Opeth (Orchid)
"Forest of October"
b= bend, t= tap, ^= trill, /= slide up, \= slide down, h= hammer on, p= pull
off. *= tremolo picking
gtr.#1= first guitar, #1cont= first guitar continued, gtr.#2= second guitar,
#2cont= second guitar continued, gtr1&2= both guitars, bthctd= both guitars
continued
Standard tuning (E A D G B E)
0:01 - 0:58 : play gtr.#1 once, play gtr.#2 seven and a half times (till +).
with distortion
g [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
t [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
r [-7--/8-8--/10-10--/12-12---15--14-12--10-12--10-7---7--8-5--7-3--5-2---
. [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/
/
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 -----------------------------------------15--13-----13----------------
c 3-0--3-2-0-2-3--5-7--/12-12---12b14b12----------15-----12---15-14-7---
o ----------------------------------------------------------------------
n ----------------------------------------------------------------------
t ----------------------------------------------------------------------
/
/
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
c 5-3--5-2--3-0---t12---7--/8-8--/10-10--/12-12---15--14-12--10-12--10-7
o ----------------------------------------------------------------------
n ----------------------------------------------------------------------
t ----------------------------------------------------------------------
/
/
# -------------------------------------------------]
1 -------------------------------------------------]
c ---7--8-5--7-3--5-2--3-0--3-2-0-2-3--5-7--/12-12-]
o -------------------------------------------------]
n -------------------------------------------------]
t -------------------------------------------------]
/
/with distortion +
g [-------------------------------------]
t [-------------------------------------]
r [-------------------------------------]
. [-5--5-4--0-3--5-2---5--5-4--0-3--2-2-]
# [-------------------------------------]
2 [-------------------------------------]
0:59 - 1:02 : play once
with distortion
g [---]
t [---]
r [---]
1 [-2-]
& [-2-]
2 [-0-]
1:03 - 1:30 : play four times
with distortion
g [--------------------------------------------------------]
t [--------------------------------------------------------]
r [--------------------------------------------------------]
. [-----7-7h9-9p7-7---10-10p9-9-------7-7h9-9-\4---0-0-2-2-]
# [--------------------------------------------------------]
1 [-0-----------------------------0------------------------]
/
/with distortion
g [-------------------------------------------------------------]
t [-------------------------------------------------------------]
r [-------------------------------------------------------------]
. [-------------------------------------------------------------]
# [-----7-7-/10-10-\9-9---12-12-10-10-------7-7--\2-3---5-5-7-7-]
2 [-0-----------------------------------0-----------------------]
1:31 - 1:41 : play once
with distortion
g [--------------------------]
t [--------------------------]
r [-4------------------------]
. [-------------2----------2-]
# [-------2-----2----------2-]
1 [-------------0----------0-]
/
/with distortion
g [--------------------------]
t [--------------------------]
r [--------------------------]
. [-------------2----------2-]
# [-7-----2-----2----------2-]
2 [-------------0----------0-]
1:42 - 2:17 : play gtr.#1 four times, gtr.#2 eight times
with distortion
g [-----------------------------------------------------]
t [-----------------------------------------------------]
r [-------------2*****-----4---4*****5*****2*****4*****-]
. [-4*****5*****------2--2------------------------------]
