Nile – Defiling The Gates Of Ishtar (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
Band: Nile
Album: Black Seeds Of Vengeance
Song: Defiling The Gates Of Ishtar
. - 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
Notes: To save space, I've not tabbed out any harmonies. They're
pretty easy to figure once you have one guitar line anyway.
Tunning: A E A D F# B
Intro: Not sure about this but the baseline follows a similar
descending pattern. The guitar may do a descending run but
if it does, I can't hear it.
|-------------------|-----------| |-------------------|-----------| |-------------------|-----------| |-8-----------------|-5---------| |-6-10-9-6-10-9-6-5-|-3----6----| |---10-9-6-10-9-6-5-|------6----| . . . . . . . .
Riff A:
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-5555555555555555-|-666655558/9996666-|-5555555566665555-|
................ ......... ....... ................
___________ ___________
1| 2|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|-11-----8-7-|--------8-7-|
|--9-----6-5-|-8h9p8--6-5-|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|Riff B:
|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|----------------7-| |--------------5-6-|------------------| |------------------|----------3-6-5---| |-333366553333-----|-33333333-3-6-5---| ............ ........ . . .
Riff C:
|--------------------------------|-----------------| |--------------------------------|-----------------| |----4h5p4-----------------------|-5-8-7-4---------| |----------6-5-5h6p5\2-1h2p1-----|-3-6-5-2---------| |----------------------------4-3-|---------3-6-5-2-| |-33-----------------------------|---------3-6-5-2-| .. . . . .
Riff D:
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------| |------------------|------------------|---------------------------| |------------------|------------------|---------91012109----------| |------------------|------------------|-----8911--------1198------| |------------------|------------------|-7810----------------1087~-| |-2222222222222222-|-2222222222222222-|---------------------------| ................ ................
Riff E:
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-7--------8----------|-7-------------1313-|
|-5--------6----------|-5---------1-0------|
|---013431---01310431-|---0134310-1-0------|
. . . .
|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-1212-1010-99------|---------------|----------5-------|
|--------------1212-|-1111-99-88-66-|-55-33-22-3----6--|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------6--|
. . . . .. . . . . .. .. .. .. .. ..Riff F:
|------------------|------------------|--------------------| |------------------|------------------|--------------------| |---------------45-|-----8754---------|----------7-8-10-11-| |-----7643----76---|-7643-------------|-6-7-9-10-----------| |-6532----6532-----|----------5-6-8-9-|--------------------| |------------------|------------------|--------------------| ................ ....
Solo Backing 1:
|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|-6--------3h4p3\1-|------------------| |------------------|-4----------------|------------------| |-0000000000000000-|------------------|-0000000011115555-| ................ ................ |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |-5555444411111111-|-1111111111111111-| ................ ................
Rhy. Fill 1:
|--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------| |-0------------|--------------| |-0------------|--------------|
Solo 1:
|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-10bh---r-~~-10h11p10h11/|/15~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-14h15p14h15~~~~-|
|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-/17~~~-16h17p16-|-16~~~-16h17p16-|
|-~~~~~~-16-19-|-20--19h20p19-16-|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
grad bend
|-17~~~~~~~~~-|-17-21-22-21h22p21\|\18~--18h21p18\19|bh--------r-~~-|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|Riff G: (This is the left speaker) I'm not sure about the last 8
bars but it was about as close as I could get.
|------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------781011-----781011-|------781011-----781011-| |-10976------10976-------|-10976------10976-------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| .... .... .... .... |------------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|------------------|-----------------| |-----4578----4578-|-----4578----4578-|-----------------| |-7643----7643-----|-7643----7643-----|---------5h6p5---| |------------------|------------------|-6-5-3-2-------6-| |------------------|------------------|-----------------| .... .... .... .... . . . . . |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------5h6p5\3---|-------5h6p5-----| |-5-3-2---------6-|-5-3-2---------6-|-5-3-2-------6-5-| |-------8-7-5-4---|-----------------|-----------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------|---------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|---------------------|-------------------| |----------9h10p9----|---------------------|-9h10p9\7----------| |-10-9-7-6--------10-|-9-13p12p10-10-9-7-6-|----------10-9-7-6-| |--------------------|---------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|---------------------|-------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |-------------------| |-------------------| |-10-9-7-6----------| |----------10-9-7-6-| |-------------------| |-------------------|
Riff H: Not completely sure about the sweeps but they sound good
to me.
