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FOR ABSENT FRIENDS
As recorded by Opeth
(From the 2002 Album DELIVERANCE)


Transcribed by Cam Penny

Music by Opeth
Arranged by Opeth
 


 Intro
  Calm Q=68
  N.C.      (Am)                              (Cm/D#)
 2/4       4/4
  Gtr I
|--------||-------------------------5---7---|--8-------------||
|--------||-----------------------5---------|----------------||
|--------||-0---0---------------5-----------|-----5-8-(8)----||
|--------||-0h2--------------/7-------7---7-|----------------||
|--------||-------0-(0)--(0)----------------|--6-------------||
|--------||---------------------------------|----------------||
|
| Gtr II
|--------||-7-------------------------------|-(7)------------||
|--------||-0-------------------------------|-(0)------------||
|--------||---------------------------------|----------------||
|----8h9-||-9-------------------------------|-(9)------------||
|--------||---------------------------------|----------------||
|--------||---------------------------------|----------------||


   Verse
    $
    (Am)             (G)
||---------------------------------|
||o------------------------0-------|
||--0---0----------------0---0-----|
||--0h2------------------------0---|
||o-------0-(0)--(0)---2-----------|
||-------------------3-----------3-|
|
||--7------------------------------|
||o-0------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|
||--9------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|


  (F#m11)             (Esus4/F)
|-------------------------------------0--------------|
|-------------0-(0)---------------0--------0---------|
|--------2-------------------2---------------2-------|
|----2-------------------2----------------------2----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------2--1--------------------------/5-|
|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-17---(17)--12-------15---(15)--10-(10)--10---10----|
|-16---(16)--11-------14---(14)---9--(9)---9----9----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


  (Am)
|---------------------------------------5---7---|
|-------------------------------------5---------|
|-----------------------0----0------5-----------|
|-----------------(0)---0h=2-----/7-------7---7-|
|--0---------------------------0----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-10-(10)s12-(12)-----(12)----------------------|
|--9--(9)s11-(11)-----(11)----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


  (Cm/D#)               (Am)             (G)
|-8------------------||--------------------------------|
|-------------------o||------------------------0-------|
|---5-8-(8)----------||-0---0----------------0---0-----|
|--------------------||-0h2------------------------0---|
|-6-----------------o||-------0-(0)--(0)---2-----------|
|--------------------||------------------3-----------3-|
|
|--------------------||-7------------------------------|
|-------------------o||-0------------------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------8h9--||-9------------------------------|
|-------------------o||--------------------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------------|


  (F#m11)             (Esus4/F)
|-------------------------------------0---------------||
|-------------0-(0)---------------0--------0----------||
|--------2-------------------2---------------2--------||
|----2-------------------2----------------------0-(0)-||
|--------------------------------------------------0--||
|--2----------------2--1------------------------------||
|
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-17---(17)--12-------15---(15)--10-(10)--10---10-----||
|-16---(16)--11-------14---(14)---9--(9)---9----9-----||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||


 Interlude
  (C#m)
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------4-5-4----------|-------4-5-4-------------------|
|---------------------4--------6--------|-----4-------6-----------------|
|-----------------6---------------------|---6---------------------------|
|--4-----------------------------7-(7)--|-4-------------7-(7)-----------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10-(10)s12-(12)---(12)----------------|-------------------------14-16-|
|--9--(9)s11-(11)---(11)----------------|---------------------/13-------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  C#sus2              B5               A
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--4--------------------------------------------------|
|--6-------------------4------------------------------|
|--6-------------------4------------------------------|
|--4-------------------2---------------4---------(4)--|
|--------------------------------------5---------(5)--|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-16b17==(16)r(16)-14---------------------------------|
|---------------------16-(16)s11-9-(9)s8-(8)-(8)------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


  C#sus2          B5      A                           G#m7  F#sus4   F#m7   Esus4
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--4------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--6--------------4---------------------------------|--4----4-(4)-----2-----2-(2)--|
|--6--------------4---------------------------------|--4----4-(4)-----2-----2-(2)--|
|--4--------------2--------4-------(4)--------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-------(5)--------------|--4----2-(2)-----2-----0-(0)--|
|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-11-(11)b12-(11)-9p8-----------------------8h9p(8)-|-(8)---------------8-9--------|
|---------------------9-9h11-(11)------(11)---------|-11--9----------11-----7-(7)--|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------9-(9)-/7---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|


