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OPETH - WINDOWPANE
the first track from the most beautiful album in the music history, damnation
tabbed by eugenio crippa alias opethpainter, whom you can thank @ demon_of_the_fall@msn.com
normal tuning, with a capo on the 2nd fret [thanx matt]
More tabs at Opeth's Domain: http://opeth.darkwood.com
I - intro - beware of the slight rhythm variations - play 8 times
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------2-------------2---------2----------------------|
|--------4-------------4---------4---------------7p2-4--|
|------4-----4-----4-----------4-----4-----2h4/7--------|
|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------------|
II - starts to sing - repeat 12 times
"Blank face in the windowpane
Made clear in seconds of light
Disappears and returns again
Counting hours, searching the night"
|----------------2------------------|
|----------2------------------------|
|------8-----8-------8---8-----8----|
|----6---6-----6-------6-----6---6--|
|--4-----------------------2--------|
|-----------------------------------|
times 9-12: keyboards enter [transposed for guitar]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-------------------------------7---------------------------------|
|--9-------------------------------8---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----4-2----4-5-----------------4---------------------------------|
|--6----4-2----4-6-----------------4---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
III - repeat I 8 times, with the 1st guitar solo:
|--/9--|--/9-9-10-9-7-9-7/9---7-------|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|------|------------------------10-9--|--9--10--9--10p9---------------------------------|------|
|------|------------------------------|--.---.--.-------11-9----------------------------|--/8--|
|------|------------------------------|----------------------/9----9--------------------|------|
|------|------------------------------|-------------------------12---12p11-9-----7h9--|------|
|------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|-------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|----------7-----9--9b10--|--10r9b-(x7)--|--7-9-7------7--------------------|------------|
|--7-6--------6-----------|--------------|--------/7-6---64-6h7p6----------|------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|-----------------------------9--|--9p7-9/11--|
|-------------------------|--------------|-----------------------------.----|------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|---------|-------------------------------|
|------------------|---------|-------------------------------|
|-------9-11-------|---------|-------------------------------|
|--9h11------119--|--7h9-6--|--6h7p6---6--------------------|
|------------------|---------|--------9---7h9-9-----2---3-4--|
|------------------|---------|-------------------------------|
IV - repeat II together with the 2nd verse
"Might be waiting for someone
Might be there for us to see
Might be in need of talking
Might be staring directly at me"
V - things change:
gtr1
1.2.3.4.7. 5.6. 8.
|7-----5------------------|--8-----6--------------------|---------------------------------------------------8-10-10/12|
|------------5------------|--------------6--------------|--5h6p5---5----------------------10---8-10-10/12-------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|--------7---5-7-4-2-------2-9-12-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|gtr2
|------------7-----5------|--------------8-----6--------|----------------------------------------fading in...-10-10/12|
|------------------------5|--------------------------6--|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
VI - new verse, and new riff:
"Inside plays a lullaby
Slurred voice over children cries
On the inside"
1.2.4.5. 3.
|--------5-----------5-----5---------------5---------5-----5---------|----------6---------6-----6---------|
|--------5-----------5-----5---------------5---------5-----5---------|----------6---------6-----6---------|
|------5-----------------5-----5---------5---------------5-----5-----|--------6---------------6-----6-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--5-----------7-------------------5-----------7h8-------------------|--6-------8h9-2---------------------|
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
VII - repeat V
VIII - after the drum solo, repeat this 8 times
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------2-----2-----2------2-----2-----2-----2-----2---------|
|----------7-----7-----7------7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----------|
|--------------------7-----6------------------------------7---10--|
|--2-----8-----9-------------8----7-----7-----8-----9-------------|
> > > > > > > > > > > >
IX - orgasm: the 2nd guitar solo
rhythm gtr:
1.2.5.6. 3.4.7.8.11.12.15.16. 9.10.13.14.
