Demon of the Fall Lyrics

As recorded by Opeth
From the 1998 Album MY ARMS, YOUR HEARSE
Words by Mikael kerfeldt
Music by Opeth
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic 1'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic 2'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar 3'
Gtr VI (D A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
All Drop D
Q.=68
Gtr I
PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----6-3s5-5---------|
| Gtr II
| PM----|
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----6-3s5-5---------|
PM|
S S E S S S S E S S H. S e e S
|---------------------o||---------|------------|
|-----6-6h8-9-8-6-----o||---------|-6-1-1-1----|
| PM|
| S S E S S S S E S S H. S e e S
|---------------------o||---------|------------|
|-----6-6h8-9-8-9-----o||---------|-6-1-1-1----|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S
||o--------------------------|----------------------------------|
||---4--4--4--4--4-6-6-6-6-6-|-6s=7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
||o--2--2--2--2--2-4-4-4-4-4-|-4s=5---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S
||o--------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--14-14-14-14-14-9-9-9-9-9-|-9s10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||o-12-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-|-7s=8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S
|--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--9-|--9s10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
|--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7-|--7s=8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-|-12s14--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-10-|-10s12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 4x
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---o||
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 4x
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-|--8--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---o||
su
PM--| ~~~~~~~ PM--| PM----|
E E E S E E S E S S S S Q +S S E E E S E E S E. E. E S S S S
||o---------------|--------------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||o-1-1-1-1p0-0-0-|--------------------|-1-1-1-1p0-0-0-|-5--5--3-3-3-3-3-o||
||--1-1-1-1p0-0-0-|-1-2S3S4S5S6--(6)-x-|-1-1-1-1p0-0-0-|-0--5--3-3-3-3-3--||
| PM--| ~~~~~~~ PM--| PM--|
| E E E S E E S E S S S S Q +S S E E E S E E S E. E. E S S E
||o---------------|--------------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||o-6-6-6-6p5-5-5-|--------------------|-6-6-6-6p5-5-5-|-5--5--3-3-3-3---o||
||----------------|-1-2S3S4S5S6--(6)-x-|---------------|-0--5--3-3-3-3----||
4. Q=112
su
Gtrs I, II
>
E. E. Q. +W. +W
|-------------|-------------------||o-----------------------------------|
|-5--5--3-----|-(3)---------------||o-(3)-------------------------------|
| Gtr III
| H. W Q. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------|-------------------||o-10--10-10-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------------||---7---7--7-----------------5s7-----|
|-------------|-----------------0-||o---------------------------3s5-----|
W
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-7-7-7-----------------5s7--------|
|-----------------------3s5--------|
W W
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------o||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-8-8-8----------------------------|---------------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-10-----------------5s7-----|-9s10-10-10-----12s9-9-9-----15-15-x-x--||
|--------------------------3s5-----|-7s=8--8--8-----10s7-7-7-----13-13-x-x-o||
H Q E E
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-9s10-10-10-----12s9-9-9-----15----|
|-7s=8--8--8-----10s7-7-7-----13----|
PM| PM----| PM| PM| PM----| PM|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-10-10-10-------------------------|-9-9-9--------------------------|
||---7--7--7-----------------5s7-----|-7-7-7-----------------5s7------|
||o--------------------------3s5-----|-----------------------3s5------|
PM| PM----| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-8-8-8----------------------------|----------------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-10-----------------5s7-----|-9s10-10-10-----12s9-9-9-----15-15-x-x---||
|--------------------------3s5-----|-7s=8--8--8-----10s7-7-7-----13-13-x-x--o||
PM| PM----| PM| PM| PM----| PM|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-10-10-10-------------------------|-9-9-9-------------------------|
||---7--7--7-----------------5s7-----|-7-7-7-----------------5s7-----|
||o--------------------------3s5-----|-----------------------3s5-----|
Gtr I
PM| PM----| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-8-8-8----------------------------|---------------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-10-----------------5s7-----|-5s=7--7--7------8s5-5-5------8--8-x-x--||
|--------------------------3s5-----|-3s=5--5--5------6s3-3-3------6--6-x-x-o||
| Gtr II
| PM| PM----| PM|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-8-8-8----------------------------|---------------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-10-----------------5s7-----|-9s10-10-10-----12s9-9-9-----15-15-x-x--||
|--------------------------3s5-----|-7s=8--8--8-----10s7-7-7-----13-13-x-x-o||
| Gtr IV
| W W
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------o||
Break
Q.=72
H. Q. E. S S S
|--------------------------|---------------------6s7-----|
|--------------------------|---------------------4s5-----|
| H. Q. E. S S S
| Gtrs III, IV
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||------------7-7-7-7-7-|-7s6-6-6-6---5-5-5--5-5-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-|-5s4-4-4-4---0-0-0--0-0-|
| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||------------7-7-7-7-7-|-7s6-6-6-6---5-5-5------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-|-5s4-4-4-4---0-0-0------|
E E E S S S E S E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------|---------------o||
|-------------7-8-|------5-8-7-5--o||
| E E E S S S E S E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------|---------------o||
|-------------7-8-|------------8--o||
Build-up
Q.=68
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-/11---11-11-11-11-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3---3s8--8--8--8--8-|-8s9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-1-1-1-1-1---1s6--6--6--6--6-|-6s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-13---13-13-13-13-|-12s13s12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12---||
|-4-4-4-4-4-11---11-11-11-11-|-10s11s10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10--o||
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3--3s8--8--8--8--8-|--8s=9--9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---||
|-1-1-1-1-1--1s6--6--6--6--6-|--6s=7--7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--o||
E S S S S E S S S S
| E S S S S S S S S S S
|-3-3-3-3-3---3s8--8--8--8--8-|
|-1-1-1-1-1---1s6--6--6--6--6-|
E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E E H.
