Opeth – In My Time Of Need (Guitar Intro)

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Chords: Em x79987 Bm 799777 Am 577555
Emadd9   024000
Em/F#    2x4000 (could be called Emadd9/F#, but using this for simplicity)
Asus2 x02200 Asus2/Bb x12200 C x32010 C#maj7 x4356x All other chord voicings as shown in tab. Yes, there is some mixing of sharps and flats, but some chords are out of key anyway, and Bbsus2 for instance in the pre-chorus is better thought of as the bV chord - Bb, C, F rather than A#, B#, E#. [Intro/Verse/Solo tab]
   Fig. 1 - Em11 (no5no7)
e|---------0-----------------------|
B|-------7---7---------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------------------|
D|---7-----------7-----------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------|

   Fig. 2 - Am9
e|---------0---3-------------------|
B|-------0---0---0-----------------|
G|-----5-----------5---------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
[Intro] play Fig. 1 x4 [Verse/Solo] play Fig. 1 x3, Fig. 2 x1 (and repeat)
[Pre-chorus tab]
   C#sus2            Bsus2             A6/9              Bbsus2
e|-4---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-1---1---1---1----|-1---1---1---1----|
B|--4--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--1---1---1---1---|--1---1---1---1---|
G|---6-------------|---4-------------|---4-------------|---3---3---3---3--|---3---3---3---3--|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----3---3---3---3-|----3---3---3---3-|
A|-4---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|-1----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
[Intro]
Em11
(4 bars)
[Verse 1]
Em11
I can't see the meaning of this life I'm leading

            Am9                Em11
I try to forget you as you forgot me

                                                              Am9
This time there is nothing left for you to take, this is goodbye
[Pre-chorus]
C#sus2                            Bsus2
      Summer is miles and miles away

A6/9                            Bbsus2
    And no one would ask me to stay
[Chorus]
Em       Bm                         Am
   And I,   should contemplate this change

             Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
To ease the pain

    Em  Bm                         Am
And I,     should step out of the rain

      Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
Turn away
[Verse 2]
Em11
Close to ending it all, I am drifting through the stages

       Am9                  Em11
Of the rapture born within this loss

                                                             Am9
Thoughts of death inside, tear me apart from the core of my soul
[Pre-chorus]
C#sus2                            Bsus2
      Summer is miles and miles away

A6/9                            Bbsus2
    And no one would ask me to stay
[Chorus]
Em       Bm                         Am
   And I,   should contemplate this change

             Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
To ease the pain

    Em  Bm                         Am
And I,     should step out of the rain

      Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
Turn away
[Bridge]
Asus2    Asus2/Bb  Asus2        Asus2/Bb
      At times the       dark's fading slowly

Asus2        Asus2/Bb   C   C#maj7
      But it never    sustains

Asus2       Asus2/Bb  Asus2       Asus2/Bb
      Would someone         watch over me

Asus2       Asus2/Bb  C   C#maj7
      In my time of   neeeeeeeeeed
[Solo] Em11 Am9 x2 [Pre-chorus]
C#sus2                            Bsus2
      Summer is miles and miles away

A6/9                            Bbsus2
    And no one would ask me to stay
[Chorus]
Em       Bm                         Am
   And I,   should contemplate this change

             Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
To ease the pain

    Em  Bm                         Am
And I,     should step out of the rain

      Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
Turn away

    Em  Bm                         Am
And I,     should contemplate this change

             Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
To ease the pain

    Em  Bm                         Am
And I,     should step out of the rain

      Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9
Turn away
[Outro]
Em        Bm        Am        Emadd9 Em/F# Emadd9 x4
(fade out)