White Cluster Bass Tab

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WHITE CLUSTER (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 1999 Album STILL LIFE
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Gtr I (E A D G) - 'M. Mendez - El. Bass'

 Intro
  Q.=135
 12/8
  Gtr I
  Q.   Q.   E E E Q  E    Q  E E E E Q  E Q  E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-/7------7---6--x-3--x-|
|-2----2----0h3-3-3--3-|-----6-----------------|


  Q.   Q.   E E E Q  E    Q  E E E E Q  E Q  E
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|-/7------7---6--x-3--x-||
|-2----2----0h3-3-3--3-|-----6-----------------||


   Verse #1 & 2 - Pt. I
    Q.   Q.   E E E Q  E    Q  E E E E Q  E Q  E
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------|-/7------7---6--x-3--x-|
||--2----2----0h3-3-3--3-|-----6-----------------|


  Q.   Q.   E E E Q  E    Q  E E E E Q  E Q  E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-/7------7---6--x-3--x-|
|-2----2----0h3-3-3--3-|-----6-----------------|


  Q.   Q.   E E E Q  E    Q  E E E E Q  E Q  E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-/7------7---6--x-3--x-|
|-2----2----0h3-3-3--3-|-----6-----------------|


  Q.   Q.   E E E Q  E    Q  E E E E Q  E Q  E
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|-/7------7---6--x-3--x-||
|-2----2----0h3-3-3--3-|-----6-----------------||


 Verse #1 & 2 - Pt. II
  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q  E   Q  E E +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------7-----7---|
|-0----2----3----3--0-|-0--2-3-(3)s7-6---6p5-----|
|---------------------|------------------------6-|


  Q  E E E Q.   E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|------7---6------------|-------------------------|
|----7---7------7-------|-------------------------|
|-5---------------0---0-|-3-3-3-3-3-0h1-1-1-0-0-0-|


  Q  E E E E Q  E Q  E   Q  E E +E  E E E E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------7-----7---|
|-0--0-2-2-2-3--3-3--0-|-0--2-3-(3)s7-6---6p5-----|
|----------------------|------------------------6-|


  Q  E E E Q.   E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|------7---6------------|-------------------------|
|----7---7------7-------|-------------------------|
|-5---------------0---0-|-3-3-3-3-3-0h1-1-1-0-0-0-|


  Q  E E E E Q  E Q  E   Q  E E +E  E E E E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------7-----7---|
|-0--0-2-2-2-3--3-3--0-|-0--2-3-(3)s7-6---6p5-----|
|----------------------|------------------------6-|


  Q  E E E Q.   E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|------7---6------------|-------------------------|
|----7---7------7-------|-------------------------|
|-5---------------0---0-|-3-3-3-3-3-0h1-1-1-0-0-0-|


  Q  E E E E Q  E Q  E   Q  E E +E  E E E E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------7-----7---|
|-0--0-2-2-2-3--3-3--0-|-0--2-3-(3)s7-6---6p5-----|
|----------------------|------------------------6-|


  Q  E E E Q.   E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|------7---6------------|-------------------------o||
|----7---7------7-------|-------------------------o||
|-5---------------0---0-|-3-3-3-3-3-0h1-1-1-0-0-0--||


 Transition #1
 6/4
  H.      H.        W.
|-----------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------|
|-6-------5-------|-2-----|
|-----------------|-------|


  +W.              +W.              +W.
|----------------|----------------|--------||
|----------------|----------------|--------||
|-(2)------------|-(2)------------|-(2)----||
|----------------|----------------|--------||


   Verse #3/Interlude #1 Pt. I
    E E E q  E E E E q  E   E E E q  E q  Q  E E  8x
||------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-----------------------|----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|----------------------o||
||--0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-0h2-2-2--x-1--1--1-x--||


   Interlude #1 - Pt. II
    E E E q  E E E E q  E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||--0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-1--1-1-1-1-0--0-0-0-0--||


  E E E q  E E E E q  E   Q  E E E E Q.   Q  E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------3-------------|
|-----------------------|------3---3-----------|
|-0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-1--1-------0----0--0-|


  E E E q  E E E E q  E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-1--1-1-1-1-0--0-0-0-0-||


   Bridge #1
    Q.   Q  E Q.   Q.     Q.    Q   E  Q   Q   E  E
||---------------------|----------------------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------------|
||o-2----2--2-4----4s==|=12----12--12-12--12--12-12-|
||---------------------|----------------------------|


                                   1.
   Q   E  E  E  E  Q   E  E  E  E    Q.    Q   E  Q   Q   Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------11--11-11-11-11-|----------------------------o||
|-14--14-14-14-14-----------------|-12----12--12-12--12--12----o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||


