Hope Leaves

Song: Hope Leaves
Artist: Opeth
Album: Damnation (2003)
Transcribed by: Jonas Svarholt
E‑mail: jonas.svarholt@viapori.fi


0:00 [Intro/Verse 1] "In the corner beside my window..."

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B|----------0-------0---0-------------------0-------0---0--------------|
G|------5-----5-------5---5-------------5-----5-------5---5-----5------|
D|----5---5-----5-------------5---5---5---5-----5-------------5---5----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5-----------------------3---0---1-----------------------3----------|


0:41 [Chorus] "There is a would that's always bleading..."

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A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2-------------1-------1---------2-------------1-------1------------|

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B|----------0------------------------|
G|------5-----5---------0-------0----|
D|----4---4-----4-----3---3---5---5--|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--2---------------1-------3--------|


0:52

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D|----2---2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2---2---0-----0-----0-----0-----|
A|--0-------3/5-----2-----3-----------0-------2-----3-----5-----7---10--|
E|------------------------------3---0-----------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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D|----2---2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2---2-----3-----5-----8---8-----|
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E|------------------------------3---0---------1-----3-----6-------------|


1:05 [Lead Guitar]

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A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|


1:19 [Verse 2] "Gone through days... without talking..."

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1:46 [Chorus] "There is a would that's always bleading..."

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A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2-------------1-------1---------2-------------1-------1----------|

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D|----4---4-----x-----3---3---5---5--|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--2---------------1-------3--------|


1:57 Note that this section is played with a slight variation:

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B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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D|----2---2-----0-----0-----0-----------2---2---0-----0-----0-----0-----|
A|--0-------3/5-----2-----3-----------0-------2-----3-----5-----7---10--|
E|------------------------------3---0-----------------------------------|


2:25 [Interlude] Clean guitar (Live version)

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B|-(0)--(0)--(0)--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9----9----8--------2---(0)(0)-----------------4-----------2-4/5-----|
D|--10---10---9--------2----0--0----------------5-----------2-------5~~~|
A|--0----0----0------0----0-2--2---3----------5-----------2-------------|
E|-------------------------------0-1------0-3---------0-4---------------|


2:34 

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A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5-----------------------3---0---1-----------------------3--------|


2:39 [Guitar Solo] Played with distortion and reverb (Live version)

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G|--<3--h5p3/2------------------------2/4-0-0--~~~~~~~---------------|
D|------------------------------------------0h2~~~~~~~---------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


2:49 [Verse 3] "Once undone... there's only smoke..."

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A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5-----------------------3---0---1-----------------------3--------|


3:17 [Chorus] "There is a would that's always bleading..."

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B|----------0---------0-------0-------------0---------0-------0------|
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A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2-------------1-------1---------2-------------1-------1----------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|----------0------------------------|
G|------5-----5---------0-------0----|
D|----4---4-----4-----3---3---5---5--|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--2---------------1-------3--------|


3:27 [Outro] Played together with keyboards (subtle pads and ambient layers)

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B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------2---------0-----0-----0-----------2-------0-----0-----0---------|
D|----2---2-----0-----0-----0-----------2---2---0-----0-----0-----0-----|
A|--0-------3/5-----2-----3-----------0-------2-----3-----5-----7---10--|
E|------------------------------3---0-----------------------------------|



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| x   Dead note
|(n) Ghost note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| <   Volume swell
| r   Release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato

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