| S S S S S S E S S S S E E E E E E H.
|--8s9-9-9-9-9---9--9--9--9--9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------|
|--6s7-7-7-7-7---7--7--7--7--7-|-------------|-------|
Release
Gtrs III, IV Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E 8x S E E S S E E S Q. E Q
||o---4-------4-|---4-------4-o||-----------------|------------|
||o-------------|-------------o||-5-4---------5---|------6-----|
Gtr I
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||o---------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
| Gtr II
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||o---------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-/12-12-12-12-12--5--5--5--5--5-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
| S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-7s9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
|-5s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|-\7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
s
Gtrs I, II
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||o-------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-|--8--8--8-----8--8---8---8--8--8--8-|
| Gtr V
| E E E +Q. E E a E +Q.
||o-------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--14-12---7---(7)---------|-10-12----12s14----(14)-------------|
||o-12-10---5---(5)---------|--8-10----10s12----(12)-------------|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 4x
|------------------------------|------------------------------o||
|--3--3-3-----3-3---3--3-3-3-3-|--5--5-5----5-5--5--5-5-5-5---o||
| E E a E +Q. E E a E +Q. 4x
|------------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-17-12---12s14---(14)---------|-12-10---10S9---(9)------------||
|-15-10---10s12---(12)---------|-10--8----8s7---(7)-----------o||
Gtrs I, II
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||o--------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o---5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-|--8--8--8-----8--8---8---8--8--8--8-|
| Gtrs V, VI
| E E E +Q. E E a E +Q.
||o--------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--/14-12---7---(7)---------|-10-12----12s14----(14)-------------|
||o-/12-10---5---(5)---------|--8-10----10s12----(12)-------------|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|------------------------------|----------------------------o||
|--3--3-3-----3-3---3--3-3-3-3-|--5--5-5----5-5--5--5-5-5-5-o||
| E E a E +Q. E E a E +Q.
|------------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-17-12---12s14---(14)---------|-12-10---10S9---(9)----------||
|-15-10---10s12---(12)---------|-10--8----8s7---(7)---------o||
Gtrs I, II
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
| Gtr V
| E E E +Q. E E a E +Q.
|-/14--12---7----(7)----------|-10--12----12s14----(14)----------------|
|-/12--10---5----(5)----------|--8--10----10s12----(12)----------------|
| Gtr VI
| Q. E E E +Q. E E a E
|---------------/14--12---7---|-(7)-----------------10--12----12s14----|
|---------------/12--10---5---|-(5)------------------8--10----10s12----|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
| E E a E +Q. E E a E +Q.
|--17--12---12s14---(14)--------------|--12--10---10S9---(9)--------------|
|--15--10---10s12---(12)--------------|--10---8----8s7---(7)--------------|
| +Q. E E a E +Q. E E a E
|-(14)---------------17--12---12s14---|-(14)-------------12--10---10S9----|
|-(12)---------------15--10---10s12---|-(12)-------------10---8----8s7----|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
| E E E +Q. E E a E +Q.
|-14--12---7----(7)----------|-10--12----12s14----(14)----------------|
|-12--10---5----(5)----------|--8--10----10s12----(12)----------------|
| +Q. E E E +Q. E E a E
|-(9)----------/14--12---7---|-(7)-----------------10--12----12s14----|
|-(7)----------/12--10---5---|-(5)------------------8--10----10s12----|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
| E E a E +Q. E E a E +Q.
|--17--12---12s14---(14)--------------|-12-10---10S=9----(9)-----------|
|--15--10---10s12---(12)--------------|-10--8----8s=7----(7)-----------|
| +Q. E E a E E E a E +Q.
|-(14)---------------17--12---12s14---|-15-14---14s12---(12)-----------|
|-(12)---------------15--10---10s12---|-13-12---12s10---(10)-----------|
Gtr III
| Gtr IV
| E E E +Q. E E a E +Q.
|-14--12-7-(7)-----|-10--12-12s14-(14)------|
|-12--10-5-(5)-----|--8--10-10s12-(12)------|
| Gtr V
| >
| +H. H.
| E E a E +Q. E E a E +Q.
|-17--12-12s14-(14)-----|-12--10-10S9-(9)-----|
|-15--10-10s12-(12)-----|-10---8--8s7-(7)-----|
| H. H.
| E E E +Q. E E a E +Q.
|-14-12-7-(7)-----|-10-12-12s14-(14)------|
|-12-10-5-(5)-----|--8-10-10s12-(12)------|
E E E E E E E E E +Q.
| E E a E +Q. E E a E +Q.
|-17-12-12s14-(14)-----|-12-10-10s9-(9)---*|
|-15-10-10s12-(12)-----|-10--8--8s7-(7)---*|
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths