Band:Nile

song:Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve its Possessor against Attacks from He
who is in the Water.
album:ithyphallic (2007)

transcribed by: Rafael bugarin.

email:raymondbugarin@yahoo.com

tuning: A E A D F# B

legend:

. - 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

intro: riff#1 (:00)

play 2x

gtr 1:

||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------16-15-13---------------------------------------------------
||------------------------------16-13-12-13-16-13-12------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------16-13-12---------------------
||-5-6-5--8-9-8--6-7-6----------------------------------------14-11-10-11-14-11-10
||-5-6-5--8-9-8--6-7-6------------------------------------------------------------

|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-16-15-13----------------------15-16-15-13--16-18-16-15--13-16-15-13
|----------16-13-12-13-16-13-12--------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------

|------------------------------------------------------------
|-16-15-13---------------------------------------------------
|----------16-13-12-13-16-13-12------------------------------
|-------------------------------16-13-12---------------------
|----------------------------------------14-11-10-11-14-11-10
|------------------------------------------------------------
end.
|---------------------------------------------------|----||
|-16-15-13------------------------------------------|----||
|----------16-13-12-13-16-13-12---------------------|----||
|---------------------------------------------------|----||
|-------------------------------5-6-5--8-9-8--5-6-5-|-5\-||
|-------------------------------5-6-5--8-9-8--5-6-5-|-5\-||
gtr 2:

||-------------------------------------------------------------
||-------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------8-7-5-----------------------------------
||---------------------------9-6-5-6-9-6-5---------------------
||-5-6-5--8-9-8--6-7-6---------------------9-6-5---------------
||-5-6-5--8-9-8--6-7-6---------------------------9-6-5-6-9-6-5-

|------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------
|-8-7-5---------------7-8-7-5--8-10-8-7--5-8-7-5-
|-------9-6-5-6-9-6-5----------------------------
|------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------

|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-8-7-5-----------------------------------
|-------9-6-5-6-9-6-5---------------------
|---------------------9-6-5---------------
|---------------------------9-6-5-6-9-6-5-
end.
|------------------------------------------|----||
|------------------------------------------|----||
|-8-7-5------------------------------------|----||
|-------9-6-5-6-9-6-5----------------------|----||
|----------------------5-6-5--8-9-8--5-6-5-|-5\-||
|----------------------5-6-5--8-9-8--5-6-5-|-5\-||

riff#2 (0:17) play 3x

ending1 ending2
|-----------------------------------------|------||------||
|-----------------------------------------|------||------||
|-----------------------------------------|------||-16-15||
|-----------------------------------------|-9~~~-||-13-12||
|-----------------------------------------|------||-11-10||
|-8-6-5-3-5-6-8-6-5-3--8-6-5-3-5-6-8-6-5-3|------||------||

riff#3 (0:36) play 4x

|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-12-11-9-11-12-11-9--11-9-8-6-8-9-11-9-8-6-||

riff#4 (1:01) play 7x

|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-20-18-17-15-17-18-20-18-17-15-||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
chorus

riff#5 (1:07) play 2x

gtr 1:
ending1 ending2
|----------------------------------------|------||----------||
|----------------------------------------|------||----------||
|-8--7---------5--7---------8--7/-11--10-|-\5~~-||-/14-13~~-||
|-6--5---------3--5---------6--5/-9---8--|-\3~~-||-/12-11~~-||
|-6--5--8-6-5--3--5--8-6-5--6--5/-9---8--|-\3~~-||-/12-11~~-||
|-6--5--8-6-5--3--5--8-6-5--6--5/-9---8--|-\3~~-||-/12-11~~-||

gtr 2:
ending1 ending2
|----------------------------------------|------||----------||
|-9--8---------6--8---------9--8--12--11-|-\6~~-||-/15-14~~-||
|-8--7---------5--7---------8--7/-11--10-|-\5~~-||-/14-13~~-||
|----------------------------------------|------||----------||
|-------8-6-5--------8-6-5---------------|------||----------||
|-6--5--8-6-5--3--5--8-6-5--6--5/-9---8--|-\3~~-||-/12-11~~-||

repeat riff# 2 @ (1:31)

play 3x

riff#6 (riff#3 variation) (1:50)

end.
|-------------------------------------------||----------------------
|-------------------------------------------||----------------------
|-------------------------------------------||----------------------
|-------------------------------------------||----------------------
|-------------------------------------------||----------------------
|-12-11-9-11-12-11-9--11-9-8-6-8-9-11-9-8-6-||-15-14-12-14-15-14-12-

|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-14-12-11-9-11-12-14-12-11-9-

|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-18-17-15-17-18-17-15--17-15-14-12-14-15-17-15-14-12-||

repeat riff #5 @ (2:00)

play 3x

repeat riff#1 @ (2:35)

end.