To Bid You Farewell Guitar Tab

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OPETH - TO BID YOU FAREWELL


normal tuning

please notice that:
- gtr 1 - left guitar
- gtr 2 - right guitar


I - repeat almost 8 times in crescendo

|-------------------|gtr 1
|-------------------|
|----------0--------|
|------4-----4---4--|
|----2---2-----2----|
|--0----------------|


II - repeat 4 times

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 1
|------------------------------------------0---------------0--------|
|----------0---------------0-----------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0--|
|------4-----4---4-----4-----4---4---4---4-----4-----4---4-----4----|
|----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---5---------------5----------------|
|--0---------------0------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----------------------------7-4--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--0-------0-3-2---------------------------0-2---------------|
|----0-----------------------------------0-------------------|
|------0-----------------------------4-----------------------|
|--------2-----------------2h4p2---4---4---------------------|
|--------------------------------2---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                            |
|--3p0-------------------------------------------------------|
|------0-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------0---------------------------------------------------|
|----------4p2-0-----------2h4p2-----------2/4---------------|
|--------------------------------2---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|


III - repeat 4 times

|--------------------------------3-------3--2----------------------|
|--3-------3/5---------------------------------------0-2-3-5---2----|
|------4-------6----------------------------------------------------|
|----4---4-------------7---------5-------5--4----------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                   |
|------------------------------0-3p2-0---0h2-2----------------------|
|--3---------0-------------------------3----------------------------|
|--------------2----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


IV - play 2 times

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

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


play III 4 times again


play IV 2 times with a slight variation at the beginning:


V - play 4 times

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3--------------------------------------------|
|----------2--------------------------------------------|
|--0-------0--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10-10-10-10-10---8-86-6---5-5---5-let ring--|
|----------10-10-10-10-109-9-97-75-5-5---5-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|


VI - starts to sing...

"i am awaiting the sunrise
 gazing modestly to the coldest morning
 once it came you lied
 embracing us over autumn's proud treetops"

|------------------------------------1---------------1---------------|gtr 2
|----1-------------------------------3---------------3---------------|
|----3---------------3--------------2---------------2----------------|
|---3----------------5-------------0---------------0-----------------|
|-01----------------5------------------------------------------------|
|------------------3-------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                    |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 1*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----3-------------------------------7---------------7---------------|
|---3----------------5--------------7---------------7----------------|
|--1----------------5--------------5---------------5-----------------|
|------------------3-------------------------------------------------|

follow the same pattern for gtr 1 in the following acoustic part

 play 2 times:
|----1---------------1-----------------------------------------------|gtr2
|----3---------------3---------------1-------------------------------|
|---2---------------2----------------3---------------3---------------|
|--0---------------0----------------3----------------5---------------|
|---------------------------------01----------------5----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------3-----------------|

 ...then:
|----1---------------1---------------|
|----3---------------3---------------|
|---2---------------2----------------|
|--0---------------0-----------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


VIII - guitar solo

|------------------------------------------------------|solo gtr
|-------5---5b6r5-----3h5-------------------5h8-5------|
|-----7-------------------5-2-----------2/5------------|
|-5/7--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                      |
|-------------------1---------------------------1------|gtr 2
|-------------------3---------------------------3------|
|-----------------2---------------------------2--------|
|---------------0---------------------------0----------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|----5-8-----------------------------------------------|
|---6----------8/10-8/10-----------8---6---5/6-5-------|
|--7---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                      |
|------------------1---------------------------1-------|
|------------------3---------------------------3-------|
|----------------2---------------------------2---------|
|--------------0---------------------------0-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------10-10b---10-10b-10-10b-------|
|------6------8/10b--------10------------------------------|
|--5-7---7-10-----------12b--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                          |
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------1---------------------------------------|
|------------------3-----------------3---------------------|
|----------------3-------------------5---------------------|
|------------0-1-------------------5-----------------------|
|--------------------------------3-------------------------|

|-13p10--------------13---15----------------------------------------------|
|-------10-----13-15---------13-----------10---13p10------------13--------|
|----------------------------------------------------12-----12b------12b--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                         |
|------------1--------------------------------------1---------------------|
|------------3--------------------------------------3---------------------|
|----------2--------------------------------------2-----------------------|
|--------0--------------------------------------0-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


