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Face Of Melinda Tab

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OPETH - FACE OF MELINDA
from the 62'28" of passion called STILL LIFE

tabbed by eugenio crippa - gfqcri@tin.it

normal tuning


intro: repeat 4 times

|--7*---5----2h3---------------2h3----------------------0----------------------------|
|--5----3---------5p0------0--------5p3h5-5-------------1--3--------0----------------|
|------------------------2-------------------4h5--2h4------4----------2-4-4/5-----4--|
|-------0--------------5-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------------------------------------------0-------0-1-2----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------4-------------------------|
 * play a E the 1st time


1st verse & 3rd verse:

"by the turnstile beckons a damsel fair
 the face of melinda neath blackened hair
 no joy would flicker at her eyes
 brooding sadness came to a rise"

"and conceded pain in crumbling mirth
 a harlot of god upon the earth
 found where she sacrificed her ways
 that hollow love in her face"

|----------1--------------------------------0------------0----------------------|
|------3-----3-0------0h1p0-------------------0--------1---1-0------------------|
|----2---2-----------2------0---2---------2----------2---------0----------------|
|--0----------------------------------1/2----------2----------------------------|
|--------------0----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

at the end of the verses comes in an electric clean guitar...

 3 times...			   ...then
 1.2.3			     1.2.  4.
|--7------------------------|-----|----.-----0-5-7-8p5-7-8-8/10-8-7-5-----5------|cl. el. gtr
|------6-5-----6-------5----|-----|--0h3-----------------------------------------|
|----------------7-------5--|--4--|-----------------------------------7-5---7-4--|
|---------------------------|-----|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----|----------------------------------------------|
|								                 |
|								                 |
|-----------------------------0--------.-----------------------------------------|ac. gtr
|---------------------------1---1-3--0h3-----------0-------1--------3-----75----|
|------coming from--------2------------------------------------------------------|
|------1st verse riff...2--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0----------------2-------3--------5-----97----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


2nd & 4th verse:

 (2) "words would falter to atone
 (4) "still i plotted to have her back
    *            *  *
|-----12--------------------------------------------------------------|ac. gtr
|--12--------12--------------------0-----0h1---------3-----------2-5--|
|---------------12-11-9----------0-----0-----2-----------------2------|
|------------------------------2-----2-----------------------2--------|
|--------------------------------------------0-----------2/4----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|								      |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|cl. el. gtr
|-----------------------------------------------------------------12--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------9----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 * play these notes only the 1st time

 (2) failure had passed the stepping stone
 (4) contentment that would fill the crack
|--12---------------------------------------------0--------------|
|------12------------------------0------------------0---0--------|
|--------------------------------------2--0-----------2---2------|
|--------------------------------------------4-------------------|
|----------13--12--10--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------0h2-------------------------------------|
|						        	 |
|--12------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------7/9-9-9---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------7/97-9-7/97--------------4-5--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

 (2) she had sworn her wows to another
 (4) my soul released a fluttering sigh
|--12---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------12-------------0-----0h1----------3-----------2--5--|
|------------9---------0-----0-----2------------------2-------|
|--------------------2-----2------------------------2---------|
|----------------------------------0------------2/4-----------|
|---0---------------------------------------------------------|
|							      |
|---------------------------------------------------------10--|
|-------------------------------------------------------8-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

 (2) this is when...
 (4) this day fell...
|-------------------------------|
|------------------1-----1p0----|
|----------------2-----2-----2--|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------0-----0----------|
|--0----------------------------|
|				|
|--12p10-12/14------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

 (2) ...no one will bother"
|-------------------------------------|...go on with 1st verse riff + 3rd verse
|---------0-----0------------------0--|
|-------0-----0------------------0----|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0--2-----0-------------------------|
|----------------2/3-----0h2-2-2------|

 (4) ...the darkness nigh"
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|ac. gtr
|--------0-----0----------------------------1-1--------0-1--------|
|------0-----0----------------------------2----------2-----4/52--|
|---------------------------------------3-------------------------|
|--0-2-----0----------0h2-------------3---------------------------|
|-----------------3---------3---2---1--------------1--------------|
|								  |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|cl. el. gtr
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------5------4----/5-2------|
|-----------------------------------3-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

 1.3.5.7.								  2.4.6.
|------------------------------------0-0---5-----0-----|------------------|
|----------------------------2-------5-----------5-----|------------------|
|----------0-------------2-------.---------------------|------------------|
|--5---5-----0---------5---5-----5---------------------|------------------|
|----5---5-----2-2/4-----------------------------------|--2/3---2---0-----|
|--3---------------------------------0-----5-----0-----|------------------|
|						       |		  |
|--1---------------------------------------5-----------|--4/5---4---------|
|------------------2-----------------------------5-----|------------------|
|--3---------------2-----------------0-----2-----------|------------------|
|------------------------------------------------2-----|------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|------------------|


let ring the last E chord...

