Opeth - "Windowpane" Guitar Tab
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Band: Opeth
Album: Damnation
Song: Windowpane
Written by: Written by Mikael Åkerfeldt, Peter Lindgren, Martin Lopez, and Martin Mendez
Copyright (c) (Released by Koch/Zomba Records) (2003)
Version 1.0 - (2003)
Transcribed By: (XxMAYHEMxX)
Email: (x7xmayhemx7x@hotmail.com)
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Author’s Note: OK...I know it has been tabbed
here before but it is incomplete and is only a solo
so I figured for those of us who truely love Opeth
and this song, I would tab it out. Enjoy!
-M.
Tuning Standard (EADGBE)
Riff A (Intro) Watch for variance in the rhythms (8X)
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------2-------------2---------2----------------------|
|--------4-------------4---------4---------------7p2-4--|
|------4-----4-----4-----------4-----4-----2h4/7--------|
|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------------|
Riff B (Verse)
|----------------2------------------|
|----------2------------------------|
|------8-----8-------8---8-----8----|
|----6---6-----6-------6-----6---6--|
|--4-----------------------2--------|
|-----------------------------------|
Riff C – reprise Riff A, then add this solo over with 2nd guitar:
|--/9--|--/9-9-10-9-7-9-7/9---7-------|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|------|------------------------10-9--|--9--10--9--10p9---------------------------------|------|
|------|------------------------------|-----------------11-9----------------------------|--/8--|
|------|------------------------------|----------------------/9----9--------------------|------|
|------|------------------------------|-------------------------12---12p11-9-----7h9\---|------|
|------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|-------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|----------7-----9--9b10--|--10r9b-(7X)--|--7-9-7------7--------------------|------------|
|--7-6--------6-----------|--------------|--------/7-6---6\4-6h7p6----------|------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|-----------------------------9\---|--9p7-9/11--|
|-------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|---------|-------------------------------|
|------------------|---------|-------------------------------|
|-------9-11-------|---------|-------------------------------|
|--9h11------11\9--|--7h9-6--|--6h7p6---6--------------------|
|------------------|---------|--------9---7h9-9-----2---3-4--|
|------------------|---------|-------------------------------|
Riff D – reprise Riff B together with the 2nd verse
Riff E: Change up
I tabbed this out for both guitars
[gtr1]
|7-----5------------------|--8-----6--------------------|---------------------------------------------------8-10-10/12|
|------------5------------|--------------6--------------|--5h6p5---5----------------------10---8-10-10/12-------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|--------7---5-7-4-2-------2-9-12-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[gtr2]
|------------7-----5------|--------------8-----6--------|----------------------------------------fade this in:10-10/12|
|------------------------5|--------------------------6--|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff F – Used over verse but is different from Riff B
|--------5-----------5-----5---------------5---------5-----5---------|----------6---------6-----6---------|
|--------5-----------5-----5---------------5---------5-----5---------|----------6---------6-----6---------|
|------5-----------------5-----5---------5---------------5-----5-----|--------6---------------6-----6-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--5-----------7-------------------5-----------7h8-------------------|--6-------8h9-2---------------------|
Reprise Riff E
Riff G – After the drum breakdown play this 8X
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------2-----2-----2------2-----2-----2-----2-----2---------|
|----------7-----7-----7------7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----------|
|--------------------7-----6------------------------------7---10--|
|--2-----8-----9-------------8----7-----7-----8-----9-------------|
Riff H – 2nd guitar solo
[Guitar 1 (Rhythm)]
|--4--4--5--5--2--2-----2-------|--4-----5-----2-----------|-----5--5--5--------2--2-------|
|--5--5--7--7-------2-----------|--5-----7-----2-----------|-----7--7--7--------2--2-------|
|---------------------2---------|-----------------2--------|-------6--------------2--------|
|-------------------------------|--2-----4-----------6-----|-------------------------------|
|--------------5----------------|--------------5-----------|----------------75-------------|
|--2----------------------------|--------------------------|--2----------------------------|
[Guitar 2 (Lead)]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/9--7--6--7-------------/9--7--/11--9--7-----------9--/--11--\--7--------/--9--\--7--\--7p6-4-------------|
|--------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------9--------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------/10--9--9--|--------9b10r9--------12---9h10p9h10p9--|--9h10p9---------------------------------------|
|-----9--11------------|--11-----------11-----------------------|---------11----9--11p9-------------------------|
|-/11------------------|-----11---------------------------------|------------------------/9---------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------12---11h12p11h12--|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--b14--|--------------------------------------9h10----9-----------|
|-----------------------------------|-------|--12b13r12--------12-12h14--12h14----------12---10h12-----|
|-----------------------------------|-------|---------------14-------------------------------------11--|
|----------9-11---------------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--9h11-12----------12-----9h11h12--|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7-10p9p7------7h9-7---7-9-9h10-----9b10r9-7------------9---------------------------|
|--7h10----------7-10-----------------------------------10---9---9-7-9b10r9-7-5-----5h7----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Reprise Riff A 10X
Reprise Riff B with 4th verse
Riff I: The Outro
|--------------2--|
|----------2------|
|------8-----8----|
|----6---6--------|
|--4--------------|
|-----------------|
-FIN-
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