Band: Nile
Album: Black Seeds Of Vengeance
Song: Chapter For Transforming Into A Snake
Copyright (c) (Relapse) (2000)
Version 1.0 - (10/2/04)
. - 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
Tunning: A E A D F# B
Intro: This is very hard to make out so might not be 100% correct
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-00-11-33-4--33-44-77-66-|
|-4310-4310-8750-4310-|-00-11-33-4--33-44-77-66-|
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Riff A1:
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---10-12h13p12\10--------------|
|------------------121210109966-|
|-0-----------------------------|
Riff A2:
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---3-5h6p5\3----------|
|-0-----------77554411-|
Riff B1:
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-7----8--7-7--8--|-7-7--8--7-7--8--7-|
|-5----6--5-5--6--|-5-5--6--5-5--6--5-|
|-5----6--5-5--6--|-5-5--6--5-5--6--5-|
|-5----6--5-5--6--|-5-5--6--5-5--6--5-|
Riff C1: Riff C2:
|---------------------| |---------------------|
|---------------------| |---------------------|
|---------------------| |---------------------|
|---------------------| |-4310-310--4310-310--|
|-4310-310--4310-310--| |---------------------|
|-4310-310--4310-310--| |---------------------|
.... ... .... ... .... ... .... ...
Riff C3: ______________________
1|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|----------7/8\7--4/5\4-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-4310-310--4310-310--|-4310-310-5/6\5--2/3\2-|
|-4310-310--4310-310--|-4310-310--------------|
.... ... .... ... .... ...
_____________________ ____________________
2| 3|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|----------8--7--5--4-|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-4310-310-66-55-33-22-|-4310-310-6--5--3--2-|
|-4310-310-------------|-4310-310------------|
.... ... .. .. .. .. .... ...
Riff B2:
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-7--8--7--/11--10--8--|
|-5--6--5--/-9---8--6--|
|-5--6--5--/-9---8--6--|
|-5--6--5--/-9---8--6--|
Bridge 1:
grad bend grad bend
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------/5------|-------------------|---------/5bh----r-|
|-----------------|-9--8-8-6-6-5------|-------------------|
|-5bq-------------|-9--8-8-6-6-5-/9-6-|-5bq---------------|
. . . . . .
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-7/8--8/10--10\8--8\7-|
|-5555666699996665-|-5/6--6/-8---8\6--6\5-|
|------------------|-5/6--6/-8---8\6--6\5-|
|------------------|-5/6--6/-8---8\6--6\5-|
Bridge 2:
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------/555555-|-5555----------/55-|-55555555---------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-5555555555--------|-----6655555555----|---------66555555-|
____________________ ____________________________________________
1,2| 3|
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|------------|
|---/5555555555-------|---/5555555555------|-----------|------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|------------|
|-55------------6-8-6-|-55------------4----|-----3-----|------1-----|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/n/nile/101512.html ]
Solo Backing 1: ____________________ ____________________
1| 2|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------1--4--3--1-|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-4310-4310-8750-4310-|-00001111-1--4--3--1-|-00001111------------|
.... .... .... .... ........ ........
Solo Backing 2:
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-0--4--3--1--0--4--3--1-|
|------------------------|
|-0--4--3--1--0--4--3--1-|
Solo Backing 3:
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-0--11--8--7----5--4--1-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
Solo: This comes in over the last bar of Bridge 2
|--------/18----|-1517181715-141517154-1517-|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|181715---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------20191719171617161416141314-|1311131110------------------13h14|
|---------------------------------|----------131110------131416-----|
|---------------------------------|----------------121315-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|h16p14p13-11-10-10h11p10\8-10bh-r-bh-r-bh-| This bend-release of
|------------------------------------------| the 10 continues while
|------------------------------------------| guitar 2 takes over in
|------------------------------------------| the next bar
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------1415171514-|
|-45757878108101110111311-|-1314131416141617161719-----------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
t t t t t t t t x4
|-17p15-18p15-17p15-18p15-17p15-18p15-17p15-18p15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
grad bend
|-21bh---------r-|-bh-r-bh--------r-|-17---18---21---18---17--|
|----------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|-15---17---18---17---17bh-|
|--------------------------| Hold that last bend
|--------------------------| over the next bar of
|--------------------------| Riff C3
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
Riff B3:
x3
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7--8--7--/11--10--8-|-/11--10--8--7--8--7-|
|-5--6--5--/-9---8--6-|-/-9---8--6--5--6--5-|
|-5--6--5--/-9---8--6-|-/-9---8--6--5--6--5-|
|-5--6--5--/-9---8--6-|-/-9---8--6--5--6--5-|
Riff C4: ______________________
1|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|----------7/8\7--4/5\4-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-4310-310--4310-310--|-4310-310-5/6\5--2/3\2-|
|-4310-310--4310-310--|-4310-310--------------|
.... ... .... ... .... ...
_____________________
2|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-4310-310-66-55-33-22-|
|-4310-310-------------|
.... ... .. .. .. ..
Ending:
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-0-----------|
|-0-----------|
Song Structure:
Intro
Riff A1 (x5)
Riff A2 (x4)
Riff B1
Riff C1 (x2)
Riff C2 (x2)
Riff C3
Riff B2 (x4)
Bridge 1
__
Bridge 2 |
Solo Backing 1 | Solo played over this section,
Solo Backing 2 (x2) | coming in over the last bar of
Solo Backing 3 (x4) | Bridge 2.
Riff C1 (x2) |
Riff C2 (x2) __|
Riff C4
Riff B3
Riff A1 (x4)
Riff A2 (x4)
Ending
There you have it! It should all be there but if I've made an error
or you just want to make a comment, feel free to email me.
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