...then:

 1.3.5.					2.
|--------------------------------------|-------------------|
|--2--2--2--2-----0--------3--3--2--2--|-------------------|
|-----1--2--2--4--4--2--2--2--2--1--1--|----2---2---4---4--|
|--------------4--4-----2--3-----2-----|----2---2---3---3--|
|--------------2-----0-----------------|--0-------0--------|
|--3-----4-----------------------------|-------------------|
					4.
				       |-------------------|
				       |-------------------|
				       |----4---4---2---2--|
				       |----3---3---2---2--|
				       |--0-------0--------|
				       |-------------------|

 1.2.3.		 4.go on with electric & acoustic together...
|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|----------2---2|----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2|
|--2-----2------|--2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------|
|0-----0--------|0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0--------|
|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                |								                |
  dist. el. gtr |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                |------------------2------------------------------------------------------------|
	        |----------------2-2-let ring...------------------------------------------------|
	        |----------------2-0------------------------------------------------------------|
	        |----------------0--------------------------------------------------------------|

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


transition:

 play 4 times
|--7-7---5-5---5-5---1---1-1-1-------------------------------------|dist. el.gtr
|--7-7---5-5---5-5---1---1-1-1-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-2-2-----|
|------------------------------0-2-3-5-------------3-3-3-3-2-2-----|
|--------------------------------------0-1-0---0-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------3---------------------|


5th & 6th verse:

 2 times for each verse
|--4---4-44----444-3---3-33----333-2---2-22----222-1---1-11----111---|dist. el. gtr
|--4---4-44----444-3---3-33----333-2---2-22----222-1---1-11----111---|
|--4---------------4---------------2---------------2-----------------|
|--6---------------5---------------4---------------3-----------------|
|--6---------------5---------------4---------------3-----------------|
|--4---------------3---------------2---------------1-----------------|

"i took her by the hand to say
 all faith forever has been washed away
 i returned for you in great dismay
 come with me far away to stay"

 play the transition 2 times

"endlessly gazing in nocturnal prime
 she spoke of her vices and broke the rhyme
 but baffled herself with the final line
 the promise is made but my heart is thine"

 play the transition 4 times before the...

 ...last interlude:

|----------0----------------0-------------------------------------------|ac. gtr
|------3-----3----------3-----3---------0-----0-------------0-----------|
|----2---2-----2------2---2-----2-----0-----0-------0-------------------|
|--0----------------------------------------------0---3/5-----3---2-----|
|----------------0--3-------------0-2-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------3-----1-----------------------|
|									|
|...then 2 el. gtrs enter:						|
|-----------------------------------1-----------------------------------|
|--1/3------------------------------------5-----3-------1h3-------------|->el. gtr 1
|-------------------2---0-0-----------------------------2---0-0h2-0-----|/
|--0--------------------------------------------------3/5-----3---2-----|
|----------------0--3-------------0-2-----------------------------------|->el. gtr 2
|-----------------------------------------3-----1-----------------------|/

repeat and fade 'till the end

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Face Of Melinda Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mr. Always Mezm Average	#1 by Mr. Always Mezmerized (o)(o) at Apr 1, 1975 at 4:10 PM EST
	I don't believe that the last two lines from this song are related to her love of God or religion or whatever. I think it's actually a grim clue/warning of what's going to happen to her in 'Serenity Painted Death'. The line 'but baffled herself with the final line' to me at least is implying that these are Melinda's final words

No Picture jim Professional	#2 by jim d.f at Dec 25, 1985 at 4:41 AM EST
	I just checked out Opeth news and Mikael Åkerfeldt's wife gave birth to a healthy baby girl. And Mikael named her Melinda. I wonder if there is a story behind the name?

No Picture Crystal Average	#3 by Crystal at Jun 16, 1988 at 4:41 PM EST
	Well i learnt this song yesterday. Its beautiful. I agree with the soldiers of the cross bit Religious motherfuckers were those medieval ones... Loved their punishment of 'sin' they did We should unleash some slap bass on them Look on the bright side...at least he was with her after he was hung After that bloody hangman finished groping his tools...pervert

No Picture Andrew Wanna Be	#4 by Andrew Long at Aug 8, 1991 at 3:50 AM EST
	melinda is 'taken' because she's a nun now, "a harlot of God upon the earth." this fits in much better because the main character was outcast under religious pretense, thus causing the main character to hate God, yet the woman he loves believes firmly in God. melinda certainly reciprocates his love, as she wouldn't go to bed with him and abandon her covenant as a nun if she didn't. unfortunately she is killed by the townspeople in serenity painted death after this occurs.

No Picture Jesse Wanna Be	#5 by Jesse Seibel at Oct 1, 1997 at 5:12 AM EST
	returnsandexchanges (Follow his View ;D) Her new love is god. And he doesn't love god. But she still loves him as much. So she is devided by - "Her promise...". But she also clearly states that - "...my heart is thine."

No Picture The Real Slim S Average	#6 by The Real Slim Shady at May 6, 2001 at 12:27 AM EST
	I disagree. surely the line "My promise is made but my heart is thine" says she still loves him? They were lovers, he went away, she was forced into another marriage, and now when he returns, although the feelings remain, there is nothing either of them can do. O the angst! Seeriously though, I love this song.