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Band:  Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song:  Churning The Maelstrom

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

Tunning: A E A D F# B


Intro:

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-4-3-1-0-4-3-1-0-|
|-4-3-1-0-4-3-1-0-|
  . . . . . . . .


Riff A:

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-4444444444444444-|-3333333333333333-|
 ____________________________________
                                    1|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-4444333333331111-|-1111000011113333-|
 ____________________________________
                                    2|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------ph---|
|------------------|-------------5bh--|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-4444333333331111-|-11110000---------|


Verse:                                 ____________________________
                                                                  1|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|
|10----------------|-8----------------|10--------8--------|/7---6-3-|
|-8----------------|-6----------------|-8--------6--------|---------|
|--000000000000000-|--000000000000000-|--0000000--0000000-|/7---6-3-|
   ...............    ...............    .......  .......

 _______________________
                       2|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|-6--4--3--1-|-1--0--0---|
|------------|-----------|
|-6--4--3--1-|-1--0--0---|


Rhy. Fill 1:

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-666--999--666--333-|
|-666--999--666--333-|
  ...  ...  ...  ...


Chorus 1: (those are 10's)
                    _____________________  __________________
                                        1|                  2|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-10----9----7----6-|
|-7777777766666666-|-10101010999977776666-|-10----9----7----6-|
  ................    . . . .............    .    .    .    .


Chorus 2:
                    ________________________  __________________
                                           1|                  2|
|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-13h14p13\11-11h13p11\10-|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|-10----9----7----6-|
|-7777777766666666-|-------------------------|-10----9----7----6-|
  ................                              .    .    .    .


Riff B:

|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---------------7-|
|-000-003----------|-000-003-000---5-|
|-000-003-00356568-|-000-003-000-----|
  ... ... ........   ... ... ...


Rhy. Fill 2:

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-666--666--666--666-|
|-666--666--666--666-|
  ...  ...  ...  ...


Riff C: I'm a little uncertain about this one because the first bar
        is quite hard to hear on the CD


|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-11-7-6-3-7-6-3-2-|-----------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|--9-5-4-1-5-4-1-0-|-5685-6896-89118-------|
|-4444333311110000-|------------------|-----------------79107-|


Rhy. Fill 3:

|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-4444333311110000-|


Riff D:

|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-9-10-12-13---------|
|-----------------|-5-6-8-9-8-9-11-12-|--------------------|
|-0-1-3-4-3-4-6-7-|-------------------|------------0-1-3-4-|
  . . . . . . . .   . . . . . .  .  .   .  .  .  . . . . .

|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------10-11-13-14-|
|-----------------|-----------9-10-12-13-------------|
|---------5-6-8-9-|-8-9-11-12------------------------|
|-3-4-6-7---------|----------------------------------|
  . . . . . . . .   . .  .  . .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


Rhy. Fill 4:

|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|
|-9-------|-8-------|
|-8-------|-7-------|
|-7-------|-6-------|
|---------|---------|


Solo Backing 1:

|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-666--666--666--666-|-666--666-----------|
|-666--666--666--666-|-666--666--6/7--6-3-|
  ...  ...  ...  ...   ...  ...


Solo Backing 2:

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-------------------9101213-|
|-5689-68911-891112---------|
|---------------------------|


A couple of points about the solo.  For the octave part I think that
Karl uses his whammy bar but only very slightly.  However, I think it
sounds OK without it.

Also, the bar marked with an asterisk is practically inaudible on the
CD but I think that its something close to what I've tabbed.  You'll
probably notice that the next bar is difficult to get to in time
without a lot of excess string noise but unfortunately that's the
problem with a solo with two guitarists playing different parts!

If this part becomes too meddlesome or irritating I suggest that you
just do a long finger slide down the thicker strings with some whammy bar
dives.


Solo:

     grad bend

|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|-^---^---^---^--|-^---^---^---^--|--^--^--^--^--|
|-12bh-----------|----------------|-~---~---~---~--|-12-12-12-12--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|

                                               grad release
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--^--^--^--^--|-^---^---^---^--|-^---^---^---^--|----------------|
|-12-12-12-12--|-~---~---~---~--|-~---~---~---~--|------------r---|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-15-16-16-16-|-15-15-15/18-|-16-15-16-15-|-15-15/16-15~-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-12-13-13-13-|-12-12-12/15-|-13-12-13-12-|-12-12/13-12~-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


|------------|----------------------------|-14----13~~--111314-|
|-~~~~----78-|108101110111311131413141617-|--------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|-~~~~-------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------|

                     x3                  x2
|-17181718171817182118-|-21p18----------18-|-21p18-------------|
|----------------------|------18------18---|------18------18~~-|
|----------------------|--------19--19-----|--------19--19-----|
|----------------------|----------20-------|----------20-------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 *                   t           t
|-----------------|-22p17p15p14-21p16p14p13-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-865-----865-----|-------------------------|
|-----754-----754-|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
  ... ... ... ...

This next bar is like a 'tapped trill' and is just very fast tapping
(tap about 4 times per tabbed trill) with a single note as anchor.

      t      t      t      t x3     t      t      t   t
|-17<22>-17<22>-17<22>-17<21>-|-17<22>-17<22>-17<22>-22p17p15p14-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|


Rhy. Fill 5:

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-7/8\7-7/8\7-7/8\7-7/8\7-|
|-5/6\5-5/6\5-5/6\5-5/6\5-|
|-------------------------|


Ending:
                                                 fade
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|




Song Structure:

Intro           x2
Riff A
Verse           x2
Rhy. Fill 1
Chorus 1        x2
Verse           x2
Chorus 2        x2
Riff B          x2
Rhy. Fill 1
Riff B          x2
Rhy. Fill 2
Riff C          x2
Rhy. Fill 3
Riff D          x3
Rhy. Fill 4
                    _
Verse           x2   |
Rhy. Fill 2          |
Verse                | Solo played over this section
Solo Backing 1       |
Solo Backing 2  x4  _|

Riff A
Verse
Chorus 1        x2
Rhy. Fill 5
Solo Backing 2  x3
Ending


It should all be there.  Any comments, corrections or
suggestions are welcome.


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