Band: Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song: Unas Slayer of the Gods
Copyright (c) (Relapse) (2002)
Version 2.0 - (10/01/04)
Transcribed By: John Mansley
Email: john@smansley.freeserve.co.uk
. - 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
Notes: I have a 7-string version of this tab for anybody who
doesn't have a guitar with at least 23 frets. I will
gladly email the notepad file upon request.
Tunning: A E A D F# B
Intro: (clean) I think this is played on a 12-string but it sounds OK like this.
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
|----8--8/9--6-|-6/8-9-9/13~-12~-|----8--8/9--6-|---------------|
|----7--7/8--5-|-5/7-8-8/12~-11~-|----7--7/8--5-|-7/9-7---------|
|----5--5/6--3-|-3/5-6-6/10~--9~-|----5--5/6--3-|-7/9 7---6-8-6-|
|-5------------|-----------------|-5------------|-5/7-5---6-8-6-|
|-5------------|-----------------|-5------------|---------6-8-6-|
Riff A:
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|---------55556666-|-333355556666/10101010-|
|-00000000---------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-9999-9h10p9\6----------|-777788885555------|-----------------|
|---------------00000000-|-------------/8888-|-7777--1--3--1~--|
........ .... ....
Riff B: This is really two guitars but I've amalgamated both parts
into one.
_____________ ______________
1| 2|
|---------------------|--------------|-/8--6--6------|
|---------------------|--------------|---------------|
|---------1h3p1p0-----|--------------|-/5--3--3------|
|---------------------|--------------|-----------6-6-|
|-3-6-5-3-------------|-5--3--5--6-6-|---------------|
|-3-6-5-3---------/5--|-5--3--5--6-6-|-----------6-6-|
. . . . . . .
Riff C:
grad bend
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-2bh------r--0--7--9-|-10--9--0--14--13--10\-|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3333333333333333-|---------------------|-----------------------|
................
Riff D
x4
|----------|-----------|---------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|-----------|---------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|-----------|---------|----------|----------|--------|
|-0----1---|-4-----8---|---------|-0----1---|-4----3---|-0----5-|
|-0----1---|-4-----8---|-7-7-8-7-|-0----1---|-4----3---|-0----3-|
|-0----1---|-4-----8---|-7-7-8-7-|-0----1---|-4----3---|-0------|
. . . .
x4
|-----------|------------|---------|----------|----------|
|-----------|------------|---------|----------|----------|
|-----------|------------|---------|----------|----------|
|-0----1----|-4-----8----|---------|-0----1---|-4----3-1-|
|-0----1----|-4-----8----|-7-7-8-7-|-0----1---|-4----3-1-|
|-0-00-1-11-|-4-44--8-88-|-7-7-8-7-|-0----1---|-4----3-1-|
.. .. .. .. . . . .
Riff E:
|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------7h8p7~-\--|-------------|-------------|
|-3/5-5-5-\-----------|-3-5-5-3-6---|-3-5-5-3-6---|
|-3/5-5-5-\-----------|-3-5-5-3-6---|-3-5-5-3-6---|
|-3/5-5-5-\-----------|-3-5-5-3-6---|-3-5-5-3-6---|
. . . . . . . .
____________
1,2|
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-3/5-5-5-10--8-6-6\5-5-5-|-10--8-6-6\3-3-3/5-5-|-5/6-6-6\5-5-|
|-3/5-5-5-10--8-6-6\5-5-5-|-10--8-6-6\3-3-3/5-5-|-5/6-6-6\5-5-|
|-3/5-5-5-10--8-6-6\5-5-5-|-10--8-6-6\3-3-3/5-5-|-5/6-6-6\5-5-|
. . . . . .
____________
3|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-5\3-3-3\1-1-|
|-5\3-3-3\1-1-|
|-5\3-3-3\1-1-|
Riff F:
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-0000000011111111-|-4444111100008888-|-77777777755555555-|
................ ................ .................
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------ph--ph--|-ph--ph--ph-------|
|-8888777777777777-|-00000000--1---4---|-1---0---1---0000-|
................ ........ ....
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-0000111144441111-|-0000888877777777-|-5555555588887777-|
................ ................ ................
|------------------|----------|------------|
|------------------|----------|------------|
|------------------|----------|------------|
|------------------|-7---8----|-11---10--8-|
|------------------|-5---6----|--9----8--6-|
|-7777777777771111-|----------|------------|
................
