Band: Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song: The Blessed Dead
Copyright (c) (Relapse) (2002)
Version 2.0 - (10/01/04)
. - 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:
|---------|----------|----------|----------|-------------------|
|---------|----------|----------|----------|-------------------|
|---------|----------|----------|----------|-7h8p7-5-4---------|
|-0-------|-11----\--|-0--------|-11----\--|-----------7-6-4-3-|
|-0-------|-11----\--|-0--------|-11----\--|-------------------|
|-0-------|-11----\--|-0--------|-11----\--|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-5h6p5-3-2---------|-0--1--4--0-1-4-5-4-|------------------|
|-----------7-6-4-3-|-0--1--4--0-1-4-5-4-|-8888887777778888-|
. . . ................
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|----------56865---|--------------------|
|-------457-----87-|------8--7--5--4----|
|----346-----------|------------------6-|
|-578--------------|-0000---------------|
...... ....
Verse 1a: ________________ ________________ ____________
1,2| 3| 4|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-12-11--9--8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-10--9--7--6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-10--9--7--6-|
|0000888877770000-|8888777755554444-|88887777-7/1010~-|-10--9--7--6-|
Verse 1b: ________________ ________________
1,2,4| 3|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|0000888877770000-|8888777755554444-|88887777-7/1010~-|
Rhy. Fill 1:
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-9-10--9-----------|
|-7--8--7--12-11-11-|
|----------10--9--9-|
|-------------------|
Verse 2: ___________ _______________
1,2,4| 3|
|---------------|------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------|----------------|
|------8-7------|-8--7--5--4-|-8--7--7/10-10~-|
|---------------|------------|----------------|
|-0000-----0000-|------------|----------------|
.... ....
Rhy. Fill 2:
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-14------13-----|
|-12------11-----|
|----------------|
|----------------|
Riff A:
|------------------------------|--------------------|--------------|
|----------11h12p11-11-8h9p8-8-|--------------------|-------3-6-4~-|
|------------------------------|--------------------|----245-------|
|------------------------------|--------------------|-235----------|
|------------------------------|-----------------24-|5-------------|
|-00000000---------------------|-00000000--245457---|--------------|
........ ........ ........ .......
Verse 3: _______________ ____________
1,3| 2,4|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|------10--9------|-10--9-12/13-12-|-10--9--7--6-|
|-------8--7------|--8--7-10/11-10-|--8--7--5--4-|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-0000-------0000-|----------------|-------------|
.... ....
Rhy. Fill 3:
|----------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|
|-8--------|-7----6----|
|-6--------|-5----4----|
|----------|-----------|
Lead Fill 1:
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7h8p7-5-4---------|-------------------|
|-----------7-6-4-3-|-------------------|
|-------------------|-5h6p5-3-2-----4-3-|
|-------------------|-----------7-6-4-3-|
. .
Riff B:
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|--------7-|---6------|
|-0------7-|---6---\--|
|-0------5-|---4---\--|
|-0--------|-------\--|
Riff C:
_________________ _____________________
1,2,3| 4|
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------8-7-11-10-11-|
|-5555555566556666-|-5555556655998899-|-555555--6-5--9--8--9-|
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|
................ ................ ......
Riff D:
|------------|-------------------|
|------------|-------------------|
|----8\7-8---|---7/11-11\10-10---|
|----6\5-6---|---5/-9--9\-8--8---|
|----6\5-6---|---5/-9--9\-8--8---|
|-0--6\5-6---|-0-5/-9--9\-8--8---|
. .
Lead Fill 2:
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-7--8--7------------|
|----------10--9--9--|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
Riff E: ____________________ ____________
1,3,5| 2|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-----------------|----------------ph---|-------------|
|-----------10bh--|---------------------|-6/7-6-6\5-5-|
|-----------------|----------------5bh--|-4/5-4-4\3-3-|
|-4-----1---------|---------------------|-4/5-4-4\3-3-|
|-4-000-1-0-------|-00001144440011------|-4/5-4-4\3-3-|
... . .