VIII - play 2 times - mikael sings again

"i stand motionless
 in a parade of falling rain
 your voice i cannot hear
 as i am falling again"

|---1---------------1----------------------------------------------|gtr 2
|---3---------------3--------------1-------------------------------|
|--2---------------2---------------3---------------3---------------|
|-0---------------0---------------3----------------5---------------|
|-------------------------------01----------------5----------------|
|------------------------------------------------3-----------------|


play V 4 times


IX

 1.9.10.11.12.
|-----3-------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 1
|----5--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 2.3.4.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 5.6.8.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 7.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------0----------------------------------------------------|
|----------4--------------------------------------------------------|
|------2------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                   |
|1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.                                        |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-7-75-5-5---4---2/4---4----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-5-53-3-3---2---0h2---2----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


X - play 6 times with some variations...

|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7----------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7h8---8-8----------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7h9---9-9----------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7h9---9-9----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
|------------------------------------------------7----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------8---8----------|
|----------------------------------------------------9-----9p7----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------9--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


XI - elctric gtrs enter

"devotion eludes
 and in sadness i lumber
 in my own ashes
 i am standing without a soul"

 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.                    1.3.5.7.            2.4.6.
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|gtr 1
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--2h4--------------|-------------------|
|--2-------2-2-4h5---5-----4h5------|--------4---0h2----|--0h2---0----------|
|--2--------------------------------|----------------2--|------------3p2-3--|
|--0-------------------0-0-----0-0--|-------------------|-------------------|
|          . .         . .     . .  |                   |                   |
|                                   |                   |                   |
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|gtr 2
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--2h4---2----------|-------------------|
|--2-------2-2-4h5---5-----4h5------|------------0h2-0--|--5-----4---2---2--|
|--2--------------------------------|-------------------|--7-----5---3---3--|
|--0-------------------0-0-----0-0--|-------------------|-------------------|
           . .         . .     . .

 8.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------4--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0h2---0---------------7-5-4h5p4h5p4-------4-------4h5-7---5-4-4-4-4---4-4-4--|
|------------3p2-------------------------------------------------2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                               |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----4---2---2-------------------5-------4-------------------4-4-4---4-4-4--|
|--7-----5---3---3-------------------7-------5-------------------2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


XII -

|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--4---5---5-5-5-----------------|------------------4-------|--0-2-4-5-4-2-4-2-----------------|
|------------------0-------------|--0h2-3/5-----------------|------------------4-------5-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------2-------3-------|
|                                |                          |                                  |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--0---2---2-2-2-----------------|------------------4-------|----------------------------------|
|------------------3-------------|--2h3-2---------0------0--|--2-3-5-3-2p0-2p0-4-------5-------|
|--------------------------------|--------5-------.------.--|------------------2-------3-------|

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0--------------------|
|--0-2-4-5-4-2-4-2-2--------------------0--let ring--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|                                                    |
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------2------------5--------------------|
|--2-3-5-3-2p0-2p0-2--------------------5--let ring--|
|------------------0---------------------------------|


XIII - short acoustic interlude

|-------------------------------|
|------------------5------------|
|--2--------------5--------4-4--|
|----2-----3-----3--------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


XIV - again electric gtrs - play 4 times

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4-----4-4---4h5-2--(2)4-2----------|
|--3-----5-5-------------2-2------------------------------------------|
|------------------3--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                     |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------4-4-------7-----7-72-------------------*-*--|
|--0-----2-----5-------------------------------5/7-73-2---------2-3--|
|------------------3--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------3--------------------------------------------------|

* just the first 2 times


XV - then still acoustic...

 1.2.3.4.
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------4-4-----5/7---7-7-72-2/4-2p0-----------------|
|--0-----2-----5---------------------------------------2---------2-3---|
|------------------3---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|1.2.3.4.                       |1.2.                                  |
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--4---4-4-4---2h4-2---2h4p2-----------|
|--3-----5---5-5-5-------2-2----|--------------------------------------|
|------------------3------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
                                |3.4.                                  |
                                |--7---7-7-7---7h8---------------------|
                                |------------------10------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|


XVI - ...until the end - play 4 times

"we walked into the night
 am i to bid you farewell?
 why can't you see that i try
 when every tear i shed
 is for you?"

