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The Furneral Portrait Tab

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Opeth - The Funeral Portrait

By Kris (The Dude)

Standard Tuning - EADgbe

Intro (fade in)
	
   clear          	then....	  Riff A.1 distorted + intro		
e---------0-------------|-------------------------------|
b-----0-----0---0-------|-----------------------------|
g---3---3-----3---3-----|----------------------------|
d-2-----------------2-2-|--2-------------------------|
a------------------------|---2-------5--7--7----------|
e------------------------|------/7-----------0--3--5-|


Riff A.2 + intro 2 riff			intro 2 riff  
e---------------------------------|	|-----------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|	|----------------8------------------------|
g---------------------------------|	|---------7---------7------7--------------|
d---------------------------------|	|-----11-----11--------11-----11----------|
a-----------8--10--10-----------|	|-10------------------------------10--10--|
e-3--3--/10------------3--6--8--|	|-----------------------------------------|

				     X4
e-----------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
b-----------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
g--6--5--4-|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
d--6--5--4-|-8-7--7--7--8--7--75--2--2-|-------------3-2----------|
a--4--3--2-- 8-7--7--7--8--7--75--2--2-|-----------------5--------|
e-----------|6-5--5--5--6--5--53--0--0-|-4---3----0--------5-3-0-|



e---------------------------------------------------------|   
b---------------------------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------5-4---5-4-------|
d-----0--------0--------0------6---6-7-----7-----7-----|
a---2---7----2---7----2---7--7---7-----------------8-7-|
e-0--------0--------0------------------------------------|



 
e-----------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------|
g-/7-9-9-9-9/10-10--10--10--14--------------------|   Guitar 1
d----------------------------------2-3-2-0-3-0------|
a-/5-7-7-7-7/8--8---8---8---12----------------3-2-|
e-----------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----12------10--------------6--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----9-------7---------------3--------------------|     Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


 
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--10---------------|
|-------------------|
|--8----------------|
|-----6-5-1-0-0-0-0-|

  solo 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|6------6-6---6------6-6--------6-6---6------6-6--------6-6---6------6-6---3--3-----
|5------5-5---5------5-5--------8-8---8------8-8--------5-5---5------5-5---2--2-2---2
|-0-0-0-----0---0--------0-0-0------0---0--------0-0-0------0---0--------0---0--0-0-



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


				   main solo
|--------------------------------|---------------3-----------------------6-----------
|--------------------------------|---------------3-----------------------7-----------
|-7-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-7-9-10-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-7-7-6-4-3--9-9-11-11-12--11--9--8--|
|-6-6-6------6-6-6----------8-8-8-|-9--9-9-7-7-6-4-5------------------------8-----|
|-5-5-5-5-7-5-5-5-5-7-8--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-5-5-4-2-5--7-7-9--9--10--9----7--6--|
|--------------------------------|---------------3--------------------------|

							     
|--5--4--7--5--2--|-------------5--1--7-|-8---7--5-----5--4----------------|
|--6--5--8--5--3--|-------------5--1--7-|-10--9--7-----5--4----------------|
|--7--6--9--7--4--|-9-12--6--5--5--1--7-|-9---8--6--7--5--5----------4-----|
|--7--6--9--7--4--|-9-12--5--5--7--3--9-|-7---6--4-----7-6--9-9-9-9-5-7---|
|--5--4--7--5--2--|-7-10--4--3--7--3--9-|-----------5--7--6--7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|-----------------|-------------5--1--7-|--------------5--4--5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
								   
								   
	Solo 1
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--6-------------------------5--6--|
|----8-----------------5--6--------|
|------10--4--4--6--7--------------|


