Blackwater Park Guitar Tab

Blackwater Park Tabs:

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Blackwater Park Guitar Tab

Tabbed By: Sade (With help from metaltabs)
Date:8/10/04
Email me questions or comments at Systm106789@hotmail.com

This song, guitar 2 (which I think is Mikeal) plays a lot of 2-3 note riffs with lots of 
vibrato over the main riffs. It’s not hard to figure out.

Intro
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---------------
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-3--2h3p2-0----
-------------0-
---------------

Play as many times as needed

Riff 1
-4--4--4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5--5--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
-5--5--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---6--6--6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
-6--6--6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---7--7--7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
-6--6--6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---7--7--7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7- gtr 1
-4--4--4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5--5--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
-------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-9---------------------------------7-------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------- gtr 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Again, listen to the song

-5--5--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------
-5--5--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------
-5--5--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5--5--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
-7--7--7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5--5--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- gtr 1
-7--7--7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---6--6--6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
-----------------------------------8--8--8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-

-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-4-5p4h5p4-------------------------(4)-----------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------- gtr 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Fill 1
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------ gtr 1
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
-2--2p0-2h3p2p0-2/6---0-6h7---------

e---------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------
d--2--x-----------------6-----6---------------
a--2--x---5h8-7---5h8-7---7h8-----------------
D--2--x---------------------------------------


Riff 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------- gtr 1
-0--------------------------------------------------------------------
-0--------------------------------------4----4~------------------3h4--
-0----------------------------------1p0-----------0-6-3-0-3---0-------

----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------5---------------------------------------------------------- gtr 2
-------6h7---7-6-7--4--6--4h6p4---------------------------------------
--------------------------------5-------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 4 (clean)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------6---------------------------------6-------
-/5---5-4h5p4p0--------5-----5-----/5---5-4h5p4p0--------5-----5----
-----------------1--0-----------0------------------1--0-----------0-

Riff 5
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------6---------------------------------6----------------
-/5---5-4h5p4p0--------5-----5-----/5---5-4h5p4p0--------5-----5-----/-5---5-
-----------------1--0-----------0------------------1--0-----------0----------

-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------6---------10/12--8---5---7---3---5--------
-4h5p4p0--------5-----5------10/12--8---5---7---3---5--------
----------1--0-----------0---10/12--8---5---7---3---5--3--2--
                                                       .  .

Riff 6 (acoustic) Repeat as needed (Some electric fills over it, just improv them)
-5-------5-------5-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-----------
---5-------5-------5-------5-------3-------3-------3-------3---------
-----7-------7-------7-------7-------5-------5-------5-------5------- gtr 1
-------7-------7-------6-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5---8-
-----------------------------------------------------------------8---
---------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------7-
-7-----6---------7---7-----------------------7---7---------
-----7-----7---7---6---6--4-0-3-0---------7---6---6---7--- gtr 1
---4-----5-------------------------------------------5-----
-------------0---------------------3h5-6-0-----------------

Riff 7 (acoustic) Repeat as needed
---------5-----------------------------------3h4p3-2---------2-------2-
-------6---6-------4-5---------------------3----------2--------2-------
-----7-------7----------4-6--------------5--------------4--------4-----
---7-------------------------4-6-------5------------------4--------4--- gtr 1
-5--------------4-----------------4--3---------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 6 x 1
Riff 7 x 1

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------7----------------------------------7---------------gtr 1--
-----------------7---7-6r---------------------------7---7-6r-----------------
----------------------------5p0h3h5----------------------------5p0h3h5-------
-0--3--5--6r-0----------------------0--3--5--6r-0----------------------0--3--

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-0--3--5--6--0----------------------0--3--5--6--0----------------------------
-0--3--5--6--0----------------------0--3--5--6--0-------------------guitar 2-
-0--3--5--6--0----------------------0--3--5--6--0----------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------7--------------------------0-----0-----0-----------gtr 1--
-----------7---7-6r-------------------0-----0-----0---0-6-7-6r---------
----------------------5p0h3h5-5p0h3-2-----------0----------------------
-5--6r-0----------------------------------3----------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-5--6--0---------------------------------------------------------------
-5--6--0------------------------------------------------------guitar 2-
-5--6--0---------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 9 Repeat as needed
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-9---9-9-9-9-9--8---8-8-8-8---8-8--------------------------------------------
-9---9-9-9-9-9--8---8-8-8-8---8-8--------------------------------------------
-7---7-7-7-7-7--6---6-6-6-6---6-6---/5---5--4--3--------------------/5---5---
--------------------------------------------------0--0---0-0-0-3r-0----------

------------------------------
------------------------------
------------------------------ gtr 1
------------------------------
-4--3-------------------------
------0--0----0-0-0-3~--------