|--4--4--5--5--2--2-----2-------|--4-----5-----2-----------|-----5--5--5--------2--2-------|
|--5--5--7--7-------2-----------|--5-----7-----2-----------|-----7--7--7--------2--2-------|
|---------------------2---------|-----------------2--------|-------6--------------2--------|
|-------------------------------|--2-----4-----------6-----|-------------------------------|
|--------------5----------------|--------------5-----------|----------------75-------------|
|--2----------------------------|--------------------------|--2----------------------------|
solo gtr:
1.2.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------*------*-----------*-----*-----*--------------------|
|-/9--7--6--7-------------/9--7--/11--9--7-----------9--/--11----7--------/--9----7----7p6-4-------------|
|--------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*listen to mike's fingers sliding on the 4th string
3.
|----------------------|-------------------9--------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------/10--9--9--|--------9b10r9--------12---9h10p9h10p9--|--9h10p9---------------------------------------|
|-----9--11------------|--11-----------11-----------------------|---------11----9--11p9-------------------------|
|-/11------------------|-----11---------------------------------|------------------------/9---------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------12---11h12p11h12--|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--b14--|--------------------------------------9h10----9-----------|
|-----------------------------------|-------|--12b13r12--------12-12h14--12h14----------12---10h12-----|
|-----------------------------------|-------|---------------14-------------------------------------11--|
|----------9-11---------------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--9h11-12----------12-----9h11h12--|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7-10p9p7------7h9-7---7-9-9h10-----9b10r9-7------------9---------------------------|
|--7h10----------7-10-----------------------------------10---9---9-7-9b10r9-7-5-----5h7----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
X - repeat I 10 times
XI - repeat II 19 times with the 4th verse
"Haunting loneliness in the eye
Skin covering secret scars
His hand is waving a goodbye
There's no response or action returned"
the 5th verse enters with keys:
"There is deep prejudice in me
Outshines all reasons inside
Given dreams all ridden with pain
And projected unto the last"
the 20th time, II ends like this:
gtr:
|--------------2--|let both instruments ring
|----------2------|and fade away...
|------8-----8----|
|----6---6--------|
|--4--------------|
|-----------------|
keys:
|-----------------|
|--------------4--|
|--------------4--|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
the end.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Sam Average |
#1 by Sam at Dec 24, 1977 at 12:12 AM EST |
| Wait, I know think that "To Rid The Disease" is (as somebody else suggested) about somebody on their deathbed. But this song still seems to be about some childhood trauma that has made the narrator grow up to be a bitter and scarred person. | |
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josh Rhythm Player |
#2 by josh groocock at Feb 26, 1984 at 7:32 PM EST |
| This album is a THEME (as opposed to "concept") album about death, told through each song in various instances and situations. "Windowpane" is about a ghost who watches over his family and friends, but knows that they can't see him ("His hand is waving a goodbye/ There's no response or action returned"). "To Rid the Disease" is a debate as to whether or not someone should be released from life (perhaps in a hospital, while in critical). And "Weakness" is a haunting closer of someone who is dead...and gone forever...and there is nothing left, and nobody to talk to. Stuck in eternity. Just keep in mind that this is probably the grimmest death album. Grim, but beautiful...like all of Opeth's art. | |
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Zane Rhythm Player |
#3 by Zane Haight at Aug 20, 2000 at 6:20 AM EST |
| He did dedicate this album to his grandmother...but, she died during the recording. Not before. He dedicated it to her, after the fact. He supposidely stated that, after her death, what he had already written...brought to him a deeper meaning. Or...you get the idea. | |
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chris Average |
#4 by chris at Nov 19, 2002 at 8:18 AM EST |
| I interprate this song the as many as the others, it reminds me of a drunken father who was abusive. It tells of hour the father would dissapear during the night and then how they would search and he would come back in the morning, his face pressed up against the window pane trying to get someones attention, its possible that this is a memory. the song continnues on to tell of his past and how this figure has affected him, ending with telling about how he still dreams about what has happened in his past and how it still affects him to this day... this is a beautiful song, opeth are amazing and this song reminds me of my childhood | |
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