# [-------------------2--2------------------------------]
1 [-------------------0--0------------------------------]
/
/with distortion
g [--------------------------]
t [--------------------------]
r [--------------------------]
. [-------------3*****2*****-]
# [-2*****3*****-------------]
2 [--------------------------]
2:18 - 2:21 : play once
with distortion
g [--------------------------------]
t [--------------------------------]
r [-/9\----------------------------]
1 [-/9\--2--2222--2222--2222--2222-]
& [-/7\--2--2222--2222--2222--2222-]
2 [------0--0000--0000--0000--0000-]
2:22 - 2:31 : play four times
clean
g [-------------------------]
t [-------------------------]
r [-----4-----4-----4-----4-]
1 [---4-----4-----4-----4---]
& [-2-----0-----------------]
2 [-------------3-----2-----]
2:32 - 2:49 : play eight times
with distortion
g [------------------------]
t [------------------------]
r [-9***7*9*10*------------]
. [------------9---9-10--9-]
# [------------------------]
1 [------------------------]
/
/with distortion
g [----------------------]
t [----------------------]
r [----------------------]
. [----------------------]
# [------------2--0------]
2 [-0--000--00------3--2-]
2:50 - 2:59 : play four times
clean
g [-------------------------]
t [-------------------------]
r [-----4-----4-----4-----4-]
1 [---4-----4-----4-----4---]
& [-2-----0-----------------]
2 [-------------3-----2-----]
3:00 - 3:02 : play once
clean
g [---]
t [---]
r [---]
1 [---]
& [---]
2 [-0-]
3:03 - 3:22 : play four times, gtr.#2 enters second time
with distortion
g [------------------------------------------------]
t [------------------------------------------------]
r [------------------------------------------------]
1 [-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--2-2p1---]
& [-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--------1-]
2 [-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----------]
3:23 - 3:32 : play four times
with distortion
g [-----------------------]
t [-----------------------]
r [-----------------------]
. [-4--2------------------]
# [------4/5---4--4-4/5-5-]
1 [------------5--5-------]
/
/with distortion
g [-----------------------]
t [-----------------------]
r [-----------------------]
. [-----------------------]
# [-2--0---5---4--4-4\2-2-]
2 [------2----------------]
3:33 - 3:51: play twice
with distortion
g [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
t [------------------2------------------2------------------2--------------
r [------------2--1---------------2--1---------------2--1---------------2-
. [-4--4-4-4-4---------4--4-4-4-4---------2--2-2-2-2---------2--2-2-2-2---
# [-4--4-4-4-4---------4--4-4-4-4---------2--2-2-2-2---------2--2-2-2-2---
1 [-2--2-2-2-2---------2--2-2-2-2---------0--0-0-0-0---------0--0-0-0-0---
/
/
# ------]
1 ----2-]
c -1----]
o ------]
n ------]
t ------]
/
/with distortion
g [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
t [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
r [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
. [----4-2-4-5-4--2-4-----4-2-4-5-4--2-4-----4-2-4-5-4--2-4-----4-2-4-5-4-
# [-4------------------4------------------2------------------2------------
2 [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/
/
# ------]
2 ------]
c ------]
o -2-4--]
n ------]
t ------]
3:52 - 4:00: play four times
with distortion
g [-----------------------]
t [-----------------------]
r [-----------------------]
. [-4--2------------------]
# [------4/5---4--4-4/5-5-]
1 [------------5--5-------]
/
/with distortion
g [-----------------------]
t [-----------------------]
r [-----------------------]
. [-----------------------]
# [-2--0---5---4--4-4\2-2-]
2 [------2----------------]
4:01 - 4:19 : play four times (this part is different than 3:33...)
