Nile
The Blessed Dead

Tabbed by Evilouijagoth666 (Adam Brunn)

Tuning Drop A:                A, E, A, D, F#, B

Key:
_	Hammer-on/ pull-off 
* 	Pinched harmonic 
.	Palm mute
“	Tremolo picking
^	Bend up
v	Bend down
/	Slide up
	Slide down

	


RIFF A1 (00.00)
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-7~------6~------------7~-----6~------------------------|
|-7~------6~----5------7~-----6~---5-------------------|
|-5~------4~----5------5~-----4~---5-------------------|
|---------------5------------------5-------------------|

RIFF B1 (00.10)
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7”-6------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8-------7”-5-4------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------6”-5-3-----1”-0---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------4-------|

RIFF B2 (00.13)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------8_7_5--8_7_5-----|
|------------------------------------------------8_7_5--8_7_5----------------------|
|-0—1—4----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0—1—4--0-0-3-4-3--8_7_5--8_7_5--8_7_5--8_7_5-------------------------------------|
pm               .  .  .  .  .

FILL 1, RIFF B3
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8”-----------7”-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-0”-----------------------------------------------------|

RIFF C1 (00.18)
(i)                                                         (ii)
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------8-7---------8-7--5-4---------|------------8-7--------8-7--10-10------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----0-0--0---------0-0---------------------|--0-0--0--------0-0--------------------|
pm    . .            . .                        . .  .        . .

RIFF C2  (00.20)
(i)                                                    (ii)
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----0-0--0”--8-7--0-0--8-7-5-4---------|--0-0—0”--8-7--0-0--8-7---10*---------------|
pm    .......       ...                     .....        ...

(Ok now these riffs shown above, play part (i) of riff C1 and Part (i) and part (ii) of Riff C2 as part of the intro)

RIFF C2 (verse)  

FILL 1, RIFF D (00.37), Gt. 1
|-----------------------------------|
|--10--11--10--9--------------------|
|---------------------10--10--------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

FILL 1, RIFF D Gt. 2
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--7--8--7--6-----------------------|
|-------------------8--8------------|
|-----------------------------------|

RIFF C1

FILL 2, RIFF E, (00.40), Gt.1 
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7~-----6~------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

FILL 2, FIFF E, Gt. 2
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----10~----9~------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

RIFF F
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------8_7_5---8_10_7----------|
|-------3_4_3-----------------------------8_7_5-------------------------------|
|-----------------5_6_5---------8_7_5-----------------------------------------|
|-0”------------------------0”------------------------------------------------|

RIFF C1

RIFF C2

RIFF F

RIFF B2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7”-6”--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------8”-7”-5”-4”-------------------------------------0~----------------|
|-----------------------6”-5”-3”-1”-0”-------------------0~----------------|
|------------------------------------------4”-5”-4”-1”---0~----------------|

RIFF A2, Chorus (“We will never be the blessed dead”)
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------7~----6~----------7~----6~---------------------|
|---0~----7~----6~----0~----7~----6~---------------------|
|---0~----5~----4~----0~----5~----4~---------------------|
|---0~----------------0~---------------------------------|

RIFF G
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------3--4--------6--7--6--3--------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----0-0---------0-0---------------------------|
pm   . .         . .

RIFF D (FILL 1)

RIFF H
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------7*---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----0-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-------------------------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-------------------------|
|----0-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-0-0--------8_7_5--8_7_5--8_7_5-0-0--0-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-------------------------|
pm   ..............                                      ...............                      

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----0-0-2-2-3-3-2-2--------7*---------------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-------------------------|
|----0-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-0-0--------8_7_5--8_7_5--8_7_5-0-0--0-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-------------------------|
pm   ..................                                  ..............

RIFF G

RIFF C2

Solo: Gt. 1 (i)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------19_18_16-19_18_16-----------|
|---------17^-v--18_17_15-18_17_15-18_17_15-18_17_15------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-19_18_16-19_18_16----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------18_17_15-18_17_15-18_17_15-18_17_15--18-16-15^-v------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-15-12_15-----------------------------------------------------------------19_18_16------------|
|------------------15-14-------------------------------------------19_18_16-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------18_17_15----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------18_17_15------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------18_17_15-------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-19_18_16-------------------------------------------------------------------19_18_16--------------|
|--------------18_17_15------------------------------------------18_17_15--------------------------|
|----------------------------18_17_15---------------18_17_15---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------18_17_15-------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-19_18_16---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------19_18_16--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------18_17_15-----------------------------------------18_17_15-----------|
|------------------------------------------18_17_15--------------18_17_15------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------18_17_15---------------------------------|
                                   
                                                                                       (ii)
|---------------------------19-18-------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------19_18_16------------19-18-19-18-1615-----|-----------------------|
|-19_18_16------------------------------------------------|-------------19^-v-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|----18^-v--------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|

|-21v-(22)-^-v-^-v-^-v-^--------------------------------------------------------19_18_16--------------|
|--------------------------------18_17_15-18_17_15-18_17_15-18_17_15----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-19_18_16-19_18_16-19_18_16---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------18-17-15-15_17-15-14-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------171------------1/17~~~~-----|

Gt. 2 (i)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------8-7-------8-7--5-4-------8-7-------8-7--5-4-------8-7-------8-7--10-10--------------------------|
|-0-0--8-7--0-0--8-7--5-4--0-0--8-7--0-0--8-7--5-4--0-0--8-7--0-0--8-7--10-10--------------------------|

(ii)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9^-v----9^-v ----9^-v ----9^-v ----9^-v ----9^-v ----9^-v ----9^-v -----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

RIFF C3
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------8-7--------8-7----4_5_4----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0-0--------0-0-------------------------------------|
pm    . .        . .

RIFF C2

RIFF D (Fill 1)

RIFF C1

RIFF E (Fill 2)

RIFF F

RIFF C2

RIFF F

RIFF A2

RIFF C4
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------8-7--------8-7-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0-0--------0-0---------5-4-------------------------|
pm    . .        . .

RIFF B1

RIFF A3 Gt. 1
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------0------0------0------0-------------------|
|-------0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0-------------------|
|-------0--0~--0--0~--0--0~--0--0~------------------|
pm      .      .      .      .

RIFF A1 Gt. 2
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-7~------6~------------7~-----6~------------------------|
|-7~------6~----5------7~-----6~---5-------------------|
|-5~------4~----5------5~-----4~---5-------------------|
|---------------5------------------5-------------------|