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ntro:
repeat 4 times
|---------5-----3-----2-----3-----0--------------------------------------|
|-----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0------3----/5-----0-----------------|
|-------------0-----0-----0-----0------------0-----0-----0----2----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------0--------0-----0-----0------2-0----|
|--0---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------2--------------2h3p2--------------------------------|
|--------0-------------0------------------3/5-----------0-------0--------|
|------2-----2--------------------------------42------(0)*--------------|
|----2---------2---------4p2----------------------5p4-4-5---4p2-4--------|
|--2-------------2--------------------------------------------------0h2--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*only the fourth time

repeat 4 times...                                                  ...then end with:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------0h2-----3p2-0--|
|---------3-----------------------------0-------------------------|---------0---------0--------|
|-------2---2---------2-----------0----0-0---34-0---0-0----------|-------0---0-----0----------|
|-----2-------2-----2---2-----2-4-24/-2-2---45-24-4-2----------|-----2----------------------|
|-1-------------0------------------------------------------0h2p0--|-1/2------------------------|
|------------------------/3---------------------------------------|----------------------------|

verse: play 2 times

1st verse:
"come into this night
 here we'll be gone
|----------------------0-------------------------------0------------|(1)
|----------0---0h3-------0-----------------0---0h3-------0----------|
|--------0---0-----0---------------------0---0-----0----------------|
|------2---------4---4-------2---2-----2---------4---4-------2---2--|
|---0h2--------------------3---2----0h2--------------------3---2----|
|--0-------------------------------0--------------------------------|

 so far away
 from our weak and crumbling lies
|----------------------0---------------------------------------------|(2)
|----------0---0h3-------0-------------------------------------------|
|--------0---0-----0--------------------0-----0-----0-----0----------|
|------2---------4---4--------2---2---2-----2-----2-----0------------|
|---0h2---------------------3---2---0-----2-----3----/5--------------|
|--0-----------------------------------------------------------------|

1st ending:
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|--0--|

 come into this night
 when days are gone
 lost and astray
 in what's vanished from your eyes"

2nd ending:
|------------------------5--------|
|----------------------0---0------|
|--------------------0-------0----|
|----------------2/4----------4---|
|--------0-----0------------------|
|--0------------------------------|

chorus:

"what came and distorted your sight

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

 saw you benighted by your fright"

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------------------------------------------|
|----2-----2-----2-----2-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------0-----3-------3-2-----------------------------------------------|
|--0-----3-------------------------restart with verse riff---------------------|

2nd verse:(same structure than 1st verse)

"come into this night        (1)
 your plight alone
 carry your weight           (2) + 1st ending
 you are flawed as all of us
 come into this night        (1)
 your only home
 it's never too late         (2) + 2nd ending
 to repent, suffer the loss"

chorus

1st solo:

 1.
|--2h3p2-0-2-0-0-2-3-5-7-----5-----3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------0-----0-----0----1-------1-------1-----1-----------------0-------0-------0-------0--------|
|--------------------------0-----0-----0----2-------2-------2-----2---0-----2-------0-------0-------0-------0------|
|---------------------------------------------2-------2-------2-----2-----------------4-------4-------4-------4----|
|----------------------------3-----2------0-----0-------0-------3-----------0-----------2-------2-------2-------2--|
|----------------------0----------------------------------------------3-----------0--------------------------------|

 2.3.
|---------0-2-3-/7-----5-----3----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------0----------0-----0-----0---1------etc...----------------------------------------|
|-----0--------------0-----0-----0---2--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------2------------------------------------------------|
|--0h2-----------------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd solo with 2 clean electric guitar & with verse riff

 1st gtr

|------5---2/3-------7p0-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|--3/5---------3p1-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------42---2/4-----7/9-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|2nd gtr                                                                       |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------3/5---------8-8h10-8h10---7h8p7---------|
|----------------------------------------------7h9---------------------9-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 2nd gtr
|-----------------------------13h14-13------------------------------------------|
|--8p7-8h10-8p7-------------------------10p8-7----------------------------------|
|--------------9-7-------------------------------9/11-11h12p11-7h9p7h9p7--------|
|------------------5h7p5-4------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--12-----------------b---b------------------------------------------------|
|------12--13--10---5h7-5h7-5-----------------------------------------7/10-|
|--------------------------------7h9----------------------7-9---7h9p7------|
|------------------------------------9-7-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------10p9p7---5/7--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----10p7---10-7/5---------------------------------------------------------|
|--9------9---------------7-7h9p7------9-9-------------------9---7h9-------|
|------------------7-/9---7-7-----9----9-9---9p7-9p7-----------------9/10--|
|-----------------------------------------------------10p7-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

chorus

3rd verse: (still same structure)

