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Band:Opeth
Album:Ghost Reveries
Song:The Grand Conjuration
G I'm submittiing another "Grand Conjuration" tab because I have made some
corrections
D from my last version.
A
D Drop D tuning
I have spent lots of time working on this tab, and it's a very good tab.
So enjoy. A lot of things that he does is hard to hear, but if you
really listen hard enough you can hear it. The speakers that I used
to figure some of the little things out, you could hear the bass
perfectly, and I just saw them live on Feb. 15 (2006,) so this is
VERY accurate. Once again,
enjoy!:)
*=sticato note h=hammer on p=pull off S=slap P=pop /=slide up \=slide down
X=mute
He uses distortion on parts of the song. I'll tell you when to turn it on and
when to trn if off.
Intro (distortion off)
[------------------------------------------------------]
[------------------------------------------------------]
[------------------------------------------------------]
[0*---0*---0*-0*---0*---0*-0*---0*---0*-0--0--0/12-12\0]
Main Riff (distortion off)
[-------------------------------]
[-------------------------------]
[-------------------------------]repeat 4 times
[1-0-4---5-4-7---12-10-6---7-6-0]
Repeat Main Riff (distortion on)
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]Repeat 4 times
[1-0-4--4-4-4-5-4-7--7-7-7--12-10-6--6-6-6-7-6-0]
Verse (distortion on)
[-------------------------------]
[-------------------------------]
[-------------------------------]repeat 2 times
[0-1-0---0-1-0---0-1-0---12-10-6]
play this riff right before the chorus (distortion off)
[-------------]
[-------------]
[-------------]
[1-0--1-0-0--0]
Chorus (distortion off)
[-----------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------]
[0/12\0--0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0]
Repeat Verse (distortion on)
Repeat Chorus(distortion off)(also include the riff right before the chorus)
Guitar Solo (distortion off)
[--------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------]repeat 3 times
[0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0--0-1p0]
this is a fill that he does at the fourth and last riff during the guitar solo
[----------------------------------------------------------]
[----------------------------------------------------------]
[----------------------------------------------------------]
[0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-12-10-11-10-8-9-8-6-7-6-1p0--0-1p0]
Then play this part when it slows down (distortion off)
[----------------------------------------------]
[-----0-----0-----0---------12--7---6---3---1--]
[----------------------------------------------]
[-0-1---1-3---3-6---5-10-12---7---6---3---1----]
S S P S S P S S P S S S P S P S P S P S P
Next part (this is where the singing comes back in)(Distortion off) (these
two riffs go together)
[---------------------------------------------------]
[------------------3-----1--------------------------]
[----2-----4-------------------2-----4--1/2-2--2/5-5]
[0h1---0h1---0h1h3---0h1---0h1---0h1----------------]
Repeat these riffs 3 times
[----------------------------------------------------]
[----------------3-----1-----------------------------]
[----2-----4-----------------2-----4-----------------]
[0h1---0h1---0h1---0h1---0h1----------X-X-1--X-X-0--3]
Play this riff while it's nothing but the guitar (distortion off)
[--------------]
[--------------]
[--------------]
[8/9-9--9/12-12] Let the 12 ring out a little, then slide down the fretboard.
Then play this riff (distortion off)
[-----------------------]
[-----------------------]
[-----------------------]
[X-X-1--X-X-0--3--0----0]
This play this riff (distortion off) (well call it the A riff. It needs a name
for later on, you'll see why.)
[---------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------]
[7-7-7-8-7--7-10p7-8p7--7-7-7-8-7--7-10p7-12p7]repeat 7 times
Then play this riff when the screaming comes back in. (distortion off)
[-----------------------]
[-----------------------]Repeat 8 times
[-----------------------] It's something like this. It's very hard to tell
[1-0-0-0h1-0h1h2-0h1h2h3] what it's doing this part.
Repeat Riff A
During the part that sounds like the Intro(distortion off)
[---------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------]
[0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0]
[----------------------------------------] Play these two riffs once.
[----------------------------------------]
[----------------------------------------]
[0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0*-0*-0*-0/12-12\0]
[-------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------]
[0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0-0-0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0]
[--------------------------------------------]Then play these two riffs 3 times.
[--------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------]
[0-0-0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0*-0*-0*-0/12-12\0]
Then play this riff
[--------------------------------]
[--------------------------------]
[--------------------------------]
[0*-0*-0/12-12\0--0*-0*-0/12-12\0]
Then repeat the Main Riff once (distortion off)
Repeat Verse (distortion on)
Then play the Main Riff with distortion on from the 7:44 point to
the 8:38 point. Then play the Main Riff without distortion until
the song is over. Although you do play this one riff a couple of times
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[1-0-4---5-4-7---12-10-6---3-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-1/13-13-12-12]
Thank God I'm finally done with this tab. For anyone who learns this song
from my tab, please contact me and tell me what you think of it. Thx.
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Tadej Average |
#1 by Tadej Supukovic at Mar 13, 2006 at 11:59 AM EST |
| hmm i wonder maybe its about...SATAN..haha..yeah its kinda obvious | |
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Carter Wanna Be |
#2 by Carter Wilson at Apr 30, 2006 at 12:45 PM EST |
| Hey I would like to know what kind of destortion. please write back! | |
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Neal Wanna Be |
#3 by Neal McMorrow at Jun 26, 2006 at 2:09 AM EST |
| Im on the same boat as Shadow, bu I do like opeth a lot. This song im not sure about either | |
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lukas n00b! |
#4 by lukas de at Aug 2, 2006 at 7:39 PM EST |
| good tab, works fine when i play it | |
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Tom Rhythm Player |
#5 by Tom the Scarecrow at Dec 4, 2006 at 11:07 AM EST |
| christians and satanists and stereotypical metal heads. haha nice combination. very eerie song. its strange to see opeth walking down this path. heard them once say they were against using "blast chords"... however in saying so... its one of their finest works. the melody line once again drives the song. what makes this song move like the ghost of a dead child on swings has to be the creepy chanting and the flurry of keyboards. in my opinion its Ghost reveries best piece ... or atleast its most memorable. HOD | |
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Ryan Average |
#6 by Ryan Van Halen at Dec 15, 2006 at 11:40 AM EST |
| From what I got, Satan sends people in hell back to earth to spread the seeds of evil. He is picked to return to earth with bitter hatred and spreed evil. Now onto Isolation years. | |
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Average |
#7 by |
| the album was supposed to be completely about a man killing his mother and turning to satan, and except for isolation years, it is.....this is the narrators final descent into hell and why do christians feel like saying "im christian but..."? being christian shouldnt hinder your enjoyment of something just because it mioght deal with satan in an abstract way, esp if it casts evil in a negative light. the fact that you have to put that preamble on there shows that christianity serves nothing but to be a barrier to enjoyment of life, more than alot of other religions(at least that i know of, although all the sects of religions that make you vow ascetiscism or such are included too) | |
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Brad Average |
#8 by Brad Cooke at Mar 5, 2007 at 8:06 AM EST |
| I am a Christian Opeth fan, but I dont care what bands sing about, I love this song and I dont think I'm going to go to hell or anything because of that | |
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Sir Badass |
#9 by Sir Steel at Jun 21, 2007 at 5:09 PM EST |
| eeee. Christians.. bad bad.. never would have picked you guys to like a band that sings about Satan.. leave it up to the Satanists. please. | |
