0-6--|-0--/3-(3)-5-(5)----5--------||


 7/8
  H..         H..
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|


   Acoustic Interlude
    Q=84
   7/8                    4/4
    Q.   S S S  S S  E S   Q..   E. E. E.  6x
||------------------/9-7-|-----------------||
||o----------------------|-2-----6--5-----o||
||o-0--------------------|-0-----------7--o||
||-------0-3---/5--------|-----------------||


    Q=82
    Q..   E. E. E.  4x     S E S E. E. E. E.  5x S E S S  S  S E S Q.
||------------------||-||---------------------||------------------------|
||o----------------o||-||o-------5-----------o||------------------------|
||o-2--------------o||-||o-----5----4--3-----o||-3---0-6-(0)---6-x-5----|
||--------3--5--2---||-||--0h3------------6---||------------------------|


   DESTRUCTION RIFF
    Q=85
    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 E.
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-|---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|


                                1.
  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 E.
|------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------o||
|---7-7-7-7-7---7-8-8-7-7---7-|---7-7-7-7-7---7-8-8-7-7---7-o||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------||


 2.
                          |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7---7-8-8-7---7-6-5---|
|---------------------------------|


    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 E.
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-|---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7---7-8-8-7-7---7-|
|------------------------------|


 1.                               2.
  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 E.
|-------------------------------||------------------------------|
|------------------------------o||------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7---7-8-8-7-7---7-o||---7-7-7-7-7---7-8-8-7-7---0--|
|-------------------------------||------------------------------|


 Guitar Solo
  Q=86
  Q  Q  S S E  S  S E    Q  E  S  E  E Q  +S
|---------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------9-------9-||------12-10------------|
|---------9---(9)-9---||------------10---------|
|-7--7--x-------------||-8--8----------8--(8)-|


  S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S +S  S S   E Q   E +S  S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|-4-4--1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|


  S S S S S S S E S S S S S E    E S S S  S S  E  S  S  S  S S  E
|-----------------------------||------------------------------------|
|-----7h9-9-7-----------------||------------8-10-10-10-10-10-8------|
|-------------9---------------||---------10--------------------10--|
|-5s7-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-8-8-8-8----------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S +S  S S   E Q   E +S  S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|-4-4--1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


  S S S S S S S E S S S S S E    E S S S  S S  E  S  S E S  E
|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|
|-----7h9-9-7-----------------||------------8-10----10-8-8-----|
|-------------9---------------||---------10------10--------10-|
|-5s7-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-8-8-8-8-----------------------|


  S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S +S  S S   E Q   E +S  S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|-4-4--1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     E  S  S  S  S S  E  S  S E S  E
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
|-----7h9-7h9-9-9-9-9-7h9-7h9-9-9-||-10-10-10-10----8-10----10-8-8-----|
|---------------------------------||-------------10------10--------10-|
|-5s7-----------------------------||-----------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S +S  S S   E Q   E +S  S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|-4-4--1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


   Climax
    E. S S  S  Q  E S S E    E. S S  S  E. S S S S S E
||------------------------||---------------------------|
||o-----------------------||---------------------------|
||o---------------------3-||---------------------5-3---|
||--5--0-3-(4)-5--0-3-5---||-5--0-3-(4)-5--0-3-5-----5-|


  E. S S  S  Q  E S S E   E +S  S +E  Q  +E  S S E
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------3-|-------------3--(3)--------o||
|-5--0-3-(4)-5--0-3-5---|-1-(1)-1-(1)--------3-3-3---||


    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x E. E. Q.   Q
||-----------------------------------||---------------|
||o---------------------------------o||---------------|
||o---------3---------------5-3-----o||-------3-------|
||--5-0h3h5---5-3h5-5-0h3h5-----5-3--||-1--1-------3--|


    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x E. E. E. E. E E
||-----------------------------------||-----------------|
||o---------------------------------o||-----------------|
||o---------3---------------5-3-----o||-5--4--3--2--1-0-|
||--5-0h3h5---5-3h5-5-0h3h5-----5-3--||-----------------|


 Chorus
  Q=87
  W          E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|------------------------------|
|----------|------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------3s4-6h7-|
|----------|-2--1---0-4p3-0h3h4-0---------|


    E. S S S E +S  S S S S S S S   E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o------------------------------|----------------------3s4-6h7-o||
||--4--3---0-1-(1)-0---0-3p2-1p0-|-2--1---0-4p3-0h3h4-0----------||


  E. S S S E +S  S S S S S S S   E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-4--3---0-1-(1)-0---0-3p2-1p0-|-2--1---0-4p3-0-4p3-0-2h3---1-|


 Acoustic Outro
  Q=79
  S S H..         Wx9           Wx12
|---------------|------------||---------*|
|---------------|------------||---------*|
|---------------|------------||---------*|
|-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


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