  2.
   Q.    Q   E   H       Q
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-12----12--12-(10)----(10)--|
|----------------------------|


   Pre-Verse/Verse #4
    E E E q  E E E E q  E   E E E q  E q  Q  E E  6x
||------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-----------------------|----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|----------------------o||
||--0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-0h2-2-2--x-1--1--1-x--||


 Interlude #2
  E E E q  E E E E q  E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-1--1-1-1-1-0--0-0-0-0-|


  E E E q  E E E E q  E   Q  E E E E Q.   Q  E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------3---2----2--2-|
|-----------------------|------3---3-----------|
|-0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-1--1-----------------|


    E E E q  E E E E q  E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||--0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-1--1-1-1-1-0--0-0-0-0--||


   Bridge #2
    Q.   Q  E Q.   Q.     Q.    Q   E  Q   Q   E  E
||---------------------|----------------------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------------|
||o-2----2--2-4----4s==|=12----12--12-12--12--12-12-|
||---------------------|----------------------------|


 1.
   Q   E  E  E  E  Q   E  E  E  E    Q.    Q   E  Q   Q   Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------11--11-11-11-11-|----------------------------o||
|-14--14-14-14-14-----------------|-12----12--12-12--12--12----o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||


  2.
  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q      W.
|-------------------|---------||
|-------------------|---------||
|-2--2-----4--4-----|-/12-----||
|-------------------|---------||


   Interlude #3 - Pt. I
    Q  E E E E Q  E E E E    Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------|
||--2--2-2-2-2-1--1-1-1-1-|-/5--5-5-5-5-4--4-4-4-4-|


  Q  E Q  E Q  E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q  E E E E   6x
|----------------------|------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------o||
|----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0---||


   Interlude #3 - Pt. II
    Q.    Q  E Q.   E Q    Q  E E E E H    q
||-----------------------|--------------------|
||o----------------------|--------------------|
||o------/7--6h7---------|--------------------|
||--0---------------0h4--|-3--3-x-1h3-3----3--|


  Q  E q  E Q  E q  E   q  Q  E E E E E E E E    4x
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------|-------------------------o||
|-6--6-6--x-5--5-5--x-|-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||


 Interlude #4 - Pt. I
  Q=135
 2/2
                           >
  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|


  Wx15          H    Q  E S S
|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|-----------5-5-||


   Interlude #4 - Pt. II
    Q  E Q  E Q    +H.      +E  S S   Q  E Q  E Q    +H.      +E  S S
||---------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------||
||o--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------o||
||o--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------o||
||--3--6-2--3-1--|-(1)------(1)-5-5-|-3--6-2--3-1--|-(1)------(1)-5-5---||


   4/4
    Q  E Q  E Q    +E  E E S S E E E S S
||---------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------|-----------------------|
||--3--6-2--3-1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5-|


  Q  E Q  E Q    +E  E E S S E E E S S
|--------------|------------------------||
|--------------|-----------------------o||
|--------------|-----------------------o||
|-3--6-2--3-1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5--||


                                     1.
   2/2
    Q  E Q  E Q    +H.      +E  S S   Q  E Q  E Q    +H.      +E  S S
||---------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------o||
||o--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------o||
||--3--6-2--3-1--|-(1)------(1)-5-5-|-3--6-2--3-1--|-(1)------(1)-5-5--||


                  Pre-Solo
  2.
                  4/4
  Q  E Q  E E E    W          E Q  Q  Q  E
|---------------||----------|------------4-|
|---------------||----------|---------3----|
|---------------||----------|------2-------|
|-3--6-2--3-1---||----------|---1----------|


  +Q.   E +Q.   E   S S E S S E H
|-(4)-------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-------2-(2)-----|-3-3---3-3--------||


   Guitar Solo #1
    Q  S S Q  S S S S E   Q  S S  Q  E S S E  4x
||----------------------|---------------------||
||o---------------------|--------------------o||
||o---------------------|--------------------o||
||--0--0-0-0--0-0-0h1-1-|-0--0-0-/6--5-3h5-5--||


   Guitar Solo #2
    E. E.  E. S S S S S S S   E. E.  E. S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o----6--/7--4h6---4-------|----6--/7--4h6---4-------o||
||o---------------7---6h7---|---------------7---6h7---o||
||--4---------------------5-|-4---------------------5--||


   Guitar Solo #3
    Q  S S Q  S S S S E   Q  S S  Q  E S S E  4x
||----------------------|---------------------||
||o---------------------|--------------------o||
||o---------------------|--------------------o||
||--0--0-0-0--0-0-0h1-1-|-0--0-0-/6--5-3h5-5--||


