Band: Nile

Album: In Their Darkened Shrines

Song: Sarcophagus
Copyright (c) (Relapse) (2002)
Version 2.0 - (10/01/04)
Transcribed By: John Mansley
Email:
john@smansley.freeserve.co.uk
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h
p
t
ph
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palm mute
slide down to
hammer on
pull off
tap
pinched harmonic
see comment
Stuccatto
slight palm mute
tremolo note

/ - slide up to
~ - vibrato
b - Bend
Suffixes for bend
f - full bend
h - half bend
q - quarter bend t - tap bend
^ - Hold bend
r release bend
~ - vibrato bend
() - ghost note, sustained note
<> - Trill

Tunning: A E A D F# B
NB: I've not included any harmonized parts - they're pretty easy to
nyway.
Intro: (two guitars arranged for one)
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-10h13p10-9-7-9bh-r~~---|--9-10-10/13~-/13-10-9-7-9-9/10-9~-|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------5-|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------0-|-----------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------------|
|-10-10/13~~~--|-14h15p14-12-10-9-7-6-7-6-/10-9-3~~~-|
|--------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------------|
Chorus 1:
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-/8-5-7-7/8-7-|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|--------------|-1-0-------|-4-3-------|-3-1-------|
|-/6-3-5-5/6-5-|-1-0-------|-4-3-------|-3-1-------|
|--------------|-1-0-------|-4-3-------|-3-1-------|
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|-/11-8-10-10/11-10-|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-/-8-5--7--7/-8--7-|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-1-0-----1-|-----------|-----------|

figure a

|-------------------|-1-0-----1-|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-1-0-----1-|-4~~~~~~~~-|-3~~~~~~~~-|
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|-/11-8-10-10/11-10-|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-/-8-5--7--7/-8--7-|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-1-0-------|-4-3-------|-3-1-------|
|-------------------|-1-0-------|-4-3-------|-3-1-------|
|-------------------|-1-0-------|-4-3-------|-3-1-------|
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|-/11-8-10-10/11-10-|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-/-8-5--7--7/-8--7-|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-1-0-----1-|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-1-0-----1-|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-1-0-----1-|-4~~~~~~~~-|-3~~~~~~~~-|
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Verse 1:
|---------|--------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|---------|--------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|---------|--------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-0-------|--------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-0-------|-/9-8----8-6----6h8-|-7---------|-0-1-1-5-5-4-4-1-|
|-0-------|--------------------|-----------|-0-1-1-5-5-4-4-1-|
. . . . .
Lead Fill:
|---------------------------|
|-----------7/8-7-7/11-11~~-|
|---------------------------|
|-7h8p7-5-4-4/5-4-4/-8--8~~-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
Verse 2:
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|---------|-/11-10---10-8---8h10-|-7---------|-----------------|
|-0-------|----------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-0-------|----------------------|-----------|-0-1-1-5-5-4-4-1-|
|-0-------|----------------------|-----------|-0-1-1-5-5-4-4-1-|
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Chorus 2: this is the last 8 bars of Chorus 1

Bridge: this part has a lead which I've tabbed below the rhythm part.
grad bend
|---------|--------|--------------|---------|--------|--------------|
|---------|--------|--------------|---------|--------|--------------|
|---------|--------|--------------|---------|--------|--------------|

|-0---7bh-|-----r--|--------------|-0---7bh-|-----r--|--------------|
|-0-------|--------|-5-4-4---1-1--|-0-------|--------|-5-4-4---1-1--|
|-0-------|--------|-5-4-4---1-1--|-0-------|--------|-5-4-4---1-1--|
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|---------|--------|--------------|---------|--------|-22~~~~~~~~~~-|
|---------|--------|--------------|---13h15-|-15~~~~-|--------------|
|---------|--------|--------------|---------|--------|--------------|
|-7bh-r-b-|-b-r-b-r|-~~~~~~~~~~~~-|---------|--------|--------------|
|---------|--------|--------------|---------|--------|--------------|
|---------|--------|--------------|---------|--------|--------------|
That last 22 is a very wide and slow vibrato.
Riff A:

__________________ ___________________
1,3|
2,4|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|--------/-7-7---6-6--|
|---------------------|-------------------|--------/-5-5---4-4--|
|-8-10-10-8h10p8-5~~~-|-3---3---3-5-5h6p5-|-3---3--/-5-5---4-4--|
|---------------------|---0---0-----------|---0----/-5-5---4-4--|
. .
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Riff B:
|------------|------------------|------------|-----------------|
|------------|------------------|------------|-----------------|
|-5----------|-7--7--8--5--7--8-|------------|-----------------|
|-5----------|-7--7--8--5--7--8-|-0----------|--------10101010-|
|-3----------|-3--5--6--3--5--6-|-0----------|-0-0--0--8-8-8-8-|
|------------|------------------|-0----------|-0-0--0----------|
. . .
|------------|-------------|----------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------|----------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------|----------|-----------------|
|-8----------|-7-8-7-8-7-5-|-0--------|-----------------|
|-8----------|-7-8-7-8-7-5-|-0--------|-/(8)------------|
|-8----------|-7-8-7-8-7-5-|-0--------|-----------------|
Outro Lead:
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----------6-/8-6-6/-|-10-10---8-8----------|
|-5--/7---------------|----------------------|
|-----------3-/5-3-3/-|--7--7---5-5----------|
|-3--/5---------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
Outro Backing 1: (bars match up with Outro Lead)
_________________ ______________
1,2,3|
4|
|----------|------------------|---------------|
|----------|------------------|---------------|
|----------|------------------|---------------|
|-0--------|------------------|---------------|
|-0--------|-------0h1---1----|---\\\\\\\\\\\-|

|-0--------|-------0h1---1----|---\\\\\\\\\\\-|
Outro Backing 2: (bars match up with Outro Lead)
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outro Backing 3: (bars match up with Outro Lead)
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0000000000000000000000000000000-|-0000000000000000000000011111111-|
|-0000000000000000000000000000000-|-0000000000000000000000011111111-|
............................... ...............................
Song Structure:
Intro
Chorus 1
Verse 1 (x2)
Lead Fill
Verse 2
Chorus 2 (x2)
Verse 1 (x2)
Lead Fill
Verse 2
Bridge
Riff A
Riff B
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Outro Backing 1
|
Outro Backing 2 (x4)
| Outro Lead (x16)
Outro Backing 3 (x8, fade starts on 6th time) _|