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Benighted

Opeth

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   / Opeth       /  I think benighted means being mentally enclosed by something.
  / Benighted   /  This song is about someone who suffers from a loss and is
 / Still Life  /  benighted by it, and about this person, who reached out for her.
/_____________/  Unfortunately (my opinion) this person offers her to fall into
                a deeper mental slumber, into this night - sorta satanic, eh?...

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Gtr I - Steel-Stringed Acoustic
Gtr II - Steel-Stringed Acoustic
Gtr III - Jazzy-Clean Electric


 Intro:
  4/4
  Q=147 bpm
  Gtr I
    Q   E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E a E E E   E E E Q   E Q
||------5-----3-----|-2-----3-----0---|------------------|-----------------|
||o-------3-----3---|---0-----0-----0-|----3-----3s5-----|-0---------------|
||----------0-----0-|-----0-----0-----|------0-------0---|---0---2---------|
||------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------2-----|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-0------0-------0-|-----0-------0---|
||--0---------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|


  E E E Q   E E E   +E  E E E Q.   S S   E E E E E E E E   E Q   E E E a Q    4x
|-----------------|-----2--------------|-3s2-------------|---0----------------||
|-------0---------|-------0----------0-|-----3s5---------|-----------0-------o||
|-----2-----2-----|---------2----------|---------4s2-0---|---0-------0--------||
|---1---------1---|-----------1--------|-----------------|-4-----2-2----------||
|-2-------------2-|-(2)----------------|-----------------|-------------0h2---o||
|-----------------|----------------0---|---------------0-|--------------------||



  Q   E E E E E E   +E  E E E a Q   E E   E E E Q   E S E.   +E  E Q   Q   a E E
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|---------3-------|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------0---0-----|-------0-------------|-2-----0-----2s4--|-(4)-0-----0---------|
|-----2-------2---|-----2---2-------0---|-0-0---------3s5--|-(5)-2s4---2---------|
|-1-------------0-|-(0)-----------------|-----0------------|---------------3s2-0-|
|-----------------|-----------1s3-----0-|-2-----0---0------|---------------------|


    E E E Q   E E E   +E  E E E a Q   E E   E E E Q   E S E.   +E  E Q   Q   a E E  3x
||------------------|---------------------|------------------|----------------------||
||o-------3---------|---------------------|------------------|---------------------o||
||------0-----0-----|-------0-------------|-2-----0-----2s4--|-(4)-0-----0----------||
||----2---------2---|-----2---2-------0---|-0-0---------3s5--|-(5)-2s4---2----------||
||o-1-------------0-|-(0)-----------------|-----0------------|---------------3s2-0-o||
||------------------|-----------1s3-----0-|-2-----0---0------|----------------------||



  E a E E E E E E E   E E E E H
|---------------0---|-----3-----------|
|-----------0-------|-0-------5~------|
|-----------0-0---2-|---2---4---------|
|-------2-----------|-2---------------|
|---0h2---2---------|-----------------|
|-0-----------------|-----------------|




 1st Verse:
  Gtr I
    E a E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E a E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-----0-----------|-------------------|-----0-----------|
||o-----------0---0h3-|---3---0---------|-----------0---0h3-|---3---0---------|
||----------0---0-----|-----------0---0-|---------0---0-----|-----------0---0-|
||--------4-----------|-4---------------|-------4-----------|-4---------------|
||o---0h2-------------|---------3---2---|---0h2-------------|---------3---2---|
||--0-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------------|-----------------|


  E a E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E H
|-------------------|-----0-----------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------0---0h3-|---3---0---------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|---------0---0-----|-----------0---0-|-----2-----0-----|-0-----0----------||
|-------4-----------|-4---------------|---2-----4-----4-|-----4------------||
|---0h2-------------|---------3---2---|-0-----2-----3---|---5-------------o||
|-0-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0--------||


 " Come into this night
   Here we'll be gone
   So far away
   From our weak and crumbling lives
   Come into this night
   When days are done
   Lost and astray
   In what's vanished from your eyes "




 Chorus:
                                         1.
    Q.    E E E E E   E E E E +H          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
||------------------|-5-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o---------------3-|---3---------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--------------0---|-----0-------------|-----------------|-0-----0----------||
||----------2s4-----|-------4-(4)-------|-----4-----4---4-|-----4------------||
||o-0-----0---------|-------------------|---2-----2---0---|---3-----3-3-2---o||
||------------------|-------------------|-0-----3---------|------------------||


 2.
  E E E E E E E E   E Q   E E E Q     
|-----------------|-------0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-4-------4-------|
|-----4-----4---4-|-----------------|
|---2-----2---0---|---3-------3-2---|
|-0-----3---------|-----------------|


 " What came and distorted your sight
   Saw you benighted by your fright "



