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Artist: Opeth
Album: Ghost Reveries
Song: The Grand Conjuration
Tabbed by: a7xbassist666@yahoo.com

Tuning: Dropped D - D, A, D, G

------------= Key =------------
h  hammer on        p  pull off
/  slide up           slide down
~  let ring         *  stop string
PM palm mute on . notes

Intro (00:00)
G |----------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------| x1
A |---------------------------------------/5--5|
D |--0*--0*---0*-0*--0*---0*-0*--0*---00*0*------|

Main Riff (00:07)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------| x8
A |--------------------------------5--3----------------------------|
D |1--0--4---------5--4--7---------------6---------7--6--0---------|

Verse I (01:18)
G |--------------------------------|    |--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------| x4 |--------------------------------| x1
A |--------------------------------|    |5--3----------------------------|
D |0--1--0-------------------------|    |------6-------------------------|

Verse I (01:41) x3; x1

Bridge I (01:58)           
G |----------------|    |--------------------------------|
D |----------------| x1 |--------------------------------| x4
A |----------------|    |5------------------------------|
D |4-1---1-0h1---1-|    |---0*-0*-0*-0*-0*-0*-0*-10001000|

Verse I (02:16) x3; x1
Verse I (02:34) x3; x1
Bridge I (02:51) x1; x12 (through first guitar solo too)

Guitar Solo (03:43)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------| x4
A |------------------------------4-5-------------------------------|
D |0--1--1--1--3-----3//7--7--6----------7-----6-----3-----1-------|

Verse II (04:16)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------3-----1-------------------------------------|
A |----2-----4---67------012-----52----2-----4--5------------------|
D |0-1---3---------6-7-------------0-1---3-------0-5-6-6---8-9-9-8|
  |                                                                | x3
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------3-----1-------------------------------------|
A |----2-----4---67------012-----52----2-----4--5------------------|
D |0-1---3---------6-7-------------0-1---3-------0-002---651---3---|
PM                                                 ..    ..

Rest (05:06)

Bridge II (05:20)
G |------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------| x1
A |------------------------------------------------|
D |652---651---3---0---*-----------00*-------------|
PM ..    ..

Fast Part I (05:27)
G |------------------------------------------------|    G |-----------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------| x7 D |---------------------------|x1
A |----------------3---------------------3-----7---|    A |-------------------------6-|
D |5-7-7-8-8-7-7-7---7-7-5-5-7-7-8-8-7-7---7-5---7-|    D |-----------------------------|

Fast Part II (05:52)
G |------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------| x4
A |------------------------------------------------|
D |3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-5---0---3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-3-5-6-5-|

Fast Part I (06:05) x8; x0

Bridge III (06:31)
G |-----------------------------------------------|    |-----------|
D |-----------------------------------------------| x4 |-----------| x2
A |55005500----550055------55005500----------5-5|    |------5-5|
D |-----------------------------------11*-1*------|    |1*-1*------|
PM                                    ..  .

Main Riff (07:00) x1
Verse I (07:09) x3; x1
Verse I (07:27) x3; x1
Main Riff (07:45) x6 (take it with longer rests first 2 times)

Outro I (08:56) x1 (guitars keep playing main riff)
G |----------------|
D |----------------| x16
A |----------------|
D |0-0-0-6-7-0-7-6-| <- played as fast as the bass drumming

Outro II (09:14)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------| x1
A |--------------------------------5--3----------------------6655|
D |1--0--4---------5--4--7---------------6---------1004106400------|
PM                                                 ..........

Main Riff (09:23) x1
Outro II (09:32) x1
Main Riff (09:41) x1

Outro III (09:50)
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------| x1
A |--------------------------------5--3----------------------------|
D |1--0--4---------5--4--7---------------6---------0--0--0~~~-~~-~-|

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