The Lotus Eater Tab

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			     Opeth- The Lotus Eater
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Tabbed by: Silhouettica
Email: Silhouettica@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard*
*The request for this song said that it was in Dropped D tuning. However, it actually is 
standard. Because of this, I cannot change the tuning section.

Riff order:

Riff 1 x2
Riff 2 x4
Riff 1 x2
Riff 2 x4
Riff 3 x7
Riff 4 x1
Riff 5 x3
Riff 6 x1
Riff 7 x1
Riff 8 x1
Riff 5 x3
Riff 6 x1
Riff 7 x1
Riff 8 x1
Keyboard Break
Riff 3 x6 (During the first repetition of riff 3, guitar 2 plays Riff 9)
Keyboard Break 2
Riff 1 x2
Riff 2 x4
Riff 1 x2
Riff 2 x4
Guitar Breakdown (Sorry, this one is gonna take a while to tab)
Guitar Solo (There is a video on youtube with a guy showing you how to play it note for 
Thus, I did not tab this part)
Clean Section (Tabbed out Below)
Guitar Solo 2 (Tabbed out Below)
Keyboard Breakdown (During this, guitar plays all muted strings with a wah. Listen to 
song for the rhythm)
Riff 10 x1
Riff 11 x1
Riff 10 x1
Riff 11 x1
Riff 12 x1
Riff 12 x1
Riff 13 x3 (repeat until the end of song)
Ending solo over Riff 13 (Tabbed out Below)

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------| Riff 1
G|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------|
D|-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------|
A|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------|
E|---------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|  Riff 2
A|-6-3-------7-------------------|
E|-4-1-0h1h2-5-------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-6------| Riff 3
A|--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-4------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|   Riff 4
A|------------------------|
E|-0-1-3-0-1-4-0-4-7-0----|

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-------6-------6h7p6------| Riff 5
A|--------------------------|
E|-4-4-4---4-4-4------------|

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------| Riff 6
A|------------------------------|
E|--9-6-9-0-9-6-6-3-6-0-6-3-----|

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|---------------------4--------|
D|-1-x-x-x-1-x-x-x-1-x-1--------|  Riff 7
A|-3-x-x-x-3-x-x-x-3-x-3--------|
E|-2-x-x-x-2-x-x-x-2-x-2--------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------| Riff 8
D|-1-x-x-x-3-5-5/3-3-1-0----------|
A|-3-x-x-x-2-4-4/2-------3-1------|
E|-2-x-x-x-1-3-3/1-----------4----|

e|-8^9-8~~~-12-11-8-12-11-8----------------|
B|--------------------------11-10-8-12-8---|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------| Riff 9
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Clean Section
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------[7]--|
B|---------------------------9----------------------------------[7]-----|
G|-7/8-------------------------8-8h9-7-7h8p7-----------------[7]--------|
D|-----9~---5/7------2/5---------------------8-6~~~-------[7]-----------| X2
A|--------------7~-------7-----------------------------[7]--------------|
E|-------------------------7------------------------[7]-----------------|
Fingerpick this part:
e|-11/13--12~--10/12--10~---------14-----------------------------------------|
B|-10/12--11~--9/-11--9~~----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9/-11--10~--8/-10--8~~------11------------------------9/11---------8------|
D|-8/-10--9~~--7/-9---7~~---10--------12-----9-----7-8-9-----10-9---9-----9--|
A|--------------------------------------------10------------------7-----7----|
E|---------------------------------------7-------6---------------------------|

e|-----------------7-[12]----------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------9-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8/10-10-----7-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------9-8------------7-7------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------9-8------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| (End of 
Section)


Guitar Solo 2
e|------------------13-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------12----12-11-10----------------------------------------------|
G|-3/7~~~-----------------------8-6~~~-------------------------7-9-10-7------|
D|-------7/10-10-----------------------2-3-2-0-2-3-5-2-3-5^6~~~--------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(End of Guitar Solo 2)


e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-4-1~~-------------------------------| Riff 10
A|-4-1~~-13-12-6-12-13-14-14-14-14-----|
E|-6-3~~-11-10-4-10-11-12-12-12-12-----|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-1~~--------------------------------------------------------| Riff 11
A|-4-1~~-13-12-6-12-13-14-13-14-14-13-14-14-6-5-6-3-6-11-12-13--|
E|-6-3~~-11-10-4-10-11-12-11-12-12-11-12-12-4-3-4-1-4-9--10-11--|

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|  Riff 12
D|-11-10----------------|
A|-9--8--6-5-6-3-6------|
E|-------4-3-4-1-4------|

e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------| Riff 13
A|-5---4---5---4----|
E|-3---2---3---2----|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--8-7~~~~~------------8/11-7~~~-8-5-7-8/11~~~-----|
G|-----------8-7-5-4~~~-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------| Emding Solo
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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