OPETH - FACE OF MELINDA
from the 62'28" of passion called STILL LIFE
tabbed by eugenio crippa - gfqcri@tin.it
normal tuning
intro: repeat 4 times
|--7*---5----2h3---------------2h3----------------------0----------------------------||--5----3---------5p0------0--------5p3h5-5-------------1--3--------0----------------||------------------------2-------------------4h5--2h4------4----------2-4-4/5-----4--||-------0--------------5-------------------------------------------------------------||--0----------------------------------------------------0-------0-1-2----------------||----------------------------------------------------------4-------------------------| * play a E the 1st time
1st verse & 3rd verse:
"by the turnstile beckons a damsel fair
the face of melinda neath blackened hair
no joy would flicker at her eyes
brooding sadness came to a rise"
"and conceded pain in crumbling mirth
a harlot of god upon the earth
found where she sacrificed her ways
that hollow love in her face"
|----------1--------------------------------0------------0----------------------||------3-----3-0------0h1p0-------------------0--------1---1-0------------------||----2---2-----------2------0---2---------2----------2---------0----------------||--0----------------------------------1/2----------2----------------------------||--------------0----------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
at the end of the verses comes in an electric clean guitar...
3 times... ...then 1.2.3 1.2. 4.|--7------------------------|-----|----.-----0-5-7-8p5-7-8-8/10-8-7-5-----5------|cl. el. gtr|------6-5-----6-------5----|-----|--0h3-----------------------------------------||----------------7-------5--|--4--|-----------------------------------7-5---7-4--||---------------------------|-----|----------------------------------------------||---------------------------|-----|----------------------------------------------||---------------------------|-----|----------------------------------------------|
| || ||-----------------------------0--------.-----------------------------------------|ac. gtr|---------------------------1---1-3--0h3-----------0-------1--------3-----7\5----||------coming from--------2------------------------------------------------------||------1st verse riff...2--------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------0----------------2-------3--------5-----9\7----||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2nd & 4th verse:
(2) "words would falter to atone (4) "still i plotted to have her back * * *|-----12--------------------------------------------------------------|ac. gtr|--12--------12--------------------0-----0h1---------3-----------2-5--||---------------12-11-9----------0-----0-----2-----------------2------||------------------------------2-----2-----------------------2--------||--------------------------------------------0-----------2/4----------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ||---------------------------------------------------------------------|cl. el. gtr|-----------------------------------------------------------------12--||----------------------------------------------------------------9----||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------| * play these notes only the 1st time
(2) failure had passed the stepping stone (4) contentment that would fill the crack|--12---------------------------------------------0--------------||------12------------------------0------------------0---0--------||--------------------------------------2--0-----------2---2------||--------------------------------------------4-------------------||----------13--12--10--------------------------------------------||------------------------0h2-------------------------------------|
| ||--12------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------7/9-9-9---------------------------------||--------------------------------7/9\7-9-7/9\7--------------4-5--||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
(2) she had sworn her wows to another (4) my soul released a fluttering sigh|--12---------------------------------------------------------||---------12-------------0-----0h1----------3-----------2--5--||------------9---------0-----0-----2------------------2-------||--------------------2-----2------------------------2---------||----------------------------------0------------2/4-----------||---0---------------------------------------------------------|
| ||---------------------------------------------------------10--||-------------------------------------------------------8-----||-------------------------------------------------------------||---2---------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
(2) this is when... (4) this day fell...|-------------------------------||------------------1-----1p0----||----------------2-----2-----2--||-------------------------------||--------------0-----0----------||--0----------------------------|
| ||--12p10-12/14------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
(2) ...no one will bother"|-------------------------------------|...go on with 1st verse riff + 3rd verse|---------0-----0------------------0--||-------0-----0------------------0----||-------------------------------------||--0--2-----0-------------------------||----------------2/3-----0h2-2-2------|
(4) ...the darkness nigh"|-----------------------------------------------------------------|ac. gtr|--------0-----0----------------------------1-1--------0-1--------||------0-----0----------------------------2----------2-----4/5\2--||---------------------------------------3-------------------------||--0-2-----0----------0h2-------------3---------------------------||-----------------3---------3---2---1--------------1--------------|
| ||-----------------------------------------------------------------|cl. el. gtr|-----------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------5------4----/5-2------||-----------------------------------3-----------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------2--------||--------------------0-------0----||---------------------------------||------------------4---4-------4--||--------------6------------------||--1-----5------------------------|
| ||---------------------------------||--3-----1-----0------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
1.3.5.7. 2.4.6.|------------------------------------0-0---5-----0-----|------------------||----------------------------2-------5-----------5-----|------------------||----------0-------------2-------.---------------------|------------------||--5---5-----0---------5---5-----5---------------------|------------------||----5---5-----2-2/4-----------------------------------|--2/3---2---0-----||--3---------------------------------0-----5-----0-----|------------------|
| | ||--1---------------------------------------5-----------|--4/5---4---------||------------------2-----------------------------5-----|------------------||--3---------------2-----------------0-----2-----------|------------------||------------------------------------------------2-----|------------------||------------------------------------------------------|------------------||------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
let ring the last E chord...
