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Moonlapse Vertigo Bass Tab

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MOONLAPSE VERTIGO (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 1999 Album STILL LIFE
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Gtr I (E A D G) - '4 String Bass'

 Intro
  Q.=60
 1/4     6/8
  Gtr I
  E E     S S S S S S E S S S S   S S S S S S E  E E
|-----||------------------------|--------------------|
|-----||o-------------5-5-4-----|--------------------|
|---5-||o-5s7-7-7---------------|-5s7-7-7-7-7-7-2-3-|
|-3---||----------0-0-------0-0-|--------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S  E E E   5x
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------/5------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-2-2-2-2-|-0h3-3-3-3-3------5--o||
|-----------------------|----------------3-----||


  S S S S S S E S S S S   S S S S S S E  E E
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-------------5-5-4-----|--------------------|
|-5s7-7-7---------------|-5s7-7-7-7-7-7-2-3-|
|---------0-0-------0-0-|--------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S  E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------/5------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-2-2-2-2-|-0h3-3-3-3-3----7----|
|-----------------------|------------------0--|


    E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


  E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3p2-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|---------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------5h7---o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------5h7-------o||
|---------------------|-0h1-1-1-1-1-0h1------------||


  E S S S S S E S E   E S S S S Q  E    E S S S S E E E   E S S S S E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------7-----|-------------5---|------------------|
|-----------5h7-7---|--------------7-|-----------5---5-|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-------8-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--|


  E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3p2-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|---------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------5h7---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------5h7-------|
|---------------------|-0h1-1-1-1-1-0h1-----------|


  E S S S S E E E   E S S S S E S E.   E S S S S E E E   E S S S S E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------7---|-----------7---5--|-------------5---|-----------------|
|-----------7---7-|-------------7----|-----------5---5-|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-5--------|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|


  E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3p2-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|---------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------0h2---|
|---------------------|-----------------0h2-------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------|
|---------------------|-0h1-1-1-1-1-0h1-----------|


                                Q=85
                                  4/4
  H.        +H.        +H.         Wx2
|---------|----------|----------||--------|
|---------|----------|----------||--------|
|-0-------|-(0)------|-(0)------||--------|
|---------|----------|----------||--------|


   Verse
    E. S +Q   E. S +Q     E. S +E. S +E  S S S S S S
||----------------------|----------------0h2-3-0h2-3--||
||o---------------------|----------------------------o||
||o---------------------|----------1-(1)-------------o||
||--0--3-(3)--0--3-(3)--|-0--3-(3)--------------------||


                           1.,2.,3.
    E. S S e S E. S S e S   E. S S e S +E  S S S S S S
||------------------------|----------------0h2-3-0h2-3--||
||o-----------------------|----------------------------o||
||o-----------------------|----------1-(1)-------------o||
||--0--0-3-0-x-0--0-3-0-x-|-0--0-3-0--------------------||


  4.
  E. S S e S +S  S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|----------1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-0--0-3-0----------------------|


   Heavy Verse
    $
    E. S S S S S +S  S E Q    E S S +S  S E +S  S E E E
||--------------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------5--------------|---------------------------|
||o-0--0-5h6---5-(5)s3-0-0--|---------------------------|
||--------------------------|-5s8-8-(8)-7-7-(7)S4-4-4S7-|


                               1.,2.,3.
                       |-3-|
  E. S S S S S +S  S E E E E   E. S +S  S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----------5-------------7-6-|-5--------------------------------o||
|-0--0-5h6---5-(5)s3-0-0-----|----7-(7)-0-3-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-3-3---o||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------||


  4.
                    To Coda
  E. S +S  S S S +E. S +Q       E. S +Q   E. S +Q
|---------------------------||----------------------|
|-5-------------------------||o---------------------|
|----7-(7)-6-5--------------||o---------------------|
|--------------8-(8)-7-(7)--||--0--3-(3)--0--3-(3)--|


