Opium Of The People Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4 Ver 5 
	

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Opium of the People

Intro:

Gt.1
C#|------------|       
G#|------------|            
E |------------|           
B |------------|                
F#|------------|             
B |-/0-00-0-00-|      

Gt.2
C#|-------------------------|
G#|-10h11h10h11h10h11h10h11h|
E |-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|     

Gt.1
C#|-------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|
E |-10h11h10h11h10h11h10h11h|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------| 

Both
C#|---------------|       
G#|--/////---|            
E |-/////----|           
B |---------------|  (slide up & down)              
F#|---------------|             
B |---------------|

Intro 2:

Both
C#|-----------------------|       
G#|-----------------------|            
E |-----------------------|           
B |-----------------------|                
F#|-----------------------| X4            
B |-0-3-3-3-0--0-3-3-3-0--|
Pm    .....      .....

Gt.1
C#|-------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|
E |-10h11h10h11h10h11h10h11h|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|

Gt.2
C#|-------------------------|
G#|-10h11h10h11h10h11h10h11h|
E |-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|     
      
Both
C#|---------------|       
G#|--/////---|            
E |-/////----|     (slide up & down)       
B |---------------|                
F#|---------------|             
B |---------------|

Pre-Verse

Both
C#|-----------------|     |--------|       
G#|-----------------|     |--------|            
E |-----------------|     |--------|           
B |-----------------|     |--------|                
F#|-0-4-0-1-0-4-0-0-| X4  |--------|             
B |-0-4-0-1-0-4-0-0-|     |-3-5-7b-|

Verse

Both
C#|-----------------|       
G#|-----------------|            
E |-----------------|           
B |-----------------|                
F#|-7-7-5-5-3-3-9-9-| X8            
B |-7-7-5-5-3-3-9-9-|
Pm .................

Both
C#|-----------------|     |--------|       
G#|-----------------|     |--------|            
E |-----------------|     |--------|           
B |-----------------|     |--------|                
F#|-0-4-0-1-0-4-0-0-| X4  |--------|             
B |-0-4-0-1-0-4-0-0-|     |-3-5-7b-|

Verse 2:

Both
C#|-----------------|       
G#|-----------------|            
E |-----------------|           
B |-----------------|                
F#|-------------7-7-|  X4         
B |-7-7-5-5-3-3-----|
Pm .................

Both
C#|-----------------|       
G#|-----------------|            
E |-----------------|           
B |-------------7---|                
F#|-7-7-5-5-3-3-7---|   X4        
B |-7-7-5-5-3-3-----|

Chorus:

Both                         Gt. 2
C#|-----------------|        |--------------------|
G#|-----------------|        |--------------------|
E |-----------------|        |--------------------|
B |-----------------|        |--------------------|
F#|-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-| X2     |-15/16-13-13-12h13~-|
B |-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-|        |--------------------|
Pm          ...

Both
C#|--------------------|       
G#|--------------------|            
E |--------------------|           
B |--------------------|                
F#|-0-3-1-0--0-0-3-1-0-|  X2        
B |-0-3-1-0--0-0-3-1-0-|

Introdule:

Gt.1
C#|-------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|
E |-10h11h10h11h10h11h10h11h|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|

Gt.2
C#|-------------------------|
G#|-10h11h10h11h10h11h10h11h|
E |-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------| 

Both
C#|---------------|       
G#|--/////---|            
E |-/////----|           
B |---------------|      (slide up & down)           
F#|---------------|             
B |---------------|

Gt.1
C#|---------------------|
G#|---------------------|
E |-7h8h7h8h7h8h7h8h7h8h|
B |---------------------|
F#|---------------------|
B |---------------------|

Gt.2
C#|---------------------|
G#|-7h8h7h8h7h8h7h8h7h8h|
E |---------------------|
B |---------------------|
F#|---------------------|
B |---------------------| 

Both
C#|---------------|       
G#|--/////---|            
E |-/////----|           
B |---------------|     (slide up & down)            
F#|---------------|             
B |---------------|

Gt.1
C#|-------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|
E |-10h11h10h11h10h11h10h11h|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|

Gt.2
C#|-------------------------|
G#|-10h11h10h11h10h11h10h11h|
E |-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------| 

Gt.1
C#|--------------|
G#|--------------|
E |--------------|
B |--------------|
F#|-00-0-00-0-00-|  Couple of Times
B |-00-0-00-0-00-| 

Verse 3:

Both
C#|---------------------|
G#|---------------------|
E |---------------------|
B |---------------------|
F#|-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-|  Couple of Times
B |-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-|

Chorus:

Both                         Gt. 2
C#|-----------------|        |--------------------|
G#|-----------------|        |--------------------|
E |-----------------|        |--------------------|
B |-----------------|        |--------------------|
F#|-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-|  X2    |-15/16-13-13-12h13~-|
B |-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-|        |--------------------|
Pm          ...