_________________ _____________
ph 4| 6|
|------------------|--------------|
|------------12bh--|--------------|
|------------------|-12-11----9-8-|
|-2/3-2--1---------|-10--9----7-6-|
|------------------|-10--9----7-6-|
|-2/3-2--1---------|-10--9----7-6-|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/n/nile/59331.html ]
Riff F: _______________ _______________ ______________
1,3| 2,4| 5|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|----11/12-11----|-11/12-11-8/9-8-|-11/12-11-14-15-|-11/12-11--9-8-|
|-----9/10--9----|--9/10--9-6/7-6-|--9/10--9-12-13-|--9/10--9--7-6-|
|-----9/10--9----|--9/10--9-6/7-6-|--9/10--9-12-13-|--9/10--9--7-6-|
|-00--9/10--9-00-|--9/10--9-6/7-6-|--9/10--9-12-13-|--9/10--9--7-6-|
.. ..
Solo Backing 1:
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-0000888877770000-|-8888777755554444-|
................ ................
Solo Backing 2:
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|-10--9----10--9--9/13-12-|----10--9------|
|-7h8-7-5-4--------------|--8--7-----8--7--7/11-10-|-----8--7------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|-----------5-4-11110000-|-------00----------------|-00-------1111-|
........ .. .. ....
Rhy. Fill 3:
|------------|
|------------|
|-5----------|
|-5----------|
|-3----------|
|------------|
Rhy. Fill 4:
|------------|
|------------|
|-14---------|
|-12---------|
|-12---------|
|-12---------|
Solo: the swep at the end may not be right
long slide grad bend
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-/----/17~~~-|-~~~~~~~~~~~-|-~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-bh------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------------89-|-1191112-141517151718-----------|
|-----------91012101213----|----------------------791091012-|
|-781081011----------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------141514-12119891112-141514bh-|-181715171514-1514121412-11--|
|-131416----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10--------10-9-|---------6h8p6-5-|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------9101213-|--------------9101213-13141617-|
|------------781011---------|-------781011------------------|
|------67910----------------|-67910-------------------------|
|-5689----------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
x3
|------------------------14151718-|12141514151715141817151415171514-|
|--------9101213-13141617---------|---------------------------------|
|-781011--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
grad bend grad bend & release
|-18--17--15--14-----|--------------|---^-----------|--------------|
|-----------------16-|-15---13bh----|---------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------15bh---|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
grad bend slight grad release
|---------------|--------------|--------23bh-r-bh--|---------------|
|----15bh-------|-----r-~~~~~~-|-~~~~~-------------|---------------|
|--r------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|
* Play these as natural harmonics and
then do a slow whammy bar dive to the
end of the next bar
|----r-bh-~~~~-|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-7*----------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-7*----------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
x2
|-1514151415141714-|-----15h18p15------------------------|
|------------------|---16--------16----------------------|
|------------------|-17------------17\15p12--------------|
|------------------|-----------------------13p10---------|
|------------------|----------------------------10-------|
|------------------|------------------------------13p10~-|
Riff G1:
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-8"-7"-5"-4"-5"-4h5p4-----|
|----------------------6---|
|------------------------0-|
.
Riff G2:
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-------6"-----------------|
|-8"-7"----8"-7"-5h7p5-4---|
|--------------------------|
|------------------------0-|
.
Rhy. Fill 5:
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-9--10--9--7--6--6--|
|-7---8--7--5--4--4--|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
Rhy. Fill 6:
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-1---------|-7----6-----|
|-1---------|-5----4-----|
|-1---------|------------|
Outro:
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-0---------|-0----0-----|
|-0---------|-0----0-----|
|-0---------|-0----0-----|
.
Song Structure:
Intro
Verse 1a
Verse 1b
Rhy. Fill 1
Verse 2
Rhy. Fill 2
Riff A
Verse 3
Rhy. Fill 3
Riff A
Lead Fill 1
Riff B x2
Riff C
Riff D x4
Lead Fill 2
Riff D x4
Riff E
Riff F
_
Solo Backing 1 x4 |
Solo Backing 2 |
Solo Backing 1 x4 | Solo played over this section,
Rhy. Fill 3 | coming in on the 3rd time of
Riff E | the earlier Solo Backing 1.
Riff F (up to 4th ending only) |
Rhy. Fill 4 _|
Riff G1 x2
Riff G2
Riff G1
Verse 1b
Rhy. Fill 5
Verse 2
Rhy. Fill 2
Riff A
Verse 3
Rhy. Fill 6
Riff A
Lead Fill 1
Riff B x4
Verse 3
Lead Fill 1
Outro x3
Hope it's all there! Any comments, corrections or suggestions
welcome.