Opeth › By The Pain I See In Others Guitar Tab

Deliverance Tabs:

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Tabbed By Ares
Standard Tuning.


RIff 1:
With distortion
Guitar 1:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------4-7/2-2-2-2-5-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2h3-3-3-|  x6
|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2: Struming With Acents When Marked,
Comes in after second repeat of guitar 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---!-----!-----!---!-----!-----!----!-------!--!-----!-------!---!---|	x4
|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-9-12/7-7-7-7-10-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7/8-8-8-|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-9-12/7-7-7-7-10-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7/8-8-8-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-10/5-5-5-5-8--3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5/6-6-6-|

Riff 2:

Guitar 1:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|x3
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-2-2---------|
|---------------------------6-5-------------------------------2-2-2---------|
|---0-0-0-6--0-0-0-7--0-0-0-----6---0-0-0-6--0-0-0-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-5-
                                                              |---pm--|
                                                                                 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------6-5-----------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---0-0-0-6--0-0-0-7--0-0-0-----6---0-0-0-6--0-0-0-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
                                                            |---pm---|

Riff 3:
Acoustic Guitar
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|	x16
|-------1-------1-----1-------1---1---|
|-----0---0---0-----0-------0---0---0-|
|---4-------2-----4-----4-2-----------|


Riff 4
Distorted Guitar:
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|	x4
|---------------------------------------|
|---5-5-3h5-6---------5-5-3h5---6-6x6-6-|
|-------------4-4-3-3---------5-4-4x4-4-|


Riff 3:
Acoustic Guitar
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|	x8
|-------1-------1-----1-------1---1---|
|-----0---0---0-----0-------0---0---0-|
|---4-------2-----4-----4-2-----------|


Riff 4
Distorted Guitar:
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|	x4
|---------------------------------------|
|---5-5-3h5-6---------5-5-3h5---6-6x6-6-|
|-------------4-4-3-3---------5-4-4x4-4-|


|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|---9-8--|
|---9-8--|
|---7-6--|


Riff 5:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
	x4
|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----------------2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---------------|
|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---3-2-0-3-4p3p4-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---3-2p0-------|
|---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---------3p2---|
   |---------pm----------|               |---------pm----------|


Play Twice:
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---9~~--9~~---9b10b9/5-7---2-2p0----------2---------|
|----------------------------------0h2-3-----3-2b3b2-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------3h5-5/7-7h8p7--10--12~~~---|
|-0h1---0h1-3-1h3-5----------------------------|
|-----2----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 repeats this during each repeat of the solo,
then after solo during vocals, and then during second solo.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-5-5-3-3-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Repeat the solo.


Organ Plays along with clean vocals for 1-3 minutes.


Riff 3:
Acoustic Guitar
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|	x10
|-------1-------1-----1-------1---1---|
|-----0---0---0-----0-------0---0---0-|
|---4-------2-----4-----4-2-----------|

with Distorted guitar 2:
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| x10
|---6-------4-----6-------4-----------|
|---6-------4-----6-------4-----------|
|---4-------2-----4-------2-----------|


Riff 4: 
Distorted Guitar 1:
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|	x4
|---------------------------------------|
|---5-5-3h5-6---------5-5-3h5---6-6x6-6-|
|-------------4-4-3-3---------5-4-4x4-4-|


Riff 3:
Acoustic Guitar
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|	x4
|-------1-------1-----1-------1---1---|
|-----0---0---0-----0-------0---0---0-|
|---4-------2-----4-----4-2-----------|
with Distorted guitar 2:
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| x4
|---6-------4-----6-------4-----------|
|---6-------4-----6-------4-----------|
|---4-------2-----4-------2-----------|


Riff 3:
Acoustic Guitar
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|	x2
|-------1-------1-----1-------1---1---|
|-----0---0---0-----0-------0---0---0-|
|---4-------2-----4-----4-2-----------|


Riff 3:
Acoustic Guitar
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|	x2
|-------1-------1-----1-------1---1---|
|-----0---0---0-----0-------0---0---0-|
|---4-------2-----4-----4-2-----------|
with Distorted guitar 2:
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| x2
|---6-------4-----6-------4-----------|
|---6-------4-----6-------4-----------|
|---4-------2-----4-------2-----------|


Riff 4: 
Distorted Guitar 1:
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|	x4
|---------------------------------------|
|---5-5-3h5-6---------5-5-3h5---6-6x6-6-|
|-------------4-4-3-3---------5-4-4x4-4-|


Guitar 1:
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---9-------------------------------------|
|------9--8---8-8-9--9-10-10-11/10--11/10-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
with guitar 2:
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---9-------------------------------------|
|---9--9--8---8-8/9--9-10-10-11-10--11-10-|
|---7--9--8---8-8/9--9-10-10-11-10--11-10-|
|------7--6---6-6/7--7/8--8--9--8---9--8--|

Really freaking fast riff:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9p8------8p5-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------10p9-----9p7--10p9-7p6-7p6-3h6-2h3-0h2-----------------------2-2-2-|
|----------------------------------------------3h5-2h3-0h2-----------2-2-2-|
|----------------------------------------------------------4h5-2h4-0-0-0-0-|


|-----------0------------3-6------5-|
|---------2-----------------------x-|
|---------------------------------x-|
|---2-2-2----------2-2-2----------7-|
|---2-2-2----------2-2-2----------7-|
|---0-0-0----------0-0-0----------5-|


Acoustic guitar:
|--------------|
|---3-3-3-3-3--| x4
|---2-2-2-2-2--|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|

Guitar 2 Plays this and holds it:
|---12~~~~~~~-----------|
|---x-------------------|
|---12~~~~~~~-----------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

Guitar 1 plays this 4x:
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-------2-----------------2-------2-----------------|
|---2-------2-----------------2-------2-----------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-3-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-3-1-|

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------7---4------------------|
|-2-------2-----------------7---4---6---3----3/6/3-|
|-2-------2-----------------5---2---6---3----3/6/3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-3-1---------4---1----1/4/1-|

***************
Riff 3:
Acoustic Guitar
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|x8
|-------1-------1-----1-------1---1---|
|-----0---0---0-----0-------0---0---0-|
|---4-------2-----4-----4-2-----------|
with Distorted guitar 2:
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| x8
|---6-------4-----6-------4-----------|
|---6-------4-----6-------4-----------|
|---4-------2-----4-------2-----------|


I'm not sure if this is right, but it sounds
ok if you play it fast enough
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|	x2
|---8p7------8p7------8p7-----|
|------9h10-----9h10-----9h10-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---8--9--12--11----10-9-8----9----------------|
|-----------------------------9----------------|
|-----------------------------7----------------|
|-----------------------------0----------------|

The End.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture SLIPKNOT FUCING Rhythm Player	#1 by SLIPKNOT FUCING RULES!!!! v at Mar 11, 1971 at 6:35 AM EST
	I wish they'd stop letting stupid interpretations get posted.

No Picture josh Average	#2 by josh meador at Dec 10, 1971 at 11:40 AM EST
	Bah. Listening to Deliverance now... just realised... the part I just mentioned are some vocal parts from Master's Apprentices (previous track on the album), but played backwards and without the music.

No Picture Tyler Average	#3 by Tyler at Mar 21, 1976 at 10:32 AM EST
	Personally, I agree was Moonlapse about the holy alternative meaning, but I may (probably am) wrong.

No Picture Ĵǿ Wanna Be	#4 by Ĵǿħŋ Ĝęřđěŋĭţš at Jan 31, 1979 at 12:18 AM EST
	One of the worst Opeth songs but still a good song. moonlaspe_vertigo I can tell you that Opeth songs is not about god or christianity. I think colddwellwer is on the right track.

No Picture chris the pirat Lead Player	#5 by chris the pirate. arr at Feb 12, 1988 at 5:30 AM EST
	There IS some sex in this, yes, but hardly romantic. Just look at lines like "I'm still beneath in the soil." I think this song is about sex, but only in one small aspect...there's such a feeling of ominous DEATH looming over it, also.

