Band: Nile Album: In Their Darkened Shrines Song: Unas Slayer of the Gods Copyright (c) (Relapse) (2002) Version 2.0 - (10/01/04) Transcribed By: John Mansley Email: [email protected] . - 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: I have a 7-string version of this tab for anybody who doesn't have a guitar with at least 23 frets. I will gladly email the notepad file upon request. Tunning: A E A D F# B Intro: (clean) I think this is played on a 12-string but it sounds OK like this. |--------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| |----8--8/9--6-|-6/8-9-9/13~-12~-|----8--8/9--6-|---------------| |----7--7/8--5-|-5/7-8-8/12~-11~-|----7--7/8--5-|-7/9-7---------| |----5--5/6--3-|-3/5-6-6/10~--9~-|----5--5/6--3-|-7/9 7---6-8-6-| |-5------------|-----------------|-5------------|-5/7-5---6-8-6-| |-5------------|-----------------|-5------------|---------6-8-6-| Riff A: |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |---------55556666-|-333355556666/10101010-| |-00000000---------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |------------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |------------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |------------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-9999-9h10p9\6----------|-777788885555------|-----------------| |---------------00000000-|-------------/8888-|-7777--1--3--1~--| ........ .... .... Riff B: This is really two guitars but I've amalgamated both parts into one. _____________ ______________ 1| 2| |---------------------|--------------|-/8--6--6------| |---------------------|--------------|---------------| |---------1h3p1p0-----|--------------|-/5--3--3------| |---------------------|--------------|-----------6-6-| |-3-6-5-3-------------|-5--3--5--6-6-|---------------| |-3-6-5-3---------/5--|-5--3--5--6-6-|-----------6-6-| . . . . . . . Riff C: grad bend |------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-2bh------r--0--7--9-|-10--9--0--14--13--10\-| |------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |-3333333333333333-|---------------------|-----------------------| ................ Riff D x4 |----------|-----------|---------|----------|----------|--------| |----------|-----------|---------|----------|----------|--------| |----------|-----------|---------|----------|----------|--------| |-0----1---|-4-----8---|---------|-0----1---|-4----3---|-0----5-| |-0----1---|-4-----8---|-7-7-8-7-|-0----1---|-4----3---|-0----3-| |-0----1---|-4-----8---|-7-7-8-7-|-0----1---|-4----3---|-0------| . . . . x4 |-----------|------------|---------|----------|----------| |-----------|------------|---------|----------|----------| |-----------|------------|---------|----------|----------| |-0----1----|-4-----8----|---------|-0----1---|-4----3-1-| |-0----1----|-4-----8----|-7-7-8-7-|-0----1---|-4----3-1-| |-0-00-1-11-|-4-44--8-88-|-7-7-8-7-|-0----1---|-4----3-1-| .. .. .. .. . . . . Riff E: |---------------------|-------------|-------------| |---------------------|-------------|-------------| |-----------7h8p7~-\--|-------------|-------------| |-3/5-5-5-\-----------|-3-5-5-3-6---|-3-5-5-3-6---| |-3/5-5-5-\-----------|-3-5-5-3-6---|-3-5-5-3-6---| |-3/5-5-5-\-----------|-3-5-5-3-6---|-3-5-5-3-6---| . . . . . . . . ____________ 1,2| |-------------------------|---------------------|-------------| |-------------------------|---------------------|-------------| |-------------------------|---------------------|-------------| |-3/5-5-5-10--8-6-6\5-5-5-|-10--8-6-6\3-3-3/5-5-|-5/6-6-6\5-5-| |-3/5-5-5-10--8-6-6\5-5-5-|-10--8-6-6\3-3-3/5-5-|-5/6-6-6\5-5-| |-3/5-5-5-10--8-6-6\5-5-5-|-10--8-6-6\3-3-3/5-5-|-5/6-6-6\5-5-| . . . . . . ____________ 3| |-------------| |-------------| |-------------| |-5\3-3-3\1-1-| |-5\3-3-3\1-1-| |-5\3-3-3\1-1-| Riff F: |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-0000000011111111-|-4444111100008888-|-77777777755555555-| ................ ................ ................. |------------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------------|-----------ph--ph--|-ph--ph--ph-------| |-8888777777777777-|-00000000--1---4---|-1---0---1---0000-| ................ ........ .... |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |-0000111144441111-|-0000888877777777-|-5555555588887777-| ................ ................ ................ |------------------|----------|------------| |------------------|----------|------------| |------------------|----------|------------| |------------------|-7---8----|-11---10--8-| |------------------|-5---6----|--9----8--6-| |-7777777777771111-|----------|------------| ................ Riff G: this part has a lead which I've tabbed above the rhythm part. The lead part may appear a little scrunched up but listen to the CD for the correct timing. grad bend |----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------|----------|-/12~~~-10-10h12bh----|-^-^-^-^-r-|~~~~~~~~~~-| |---5bh--r-|---6/8/10~|----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------| | | | | | | |----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------| |-3--------|-3--------|----------------------|-----------|-----------| |-3--------|-3--------|----------------------|-3-5-5-3-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-| |-3--------|-3--------|-3h5-5-5~-3-3h5-5bh-r-|-3-5-5-3-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-| . . . . . . . . |----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------------------|-----------|-----------| |-10h12~~~~~-12p10~~~~-|-101212/13-|-------ph--| |----------------------|-----------|-------6~--| |----------------------|-----------|-----------| | | | | |----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------------------|-----------|-----------| |----------------------|-3-5-5-3-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-| |-3h5-5-5~~~-5h3-3-3~~-|-3-5-5-3-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-| . . . . . . . . grad bend |-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------| |-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------| |10h1212-12p10-1010-|10h12-12bh--------|--------r-~|~~~~~~-----| |-------------------|------------------|-----------|-------6~~-| |-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------| |-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------| | | | | | |-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------| |-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------| |-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------| |-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------| |-5-7-7-7--7\5--5-5-|-5/7-7-7--7/8-8-8-|-5-7-7-5-8-|-5-7-7-5-8-| |-3-5-5-5--5\3--3-3-|-3/5-5-5--5/6-6-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-|-3-5-5-3-6-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff H: |--------|--------|------------|--------------| |--------|--------|------------|--------------| |--------|--------|------------|--------------| |-7------|-8------|-11---10/11-|-13/14-13---\-| |-5------|-6------|--9----8/-9-|-11/12-11---\-| |--------|--------|------------|--------------| |--------|--------|---------|--------------| |--------|--------|---------|--------------| |--------|--------|---------|--------------| |-8-7----|-8------|-11------|-10---8---7---| |-6-5----|-6------|--9------|--8---6---5---| |--------|--------|---------|--------------| Riff I: this is the trumpet part arranged for guitar. I play this using just the single notes but you could add the octave on if you want a slightly more robust sound. |--------|-------------------|--------|--------------------|--------| |--------|-------------------|--------|--------------------|--------| |--------|-------------------|--------|--------------------|--------| |--------|-------------------|--------|--------------------|--------| |-3------|-/6----4h6-4-1-3-5-|-3------|-/6----4h6-4-1--4\3-|-3------| |--------|-------------------|--------|--------------------|--------| |-------------------|--------|------------------|--------| |-------------------|--------|------------------|--------| |-------------------|--------|------------------|--------| |-------------------|--------|------------------|--------| |-/6----4h6-4-1-3-4-|-3------|-/6--8-9-8-6--8\3-|-3------| |-------------------|--------|------------------|--------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-/6----4h6-4-1---| |-----------------| Pre-Solo Lead: |----------|--------------------------|---------|-------------------| |----------|--------------------------|---------|-------------------| |-/12~~~~~-|-/15~~-13h15-13-10--12-13-|-12~~~~~-|-/15~~-13h15-13-10-| |----------|--------------------------|---------|-------------------| |----------|--------------------------|---------|-------------------| |----------|--------------------------|---------|-------------------| Solo Backing 1: Start with Riff A and then play: |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|---------55555555-|-44444444---------| |-5555555533556666-|-66665566---------|---------55555555-| ................ ................ ................ |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|-------------7777-|-7777888888887777-| |-6633555555553355-|-666666665566-----|------------------| ................ ................ ................ |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |-7777555555555555-| |------------------| ................ Solo backing 2: |----------|-----------|------------------| |----------|-----------|------------------| |----------|-----------|------------------| |-0----1---|-4-----8---|------------------| |-0----1---|-4-----8---|------------------| |-0----1---|-4-----8---|-7777777777777777-| ................ |----------|----------|--------| |----------|----------|--------| |----------|----------|--------| |-0----1---|-4----3---|-0----7-| |-0----1---|-4----3---|-0----5-| |-0----1---|-4----3---|-0------| |-----------|------------|------------------| |-----------|------------|------------------| |-----------|------------|------------------| |-0----1----|-4-----8----|------------------| |-0----1----|-4-----8----|------------------| |-0-00-1-11-|-4-44--8-88-|-7777777777777777-| .. .. .. .. ................ |----------|----------| |----------|----------| |----------|----------| |-0----1---|-4----3-1-| |-0----1---|-4----3-1-| |-0----1---|-4----3-1-| Solo: this took about 7 hours! The mega fast runs aren't exact (good enough to get you by though) but all the melodic parts are correct I think. To save space I've had to omit spaces between notes in the fast parts. |-18p17p15-18p17p15-14-18p17p15-18p17p15-| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |-171514151411141110-11p10-11p10--10---| |-------------------------------13--13-| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------| |-1110131110111081087-8p7-8p7---|-7-------------------| |-----------------------------8-|---875-----------578-| |-------------------------------|-------875457578-----| |-------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------| x14 |--------------------------|-----------------|----------------------| |-7-7811108108--8----------|-----------------|----------------------| |--8----------11-1181187~~-|1212121214141514-|12121212-14--15--14~~-| |--------------------------|-----------------|----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------|----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------|----------------------| x3 |-/22~~~~-20-22-23-23bf--r-22-20-22bh~-|-202020202223-191919192022-| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |-19<20>~~~~-15---|-19<20>-15<16>-13<15>-11<13>-|-10<11>-8<10>-7~~-| |-----------------|-----------------------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------------------|------------------| 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|----------------------------------| |10p8p7-14p11p10-18p15p14-21p18p17-|-21p20p18---------------------| |----------------------------------|---------20--20--20--20-------| |----------------------------------|-----------21--18--21--21p17~-| |----------------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------|-------------|-1112141211-----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-----------11108------------| |12-14-14bh-r-12-14~-|-14bh---r-~~-|----------------1097----ph--| |--------------------|-------------|--------------------986-5~~-| |--------------------|-------------|----------------------------| |--------------------|-------------|----------------------------| x2 |--------------------|-------------|-17181718171817182018-| |--------------------|-------------|----------------------| |17-19-19bh-r-17-19~-|-19bh---r-~~-|----------------------| |--------------------|-------------|----------------------| |--------------------|-------------|----------------------| |--------------------|-------------|----------------------| x3 |-------------------------16171920-|-17181718171817182018-| |-19181615--------15161819---------|----------------------| |---------14151718-----------------|----------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------| pre bend |-17-15-------------------|-20bf~~~~~~~~-|-~~~~~~~~~~~-r-bf~~~~-r~~-| |-------19-16\15~~~~~~~~~-|--------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------|--------------------------| Riff J: |-----------|----------------------|-----------|-------------------| |-----------|-10h11p10-8-7-8-7-----|-----------|-----8-7-7h8p7-----| |-----------|------------------8-7-|-----------|-7-8-----------8-7-| |-7----6----|----------------------|-7----6----|-------------------| |-5----4----|----------------------|-5----4----|-------------------| |-----------|----------------------|-----------|-------------------| Riff K ______________ ___________ x3 1| 2| |----------------|---------------|------------| |----------------|---------------|------------| |----------------|-7--10\8-8\5-5-|------------| |-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5---8\6-6\3-3-|-3/5-5-5-5--| |-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5---8\6-6\3-3-|-3/5-5-5-5--| |-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5---8\6-6\3-3-|-3/5-5-5-5--| . . . . Interlude: (clean) |------------------------------|-------------------| |-6/8-8---8-8\6-6---6/9--9\8-8-|------8/10-10--8-6-| |-5/7-7---7-7\5-5---5/8--8\7-7-|------7/10-10--8-5-| |-3/5-5---5-5\3-3---3/6--6\5-5-|------5/-8-----6-3-| |------------------------------|-------------------| |-------5---------5------------|-5-----------------| Riff L |-------------------|-----------------|----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|----------------| |-5-------5-------5\|3-------3-------3|/5-------5------| |-5--5-5--5--5-5--5\|3--3-3--3--3-3--3|/5--5-5--5--5-5-| |-5--5-5--5--5-5--5\|3--3-3--3--3-3--3|/5--5-5--5--5-5-| . . . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------| |--------------------| |-12/15-----13\10-10-| |-10/13-----11\-8--8-| |--------------------| |--------------------| Riff M x3 |----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----10\8-8\5-10-| |-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5----8\6-6\3-10-| |-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5----8\6-6\3--8-| |-5--3-5-5---8-6-|-5----8\6-6\3----| . . . . Song Structure: Intro (x4) Riff A (x2) Riff B (x2) Riff C Riff B (x2) Riff C Riff D Riff A (x2) Riff E Riff F Riff B (x2) Riff G Riff H (x2) Riff I Pre Solo Lead _ Riff A (x2) | Solo Backing 1 (x2) | Solo played over this section Solo Backing 2 _| Riff A (x2) Riff J (x2) Riff K Interlude Riff L Riff M (x3) Riff A (x2) (w/ palm muting throughout) Riff B (x8 but fade out) It should all be there but if you find an error or just want to make a comment don't hesitate to contact me. END
