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Band:  Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song:  I Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead

Copyright (c)  (Relapse) (2002)
Version 1.0 - (23/12/03)


.  - 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)


Riff A:

|-------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|------------------|
|-3---6---5---|------------------|------------------|
|-3---6---5---|------------------|------------------|
|-1---4---3---|-0000000000000000-|-1111111111111111-|
                ................   ................

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-7777777777777777-|-6666666666666666-|-3333333333333333-|
  ................   ................   ................

|------------------|-------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------|------------------|
|------------------|-3---6---5---|------------------|
|------------------|-3---6---5---|------------------|
|-4444444444444444-|-1---4---3---|-0000000000000000-|
  ................                 ................

                    (these are 10's)
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|-1111111111111111-|-10101010101010101010101010101010-|
  ................    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-9999999999999999-|-6666777766666666-|
  ................   ................


Rhy. Fill 1:

|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-3---6---5---|-7-----------|
|-3---6---5---|-7-----------|
|-1---4---3---|-5-----------|


Outro: Most of this is quite hard to hear due to the feedback and I
       think its played on a keyboard as well.  I think it's best
       played with a clean guitar tone.  The feedback pitches are,
       for the most part A with occasional rises to A# and, towards
       the end, C.

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-9---8------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------10---9---|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-8h10-8-----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------9~~-|-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-/10--------------|------------------|-/10---8----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|-11h12-11----11-----|
|------------------|------------------|----------13----13--|
|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|

|------------------|-11h12-11----11-----|--------------------|
|------------------|----------13----13--|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|----------/10-----|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|

|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-9---8------------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------10-------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|



Song Structure:

Riff A         x4
Rhy. Fill 1

Break

Riff A         x4
Rhy. Fill 1
Outro