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Demon Of The Fall Tab

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Opeth - Demon Of The Fall
"My Arms, Your Hearse"

This is the official tab straight outta the book, so is %100.
This is a long one but totaly worth learning. 

[Riff A]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|*------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|-------------------------|
|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|-------------------------|
|*5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-----6---3s5-5-----------|
|-0---0-0-0-0-7---7-7-7-7-|-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-|s8p6-------------0-0-0-0-|
                                                                     
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------*|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|---------(rest)----------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-6-1---1-----|
|-----6---6-8-9-8-6/9----*|-------------------------|-6-1---1-----|
|s8p6---------------------|-------------------------|-6-1---1-----|

[Verse]                                                                  
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|*------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4---4-4-4-4s6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6s7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7-7-9---9-9-9-9-|
|-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
|*2---2-2-2-2s4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4s5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5-7---7-7-7-7-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|*------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|14--14141414s9---9-9-9-9-|-9s101010101010--10101010|10--1010101010s1414141414|
|-x---x-x-x--x----x-x-x-x-|-x--x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x|-x---x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x|
|12--12121212s7---7-7-7-7-|-7s-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8|-8---8-8-8-8-8s1212121212|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-9s101010101010--10101010|10--1010101012--12121212-|
|-x--x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
|-7s-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8|-8---8-8-8-810--10101010-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|14--1414141414--14141414-|14--141414-gs7---7-7-7-7-|
|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|-x---x-x-x---x---x-x-x-x-|
|12--1212121212--12121212-|12--121212-gs5---5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|12s141414141414--14141414-|13--1313131312--12121212-|
|-x--x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
|10s121212121212--12121212-|11--1111111110--10101010-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|

|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|10--10--9-9-9---9-9-9-9s13-|13--1313131312--121212---|
|-x---x--x-x-x---x-x-x-x--x-|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x---|
|-8---8--7-7-7---7-7-7-7s11-|11--1111111110--101010---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------------------|
|-------------------------*|
|12s101010101010--101010s4-|
|-x--x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
|10s-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8s2*|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|

|--------------------------|
|-------------------------*|
|10---7---7-7-7---7-7s14---|
|-x---x---x-x-x---x-x-x----|
|-8---5---5-5-5---5-5s12--*|
|--------------------------|

[Chorus]
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|*-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1---1-1-1-1-1p0-0-0------|-------------------------|
|*1---1-1-1-1-1p0-0-0------|-------------------------|
|-1---1-1-1-1-1p0-0-0------|-1----gs--6-----------|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|*-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8---8-8-8-8-8s7-7-7------|----(look above)---------|
|-8---8-8-8-8-8s7-7-7------|-------------------------|
|*6---6-6-6-6-6s5-5-5------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------*|
|--------------------------|(7)---(7)---(5)----------|
|-1---1-1-1-1-1p0-0-0------|-7-----7-----5---5-5-5-5-|
|-1---1-1-1-1-1p0-0-0------|-5-----5-----3---3-3-3-3*|
|-1---1-1-1-1-1p0-0-0------|-0-----5-----3---3-3-3-3-|
                            
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------*|
|-8---8-8-8-8-8s7-7-7------|----(look above)---------|
|-8---8-8-8-8-8s7-7-7------|-------------------------|
|-6---6-6-6-6-6s5-5-5------|------------------------*|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|
|(7)---(7)---(5)-----------|-----------------0---|
|-5-----5-----3------------|-----------------0---|

|-5---5-5---------|-----------------|-4---4-4---------|-----------------|
|*3---3-3---------|-----------------|-3---3-3---------|-----------------|
|-2---2-2---------|---------5s7-----|-2---2-2---------|---------5s7-----|
|-0---0-0---------|---------x-x-----|-0---0-0---------|---------x-x-----|
|*------------***-|---------3s5-----|-------------***-|---------3s5-----|
|-------------3p0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-------------3p0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|
                                                              
|-3---3-1---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---3-3---------|-----------------|-5s6-6-6-----8s5-|-5-5----1111----*|
|-2---2-2---------|---------5s7-----|-x-x-x-x-----x-x-|-x-x-----x-x-----|
|-0---0-0---------|---------x-x-----|-2s3-3-3-----5s2-|-2-2-----8-8-----|
|-------------***-|---------3s5-----|-x-x-x-x-----x-x-|-x-x-----x-x----*|
|-------------3p0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|-----------------|
|-5-5----11-------|
|-x-x-----x-------|
|-2-2-----8-------|
|-x-x-----x-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-------|

