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Band: Nile
Album: Black Seeds Of Vengeance
Song: Defiling The Gates Of Ishtar
Copyright (c) (Relapse) (2000)
Version 1.0 - (18/01/04)
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
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-|-666655558/9995566-|-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-|-1111-99-88-6666-|-5555-3333-2222-3---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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