Band:  Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song:  Churning The Maelstrom

Copyright (c)  (Relapse) (2002)
Version 1.0 - (17/12/03)

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: 7-string guitar tuned down one whole step (A D G C F A D)


Intro:

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-6-5-3-2-|
|-4-3-1-0-|
  . . . .


Riff A:                                _________________________
                                                               1|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|-4444444444444444-|-3333333333333333-|-4--3--1--0--|-0--1--0--3-|

 _________________________
                         2|
|-------------|------------|
|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------ph---|
|-------------|-------7bh--|
|-------------|------------|
|-------------|------------|
|-4--3--1--1--|-1--0-------|


Verse:                                 ____________________________
                                                                  1|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|
|12----------------|10----------------|12-------10--------|/9---8-5-|
|10----------------|-8----------------|10--------8--------|---------|
|--000000000000000-|--000000000000000-|--0000000--0000000-|/7---6-3-|
   ...............    ...............    .......  .......

 _______________________
                       2|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|-8--7--5--3-|-3--2--2---|
|------------|-----------|
|-6--5--3--1-|-1--0--0---|


Rhy. Fill 1:

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-888--111111--888--111111-|
|-666---9-9-9--666---9-9-9-|
  ...   . . .  ...   . . .


Chorus 1: (those are 10's)
                    _____________________  __________________
                                        1|                  2|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-12---11----9----8-|
|-7777777766666666-|-10101010999977776666-|-10----9----7----6-|
  ................    . . . .............    .    .    .    .


Chorus 2:
                    _________________________  __________________
                                            1|                  2|
|------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-14h15p14-12-12h14p12p-11-|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|-12---11----9----8-|
|-7777777766666666-|--------------------------|-10----9----7----6-|
  ................                               .    .    .    .


Riff B:

|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---------------9-|
|-222-225----------|-222-225-222---7-|
|-000-003-00356568-|-000-003-000-----|
  ... ... ........   ... ... ...


Rhy. Fill 2:

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-888--111111--888--555-|
|-666---9-9-9--666--333-|
  ...   . . .  ...  ...


Rhy. Fill 3:

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-888--888--888--888-|
|-666--666--666--666-|
  ...  ...  ...  ...


Riff C: I'm a little uncertain about this one because the first bar
        is quite hard to hear on the CD


|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-9-----------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---9-8----9-8------|---------------------|
|------------------|-6-----10-----10-9-|---------------------|
|------------------|---7-6----7-6------|-781081011101113-----|
|-4444111100000000-|--------8------8-7-|----------------7910-|


Rhy. Fill 4:

|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-44441111-|


Riff D:              ________________________
                                            1|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------121415-|
|--------------7810-|-81011101113111314-------|
|-0134346467679-----|-------------------------|
  ............... .   . . . . . . . . . . . .
 ______________________________
                              2|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|------------------------121315-|
|------------------121415-------|
|-81011101113111314-------------|
|-------------------------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


Rhy. Fill 5:

|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|-11-------|-10-------|
|-10-------|--9-------|
|--9-------|--8-------|
|----------|----------|


Solo Backing 1:

|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-888--888--888--888-|-888--888-----------|
|-666--666--666--666-|-666--666--6/7--6-3-|
  ...  ...  ...  ...   ...  ...


Solo Backing 2:

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----------------------111214-|
|-781081011101113111314-------|
|-----------------------------|


A couple of points about the solo.  For the octave part I think that
Karl uses his whammy bar but only very slightly.  However, I think it
sounds OK without it.

Also, the bar marked with an asterisk is practically inaudible on the
CD but I think that its something close to what I've tabbed.  You'll
probably notice that the next bar is difficult to get to in time
without a lot of excess string noise but unfortunately that's the
problem with a solo with two guitarists playing different parts!

If this part becomes too meddlesome or irritating I suggest that you
just do a long finger slide down the thicker strings with some whammy
bar for good measure.


Solo:

     grad bend
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|-^---^---^---^--|-^---^---^---^--|--^--^--^--^--|
|-14bh-----------|----------------|-~---~---~---~--|-14-14-14-14--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|

                                               grad release
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--^--^--^--^--|-^---^---^---^--|-^---^---^---^--|----------------|
|-14-14-14-14--|-~---~---~---~--|-~---~---~---~--|------------r---|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-16-17-17-17-|-16-16-16/19-|-17-16-17-16-|-16-16/17-16~-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-14-15-15-15-|-14-14-14/17-|-15-14-15-14-|-14-14/15-14~-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


|------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|-16----15~~--131516-|
|-~~~~----89-|119111211121412141514151718-|--------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|-~~~~-------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------|

                     x3                  x2
|-14151415141514151815-|-18p15----------15-|-18p15-------------|
|----------------------|------15------15---|------15------15~~-|
|----------------------|--------16--16-----|--------16--16-----|
|----------------------|----------17-------|----------17-------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 *                  t           t
|----------------|-19p14p12p11-18p13p11p10-|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|-1087---1087----|-------------------------|
|-----976----976-|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
   ...... ......

This next bar is like a 'tapped trill' and is just very fast tapping
(tap about 4 times per tabbed trill) with a single note as anchor.

      t      t      t      t x3     t      t      t   t
|-14<19>-14<19>-14<19>-14<18>-|-14<19>-14<19>-14<19>-19p14p12p11-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|


Rhy. Fill 6:

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-9/10\9-9/10\9-9/10\9-9/10\9-|
|-7/-8\7-7/-8\7-7/-8\7-7/-8\7-|
|-----------------------------|


Ending:
                                                 fade
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|




Song Structure:

Intro
Riff A
Verse           x2
Rhy. Fill 1
Chorus 1        x2
Verse           x2
Chorus 2        x2
Riff B          x2
Rhy. Fill 2
Riff B          x2
Rhy. Fill 3
Riff C          x2
Rhy. Fill 4
Riff D          x3
Rhy. Fill 5
                    _
Verse           x2   |
Rhy. Fill 3          |
Verse                | Solo played over this section
Solo Backing 1       |
Solo Backing 2  x4  _|

Riff A
Verse
Chorus 1        x2
Rhy. Fill 6
Solo Backing 2  x3
Ending