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Band: Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song: The Blessed Dead
Copyright (c) (Relapse) (2002)
Version 1.0 - (19/12/03)
. - palm mute / - slide up to
- slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tunning: 7-string guitar tuned down one whole step (A D G C F A D)
Intro:
|---------|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|---------|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|---------|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|---------|----------|----------|----------|-9h10p9-7-6---------|
|-2-------|-13------|-2--------|-13------|------------9-8-6-5-|
|-2-------|-13------|-2--------|-11------|--------------------|
|-0-------|-11------|-0--------|-11------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-7h8p7-5-4---------|-2--3--6--2-3-3-7-6-|------------------|
|-----------7-6-4-3-|-0--1--4--0-1-1-5-4-|-8888887777778888-|
. . . ................
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------781087----|--------------------|
|-------679------109-|-----10--9--7--6----|
|----568-------------|------------------8-|
|-578----------------|-0000---------------|
...... ....
Verse 1a: ________________ ________________ ____________
1,2| 3| 4|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-12-11--9--8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-10--9--7--6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-10--9--7--6-|
|0000888877770000-|8888777755554444-|88887777-7/1010~-|-------------|
................ ................ ........ . . .
Verse 1b: ________________ ________________
1,2,4| 3|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|0000888877770000-|8888777755554444-|88887777-7/1010~-|
................ ................ ........ . . .
Rhy. Fill 1:
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-11-12-11----------|
|--9-10--9-13-11-11-|
|----------11--9--9-|
|-------------------|
Verse 2: ____________ ________________
1,2,4| 3|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------10-9------|-10--9--7--6-|-10--9--9/12-12~-|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-0000------0000-|-------------|-----------------|
.... ....
Rhy. Fill 2:
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-11------10-----|
|--9-------8-----|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
Riff A:
|-------------------------------|--------------------|------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------|------------|
|----------12h13p12-12-9h10p9-9-|--------------------|-------475~-|
|-------------------------------|--------------------|----467-----|
|-------------------------------|--------------------|-457--------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------46-|7-----------|
|-00000000----------------------|-00000000--245457---|------------|
........ ........ ........ .......
Verse 3: _______________ ____________
1,3| 2,4|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|------12-11------|-12-11-14/15-14-|-12-11--9--8-|
|------10--9------|-10--9-12/13-12-|-10--9--7--6-|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-0000-------0000-|----------------|-------------|
.... ....
Rhy. Fill 3:
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-10--------|-9----8-----|
|--8--------|-7----6-----|
|-----------|------------|
Lead Fill 1:
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-9h10p9-7-6---------|-------------------|
|------------9-8-6-5-|-------------------|
|--------------------|-7h8p7-5-4-----6-5-|
|--------------------|-----------7-6-4-3-|
. .
Riff B:
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|--------9-|---8------|
|-2------9-|---8-----|
|-2------7-|---6-----|
|-0--------|---------|
Riff C: (those are 10's and 11's)
_______________________ _____________________
1,2,3| 4|
|------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|--------10-9-13-12-13-|
|-7777777788778888-|-7777778877111110101111-|-777777--8-7-11-10-11-|
|------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
................ ...................... ......
Riff D:
|------------|-------------------|
|------------|-------------------|
|------------|-------------------|
|----87-8---|---7/11-1110-10---|
|----65-6---|---5/-9--9-8--8---|
|----65-6---|---5/-9--9-8--8---|
|-0----------|-0-----------------|
. .
Lead Fill 2:
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-9---10--9------------|
|------------11-10-10--|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Riff E: ____________________ ____________
1,3,5| 2|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-----------7bh---|----------------ph---|-------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-6/7-6-65-5-|
|-----------------|----------------7bh--|-4/5-4-43-3-|
|-6-----3---------|---------------------|-4/5-4-43-3-|
|-4-000-1-0-------|-00001144440011------|-------------|
... . . ..............
_________________ _____________
4| 6|
|------------ph----|--------------|
|------------------|--------------|
|------------12bh--|--------------|
|------------------|-12-11----9-8-|
|-4/5-4--3---------|-10--9----7-6-|
|------------------|-10--9----7-6-|
|-2/3-2--1---------|--------------|
Riff F: _______________ _______________ ______________
1,3| 2,4| 5|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|----11/12-11----|-11/12-11-8/9-8-|-11/12-11-14-15-|-11/12-11--9-8-|
|-----9/10--9----|--9/10--9-6/7-6-|--9/10--9-12-13-|--9/10--9--7-6-|
|-----9/10--9----|--9/10--9-6/7-6-|--9/10--9-12-13-|--9/10--9--7-6-|
|-00----------00-|----------------|----------------|---------------|
.. ..
