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EXILE OF THE SONS OF UISLIU
As recorded by Amorphis
(From the 1992 Album THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS)
Transcribed by Matthew Williams AKA autumnlrds
Words and Music by Amorphis
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr 1'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr 2'
Gtr III (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr 3'
Gtr IV (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Strings'
Intro
Q=140
G5 A5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM--------| PM|
W S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|----------||------------------------------|
|----------||o-----------------------------|
|----------||------------------------------|
|----------||------------------------------|
|-5--------||o---------7-------------7-----|
|-3--------||--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|
Bsus4 C
PM----| PM------------------------| PM--------| PM---
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------7-------------7-----|---------7-------------7-----|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-|
Dsus2
----------| PM------------| PM|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|-------------7-------------------7-------o||
|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10--||
Verse
A5 B5
Gtr I
W W
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--7-----------------------|--9-----------------------|
||---5-----------------------|--7-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----| PM----| PM-----------| PM----| PM
| S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------9---------9---9-|----------9---------9---9-|
||---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7---|--9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9---|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W W
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--14-----------------------|-16-----------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-12-----------------------|-14-----------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
C5 D5
W W
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-10-------------------------------|-12----------------------------------o||
|--8-------------------------------|-10-----------------------------------||
|
| PM------| PM------| PM PM------| PM------| PM
| S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------9-------------9----9-|-------------9-------------9----9-----||
|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---10---|-12-12-12-12---12-12-12-12---12-------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
| W W
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-17-------------------------------|-19-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-15-------------------------------|-17----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
Breakdown
Q=129
A5 A5 A5 G5
Gtr I
|-3-|
E E E Q Q S S E S S S E Q Q S S
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-------2---------|------------------------|
|-3-2------5--0h2-|--3--2h3p2---2------0h2-|
|-----5-----------|-----------5----3-------|
|
| Gtr II
| W +Q. Q Q.
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-7---------------|-(7)---------7--5-------|
|-5---------------|-(5)---------5--3-------|
A5 A5 G5A5
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E Q Q S S E S S S E E H
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------2---------|--------------------|
|-3-2h3p2------5--0h2-|--3--2h3p2----------|
|---------5-----------|-----------5-3-5----|
|
| W +Q. E H
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-7-------------------|-(7)---------5-7----|
|-5-------------------|-(5)---------3-5----|
A5 G5
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E Q Q S S E S S S E Q Q S S
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||------------2---------|------------------------|
||o-3-2h3p2------5--0h2-|--3---2h3p2---2-----0h2-|
||----------5-----------|------------5----3------|
|
| W +H.. E
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o-7-------------------|-(7)----------------5---|
||--5-------------------|-(5)----------------3---|
A5 G5A5
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E Q Q S S E S S S E E H
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-----------2---------|---------------------||
|-3-2h3p2------5--0h2-|--3--2h3p2----------o||
|---------5-----------|-----------5-3-5-----||
|
| W +Q. E H
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-7-------------------|-(7)---------5-7----o||
|-5-------------------|-(5)---------3-5-----||
G5 G5 F5
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E Q Q S S E S S S E Q Q S S
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o-1-0h1p0---5--3----0-|--1---0h1p0---0-------0-|
||----------3-------3---|------------3----1--3---|
|
| W +H.. E
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o-5-------------------|-(5)----------------3---|
||--3-------------------|-(3)----------------1---|
G5 G5 F5G5
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E Q Q S S E S S S E E H
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-1-0h1p0---5--3----0-|--1--0h1p0----------o||
|---------3-------3---|-----------3-1-3-----||
|
| W +Q. E H
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-5-------------------|-(5)---------3-5----o||
|-3-------------------|-(3)---------1-3-----||
Pre-Chorus
Q=140
E5 E5 E5 E5
W +W +W +H. Q
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)------12\-----|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)------12\-----|
|
| W +W +W +H. +E E
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)------(2)-----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)------(2)-12\-|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)------(0)-12\-|
Chorus
E5 F#5G5
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------------|
Q S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S Q Q 8x
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o-2----------------------|-------------4--5--o||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---||
Bridge
Q=80
E5 C5 B5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----5---7-5-----|--------------------|
|-7-9---9-----9-7-|-------7------------|
|-----------------|-8--10---10-8-10-7--|
|
| Gtr II
| W H. Q
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2---------------|-5---------------4--|
|-2---------------|-3---------------2--|
|-0---------------|--------------------|
Q=80
E5 C5 B5
Gtr I
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q 3x
||----------------------|---------------------||
||o---------------------|--------------------o||
||----------------------|---------------------||
||------5---7-5-7-5-----|---------------------||
||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|-------7------------o||
||----------------------|-8--10---10-8-10-7---||
|
| Gtr II
| W H. Q 3x
||----------------------|---------------------||
||o---------------------|--------------------o||
||----------------------|---------------------||
||--2-------------------|-5---------------4---||
||o-2-------------------|-3---------------2--o||
||--0-------------------|---------------------||
N.C.