  E. S +E. S +E  S S S S S S
|----------------0h2-3-0h2-3--||
|----------------------------o||
|----------1-(1)-------------o||
|-0--3-(3)--------------------||


  E. S S e S E. S S e S   E. S S e S +E  S S S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------0h2h3-0-2h3-|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------1-(1)-------------|
|-0--0-3-0-x-0--0-3-0-x-|-0--0-3-0-------------------|


                                           D.S. al Coda
  E. S S e S E. S S e S   E. S S e S +S  S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
|-0--0-3-0-x-0--0-3-0-x-|-0--0-3-0-----------------------|


  &
  E. S S e S E. S S e S   E. S S e S +E  S S S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------0h2h3-0-2h3-|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------1-(1)-------------|
|-0--0-3-0-x-0--0-3-0-x-|-0--0-3-0-------------------|


  E. S S e S E. S S e S   E. S S e S +E  S S S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------0h2h3-0-2h3-|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------1-(1)-------------|
|-0--0-3-0-x-0--0-3-0-x-|-0--0-3-0-------------------|


 Clean Interlude
  E. S +Q   E. S +Q     E. S +E  E +H
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-5--4-(4)--2---------|-------------------|
|--------------3-(3)--|-3--5-(5)----------|
|---------------------|----------0-(0)----|


  E. S +E  E +S  S S S E S S   E. S +E  E +H
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------5-4---------|-------------------|
|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-----5-7-0-2-|-3--5-(5)----------|
|----------------------------|----------0-(0)----|


                         6/4
  E. S E E +S  S S S Q    +H     W
|----------------7s8s7--|-(7)-------------|
|--------------5--------|-----------------|
|-3--5---6-(6)----------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|


 4/4
  Q.   +S  S e Q  E    Q  +S   S S S  S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|-----------7-9s10s9-7-9-5S7--------|
|-3----(3)-2s3-3-----|--------/7------------------5S7----|
|-----------------8-|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------|-1--(1)----------------------------|


  Q  +E. S S S E +Q     Q  +E. S S S E +Q     E. S +E  E +S  E.  Q
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------7-(7)-9--10---|
|-5--(5)-3-5p0-5-(5)--|-5--(5)-3-5p0-5-(5)--|----7-(7)---------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-5----------------------|


 15/16
  H..       +S    Wx6         H.      e.
|---------------|-----------|------------|
|---------------|-----------|------------|
|-0---------(0)-|-----------|------------|
|---------------|-----------|---------2--|


   Guitar Solo
   4/4
    E S S S S S S S s S S S E S  3x E S S S S S S S s S S S E S
||-------------------------------||-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------o||-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------o||-----------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-x-x-x-2-x--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-x-x-x-4-x-|


    E S S S S S S S s S S S E S  3x E S S S S S S S s S S S E S
||-------------------------------||-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------o||-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------o||-----------------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-x-x-x-4-x--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-x-x-x-4-x-|


    E S S S S S S S s S S S E S  3x E S S S S S S S s S S S E S
||-------------------------------||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-x-x-x-2-x--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-x-x-x-4-x--|


    E S S S S S S S s S S S E S  3x E. S E. S +E  E E E
||-------------------------------||---------------------|
||o-----------------------------o||---------------------|
||o-----------------------------o||------6--5-(5)-------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-x-x-x-4-x--||-3--3----------4-4-4-|


   Breakdown
    E S S S S S S +S  S S S +S  S S S   E S S S S S S +S  S S S +S  S S S
||--------0h2---2-(2)-2---------------|-------0h2---2-(2)-2----------------|
||o-------------------------------2---|-------------------------------2----|
||o-0-0-0-----0---------0-0-(0)-0---0-|-0-0-0-----0---------0-0-(0)-0---0--|
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


  1.,2.,3.
  Q  T T S S S +S  E S E. S   E S S S E S +S  S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------|---5h6-3h5-4-(4)---4---4-----7-o||
|-7--6h7p6-------------7----|-----------------6---5---5h6---o||
|----------8-7-(7)-5-0----0-|-4------------------------------||


