Hours Of Wealth Bass Tab

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Atonement
Hours Of Wealth »
The Grand Conjuration

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Hours of Wealth
Opeth
Ghost Reveries
Martin Mendez
Tabbed By Atticus Crowley

Standard EADG Tuning

Acoustic Intro until

Riff 1 (1:05) x16
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Elevens not ones

Riff 2 (1:34) x8
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Fourteens and Twelves, not ones, fours and twos

Riff 1 x12
Riff 2 x8

Acoustics (Found a way...) till the end

Source: BassMasta.net
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Hayden Rhythm Player	#1 by Hayden Garfield at Mar 28, 2006 at 8:19 AM EST
	It sounds like a person who is tired of life, and they have left their home so that they can go and kill themselves and die alone.

No Picture Seejay Average	#2 by Seejay at Apr 20, 2006 at 10:30 PM EST
	I think its about suicide.

No Picture muerte Average	#3 by muerte asd at May 4, 2006 at 1:40 AM EST
	and i also agree with malevolent. most ppl would no that true christians think that after you commit suicide you are sent to hell but another one is that after you are sent to hell you are only there until your true time is up then you go to heaven.

No Picture Kazza Average	#4 by Kazza at Jun 14, 2006 at 8:51 AM EST
	doenst make sense, smiply because the words dont say that, you just assume that because you need a connection between harlequin forest and the grandconjuration, wich there isnt. just look at the words, they dont say what you are saying. i dont want to sound arrogant or whatever but i think my interpretation above is right, not because im so great at interpretating songs but simply because that's what the words say

No Picture Toby Wanna Be	#5 by Toby Moran at Aug 10, 2006 at 3:44 AM EST
	I think if it was only about 'suicide', the guy would have been more explicit. Its deliberately ambiguous. The song title itself, 'Hours of wealth' implies something positive; so even if its about suicide, it sure as hell got nothing to do with the devil; really dunno wat u guys are on about. My two cents: the song's bout escape, figuratively speaking. Running away from the things that cause him pain; 'fever' is disease caused by external influence. I like to think that its escape from the norm; people and their habits. He hides behind windows; tries to 'recognize' people instead of merely speaking to them.; he doesn't want to be a drone anymore. Also, he is in darkness, because people have become so addicted to habits that when they finally find themselves alone, they realize how empty they actually are. But he will find purpose again. He will 'rediscover' himself, and arise once more. I mean come on. Suicide? Devils? Satan even? So pessimistic. Song has a real jazzy feel as well, arguably, to help supplement that feeling of escape.

No Picture Tim Wanna Be	#6 by Tim N at Aug 10, 2006 at 8:17 PM EST
	I also think it's about depression and/or suicide. If you wish, maybe can be related to a simbolic death, like the XIII card of the Tarot, but it's about doing something extreme: Leaving home, following Satan (although I don't found Satan among the lyrics), committing suicide, or something alike. "never heard me saying good bye never shall i speak to anyone again" That's not happy, and note hopeful, it's an important choice that changes your life... But it can't be really evil or bad either, because it's called "Hours of Wealth" and as Animal said, it's producing as much as you can.

No Picture Simon Average	#7 by Simon White at Aug 12, 2006 at 10:55 PM EST
	i think you people are looking the wrong way at the words. and as i said in the ghost of perdition topic this is not a concept album , read what i said there. you all see this song as a very negative one , but its actually a very positive song. its about getting out of an depression. its like a V shape. its pretty hard to describe in english but ill try. you should see depression as a V shape. a person slowly goes down the V meaning he feels worse and worse. than he hits rock bottom, the bottom of the V. after that he goes op de V again, meaning he feels better and better. this song is about that point after rock bottom the first point of getting out of the depression. i hope you understand what i mean. just look at the title hours of wealth, by that alone you can see that this is supossed to be a positive song

No Picture † The Jester † Average	#8 by † The Jester † at Aug 30, 2006 at 7:45 AM EST
	This song is intricately tied to the storyline. In Atonement he decides to not follow Satan anymore, but in Reverie/Harlequin Forest he is hounded by Satan through he forest, which finally burns down. In Hours of Wealth he decides to return to the devils fold, which leads up to The Grand Conjuration. "once i am sure of my task i will arise again" He is sure of his quest to follow the devil once more, after repenting in Atonement.

No Picture Alberto Average	#9 by Alberto Guglielmino at Oct 20, 2006 at 2:14 PM EST
	this song just shows how well they can sing.

No Picture Brendon Wanna Be	#10 by Brendon Cooper at Oct 30, 2006 at 9:46 PM EST
	Narrator commits suicide he knows he is going to hell, "all days are in darkness and abiding my time" before passing on to the next realm, he will stay restless and do the devil's work "once i am sure of my task i will arise again"

No Picture Kane Average	#11 by Kane Timson at Nov 13, 2006 at 10:14 AM EST
	yep....looks like he is giving in to satan after realizing he is powerless

No Picture `Wanna Be`	#12 by `Rob .C at Dec 26, 2006 at 6:48 AM EST`
	I think it's about depression. Plain simple Realizing that you have no one and not knowing what the purpose of you living is

No Picture paul Average	#13 by paul mcnutt at Feb 24, 2007 at 6:28 PM EST
	Agreed 100% with likescarrots. I never even remotely linked this song to the thoughts of suicide.. that's just looking WAY too deep into the lyrics. I like this song's message, and there are quite a few people out there who have drifted off somewhere alone for a while to "renew" themselves, find their purpose and come back fired-up. Ultimately I think this song is about burning-out, finding some sort of solace, having an epiphany, and coming to the realization that he has to step out of his comfort zone and make some serious adjustments to his life to bring some light back into it. Hours of Wealth = Serious Productive/Constructive alone time to help better your life, no more beating around the bush, and kicking old bad habits. I honestly can't see how you could derive religion from a song like this. I used to be religious once, until I did my homework and found out it was nothing but mythical-storytelling bullshit. Take care now.

No Picture LeZombi Wanna Be	#14 by LeZombi at Mar 17, 2007 at 1:42 PM EST
	When he says he recognizes all the people passing by I think he's saying that everybody is all the same and he has to leave the place because he can't stand where he is.

No Picture Anton Average	#15 by Anton Eklund at Apr 18, 2007 at 2:09 PM EST
	not really taking this song in context of the album but it sounds like it's about me. damn.