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|-||----------------------|--------------------||
|-||o---------------------|-------------------o||
|-||----------------------|--------------------||
|-||------5---7-5-7-5-----|--------------------||
|-||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||
|-||----------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7---||
|
| |-3-|
| E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|-||----------------------|--------------------||
|-||o---------------------|-------------------o||
|-||------4---5-4-5-4-----|--------------------||
|-||--5-7---7---------7-5-|----4-5--4----4-----||
|-||o---------------------|-7---------7----5--o||
|-||----------------------|--------------------||
Q=85 H=H
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
||----------------------|--------------------||-|
||o---------------------|-------------------o||-|
||----------------------|--------------------||-|
||------5---7-5-7-5-----|--------------------||-|
||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||-|
||----------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7---||-|
|
| |-3-|
| E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
||----------------------|--------------------||-|
||o---------------------|-------------------o||-|
||------4---5-4-5-4-----|--------------------||-|
||--5-7---7---------7-5-|----4-5--4----4-----||-|
||o---------------------|-7---------7----5--o||-|
||----------------------|--------------------||-|
Q=100
|-3--|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
||-----------------------------|----------------------||
||o----------------------------|---------------------o||
||--------5-----7-5--7-5-------|----------------------||
||---7--9----9------------9--7-|-------7--------------||
||o----------------------------|--8-10---10--8-10-7--o||
||-----------------------------|----------------------||
|
| |-3--|
| E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
||-----------------------------|----------------------||
||o----------------------------|---------------------o||
||--------9----10-9-10-9-------|-------9--------------||
||--10-12---12-----------12-10-|-10-12---12-10-12-9---||
||o----------------------------|---------------------o||
||-----------------------------|----------------------||
H=H Q=11
|-3--|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------5-----7-5--7-5-------|---------------------|
|--7--9----9------------9--7-|-------7-------------|
|----------------------------|--8-10---10--8-10-7--|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|
| |-3--|
| E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------9----10-9-10-9-------|-------9-------------|
|-10-12---12-----------12-10-|-10-12---12-10-12-9--|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
0
|-3--|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------5-----7-5--7-5-------|---------------------|
|--7--9----9------------9--7-|-------7-------------|
|----------------------------|--8-10---10--8-10-7--|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|
| |-3--|
| E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------9----10-9-10-9-------|-------9-------------|
|-10-12---12-----------12-10-|-10-12---12-10-12-9--|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
Chorus
Q=143
E5 F#5G5
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------------|
Q S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S Q Q 4x
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o-2----------------------|-------------4--5--o||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---||
Out-Verse
A5 Bsus4
PM----| PM--------| PM----------| PM--------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------7-------------7-----|---------7-------------7-----|
||--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|
C Dsus2
PM----| PM--------| PM-------------| PM------------| PM|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|---------7-------------7-----|-------------7-------------------7-------o||
|-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10--||
Q=147
A5 B5
Gtr I
W W
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--7-----------------------|--9-----------------------|
||---5-----------------------|--7-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----| PM----| PM-----------| PM----| PM
| S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------9---------9---9-|----------9---------9---9-|
||---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7---|--9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9---|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W W
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--14-----------------------|-16-----------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-12-----------------------|-14-----------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
H=H
C5 D5
W W
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-10-------------------------------|-12----------------------------------o||
|--8-------------------------------|-10-----------------------------------||
|
| PM------| PM------| PM PM------| PM------| PM
| S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------9-------------9----9-|-------------9-------------9----9-----||
|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---10---|-12-12-12-12---12-12-12-12---12-------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
| W W
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-17-------------------------------|-19-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-15-------------------------------|-17----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
Q=152
C5 D5 D5 D5
Gtr I
PM-------| PM------| PM PM-------| PM------| PM
S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||o--------------10-------------10------10-|--------------10-------------10------10-|
||---8---8--8--8-----8--8--8--8-----8------|-10--10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q. S S S S E S S E Q. S S S S E S S E
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||---5---------------------------5-------5-|--7---------------------------7-------7-|
||o--3---------------3--3--3--3--3--3-3--3-|--5---------------5--5--5--5--5--5-5--5-|
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| PM-------| PM------| PM-----------------| PM------| PM
| S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||---------------12-------------12------12-|--------------12-------------12------12-|
||--10--10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10------|-12--12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12------|
||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Eb5 Eb5 Eb5 F5 F5 F5
PM-------| PM------| PM PM-------| PM------| PM
S S S S E S S S S e E E S S S S E S S S S E E E
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|--------------10--------------10------10-|--------------10-------------10------10---o||
|-11--11-11-11----11-11-11-11-----11------|-13--13-13-13----13-13-13-13----13---------||
|
| Q. S S S S E S S E Q. S S S S E S S E
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|--8----------------------------8-------8-|-10--------------------------10------10----||
|--6---------------6--6--6--6---6--6-6--6-|--8---------------8--8--8--8--8--8-8--8---o||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|
| PM-------| PM------| PM PM-------| PM------| PM
| S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
|--------------12--------------12------12-|--------------12-------------12------12----||
|-13--13-13-13----13-13-13-13-----13------|-15--15-15-15----15-15-15-15----15---------||
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
C5
2/4
Gtrs I, II
W +W +W +H
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------||-(5)----*|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||-(3)----*|
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
