Folklore Tab

by Opeth
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author Debml [a] 1,425.
1 contributor total, last edit on Dec 28, 2016
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                             Folklore - Opeth
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Tabbed by: David Benítez
E-mail: debml700@gmail.com
 
Tuning: EADGBe
 
 
Ok so I?m going to be dividing each section into what Mikael and Fredrik each play, listen around to
know when each plays their own part. Be sure to post any suggestions or comments, and don?t forget to rate.
Good luck!
 
[Intro]
The song starts with increasing volume, so the first two notes are not heard (but still exist)
 
Mikael
e||----------------------------------------------------------|
B||--0-1--3-4--3-4-6--4h6p4p3h4--3-1--0-1-3-4p3--4-6/8--8----|
G||O---------------------------------------------------------|
D||O---------------------------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-4p3-----3--------------------------------------|
G|-------5-4---4------------------------------------|
D|---------------5-3-1h3p1p0-------0-1-3/5-0-1-1----|
A|---------------------------3-2-3-----------3-3----|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------3-------3-5/6-5----|
A|-0-2-3-5---2-3-5-6---3-5-6-----5-6------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * (P.M.)
 
e|----------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------||
G|----4-5/7-5-4--------------------------------------O||
D|-/5-----------5------------------------------------O||
A|----------------6-5-3----------2-3--5-6--2--3-3-----||
E|----------------------4---0-3-----------------------||
 
[Pre-Verse 1]
 
Fredrik plays this...
e||----------3-----------------------3-----------------------3-------------|
B||----------3h4p3-------------------3h4p3-------------------3h4p3---------|
G||O----5-----------5-4-4h5-------5--------5-4-4h5-------5----------5-3----|
D||O-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||---3---3---------------------3----------------------3-------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-3h5---3------------------------O||
D|-----5---3h5---3----------------O||
A|-------------6---3h6---5-6-2-----||
E|---------------------3-----------||(x6)
 
and then Mikael enters with this...
e||----------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------------|
G||O---12--------8---10---8---7------------------|
D||O--------10--------------------9----9-9s10----|
A||----------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------/13---11------------------||
G|---12--------8---10-------------10----11-12----O||
D|--------10-------------------------------------O||
A|------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------||
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Fredrik
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||O----5-5---8-8---5-5---8-8---12-12---11-11---8----O||
D||O----x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x----x--x----x--x---x----O||
A||-----3-3---6-6---3-3---6-6---10-10----9--9---6-----||
E||---------------------------------------------------||(x4)
 
Mikael
e||------------------------------||
B||-------------4-3--------------||
G||O----------5-----------------O||
D||O--------5-------------------O||
A||-------3----------------------||
E||------------------------------||(x3)
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
Fredrik
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------6-5--------------5-5h7p5-----4--3-----4--3-----4--3----|
A|----------------7--------3-6---------6---4--3-----4--3-------------|
E|----x\-0----------7-5--5-----------------2--1-----2--1-----2--1----|
 
Mikael
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------4--3-----4--3-----7--6----|
A|-----------------------------------------4--3-----4--3-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------2--1-----2--1-----5--4----|
 
 
[Pre-Verse 2]
 
Fredrik
e||----------3-----------------------3-----------------------3-------------|
B||----------3h4p3-------------------3h4p3-------------------3h4p3---------|
G||O----5-----------5-4-4h5-------5--------5-4-4h5-------5----------5-3----|
D||O-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||---3---3---------------------3----------------------3-------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-3h5---3------------------------O||
D|-----5---3h5---3----------------O||
A|-------------6---3h6---5-6-2-----||
E|---------------------3-----------||(x4)
 
Mikael
e||----------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------------|
G||O---12--------8---10---8---7------------------|
D||O--------10--------------------9----9-9s10----|
A||----------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------/13---11------------------||
G|---12--------8---10-------------10----11-12----O||
D|--------10-------------------------------------O||
A|------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------||
 
[Verse 2]
(this verse adds new lead which is what Mikael plays when live)
 
Fredrik
e||--------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------||
G||O----5-5---8-8---5-5---8-8---12-12---11-11---8---------O||
D||O----x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x----x--x----x--x---x---------O||
A||-----3-3---6-6---3-3---6-6---10-10----9--9---6----------||
E||--------------------------------------------------------||(x4)
 
Mikael 1
e||------------------------------||
B||-------------4-3--------------||
G||O----------5-----------------O||
D||O--------5-------------------O||
A||-------3----------------------||
E||------------------------------||(x3)
 
