To Bid You Farewell

Opeth

Tom: A

tabbed by Eugenio Crippa whose e-mail address is *

normal tuning

please notice that:

- gtr 1 - left guitar
- gtr 2 - right guitar



I - repeat almost 8 times in crescendo


|-------------------|gtr 1
|-------------------|
|----------0--------|
|------4-----4---4--|
|----2---2-----2----|
|--0----------------|



II - repeat 4 times

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 1
|------------------------------------------0---------------0--------|
|----------0---------------0-----------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0--|
|------4-----4---4-----4-----4---4---4---4-----4-----4---4-----4----|
|----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---5---------------5----------------|
|--0---------------0------------------------------------------------|

|                                                                   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----------------------------7-4--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--0-------0-3-2---------------------------0-2---------------|
|----0-----------------------------------0-------------------|
|------0-----------------------------4-----------------------|
|--------2-----------------2h4p2---4---4---------------------|
|--------------------------------2---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                            |
|--3p0-------------------------------------------------------|
|------0-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------0---------------------------------------------------|
|----------4p2-0-----------2h4p2-----------2/4---------------|
|--------------------------------2---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|



III - repeat 4 times

|--------------------------------3-------3\--2----------------------|
|--3-------3/5---------------------------------------0-2-3-5---2----|
|------4-------6----------------------------------------------------|
|----4---4-------------7---------5-------5\--4----------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                                   |
|------------------------------0-3p2-0---0h2-2----------------------|
|--3---------0-------------------------3----------------------------|
|--------------2----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|



IV - play 2 times

|--------------0-----------------------------------------------------|
|--3-------2---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------2/4-2---------------------------2-------------|
|--------------------------------------2-4-5-4-2-------2-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------2-3-2-------------------------------|

|                                                                    |
|--2-----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3---2-------2/3-2-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4---4-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------5---5---4-5-4-2---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--------------0-----------------------------------------------------|
|--3-------2---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------2/4-2---------------------------2-------------|
|--------------------------------------2-4-5-4-2-------2-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------2-3-2-------------------------------|

|                                                                    |
|--2-----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3---2-------2/3-5-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4---4-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------5---5---4-5-4-2---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|



play III 4 times again


play IV 2 times with a slight variation at the beginning:


V - play 4 times                                           

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3--------------------------------------------|
|----------2--------------------------------------------|
|--0-------0--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10-10-10-10-10---8-8\6-6---5-5---5-let ring--|     
|----------10-10-10-10-10\9-9-9\7-7\5-5-5---5-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|



VI - starts to sing...

"i am awaiting the sunrise
 gazing modestly to the coldest morning
 once it came you lied
 embracing us over autumn's proud treetops"

|------------------------------------1---------------1---------------|gtr 2
|----1-------------------------------3---------------3---------------|
|----3---------------3--------------2---------------2----------------|
|---3----------------5-------------0---------------0-----------------|
|-01----------------5------------------------------------------------|
|------------------3-------------------------------------------------|

|                                                                    |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 1*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----3-------------------------------7---------------7---------------|
|---3----------------5--------------7---------------7----------------|
|--1----------------5--------------5---------------5-----------------|
|------------------3-------------------------------------------------|


follow the same pattern for gtr 1 in the following acoustic part


 play 2 times:
|----1---------------1-----------------------------------------------|gtr2
|----3---------------3---------------1-------------------------------|
|---2---------------2----------------3---------------3---------------|
|--0---------------0----------------3----------------5---------------|
|---------------------------------01----------------5----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------3-----------------|



 ...then:
|----1---------------1---------------|
|----3---------------3---------------|
|---2---------------2----------------|
|--0---------------0-----------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|



VIII - guitar solo

|------------------------------------------------------|solo gtr
|-------5---5b6r5-----3h5-------------------5h8-5------|
|-----7-------------------5-2-----------2/5------------|
|-5/7--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                      |                   
|-------------------1---------------------------1------|gtr 2
|-------------------3---------------------------3------|
|-----------------2---------------------------2--------|
|---------------0---------------------------0----------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


|----5-8-----------------------------------------------|
|---6----------8/10-8/10-----------8---6---5/6-5-------|
|--7---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                      |
|------------------1---------------------------1-------|
|------------------3---------------------------3-------|
|----------------2---------------------------2---------|
|--------------0---------------------------0-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------10-10b---10-10b-10-10b-------|
|------6------8/10b--------10------------------------------|
|--5-7---7-10-----------12b--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                          |
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------1---------------------------------------|
|------------------3-----------------3---------------------|
|----------------3-------------------5---------------------|
|------------0-1-------------------5-----------------------|
|--------------------------------3-------------------------|


|-13p10--------------13---15----------------------------------------------|
|-------10-----13-15---------13-----------10---13p10------------13--------|
|----------------------------------------------------12-----12b------12b--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                                         |
|------------1--------------------------------------1---------------------|
|------------3--------------------------------------3---------------------|
|----------2--------------------------------------2-----------------------|
|--------0--------------------------------------0-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|




