Churning the Maelstrom Tabs & Lyrics by Nile
Churning the Maelstrom
guitar tabs lyrics
Band: Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song: Churning The Maelstrom
. - 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:
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-4-3-1-0-|
|-4-3-1-0-|
. . . .
Riff A: _________________________
1|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
|-4444444444444444-|-3333333333333333-|-4--3--1--0--|-0--1--0--3-|
_________________________
2|
|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------ph---|
|-------------|-------5bh--|
|-------------|------------|
|-------------|------------|
|-4--3--1--1--|-1--0-------|
Verse: ____________________________
1|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|
|10----------------|-8----------------|10--------8--------|/7---6-3-|
|-8----------------|-6----------------|-8--------6--------|---------|
|--000000000000000-|--000000000000000-|--0000000--0000000-|/7---6-3-|
............... ............... ....... .......
_______________________
2|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|-6--5--3--1-|-1--0--0---|
|------------|-----------|
|-6--5--3--1-|-1--0--0---|
Rhy. Fill 1:
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-666--999--666--333-|
|-666--999--666--333-|
... ... ... ...
Chorus 1: (those are 10's)
_____________________ __________________
1| 2|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-10----9----7----6-|
|-7777777766666666-|-10101010999977776666-|-10----9----7----6-|
................ . . . ............. . . . .
Chorus 2:
________________________ __________________
1| 2|
|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-13h14p13\11-11h13p11\10-|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|-10----9----7----6-|
|-7777777766666666-|-------------------------|-10----9----7----6-|
................ . . . .
Riff B:
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---------------7-|
|-000-003----------|-000-003-000---5-|
|-000-003-00356568-|-000-003-000-----|
... ... ........ ... ... ...
Rhy. Fill 2:
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-666--666--666--666-|
|-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
|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-11-7-6-3-7-6-3-2-|-----------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|--9-5-4-1-5-4-1-0-|-5685-6896-89118-------|
|-4444333311110000-|------------------|-----------------79107-|
Rhy. Fill 3:
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-4444333311110000-|
Riff D:
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-9-10-12-13---------|
|-----------------|-5-6-8-9-8-9-11-12-|--------------------|
|-0-1-3-4-3-4-6-7-|-------------------|------------0-1-3-4-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------10-11-13-14-|
|-----------------|-----------9-10-12-13-------------|
|---------5-6-8-9-|-8-9-11-12------------------------|
|-3-4-6-7---------|----------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rhy. Fill 4:
|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|
|-9-------|-8-------|
|-8-------|-7-------|
|-7-------|-6-------|
|---------|---------|
Solo Backing 1:
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-666--666--666--666-|-666--666-----------|
|-666--666--666--666-|-666--666--6/7--6-3-|
... ... ... ... ... ...
Solo Backing 2:
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------91012-|
|-568689891191112------|
|----------------------|
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
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|-^---^---^---^--|-^---^---^---^--|--^--^--^--^--|
|-12bh-----------|----------------|-~---~---~---~--|-12-12-12-12--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
grad release
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--^--^--^--^--|-^---^---^---^--|-^---^---^---^--|----------------|
|-12-12-12-12--|-~---~---~---~--|-~---~---~---~--|------------r---|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-14-15-15-15-|-14-14-14/17-|-15-14-15-14-|-14-14/15-14~-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-12-13-13-13-|-12-12-12/15-|-13-12-13-12-|-12-12/13-12~-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|------------|----------------------------|-14----13~~--111314-|
|-~~~~----78-|108101110111311131413141617-|--------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|-~~~~-------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
x3 x2
|-17181718171817182118-|-21p18----------18-|-21p18-------------|
|----------------------|------18------18---|------18------18~~-|
|----------------------|--------19--19-----|--------19--19-----|
|----------------------|----------20-------|----------20-------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
* t t
|-----------------|-22p17p15p14-21p16p14p13-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-865-----865-----|-------------------------|
|-----754-----754-|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
... ... ... ...
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
|-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-22p17p15p14-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
Rhy. Fill 5:
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-7/8\7-7/8\7-7/8\7-7/8\7-|
|-5/6\5-5/6\5-5/6\5-5/6\5-|
|-------------------------|
Ending:
fade
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Song Structure:
Intro
Riff A
Verse x2
Rhy. Fill 1
Chorus 1 x2
Verse x2
Chorus 2 x2
Riff B x2
Rhy. Fill 1
Riff B x2
Rhy. Fill 2
Riff C x2
Rhy. Fill 3
Riff D x3
Rhy. Fill 4
_
Verse x2 |
Rhy. Fill 2 |
Verse | Solo played over this section
Solo Backing 1 |
Solo Backing 2 x4 _|
Riff A
Verse
Chorus 1 x2
Rhy. Fill 5
Solo Backing 2 x3
Ending
It should all be there. Any comments, corrections or
suggestions are welcome.
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