GuitarTabsExplorer icon
GuitarTabsExplorer icon

Log in

Songbook

  • Log in to add and see bookmarks

Last visited songs

    No songs visited yet...

Folklore by Opeth

Tabs

Intro
The song starts with increasing volume, so the first two notes are not heard (but still exist)

Mikael
e||----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB||--0-1--3-4--3-4-6--4h6p4p3h4--3-1--0-1-3-4p3--4-6/8--8----|
Chord diagramG+G||O---------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||O---------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE||----------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-3-4p3-----3--------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------5-4---4------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------5-3-1h3p1p0-------0-1-3/5-0-1-1----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------3-2-3-----------3-3----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------------3-------3-5/6-5----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0-2-3-5---2-3-5-6---3-5-6-----5-6------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
  * * * *  * * * *  * * * *  * * * (P.M.)

e|----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|----4-5/7-5-4--------------------------------------O||
Chord diagramD MajorD|-/5-----------5------------------------------------O||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------6-5-3----------2-3--5-6--2--3-3-----||
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------4---0-3-----------------------||
Pre-Verse 1

Fredrik plays this...
e||----------3-----------------------3-----------------------3-------------|
Chord diagramBB||----------3h4p3-------------------3h4p3-------------------3h4p3---------|
Chord diagramG+G||O----5-----------5-4-4h5-------5--------5-4-4h5-------5----------5-3----|
Chord diagramD MajorD||O-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---3---3---------------------3----------------------3-------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|-3h5---3------------------------O||
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----5---3h5---3----------------O||  x6
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------6---3h6---5-6-2-----||
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------3-----------||

and then Mikael enters with this...
e||----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB||----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||O---12--------8---10---8---7------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||O--------10--------------------9----9-9s10----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE||----------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB|----------------------/13---11------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|---12--------8---10-------------10----11-12----O||
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------10-------------------------------------O||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------||
Verse 1

Fredrik
e||---------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||---------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||O----5-5---8-8---5-5---8-8---12-12---11-11---8----O||
Chord diagramD MajorD||O----x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x----x--x----x--x---x----O||    x4
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-----3-3---6-6---3-3---6-6---10-10----9--9---6-----||
Chord diagramE MajorE||---------------------------------------------------||

Mikael
e||------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-------------4-3--------------||
Chord diagramG+G||O----------5-----------------O||
Chord diagramD MajorD||O--------5-------------------O||   x3
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-------3----------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------------------||


Chorus 1

Fredrik
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------6-5--------------5-5h7p5-----4--3-----4--3-----4--3----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------7--------3-6---------6---4--3-----4--3-------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----x\-0----------7-5--5-----------------2--1-----2--1-----2--1----|

Mikael
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------------------------------4--3-----4--3-----7--6----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------------------------4--3-----4--3-------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------2--1-----2--1-----5--4----|


Pre-Verse 2

Fredrik
e||----------3-----------------------3-----------------------3-------------|
Chord diagramBB||----------3h4p3-------------------3h4p3-------------------3h4p3---------|
Chord diagramG+G||O----5-----------5-4-4h5-------5--------5-4-4h5-------5----------5-3----|
Chord diagramD MajorD||O-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---3---3---------------------3----------------------3-------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|-3h5---3------------------------O||
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----5---3h5---3----------------O||  x4
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------6---3h6---5-6-2-----||
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------3-----------||

Mikael
e||----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB||----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||O---12--------8---10---8---7------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||O--------10--------------------9----9-9s10----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE||----------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB|----------------------/13---11------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|---12--------8---10-------------10----11-12----O||
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------10-------------------------------------O||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------||


Verse 2... This verse adds new lead which is what Mikael plays when live

Fredrik
e||--------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||--------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||O----5-5---8-8---5-5---8-8---12-12---11-11---8---------O||
Chord diagramD MajorD||O----x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x----x--x----x--x---x---------O||  x4
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-----3-3---6-6---3-3---6-6---10-10----9--9---6----------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||--------------------------------------------------------||

Mikael 1
e||------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-------------4-3--------------||
Chord diagramG+G||O----------5-----------------O||
Chord diagramD MajorD||O--------5-------------------O||   x3
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-------3----------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------------------||

