Hi everyone… This song isn’t very well tabbed, specially the solo… But
it’s all I could do… Any comments, send them to [email protected]
Music: Opium
Band: Moonspell
Album: Irreligious
Lyrics by Fernando Ribeiro, Music by Moonspell
00:00 -> 00:12 — Play RIFF 1, twice, with some pick scrapes in the
beggining…
RIFF 1:
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———————————-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-4-2-2-5-4-2-4-
2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2————————————
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00:13 -> 00:25 — The drum kicks in, and RIFF 1 is played twice again,
acompanyed by the guitar that plays the E5 and D5 chords,
at the same time as the bassdrum, with heavy palm mutting.
00:26 -> 00:38 — Guitar plays RIFF 2, in clear tone… I think this is played
with a synth in the album…
RIFF 2:
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——3————-3———————————————————-
—4——4—4—4——4———4————-4—————7————-7—
2—2——2—2—2——2—4——4—4—4——4—4—-7——7—7—7——7-
—————————2—2——2—2—2——2—-5—5——5—5—5——
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———-2————-2——-
—7—2——2—2—2——2—2-
5—0—0——0—0—0——0—
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00:39 -> 00:50 — One guitar plays RIFF 2, while the other plays RIFF 3, after
a pick scrape… The pick scrapes appear a bit before every
chord.
RIFF 3:
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9————————-4—————————-7————————
9————————-4—————————-7————————
7————————-2—————————-5————————
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—-2—————————
—-2—————————
—-0—————————
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00:51 -> 01:03 — RIFF 1 is played 2 times, acompanied by the E5 and D5 power
chords, with palm mutting…
01:04 -> 01:16 — RIFF 2 is played again, in clear tone…
01:17 -> 01:29 — RIFF 2 is played along with RIFF 3…
01:30 -> 01:42 — This is like the song’s solo… Play RIFF 4.
RIFF 4:
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—4—4^^^^^—4—4^^^^^—5—5^^^^^—5—5^^^^^—7—7^^^^—7—7^^^^—5
2—2———2—2———3—3———3—3———5—5——-5—5——-3—
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—5^^^^^-
3———
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01:43 -> 01:54 — One guitar plays RIFF 4 the other plays RIFF 5…
RIFF 5:
—2—3———2—3———3—3>>5——3—3>>5——5—5>>7—-5—5>>7—-3
0—0———0—0———1—1———1—1———3—3——-3—3——-1—
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—3>>5—
1———
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01:55 -> 02:07 — Play RIFF 1, twice, with some pick scrapes in the
beggining… There is a feedback, probably in E…
02:08 -> 02:20 — RIFF 1 is played 2 times, acompanied by the E5 and D5 power
chords, with palm mutting…
02:21 -> 02:34 — RIFF 6 is played 4 times, alternating between the E5 and D5
power chords…
RIFF 6:
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2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-
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02:35 -> 02:45 — The end is played with 4 times in rapid sequence in the D5
power chord and then the E5 chord and let it die… Use a
volume pedal…
THE END