The Moor Bass Tab

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THE MOOR (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 1999 Album STILL LIFE
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Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Electric Bass'

 Intro
  Moderately Q.=62
 4/4            6/8
  Gtr I
  Wx41           Wx14        Q.   E. E.   H.
|-------------||-----------|------------|-------|
|-------------||-----------|------------|-------|
|-------------||-----------|------------|-------|
|-------------||-----------|------5--3--|-0-----|


  +H.        +H.        +H.        Q.   E. E.   H.
|----------|----------|----------|------------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------|-------||
|-(0)------|-(0)------|-(0)------|------5--3--|-0-----||


    E S E. E  S  S S S   E S E. E  S  S S S
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o---7-7--7-----5-6-7-|---7-7--7-----5-6-7-|
||--0--------(0)-------|-0--------(0)-------|


  E S E. E  S  S S S   E. S S S E S S S S
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------0-1-2-o||
|---7-7--7-----5-6-7-|-3--2---------------o||
|-0--------(0)-------|------0-2-3-0--------||


    e S S S S S S S S S S   e S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------5-6-7-|-----------------5-6-7-|
||--0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-------|-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-------|


  e S S S S S S S S S S   E. S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------0-1-2--o||
|-----------------5-6-7-|-3--2----------------o||
|-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-------|------0-2-3-0---------||


    e S S S S S S S S S S   e S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------5-6-7-|-----------------5-6-7-|
||--0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|


  e S S S S S S S S S S   E. S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------0-1-2--o||
|-----------------5-6-7-|-3--2----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|------0-2-3-0---------||


  T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|


  T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E S
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||


  S S S S E S e  S E    S  S  S  S  S  S  +E.  E.
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-----9-10---|-12-12-12-14-14-13-(13)----|
|--------------------|----------------------------|


   Interlude & 1st Verse
    S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-3h4-4-4-4-4-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S  6x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|---8---7-----------5-----o||
|-------------------------|-7---7---6-----5-----4---o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-----------5-4---4-----3--||


 Interlude
  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E E. E.
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|---------2-3-----|
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S e e S S e S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9--|
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0-|-0------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E E. E.
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-7---------------------|---------2-3-----|
|---0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S e e S S e S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9---||
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0-|-0-------------------||


   1st Bridge
    S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E E. E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------2-3-----|--------------------------|
||--1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5-|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0--|


  S e e S S e S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E E. E.
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9-|-7---------------------|---------2-3-----|
|-0-----------------|---0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5-|


                           1.                    2.
  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S e e S S e S S S     E e E Q.
|-------------------------|--------------------||------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------o||------------||
|-------------------------|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9-o||------------||
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0-|-0------------------||-0-4--------||


   1st Chorus
    E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|---------------------|
||o-0-0-------0-0-------|-----------------5h7-|
||----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|


  S S S S S S S S S E +S     E S E S S S S S S S
|-------------------9-(9)-|------------------------||
|-------------8---8--------|-----------------------o||
|-----5s8---7---7----------|-2-2-0-0---------------o||
|-0h1-----6----------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1----||


    E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|
||o-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0-------0-0-------|
||----------------------|---------------------|


  E S S S S E S S E   E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-----------3-3-3---|-----------------------o||
|-------------------|-------3---3h5-7-3h5-6-o||
|-1-1-1-x-x-------3-|-4-3-4---4--------------||


    E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|---------------------|
||o-0-0-------0-0-------|-----------------5h7-|
||----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|


  S S S S S S S S S E +S     E S E S S S S S S S
|-------------------9-(9)-|------------------------||
|-------------8---8--------|-----------------------o||
|-----5s8---7---7----------|-2-2-0-0---------------o||
|-0h1-----6----------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1----||


  E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|
|-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0-------0-0-------|
|---------------------|---------------------|


  E S S S S E S S E   E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----------3-3-3---|------------------------|
|-------------------|-------3---3h5-7-3h5-6--|
|-1-1-1-x-x-------3-|-4-3-4---4--------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S   E S E.  S  S  S  S  S  S
|---------------------|--------12----14-12-------|
|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|-----5/----14-------14p12-|
|-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0----------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|


  E S S S S E S S E   E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------3-3-3---|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------3---3h5-6-5h6-7---|
|-1-1-1-x-x-------3-|-4-3-4---4---------------|


 Interlude    2nd Verse
  Wx8          S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|
|----------||--------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


                      1.,2.,3.,4.,5.         6.
  E S S S S  E S S E   E S S S S  E S S E     E S S S S E S S S S
|--------------------|-----------/6-6-6----||---------------------||
|-----------/7-7-----|------------------6-o||---------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0------7-5-|-4-4-4-4-4----------o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----||
|--------------------|---------------------||-----------------5-5-||


