Skip to content
To Bid You Farewell cover art

To Bid You Farewell

Opeth
Tab
4.9(47)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

OPETH - TO BID YOU FAREWELL

tabbed by Eugenio Crippa whose e-mail address is gfqcri@tin.it

normal tuning

please notice that:

- gtr 1 - left guitar

- gtr 2 - right guitar

I - repeat almost 8 times in crescendo

|-------------------|gtr 1
|-------------------|
|----------0--------|
|------4-----4---4--|
|----2---2-----2----|
|--0----------------|

II - repeat 4 times

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 1
|------------------------------------------0---------------0--------|
|----------0---------------0-----------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0--|
|------4-----4---4-----4-----4---4---4---4-----4-----4---4-----4----|
|----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---5---------------5----------------|
|--0---------------0------------------------------------------------|

| |

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----------------------------7-4--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-------0-3-2---------------------------0-2---------------|
|----0-----------------------------------0-------------------|
|------0-----------------------------4-----------------------|
|--------2-----------------2h4p2---4---4---------------------|
|--------------------------------2---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--3p0-------------------------------------------------------|
|------0-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------0---------------------------------------------------|
|----------4p2-0-----------2h4p2-----------2/4---------------|
|--------------------------------2---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

III - repeat 4 times

|--------------------------------3-------3\--2----------------------|
|--3-------3/5---------------------------------------0-2-3-5---2----|
|------4-------6----------------------------------------------------|
|----4---4-------------7---------5-------5\--4----------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|------------------------------0-3p2-0---0h2-2----------------------|
|--3---------0-------------------------3----------------------------|
|--------------2----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

IV - play 2 times

|--------------0-----------------------------------------------------|
|--3-------2---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------2/4-2---------------------------2-------------|
|--------------------------------------2-4-5-4-2-------2-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------2-3-2-------------------------------|

| |

|--2-----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3---2-------2/3-2-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4---4-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------5---5---4-5-4-2---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------0-----------------------------------------------------|
|--3-------2---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------2/4-2---------------------------2-------------|
|--------------------------------------2-4-5-4-2-------2-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------2-3-2-------------------------------|

| |

|--2-----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3---2-------2/3-5-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4---4-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------5---5---4-5-4-2---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

play III 4 times again

play IV 2 times with a slight variation at the beginning:

V - play 4 times

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3--------------------------------------------|
|----------2--------------------------------------------|
|--0-------0--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10-10-10-10-10---8-8\6-6---5-5---5-let ring--|
|----------10-10-10-10-10\9-9-9\7-7\5-5-5---5-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

VI - starts to sing...

"i am awaiting the sunrise

gazing modestly to the coldest morning

once it came you lied

embracing us over autumn's proud treetops"

|------------------------------------1---------------1---------------|gtr 2
|----1-------------------------------3---------------3---------------|
|----3---------------3--------------2---------------2----------------|
|---3----------------5-------------0---------------0-----------------|
|-01----------------5------------------------------------------------|
|------------------3-------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 1*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----3-------------------------------7---------------7---------------|
|---3----------------5--------------7---------------7----------------|
|--1----------------5--------------5---------------5-----------------|
|------------------3-------------------------------------------------|

follow the same pattern for gtr 1 in the following acoustic part

play 2 times:

|----1---------------1-----------------------------------------------|gtr2
|----3---------------3---------------1-------------------------------|
|---2---------------2----------------3---------------3---------------|
|--0---------------0----------------3----------------5---------------|
|---------------------------------01----------------5----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------3-----------------|

...then:

|----1---------------1---------------|
|----3---------------3---------------|
|---2---------------2----------------|
|--0---------------0-----------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

VIII - guitar solo

|------------------------------------------------------|solo gtr

|-------5---5b6r5-----3h5-------------------5h8-5------|
|-----7-------------------5-2-----------2/5------------|
|-5/7--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|-------------------1---------------------------1------|gtr 2
|-------------------3---------------------------3------|
|-----------------2---------------------------2--------|
|---------------0---------------------------0----------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|----5-8-----------------------------------------------|
|---6----------8/10-8/10-----------8---6---5/6-5-------|
|--7---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|------------------1---------------------------1-------|
|------------------3---------------------------3-------|
|----------------2---------------------------2---------|
|--------------0---------------------------0-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------10-10b---10-10b-10-10b-------|
|------6------8/10b--------10------------------------------|
|--5-7---7-10-----------12b--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------1---------------------------------------|
|------------------3-----------------3---------------------|
|----------------3-------------------5---------------------|
|------------0-1-------------------5-----------------------|
|--------------------------------3-------------------------|
|-13p10--------------13---15----------------------------------------------|
|-------10-----13-15---------13-----------10---13p10------------13--------|
|----------------------------------------------------12-----12b------12b--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|------------1--------------------------------------1---------------------|
|------------3--------------------------------------3---------------------|
|----------2--------------------------------------2-----------------------|
|--------0--------------------------------------0-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

VIII - play 2 times - mikael sings again

"i stand motionless

in a parade of falling rain

your voice i cannot hear

as i am falling again"

|---1---------------1----------------------------------------------|gtr 2
|---3---------------3--------------1-------------------------------|
|--2---------------2---------------3---------------3---------------|
|-0---------------0---------------3----------------5---------------|
|-------------------------------01----------------5----------------|
|------------------------------------------------3-----------------|

play V 4 times

IX

1.9.10.11.12.

|-----3-------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 1
|----5--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

2.3.4.