with distortion
g [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
t [------------------2------------------2---------------------------------
r [------------2--1---------------2--1---------------------4--------------
. [-4--4-4-4-4---------4--4-4-4-4---------2--2-2-2-2-5--4----2--2-2-2-2--5
# [-4--4-4-4-4---------4--4-4-4-4---------2--2-2-2-2---------2--2-2-2-2---
1 [-2--2-2-2-2---------2--2-2-2-2---------0--0-0-0-0---------0--0-0-0-0---
/
/
# ------]
1 ------]
c ----4-]
o -4----]
n ------]
t ------]
/
/with distortion
g [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
t [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
r [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
. [----------5-4--2-4-----------5-4--2-4-----------3-2--0-2-----------3-2-
# [-4--4-5p4-----------4--4-5p4-----------2--2-3p2-----------2--2-3p2-----
2 [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/
/
# ------]
2 ------]
c ------]
o -0-2--]
n ------]
t ------]
4:20 - 4:37 : play eight times
with distortion
g [-----------------------]
t [-----------------------]
r [-----------------------]
. [-4--2------------------]
# [------4/5---4--4-4/5-5-]
1 [------------5--5-------]
/
/with distortion
g [-----------------------]
t [-----------------------]
r [-----------------------]
. [-----------------------]
# [-2--0---5---4--4-4\2-2-]
2 [------2----------------]
4:38 - 4:40 : play once
with distortion
g [---]
t [---]
r [---]
1 [-4-]
& [-4-]
2 [-2-]
4:41 - 4:52 : play four times
clean
g [-------------------------------]
t [----------------0--------------]
r [----------0-------0---0--------]
1 [------4-----4-------4----4---4-]
& [----4---4-----4------------4---]
2 [-2-----------------------------]
4:53 - 5:04 : play gtr.#1 once, play gtr.#2 four times
with distortion (fade in with volume knob)
g [--------------------------------------------]
t [--------------------------------------------]
r [--------------------------------------------]
. [-3------4--/6--/8--h6----4--h6--3--4---p3-3-]
# [--------------------------------------------]
1 [--------------------------------------------]
/
/clean
g [----------------0--------------]
t [----------0-------0---0--------]
r [------3-----3-------3----3---3-]
. [----3---3-----3------------3---]
# [-1-----------------------------]
2 [-------------------------------]
5:05 - 5:16 : play gtr.#1 once, play gtr.#2 four times
with distortion (fade in with volume knob)
g [---------------------------------------------------]
t [---------------------------------------------------]
r [---------------------------------------------------]
. [-------------------------------------------------4-]
# [-4------5--/7--/9--h7----5--h7--4--5---p4----------]
1 [------------------------------------------2--------]
/
/clean
g [-------------------------------]
t [----------------0--------------]
r [----------0-------0---0--------]
. [------4-----4-------4----4---4-]
# [----4---4-----4------------4---]
2 [-2-----------------------------]
5:17 - 5:28 : play gtr.#1 once, play gtr.#2 four times
with distortion
g [---------------------------------------------------]
t [---------------------------------------------------]
r [-------------------------------------------------3-]
. [-3------4--/6--/8--h6----4--h6--3--4---p3----------]
# [------------------------------------------1--------]
1 [---------------------------------------------------]
/
/clean
g [----------------0--------------]
t [----------0-------0---0--------]
r [------3-----3-------3----3---3-]
. [----3---3-----3------------3---]
# [-1-----------------------------]
2 [-------------------------------]
5:29 - 5:40 : play gtr.#1 once, play gtr.#2 four times
with distortion (hold chord)
g [---]
t [---]
r [---]
. [-2-]
# [-2-]
1 [-0-]
/
/clean
g [------------------------------]
t [------------------------------]
r [----------0-----3-----3-----0-]
. [------4-----4-----4-----4-----]
# [----4---4-----4-----4-----4---]
2 [-2----------------------------]
5:41 - 5:44 : play once
with distortion
g [----------]
t [----------]
r [----------]
1 [-2------2-]
& [-2------2-]
2 [-0------0-]
6:39 - 6:59 : play twice
with distortion
g [-------------------------------------------]
t [-0-/12-12---12p11-11---11\-2--1b1.5--------]
r [-------------------------------------2p1-1-]
. [-------------------------------------------]
# [-------------------------------------------]
1 [-------------------------------------------]
7:00 - 7:25 : play twice
with distortion
g [-------------------------------------------]
t [-0-/12-12---12p11-11---11\-2--1b1.5--------]