|-------9h12h13p12p9-|-------9h12h13p12p9-|-------9h12h13p12p9-| |-----11-------------|-----11-------------|-----11-------------| |---12---------------|---12---------------|---12---------------| |-12-----------------|-12-----------------|-12-----------------| |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| | | | | |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |-3------------------|------------------5-|-6------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |-1------------------|------------------3-|-4------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |-------9h12h13p12p9-|----6h9h10p9p6-|----6h9h10p9p6-| |-----11-------------|---8-----------|---8-----------| |---12---------------|--9------------|--9------------| |-12-----------------|-9-------------|-9-------------| |--------------------|---------------|---------------| |--------------------|---------------|---------------| | | | | |--------------------|---------------|---------------| |--------------------|-8-------------|------------10-| |-8------------------|---------------|---------------| |--------------------|-5-------------|-------------7-| |-6------------------|---------------|---------------| |--------------------|---------------|---------------| |----6h9h10p9p6-|----6h9h10p9p6-| |---8-----------|---8-----------| |--9------------|--9------------| |-9-------------|-9-------------| |---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------| | | | |---------------|---------------| |-11------------|-14------------| |---------------|---------------| |--8------------|-11------------| |---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|
Solo Backing 2:
|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |-5555999988886666-|-5555555555555555-| ................ ................
Rhy. Fill 2:
|------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |-5--5--5----------| |-3--3--3--6--6--6-| |----------6--6--6-|
Solo: Not too sure about this solo but it should provide a basis
for somebody to figure out a better version.
|-20bhrp19p16-20bhrp19p16-|-20bhrp19p16---------| |-------------------------|------------18-------| |-------------------------|--------------19--19-| |-------------------------|----------------19---| |-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------| |---16-19bhrp18p16-181615--1615------| |-18---------------------18----1817~-| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |---------------------------13h16p13-|---------------------| |-16151312----------------14---------|-14------------------| |---------15141211------15-----------|---15--------^-^-^---| |-----------------14~-15-------------|-----13bh----------r-| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-781081011101113-14131110------|------------11bh-r-bh~~-| |-------------------------12119-|-8bh-r-bh~~-------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------|
Rhy. Fill 3:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Outro 1:
|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-5555555555555555-|-6666666666666666-|-8/999666666666666-| |-------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|------------------| |-8/999999966666666-|-6666888899998888-|-5555555555555555-| |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |-4444444444444444-|
Outro 2:
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-5555555555555555-|-6666666666666666-|-8888888855555555-|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-6666666666666666-|-5555555555555555-|
x2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-12121212121212121212121212121212-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|Outro 3:
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------| |-5----------|-6----------|-8/9-6------|-8/9-9-6----|-------8/9-| |-5----------|-6----------|-8/9-6------|-8/9-9-6----|-------8/9-| |------------|------------| |------------|------------| |------------|------------| |------------|------------| |-5----------|-4----------| |-5----------|-4----------|
Outro 4:
|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |-5555555555555555-|-6666666666666666-|-8888888855555555-| ................ ................ ................ |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |-6666666666666666-|-5555555555555555-| ................ ................ * x2 |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| * grad bend up 1/2 step during |----------------------------------| first bar then hold the bend |----------------------------------| during the second bar. |----------------------------------| |-17171717171717171717171717171717-|
Outro 5:
|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-5555555555555555-|-6666666666666666-|-8/999666666666666-| ................ ................ . ............... |-------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|------------------| |-8/999999966666666-|-6666888899998888-|-5555555555555555-| . ............... ................ ................ |-------------| |-------------| |-------------| |-------------| |-4--4--4--\--| |-4--4--4--\--|
Song Structure:
Intro
Riff A
Riff B
Riff A
Riff C
Riff D
Riff E
Riff A (Up to 1st ending)
Riff F
_
Solo Backing 1 (x2) | Solo 1 played over
Rhy. Fill 1 _| this section
Riff G
Riff H
_
Solo Backing 2 (x3) | Solo 2 played over
Rhy. Fill 2 _| this section
Riff A
Riff B
Riff A
Riff C
Riff D
Riff E (w/ ritard on last two chords)
Rhy. Fill 3
Break
Outro 1
Outro 2
Outro 3
Outro 2
Outro 3
Outro 4
Outro 5
Listen to the CD if you are not sure of the song structure. Any
comments, suggestions or corrections are welcome.
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