Hope Leaves Tab by Opeth


OPETH - HOPE LEAVES

another fine gem taken from the album you'll always love, Damnation
tabbed by eugenio crippa, who answers at demon_of_the_fall@msn.com

normal tuning, with a capo on the 2nd fret

note: strange song and melodies; i tried to catch all the notes i can hear... good luck!


I - intro - repeat 2 times

|-------------------2--------------------------------2------------------|
|------------2--------2----2---------------3---2h3-----2h3-2h3-----2----|
|-------7------7--------7----7---2---2---4---4-----4-------------2---2--|
|-----9---9------9------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------5---2---3-----------------------5--------|


II - repeat I 4 times under the 1st verse:

"in the corner beside my window
 (there) hangs a lonely photograph
 there is no reason
 i'd never notice a memory thet could hold me back"


III - chorus:

"there is a wound that's always bleeding
 there is a road i'm always walking
 and i know you'll never return to this place"

 1.2.                                3.
|------------------2-------2--------|-----------------------------------|
|------3---2h3-------3p2-----3p2----|------3---2h3-2--------------------|
|----4---4--------------------------|----4---4-------------2-------2----|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------5---5---5---5--|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--4-----------4-3-------3-------4--|--4---------------3-------5--------|


IV - just one time...

 1.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------4-------2-----2-----2-----------4-------2-----2-----2-----2--|
|----7--(7)--2-----2-----2-----------7---7---2-----2-----2-----2----|
|--0------/7-----4-----5-----4h5---0-------4-----5----/7----/9------|
|--------------------------------5----------------------------------|

 2.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------4-------2-----2-----2-----------4-----------------------9--------|
|----7--(7)--2-----2-----2-----------7--(7)----------7------10---10-----|
|--0------/7-----4-----5-----4h5---0---------------7-----10---------10--|
|--------------------------------5---------3----/5----/8----------------|


V - ..before the little solo [play I 2 times as rhythm]

|---------|--------9-10-10/12--|--10p9-----|----------------------------|
|--10h12--|--10h12-------------|-------12--|--10--12p10-----------------|
|---------|--------------------|-----------|-------------9--7--9--9/11--|
|---------|--------------------|-----------|----------------------------|
|---------|--------------------|-----------|----------------------------|
|---------|--------------------|-----------|----------------------------|


VI - repeat I 4 times under the 2nd verse:

"gone through days without talking
 there is a comfort in silence
 so used to losing all ambitions
 and struggling to mantain what's left"


VII - repeat III


VIII - repeat IV.1. 2 times


IX - intermission:

|--2--2-----|---------------|-----------|---------------------|
|--2--2--6--|---------------|--------2--|---------------------|
|--4--4--6--|--4--2-2---14--|------2----|--------2-4-6----/7--|
|--4--4--4--|--4--2-2---*---|-----------|---------------------|
|-----------|--2--4-4-------|-----------|---------------------|
|-----------|---------2-3---|--5-5------|--5-6----------------|

*natural harmonic [2+12=14!] - play with the "3" on the 6th string


X - repeat I 2 times - the second times enters this short part:

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--6h7p6-4h6-2------|
|--------------2h4--|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|


X - repeat I another 4 times under the last 3rd verse:

"and once undone, there is only smoke
 burning in my eyes to blind
 to cover up what really happened
 and force the darkness unto me"

XI - repeat III


XII - repeat IV.1. until the fading ending.