r [-------------------------------------2p1-1-]
. [-------------------------------------------]
# [-------------------------------------------]
1 [-------------------------------------------]
/
/clean
g
t [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
r [-----9------9------9-------8------8------8-------6------6------6-------
. [---9------9------9---9---8------8------8---8---6------6------6---6-----
# [-7------7-----7--------6------6-----6--------4------4-----4----------6-
2 [-------------------------------------------------------------------4---
/
/
# ------------------]
2 ------------------]
c ------------------]
o 6------6------6---]
n -----6------6---6-]
t ---4-----4--------]
7:26 - 7:50 : play twice
with distortion
g [-------------------------------------------]
t [-0-/12-12---12p11-11---11\-2--1b1.5--------]
r [-------------------------------------2p1-1-]
. [-------------------------------------------]
# [-------------------------------------------]
1 [-------------------------------------------]
/
/with distortion
g [-------------------------------------------]
t [-------------------------------------------]
r [-9--9---9\8-8--8---8\6-6--6---6------------]
. [-9--9---9\8-8--8---8\6-6--6---6---6--6---6-]
# [-7--7---7\6-6--6---6\4-4--4---4---6--6---6-]
2 [----------------------------------4--4---4-]
7:51 - 7:53 : play once
with distortion
g [-------------]
t [-------------]
r [-------------]
1 [-6---6-6---6-]
& [-6---6-6---6-]
2 [-4---4-4---4-]
7:54 - 8:05 : play four times
clean
g [-----------------------------]
t [-----------------------------]
r [-------4-----------3---------]
1 [-----6----6----------4-------]
& [---6---------6---4------4----]
2 [-4-------------2-----------2-]
8:06 - 8:20 : play gtr.#1 twice, gtr.#2 four times
with distortion
g [---------------------]
t [---------------------]
r [---------------------]
. [---------------------]
# [-----------------6-4-]
1 [-4---7-6---7-4-------]
/
/clean
g [-----------------------------]
t [-----------------------------]
r [-------4-----------3---------]
. [-----6----6----------4-------]
# [---6---------6---4------4----]
2 [-4-------------2-----------2-]
8:21 - 8:37 : play gtr.#1 once, play gtr.#2 four times
with distortion
g [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
t [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
r [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
. [-2---2--2-2-----2---2--2-2---------------2-2-2-2-2--2-2-----2---2--2-2-
# [-2---2--2-2-5---2---2--2-2-5--5/8-7h8-7--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-5---2---2--2-2-
1 [-0---0--0-0-----0---0--0-0---------------0-0-0-0-0--0-0-----0---0--0-0-
/
/
# -----------]
1 -----------]
c -----------]
o -----------]
n 5---/8---7-]
t -----------]
/
/clean
g [---------------------------------]
t [---------0-------------6p5-6p5-6-]
r [-------1---1---------7-----------]
. [-----2-------2-----7-------------]
# [---2-----------2-5---------------]
2 [-0-------------------------------]
8:38 - 8:40 : play once
with distortion
g [-------------------------------------]
t [-------------------------------------]
r [-/9\---------------------------------]
1 [-/9\-2-2222-2222-2222-2222-2222-2222-]
& [-/7\-2-2222-2222-2222-2222-2222-2222-]
2 [-----0-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-]
8:41 - 9:13 : play almost four times (till +)
with distortion +
g [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
t [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
r [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 [-2***1*----2***1*----5***4*----5***4*----4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-
& [-------0***------0***------3***------3***4---3-4-4-4---3-4-4-4---3-4-4-
2 [-----------------------------------------2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-
/
/
b ----------]
t ----------]
h ----------]
c 4-4---4-4-]
t 4---3-4-4-]
d 2-----2-2-]
9:13 - 9:16 : play once
with distortion
g [-------------------------]
t [-------------------------]
r [-------------------------]
1 [-4-4-4--4--4--4--4--4--4-]
& [-4-4-4--4--4--4--4--4--4-]
2 [-2-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2-]
I have divided the solo into four parts for ease of writing:
9:17 - 9:25
with distortion
g [-------------------------3---4-3------9p6---6--------------------------
t [------------------------------------------7---7---7--------------------
r [-2--2--5p2-4-2-0-2-5--5----5-----5--------------6---6---6-----------6--
. [-----------------------------------7------------------8---8-------8---8