...then:
1.3.5. 2.|--------------------------------------|-------------------||--2--2--2--2-----0--------3--3--2--2--|-------------------||-----1--2--2--4--4--2--2--2--2--1--1--|----2---2---4---4--||--------------4--4-----2--3-----2-----|----2---2---3---3--||--------------2-----0-----------------|--0-------0--------||--3-----4-----------------------------|-------------------|
4. |-------------------| |-------------------| |----4---4---2---2--| |----3---3---2---2--| |--0-------0--------| |-------------------|
1.2.3. 4.go on with electric & acoustic together...|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----0-------0--|----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--||----------2---2|----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2||--2-----2------|--2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------||0-----0--------|0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0--------||---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | dist. el. gtr |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------2------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------2-2-let ring...------------------------------------------------| |----------------2-0------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------0--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---------------||------------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-------------||----2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2-------------------||--0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----2---------------------------------------------------------------2---------||--2-2-let ring...-------------------------------------------------2-2---------||--2-0-------------------------------------------------------------2-0---------||--0---------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
transition:
play 4 times|--7-7---5-5---5-5---1---1-1-1-------------------------------------|dist. el.gtr|--7-7---5-5---5-5---1---1-1-1-------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-2-2-----||------------------------------0-2-3-5-------------3-3-3-3-2-2-----||--------------------------------------0-1-0---0-------------------||--------------------------------------------3---------------------|
5th & 6th verse:
2 times for each verse|--4---4-44----444-3---3-33----333-2---2-22----222-1---1-11----111---|dist. el. gtr|--4---4-44----444-3---3-33----333-2---2-22----222-1---1-11----111---||--4---------------4---------------2---------------2-----------------||--6---------------5---------------4---------------3-----------------||--6---------------5---------------4---------------3-----------------||--4---------------3---------------2---------------1-----------------|
"i took her by the hand to say
all faith forever has been washed away
i returned for you in great dismay
come with me far away to stay"
play the transition 2 times
"endlessly gazing in nocturnal prime
she spoke of her vices and broke the rhyme
but baffled herself with the final line
the promise is made but my heart is thine"
play the transition 4 times before the...
...last interlude:
|----------0----------------0-------------------------------------------|ac. gtr|------3-----3----------3-----3---------0-----0-------------0-----------||----2---2-----2------2---2-----2-----0-----0-------0-------------------||--0----------------------------------------------0---3/5-----3---2-----||----------------0--3-------------0-2-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------------3-----1-----------------------|
| ||...then 2 el. gtrs enter: ||-----------------------------------1-----------------------------------|\|--1/3------------------------------------5-----3-------1h3-------------|->el. gtr 1|-------------------2---0-0-----------------------------2---0-0h2-0-----|/|--0--------------------------------------------------3/5-----3---2-----|\|----------------0--3-------------0-2-----------------------------------|->el. gtr 2|-----------------------------------------3-----1-----------------------|/
repeat and fade 'till the end
