To Rid The Disease Guitar Tab

Damnation Tabs:

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Artist: Opeth		
Album: Damnation
Song: To Rid The Disease
Transcribed by:Alvaro Ramirez
Email me for any comments or corrections:lazyguitarist@musician.net
Tune guitars to Standard (EADGBE)
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*Note - This is the live version of To Rid The Disease. Opeth plays 
 this version off of the Lamentations-Live at the Sheperd's bush
 Empire 2003 DVD.
===================================================================

.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to     ah - Artificial harmonics
  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Staccato            ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note         - Trill


Riff 1  guitar 2     A                      B
|-----6-----6-----5-----5-----5---|-----5-----5-----3-----3-----3---|
|---3---3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|---2---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
|-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|10x
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


Riff 2 both guitars  A                      B
|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------5-------|
|-------8---8-------7-------7-----|---8-------8-------5-------5---5-|
|---9---------9-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
|-----9---------9-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-------4---------|4x
|-----------------5---------------|-4---------------3---------------|
|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Repeat
Riff 1 8x
Riff 2 5x
Riff 2 A


The solo guitar 2
|---------0---------------5--------------------------------------------|
|---8-------8-------5-------5---5------------0---------------0---------|
|-----0-------0-------0-------0------------0---0-----------0-----0-----|
|-------7-------7-------4----------------2-------2-------2---------2---|
|-4---------------3--------------------2-----------2---2-------------2-|
|---------------------------------0------------------0-----------------|
|
|        guitar 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------7h8---7h8/10--7h8-------------------7h8---7-8/10-8h10--|
|-------------------9-------------9---------------------9--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4---------------4--------------------3---------------2-------|
|--------4----4-----------4---4---------------4----4-----------4---4-----|
|------6--------6-------6--------6----------5--------5-------2-------2---|
|----6------------6---6-------------6-----5------------5---2-----------2-|
|-4-----------------4------------------3-----------------0---------------|
|
|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8---6-8-------------------7------6h7p6--4-------------------|
|--------------9------11--8--9~------------------------4--2--------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------(4)----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|---------0----------------------0-------------------0-------------2-|
|-------3---3-------------3--------3---------------0----0----------2-|
|-----4-------4---------3------------3-----------3--------3--------3-|
|---4-----------4-----4----------------4-------4------------4------4-|
|-2---------------1--------------------------4----------------4----4-|
|------------------------------------------2--------------------2--2-|
|                                                                  * strum 
|                                                                   slowly
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0-2--2h3p2-2---2-3h5p3-2---------------------------------------|
|------------------4-----------4-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------4-2-0----------------------7--------|
|-0-2----------------------------------2-4-5--4-5-7--5-7-9----9--~---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 

keyboard solo

Riff 3 guitar 2
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----5---5--------5---5--------5---5--------5---5---|
|---5---5---5----5---5---5----5---5---5----5---5---5-|
|-9------------7------------9------------7-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
                                                       
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----3---3--------3---3--------3---3--------3---3---|
|---3---3---3----3---3---3----3---3---3----3---3---3-|
|-7------------5------------7------------5-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

Repeat 
Riff 3

Riff 4 both guitars 
|--1--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|-------|
|--3--|--3--|--3--|--2--|--1--|--0--|--0--|-------|
|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--2--|-------|4x
|--0--|--0--|--3--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|-------|
|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--1--|-------|
|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--3-3--|
strum these chords.. (they use some effect)

Repeat 
Riff 3 4x

Ending..
|-------5---|
|-----5---5-|
|---6-------|
|-7---------|
|-----------|
|-----------|


The end...

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture tim Average	#1 by tim martin at Jun 9, 1975 at 3:22 AM EST
	Noooooooooooooooope, nope nope. This song is about a person who is dealing with a (friend? relative? lover?) on their death-bed, and the debate about ending that person's life "to rid the disease," or trying to cling to hope and letting them live. Very dark song.

No Picture MetJustice Wanna Be	#2 by MetJustice at Dec 28, 1976 at 6:14 PM EST
	just maybe, im probably wrong, but "This failure has made the creator So would you tell him what to do (would you)" sounds like how religions invented gods, we being the failure, created god, also "Leave your mark upon the head of someone" sounds like catholic bautism, but im probably wrong about this because the rest of the song wouldnt make sense.

No Picture Anthony Wanna Be	#3 by Anthony Amell at Jan 14, 1977 at 5:39 PM EST
	about the piano part, my favorite riff is the climactic guitar riff just after the erie piano part

No Picture alex Lead Player	#4 by alex beaulieu at Apr 17, 1981 at 8:51 AM EST
	I think he is saying that his father was a bad parent and that he was hurt by his fathers disconnecting feelings towards him. I think he is also tryin to say let it all go and move on and make a difference and to forget the way things were. idk, I thought that's what he was sayin'.

No Picture I BAKE YOU MUFF Average	#5 by I BAKE YOU MUFFIN at Jan 10, 2002 at 10:44 PM EST
	hmm abortion you say? well you should explain that beacuase i dont see it. im not sure what this song is about. it looks like an anti-euthanasia song: "This failure has made the creator So would you tell him what to do (would you)" looks like this says can you tell god what to do? you cant defy god by choosing your own death. but i actually dont think its about that. because this album is about personal subjects of mikael. and im very sure that that would not be mikael's opinion because he is not a religious man looks