|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|*------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|*------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------0---|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|------------*|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|------------*|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

|-5---5-5---------|-----------------|-4---4-4---------|-----------------|
|*3---3-3---------|-----------------|-3---3-3---------|-----------------|
|-2---2-2---------|---------5s7-----|-2---2-2---------|---------5s7-----|
|-0---0-0---------|---------x-x-----|-0---0-0---------|---------x-x-----|
|*----------------|---------3s5-----|-----------------|---------3s5-----|
|-------------3p0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-------------3p0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|

|-3---3-1---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---3-3---------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
|-2---2-2---------|---------5s7-----|-5s7-7-7-----5---|-5s8-8-8-8-8-----|
|-0---0-0---------|---------x-x-----|-x-x-x-x-----x---|-x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
|-----------------|---------3s5-----|-3s5-5-5-----3---|-3s6-6-6-6-6----*|
|-------------3p0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
                        
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--(look above)---|--(look above)---|-5s101010---12s10|-9s8-8-8-8-8-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-----x---|-x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-8-8-8----10s8-|-7s6-6-6-6-6-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|-----------------|-----------------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5s101010---(10s)|-5s8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-x-x-x-x-----x---|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-3s8-8-8-----8---|-3s6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5s101010---12s9-|-9s8s151515151515|
|-x-x-x-x-----x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-3s8-8-8----10-7-|-7s6s131313131313|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|-------------------------|-------|
|*-----------------------*|-------|
|-------------------------|-6s7---|
|---4-------4---4-------4-|-x-x---|
|*0---0---0---0---0---0--*|-4s5---|
|-------4-----------4-----|-----6-|

|-------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------|-------|
|---------(rest)----------|-------|
|-------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------|-7-8-6-|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|*------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------7---7-7-7-7-|-7s6-6-6-6-6-------5-----|
|-------------x---x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-0---0-0---0-|
|*0---0-0-0-0-5---5-5-5-5-|-5s4-4-4-4-4-0---0-0---0-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-------------|-------------0---0-0---0-|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|*------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------7---7-7-7-7-|-7s6-6-6-6-6-5---5-5-5-5-|
|--*----------x---x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-0---0-0-0-0-|
|*(0)-0(0)0(0)5---5-5-5-5-|-5s4-4-4-4-4-0---0-0-0-0-|
|7(0)-0(0)0(0)------------|-------------0---0-0-0-0-|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|s7---6-------------------|
|-------------------7---8-|---------5--s8---7---5--*|
|-7---6---0---7-----------|--------(0)*-------------|                         

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-5---5---5---5-----------|-------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0-----------|10---9---7---6---5-------|
|-0---0---0---0---5-7---8-|---------------------8--*|
|-0---0---0---0-----------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|*------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------6---6-6-6-6-|-------------------------|
|*4---4-4-4-4-------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|*------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3---3-3-3-3-3s8-8-8-8-8-|-8s9-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9s|
|-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
|*1---1-1-1-1-1s6-6-6-6-6-|-6s7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7s|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-s-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------6---6-6-6-6-|565--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-------------5---5-5-5-5-|
|-4---4-4-4-4-------------|------------------------*|-3---3-3-3-3-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-3---3-3-3-3-3s8-8-8-8-8-|-8s9-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-|
|-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
|-1---1-1-1-1-1s6-6-6-6-6-|-6s7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|(9)*(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)--|-------------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|---------(rest)----------|
|-6---6---6---6---6---6---|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  
|-0-----------0-----------|-------------------------|-------------|
|*--4-------4---4-------4*|-------------------------|-------------|
|-----0---0-------0---0---|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------4-----------4-----|-------------------------|-------------|
|*-----------------------*|-5-4---------------5-----|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------0---0-2-3-------5-|-6-----6-----|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7--10--10101010-|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-8---8-8-8-x-8---8-8-8-8-|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-0---0-0-0-x-0---0-0-0-0-|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|14--14141414s7---7-7-7-7-|
|-8---8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|12--12121212s5---5-5-5-5-|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|*------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------%------------|
|-9---9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-|-------------------------|
|*7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|-------------------------|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|*------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7s9-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-|-9---9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
|*5s7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|14--1414141414--14141414s|
|-8---8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|12--1212121212--12121212s|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-9---9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-|------------%------------|
|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|-------------------------|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

[Outro]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|*------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----7-----7----10----10-|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
|*--5-----5-----8-----8---|---3-----3-----5-----5--*|
|-5-----5-----8-----8-----|-3-----3-----0-----0-----|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Joshua Wanna Be	#1 by Joshua Osprey at Apr 28, 1979 at 1:49 PM EST
	Oh man, like so many other Opeth songs this one is just so haunting. When he growls out "You keep the dagger close at hand." and then "And you saw nothing." I just get the sense of fear because Akerfeldt writes such good lyrics and he can practically pull you into the scenes that he depicts in them. That feeling of being helpless against something you can't even see is just breath taking.

