Artist: Opeth
Album: Damnation
Song: To Rid The Disease
Transcribed by:Alvaro Ramirez
Email me for any comments or corrections:lazyguitarist@musician.net
Tune guitars to Standard (EADGBE)
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*Note - This is the live version of To Rid The Disease. Opeth plays
this version off of the Lamentations-Live at the Sheperd's bush
Empire 2003 DVD.
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. - palm mute / - slide up to ah - Artificial harmonics
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Staccato ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note - Trill


Riff 1 guitar 2 A B
|-----6-----6-----5-----5-----5---|-----5-----5-----3-----3-----3---|
|---3---3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|---2---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
|-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|10x
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


Riff 2 both guitars A B
|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------5-------|
|-------8---8-------7-------7-----|---8-------8-------5-------5---5-|
|---9---------9-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
|-----9---------9-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-------4---------|4x
|-----------------5---------------|-4---------------3---------------|
|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Repeat
Riff 1 8x
Riff 2 5x
Riff 2 A


The solo guitar 2
|---------0---------------5--------------------------------------------|
|---8-------8-------5-------5---5------------0---------------0---------|
|-----0-------0-------0-------0------------0---0-----------0-----0-----|
|-------7-------7-------4----------------2-------2-------2---------2---|
|-4---------------3--------------------2-----------2---2-------------2-|
|---------------------------------0------------------0-----------------|
|
| guitar 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------7h8---7h8/10--7h8-------------------7h8---7-8/10-8h10--|
|-------------------9-------------9---------------------9--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4---------------4--------------------3---------------2-------|
|--------4----4-----------4---4---------------4----4-----------4---4-----|
|------6--------6-------6--------6----------5--------5-------2-------2---|
|----6------------6---6-------------6-----5------------5---2-----------2-|
|-4-----------------4------------------3-----------------0---------------|
|
|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8---6-8-------------------7------6h7p6--4-------------------|
|--------------9------11--8--9~------------------------4--2--------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------(4)----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|---------0----------------------0-------------------0-------------2-|
|-------3---3-------------3--------3---------------0----0----------2-|
|-----4-------4---------3------------3-----------3--------3--------3-|
|---4-----------4-----4----------------4-------4------------4------4-|
|-2---------------1--------------------------4----------------4----4-|
|------------------------------------------2--------------------2--2-|
| * strum
| slowly
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0-2--2h3p2-2---2-3h5p3-2---------------------------------------|
|------------------4-----------4-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------4-2-0----------------------7--------|
|-0-2----------------------------------2-4-5--4-5-7--5-7-9----9--~---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


keyboard solo

Riff 3 guitar 2
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----5---5--------5---5--------5---5--------5---5---|
|---5---5---5----5---5---5----5---5---5----5---5---5-|
|-9------------7------------9------------7-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----3---3--------3---3--------3---3--------3---3---|
|---3---3---3----3---3---3----3---3---3----3---3---3-|
|-7------------5------------7------------5-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

Repeat
Riff 3

Riff 4 both guitars
|--1--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|-------|
|--3--|--3--|--3--|--2--|--1--|--0--|--0--|-------|
|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--2--|-------|4x
|--0--|--0--|--3--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|-------|
|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--1--|-------|
|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--3-3--|
strum these chords.. (they use some effect)

Repeat
Riff 3 4x

Ending..
|-------5---|
|-----5---5-|
|---6-------|
|-7---------|
|-----------|
|-----------|


The end...