Blackwater Park Chords & Tabs
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BLACKWATER PARK (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
(From the 2001 Album BLACKWATER PARK)
Transcribed by Johannes Zetterberg
Words and Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Arranged by Opeth
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Martin Mendez - El. Bass #1'
Gtr II (D A D G) - 'Martin Mendez - El. Bass #2'
Intro
Moderately Q=89
4/4 2/4 4/4
Gtr I
W e E Q E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|----------|--------||----------------------------|
|----------|--------||o---------------------------|
|----------|--------||o-4-4-4-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|
|----------|-3------||------------------------0-0-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-3-3-3-x-x-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-x-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-1-1-1-x-x-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-4-4-4-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|
|-----------------------0-0-|
1.,2.
E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-0-0-0-x-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-x-x-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------o||
|-1-1-1-x-x-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
3.
E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S E E S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|-0-0-0-x-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-1-1-1-x-x-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--||
Instrumental Break #1
E S S E +S S S E S S E. Q. S S +S S S S E. S
|----------------------------||---------------------------|
|----------------------------||o--------------------------|
|----------------------------||o----------------/5-3h5\---|
|-2-2p0-2b3r(2)-0-2s6-0-6h7\-||--0----x-0-(0)-0---------1-|
S E +S E. S S S S S +S S S S 6x
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|---4b5==(4)r-4--------------------3s4---o||
|-0--------------0-/6-3-0-/3-(3)-0--------||
Pre-Verse/Verse #1
Wx2 H Q. S S E +S S +E E +S S +E E S S
|------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|------------|-----------10s12-|-8-(8)\-5-(5)-7-(7)\-3-(3)-5-3-2-|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E. S T T T T S S +S S S S S e S E. S T T T T S S +S S S S S e S
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o------4h5p4p0----------------------|------4h5p4p0-----------------------|
||--0--0---------0-1-(1)-0-/6-6-6-0-0-|-0--0---------0-1-(1)-0-/6-6-6-0-0--|
~~~~~~
E. S T T T T S S +S S S S S S S S E +S S +E E +S S +E E S S 4x
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|------4h5p4p0--------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-0--0---------0-1-(1)-0-/6-6-6-0-10s12-|-8-(8)\-5-(5)-7-(7)\-3-(3)-5-3-2---||
Interlude - Pt. I
H.=H Slightly Slower Q=77
$
2/4 4/4
>
W +W +W +W W Wx2 4x
|----------|------------||-------------|------------|------|---------||
|----------|------------||o------------|------------|------|--------o||
|----------|------------||o------------|------------|------|--------o||
|-0--------|-(0)--------||--(0)--------|-(0)--------|------|---------||
Interlude - Pt. II
H=H
D.S.
2/4 4/4
Wx4 W W H. S S S S
|------------|------||----------|------------------||
|------------|------||----------|------------------||
|------------|------||----------|------------------||
|------------|------||----------|-----------0-3s5--||
Pre-Verse/Verse #2
Slightly Faster Q=82
~ ~
E E +H +S S S S E E +H +S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-6-0-(0)----(0)-0-3s5-|-6-0-(0)----(0)-0-3s5-|
~
E E +H +S S S S E. S +E E. S S S S S S S
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------0-3h5-|-2--------0----------------|
|-6-0-(0)----(0)-------|----3-(3)----0---0---0-3s5-|
~ ~
E E +E. S E E +S S S S E E +E. S E E +S S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--6-0-(0)-0---0-(0)-0-3s5-|-6-0-(0)-0---0-(0)-0-3s5-|
~
E E +E. S E E +S S S S E. S +E E. S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------0-3h5-|-2--------0------------------o||
|-6-0-(0)-0---0-(0)-------|----3-(3)----0---0-0-0-3s5----||
~ ~
E E +E. S E E +S S S S E E +E. S E E +S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-0-(0)-0---0-(0)-0-3s5-|-6-0-(0)-0---0-(0)-0-3s5-|
~
E E +E. S E E +S S S S E. S +E E +S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------8-----------||
|-------------------------|------------------6---7p6s4-----||
|-------------------0-3h5-|-2--------0-(0)s5-----------3---||
|-6-0-(0)-0---0-(0)-------|----3-(3)-----------------------||
Bridge #1
E S S S S S S S S S +S S S +E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-6---x-6-(6)-6-6-(6)\-|
|-----------------------------------|
~~
E S S S S S S S E S S E S E S S S S S S S E S Q
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-/5-5-4-3--------------------|-/5-5-4-3-----------------|
|----------0-1-1-x-0-1-/4-1-1-|----------0-1-1-x-0-1-/4--|
E. T T S S S S S S S +S S S +E
|---------9--------------------------|
|-----7h9---9-7----------------------|
|-/7------------6---x-6-(6)-6-6-(6)\-|
|------------------------------------|
~~
E S S S S S S S E S S E S E S S S S S S S E S Q
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-/5-5-4-3--------------------|-/5-5-4-3-----------------|
|----------0-1-1-x-0-1-/4-1-1-|----------0-1-1-x-0-1-/4--|
Q.. S S S S +S +Q E S S S S S S S E S S E S
||-------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o------------------------|-/5-5-4-3--------------------|
||--2-----1---1-1-(1)-(1)--|----------0-1-1-x-0-1-/4-1-1-|
1. 2.
