Band:Nile
song:Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve its Possessor against Attacks from He
who is in the Water.
album:ithyphallic (2007)



tuning: A E A D F# B

legend:

.    -   palm mute          / - slide up to
    -   slide down to      ~ - vibrato
h (x2444x@1)  -   hammer on          b- (x24432@1)Bend
p    -   pull off           Suffixes for bend
t    -   tap                f- (133111@1)full bend     h- (x2444x@1)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

intro: riff#1 (:00)

play 2x

gtr 1:

||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------16-15-13----------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------16-13-12-13-16-13-12-------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------16-13-12----------------------|
||-5-6-5--8-9-8--6-7-6----------------------------------------14-11-10-11-14-11-10-|
||-5-6-5--8-9-8--6-7-6-------------------------------------------------------------|



|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-15-13----------------------15-16-15-13--16-18-16-15--13-16-15-13-|
|----------16-13-12-13-16-13-12---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-15-13----------------------------------------------------|
|----------16-13-12-13-16-13-12-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------16-13-12----------------------|
|----------------------------------------14-11-10-11-14-11-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                     end.
|---------------------------------------------------|----||
|-16-15-13------------------------------------------|----||
|----------16-13-12-13-16-13-12---------------------|----||
|---------------------------------------------------|----||
|-------------------------------5-6-5--8-9-8--5-6-5-|-5-||
|-------------------------------5-6-5--8-9-8--5-6-5-|-5-||
gtr 2:

||-------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------8-7-5-----------------------------------|
||---------------------------9-6-5-6-9-6-5---------------------|
||-5-6-5--8-9-8--6-7-6---------------------9-6-5---------------|
||-5-6-5--8-9-8--6-7-6---------------------------9-6-5-6-9-6-5-|

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-8-7-5---------------7-8-7-5--8-10-8-7--5-8-7-5-|
|-------9-6-5-6-9-6-5----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|



|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-8-7-5-----------------------------------|
|-------9-6-5-6-9-6-5---------------------|
|---------------------9-6-5---------------|
|---------------------------9-6-5-6-9-6-5-|
                                            end.
|------------------------------------------|----||
|------------------------------------------|----||
|-8-7-5------------------------------------|----||
|-------9-6-5-6-9-6-5----------------------|----||
|----------------------5-6-5--8-9-8--5-6-5-|-5-||
|----------------------5-6-5--8-9-8--5-6-5-|-5-||

riff#2 (0:17) play 3x
                                           ending1 ending2
|-----------------------------------------|------||------||
|-----------------------------------------|------||------||
|-----------------------------------------|------||-16-15||
|-----------------------------------------|-9~~~-||-13-12||
|-----------------------------------------|------||-11-10||
|-8-6-5-3-5-6-8-6-5-3--8-6-5-3-5-6-8-6-5-3|------||------||

riff#3 (0:36) play 4x

|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-12-11-9-11-12-11-9--11-9-8-6-8-9-11-9-8-6-||

riff#4 (1:01) play 7x

|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-20-18-17-15-17-18-20-18-17-15-||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
chorus

riff#5 (1:07) play 2x

gtr 1:
                                          ending1 ending2
|----------------------------------------|------||----------||
|----------------------------------------|------||----------||
|-8--7---------5--7---------8--7/-11--10-|-5~~-||-/14-13~~-||
|-6--5---------3--5---------6--5/-9---8--|-3~~-||-/12-11~~-||
|-6--5--8-6-5--3--5--8-6-5--6--5/-9---8--|-3~~-||-/12-11~~-||
|-6--5--8-6-5--3--5--8-6-5--6--5/-9---8--|-3~~-||-/12-11~~-||

gtr 2:
                                          ending1 ending2
|----------------------------------------|------||----------||
|-9--8---------6--8---------9--8--12--11-|-6~~-||-/15-14~~-||
|-8--7---------5--7---------8--7/-11--10-|-5~~-||-/14-13~~-||
|----------------------------------------|------||----------||
|-------8-6-5--------8-6-5---------------|------||----------||
|-6--5--8-6-5--3--5--8-6-5--6--5/-9---8--|-3~~-||-/12-11~~-||

repeat riff# 2 @ (1:31)
play 3x

riff#6 (riff#3 variation) (1:50)
                                              end.
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|-------------------------------------------||----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------||----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------||----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------||----------------------|
|-12-11-9-11-12-11-9--11-9-8-6-8-9-11-9-8-6-||-15-14-12-14-15-14-12-|

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-14-12-11-9-11-12-14-12-11-9-|

|-----------------------------------------------------||
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|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-18-17-15-17-18-17-15--17-15-14-12-14-15-17-15-14-12-||

repeat riff #5 @ (2:00)
play 3x

repeat riff#1 @ (2:35)

end.