# [------------------------------------------------------------9-0-9------
1 [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/
/
# -----]
1 ---7-]
c -6---]
o -----]
n -----]
t -----]
/
/with distortion
g [----------------------------------------------------------]
t [----------------------------------------------------------]
r [----------------------------------------------------------]
. [-2***********5***********---4-------4-------4-------4-----]
# [------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3---]
2 [--------------------------2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-]
9:26 - 9:34
with distortion
g [-------------------------3---4-3------9p6---6--------------------------
t [------------------------------------------7---7---7--------------------
r [-2--2--5p2-4-2-0-2-5--5----5-----5--------------6---6---6-----------6--
. [-----------------------------------7------------------8---8-------8---8
# [------------------------------------------------------------9-0-9------
1 [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/
/
# -----]
1 ---7-]
c -6---]
o -----]
n -----]
t -----]
/
/with distortion
g [----------------------------------------------------------]
t [----------------------------------------------------------]
r [----------------------------------------------------------]
. [----------------------------4-------4-------4-------4-----]
# [-0***********3***********-----3-------3-------3-------3---]
2 [--------------------------2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-]
9:35 - 9:43
with distortion
g [--------------------------------------------------------------------------
t [----5----------5----------8----------8----------------7-9--10-7-----------
r [-2----5-4-2-2----5-4-2-5----8-7-5-5----8-7-5----6-7-6------------6----6-7-
. [---------------------------------------------4---------------------4------
# [--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 [--------------------------------------------------------------------------
/
/
# -------------9-]
1 --7-9-/10-10---]
c 6--------------]
o ---------------]
n ---------------]
t ---------------]
/
/with distortion
g [--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
t [--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
r [--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
. [-2***1*----2***1*----5***4*----5***4*-------4-------4-------4-------4-----]
# [-------0***------0***------3***------3***-----3-------3-------3-------3---]
2 [------------------------------------------2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-]
9:44 - 9:51
with distortion
g [--------------------------------------------------------------------------
t [----5----------5----------8----------8----------------7-9--10-7-----------
r [-2----5-4-2-2----5-4-2-5----8-7-5-5----8-7-5----6-7-6------------6----6-7-
. [---------------------------------------------4---------------------4------
# [--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 [--------------------------------------------------------------------------
/
/
# -------------9-]
1 --7-9-/10-10---]
c 6--------------]
o ---------------]
n ---------------]
t ---------------]
/
/with distortion
g [--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
t [--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
r [--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
. [-2***1*----2***1*----5***4*----5***4*-------4-------4-------4-------4-----]
# [-------0***------0***------3***------3***-----3-------3-------3-------3---]
2 [------------------------------------------2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-]
9:52 - 10:00 : play twice, gtr.#2 second time only
with distortion
g [---------------------------------]
t [---------------------------------]
r [---------------------------------]
. [---------------------------------]
# [---------------------------------]
1 [-2--4-5--4-7--5-4--2-5--4-2--0-2-]
/
/with distortion
g [-----------------------]
t [-----------------------]
r [-----------------------]
. [---------------------4-]
# [-4---------------------]
2 [-----------------------]
10:01 - 10:17 : play four times
with distortion
g [---------------------------------]
t [---------------------------------]
r [---------------------------------]
. [---------------------------------]
# [---------------------------------]
1 [-2--4-5--4-7--5-4--2-5--4-2--0-2-]
/
/with distortion
g [------------------------------------]
t [------------------------------------]
r [------------------------------------]
