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The Amen Corner Tab

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OPETH - THE AMEN CORNER
                        From the Album MAYH
                    Copyright 1997 Candlelight  RECORDS

                       Version 1.0 - MARCH 2001

Transcribed by: LOUIS RIEL

For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact
       Louis Riel at: riel2102@aei.net

  - pam mute                     /  - slide up to
  - slide down to                ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on                    b  - bend
p  - pull off                          Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic                     f - full bend    h - half bend
*  - see comment                        r - release      t - tap bend
X  - percussion note                    ~ - vibrato bend
@  - slight palm mute             ()  - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo pick until next note


Opeth - AMEN CORNER

missing in this version : acoustic background riff
                        : solo notes in the second part of the main solo

they will be fix in the next version


Tune to E (E,A,D,G,B,E)

              x4
|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--8----------|--9-9-8-8-8---------8-8-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7----------|--7-7-7-7-7---------7-7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--6--/7-6-3--|--0-0-6-6-6--/7-6-3-6-6-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--8----------|--9-9-8-8-8---------8-8-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7--/5-4-1--|--7-7-7-7-7--/5-4-1-7-7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--6----------|--0-0-6-6-6---------6-6-------------------------------------------------------------------|



                          X4
|---------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------5--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------2-h3---3--2-4-|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--2------------------------|--2--6--5-----------------|-----6-5----9------|-2---------------------------------|
|--2------------------------|--2--6--5-----------------|-------------------|-2---------------------------------|
|--0------------------------|--0--4--3-----------------|-0--------7-----1--|-0---------------------------------|
|                           |                          |                   |
|                           |                          |                   |
|---------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------5---------|-----------------5--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------2-h3---3--2-4--|------------2-h3---3--2-4-|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--2--6--5------------------|--2--6--5-----------------|-------------------|-2---------------------------------|
|--2--6--5------------------|--2--6--5-----------------|--------7----8-----|-2---------------------------------|
|--0--4--3------------------|--0--4--3-----------------|--3--0-----0----4--|-0---------------------------------|




|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------6-7--|-5-/7--7-7-7--5--5--5-|-----------6-7-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-0--4-5-8-------|-0-(0)-0-0-0--3--3--3-|-0--4-5-8----------------------------------|
|                      |                |                      |                                           |
|                      |                |                      |                                           |
|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-5-/7--7-7-7--6--5--3-|-/7--6---0------|-5-/7--7-7-7--6--5--3-|-/7--6----6--7-----------------------------|
|-0-(0)-0-0-0--3--3--3-|-------8---7-7--|-0-(0)-0-0-0--3--3--3-|-------8-8---------------------------------|


             x2                                         2 first time
|-------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3----------------8/98-2--|--14-17-16--14-14-13-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------|
|-------------|-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-----------|---------------------|-2 2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1---0-0-0-0-0-0--6/76-0--|--12-15-14--12-12-11-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------|
|             |                                                       |               *               *    |
|-------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-7-6-|-6-6-6-6-------------------------|-14/16-15--11/12-11--|-14/16-15--11/12-11-----------------|
|-------------|-----------5-5-5-5-5-5--8--5--2--|---------------------|------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-54-|-4-4-4-4-------------------------|-12/14-13--9-/10-9---|-12/14-13--9-/10-9------------------|
|-------------|-----------3-3-3-3-3-3--6--3--0--|---------------------|------------------------------------|


 * = the last time variation with --
                                  --
                                  12
                                  --
                                  10
                                  --



|-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0--------------0------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2----------0-----0--------------------2-2-2-2-|-------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2------4-----4-----4--0--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-|-----------------9-7-------4-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0----2---2---------------4-4-4-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-|/9-7-7---------9-----------4-4-|
|------------0------------------------------------------|-------7--7/10-------10-9--2-2-|
|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-9-9-7-9--11----------------------11-11/12--6/7-6---7--|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|--2--4-5--9--7--4-4------------|
|-7-7-5-7--9-----------------------9--9-/10--4/5-4---5--|--2--2-2--7--4--4-4------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|--0--2-3--7--5--2-2------------|



|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-4-5-7-4--------2-4-----|--2--4-5--9--7--4-4-----------------------------------------|
|-2-4-5-7-4--0-1-2-----2---|--2--2-2--7--4--4-4-----------------------------------------|
|-0-2-3-5-2--------------3-|--0--2-3--7--5--2-2-----------------------------------------|


                                                   |------------------------------------|
                                                   |------------------------------------|
                                                   |------------------------------------|
main solo                                          |-----------9-9-9-9-9----------------|
                                                   |-----------7-7-7-7-7----------------|
                                                   |----------------------0-10-9-0-10-9-|
                                                   |                                    |
|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------6-6-6-----1--1-1--4-4-4--8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-|------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5--7-7-7-----1--1-1--5-5-5--9-9-9-10-7-7-7-7-|------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7---2-3--3-3--5-5-5--9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4----3/4----3/4--|
|-7-7-7--5-5-5---2-3--3-3--3-3-3--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-|-9-9-9-9-9-1-1-1-1-1----------------|
|-5-5-5----------0-1--1-1--------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2--0-1/2--0-1/2--|


|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---------0---------3-3-3-3------|
|-2-2-1h2-----1h2-2-3-3-3-3------|
|-2-2---------------1-1-1-1------|
|-0-0-------0--------------------|
|                                |
|                                |
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-----------3--------------------|
|-2-2-7/8-5---8----3/4---3/4-----|
|-2-2----------------------------|
|-0-0-5/6-3---6--0-1/2-0-1/2-----|