Both                         Gt. 2
C#|-----------------|        |----------------|
G#|-----------------|        |----------------|
E |-----------------|        |----------------|
B |-----------------|        |----------------|
F#|-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-|  X2    |-13/14/15/16/17-|
B |-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-|        |----------------|
Pm          ...

Both                         Gt. 2
C#|-----------------|        |------|
G#|-----------------|        |------|
E |-----------------|        |------|
B |-----------------|        |------|
F#|-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-|  X2    |-/13--|
B |-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-|        |------|
Pm          ...

Both                         Gt. 2
C#|-----------------|        |----------------|
G#|-----------------|        |----------------|
E |-----------------|        |----------------|
B |-----------------|        |----------------|
F#|-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-|  X2    |-13/14/15/16/17-|
B |-3-3-5-5-7-7-5-5-|        |----------------|
Pm          ...

Outro:

Both
C#|---------------------|
G#|---------------------|
E |---------------------|
B |---------------------|
F#|-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-| Rest of the Song
B |-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Braxton Lead Player	#1 by Braxton Overby at Aug 31, 2005 at 9:53 AM EST
	Karl Marx: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, the soul of the soulless environment. it is the opium of the people" religion maybe? i'm not sure, but that quote popped into my head.

No Picture Chris Wanna Be	#2 by Chris H at Dec 21, 2005 at 8:54 AM EST
	My interpretation is that you gotta go all the way, dont half ass anything. "Fill your lungs till it makes you cough" it is like saying jump in the water with both feet, love like you've never loved, try harder than you can imagine, or, as the lyrics continue to say, "The only way is all the way". This song has fantastic lyrics.

No Picture a Average	#3 by a a at May 5, 2006 at 8:34 AM EST
	One of the meanings i think is at the beginning what he says is why are people following what he says and that they should make up their own minds about religion. And the writer of the song feels that he has led souls to satan and he didn't want to, so he is telling satan he won't give another soul, life, thought or hope to satan.

No Picture Andrew Wanna Be	#4 by Andrew Long at May 16, 2006 at 3:32 PM EST
	I forgot about the first two lines of the excerpt that I posted. The first line points to the Satanism, I think because it is a very experimental and then the second line is feeding on the line before it saying that he is not going to claim responsibility for whatever people are going to believe him, hence "accidental"

No Picture Simon (Si) Lead Player	#5 by Simon (Si) Brown at Jul 27, 2006 at 1:50 AM EST
	He's talking about you should find out what you belive in, not believe what you are told to. He lives his life to the fullest, (a satanistic belief) and he feels that there is no "Judgement day". It's all about finding what you believe and being told that if you don't think what someone else believes is right, then don't believe it. You don't go to hell if you don't believe in it.

No Picture Goat Average	#6 by Goat Screwer at Oct 29, 2006 at 7:27 AM EST
	this song should silence the ignorant people who say this band has no musical talent. it wont, but it should.

No Picture James Rhythm Player	#7 by James T.H. at Oct 30, 2006 at 5:29 AM EST
	song is awesome...one of the only decent ones form this new album. The beginning guitar is so fuckin sick

No Picture Dan Wanna Be	#8 by Dan Z at Nov 16, 2006 at 6:28 AM EST
	uh....from what i hear this song is kinda wierd to me, i mean no don't get me wrong, i like slipknot but im a chirstian and i don't really like it if it slanders or denounces christianity. I really just like the song and the beat, i don't really agree w/ the lyrics. But that doesn't mean that i don't like them.

No Picture Pablo Rhythm Player	#9 by Pablo Muñiz at Jun 4, 2007 at 12:47 AM EST
	I must say that this song is an awesome piece of work and one of my favorites from the last album. I can't exactly place what the exact meaning, but it makes me think of how religion is like a safety blanket for the people and one day it may all be disproved and noone will know what to do.