. [-----------------------/7--6-4--2-4-]
# [-4--5-4--2-2-4-5-4---2--------------]
2 [------------------------------------]
10:18 - 10:35 : play four times
with distortion
g [------------------------------------------]
t [------------------------------------------]
r [----2\1-1-4/6-h7-6---7--6-2--1----2-1-----]
. [-4-----------------------------4-------2/-]
# [------------------------------------------]
1 [------------------------------------------]
/
/with distortion
g [---------------------------------------]
t [---------------------------------------]
r [---------------------------------------]
. [-4-------------------------------------]
# [-----4---5---2---4-2-0-2-0-------------]
2 [---------------------------4-2--5-4--0-]
10:36 - 10:50 : play four times
with distortion
g [---------------------------------]
t [---------------------------------]
r [---------------------------------]
. [---------------------------------]
# [---------------------------------]
1 [-2--4-5--4-7--5-4--2-5--4-2--0-2-]
/
/with distortion
g [------------------------------------]
t [------------------------------------]
r [------------------------------------]
. [-----------------------/7--6-4--2-4-]
# [-4--5-4--2-2-4-5-4---2--------------]
2 [------------------------------------]
10:51 - 11:07 : play four times
with distortion
g [------------------------------------------]
t [------------------------------------------]
r [----2\1-1-4/6-h7-6---7--6-2--1----2-1-----]
. [-4-----------------------------4-------2/-]
# [------------------------------------------]
1 [------------------------------------------]
/
/with distortion
g [---------------------------------------]
t [---------------------------------------]
r [---------------------------------------]
. [-4-------------------------------------]
# [-----4---5---2---4-2-0-2-0-------------]
2 [---------------------------4-2--5-4--0-]
11:08 - 11:09 : play once
with distortion
g [---]
t [---]
r [---]
1 [-4-]
& [-4-]
2 [-2-]
11:10 - 11:26 : play twice
with distortion
g [----------------------------------------------------------------------
t [----------------------------------------------------------------------
r [----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 [4--4-4-4--6--6-6-6--7--7-7-7--9--9-9-9--9--9-9-9--7--7-7-7--6--6-6-2--
& [----------------------------------------------------------------------
2 [2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4--5--5-5-5--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--5--5-5-5--4--4-4-0--
/
/
b ---------]
t ---------]
h ---------]
c 4--4-4-4-]
t ---------]
d 2--2-2-2-]
11:27 - 11:42 : play gtr.#1 once, gtr.#2 twice
with distortion
g [--------------------------------------------------------------------
t [--------------------------------------------------------------------
r [----------------------2p1-1h2-2/4-4---4b5b4--2h4p2-2--1h2-4-2-1-----
. [4p2-2h4-4/6-6p4-4h6-6-------------------------------------------2/4-
# [--------------------------------------------------------------------
1 [--------------------------------------------------------------------
/
/ hold bend
# ---------------------------------------------------------------7-9-10
1 ----7---------------------------------------------------7-9-10-------
c 4b5---5-b4--2^4p2\1-2p1---/6----6-4-2-4-2---2-4-2--------------------
o ------------------------2-----------------4-------4-2----------------
n ------------------------------------------------------4--------------
t ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/
/
# /14-]
1 ----]
c ----]
o ----]
n ----]
t ----]
/
/with distortion
g [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
t [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
r [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
. [-4--4-4-4--6--6-6-6--7--7-7-7--9--9-9-9--9--9-9-9--7--7-7-7--6--6-6-2--
# [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
2 [-2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4--5--5-5-5--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--5--5-5-5--4--4-4-0--
/
/
# ---------]
2 ---------]
c ---------]
o 4--4-4-4-]
n ---------]
t 2--2-2-2-]
11:43 - 11:59 : play twice
with distortion
g [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
t [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
r [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 [-4--4-4-4--6--6-6-6--7--7-7-7--9--9-9-9--9--9-9-9--7--7-7-7--6--6-6-2--
& [-----------------------------------------------------------------------
