Band: Nile
Album: Amongst The Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
Song: Stones Of Sorrow



Code:
. - palm mute           / - slide up to
 - slide down to       x - Staccato
h- (x2444x@1)hammer on           p - pull off
, - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note         - Trill
L - left channel only   R - right channel only
* - see comment

Suffixes for bend
f- (133111@1)full bend       h- (x2444x@1)half bend
q - quarter bend    t - tap bend
^ - Hold bend       r - release bend
~ - vibrato bend

Suffixes for harmonic
ph - pinched harmonic   n - natural/artificial harmonic

Tuning A E A D F# B

Intro (0:01) Note: There is no palm muting in this riff. Sometimes at the
staccato parts, it sounds like there is two heavily palm muted notes, but
this is not the case.
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5----6----5--6---9--8--5--6--5---4----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------6---5----6-----5--6---9--|
               x      x     x                            x

----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------5--4-------------------------------5----4-----------------------|
-8---8--9----------0----1----0--1--4--3--0--1-----------6---5----6-----5--6-|
 x      x      x                x     x     x                             x

--------------------|
--------------------|
--------------------|
--------------------|
--------------5--4--|
--9--8--8--9--------|
     x     x     x

Riff 1 (0:44) play twice
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------8--7--|
|-3--4----3--4---7--6---9--10----9--10---6--5--|
|-3--4----3--4---7--6---9--10----9--10---------|
             x      x               x       x

Riff 2 (1:03) play 4 times
|-----|-----------------------|
|-----|-----------------------|
|-----|-----------------------|
|-13--|-----------------------|
|-11--|-0------6---6-0-----6--|
|-----|-0------6---6-0-----6--|
                   .       x

Riff 1 x 1 (1:22)
Riff 2 x 1 (1:41)

Fill 1 (2:00)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-5--------4--------3--------------|
|-5--------4--------3--------1--3--|

Riff 3 (2:13) play twice
I
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-4"----3h4"--3h4"--3h4"---3"--4"--3"---1"--3"---|

II
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-4"----3h4"--3h4"--3h4"---7"--6"--7"--6"---0"--3"---|

Riff 4 (2:54)
                          [x2]
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-8--8----7--7----5--5--------|--------------------------|
|-6--6----5--5----3--3--------|-8----10----12--12---0---|
|-----------------------------|-8----10----12--12---0---|

[x2]
-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
-10-10---8--8----7--7--------|-10-10---8--8----5--5--------6---|
-8--8----6--6----5--5--------|-8--8----6--6----3--3---8----4---|
-----------------------------|------------------------8--------|

End of guitar (3:28)
End (4:17)