Mikael 2 (not sure about the third lead thingy)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|---4-3tr4----------------------4-3tr4/6-4--6----/(8)----|
G|----------5-4-4h5---------------------------------------|
D|------------------3h5-----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-------------------8p6-----------------------------3--/10-11----|
B|-----------8h9p8\6-----6-----------4h6p4\3-6-4------------------|
G|------8-10---------------8p7------------------------------------|
D|---10-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Chorus 2]
 
Fredrik
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------6-5--------------5-5h7p5-----4--3-----4--3-----4--3----|
A|----------------7--------3-6---------6---4--3-----4--3-------------|
E|----x\-0----------7-5--5-----------------2--1-----2--1-----2--1----|
 
Mikael
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------4--3-----4--3-----7--6----|
A|-----------------------------------------4--3-----4--3-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------2--1-----2--1-----5--4----|
 
[Bridge]
 
Mikael (Acoustic)                                                        1.
e||--------0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------0-----0-----0-----0------||0-----|
B||------1-----1-----1-----1---1-----1------0-----0-----0-----0---0----||--0---|
G||O---4-----4-----4-----4-------4--------2-----2-----2-----2-------2-O||------|
D||O------------------------------------------------------------------O||------|
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
 
  2.
e|-----------------------------------7-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
B|-------------0-----5--7--8--5-0------5-----0-----0-----0-----0--------|
G|-2h4p2p0---0----------------------5----5-----5-----5-----5-----5------|
D|---------4-----2---5--7--9--5-----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------0------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
**The F on the sixth string right at the end is played very short and not that loud
e|-3------2----0-----------------------------------0--------------------|
B|---0------0----0--3----0---------------------3/6---6----5------3------|
G|-----4--2----0------0----0--2----0---------3---------0----0------0----|
D|------------------4----0------0----0-----3----------------------------|
A|----------------------------3----2----1-----------------3---3---------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------1------|
 
e|------------------0----|
B|-1----0-----------0----|
G|-2----2----2------1----|
D|-----------2------2----|
A|-0-0----0----0----2----|
E|------------------0----|
 
 
Some piano and bass parts come on and theeeen...
 
 
Rhythm guitars for solo/outro...
This is a bit complicated to hear, the first bar is what Mikael plays LIVE and maybe on the CD...
but it just doesn?t sound that great on the latter, so I like to play the second bar instead, if you play
it as a power chord it also works.
These sections are played until the song fades out,the exception being that when live, both Mikael and
Fredrik play their parts from the outro and no rhythm guitar remains.
 
Mikael
e|-------------|----------------|
B|-------------|----------------|
G|-------------|----------------|
D|----7-7--7-7-|----7-7--7-7----|
A|----6-6--6-6-|----------------|
E|-5-----------|-5--------------|
 
Fredrik
e|----------------5----|
B|-5----6----3----5----|
G|-5----5----4----5----|
D|-7----7----5----7----|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
 
[Solo]
(Fredrik)
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7-9-10p7-9----10----/14-14-----15b16----pb16r15p14/12-----12h14/9p7h9----|
D|-7--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Pretty sure the part with the e string bends has missing notes but I can?t seem to hear it correctly
e|-------------------------------------------9b10---5-7b8r7p5h7-------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8b9---r--5----------------9---9h10-p7------------------------5p4h5p4----|
D|-------------7--7ph-----/7-(7)-(7)---(7)----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------12-----|
B|--------13-12----------12-------13-----|
G|--------------------------14----14-----|
D|-----14-------------14----------14-----|
A|-/12-------------12-------------12-----|
E|---------------------------------------|
 
 
[Outro]
 
Mikael
e||-----------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------||
G||O-----9-9---/10---9-7-------------7---9-------------O||
D||O-7---------------------10-9---10-------10---9-7----O||  x many times
A||-----------------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------------||
 
Fredrik
e||---------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------17-17---/18---17-15--------------15---17----------------||
G||O-14-------------------------17-16---17---------17---16-14----O||
D||O-------------------------------------------------------------O||    x same times as above
A||---------------------------------------------------------------||
E||---------------------------------------------------------------||
 
Repeat until fade
 
 
 
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| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
| /    Slide up
| x    Dead note
| tr   Trill
| \    Slide down
| r    Release
| b    Bend
| pb   Pre-bend
| (n)  Ghost note
 
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ffgdcpzae
Best Tab ever, one of my favorite songs from that album!
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Opdi
close, but the chorus is wrong, it's this: e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------6-5---------7---------5-5h7p5--------4--3-----4--3-----4--3-----| A|-----------------7-------------6------------6----4--3-----4--3--------------| E|----x\-0-----------6-5----5-8--------------------2--1-----2--1-----2--1-----|
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