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
-5---5-5-5-5-5--4--4-4-4-4---4-4-----3-
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Riff 10 Repeat as needed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------6-6--10---10-10-10-8---10---8-8-8---8-8--
-------------------------------5-5---9----9--9--9-7----9---7-7-7---7-7-- both
-/4--4--4--3~------------------4-4---8----8--8--8-6----8---6-6-6---6-6-- gtrs
--------------0-6--6--6--7~--0-5-5---9----9--9--9-7----9---7-7-7---7-7—


Under solo:
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------ gtr 2
---------------------7---5---6------
------------------------------------
-0-0----0-0-0--/7~-----5---6---3p0--

The solo was friggin hard to figure out, I don’t have all of it
--5-6-9p6p5p4p3h5-6-----
---------------------9~~
------------------------
------------------------
------------------------
------------------------

Inbetween these two parts he does some sort of E, or G scale pattern, I can’t |
figure it out exactly

------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--10-13-10h13p1097---6~----7p6h7p6---6----/9~-
-------------------------------------9---7------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------

Riff 9 x 1

Riff 11 Repeat as needed
-5---5-5-5---5-5-----8--8--8--8--8---5---5-5-5---5-5-----8--8--8--8--8-
-6---6-6-6---6-6-----9--9--9--9--9---6---6-6-6---6-6-----9--9--9--9--9-
-7---7-7-7---7-7----10-10-10-10-10---7---7-7-7---7-7----10-10-10-10-10-
-7---7-7-7---7-7----10-10-10-10-10---7---7-7-7---7-7----10-10-10-10-10-
-5---5-5-5---5-5-----8--8--8--8--8---5---5-5-5---5-5-----8--8--8--8--8-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-7-----7-9-10-6----------------------7-----7-9-10-10/12---10-9-7-9-9r--
-----------------7-----------------------------------------------------
-------------------8-7-5-7-8-------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 12 Repeat as needed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-11---11-11-11---11-11---11-11---13-13-13--7---7-7-7--------------------Gtr 1
-11---11-11-11---11-11---11-11---13-13-13--7---7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
-9----9--9--9----9--9----9--9----11-11-11--5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
------------------------------------------------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-11---11-11-11---11-11---11-11---13-13-13--7---7-7-7--------------------Gtr 2
-11---11-11-11---11-11---11-11---13-13-13--7---7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
-9----9--9--9----9--9----9--9----11-11-11--5---5-5-5--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
------------------------------------------------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-8-8-8--6-6-6--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7------7---------------------------------
-8-8-8--6-6-6--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7------7---------------------------------Gtr 1
-6-6-6--4-4-4--5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5------5---------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-8-8-8--6-6-6--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------
-8-8-8--6-6-6--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----3------0------3------5-------------Gtr 2
-6-6-6--4-4-4--5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----3------0------3------5-----3-/-5---
-------------------------------------3------0------3------5-------------

Riff 11 x 1

Fill 3 Repeat as needed
--5---5-5-5---5-5-----8--8--8--8--8---5---5-5-5---5-5-----8--8--8--8--8-
--6---6-6-6---6-6-----9--9--9--9--9---6---6-6-6---6-6-----9--9--9--9--9-
--7---7-7-7---7-7----10-10-10-10-10---7---7-7-7---7-7----10-10-10-10-10-
--7---7-7-7---7-7----10-10-10-10-10---7---7-7-7---7-7----10-10-10-10-10-Gtr 1
--5---5-5-5---5-5-----8--8--8--8--8---5---5-5-5---5-5-----8--8--8--8--8-
------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-12-------7-------10-------6---------7--------6--------3-------0--------Gtr 1
-12-------7-------10-------6---------7--------6--------3-------0--------
-12-------7-------10-------6---------7--------6--------3-------0--------

Riff 13
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-12-12-12-7-7-7-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-6-6-6-3-3-3-6-6-6--6/76--
-12-12-12-7-7-7-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-6-6-6-3-3-3-6-6-6--6/76--
-12-12-12-7-7-7-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-6-6-6-3-3-3-6-6-6--6/76--

-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-12-12-12-7-7-7-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-6-6-6-3-3-3--0- both guitars
-12-12-12-7-7-7-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-6-6-6-3-3-3--0-
-12-12-12-7-7-7-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-6-6-6-3-3-3--0-

Riff 14
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------ Gtr 1
------------------------------------
-0----------------5-6-5-----5-------
-0----------0-3-7-------7-5---6-5-3-

------------------------------------
-/15--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-
------------------------------------ Gtr 2
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------

-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-
----------------------------
---------------------------- Gtr 2
----------------------------
----------------------------
----------------------------

Use vibrato with guitar 2

e----------0--------------------------------
b----6---------------------10---------------
g--7--7--7--7-------10-9------9-------------
d---7--7--7--7----10----10-----10-----------
a-5-----5--------8--------8------8----------
D-------------------------------------------

Continued...

e----------0-----------------------------
b----6-----------------------------------
g--7--7--7--7-------10-9-------8-7-------
d---7--7--7--7----10----10----8---8------
a-5-----5--------8--------8--6-----6-----
D----------------------------------------

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture eric Rhythm Player	#1 by eric christian at Apr 4, 1982 at 6:38 PM EST
	the best opeth song i have ever heard if you haven't heard it then go hear it

No Picture Jason Rhythm Player	#2 by Jason ...... at May 10, 1984 at 7:16 AM EST
	While Tool may be my favorite band, this song is definately my favorite song ever. Its a 12 minute masterpiece. After the nice tense acoustic section, the song just goes into a prog-metal frenzy and just keeps on going and going and going. It just doesn't let up! It's so good it leaves me drained. Music doesn't get any better then this. Thank you, Opeth.

No Picture mike Average	#3 by mike rojas at Oct 12, 1992 at 7:51 AM EST
	Blackwater Park-------is the earth...

No Picture Your account ha Average	#4 by Your account has been hacked into by Bkid23 Stupid.... at Jul 30, 1993 at 1:16 PM EST
	Ok, I did some thinking, and this is what I've come up with. This is the magnum opus of the album; while musically some of the other songs are better (The Funeral Portrait, Dirge For November, Bleak) thematically, Blackwater Park outshines the rest. It is an analogy - on the surface, it talks of a village (Blackwater Park) where sin and disease have taken hold, and where people are dying off, until at last the narrator too is infected and dies. However, the song is an analogy for the evils in the world - Mikael is watching corruption and violence destroy the world slowly because of all the wrongs we've commited. The intro sums that up: "Confessor of the tragedies in man, lurking in the core of us all. The last dying call for the everlost; brief encounters, bleeding pain." The narrator recalls visions of horror... "Lepers coiled neath the trees; dying men in bewildered soliloquys. Perversions bloom round the bend; seekers, lost in their quest. Ghosts of friends frolic under the waning moon ." The whole town around the man is dying out. People wander aimlessly through the world, unsure of their purposes in life. In terms of the story, the narrator is an uninfected person, "an advocate documenting the loss". He sees the sickness but is not a part of it yet: "It is the year of death, wielding his instruments. Stealth sovereign reaper, touching us with ease. Infecting the roots in an instant, burning crop of disease." In a literal sense, he is avoiding the immoral acts of the modern world and trying to live a good life. "Fluttering with conceit; this doesn't concern me yet. Still far from the knell, taunting their bereavement " So far, he is proud of the fact that he has avoided the "disease" of such failings, and he can laugh at those who have given up, but he knows that one day he will end up like all the others. Mikael points out mankind's morbid fascination with violence and terror ("Point fingers at the details, probe vomits for more. Caught in unbridled suspense."), and how we as a society have "lost it now", at every moment "catching the flakes of dismay" - taking in every gory detail of life via the media. He points out the sick attitudes of today's youth in his metaphor about plague survivors who more and more often want to investigate the "disease" rather than exterminate it: "Born the travesty of man, regular pulse midst pandemonium. You're plucked to the mass, parched with thirst for the wicked." Finally, Mikael remarks "Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark; the sun sets forever over Blackwater Park." As the sickening morbidity of the survivors takes over the town, ruining it forever and confirming its eventual destruction, the metaphor is for the doomed nature of our society. If we keep finding entertainment and interest in the dark side of humanity, the sun will set on us all, too.

No Picture Dr. Jack Average	#5 by Dr. Jack at Nov 28, 2000 at 4:54 AM EST
	Opeth is one of the most original bands of all time. All of their songs are epic, and their length adds to that effect. Feels like each song is a different story, in each its own unique atmosphere. As far as this song goes, i get the impression of somewhere out in the woods. Very cold place, lots of trees. Anyways, great song.

No Picture tom Average	#6 by tom jenkins at Sep 24, 2002 at 12:42 AM EST
	I agree with Supplanter about the song's meaning, and yes, Opeth is progressive death metal.

No Picture ♥WeEzY Average	#7 by ♥WeEzY♥ at Jul 10, 2004 at 5:32 AM EST
	Opeth isn't Death metal.

No Picture UknownSoldier Lead Player	#8 by UknownSoldier Nightmare at Feb 26, 2006 at 2:02 PM EST
	I heard that the name Blackwater Park was taken from an obscure underground 70's prog. rock band... I think bands like Opeth are big fans of proggressive music.