  4.
  Q  T T S S S +S  E S Q    E. S +E  E +S  E. Q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-7--6h7p6-------------7--|----------------------|
|----------8-7-(7)-5-0----|-1--0-(0)-4-(4)-4--3--|


   Outro
    E S S S S E +S  S S S E S S   S  S  S  S  S  S E +S   S E  E  S  S
||------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-7-10-10-10-10-10-7-(7)-5-5-10-10-10--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------------------------------|


  S  S S S S S E +S  S S S E S S   S S S S S S E +S  E. E S S  8x
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-9h10p9p7-----------------------|----------------------------o||
|----------5h7-5-(5)-2-3-5-------|-------------0-(0)-1--2-2-2-o||
|--------------------------5-5-0-|-3s1-1-1-1-1-----------------||

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mike Wanna Be	#1 by Mike Manning at Sep 17, 2005 at 5:21 AM EST
	You have a good view on this album returnsandexchanges. And yes, i agree with you fully. Just because they mention "White" or "Black" anything like that doesn't mean they are Black. That's just a shallow statement saying - "It's about blacks and whites"

No Picture Bramhald Average	#2 by Bramhald Of The 6th Realm at Nov 20, 2005 at 6:14 AM EST
	Yeah, this song is ONE of their best, but not their BEST. I still suggest that all Opeth fans look into this song.

No Picture Jess Average	#3 by Jess at Jan 15, 2006 at 10:00 PM EST
	well could it be about about the night slowly turning into morning ? because its night in this song. it doesnt say in the next song that its morning but it would make sense

No Picture fukt Average	#4 by fukt at Feb 8, 2006 at 8:55 AM EST
	"...had been banished 16 years ago..." *15 years ago, sorry >_> "The sigh of summer upon my return Fifteen alike since I was here"

No Picture chris Average	#5 by chris markert at May 26, 2006 at 7:14 AM EST
	I must commend Martin Lopez for his excellent percussion on this song. Moonlaspe Vertigo falls into the concept of a forbidden plight between a white woman and an African slave. Take the first verse into consideration. Kept warm by the light of the lantern Lost sight of everything tonight My presence blackens their pattern A pock in the healthy and calm Why do you think his presence blackens their pattern? Maybe because of the pigmentation of his skin.

No Picture SAF Lead Player	#6 by SAF (Scott) at May 26, 2006 at 10:23 PM EST
	Moonlapse Vertigo is easy to see what the name means, moonlapse is indeed the passing of time but nightwise and you all know what vertigo means so he is swftly passing trough the town in the night that why the first verse is about a latern and well vertigo because maybe things like thoughts are spinning in his mind while he does this... anyways thats my say.

No Picture Thorsten Average	#7 by Thorsten Budelmann at Sep 17, 2006 at 11:23 AM EST
	This is the best song I think Opeth ever did. It has a good balance of smooth mellow rock and death metal in it. Last part of the song is really catchy, I suggest everyone that hasn't heard Opeth before listen to this song. As for the meaning, I'm not really sure, about somebody running from something I think.

No Picture santiago Rhythm Player	#8 by santiago carvajal at Nov 1, 2006 at 1:10 PM EST
	Lapse and Vertigo are words tied falling and motion, so there is definetely something about the moon going down or similar, which is obviously suggestive of the passing of time.

No Picture heitor Average	#9 by heitor dolinski at Nov 17, 2006 at 10:47 AM EST
	harlequin forest, this album is called 'still life'. demon of the fall is from 'my arms, your hearse'. they are two different albums with two completely different stories. the first track's title refers to a swampy marshland where the main character was banished to fifteen years prior the start of the story. read my comment on 'the moor'. the main character isn't a black muslim or anything like that, you guys are looking way to into the few mentions of 'white' things. there's no concrete evidence for racial persecution, but there's a boatload for religious persecution. in all likelihood, the main character was probably born deformed and thus branded an "ungodly freak".