Riff G: this part has a lead which I've tabbed above the rhythm part.
The lead part may appear a little scrunched up but listen to
the CD for the correct timing.
grad bend
|----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|-/12~~~-10-10h12bh----|-^-^-^-^-r-|~~~~~~~~~~-|
|---5bh--r-|---6/8/10~|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
| | | | | |
|----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-3--------|-3--------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-3--------|-3--------|----------------------|-3-5-5-3-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-|
|-3--------|-3--------|-3h5-5-5~-3-3h5-5bh-r-|-3-5-5-3-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-|
. . . . . . . .
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-10h12~~~~~-12p10~~~~-|-101212/13-|-------ph--|
|----------------------|-----------|-------6~--|
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
| | | |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|----------------------|-3-5-5-3-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-|
|-3h5-5-5~~~-5h3-3-3~~-|-3-5-5-3-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-|
. . . . . . . .
grad bend
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
|10h1212-12p10-1010-|10h12-12bh--------|--------r-~|~~~~~~-----|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|-------6~~-|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
| | | | |
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-5-7-7-7--7\5--5-5-|-5/7-7-7--7/8-8-8-|-5-7-7-5-8-|-5-7-7-5-8-|
|-3-5-5-5--5\3--3-3-|-3/5-5-5--5/6-6-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff H:
|--------|--------|------------|--------------|
|--------|--------|------------|--------------|
|--------|--------|------------|--------------|
|-7------|-8------|-11---10/11-|-13/14-13---\-|
|-5------|-6------|--9----8/-9-|-11/12-11---\-|
|--------|--------|------------|--------------|
|--------|--------|---------|--------------|
|--------|--------|---------|--------------|
|--------|--------|---------|--------------|
|-8-7----|-8------|-11------|-10---8---7---|
|-6-5----|-6------|--9------|--8---6---5---|
|--------|--------|---------|--------------|
Riff I: this is the trumpet part arranged for guitar. I play this
using just the single notes but you could add the octave on
if you want a slightly more robust sound.
|--------|-------------------|--------|--------------------|--------|
|--------|-------------------|--------|--------------------|--------|
|--------|-------------------|--------|--------------------|--------|
|--------|-------------------|--------|--------------------|--------|
|-3------|-/6----4h6-4-1-3-5-|-3------|-/6----4h6-4-1--4\3-|-3------|
|--------|-------------------|--------|--------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|------------------|--------|
|-/6----4h6-4-1-3-4-|-3------|-/6--8-9-8-6--8\3-|-3------|
|-------------------|--------|------------------|--------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-/6----4h6-4-1---|
|-----------------|
Pre-Solo Lead:
|----------|--------------------------|---------|-------------------|
|----------|--------------------------|---------|-------------------|
|-/12~~~~~-|-/15~~-13h15-13-10--12-13-|-12~~~~~-|-/15~~-13h15-13-10-|
|----------|--------------------------|---------|-------------------|
|----------|--------------------------|---------|-------------------|
|----------|--------------------------|---------|-------------------|
Solo Backing 1: Start with Riff A and then play:
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|---------55555555-|-44444444---------|
|-5555555533556666-|-66665566---------|---------55555555-|
................ ................ ................
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------7777-|-7777888888887777-|
|-6633555555553355-|-666666665566-----|------------------|
................ ................ ................
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-7777555555555555-|
|------------------|
................
Solo backing 2:
|----------|-----------|------------------|
|----------|-----------|------------------|
|----------|-----------|------------------|
|-0----1---|-4-----8---|------------------|
|-0----1---|-4-----8---|------------------|
|-0----1---|-4-----8---|-7777777777777777-|
................
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|
|-0----1---|-4----3---|-0----7-|
|-0----1---|-4----3---|-0----5-|
|-0----1---|-4----3---|-0------|
|-----------|------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------------|
|-0----1----|-4-----8----|------------------|
|-0----1----|-4-----8----|------------------|
|-0-00-1-11-|-4-44--8-88-|-7777777777777777-|
.. .. .. .. ................