~~
E S S S S S S S E S Q E S S S S S S S E S Q
|---------------------------||-----------------------------||
|--------------------------o||-----------------------------||
|-/5-5-4-3-----------------o||-/5-5-4-3--------------------||
|----------0-1-1-x-0-1-/4---||----------0-1-1-x-0-1-/4/----||
Chorus #1
Q=85
~~~~~~~ ~
S S S S +S S S S S E S S e S
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------4-4-2-|
||--/11-11-11-10-(10)-0-/6-6-6-7-0-------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
S S S S S e S S S S S Q 4x S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||---------------------------------||
|----------------------------o||---------------------------------||
|----------------------------o||---------------------------------||
|---3-3-3---1-3---1-1-1-/4/---||---3-3-3---1-3---1-1-1---1-1-1---||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/opeth/blackwater_park_btab_ver_2.html ]
Pre-Solo Guitar Solo
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
S e S S S E +S S S S S S S S 4x S e S S S E +S S S S S S S S 4x
||-----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-/7-(7)-7-5-5-6-6\-3p0--||-||--0-0-0-0-0-/7-(7)-7-5-5-6-6\-3p0--||
Chorus #2
~~~~~~~ ~
S S S S +S S S S S E S S e S
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------4-4-2-|
||--/11-11-11-10-(10)-0-/6-6-6-7-0-------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
S S S S S e S S S S S Q 4x S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||---------------------------------||
|----------------------------o||---------------------------------||
|----------------------------o||---------------------------------||
|---3-3-3---1-3---1-1-1-/4/---||---3-3-3---1-3---1-1-1---1-1-1---||
Instrumental Break #2
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o-------3h5p3h5-----------------|-------3h5p3h5---/8-8-8-8-8-8-8--o||
||--0-0-0---------0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0---------0------------------||
Pre-Verse/Verse #3
Gtr II
E S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
|---------------------x-----------|
|---------------------------------|
|---5-0h3h5---------5---0h3h5p3h5-|
|-0---------0-0-(0)---------------|
S S S S S S S S +S S S S T T T T T T T T
|-----------------------------------------------0h5h7-|
|-----------------------------------(0)h(5)h(7)-------|
|---x-5-0h3h5---------0h3h5-(6)p(5)-------------------|
|-0-----------0-0-(0)---------------------------------|
E. S +E E S S S S S S S S E. S +E E. S +E S S S S
|------------x---------------|---------------------x-----|
|--------------------3h5-----|---------------------------|
|-6--4-(4)-5-----3h5-----3h5-|-------------------3---3h5-|
|--------------x-------------|-3--0-(0)-3--5-(5)---------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------x-----------|---------------------------0h5h7--------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------0h5-7--|
|---5-0h3h5---------5---0h3h5p3h5-|---x-5-0h3h5---------0h3h5--------------|
|-0---------0-0-(0)---------------|-0-----------0-0-(0)--------------------|
E. S +E E S S S S S S S S E. S +E E. S +E S S S S
|------------x---------------|---------------------x-----|
|--------------------3h5-----|---------------------------|
|-6--4-(4)-5-----3h5-----3h5-|-------------------3---3h5-|
|--------------x-------------|-3--0-(0)-3--5-(5)---------|
E S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
|---------------------x-----------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---5-0h3h5---------5---0h3h5p3h5-|---x-5-0h3h5---------0h3h5-3-x-3-x--|
|-0---------0-0-(0)---------------|-0-----------0-0-(0)----------------|
E. S +E E S S S S S S S S E. S +E E. S +E S S S S
|------------x---------------|---------------------x-----|
|--------------------3h5-----|---------------------------|
|-6--4-(4)-5-----3h5-----3h5-|-------------------3---3h5-|
|--------------x-------------|-3--0-(0)-3--5-(5)---------|
E S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
|---------------------x-----------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------3h5------|
|---5-0h3h5---------5---0h3h5p3h5-|---x-5-0h3h5---------0h3h5-----3h5--|
|-0---------0-0-(0)---------------|-0-----------0-0-(0)----------------|
E. S +E E S S S S S S S S E. S +E E. S +E S S S S
|------------x---------------|---------------------x-----|
|--------------------3h5-----|---------------------------|
|-6--4-(4)-5-----3h5-----3h5-|-------------------3---3h5-|
|--------------x-------------|-3--0-(0)-3--5-(5)---------|
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----3h5-3h5-----3h5-3h5-----3h5-|-----3h5-3h5-----3h5-3h5-----3h5-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------3h5-----|-0-0---------0-0---------3h5-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-4-4-4-5-5-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-3-3-3-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------3h5-3-------|
|-----3h5-3h5-----3h5-3h5-----3h5-|-----3h5-3h5-----3h5-------5-3h5-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------3h5-----|-0-0---------0-0-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-6-6-6-4-4-4-5-5-----------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-3-3-3-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-||
Instrumental Break #3
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
||o-------3h5p3h5-----------------|-------3h5p3h5------------------o||
||--0-0-0---------0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0---------0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||
Wx2 E. S +E E. S +E +Q E. S +E E. S +E Q
|------------|--------------------------|----------------------||
|------------|--------------------------|----------------------||
|------------|--------------------------|----------------------||
|------------|-12--7-(7)-10--6-(6)-(6)--|-7--6-(6)-3--0-(0)-0--||
Pre-Chorus/Chorus #3
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--12-12-12-7-7-7-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-6-6-6-3-3-3-6-6-6-6s7-6-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E 6x
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-12-12-12-7-7-7-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-6-6-6-3-3-3-0-0-0-0--||
Outro - Pt. I
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|
||o-----------0-5h6p5-0---5-------|
||--0-0-0-0h3-----------6---6-5p3-|
Outro - Pt. II
Slower Q.=50
6/8
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x E Q Q. Wx19
|--------------------------------||------------|---------*|
|-------------------------------o||------------|---------*|
|-----------0-5h6p5-0---5-------o||------------|---------*|
|-0-0-0-0h3-----------6---6-5p3--||--0---------|---------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
