Band:Nile
song:Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve its Possessor against Attacks from He
who is in the Water.
album:ithyphallic (2007)
transcribed by: Rafael bugarin.
email:raymondbugarin@yahoo.com
tuning: A E A D F# B
legend:
. - 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
intro: riff#1 (:00)
play 2x
gtr 1:
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||------------------------------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-------------------------------------------------------------|

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|-16-15-13----------------------15-16-15-13--16-18-16-15--13-16-15-13--------------|
|----------16-13-12-13-16-13-12----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-15-13-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------16-13-12-13-16-13-12----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------16-13-12-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------14-11-10-11-14-11-10----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
end.
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|-16-15-13------------------------------------------|----||
|----------16-13-12-13-16-13-12---------------------|----||
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|-------------------------------5-6-5--8-9-8--5-6-5-|-5\-||
|-------------------------------5-6-5--8-9-8--5-6-5-|-5\-||
gtr 2:
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||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------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-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-8-7-5---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9-6-5-6-9-6-5-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------9-6-5-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------9-6-5-6-9-6-5-----------------------|
end.
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|------------------------------------------|----||
|-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
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|-----------------------------------------|------||------||
|-----------------------------------------|------||-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
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|-12-11-9-11-12-11-9--11-9-8-6-8-9-11-9-8-6-||
riff#4 (1:01) play 7x
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|-------------------------------||
|-20-18-17-15-17-18-20-18-17-15-||
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|-------------------------------||
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--|

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|-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.