Cusp Of Eternity

Opeth

Mikael is lead throughout the song, except on the solo, he plays rhythm. Intro Lead (Palm Muted) e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|-12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----| E|----------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------13----13----12----12-------| G|-13----13----13----13-------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----| E|----------------------------------------------------| verse 1 Rhythm (Palm Muted) e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|------------------| Repeat a gazillion times A|------------------| E|-3-3-3---1-4-1----| Lead e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|-12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----| E|----------------------------------------------------| } Repeat throughout the verse e|----------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------13----13----12----12-------| G|-13----13----13----13-------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----| E|----------------------------------------------------| Chorus 1 e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----x-x--10--10-x-x-10--x-x-----------------------------------------------------| D|-5--x-x--x---x--x-x--x--x-x--6---6--x-x--3--3/6-5--5--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----| x2 A|-x--x-x--8---8--x-x--8--x-x--x---x--x-x--x----x-x--x--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----| E|-3---------------------------4---4--x-x--1--1/4-3--3--x-x-----------------------| verse 2 Rhythm (Palm Muted) e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|------------------| Repeat a gazillion times again A|------------------| E|-3-3-3---1-4-1----| Lead - Enters with this first bar, delay, reverb, mystic tone pedal, all you can pour into it e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|-/16~~~~~~~~b17~~~~r16~~~~~/19~~~~\16~~\13~~~~| D|----------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|-12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----| E|----------------------------------------------------| } Repeat throughout the verse again e|----------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------13----13----12----12-------| G|-13----13----13----13-------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----| E|----------------------------------------------------| Chorus 2 e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----x-x--10--10-x-x-10--x-x-----------------------------------------------------| D|-5--x-x--x---x--x-x--x--x-x--6---6--x-x--3--3/6-5--5--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----| x2 A|-x--x-x--8---8--x-x--8--x-x--x---x--x-x--x----x-x--x--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----| E|-3---------------------------4---4--x-x--1--1/4-3--3--x-x-----------------------| PM * * * * * * * e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2 A|-3-2---3--2---5--3h5p3p2-----------------3-2---3--2h3-5h6p5--5h6h8p6p5---------| E|-----3------3------------4--3-4-3-1-3h4------3-------------------------4--1----| verse 3 Rhythm (Palm Muted) e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|------------------| Repeat a gazillion times again, again. (At least we changed frets!) A|------------------| E|-5-5-5---3-6-3----| Lead - Again with the cool mystic tone that I’ll never achieve e|-------------------------------------------| B|-/17~~~~\14~~~~/20~~~~\17~~~~\14~~~~/20~~~~| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|-14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14-------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----| E|----------------------------------------------------| } Repeat throughout the verse e|----------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------15----15----14----14-------| G|-15----15----15----15-------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----| E|----------------------------------------------------| Solo - About the actual solo... I’ve got no idea how to play it yet, might come later if nobody else tabs it. Rhythm (PM throughout) e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| x7 A|--------------4h5p4--------------------------------------| E|-5-3-5-6-3-5--------6-5-3-0--5-3-5-6-3-5--3-3-3-3-3-3----| e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------4h5p4-----------------------------3-5-6----| E|-5-3-5-6-3-5--------6-5-3-0--5-3-5-6-3-5--3-5-6----------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------8------------------------------| D|-----------------6---6-9---6-9-10---12-10-9----------------------| A|-----5-8---5-8-9---8-----8----------------------7-----7-7--------| E|-4-7-----7-----------------------------------0----0-0-----0-0----| No idea why anybody would play power chords that way, but Mikael does so live e|-1--0-------------------------| B|-1--0--3----------------------| G|-x--x--2--0--2----------------| D|-3--2--0--0--2--3--5--8--7----| A|----------3--0--3--5--8--7----| E|----------------1--3--6--5----| Final Chorus e|-3------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-3--x-x--10--10-x-x-10--x-x-----------------------------------------------------| D|-5--x-x--x---x--x-x--x--x-x--6---6--x-x--3--3/6-5--5--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----| A|-x--x-x--8---8--x-x--8--x-x--x---x--x-x--x----x-x--x--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----| E|-3---------------------------4---4--x-x--1--1/4-3--3--x-x-----------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----x-x--10--10-x-x-10--x-x-----------------------------------------------------| D|-5--x-x--x---x--x-x--x--x-x--6---6--x-x--3--3/6-5--5--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----| Repeat till fade A|-x--x-x--8---8--x-x--8--x-x--x---x--x-x--x----x-x--x--x-x--6--x-x--5--5--x-x----| E|-3---------------------------4---4--x-x--1--1/4-3--3--x-x-----------------------| ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************

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