"i stand motionless
 in a parade of falling rain
 your voice i cannot hear
 as i am falling again"


|---1---------------1----------------------------------------------|gtr 2
|---3---------------3--------------1-------------------------------|
|--2---------------2---------------3---------------3---------------|
|-0---------------0---------------3----------------5---------------|
|-------------------------------01----------------5----------------|
|------------------------------------------------3-----------------|



play V 4 times


IX


 1.*.
|-----3-------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 1
|----5--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


 2.3.4.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


 5.6.8.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


 7.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------0----------------------------------------------------|
|----------4--------------------------------------------------------|
|------2------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                                   |

|1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.*.                                        |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-7-7\5-5-5---4---2/4---4----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-5-5\3-3-3---2---0h2---2----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|



X - play 6 times with some variations...

|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7----------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7h8---8-8----------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7h9---9-9----------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7h9---9-9----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                                 |
|------------------------------------------------7----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------8---8----------|
|----------------------------------------------------9-----9p7----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------9--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|



XI - elctric gtrs enter

"devotion eludes
 and in sadness i lumber
 in my own ashes
 i am standing without a soul"


 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.                    1.3.5.7.            2.4.6.
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|gtr 1
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--2h4--------------|-------------------|
|--2-------2-2-4h5---5-----4h5------|--------4---0h2----|--0h2---0----------|
|--2--------------------------------|----------------2--|------------3p2-3--|
|--0-------------------0-0-----0-0--|-------------------|-------------------|

|          . .         . .     . .  |                   |                   |

|                                   |                   |                   |
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|gtr 2
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--2h4---2----------|-------------------|
|--2-------2-2-4h5---5-----4h5------|------------0h2-0--|--5-----4---2---2--|
|--2--------------------------------|-------------------|--7-----5---3---3--|
|--0-------------------0-0-----0-0--|-------------------|-------------------|

           . .         . .     . .


 8.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------4--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0h2---0---------------7-5-4h5p4h5p4-------4-------4h5-7---5-4-4-4-4---4-4-4--|
|------------3p2-------------------------------------------------2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|                                                                               |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----4---2---2-------------------5-------4-------------------4-4-4---4-4-4--|
|--7-----5---3---3-------------------7-------5-------------------2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



XII - 

|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--4---5---5-5-5-----------------|------------------4-------|--0-2-4-5-4-2-4-2---------------|
|------------------0-------------|--0h2-3/5-----------------|------------------4-------5-----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------2-------3-----|

|                                |                          |                                |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--0---2---2-2-2-----------------|------------------4-------|--------------------------------|
|------------------3-------------|--2h3-2---------0------0--|--2-3-5-3-2p0-2p0-4-------5-----|
|--------------------------------|*|------------------2-------3-----|


|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0--------------------|
|--0-2-4-5-4-2-4-2-2--------------------0--let ring--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|                                                    |
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------2------------5--------------------|
|--2-3-5-3-2p0-2p0-2--------------------5--let ring--|
|------------------0---------------------------------|



XIII - short acoustic interlude


|-------------------------------|
|------------------5------------|
|--2--------------5--------4-4--|
|----2-----3-----3--------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|



XIV - again electric gtrs - play 4 times

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4-----4-4---4h5-2--(2)4-2----------|
|--3-----5-5-------------2-2------------------------------------------|
|------------------3--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                                     |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------4-4-------7-----7-7\2-------------------*-*--|
|--0-----2-----5-------------------------------5/7-7\3-2---------2-3--|
|------------------3--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------3--------------------------------------------------|


* just the first 2 times


XV - then still acoustic...


 1.2.3.4.
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------4-4-----5/7---7-7-7\2-2/4-2p0-----------------|
|--0-----2-----5---------------------------------------2---------2-3---|
|------------------3---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


|1.2.3.4.                       |1.2.                                  |
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--4---4-4-4---2h4-2---2h4p2-----------|
|--3-----5---5-5-5-------2-2----|--------------------------------------|
|------------------3------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

                                |3.4.                                  |
                                |--7---7-7-7---7h8---------------------|
                                |------------------10------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|


XVI - ...until the end - play 4 times

"we walked into the night
 am i to bid you farewell?
 why can't you see that i try
 when every tear i shed
 is for you?"

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------0---------------0-2-4p2--------------------------|
|--0-----2-----2-----0h2---------5p4-4---5-2---0----------|
|--------2-----2---------------------------2-----3--------|
|--------0-----0---------------------------0-----5--------|

|                                                         |
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------5--------|
|--9-----0-----0---------------------------------4--------|
|------------------------5-7-5\4-----------2-----2--------|
|--7-----7-----7-----5/7---------5---7-----2--------------|
|--0-----------0-------------------7----------------------|


|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------0-------------0-2-4p2-0-2-2/5---4-----0-9--------|
|--0-----2-----2---0h2---------------------7--------------|

(0h5)----2-----2---------------------------------7--------|
|--------0-----0------------------------------------------|


|                                                         |
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------7-----------*--------|
|--9-----0-----0---------------------7-----------2--------|
|------------------------5-7-5\4-----5-----2-----2--------|
|--7-----7-----7-----5/7---------5---5-----2-----0--------|
|--0-----------0-------------------7----------------------|


* play this chord the last time:


 |-----|
 |--5--|
 |--4--|
 |--2--|
 |-----|
 |-----|


the end.