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|-0----1---|-4----3-1-|
|-0----1---|-4----3-1-|
|-0----1---|-4----3-1-|
Solo: this took about 7 hours! The mega fast runs aren't exact
(good enough to get you by though) but all the melodic parts
are correct I think. To save space I've had to omit spaces
between notes in the fast parts.
|-18p17p15-18p17p15-14-18p17p15-18p17p15-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-171514151411141110-11p10-11p10--10---|
|-------------------------------13--13-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-1110131110111081087-8p7-8p7---|-7-------------------|
|-----------------------------8-|---875-----------578-|
|-------------------------------|-------875457578-----|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
x14
|--------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-7-7811108108--8----------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--8----------11-1181187~~-|1212121214141514-|12121212-14--15--14~~-|
|--------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
x3
|-/22~~~~-20-22-23-23bf--r-22-20-22bh~-|-202020202223-191919192022-|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-19<20>~~~~-15---|-19<20>-15<16>-13<15>-11<13>-|-10<11>-8<10>-7~~-|
|-----------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-7810111087-------------|--------7810111087-------|
|-----------111087781078-|-1081011----------111087-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|-781011108----------------|
|-10--9-----781011-|----------11108-----------|
|--------679-------|---------------1097-91011-|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---------101113141311-------------|
|-10111314------------141311-------|
|---------------------------131110-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|10p8p7-14p11p10-18p15p14-21p18p17-|-21p20p18---------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------20--20--20--20-------|
|----------------------------------|-----------21--18--21--21p17~-|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-1112141211-----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-----------11108------------|
|12-14-14bh-r-12-14~-|-14bh---r-~~-|----------------1097----ph--|
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------986-5~~-|
|--------------------|-------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------|----------------------------|
x2
|--------------------|-------------|-17181718171817182018-|
|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|
|17-19-19bh-r-17-19~-|-19bh---r-~~-|----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|
x3
|-------------------------16171920-|-17181718171817182018-|
|-19181615--------15161819---------|----------------------|
|---------14151718-----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
pre bend
|-17-15-------------------|-20bf~~~~~~~~-|-~~~~~~~~~~~-r-bf~~~~-r~~-|
|-------19-16\15~~~~~~~~~-|--------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
Riff J:
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-------------------|
|-----------|-10h11p10-8-7-8-7-----|-----------|-----8-7-7h8p7-----|
|-----------|------------------8-7-|-----------|-7-8-----------8-7-|
|-7----6----|----------------------|-7----6----|-------------------|
|-5----4----|----------------------|-5----4----|-------------------|
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-------------------|
Riff K ______________ ___________
x3 1| 2|
|----------------|---------------|------------|
|----------------|---------------|------------|
|----------------|-7--10\8-8\5-5-|------------|
|-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5---8\6-6\3-3-|-3/5-5-5-5--|
|-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5---8\6-6\3-3-|-3/5-5-5-5--|
|-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5---8\6-6\3-3-|-3/5-5-5-5--|
. . . .
Interlude: (clean)
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|-6/8-8---8-8\6-6---6/9--9\8-8-|------8/10-10--8-6-|
|-5/7-7---7-7\5-5---5/8--8\7-7-|------7/10-10--8-5-|
|-3/5-5---5-5\3-3---3/6--6\5-5-|------5/-8-----6-3-|
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------5---------5------------|-5-----------------|
Riff L
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5-------5-------5\|3-------3-------3|/5-------5------|
|-5--5-5--5--5-5--5\|3--3-3--3--3-3--3|/5--5-5--5--5-5-|
|-5--5-5--5--5-5--5\|3--3-3--3--3-3--3|/5--5-5--5--5-5-|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-12/15-----13\10-10-|
|-10/13-----11\-8--8-|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
Riff M
x3
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----10\8-8\5-10-|
|-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5----8\6-6\3-10-|
|-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5----8\6-6\3--8-|
|-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5----8\6-6\3----|
. . . .
Song Structure:
Intro (x4)
Riff A (x2)
Riff B (x2)
Riff C
Riff B (x2)
Riff C
Riff D
Riff A (x2)
Riff E
Riff F
Riff B (x2)
Riff G
Riff H (x2)
Riff I
Pre Solo Lead
_
Riff A (x2) |
Solo Backing 1 (x2) | Solo played over this section
Solo Backing 2 _|
Riff A (x2)
Riff J (x2)
Riff K
Interlude
Riff L
Riff M (x3)
Riff A (x2) (w/ palm muting throughout)
Riff B (x8 but fade out)
It should all be there but if you find an error or just want to
make a comment don't hesitate to contact me.
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