Nile – Churning The Maelstrom (Guitar Tab)

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Band: Nile Album: In Their Darkened Shrines Song: Churning The Maelstrom . - 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:
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|-4-3-1-0-|
|-4-3-1-0-|
  . . . .

Riff A:                                _________________________
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|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
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|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|-4444444444444444-|-3333333333333333-|-4--3--1--0--|-0--1--0--3-|

_________________________
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|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------ph---|
|-------------|-------5bh--|
|-------------|------------|
|-------------|------------|
|-4--3--1--1--|-1--0-------|

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

_______________________
                       2|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|-6--5--3--1-|-1--0--0---|
|------------|-----------|
|-6--5--3--1-|-1--0--0---|
Rhy. Fill 1:
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|-666--999--666--333-|
|-666--999--666--333-|
  ...  ...  ...  ...

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

Chorus 2:
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                                           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:
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|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-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
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|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-11-7-6-3-7-6-3-2-|-----------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|--9-5-4-1-5-4-1-0-|-5685-6896-89118-------|
|-4444333311110000-|------------------|-----------------79107-|
Rhy. Fill 3:
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|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-4444333311110000-|
Riff D:
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|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-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:
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|---------|---------|
|-9-------|-8-------|
|-8-------|-7-------|
|-7-------|-6-------|
|---------|---------|
Solo Backing 1:
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|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-666--666--666--666-|-666--666-----------|
|-666--666--666--666-|-666--666--6/7--6-3-|
  ...  ...  ...  ...   ...  ...
Solo Backing 2:
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|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------91012-|
|-568689891191112------|
|----------------------|
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 for good measure. Solo: grad bend
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|----------------|-^---^---^---^--|-^---^---^---^--|--^--^--^--^--|
|-12bh-----------|----------------|-~---~---~---~--|-12-12-12-12--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|

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

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|-14-15-15-15-|-14-14-14/17-|-15-14-15-14-|-14-14/15-14~-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-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-|
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Rhy. Fill 5:
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|-7/8\7-7/8\7-7/8\7-7/8\7-|
|-5/6\5-5/6\5-5/6\5-5/6\5-|
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Ending:
                                                 fade
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|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
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Song Structure: Intro 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. END