Band: Nile Album: In Their Darkened Shrines Song: Churning The Maelstrom . - 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: A E A D F# B Intro: |---------| |---------| |---------| |---------| |-4-3-1-0-| |-4-3-1-0-| . . . . Riff A: _________________________ 1| |------------------|------------------|-------------|------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------|------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------|------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------|------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------|------------| |-4444444444444444-|-3333333333333333-|-4--3--1--0--|-0--1--0--3-| _________________________ 2| |-------------|------------| |-------------|-------ph---| |-------------|-------5bh--| |-------------|------------| |-------------|------------| |-4--3--1--1--|-1--0-------| Verse: ____________________________ 1| |------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------| |10----------------|-8----------------|10--------8--------|/7---6-3-| |-8----------------|-6----------------|-8--------6--------|---------| |--000000000000000-|--000000000000000-|--0000000--0000000-|/7---6-3-| ............... ............... ....... ....... _______________________ 2| |------------|-----------| |------------|-----------| |------------|-----------| |-6--5--3--1-|-1--0--0---| |------------|-----------| |-6--5--3--1-|-1--0--0---| Rhy. Fill 1: |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |-666--999--666--333-| |-666--999--666--333-| ... ... ... ... Chorus 1: (those are 10's) _____________________ __________________ 1| 2| |------------------|----------------------|-------------------| |------------------|----------------------|-------------------| |------------------|----------------------|-------------------| |------------------|----------------------|-------------------| |------------------|----------------------|-10----9----7----6-| |-7777777766666666-|-10101010999977776666-|-10----9----7----6-| ................ . . . ............. . . . . Chorus 2: ________________________ __________________ 1| 2| |------------------|-------------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-13h14p13\11-11h13p11\10-|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------------|-10----9----7----6-| |-7777777766666666-|-------------------------|-10----9----7----6-| ................ . . . . Riff B: |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|---------------7-| |-000-003----------|-000-003-000---5-| |-000-003-00356568-|-000-003-000-----| ... ... ........ ... ... ... Rhy. Fill 2: |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |-666--666--666--666-| |-666--666--666--666-| ... ... ... ... Riff C: I'm a little uncertain about this one because the first bar is quite hard to hear on the CD |------------------|------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-11-7-6-3-7-6-3-2-|-----------------------| |------------------|------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|--9-5-4-1-5-4-1-0-|-5685-6896-89118-------| |-4444333311110000-|------------------|-----------------79107-| Rhy. Fill 3: |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |-4444333311110000-| Riff D: |-----------------|-------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-9-10-12-13---------| |-----------------|-5-6-8-9-8-9-11-12-|--------------------| |-0-1-3-4-3-4-6-7-|-------------------|------------0-1-3-4-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |-----------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------|----------------------10-11-13-14-| |-----------------|-----------9-10-12-13-------------| |---------5-6-8-9-|-8-9-11-12------------------------| |-3-4-6-7---------|----------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rhy. Fill 4: |---------|---------| |---------|---------| |-9-------|-8-------| |-8-------|-7-------| |-7-------|-6-------| |---------|---------| Solo Backing 1: |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |-666--666--666--666-|-666--666-----------| |-666--666--666--666-|-666--666--6/7--6-3-| ... ... ... ... ... ... Solo Backing 2: |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------91012-| |-568689891191112------| |----------------------| A couple of points about the solo. For the octave part I think that Karl uses his whammy bar but only very slightly. However, I think it sounds OK without it. Also, the bar marked with an asterisk is practically inaudible on the CD but I think that its something close to what I've tabbed. You'll probably notice that the next bar is difficult to get to in time without a lot of excess string noise but unfortunately that's the problem with a solo with two guitarists playing different parts! If this part becomes too meddlesome or irritating I suggest that you just do a long finger slide down the thicker strings with some whammy bar for good measure. Solo: grad bend |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------| |----------------|-^---^---^---^--|-^---^---^---^--|--^--^--^--^--| |-12bh-----------|----------------|-~---~---~---~--|-12-12-12-12--| |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------| grad release |--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--^--^--^--^--|-^---^---^---^--|-^---^---^---^--|----------------| |-12-12-12-12--|-~---~---~---~--|-~---~---~---~--|------------r---| |--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-14-15-15-15-|-14-14-14/17-|-15-14-15-14-|-14-14/15-14~-| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-12-13-13-13-|-12-12-12/15-|-13-12-13-12-|-12-12/13-12~-| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |------------|----------------------------|-14----13~~--111314-| |-~~~~----78-|108101110111311131413141617-|--------------------| |------------|----------------------------|--------------------| |-~~~~-------|----------------------------|--------------------| |------------|----------------------------|--------------------| |------------|----------------------------|--------------------| x3 x2 |-17181718171817182118-|-21p18----------18-|-21p18-------------| |----------------------|------18------18---|------18------18~~-| |----------------------|--------19--19-----|--------19--19-----| |----------------------|----------20-------|----------20-------| |----------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------|-------------------| * t t |-----------------|-22p17p15p14-21p16p14p13-| |-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-------------------------| |-865-----865-----|-------------------------| |-----754-----754-|-------------------------| |-----------------|-------------------------| ... ... ... ... This next bar is like a 'tapped trill' and is just very fast tapping (tap about 4 times per tabbed trill) with a single note as anchor. t t t t x3 t t t t |-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-22p17p15p14-| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------| Rhy. Fill 5: |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-7/8\7-7/8\7-7/8\7-7/8\7-| |-5/6\5-5/6\5-5/6\5-5/6\5-| |-------------------------| Ending: fade |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| Song Structure: Intro Riff A Verse x2 Rhy. Fill 1 Chorus 1 x2 Verse x2 Chorus 2 x2 Riff B x2 Rhy. Fill 1 Riff B x2 Rhy. Fill 2 Riff C x2 Rhy. Fill 3 Riff D x3 Rhy. Fill 4 _ Verse x2 | Rhy. Fill 2 | Verse | Solo played over this section Solo Backing 1 | Solo Backing 2 x4 _| Riff A Verse Chorus 1 x2 Rhy. Fill 5 Solo Backing 2 x3 Ending It should all be there. Any comments, corrections or suggestions are welcome. 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