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

5.6.8.

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

7.

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------0----------------------------------------------------|
|----------4--------------------------------------------------------|
|------2------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12. |

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-7-7\5-5-5---4---2/4---4----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-5-5\3-3-3---2---0h2---2----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

X - play 6 times with some variations...

|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7----------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7h8---8-8----------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7h9---9-9----------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7h9---9-9----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|------------------------------------------------7----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------8---8----------|
|----------------------------------------------------9-----9p7----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------9--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

XI - elctric gtrs enter

"devotion eludes

and in sadness i lumber

in my own ashes

i am standing without a soul"

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8. 1.3.5.7. 2.4.6.

|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|gtr 1
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--2h4--------------|-------------------|
|--2-------2-2-4h5---5-----4h5------|--------4---0h2----|--0h2---0----------|
|--2--------------------------------|----------------2--|------------3p2-3--|
|--0-------------------0-0-----0-0--|-------------------|-------------------|

| . . . . . . | | |

| | | |

|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|gtr 2
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--2h4---2----------|-------------------|
|--2-------2-2-4h5---5-----4h5------|------------0h2-0--|--5-----4---2---2--|
|--2--------------------------------|-------------------|--7-----5---3---3--|
|--0-------------------0-0-----0-0--|-------------------|-------------------|

. . . . . .

8.

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------4--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0h2---0---------------7-5-4h5p4h5p4-------4-------4h5-7---5-4-4-4-4---4-4-4--|
|------------3p2-------------------------------------------------2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----4---2---2-------------------5-------4-------------------4-4-4---4-4-4--|
|--7-----5---3---3-------------------7-------5-------------------2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

XII -

|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--4---5---5-5-5-----------------|------------------4-------|--0-2-4-5-4-2-4-2---------------|
|------------------0-------------|--0h2-3/5-----------------|------------------4-------5-----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------2-------3-----|

| | | |

|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--0---2---2-2-2-----------------|------------------4-------|--------------------------------|
|------------------3-------------|--2h3-2---------0------0--|--2-3-5-3-2p0-2p0-4-------5-----|
|--------------------------------|--------5-------.------.--|------------------2-------3-----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0--------------------|
|--0-2-4-5-4-2-4-2-2--------------------0--let ring--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

| |

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------2------------5--------------------|
|--2-3-5-3-2p0-2p0-2--------------------5--let ring--|
|------------------0---------------------------------|

XIII - short acoustic interlude

|-------------------------------|
|------------------5------------|
|--2--------------5--------4-4--|
|----2-----3-----3--------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

XIV - again electric gtrs - play 4 times

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4-----4-4---4h5-2--(2)4-2----------|
|--3-----5-5-------------2-2------------------------------------------|
|------------------3--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------4-4-------7-----7-7\2-------------------*-*--|
|--0-----2-----5-------------------------------5/7-7\3-2---------2-3--|
|------------------3--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------3--------------------------------------------------|

* just the first 2 times

XV - then still acoustic...

1.2.3.4.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------4-4-----5/7---7-7-7\2-2/4-2p0-----------------|
|--0-----2-----5---------------------------------------2---------2-3---|
|------------------3---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|1.2.3.4. |1.2. |

|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--4---4-4-4---2h4-2---2h4p2-----------|
|--3-----5---5-5-5-------2-2----|--------------------------------------|
|------------------3------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

|3.4. |

                                |--7---7-7-7---7h8---------------------|
                                |------------------10------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|
                                |--------------------------------------|

XVI - ...until the end - play 4 times

"we walked into the night

am i to bid you farewell?

why can't you see that i try

when every tear i shed

is for you?"

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------0---------------0-2-4p2--------------------------|
|--0-----2-----2-----0h2---------5p4-4---5-2---0----------|
|--------2-----2---------------------------2-----3--------|
|--------0-----0---------------------------0-----5--------|

| |

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------5--------|
|--9-----0-----0---------------------------------4--------|
|------------------------5-7-5\4-----------2-----2--------|
|--7-----7-----7-----5/7---------5---7-----2--------------|
|--0-----------0-------------------7----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------0-------------0-2-4p2-0-2-2/5---4-----0-9--------|
|--0-----2-----2---0h2---------------------7--------------|
(0h5)----2-----2---------------------------------7--------|
|--------0-----0------------------------------------------|

| |

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------7-----------*--------|
|--9-----0-----0---------------------7-----------2--------|
|------------------------5-7-5\4-----5-----2-----2--------|
|--7-----7-----7-----5/7---------5---5-----2-----0--------|
|--0-----------0-------------------7----------------------|

* play this chord the last time:

 |-----|
 |--5--|
 |--4--|
 |--2--|
 |-----|
 |-----|

the end.

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

Sign in to join the conversation.

No comments yet. If you play this one, say what works.