   2nd Bridge
                           1.,2.,3.,4.,5.            6.
    E S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S     E S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||-----------------------||
||o-----------4-4-4-3-3-3-|-1---------------------o||-1---------------5h6h8-||
||--3-3-3-3-3-------------|---3-3-x-x-1h3-3-3-x-x--||---3-3-x-x-1h3s6-------||


 Transition
  Slightly Slower Q.=56
   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     H.
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|-10----9----|-8----7----|-6----4----|-5-----|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     H.
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|-10----9----|-8----7----|-6----4----|-5-----|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     H.        Wx20
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------||
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------||
|-10----9----|-8----7----|-6----4----|-5-------|---------||
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------||


 3rd Verse                Instrumental Break
                                     3/8    6/8
  Wx16         Wx8         Wx3        W      Wx2
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|


  H.        +H.        H.        +H.
|---------|----------|---------|--------||
|---------|----------|---------|--------||
|---------|----------|-0-------|-(0)----||
|-0-------|-(0)------|---------|--------||


                            Transition
                          A Tempo Q.=62
            3/8   6/8
  Wx7        W     W         Wx8
|----------|-----|--------||--------||
|----------|-----|--------||--------||
|----------|-----|--------||--------||
|----------|-----|--------||--------||


   4th Verse
    S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


  S S S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S  E S S S S    4x
|-----------------------|-----------/6-6-6--------||
|-------------7-7-------|------------------6-6---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----7-6-5-|-4-4-4-4-4--------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||


   3rd Bridge & Outro
                           1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7.      8.
    E S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S     E S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------|------------------------||----------------------*|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||----------------------*|
||o-----------4-4-4-3-3-3-|-1---------------------o||-1--------------------*|
||--3-3-3-3-3-------------|---3-3-x-x-1h3-3-3-x-x--||---3-3-x-x-1h3-3-3----*|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture cash Wanna Be	#1 by cash putnam at Oct 28, 2005 at 9:25 AM EST
	disposition 987 is completely correct

No Picture Tom Average	#2 by Tom at Dec 19, 2005 at 10:49 PM EST
	I think the Moor is the best song i have ever heard. i think it is about a man returning to his hometown in search of his one true love, Melinda. he is returning because he was banished 15 years ago. i think he was banished because of his love for melinda. melinda is described in the song as a thistle in my hanbs. i think this means that he loves her but she causes him pain by being who she is. maybe she is from a well thought of familly and he is just a peasant? anyway, when he does return, the people of the town still fear/dislike him. i think that godheads lament follows on from the moor. he doesnt get his melinda in the moor and i think the evil guitar work in the begining of godheads lament signifies the emotional pain that he is feeling. just waht i think anyway. Opeth Rule!!!!

No Picture Ryan Wanna Be	#3 by Ryan . at Jan 9, 2006 at 8:16 AM EST
	I thought it may be refferring to Shakespere's tragedy "Othello". Othello is a well respected military commander in the play, but is usurped and back stabbed because he is a black man with power. I know that "Moor" means swamp, but in the play, people refer to Othello as a Moor as a derogatory term about his skin colour. In relation to this, the first two verses could be Othello's return from battle. This verse: "I was foul and tainted, devoid of faith Wearing my death-mask at birth The hands of God, decrepit and thin Cold caress and then nothing I was taken away from my plight A treason bestowed to the crowd Branded a jonah with fevered blood Ungodly freak, defiler" Could be Othello taking a subjective look at himself, how the common people think he is a freak and ungodly, of lesser blood, the "death mask" perhaps being his skin. It's just an idea, I myself don't believe this but I can kind of interpret it as this.

No Picture Caitlin Wanna Be	#4 by Caitlin at Jul 6, 2006 at 5:42 PM EST
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_Life_%28Opeth_album%29

No Picture Glenn Average	#5 by Glenn Campbell at Jul 15, 2006 at 12:07 PM EST
	this is my interpretation of the lyrics of this song: this song describes that the outcast was shunned out by his country for being an outspoken atheist. An "ungodly freak, defiler" and was branded "a Jonah with fevered blood". He was banished from his country and now 15 years have passed and he has returned for his love, Melinda who he had to leave behind when he was banished. This is only what i make of it but regardless of whether it is correct, it's an absolutely awesome song. I LOVE the way the song builds and builds and then the guitars are just uuuhhh amazing and then that roar....simply breathtaking

No Picture James Average	#6 by James Burrington at Jul 3, 2007 at 1:23 AM EST
	The Moor is the most powerful, overwhelming song ever created. It is beyond description. I play this song at least three times every day.

No Picture hollywoodgymnas Average	#7 by hollywoodgymnast at Aug 12, 2007 at 5:49 PM EST
	exactly and you fcking *tards. the moor means the swamp/marshlands passing swiftly through the moor not a person :s jeez read dammit

No Picture JB Rhythm Player	#8 by JB Underwood at Sep 4, 2007 at 12:42 AM EST
	LISTEN UP. I did not read the last few comments, but from experience assumed that everyone believed that the moor was a person and not a place. All my friends believe that.