Drapery Falls bass

Drapery Falls

The Drapery Falls - Opeth (Blackwater Park)

Bass - Standard Tuning E A D G (Low to high)

NOTE : This song is in 6/8 with occassional changes to 5/8 which are noted.

        (Fill while Drums enter)
----------------------|
--------12--10--------|
----------------11-10-|
----------------------|


(Intro A, play 4 times)
-----------------------|------------------------|
------------12---------|------------13--12------|
-----10---------10-----|-----10-------------13--|
--8------8----------8--|--8------8--------------|

                                                                                
----------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------|--8-------------|---------8-9----8-----|---------8-9----8-----|
-------------8--|-------------8--|-------------11---9-8-|-------------11---9-8-|
--6-------------|----------------|--7-------------------|--7-------------------|


                                                          
----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
----------------|----------------|------------12---------|
----------------|---------3------|-----10---------10-----|
--6------2------|--1-------------|--8------8----------8--|

(Intro B, Play 4 times)

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|---5--5-5-5-5-7-5-5--7--|


                                                                            
------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
------------------------|--6--6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-|--3--3-3-3-3-------------|
--8--8-8-8-8-10-8-8--8--|-------------------------|-------------2--2-2-2-2--|

Verse I
Hold then rest.
---------------|
---------------|
---------------|
--5------------|

"Pull me down again..."
                                                                    
----------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
----------------|------------------|--3---3---5---5---|---------------|
---------3------|------------------|------------------|--0------------|
---------3------|--5---0---1---1---|------------------|---------------|

Verse II

Rest.

"Pull me down again and guide me into........"(Repeat under solo too)
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------5-----|-------------------|
|--4----4----------|----------5--------|--2----2--2--------|
|----------4----4--|--3----3--------3--|--------------0-2--|
                                      
-------------------|
-------------------|
--2----2--2---2-2--|
-------------------|

"There is failure inside..."
|--------------------|------------------|
|*-------------------|------------5-----|
|*--6-7--4-----------|---------5--------|
|------------7---6---|--3------------3--|


                                            3x                       7x
-------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
-------------------|-----------------------*||*---------------------*||
--6-7--4-----------|--4-5---4-----4-5------*||*---------------------*||
-----------7---6---|------7---5-7-----7-----||---4--4-4-4-4-3---0----||

(This part is in 5/8 time)
                  3x                                    5x                   
------------------||----------------||------------------|
*----------------*||----------------||*----------------*|
*----------------*||----------------||*----------------*|
---1---2--1---2---||--1---3--1---3--||---1---3--1---3---|

(Another Interlude bars 1, 5 and 9 of the interlude are in 6.8 the rest is in 5/8)

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--1---3---5---7---|--5-5-5-0---5--0--|--5-5-5-0---5--0--|--4-4-4-0---4--0--|


                                                               
------------------------|------------------|------------------|
------------------------|------------------|------------------|
--7--7-7-7-7------------|------------------|------------------|
-------------4--4-4-4-4-|--5-5-5-0---5--0--|--5-5-5-0---5--0--|


                                             
------------------|------------------------|
------------------|------------------------|
------------------|--7--7-7-7-7------------|
--4-4-4-0---4--0--|-------------4--4-4-4-4-|

More Growling...
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----4-4-4-4-0--4--0--|--3--3-3-3-3-0--3--0--|--2--2--x-x-0-2-2-3--0-|


                                                                      
-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
--2--2--x-x-0-2-2-3--0-|--4--4-4-4-4-0--4--0--|--3--3-3-3-3-0--3--0--|


                                                                     
-----------------------|------------------|------------------------||
-----------------------|------------------|------------------------||
-----------------------|------------------|--7--7-7-7-7------------||
--2--2--x-x-0-2-2-3--0-|--4-4-4-0---4--0--|-------------4--4-4-4-4-||

Like autumn leaves left in the wake to
(Rests)
FFFAAAADDDDEEEE
|------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|--0--0-0-0-0-1----------|--6--6-6-6-6-6--4--4--|--0--0-0-0-0-1----------|
|----------------3-3-3-3-|----------------------|----------------3-3-3-3-|


                        
----------------------|
----------------------|
--6--6-6-6-6-6--4--4--|
----------------------|

Repeat twice then re-intro

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