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In My Time Of Need by Opeth
In My Time Of Need
standard tuning
I - intro - repeat 4 times
I - intro - repeat 4 times
|----------0--------|
|--------7---7------|
|------0-------0----|
|----7-----------7--|
|-------------------|
|--0----------------|
II - drums, bass and voice enter:
"i can't see the meaning of this life i'm leading
i try to forget you as you forgot me
this time there is nothing left for you to take, this is goodbye"
repeat 2 times:
1.2.3. 4.
|----------0--------|----------0---3------|
|--------7---7------|------1-----1-----1--|
|------0-------0----|----4---4-------4----|
|----7-----------7--|---------------------|
|-------------------|--0------------------|
|--0----------------|---------------------|
III - can you hear it?
|-------|
|----5--|
|--5-.--|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
IV - chorus part one:
"summer is miles and miles away
and no one would ask me to stay"
1. 2.3. x8
|--4------|--2------|--1------|
|----4----|----2----|----1----|
|------6--|------4--|------3--|
|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|
V - orgasm # 2: chorus part two
"and i should contemplate this change
to ease the pain
and i should step out of the rain
and turn away"
strum these chords:
|--0-----7-----5-----2---0-2---0-----|
|--0-----7-----5-----2---0-2---0-----|
|--0-----7-----5-----4---4-4---4-----|
|--2-----9-----7-----4---4-4---4-----|
|--2-----9-----7-----2---2-2---2-----|
|--0-----7-----5---------------------|
> > > >
VI - repeat II with these new lines:
"close to ending it all, i am drifting through the stages
of the rapture born within this loss
thoughts of death inside, tear me apart from the core of my soul"
VII - repeat IV + V
VIII - things change again:
"at times the dark's fading slowly
but it never sustains
would someone watch over me
in my time of need"
repeat 2 times these strummed chords:
1.2.3.
|--0---0--|--0---0--|
|--0---0--|--5---6--|
|--2---3--|--5---6--|
|--2---3--|--5---6--|
|--0---1--|--3---4--|
|---------|---------|
XI - the solo (?)
rhythm: play II
leads: 2 guitars
gtr1
|-------|--11b12--|-----------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|10b11--|---------|--9h10-12-12b13-------10-12--|--11b12--|---------------------------------------------|
|-------|---------|-----------------------------|---------|--11b12r11-9---12----------------------------|
|-------|---------|-----------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|-------|---------|-----------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|-------|---------|-----------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------|
gtr2
|-------|---------|-----------------------------|--13b14--|---------------------14b151515151515151515|
|-------|--11b12--|-----------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|-9b10--|---------|--11b12-(slow)-----------11--|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|-------|---------|-----------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|-------|---------|-----------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|-------|---------|-----------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------|
X - repeat IV, V (2 times), then go on repeating the same chords sequence 'till the fading ending.
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version 2
Clean Electric and/or Acoustic throughout
INTRO x4
|---------0--------|
|-------7---7------|
|-----0-------0----|
|---7-----------7~-|
|------------------|
|-0----------------|
VERSE [1,2,3] [4]
|---------0--------|----------0---3------|
|-------7---7------|-----1------1-----1~-|
|-----0-------0----|---4---4--------4----| x2
|---7-----------7~-|---------------------|
|------------------|-0-------------------|
|-0----------------|---------------------|
PRE-CHORUS
|-4------2------2-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----|
|---4------2------2-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---|
|-----6~-----4~-----4~----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS (listen to song for rhythm) x2
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------2---------|
(VERSE) x2
(PRE-CHORUS) x1
(CHORUS) x2
BRIDGE [1,2,3] [4]
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6--|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--|-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6--| x2
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--|-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6--|
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1--|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4--|
|------------------|------------------|
*HERE BOTH GUITARISTS WHEN LIVE PLAY THE VERSE PART TOGETHER INSTEAD OF THE BENDS HEARD ON THE CD*
(VERSE) x2
(PRE-CHORUS) x1
(CHORUS) x8
*BEGINS TO FADE OUT AFTER 6th TIME*
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version 3
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--|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