                      To Coda
|-------------------------------||
|-0-----------------------------||
|-2--2-------2-------1----------||
|-2----2----------2--2----------||
|--------0----------------------||
|-0-----------------------------||
|
|-------------------------------||
|----------9---10---12--(12)----||
|------9------------------------||
|---/9-----------------------10p||
|-7-----------------------------||
|-------------------------------||


 Pre-Verse
                                          D.S. al Coda
  (Am)                              (Cm/D#)
|-------------------------5---7---|-8-------------------||
|-----------------------5---------|---------------------||
|-0---0---------------5-----------|---5-8-(8)-----------||
|-0h2--------------/7-------7---7-|---------------------||
|-------0-(0)--(0)----------------|-6-------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|-9-------------------------------|---------------8h9---||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||


  &
  (Asus2)
|---------0----:-(0)----*|
|-------0------:--------*|
|-----2--------:--------*|
|---2----------:--------*|
|-0------------:--------*|
|--------------:--------*|
|
|--------------:--------*|
|--------------:--------*|
|--------------:--------*|
|-9------------:-(9)----*|
|--------------:--------*|
|--------------:--------*|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Niko Average	#1 by Niko Booth at May 31, 1970 at 1:24 PM EST
	im not sure about this but i hear that a lot of opeth cds are concept albums, and in another song they mention something about absent friends on this album, in i think masters appretntice. So it may just be like a peice of whatever they are trying to put through in this album. It may also be just a tribute to some other musical friends and family like, but like i said im not sure about any of this

No Picture kyle Average	#2 by kyle anderson at Jan 28, 1989 at 4:25 PM EST
	As this song does not have lyrics I can't really piece it apart as well as the other songs, but it basically sounds peaceful and sad. I think it's one of songs that would put you to sleep if you listened to it in the evening. Kinda reminds me of elevator music too, lol. But anyways.. what it is about? I think it's about friends who are not longer here with the person, thus absent (no, really). The person is standing on their knees and weeping about it for hours nonstop.. just quietly mourning their friends' absence. It also makes me think that the person is remembering old, happy memories. They remember good times, something like them and their friends in various scenes.. One friend running in a field of dandelions, and another laughing with them But then, images of the friends dying in slow motion.. I watched too much anime.

No Picture Alex Average	#3 by Alex Zaphiropoulos at Mar 4, 1994 at 8:17 PM EST
	writing*

No Picture Conar Wanna Be	#4 by Conar Gillard at Mar 12, 1998 at 5:54 AM EST
	In the booklet that came with the album it says that Peter Lindgren thanks "all [his] precious friends, present and absent." I think that this song is dedicated to all of the friends of the members of Opeth that they cannot be with while touring and righting kick ass music.

No Picture Anthony Average	#5 by Anthony Pardee at Sep 10, 1998 at 2:25 AM EST
	I sort of get a "drinking" vibe from this.. Its like he's raising his cup (or chalice) and dedicating this drink to "absent friends".. Musically speaking I would say these absent friends are guys like Dimebag and Cliff.

No Picture Tyler Wanna Be	#6 by Tyler Swagar at Mar 30, 2000 at 11:54 PM EST
	moonlapse, I think you're trying a little too hard to tie this entire album to Jesus. I don't see why Opeth would focus an entire album on Jesus seeing as how none of them are Christian, nor are they radically anti-Christian from what I know.

No Picture IvZ Average	#7 by IvZ at May 6, 2000 at 11:14 PM EST
	I think those friends are absent because they are no longer alive... I see it as a song dedicated to those who are no longer in this world...

No Picture Chad Wanna Be	#8 by Chad Barri at Sep 6, 2004 at 10:05 PM EST
	This piece of music invokes anger and comfort in me. I believe the absent friends are the apostles who weren't at Christ's cruxifiction.