Solo Backing 1:
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-0000888877770000-|-8888777755554444-|
................ ................
Solo Backing 2: (those are 1's and 0's)
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-12-11----12-11-11/15-14-|----12-11------|
|-9h10-9-7-6--------------|-10--9----10--9--9/13-12-|----10--9------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|------------5-4-11110000-|-------00----------------|-00-------1111-|
........ .. ....
Rhy. Fill 3:
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-7----------|
|-7----------|
|-5----------|
|------------|
Rhy. Fill 4:
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-14---------|
|-12---------|
|-12---------|
|------------|
Solo: Not sure about the sweep at the end but it sounds good enough
to me. Also, the solo comes in at the beginning of the 3rd
time you play Solo Backing 1.
long slide grad bend
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-/----/18~~~-|-~~~~~~~~~~~-|-~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-bh------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------|---------111214121415------------|
|------------------------1011-|-13111314------------------------|
|------------101113111314-----|---------------------81011101113-|
|-91012101213-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------111211--------------111214bh-|-151412141211---------------|
|-101113------14131110111314---------|-------------1716141614-13--|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-12--------12-11-|---------8h10p8-7-|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------10111314-|
|--------------------10111314-|--------------10111314---------|
|-------------9101213---------|-------9101213-----------------|
|-------891112----------------|-891112------------------------|
|-781011----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
x3
|------------------------11121415-|-9111211121412111514121112141211-|
|----------------10111314---------|---------------------------------|
|--------10111314-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-9101213-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
grad bend grad bend & release
|-15--14--12--11-----|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|-----------------13-|-12---10bh----|---^-----------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------10bh---|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
grad bend slight grad release
|---------------|--------------|--------20bh-r-bh--|---------------|
|----12bh-------|-----r-~~~~~~-|-~~~~~-------------|---------------|
|--r------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|
Note- Play these as natural harmonics and
then do a slow whammy bar dive to the
end of the next bar
|----r-bh-~~~~-|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-7*----------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-7*----------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
x2
|-1211121112111411-|-----12h15p12-------------------|
|------------------|---13--------13-----------------|
|------------------|-14------------1412p9----------|
|------------------|----------------------10p7------|
|------------------|--------------------------7-----|
|------------------|---------------------------8p5~-|
|------------------|--------------------------------|
Riff G1:
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--"--"--"--"--"------------|
|-10--9--7--6--7--6h7p6-----|
|-----------------------8---|
|-------------------------0-|
.
Riff G2:
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--------"-------------------|
|--"--"--8---"--"------------|
|-10--9-----10--9--7h9p7-6---|
|----------------------------|
|--------------------------0-|
.
Rhy. Fill 5:
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-11---12-11--9--8-8--|
|--9---10--9--7--6-6--|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
Rhy. Fill 6:
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-3---------|-9----8-----|
|-3---------|-7----6-----|
|-1---------|------------|
Outro:
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-2---------|-2----2-----|
|-2---------|-2----2-----|
|-0---------|-0----0-----|
.
Song Structure:
Intro
Verse 1a
Verse 1b
Rhy. Fill 1
Verse 2
Rhy. Fill 2
Riff A
Verse 3
Rhy. Fill 3
Riff A
Lead Fill 1
Riff B x2
Riff C
Riff D x4
Lead Fill 2
Riff D x4
Riff E
Riff F
_
Solo Backing 1 x4 |
Solo Backing 2 |
Solo Backing 1 x4 | Solo played over this section,
Rhy. Fill 3 | coming in on the 3rd time of
Riff E | the earlier Solo Backing 1.
Riff F (up to 4th ending only) |
Rhy. Fill 4 _|
Riff G1 x2
Riff G2
Riff G1
Verse 1b
Rhy. Fill 5
Verse 2
Rhy. Fill 2
Riff A
Verse 3
Rhy. Fill 6
Riff A
Lead Fill 1
Riff B x4
Verse 3
Lead Fill 1
Outro x3
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