2 [-2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4--5--5-5-5--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--5--5-5-5--4--4-4-0--
/
/
b ---------]
t ---------]
h ---------]
c 4--4-4-4-]
t ---------]
d 2--2-2-2-]
12:00 - 12:07 : play once
with distortion
g [-----]
t [-----]
r [-----]
1 [-2-2-]
& [-2-2-]
2 [-0-0-]
12:08 - 12:22 : play twice, play gtr.#2 second time only
clean
g [--------------------------------------------------------]
t [--------------------------------------------------------]
r [--------------------------------------------------------]
. [-----7-7h9-9p7-7---10-10p9-9-------7-7h9-9-\4---0-0-2-2-]
# [--------------------------------------------------------]
1 [-0-----------------------------0------------------------]
/
/clean
g [-0-]
t [-0-]
r [-0-]
. [-2-]
# [-2-]
2 [-0-]
12:23 - 12:52 : play four times
clean
g [--------------------------------------------------------]
t [--------------------------------------------------------]
r [--------------------------------------------------------]
. [-----7-7h9-9p7-7---10-10p9-9-------7-7h9-9-\4---0-0-2-2-]
# [--------------------------------------------------------]
1 [-0-----------------------------0------------------------]
/
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Julian Average |
#1 by Julian . at May 24, 1971 at 2:54 AM EST |
| Obviously this song's 'bout a man that finally found his freedom in death.%) | |
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gabby Professional |
#2 by gabby at Sep 24, 1972 at 8:52 AM EST |
| Great riff at 3:33 | |
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Goat Average |
#3 by Goat Screwer at Sep 28, 1972 at 10:36 AM EST |
| you could sum this song up in one word: depression not death, not suicide, just the depression itself | |
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Ace Average |
#4 by Ace Of Spades at Jun 16, 1980 at 5:33 AM EST |
| its actually pretty clearly about the devil rising to the earth (perhaps he exists in this forest). "From the eternal sea I rise, veiled in darkness on either shore" the antichrist rising, this poem is in the bible somewhere its somewhat in the movie "the omen" too | |
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tim Average |
#5 by tim martin at Feb 7, 1982 at 9:15 AM EST |
| "I am so alone, so cold My heart is to scarred to glow I wish the sunrise to come Take my soul (away) From this cold, lonely shell I am free" That sounds like he's a vampire. so maybe someone can add it up with the rest of the lyrics vampire wise haha.... i have no idea, it was just a thought... | |
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Da 1 n onli Mat Average |
#6 by Da 1 n onli Matt! goncalves at Apr 26, 1985 at 6:52 AM EST |
| whats all this bullshit about vampires and such, you really think mikael would write about that :s come one his writing is much deeper than that | |
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jimmy Wanna Be |
#7 by jimmy rodrigues at Sep 7, 1989 at 12:48 PM EST |
| Not all of Opeth's song are that deep and who know maybe is related, nobody knows but him, you close minded bastard. | |
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joel Average |
#8 by joel christman at Dec 17, 1996 at 7:57 AM EST |
| THE FOREST OF OCTOBER~ when he growls that its awesome. i also like that crazy solo after the mellow acoustic part near the middle. | |
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bobby Rhythm Player |
#9 by bobby volm at Jan 8, 1999 at 1:56 PM EST |
| This song is one of the best of Orchid, which, in my opinion, is their best album. Every song on it is fuckin amazing, although not recorded as good as it should've been. | |
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ToRRi Average |
#10 by ToRRi L at Dec 22, 2001 at 7:01 AM EST |
| I'm going with the Damien route as well. I think this is about the anit-christ rising onto earth. "The memories that now rests in this forest Forever shadowing the sunrise of my heart" The "now rests" part makes me think that these memories are now stored there. And he must roam through this forest while these memories keep him from happiness. "forever shadowing the sunrise of my heart" "Wings leave their nest at my coming Swaying away unto the cold glowing sky Dreaming away for a while My spirit sighs in peace Gazing unto the stars Please, take me there" Birds flee as he walks by, perhaps sensing his evil. He day dreams of his soul being in peace. Peace his soul has never had, nor ever will. He is forever tormented, like the Devil. "I am so alone, so cold My heart is to scarred to