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Band:  Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song:  Execration Text

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:

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-8p6p5-6p5-6p5-8p6p5-6p5-6p5-|
|-----------------------------|

 __________________  ____________  ____________
                1,3|	        2|        (x3)4|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7777--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----88887777------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------6h8p6-|-11-33-44-33-|-11-33-44-33-|
|-------------------|-11-33-44-33-|-11-33-44-33-|
                      ...........   ...........

Lead Fill 1: (Real fast!)

|------------------------------|------------------------|
|-1312109-------1312109--------|------------------------|
|--------1312109-------1312109-|-10976------10976-------|
|------------------------------|------111087-----111087-|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-8754----8754------|
|-----9865----9865~-|
|-------------------|


Riff A: (Those are 'pull offs to nowhere', it's a lot faster than
        letting the open note sound but still gives a cool effect)

                  ______________  ______________________________
                               1|                              2|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10p-12p-13p-17p-16p-13p-12/13~-|-16\131210-------------101213~-|
|--------------------------------|----------1312109101213--------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|


Rhy. Fill:

|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|------7--8-7--8--7--8-|
|-9865-6532-----------|------5--6-5--6--5--6-|
|-----------7643-4310-|-0000-----------------|
  ...................   ....


Verse:

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-310-01010101-310-01010101-|
  ... ........ ... ........

 __________________  ____________  ____________
                1,3|	        2|        (x4)4|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7777--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----88887777------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------6h8p6-|-11-33-44-33-|-11-33-44-33-|
|-------------------|-11-33-44-33-|-11-33-44-33-|
                      ...........   ...........


Lead Fill 2:

|------------------------------|-------------|
|-1312109-------1312109--------|-------------|
|--------1312109-------1312109-|-10976-------|
|------------------------------|------111087-|
|------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------------|-------------|


Chorus 1:

|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-9999----10101010-----|-12121212----10101010-----|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----0000--------0000-|---------0000--------0000-|
      ....        ....           ....        ....

|-----------------------------|
|-10h11p10-9h10p9-7h9p7-6h7p6-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


Rhy. Fill 2:

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-0--1--0--1--0-1-|
|-0--1--0--1--0-1-|
  .  .  .  .  . .


Riff B: Play twice

|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------5----|
|-4575-78108-10111310------|-4575-78108------875-|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------0000-|------------1-0------|
                                        . .


Solo Backing: (w/out PM during first three bars on 1st time through)
                                       __________________

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-0000111144445555-|-5555555544441111-|-0000000000000000-|
  ................   ................   ................
 ____________  ___________________  ___________________________________
            1|               (x2)2|                                   3|
|-------ph----|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------5bf-~-|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-3-----------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|--------------------|------------------|-0--1--0--1--0-1-|
|-------------|-0000-0000-00000000-|-0000000000000000-|-0--1--0--1--0-1-|
                .... .... ........   ................   .  .  .  .  . .


Solo: Not exact but I think its close enough to sound good when played at
      the speed Nile do!

|-/17~----17-15-17-13-|-15-12-13-10-10bh^----|----r-8-10~~~~-----|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------|

|-181715-18171514-18171514-181715-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

|-18171514-181715-18171514-18171517-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

|-182018171514-181715-18171514-1817-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

|-15-18171514----------------------|
|-------------201917191716171614---|
|-------------------------------20-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-1917191716171614-15-----14-------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-181715-171514-151412-141211--------|
|-----------------------------131210-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-5-7-8-7---5--7--|-5--7---8-7~~-------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|

|------------------------------|
|--------------1312109---------|
|-------9101213----------------|
|-891112--------------11121415-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|
|---------16151312-----------------|
|-12131516----------------15161819-|
|-----------------14151718---------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

|---------20191716--------------------|
|-15161819--------191816-15bh-r~~-----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Riff C1:
                           x3
|----------------------------|--------------|
|----------------------------|--------------|
|-77--88-1010-1111-1010--8-8-|-8\4------4\3-|
|----------------------------|--------------|
|-55--66--8-8--9-9--8-8--6-6-|-6\2------2\1-|
|----------------------------|--------------|


Riff C2:
                         x3
|--------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------------|-8\4------4\3-|
|--------------------------|--------------|
|-555566668888999988886666-|-6\2------2\1-|
|--------------------------|--------------|
  ........................


Lead Fill 3:

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-4575-78108-10111310-----|
|-------------------------|
|---------------------1-0-|
                      . .


Chorus 2:

|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-7777----8888-----|-10101010----8888-----|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-----0000----0000-|---------0000----0000-|
      ....    ....           ....    ....

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-8h9p8-7h8p7-5h7p5-4h5p4-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|


Outro:

|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------7810-8-|-1011-101113-141311-131110-11108-108-|
|---------568-689--------|-------------------------------------|
|-457-578----------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-7---------------------|---------------------|
|---986-865-------------|---------------------|
|-----------875-754-541-|-410-0---------------|
|-----------------------|-----0---------------|
|-----------------------|-----0---------------|



Song Structure:

Intro
Lead Fill 1
Riff A (x3)
Rhy. Fill 1
Verse
Lead Fill 2
Chorus 1 (x4 but omit the last measure the 4th time)
Rhy. Fill 2
Riff B (x2)
Solo w/ solo Backing
Riff C1 (x2)
Riff C2
Riff C1
Lead Fill 3
Chorus 2 (x2)
Chorus 1 (x2 but omit the last measure the 2nd time)
Outro


Phew!  It isn't all perfect but most of the riffs and leads are close
enough to play along to the CD.  Any comments or corrections can be sent
to me via the email at the top of the page.


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