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Author/Artist: Opeth
Title: Dirge For November
Album: Blackwater Park
Year: 2001
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Legend:
~ [Vibrato]
/ [Slide Up]
[Slide Down]
p [Pull Off]
(x) [Ghost Note]
These are all the acoustic parts in this great song...
Lost... Here is, no-where... Searching home still...
e|--------(5)-(3)-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-0~--------------------------1-0------------------------------------|
G|-----------------7~----------2---------0-2--2~----------------------|
D|-2~--------------7~----------2---------2----3~----------------------|
A|-0~--------------0~----------0---------2----3~----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------0----1~----------------------|
Turning past... me, all are gone... Time... Is...
e|----------------5~--3~------1p-0-1----------------------------------|
B|------------8~--3~--0~------3-------1~------0~----------------------|
G|----------7-----2~--0~------2-------2~------0~----------------------|
D|--------------------0~------0---------------2~----------------------|
A|-------/6-----------2~----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------3~--------------0~------------------------------|
Now...
e|----------------------------------5p-0-----------------0------------|
B|---------0-1p-0----------8~-----3------3-------------0---0----------|
G|-----2----------2--------5~---2----------2---------2-------2--------|
D|---2---2----------2---/7----0--------------0-----3------------------|
A|-0------------------0--------------------------3--------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------1----------------------|
After playing one time the arpeggio, Guitar 2 joins with the following
riff...
Guitar 2 (electric):
Fill
e|-----------------------------------|-----|--------------------------|
B|-----------------10-12-13-12-------|-----|--------------------------|
G|-9-9-7----7-9--9-------------------|-5-7-|--------------------------|
D|-------10--------------------12-10-|-----|--------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----|--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----|--------------------------|
Guitar 1 (acoustic), play the above arpeggio 4 times.
Variation of the melody... (Not 100% complete the Guitar 1 part)
Guitar 1:
e|-------------------------------------------5-7-8p-7-----------------|
B|-------0-----3p-2---------------------0-/5----------53-31-1
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Anthony Average |
#1 by Anthony Pardee at Sep 9, 1975 at 10:08 PM EST |
| opeth is the best band on the planet. I love how bi-polar their music is and i love the dual nature of mikaels voice and this song shows the best sides of opeth | |
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Terence Average |
#2 by Terence Taylor at Sep 21, 1976 at 6:31 AM EST |
| God this song is so beautiful id do anything to be able to create music like this. this is... amazing. wow. | |
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Thomas Average |
#3 by Thomas Reuter at May 16, 1977 at 11:53 AM EST |
| it doesnt have alot of lyrics.. which is kinda bad when a song is almost 8 minuites long. still is awesome though. "suicide" does cover it pretty well | |
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Austin Rhythm Player |
#4 by Austin at Dec 2, 1985 at 7:09 PM EST |
| Yes this song coversz suicide, but it covers the three parts of it. First the beginning is all clean and simulates a person's hopelessness etc. Then the heavy parts are when they are actually in the process of cutting themself, and the ending clean part is their ascension into tranquility and the resolution of the sadness. Great song. | |
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kewl Wanna Be |
#5 by kewl dude at Sep 3, 1988 at 6:45 PM EST |
| Well, a dirge is a sad song or hymn, usually played at a funeral afaik. I guess this guy died in november... | |
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Jordan Lead Player |
#6 by Jordan Gadsby at Jun 5, 1996 at 10:49 AM EST |
| One word: fuckingawesomeandoneofthebestopethsongsever! | |
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GRIM Professional |
#7 by GRIM at Mar 10, 1999 at 2:33 AM EST |
| just talking about the best fucking opeth song. it's definitely about suicide, or the consideration of it anyway. the lyrics are pretty spine tingling. almost like the way a master surrealist paints. the words and phrases are few and turse. but they paint pictures like the most effective poem does. michael, its hard not to label him a genuis (especially in an age when almost everybody is dubbed an artist). he's a fucking poet. lost here is no where searchin home still turning past me all are gone time is now every line paints a vivid image. reeking with sorrow and dispair. fucking brilliant. the music i must admit is what drives this heartwrenching ballad. so theatrical and dramatic... almost like a climax to the perfect greek tragedy. makes me wanna forget about everything and remember how important and necessary music really is in this dreary grey dismal world. the ending... what can i say about the ending? the simple melodies running as though in part writing reminds me of the faculty of memory. the ending speaks to you of reverie. HOD | |
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chris Wanna Be |
#8 by chris valverde at Mar 7, 2004 at 12:23 AM EST |
| Any ideas on why the song is called Dirge For November? Cause I don't have any... | |
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Musical Genius |
#9 by oh.... THAT guy at Mar 30, 2004 at 8:07 AM EST |
| One of the best suicide songs ever written. FUCK Blink182 and those emo wussies, this song is true beauty and brutality and pain and all that jazz. | |
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