glow I wish the sunrise to come Take my soul (away) From this cold, lonely shell I am free" More description of his pain and torment. His sense of being alone and deserted in this world. Forsaken like Lucifer was by God. He is almost begging for forgiveness. "From the eternal sea I rose Veiled in darkness on either shore Lost my pride, lost its glow For me the sun rose no more" This is why I think its the anti-christ. The first two lines "from the eternal see I rose, Veiled in darkness on either shore" Are very similar to the rising of Damien...the anti-christ. The original line goes "From eternal sea he rises, creating armies on either shore, turning man against his brother, till man exists no more" Its not exactly like it, but its VERY close. So either he is the anti-christ, or he thinks he is. And those past memories are memories of his mortal life. Perhaps as a man in the military, or a hit man, serial killer, or whatever else is surrounded by death and bad things. And because of this, he will never find peace. "For me the sun rose no more" "The forest of October Sleeps silent when I depart The web of time Hides my last trace" I don't know what he is trying to get at here with the Forest. I'm lost there. But the October month, or fall, has something to do with it. Perhaps since October is in the Fall, the season in which everything dies, is why its named this way. A forest of death if you will. Kinda sounds like Hell. He travels through time, as God or any angel/fallen angel can (I think), and his evil doings are hidden in his ability to manipulate time. "My blaze travel the last universe Like the sights of magic Wrapped in aeons My mind is one with my soul I fall alone While leaves fall from the weeping trees" The "blaze" could be the after-math of his wraith. And it travels to the "last universe" Which could essentially be hell. Since hell is suppose to be the farthest place away from God and his love, which is why its such a dark and evil place. Perhaps the bit about falling is in reference to Lucifer's fall from Heaven. So yeah, thats the way I see it. | |
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Charley Rhythm Player |
#11 by Charley Hockin at Sep 27, 2005 at 9:00 AM EST |
| Yeah, I don't see this song having to do with the devil at all. Depression seems more accurate imo. "The memories that now rests in this forest Forever shadowing the sunrise of my heart" Maybe thinking of all the bad memories in this guy's life. "Wings leave their nest at my coming Swaying away unto the cold glowing sky" It seems like no one likes him and even birds want to get away from him. Also, describing the sky as cold would also show that he's really depressed. "Dreaming away for a while My spirit sighs in peace" He's dreaming of a much better life and feels at peace at the time. "Gazing unto the stars Please, take me there" He looks up at the sky/stars and wants to go up with them so he can get away from himself. "I am so alone, so cold My heart is to scarred to glow I wish the sunrise to come" Obviously saying he's depressed. The sunrise could represent the dream he was having. "Take my soul (away) From this cold, lonely shell I am free" He wants to escape. The part about him being free means that he started dreaming again. "From the eternal sea I rose Veiled in darkness on either shore Lost my pride, lost its glow For me the sun rose no more" This part is during his dream. The eternal sea signifies his life as it is, with darkness and depression all around him. He felt like he could never get away from it. "The forest of October Sleeps silent when I depart The web of time Hides my last trace" Still during his dream: The forest of October is the earth, which is no different (sleeps silent) now that he's gone to a better place. "My blaze travel the last universe Like the sights of magic" Still during his dream: He travels around to every universe. Everything is so joyful and seems like magic to him. "Wrapped in aeons My mind is one with my soul" Still during his dream: He finally feels one with himself; like all the separate parts of him that were scattered on the earth because of his depression are together now. "I fall alone While leaves fall from the weeping trees" He wakes up and snaps back to reality. Describing the trees as weeping would show you again that he's back to being depressed. So that's my interpretation. Could be wrong, but makes sense to me. Nevertheless, There's some great guitarwork in this song. | |
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