|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------0-------------3------3---------3----------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--1h2------1h2-2------2---------2------2--------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------1------0---------0------0------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------0--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|



|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------6/7-7-7-7--|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-4-5---4-----4-5---4--------8/9-9-9-9--|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----7---5-7-----7---5-7...------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                                       |                                    |
|                                       |                                    |
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------9-9-9-9---------------------|------------------------------------|-------4-4---------------------|
|--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9-----------8-9-9-9-9-|---4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-2-|--2-2--5-5---------------------|
|--2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--8-9-9-9-9-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-|--3-3--7-7-5-------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-----------10101010-6/7-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-7-7-7------------5-5-5-5-5-|--5-5--------7-----------------|





|---------------------------0-----0-----0-----|----0------0------0--|--------------------------------------|
|--0---------------------0----6-----6-----6---|--6------6------6----|--------------------------------------|
|----5-------------4-----4------7-----7-----7-|------7------7------7|--------------------------------------|
|------7--------7------7----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------7---7--------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------0----------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------|



main solo
|-------------------------------7b7----7--------------------------------------------------------8----------|
|-----------------------------------10------10------------------------------------------------------10---10|
|-------------/9-7----7-9-9--10----------9------9-75------------------------------/7-10-9--7-9---9----9---|
|-9-9/10-7-10------9-----------------------------------9----7-9-10-7-9---7-9-10-7--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-7-------------------7b--7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9----9----------9-------9----9-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----10---10--7-10-----------10---10--7-10----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


second part

|--------10------10-----10-13-10---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9b-10-----14b-----14b----------14b-10--------------8b-8----8b-8------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------12-10*****-------10------10-9-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*** i will find  this for the next version !!

|----------12------------------------------10--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---8---12----12--10-13-10--------------10-----10-9-10-----------------------------------------------------|
|-9------------------------10-9-10-7-10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------12-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-12-14-14-14-12-10-12-12-12-13-12-13----13-12-10-9-10-9-7-5-7-5-2-----------------------------------|
|-12-12-14-15-15-15-14-12-14-14-14-15-14-15----------------------------------------------------------------|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Lyssa CHAOS Average	#1 by Lyssa CHAOS at Jul 22, 1974 at 6:10 PM EST
	well i wanted to right here what the song was about but zaroou already did that, he is 100% right but i have to add something, he does shows in demon of the fall , but thats more or less a slow proces. the girl slowly starts to feel his presence and almost see it. ""Eerie circles upon the waters" and "snatch at every sound" so she slowly start to feel him more, actually scaring her a lot of people think there is some new lover involved but thats not true like you already said, and I too think he doesnt try to kill her but just show his self

No Picture josh Average	#2 by josh stagel at Apr 22, 1975 at 12:29 PM EST
	I just wanna reply again because like... I seem like a pretentious jackass in all my posts referring to the MAYH album. And for all I know you could be right and I could be wrong. The thing that makes me think that his wife isn't with a new man is that she is still grieving over his death. "Crestfallen still. Those eyes, empty, like a barren well." See what I mean? She has a guy after her - somebody giving her "solace in the words I despise" - but I don't think this person is already her new lover.

No Picture silent Rhythm Player	#3 by silent support at Oct 27, 1980 at 9:08 AM EST
	This is the song where the man decides to kill his wife and her new man. In this song he becomes the DEMON OF THE FALL.

No Picture Indy Lead Player	#4 by Indy Windrose at Oct 28, 1984 at 7:30 AM EST
	I'm pretty sure you and that other guy are a bit wrong. There's a new guy, sure, but she isn't with him. He's just a guy who is consoling her, and the ghost doesn't like that, obviously. Yes, he decides in a moment of anger, to kill the girl. But, he backs down by the end of Demon Of The Fall, because he realises how much he is hurting her emotionally, and how wrong it is to force her to love him.

No Picture John Rhythm Player	#5 by John McElyea at Jan 8, 1996 at 2:05 AM EST
	I don't think this song is about a new man at all, rather that the ghost sees that the bond between him and the girl is breaking ("The bond we never spoke of, once stark and enticing, now slowly smoldering to dust"). Seeing as the name of the song is The Amen Corner, it is likely that religion or praying is the main reason the ghost feels that he is losing touch with the girl. This is highlighted by the fact that she turns to religion to consol herself ("Hiding your face in the palm of your hands"), where it is shown that he dislikes this as he says she is "Finding solace in the words I do despise". He feels that the only way he can regain the bond that was lost when the ghost died is to "[rise] from my sleep" and make his presence physically felt. He sees this as a last resort, as it is "The final spark that blew life into me, the Demon of the Fall". This is why he terrifies the girl in the next song on the album; not to kill or harm her, but as a desperate attempt to regain their bond with one another.

No Picture Neal Average	#6 by Neal Breen at Dec 17, 1996 at 7:29 PM EST
	that's a very big maybe. why do people actually think there is another guy involved? i can't find anything implying a new lover or whaterver anywhere in the story, so where do you get that idea?

No Picture edwin Wanna Be	#7 by edwin henrriquez at Oct 25, 2002 at 2:04 PM EST
	In Epilogue we discover that the word(s) he despises is "farewell" which helps argue the case that this second man is consoling the widow rather than shagging her.

No Picture bogex Rhythm Player	#8 by bogex luna at Apr 15, 2005 at 3:55 PM EST
	Im pretty sure this is how it goes: The woman actually did have a very strong yet unspoken bond with her husband, which is why she went into sort of a shock when he died and consoled in this guy. Now she probaboly consoled a bit too much without really realizing it (in shock/denial) but probably didnt go all the way. She snapped out of it when she first encountered the ghost, and then accepted it maybe