	
 2nd Verse:
similar to previous


 " Come into this night
   Your plight alone
   Carry your weight
   You are flawed as all of us
   Come into this night
   Your only home
   It's never too late
   To repent, suffer the loss "




 Chorus:
similar to previous




 Interlude:
 Gtr I
  E E E E H         +W
|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------0-------|-(0)---------------|
|-------0---------|-------------------|
|-----2-----------|-------------------|
|---2-------------|-------------------|
|-0---------------|-------------------|
|
|Gtr II
| H.          E E    E  E E E E E E E
|-------------2-3-|--2----2-----2-3-5-|
|-----------------|-----5---4-5-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|



 Gtrs I, II (Gtr II plays along with Gtr I from now on)
 9/8                   4/4               6/4
    E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--7-----5-----3-----|-----------------|-------------------------|
||o---0-----0-----0---|-1-------1-------|-1-----1-----------------|
||------0-----0-----0-|---2-------2-----|---2-----0---0-----2-----|
||--------------------|-----2-------2---|-----2-----2---0-----0---|
||o-------3-----2-----|-0-----0-------0-|-------3---------0-----0-|
||--0-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-----2-----|


                                     1.,2.
 4/4                                 7/8
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   a E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-3--||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------o||
|-4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|-------0----------||
|---4-------4-----|---4-------4-----|-----2------------||
|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-0h2-------------o||
|-0-----0-------0-|-------0-------0-|------------------||


 3.
 Gtr I
 7/8                4/4
  S S  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   
|------------------|-----7p0-------0---|
|-----10---7h8-----|---------0-------0-|
|--------------7s5-|-(5)---------------|
|-7s9--------------|-----------7s9-----|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|




 Jazz Solo:
 Gtr III
 w/2x Verse for back-up
                  |--3--|    |------3-----|              
   E  H        E  E  E  E    q    q    E  E  H          
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------12-14-|-15---15---14-12-----------|
|-12s14~---------14-------|-----------------14~-------|
|-12s14~------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


   E  E  S  E.  E  E  E  E    +E   a  E  E Q.     E S S
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------x-|
|-12-11-12s14--12-11-------|------------------------x---|
|--------------------14-12-|-(12)-----------------------|
|--------------------------|------14s12-10-9~-----------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|


   |-------3-------|   |-----3-----|     |-----3-----|            
   q    q     E    E   q    q   E  E     Q   a Q   a Q   H         
|-15---14-------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------12---11---9-11s=|=12---7s9---7s9---7-------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|


                                  |------3-----|
   E Q    E Q   E E   E  E Q   a  Q   a  Q    +Q
|-12----------------|-------------------------------|
|--0-----12----13---|---10--------------------------|
|-------------------|----------9s11---9s11---(11)---|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|


                       |----3----|               
  a H        Q   E E   q   q   E E Q   E E    
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-7s9~-----------7h9-|----------------------|
|--------------------|-9---8---7s5----------|
|--------------------|-------------7-----5s=|
|--------------------|----------------------|


  E E E E E E E S  S    +E   E  E  E E  E E E   
|--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------8s10-|-(10)----12------10-----|
|-----9---7s9--------|------11----11s9----9s7-|
|---9---9------------|------------------------|
|=7------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|


  Q   Q.     E E E   E E E E +Q    S S E
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-8-------------------|
|--------------7---|-7h9-7---------7s9---|
|-7s==9-----/9-9-9-|-9-----9-(9)---7s9---|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|


                                             (in chorus)
  S S +Q    E E E E a E   +E  E E E q   E E   E  E   +H.
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-7s9-(9)---------7-----|-----------9---7h9-|----------------------|
|-7s9-(9)---5-7s5---9s7-|-(7)-5-------------|-9s10~-(10)-----------|
|-----------------------|-------7-----------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|




 Chorus:
similar to previous




 3rd Verse:
similar to previous


 " Come into this night
   When you're able
   To undo your deeds
   And atone with your lonely soul
   Once you're into this night
   All minds are stable
   Forget all your needs
   Lose the grip of all control "




 Outro:
 Gtrs I, II
    Q   E E E E E E    E E E a E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E Q.    E E E  4x
||----------0--------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------0-0--||
||o-------0---0------|-----0-------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------5-------0----|---0-------0-------|-----0-------0---|-----------4------||
||----------------5s=|=7-----7s9---5-4h5-|---4---4---4-----|-5p4--------------||
||o-0----------------|-------------------|-7-------5-----3-|-----------------o||
||-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----1------------||


  E Q   Q.    E E   E E E E E E E E   Q     H.               +W
|-------------2p0-|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-()-------------||
|-------0---------|-4s2-0-----0-----|----------------|-()-------------||
|-2h4---2---------|-------0-2-------|--------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|-0-----0---------|-------------3-2-|-0------------------|--------------------||



- 24th /July /06
Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments and corrections!

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Opeth