No Picture Joonas Wanna Be	#6 by Joonas Luukkainen at Feb 19, 1988 at 6:07 PM EST
	I wonder if Mikael is a fan of Brian Lumley and the Necroscope series, because this song perfectly fits with book 1. In short, a vampire is captured and buried alive underground in chains of silver, he's given a second chance to live by luring a young couple to his burial site and using his psychic influence to get them to have sex. Since she's a virgin, she spills blood into the ground and he feeds on it, this also gives the vampire control over them. I dunno just a thought, great song, great books too :D

No Picture Speed Demon Professional	#7 by Speed Demon at Jul 14, 1988 at 9:21 AM EST
	thanks for that, Crujebsul...ever since i heard that song, i was wondering what he was saying backwards...

No Picture Toni Average	#8 by Toni at Sep 28, 1989 at 12:36 AM EST
	could it be about a woman who is going to give birth to the Antichrist? she could kill it, but it is her child so she doesn't.

No Picture Justice Wanna Be	#9 by Justice Fish at Nov 12, 1989 at 10:48 PM EST
	Has anybody else noticed that weird backwards chanting on the end of the track (after some silence) ?? It really freaks me out

No Picture Badass	#10 by guess wha' i suck at Apr 7, 1993 at 8:31 PM EST
	Definetly one of my favorites fron Opeth. I originally thought Necroscope however Deliverance's other lyrics seem to describe the life of Jesus Christ. In relation, By the Pain I See in Other's seems to be philosophical of human nature. All human's are sinners and shall rot away, so why not rot with the Lord? See this is the nature of Mikael's poetic genius. These lyrics may seem grim yet they seem to have a holy alternitave meaning.

No Picture Forrest Average	#11 by Forrest at Nov 17, 1994 at 1:36 PM EST
	Please explain how those interpretations are stupid?

No Picture Gary Wanna Be	#12 by Gary Rossington at May 12, 1997 at 1:15 AM EST
	Sex! It's about (very romantic) sex!

No Picture Manu Professional Badass	#13 by Manu at Dec 20, 1997 at 2:27 PM EST
	Ok, I'm going to try to interpret the whole album so... Deliverance I think is about the psyche of a serial killer. Wreath describes how is is slowly put into insanity by factors of his past, in fact the blissful singing could represent a symptom of multiple personalitities. Deliverance is the Killer going on the rampage, with his other side saying "I'm good" even though the protagonist know it's eveil. A fair judgement is regret about slaying someone close to him, maybe someone trying to help. "Master's apprentices" is him basically giving up, and letting the other side take over. "By the pain I see in others" is Shows how the alternate persona WILL NOT STOP!!! And the carnivaly sounding part hints he is an attention to detail, and is hard to catch because of that. The eerie sounding part at the end is the oblivion that the protagonist is in and will reside in forever. This is one of many interpretations, but many more are plausible, simply because Akerfeldt is such a great lyricist.

No Picture cody Average	#14 by cody jay at Aug 20, 2002 at 2:57 PM EST
	Ddadutta, I noticed that too, I'm surprised you're the only one to have mentioned it so far. I recorded it and played it backwards... the only thing I can make out is "...showing me what I could do (without?)", at least I think he says "without". Dunno what the other things he's saying are. Anyone help out?

No Picture IvZ Average	#15 by IvZ at Dec 1, 2003 at 3:45 PM EST
	Great interpretation moonlapse, but I dont think any of the guys in Opeth are christian.. correct me if I'm wrong

No Picture Gary Wanna Be	#16 by Gary Rossington at Aug 23, 2004 at 11:02 AM EST
	(Sorry about posting 3 times in a row but...) Fading away And leaving Long for sleep Closer now Lead the way into death and... Soothing trance Colors fade And disappear Ethereal light Showing me what I can do without (Both lyrics from Master's Apprentices) are the two verses played backwards at the end. Just thought I'd clear that up for anyone confused...