   Guitar Solo #4
    E. E.  E. S S S S S S S   E. E.  E. S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o----6--/7--4h6---4-------|----6--/7--4h6---4-------o||
||o---------------7---6h7---|---------------7---6h7---o||
||--4---------------------5-|-4---------------------5--||


 Transition #2
  Q.=135
 12/8
  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q  +E    E E Q.   H    Q.
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|------6----------------|--------------------|
|----------------2--(2)S|=1------------------|
|-4---------3-----------|---------------1----|


 6/4
  W.              +W.              +W.              +W.
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------||
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------||
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------||
|-0-------------|-(0)------------|-(0)------------|-(0)----||


   Verse #5
    E E E q  E E E E q  E   E E E q  E q  Q  E E  4x
||------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-----------------------|----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|----------------------o||
||--0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-0h2-2-2--x-1--1--1-x--||


 Interlude #5/Bridge #3
  E E E q  E E E E q  E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|------3----------------|
|-----------------------|----3---3--------------|
|-0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-1--------1-0--0-0-0-0-|


  E E E q  E E E E q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------3--2--------|
|-----------------------|----3--------2-----|
|-0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-1--------------0--|


    E E E q  E E E E q  E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||--0h2-2-2--x-0h3-3-3--x-|-1--1-1-1-1-0--0-0-0-0--||


    Q.   Q  E Q.   Q.     Q.    Q   E  Q   Q   E  E
||---------------------|----------------------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------------|
||o-2----2--2-4----4s==|=12----12--12-12--12--12-12-|
||---------------------|----------------------------|


                                   1.
   Q   E  E  E  E  Q   E  E  E  E    Q.    Q   E  Q   Q   Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------11--11-11-11-11-|----------------------------o||
|-14--14-14-14-14-----------------|-12----12--12-12--12--12----o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||


                             Outro - Pt. I/Guitar S
  2.
   Q.    Q.    Q.    Q.       Q  E E Q  Q  E E Q
|-------------------------||----------------------|
|-------------------------||o---------------------|
|-12----12----(9)---(9)---||o-2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4s=|
|-------------------------||----------------------|


 olo #5
   Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-12--12-12-12--12--12-12-12---|
|------------------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q     Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q   6x
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------11--11-11-11--|-----------------------------o||
|-14--14-14-14----------------|-12--12-12-12--12--12-12-12--o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||


  Q  E E Q  Q  E E Q     Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4s=|=12--12-12-12--12--12-12-12--|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q
|-----------------------------|
|---------------11--11-11-11--|
|-14--14-14-14----------------|
|-----------------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q    Q  E E Q  Q  E E Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-12--12-12-12--12--12-12-12--|-2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4s===|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q     Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------11--11-11-11--|
|-12--12-12-12--12--12-12-12--|-14--14-14-14----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-12--12-12-12--12--12-12-12---|
|------------------------------|


  Q  E E Q  Q  E E Q     Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4s=|=12--12-12-12--12--12-12-12--|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q
|------------------------------|
|---------------11--11-11-11---|
|-14--14-14-14-----------------|
|------------------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q    Q  E E Q  Q  E E Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-12--12-12-12--12--12-12-12--|-2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4s=|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-12--12-12-12--12--12-12-12---|
|------------------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q     Q   E  E  Q   Q   E  E  Q    W
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------||
|---------------11--11-11-11--|-----------------------------|------||
|-14--14-14-14----------------|-12--12-12-12--12--12-12-12--|------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------||


 Outro - Pt. II
  Q=93
 2/2          3/8   2/2
  Wx9          W     W
|------------|-----|------*|
|------------|-----|------*|
|------------|-----|------*|
|------------|-----|------*|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques

No Picture shawna Wanna Be	#1 by shawna at Mar 24, 2006 at 1:12 AM EST
	I believe the song title is a reference to the large amount of people gathered to witness his execution.

No Picture Dakota Lead Player	#2 by Dakota Sparks at Apr 3, 2006 at 12:39 AM EST
	"White Cluster" starts as the outcast is in a dream-like state, most likely because of the blood loss. In this state he sees people in white (spirits or angels), showing him his atheistic(shown through the entire album) beliefs were wrong all along. The dream-like state slowly changes to reality. He finds himself about to be hanged. The hangman approaches him and ties the noose, allowing him a moment of reflection before he is hanged. Just the moment before he dies he feels a hand on his shoulder and as he looks behind him he sees Melinda standing right behind him.

No Picture lodger Wanna Be	#3 by lodger at Apr 19, 2006 at 11:08 PM EST
	.....NOT