No Picture Average	#2 by KitCat at Jun 23, 1981 at 10:54 PM EST
	This song is cool... and levyb, if you have nothing worthwhile to say, shut up please. Everyone loves cheese. you are in no way unique or special.

No Picture Bloody Mess All Musical Thunder	#3 by Bloody Mess All Over My Clothes at Sep 18, 1983 at 1:09 PM EST
	This is the part of the story where he finally tries to kill her, as per my interpretation of this story. His motivations are explained earlier on. He wants to kill her so they can at last be together in their "abode 'mongst the stars" (Madrigal), and she had at first even asked him to take her away (April Ethereal). But now she has found someone else, "I heard whispers in the parlour, the gilded faces grin aware of my final demise" (When), and has moved on. His actions here take away any loving feelings she had left for him, and she also loses her credence, her acceptance of his death. He realizes this at the end, and his voice is truly saddening.

No Picture Mike Lead Player	#4 by Mike at Nov 23, 1985 at 7:45 PM EST
	i agree with you sniper..

No Picture Squirrels Lead Player	#5 by Squirrels Dyrant at Nov 22, 1988 at 6:28 AM EST
	Supplanter, I think you're wrong. I've read a few interviews with Mikael Akerfeldt and Martin Lopez, and in them, they said that the general theme of My Arms Your Hearse was that the man dies and comes back immediately after, and that his widow is not with another man, but just doesn't want to be haunted by him or taken to her grave. So his hauntings are fruitless and eventually he returns to the forest, alone, to face eternity in limbo alone. This song, however, is clear: his hauntings have frustrated him to a point where he wants to make his presence forcibly felt, and thus begins making life hard for her, scaring her terribly, with poltergiest activity and so on. She runs around, scared out of her wits, holding a knife, and when she turns around and finally comes face to face with his ghost clearly for the first time (in April Ethereal and other songs, she saw him, but only briefly) she runs away screaming, and the anger leaves him as he realises that he's not in love with him any more, considering he's scaring the crap out of her.

No Picture †grave† Lead Player	#6 by †grave† f at Feb 3, 1991 at 5:57 AM EST
	I don't think there's another man. The lyrics "taking solace in the words i so despise", i believe, refers to his wife being comforted by others who say that she has to move on, that she has to go on with her own life now. Finally, she decides that they're right and she moves on, but he can't, so the stuff in demon of the fall happen. Later, in credence, he also says "your laughter weeps the truth", this clears the fact that she has moved on and laughs again, even though the man she loved is now dead so he decides to face eternity alone.

No Picture john Wanna Be	#7 by john dolmayan at Aug 8, 1996 at 11:55 PM EST
	The entire album "MAYH" seeminly is a conceptual series telling the story of a man who dies, and comes back to find not only is his love with someone else, but she is happier with the new man. He rises up, and is determined to kill him and take her back to the world of souls with him. The track "Demon Of The Fall" seeminly is the point were he is trying to kill her :) Opeth fuckin rules! Hails. \m/

No Picture D.J Wanna Be	#8 by D.J Mortensen at Mar 13, 2001 at 2:08 AM EST
	Actually, you know what? I think you are more right than I thought, Supplanter. Looking again at The Amen Corner, I see that there IS another man - the line about "taking solace in the words I despise" - but there's no real evidence that she's with this other guy, it just seems the other guy wants to be with her and is consoling her to get close to her. And, "to reap the harvest that was mine", also from The Amen Corner, does lend credibility to your idea of the ghost wanting to kill her. But otherwise I think I'm right; he haunts her, chases her and scares her, but doesn't kill her. I think he realises at the last moment that forcing her to love him, and hurting her in the process, is wrong, and that it is better to have an eternity alone - thus atoning for his mistreatment of her, and resolving the issues that leave him on earth. Which is much like the movie "Jacob's Ladder", where the main character can't ascend to heaven until accepting the fact that he must leave his living relatives behind.

No Picture metalis4ever Average	#9 by metalis4ever at Mar 16, 2003 at 5:37 AM EST
	this is my favourite opeth song