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version 4
[Intro]
Em
(x 4)
[Verse 1]
Em
I can't see the meaning of this life I'm leading
Am Em
I try to forget you as you forgot me
Am
This time there is nothing left for you to take, this is goodbye
[Pre-Chorus]
C#7 Bsus2
Summer is miles and miles away
A6 A#
And no one would ask me to stay
[Chorus]
Em Bm Am
And I should contemplate this change
Em F#m
To ease the pain
Em Bm Am
And I should step out of the rain
Em F#m
Turn away
[Verse 2]
Em
Close to ending it all, I am drifting through the stages
Am Em
Of the rapture born within this loss
Am
Thoughts of death inside, tear me apart from the core of my soul
[Pre-Chorus]
C#7 Bsus2
Summer is miles and miles away
A6 A#
And no one would ask me to stay
[Chorus]
Em Bm Am
And I should contemplate this change
Em F#m
To ease the pain
Em Bm Am
And I should step out of the rain
Em F#m
Turn away
[Bridge]
Am
At times the dark's fading slowly
C
But it never sustains
Am A#
Would someone watch over me
Am C
In my time of need
[Solo]
Em Am Em Am
[Pre-Chorus]
C#7 Bsus2
Summer is miles and miles away
A6 A#
And no one would ask me to stay
[Chorus]
Em Bm Am
And I should contemplate this change
Em F#m
To ease the pain
Em Bm Am
And I should step out of the rain
Em F#m
Turn away
Em Bm Am
And I should contemplate this change
Em F#m
To ease the pain
Em Bm Am
And I should step out of the rain
Em F#m
Turn away
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version 5
Chords:
Em x79987
Bm 799777
Am 577555
Emadd9 024000
Em/F# 2x4000 (could be called Emadd9/F#, but using this for simplicity)
Asus2 x02200
Asus2/Bb x12200
C x32010
C#maj7 x4356x
All other chord voicings as shown in tab.
Yes, there is some mixing of sharps and flats, but some chords are out of key anyway, and Bbsus2
for instance in the pre-chorus is better thought of as the bV chord - Bb, C, F rather than A#, B#, E#.
[Intro/Verse/Solo tab]
Fig. 1 - Em11 (no5no7)
e|---------0-----------------------|
B|-------7---7---------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------------------|
D|---7-----------7-----------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------|
Fig. 2 - Am9
e|---------0---3-------------------|
B|-------0---0---0-----------------|
G|-----5-----------5---------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
[Intro] play Fig. 1 x4
[Verse/Solo] play Fig. 1 x3, Fig. 2 x1 (and repeat)
[Pre-chorus tab]
C#sus2 Bsus2 A6/9 Bbsus2
e|-4---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-1---1---1---1----|-1---1---1---1----|
B|--4--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--1---1---1---1---|--1---1---1---1---|
G|---6-------------|---4-------------|---4-------------|---3---3---3---3--|---3---3---3---3--|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----3---3---3---3-|----3---3---3---3-|
A|-4---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|-1----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
[Intro]
Em11
(4 bars)
[Verse 1]
Em11
I can't see the meaning of this life I'm leading
Am9 Em11
I try to forget you as you forgot me
Am9
This time there is nothing left for you to take, this is goodbye
[Pre-chorus]
C#sus2 Bsus2
Summer is miles and miles away
A6/9 Bbsus2
And no one would ask me to stay
[Chorus]
Em Bm Am
And I, should contemplate this change
Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
To ease the pain
Em Bm Am
And I, should step out of the rain
Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
Turn away
[Verse 2]
Em11
Close to ending it all, I am drifting through the stages
Am9 Em11
Of the rapture born within this loss
Am9
Thoughts of death inside, tear me apart from the core of my soul
[Pre-chorus]
C#sus2 Bsus2
Summer is miles and miles away
A6/9 Bbsus2
And no one would ask me to stay
[Chorus]
Em Bm Am
And I, should contemplate this change
Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
To ease the pain
Em Bm Am
And I, should step out of the rain
Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
Turn away
[Bridge]
Asus2 Asus2/Bb Asus2 Asus2/Bb
At times the dark's fading slowly
Asus2 Asus2/Bb C C#maj7
But it never sustains
Asus2 Asus2/Bb Asus2 Asus2/Bb
Would someone watch over me
Asus2 Asus2/Bb C C#maj7
In my time of neeeeeeeeeed
[Solo]
Em11 Am9 x2
[Pre-chorus]
C#sus2 Bsus2
Summer is miles and miles away
A6/9 Bbsus2
And no one would ask me to stay
[Chorus]
Em Bm Am
And I, should contemplate this change
Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
To ease the pain
Em Bm Am
And I, should step out of the rain
Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
Turn away
Em Bm Am
And I, should contemplate this change
Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
To ease the pain
Em Bm Am
And I, should step out of the rain
Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
Turn away
[Outro]
Em Bm Am Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9 x4
(fade out)
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