"come into this night
 when you're able
 to undo your deeds
 and atone with your lonely soul
 once you're into this night
 all minds are stable
 forget all your needs
 lose the grip of all control"

repeat this 4 times...:

|---------0------------------------------------------------0-0--|
|-----0-------0-------0-----0----------------------------0------|
|---0---0---0---0h2-0---2/4-------------------0)----0)----------|
|-----------------------------4---2--------(2----(2-------------|
|-0---------------------------------------5-----3---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------1---------|

before ending this way:

|--------------------------------------|
|--------0 let ring--------------------|
|--------0-----------------------------|
|------2-------------------------------|
|----2---------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------------|

|            ...another gtr ends:

|------------2p0--------------------*--|
|----------------0-----------------12--|
|------------------0-------0-------12--|
|--------------------4p0-2---4p0-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------0-----|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture connor Average	#1 by connor gooley at Aug 4, 1971 at 5:21 AM EST
	great song...has got to be my favorite

No Picture Shay Average	#2 by Shay at Oct 15, 1973 at 2:55 AM EST
	You said if Filth =]

No Picture Dan Average	#3 by Dan Flores at Jun 14, 1978 at 12:14 PM EST
	I don't see how you come to that conclusion... I just don't see even a hint of black metal in Opeth's music. They don't use keyboards, they don't shriek, they don't have much atmospheric backing to their music (they don't need it) and while depressing, their lyrics are rarely in any sort of gothic style. Metal Storm (www.metalstorm.ee) refers to them as progressive death metal in their bio, but on the other hand, Swedish Metal (www.swedishmetal.net) refers to them as "an original style, blending death and black metal", so maybe you are on the right track... eh. None of the black metal I listen to sounds anything at all like Opeth, though.

No Picture katie Average	#4 by katie focner at Dec 16, 1978 at 12:12 PM EST
	amazing song!

No Picture Speed Demon Professional	#5 by Speed Demon at Dec 4, 1982 at 1:27 AM EST
	who cares what they are. In the end the song kick ass and so do they. thier its over. i finished it.

No Picture h4c\|< Average	#6 by h4c\|< ☺ at Aug 20, 1987 at 12:18 AM EST
	the guy I like played this song at our year ten graduation ceremony thingo. so i downloaded it and I'm inlove with it if i ever want to smile and relax i just throw on benighted and im there... oh my lord, it just came on, on my play list what a coinsadence :D yeah, i think i will get this album too

No Picture TOm Wanna Be	#7 by TOm HIrsch at Oct 3, 1990 at 9:06 PM EST
	I fell absolutely in love with Opeth just three days ago, and bought all six of their albums and have listened to them all non-stop since, and so far this is my absolute favorite Opeth song, because, as you all said, it is relaxing. Still black-metal, though, of which I am a huge fan of, and it almost sounds like a really depressing version of a Seals and Crofts song done by a black-metal band. Dirge for November is another awesome song though, and you all should check it out if you liked this one...

No Picture Mauricio Wanna Be	#8 by Mauricio Tonon at Jun 15, 1993 at 8:09 PM EST
	This song is so relaxing...just puts me at ease. I love listening to this song whenever I'm feeling bad, it just relaxes me from doing anything stupid to someone else or myself.

No Picture katie Average	#9 by katie focner at Jan 16, 1994 at 12:42 PM EST
	NihilisticIdol: Sorry to burst your bubble, but Opeth is Death metal. Black metal would be along the lines of say, Cradle of Filth. Anyway, I totally agree. I do tend to like opeth's clean acoustic song more then the death metal ones. 'cept Demon of the Fall.

No Picture James Rhythm Player	#10 by James T.H. at May 16, 1997 at 11:08 AM EST
	great song...has got to be my favorite

No Picture kyle Badass	#11 by kyle .,., at Sep 23, 2000 at 6:31 AM EST
	No, no, Opeth are death metal. Just a very progressive kind. The whole image of the band could quite easily give the impression of a BM or doom outfit though, I agree.

No Picture Josh Professional	#12 by Josh Wilson at Feb 14, 2003 at 11:52 PM EST
	Yeah, it has that effect on me too.

No Picture Shay Average	#13 by Shay at Oct 31, 2006 at 9:50 AM EST
	I don't know how much this means to you guys, but Akerfeldt thinks Opeth is Death Metal. "I think we are definitely still a death metal band. And to many we are nothing but a death metal band, and we cling to those roots...We just wanna make Opeth the band that expanded from being a death metal band to something else, but still having those roots." - As quoted in "Choosing Death: THe Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore" which I might add is a great book! Regardless, fantastic song. One of Opeth's best. Then again, I could list 15 songs that are "one of Opeth's best"... they're just all so good!

No Picture dylan Average	#14 by dylan markus at Jul 1, 2007 at 5:45 AM EST
	They actually fit into their own genre... "Opeth Metal"... and thats the statistical and factual truth.