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------0---------------0-2-4p2--------------------------|
|--0-----2-----2-----0h2---------5p4-4---5-2---0----------|
|--------2-----2---------------------------2-----3--------|
|--------0-----0---------------------------0-----5--------|
|                                                         |
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------5--------|
|--9-----0-----0---------------------------------4--------|
|------------------------5-7-54-----------2-----2--------|
|--7-----7-----7-----5/7---------5---7-----2--------------|
|--0-----------0-------------------7----------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------0-------------0-2-4p2-0-2-2/5---4-----0-9--------|
|--0-----2-----2---0h2---------------------7--------------|
(0h5)----2-----2---------------------------------7--------|
|--------0-----0------------------------------------------|
|                                                         |
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------7-----------*--------|
|--9-----0-----0---------------------7-----------2--------|
|------------------------5-7-54-----5-----2-----2--------|
|--7-----7-----7-----5/7---------5---5-----2-----0--------|
|--0-----------0-------------------7----------------------|

* play this chord the last time:

 |-----|
 |--5--|
 |--4--|
 |--2--|
 |-----|
 |-----|

the end.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Chase Wanna Be	#1 by Chase Hendrix at Nov 5, 1973 at 1:50 AM EST
	"Opeth is not Death Metal. Opeth is Melodic Gothic Metal, anyone wanna argue with me on that?" Hahahahahahahahahahaha. Thanks for making my day with your confident (yet absolutely incorrect) statement. Gothic metal: stuff like Nightwish or Lacuna Coil. Death metal: stuff like Cryptopsy or Cannibal Corpse. Melodic death metal: stuff like In Flames or Dark Tranquility. Progressive death metal: OPETH.

No Picture Bobby Wanna Be	#2 by Bobby Warneke at Dec 20, 1974 at 3:34 AM EST
	According to Mikael, this song is about his girlfriend of 4 years who "Fuked another guy". In Mike's own words.

No Picture Toby Musical Thunder	#3 by Toby at Mar 8, 1977 at 3:28 PM EST
	this song is powerfull one of the best song of opeth its about 11 minutes and really emotional track.

No Picture daint Rhythm Player	#4 by daint at Mar 13, 1977 at 11:14 AM EST
	BY far the best opeth song ever recorded I take it as a realtionship ending where the girl just can't love the guy anymore even though the guy does all that he can to make her happy (why can't you see that I try, when everytear I shed is for you?)

No Picture Dan Lead Player	#5 by Dan archy at May 3, 1977 at 2:39 AM EST
	Ithink they are melodic death/prog metal.

No Picture Adrian Lead Player	#6 by Adrian Ortega at Dec 16, 1980 at 5:46 PM EST
	I always connect this song with me and my girlfriend Johanne's relationship.

No Picture i wud give da w Wanna Be	#7 by i wud give da world 2 frankie if it was mine! at Mar 29, 1985 at 10:53 AM EST
	i don't give a flying fuck,what Opeth is. If thier pop, country, punk, who gives a fuck. the point is that they make good fucking music and thats that. lets drop it.

No Picture TAMARA Musical Genius	#8 by TAMARA at Feb 25, 1986 at 4:54 AM EST
	this song is the last on morningrise aand well the rest of the cd is fully heavy and the ultimate in death metal but then you get to this song and its like WOW god he can sing and it makes you feel weird

No Picture Alex Wanna Be	#9 by Alex Jurek at Jul 5, 1989 at 8:12 PM EST
	Haha, this song got me into Opeth... I did a search for the word 'beautiful' on Songmeanings.net for people's comments on the song and I saw one Opeth song, and I remember hearing about them from the Metallica forums...I downloaded this very song, and the rest is history...:D OPETH RULES!!! \m/

No Picture Neal Average	#10 by Neal Breen at Nov 29, 1990 at 2:36 AM EST
	this is honestly the best song....its even better when im stoned

No Picture LJ Average	#11 by LJ at Sep 10, 1991 at 10:29 AM EST
	I don't care what genre these guys are, they kick ass. This song kind of calms you down after the rest of the kick-you-in-the-balls songs on the rest of the CD. This song means a lot to me, since I can kinda relate to it... not in the same way intended, but it's almost what I'm going through.

No Picture The Great South Lead Player	#12 by The Great Southern Trendkill at Dec 18, 1993 at 5:12 AM EST
	Opeth class themselves as melodic death metal.

No Picture Michael Rhythm Player	#13 by Michael Roache at Nov 9, 2001 at 2:36 PM EST
	I would be willing to argue that Opeth isn't goth metal. Goth metal would be more along th elines of To Die For, or maybe Lake Of Tears. Honestly, this has been avidly debated, and the conclusion most us have come to, is that opeth doesn't fit into a genre. Us at ultimatemetal.com have made our new genre for Opeth, "Wandering through a dark, cool, forest" metal. Hehe, really though, does it matter? It kicks all ass, that is all that is important. hails. \m/

No Picture Charley Rhythm Player	#14 by Charley Hockin at Oct 16, 2003 at 5:18 AM EST
	this song is too good, way to good. but i noticed two mistakes in the lyrics... the ending verse is " When every tear that I shed is for you..." i love when metal bands do slow songs, and this is one of the best examples i could ever mention, this song rules.