Main solo
|-15--14--12-14----12----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------15----12--13----12--------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------14-----12--14--11--12--11-----------------------9--11--9
|------------------------------------------------------14--13--------------9--------
|-------------------------------------------------------------14--10----10---------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------12-------------




|---------------------------12-------15--12-------------------15---14--12--14-------|
|----------------13------------15b----------15---------------------------------18b---
|-9--11--12--14b----14--14b--------------------15--14--12--14--15--14--12---------14b
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|---------------------------------------------------12--14--15--12--14----12-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------12---15--12
|----------------------12-----------------------------------------11--12----------
|-12--11--12--14--15------15--14--15--11-11b--11b--------------14------------------
|-------------------------------------------------12--------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------13--12------------------------


|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-14--12--14--12--11--12--11--9--11--13----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------11----------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------11-------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------


|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|14-12-14-------------------------------------|
|----------12--10--14--12--10--9--10--14--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------15--17b--17--15--14--15--12-----
|-------------------------------15--------------17-----------------------------12--12--15--12--14--12----|
|-----------11-------11--12--16----16--12---/16------------------------------------
|---12--14--14b--14--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------5----------------------8-----------12----/-15------------------------------
|------4---4----9-9-9---------7---7-----/12----12----------------------------------
|----5-------5--------------8-------9-----------------------------------------------
|--7------------7-7-7----10----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|-----12--15--19--19--15----------------------------------18--18-------|
|---12-------------------17------------------------16--19-----19-------|
|--12------------------------16------------------15--------------------|
|14-----------------------------17--14---------13----------------------|
|--------------------------------------14--14--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14--12--14--12--10--9--10--13---------------12--11------------------|
|-------------------------------14--11--13--14-------14---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-12--10--12--10-------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------11------------13--11--13--11--9--11--9--11--12--11--12--11-------
|-------------------15--14--12----------------------------------------------14--12
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12--14-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------



last one (ouf!!)

|-12----------------------------------9----------------------------------------11--
|----13----------------------------12---10------------------------------12--13----1
|-------14----------------------13---------11------------------------14---------- 13-
|----------14----------------13---------------11------------------14--------------------13------|
|-------------14--12--11--14---------------------12--9--8--12--15--------------------------14---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------15----15----15-----------|
|-------------------------13-----13----13-----15----15----15---17----17----17---15----15----15-----------|
|-------------------------14-----14----14-----14----14----14---14----14----14----------------------------|
|-----------------------------14-----14----14----14----14----14---14----14----14---14----14----14--------|
|-11--14--14--14--15--12---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-----17--------13---------------------|
|-/14----14--13----13-------------14---|
|---------------------14--12--15--15---|
|--------------------------------------|




|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------12--11----11---------------------------
|-----------------------12--14--12----------------14----14--12----12---------------
|-12--11--12--15--14-15------------15--14----------------------15----15-14--15--14--
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------


|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-13-12-13------|
|---------------------------------------------14--13-------------------------13--14-13-14------------------|
|-------------------------12--14-12-------------------14---------------12-14---------
|-12--11--12--14--15-14-15----------15-14-12-------------15--12--14-15--------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|----12--------------15-14-12-14-12----------------------12--17-20--17------17-------
|-15-----15--13--12-----------------15-13--15-12-----15b----------------20--20b----
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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The Furneral Portrait Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Matt Average	#1 by Matt Waas at Jan 2, 1981 at 8:32 PM EST
	This is a tough one, but I believe it might be about a man who travels from town to town, infecting the townspeople with a disease. He knows he is going to die soon, but he decides that he won't die alone: "Shall I take you with me?" The first half of the song seems to be the man describing a typical victim of his - a bored person in a small town, wishing a stranger would come to bring some excitement. I believe most of his victims are women; perhaps the disease is sexually transmitted: "Opened mirage soothes your sense. Locked on the pinnacle, the best secret within. Like a derelict child, heart burning for a stranger. Ascending to the meek, flock round the liars in awe, caked in the soil beneath." And so he travels to these towns, projecting an image of charm and charisma, making the people (particularly young girls) flock to him, and he knows that when he leaves the town, they will eventually get sick and die ("You will leave me now, you will see it now. Perish at my hands."). He leaves them with a "fresh stigma look"; marks indicating disease - but using the dual meaning of the word stigma, it is also a sign indicating disgrace. He speaks to his future victims: "And you are just like them all, stained by the names of fathers. I'm greeting my downward fall, leaving the throes to others." In other words, all those he infects will suffer the painful throes of death while he happily meets death head on.