Mikael 2 (not sure about the third lead thingy)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---4-3tr4----------------------4-3tr4/6-4--6----/(8)----|
Chord diagramG+G|----------5-4-4h5---------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------3h5-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------8p6-----------------------------3--/10-11----|
Chord diagramBB|-----------8h9p8\6-----6-----------4h6p4\3-6-4------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------8-10---------------8p7------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---10-----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus 2

Fredrik
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------6-5--------------5-5h7p5-----4--3-----4--3-----4--3----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------7--------3-6---------6---4--3-----4--3-------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----x\-0----------7-5--5-----------------2--1-----2--1-----2--1----|

Mikael
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------------------------------4--3-----4--3-----7--6----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------------------------4--3-----4--3-------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------2--1-----2--1-----5--4----|

Bridge

Mikael (Acoustic)                            1.
e||--------0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------0-----0-----0-----0------||0-----|
Chord diagramBB||------1-----1-----1-----1---1-----1------0-----0-----0-----0---0----||--0---|
Chord diagramG+G||O---4-----4-----4-----4-------4--------2-----2-----2-----2-------2-O||------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||O------------------------------------------------------------------O||------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
Chord diagramE MajorE||--------------------------------------------------------------------||------|

 2.
e|-----------------------------------7-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
Chord diagramBB|-------------0-----5--7--8--5-0------5-----0-----0-----0-----0--------|
Chord diagramG+G|-2h4p2p0---0----------------------5----5-----5-----5-----5-----5------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------4-----2---5--7--9--5-----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------0------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

**The Chord diagramFF on the sixth string right at the end is played very short and not that loud
e|-3------2----0-----------------------------------0--------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---0------0----0--3----0---------------------3/6---6----5------3------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----4--2----0------0----0--2----0---------3---------0----0------0----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------4----0------0----0-----3----------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------3----2----1-----------------3---3---------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0-------------------------------------------------------------1------|

e|------------------0----|
Chord diagramBB|-1----0-----------0----|
Chord diagramG+G|-2----2----2------1----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------2------2----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0-0----0----0----2----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------0----|


Some piano and bass parts come on and theeeen...


Rhythm guitars for solo/outro...
This is a bit complicated to hear, the first bar is what Mikael plays LIVE and maybe on the CD...
but it just doesn?t sound that great on the latter, so I like to play the second bar instead, if you play
it as a power chord it also works.
These sections are played until the song fades out,the exception being that when live, both Mikael and
Fredrik play their parts from the outro and no rhythm guitar remains.

Mikael
e|-------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----7-7--7-7-|----7-7--7-7----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----6-6--6-6-|----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5-----------|-5--------------|

Fredrik
e|----------------5----|
Chord diagramBB|-5----6----3----5----|
Chord diagramG+G|-5----5----4----5----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7----7----5----7----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------|


Solo (Fredrik)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---7-9-10p7-9----10----/14-14-----15b16----pb16r15p14/12-----12h14/9p7h9----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pretty sure the part with the e string bends has missing notes but I can?t seem to hear it correctly
e|-------------------------------------------9b10---5-7b8r7p5h7-------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--8b9---r--5----------------9---9h10-p7------------------------5p4h5p4----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------7--7ph-----/7-(7)-(7)---(7)----------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------12-----|
Chord diagramBB|--------13-12----------12-------13-----|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------------14----14-----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----14-------------14----------14-----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-/12-------------12-------------12-----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------------|


Outro

Mikael
e||-----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||O-----9-9---/10---9-7-------------7---9-------------O||
Chord diagramD MajorD||O-7---------------------10-9---10-------10---9-7----O|| x many times
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------||

Fredrik
e||---------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-------17-17---/18---17-15--------------15---17----------------||
Chord diagramG+G||O-14-------------------------17-16---17---------17---16-14----O||
Chord diagramD MajorD||O-------------------------------------------------------------O||  x same times as above
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||---------------------------------------------------------------||

Repeat until fade

************************************

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

[ Privacy | About us ]

Welcome to the guitar community

Why join and log in?
- Get songbook with favourite songs
- Get custom made front page
- Submit chords and tabs
- Submit guitar-cover videos
- Get a lot of thumbs up for your work

Songbook

Last visited songs

Site
Home
Search
Community
Submit chords

Video

No video for this page. Check out how you can submit guitar-cover videos here

Search tabs and chords

Browse by artist

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #


Menu

Search

Video

Bookmark

Login