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For Absent Friends

Opeth
Tab
★4.7(3)

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Song

FOR ABSENT FRIENDS

As recorded by Opeth

(From the 2002 Album DELIVERANCE)

Transcribed by Cam Penny

Music by Opeth

Arranged by Opeth

Intro

Calm Q=68

N.C. (Am) (Cm/D#)

2/4 4/4

Gtr I

|--------||-------------------------5---7---|--8-------------||
|--------||-----------------------5---------|----------------||
|--------||-0---0---------------5-----------|-----5-8-(8)----||
|--------||-0h2--------------/7-------7---7-|----------------||
|--------||-------0-(0)--(0)----------------|--6-------------||
|--------||---------------------------------|----------------||

|

| Gtr II

|--------||-7-------------------------------|-(7)------------||
|--------||-0-------------------------------|-(0)------------||
|--------||---------------------------------|----------------||
|----8h9-||-9-------------------------------|-(9)------------||
|--------||---------------------------------|----------------||
|--------||---------------------------------|----------------||

Verse

$

(Am) (G)

||---------------------------------|
||o------------------------0-------|
||--0---0----------------0---0-----|
||--0h2------------------------0---|
||o-------0-(0)--(0)---2-----------|
||-------------------3-----------3-|

|

||--7------------------------------|
||o-0------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|
||--9------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|

(F#m11) (Esus4/F)

|-------------------------------------0--------------|
|-------------0-(0)---------------0--------0---------|
|--------2-------------------2---------------2-------|
|----2-------------------2----------------------2----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------2--1--------------------------/5-|

|

|----------------------------------------------------|
|-17---(17)--12-------15---(15)--10-(10)--10---10----|
|-16---(16)--11-------14---(14)---9--(9)---9----9----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

(Am)

|---------------------------------------5---7---|
|-------------------------------------5---------|
|-----------------------0----0------5-----------|
|-----------------(0)---0h=2-----/7-------7---7-|
|--0---------------------------0----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-10-(10)s12-(12)-----(12)----------------------|
|--9--(9)s11-(11)-----(11)----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

(Cm/D#) (Am) (G)

|-8------------------||--------------------------------|
|-------------------o||------------------------0-------|
|---5-8-(8)----------||-0---0----------------0---0-----|
|--------------------||-0h2------------------------0---|
|-6-----------------o||-------0-(0)--(0)---2-----------|
|--------------------||------------------3-----------3-|

|

|--------------------||-7------------------------------|
|-------------------o||-0------------------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------8h9--||-9------------------------------|
|-------------------o||--------------------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------------|

(F#m11) (Esus4/F)

|-------------------------------------0---------------||
|-------------0-(0)---------------0--------0----------||
|--------2-------------------2---------------2--------||
|----2-------------------2----------------------0-(0)-||
|--------------------------------------------------0--||
|--2----------------2--1------------------------------||

|

|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-17---(17)--12-------15---(15)--10-(10)--10---10-----||
|-16---(16)--11-------14---(14)---9--(9)---9----9-----||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||

Interlude

(C#m)

|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------4-5-4----------|-------4-5-4-------------------|
|---------------------4--------6--------|-----4-------6-----------------|
|-----------------6---------------------|---6---------------------------|
|--4-----------------------------7-(7)--|-4-------------7-(7)-----------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|

|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10-(10)s12-(12)---(12)----------------|-------------------------14-16-|
|--9--(9)s11-(11)---(11)----------------|---------------------/13-------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

C#sus2 B5 A

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--4--------------------------------------------------|
|--6-------------------4------------------------------|
|--6-------------------4------------------------------|
|--4-------------------2---------------4---------(4)--|
|--------------------------------------5---------(5)--|

|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-16b17==(16)r(16)-14---------------------------------|
|---------------------16-(16)s11-9-(9)s8-(8)-(8)------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

C#sus2 B5 A G#m7 F#sus4 F#m7 Esus4

|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--4------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--6--------------4---------------------------------|--4----4-(4)-----2-----2-(2)--|
|--6--------------4---------------------------------|--4----4-(4)-----2-----2-(2)--|
|--4--------------2--------4-------(4)--------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-------(5)--------------|--4----2-(2)-----2-----0-(0)--|

|

|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-11-(11)b12-(11)-9p8-----------------------8h9p(8)-|-(8)---------------8-9--------|
|---------------------9-9h11-(11)------(11)---------|-11--9----------11-----7-(7)--|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------9-(9)-/7---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|

To Coda

|-------------------------------||
|-0-----------------------------||
|-2--2-------2-------1----------||
|-2----2----------2--2----------||
|--------0----------------------||
|-0-----------------------------||

|

|-------------------------------||
|----------9---10---12--(12)----||
|------9------------------------||
|---/9-----------------------10p||
|-7-----------------------------||
|-------------------------------||

Pre-Verse

D.S. al Coda

(Am) (Cm/D#)

|-------------------------5---7---|-8-------------------||
|-----------------------5---------|---------------------||
|-0---0---------------5-----------|---5-8-(8)-----------||
|-0h2--------------/7-------7---7-|---------------------||
|-------0-(0)--(0)----------------|-6-------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||

|

|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|-9-------------------------------|---------------8h9---||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||

&

(Asus2)

|---------0----:-(0)----*|
|-------0------:--------*|
|-----2--------:--------*|
|---2----------:--------*|
|-0------------:--------*|
|--------------:--------*|

|

|--------------:--------*|
|--------------:--------*|
|--------------:--------*|
|-9------------:-(9)----*|
|--------------:--------*|
|--------------:--------*|

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