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

Tabed By: Kenny



.  - 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:
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|-1312109-------1312109--------|------------------------|
|--------1312109-------1312109-|-10976------10976-------|
|------------------------------|------111087-----111087-|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|

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


Riff A:                   ______________  ______________________________
                               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:                                        __________________

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-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:

|-/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