Opeth - "The Leper Affinity" Guitar Tab
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OPETH - THE LEPER AFFINITY
From the Album BLACKWATER PARK
Copyright 2001 PEACEVILLE RECORDS
Version 1.0 - MARCH 2001
Transcribed by: LOUIS RIEL
For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact
Louis Riel at: riel2102@aei.net
- pam mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend
* - see comment r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion note ~ - vibrato bend
@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo pick until next note
Opeth - THE LEPPER AFFINITY
Tune to E (E,A,D,G,B,E)
Intro (fade in)
Riff A.1 distorted + intro
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|--------------------------------------------------|------------/11-11-11-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-------------------|
|-9/10-10-10-10-10\9-9-9-----7/8-7---------------9-|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-8/9--9--9--9--9-\8-8-8-----4/5-4------------5--7-|--6--8-9-8--/8--8--8--6-6-6--3-3-3-3-------------------|
|-7/8--8--8--8--8-\7-7-7-0-0-5/6-5-5\--0--3-6----0-|--6--8-9-8---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|--4--6-7-6---------------------------------------------|
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|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-----------7-/15---13----------7-----------------------|
|--6--8-9-8-8-------------------------------------------|
|--6--8-9-8-8-/13---11--8-7-6-5-5-----------------------|
|--4--6-7-6-6-------------------------------------------|
....I'M BEYOND DEATH...
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|-------------------------------------------------|---------0-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------7--8-7---------------------------|---------7--9-11-12--------------------------------------|
|-----6-7-6----7---7----9-8--8H9P8-6-8------------|-2-4-5---8-----------9-8-7-------------------------------|
|---6-------6----------------------------5-4------|-2-1-2-3-5--7-9--10--------------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------------(7-6)6H7-1|-0-2-3-5-6-----------7-6-5-0-2-3-5-----------------------|
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|-9------7---12------10-----9-----------------------------|
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|-7------5---10------8------7-----------------------------|
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|fade in
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|--12---12---12----12----12-------------------------------|
|---14b--14b--14b---14b---14b-----------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------------4----------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2------------5-6-5---------------------5-6-5---3-2--------------5-6-5--------10-9-7-9---9---9--9--|
|-2-2-2-2-2--------6-7------7-6-7------------6-7----------------------6-7-------7-6-7-----------10--9--7--11|
|-0-0-0-0-0--6P0-0----------------6P0----0-0-----------------6P0--0-0---------------------------------------|
OR (The track below a saw Akerfeld play it like this)
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|--2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|--2--------------10-11-10-----------------------10-11-10-14--------------------------10-11-10------------- |
|--0--6P0-0-11-12----------12-11-12-6P0-00-11-12-------------12-11-6P0-00-6P0-0-11-12----------12-11-12---- |
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-10-9-7-9---9---9--9--|
----------10--9--7--11|
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solo
|-----------------------|---------------------7-10-10-13-10--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------6-9---------------12-9---------------------------------------------|
|-5---------------------|-------------4-7------------------------10------------------------------------------|
|----7--2---6-5---5-----|---------3-6-------------------------------12---------------------------------------|
|-3-------------7---6-7-|-----2-5----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5--0---------------|-1-4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-13-10----10----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----12-9-12-9---9--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------10--10-7-10-7---7------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------9---9--6-9-6---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------8-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----12-13-15p12-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14b------------14b---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5H6P5---5-----------|-----3-3-4-3-1-3-1---|------3-3-4-3-1-3-1---1--------------------------------------|
|-----------7---6-7-------|-------------------4-|--------------------4---4-3-4-3-1-3-1-----2-3----------------|
|-0-0---------------7-8-5-|-1-1-----------------|--1-1---------------------------------4-3--------------------|
play INTERLUDE #1
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|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-4-5-7-------------------|-9-9-7----7h9p7---7--7-9-7------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-4-5-7----------5-7-9-10-|-------10-------10---------9-10-9--7-9-10---------------------------------------|
|-0-2-3-5--0-2-3------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-9-7-9-10-9-7-9--9-10-9-7----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------7---------7----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------10-8-10------------------------------------------|
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|----12--10----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-13--12-12-13-12-13----------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---------9--7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------9--8-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
INTERLUDE #1
|-8---7--7--5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8---7--7--5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---7--8--5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10--9--9--7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10--9--9--7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8---7--7--5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------0------------------|---------0-----------0------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2---2---------0------|------0----0-------0---0-------0-----0--------------------------------------------|
|---2-------2-----0--------|----2--------2---2-------2---2-----2------2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
|-0-----------2H3------2H3-|--4------------3-----------1--------------2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------3------0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
BACKGROUND RIFF
INTERLUDE #2
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|-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-3-1-1-2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------3-0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-6---5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-----------8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7-6-3-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------------15-16-15--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------18----------17-----------------------------------------|
|----------13-12---------------------------------18----------------17--------------------------------------|
|-11-14-15-------14--------------11-13-14--15-18----------------------17-15-14-------14-15-17-15-14--------|
|-------------------15--11-14-15-----------------------------------------------15-16-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------------------------------20-19--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------21-------20-----------------------------------------|
|-10--9-----------12-----15--17----------------------22------------21--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------18--21-22------------------21--19-18-------18-19--21-19-18------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------20-19----------------------|
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fUCKING AMAZING BEAT GIVE IT A GOOD LISTEN
* DONT PLAY THE FIRST TIME AND EACH TIME HE BEGINS THE RIFF AFTER AN OTHER ONE
PLAY INTERLUDE #3
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|-------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------10-10-|-------------9-9-9-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------9--9--|----2-2-2-2--8-8-8-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7------7----8--8--|-7--2-2-2-2--7-7-7-|-------7------7-8-7-------------------------------------------|
|-7*0-7---7-10---7--------|-7--0-0-0-0--------|-7*0-7---7-10-------6-5-3-5-0---------------------------------|
PLAY INTERLUDE #4
|-7-4--0--0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-4--0--0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-5--0--0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-6--2--2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-6--3--1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-4---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
INTERLUDE #3 #4 (YOU CAN FIND THEM HAHA!!)
solo
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|----------------------------------------------------------------10-12-13-15-15b--12h15-12-----12----------|
|9-9-7----7h9p7----7------------------9-11-12p11p9-11----9-11-12---------------------------14b----14b-14---|
|------10-------10---9-10-9---------9-----------------12---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------7-9-10------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-12-11-12-11-9----------------8b7---------------------------------------------7---7-----------------------|
|---------------9------------------7----7h8p7----7-------------------------7-9---9-------------------------|
|-----------------10-9-7-9-10--------10-------10---10-9-10-9----9----7-10----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------10---10---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------15-------------------------------------------|
|-------12-13-12----------------------------------17-15-17-19----19-15-------------------------------------|
|----12----------12----------------------------16----------------------16----------------------------------|
|-14----------------14--9b-9--7b-7-5-9-10---14-------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-12------12-14-15-14-12h14p12----12-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15b-15b----------------------15----15-----------12-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------14--12----14b-14-12------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------14---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------14-------------------------------------------|
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