Nile - Kheftiu Asar Butchiu Chords & Tabs

Band:  Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song:  Kheftiu Asar Butchiu

Copyright (c)  (Relapse) (2002)
Version 2.0 - (10/01/04)


.  - 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:              ________________  __________________
                                 1,3|                  2|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------10--10/12-|
|-7----------------|-----------------|----------8---8/10-|
|-5----------------|-8h9p8\6-6h8p6\5-|-------------------|
|--000000000000000-|-----------------|-00000000---0------|
   ...............                     ........   .
 _________________
                 4|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|---------10--10-9-|
|----------8---8-7-|
|------------------|
|-00000000---0-----|
  ........   .


Riff A1:        Riff A2:

|------------|  |--------------------|
|------------|  |--------------------|
|------------|  |--------------------|
|------------|  |--------------------|
|-1-0--3-4-3-|  |--------------------|
|-1-0--3-4-3-|  |-11110000--33-44-33-|
  . .  . . .


Riff A3:
               x3
|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|
|-8---8/10-10/11-|-8---8/10-10-|
|-6---6/-8--8/-9-|-6---6/-8--8-|
|---0------------|---0---------|
    .                .


Riff B:

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-5555666699998888-|
|-6666666644443333-|-4444333311110000-|------------------|
  ................   ................

|----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-66667777999910101010-|-6h7p6-----------|---------77776666-|
|----------------------|--------99998888-|-99998888---------|
|----------------------|-----------------|------------------|


|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-5555666688889999-|------------------|
|------------------|-0000444433331111-|
                     ................


Riff A4:
                                x3
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-------88-99-88-|-6--5--88-99-88-|
|-1--0-----------|----------------|
  .  .


Lead Fill:

|-------------------------------|
|------------------------10<11>-|
|------------7<8>-10<11>--------|
|-6<7>-9<10>--------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


Riff C:

|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-7------------------|-7/8\7--------------------|
|-5-0031004300-6/7\6-|-5/6\5-3100-1-0-3/4\3-6-7-|
|---0031004300-6/7\6-|-------3100-1-0-3/4\3-6-7-|
    ..........               ....


Riff D:

|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------6--6--6-6-|
|--------------------|----------4--4--4-4-|
|-000000000000000000-|-00000000--00-00----|
  ..................   ........  .. ..


Solo Backing 1:

|------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|-6----------------|------------------|----------8--------------|
|-6555555555555555-|-5555555555555555-|-66665555-8-556655555555-|
   ...............   ................   ........   ............

|---------|
|---------|
|-4/6-----|
|-1/4-----|
|-1/4-----|
|-1/4-----|


Solo Backing 2:

               x3
|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|---------5-6-|
|----------------|---------3-4-|
|----------------|---------3-4-|
|-11110000-3-4-3-|-1---0---3-4-|
  ........ . . .   .   .


Solo Backing 3: not sure about this one, drowned out by drums

|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------6--6--6-6-|
|------------------|------------------|----------6--6--6-6-|
|-5555555555555555-|-5555555555555555-|-55555555--55-55----|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
  ................   ................   ........  .. ..


Solo Backing 4:

|-----------|---------------------------------------|---------|
|-----------|----------------------------9-10-12-13-|-~~~~----|
|-----------|------------------7-8-10-11------------|---------|
|-----------|---------6-7-9-10----------------------|-------0-|
|-8h9p8-6-5-|-5-6-8-9-------------------------------|-------0-|
|-----------|---------------------------------------|-------0-|
              . . . . . . .  . . .  .  . .  .  .  .

Hold that last chord for another bar
sorry if this soslo doesnt sound right it took me over 3 hours to get down onto tablature

Solo:

|--t----------t----------t------------|
|-15p11p9p8-15p11p9p8-15p11p9p8-------|
|------------------------------8------|
|-------------------------------8-----|
|--------------------------------8p5\-|
|-------------------------------------|


|15161516151615161915161516151615-|16181516151615161516191516151618-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


|151615161815161516-13111011131516|181615131110--------------1018bf-|
|---------------------------------|------------11----------11-------|
|---------------------------------|--------------12------12---------|
|---------------------------------|----------------12--12-----------|
|---------------------------------|------------------13-------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nile/kheftiu_asar_butchiu_tab.html ]
|-21bh-182021bh-182021bh-182021bh-1820-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


|-21bh-202120182018171817151715-13bh-r-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----910121012131213151315161516-|
|--------------78108-|-1011----------------------------|
|-------6797910------|---------------------------------|
|-568689-------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|

                                                  x4
|-13--1315bh----r-----|------------891198-----------|
|---16----------------|-------91012------12109------|
|---------------------|-781011----------------11108-|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|


|-----------------------|---------------------------1312-|
|-----------------------|-----131210-----91012101213-----|
|--------11108----78108-|-1011------11108----------------|
|-6797910-----1097------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|


|-----------------------------|19p15------------18p15----------18|
|9------891191112-181615-12119|-----15--------15-----15------15--|
|-131210----------------------|-------16----15---------16--15----|
|-----------------------------|---------1715-------------17------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|


|/22~~~~~~~~----|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------91112-|
|------------10-|-87----------781011-------|
|---------------|---109767910--------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|

  t       t       t       t         t       t       t       t
|21p16p1521p16p1521p16p1520p16p15-|20p16p1520p16p1521p16p1521p16p15-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

   t
|-21p16p15-------------81113-|-91112111214121415141517-|
|-----------------91012------|-------------------------|
|-------------7810-----------|-------------------------|
|----------679---------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
           ..... ... .
                                 x6
|-22181918191819181918191819181918-|---------------------10-|
|----------------------------------|-------------------10---|
|----------------------------------|-----------------11-----|
|----------------------------------|-12~~~~~~~~~~~-12-------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|


|-------10h13p10----------10h15p10-----|-------------|
|-----10--------10------10--------10---|-------------|
|---11------------11--11------------11-|-------------|
|-12----------------12-----------------|-12~~~~~~~~--|
|--------------------------------------|-------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------|


The part immediately after the solo consists of a few parts based on one
theme.  For ease in writing the song structure, I've split this part into
4 seperate riffs.


Riff E1:

|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-/55555555---------|
|-0000000000000000-|----------11113333-|
  ................            ........


Riff E2:

|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|-10-7-12-14-10-|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-5555555566665555-|------------------|--8-5-10-12--8-|
|------------------|-3333333300000000-|---------------|
                     ................


Riff E3:

|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|-10-7-12-14-10-|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-5555555566665555-|-/9---6---5-------|--8-5-10-12--8-|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|


Riff E4:


|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|-10-7-12-14-10-|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|--8-5-10-12--8-|
|-0000000000000000-|---------------|
  ................


Riff F:
                 x2
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------6-7-9-10-|--------------------|
|------------------|-5-6-8-9----------|-8h9p8-6-5-6-5------|
|-0000000000000000-|------------------|---------------10-9-|
  ................


Outro: (those are 10's)
                        ___________________  __________________
                                        1,5|            2,4,6,8|
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|----------9/10-10-9-|-------------------|
|----------------------|----------7/-8--8-7-|-------------------|
|----------------------|----------7/-8--8-7-|------5-7-8-11-8-7-|
|-77771010101088888888-|-77777777-7/-8--8-7-|-7777-5-7-8-11-8-7-|
  ....................   ........             .... . . .  . . .

 _______________
             3,7|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------9-------9-|
|------7-------7-|
|------7-------7-|
|-8888-7--8888-7-|
  ....    ....


Ending:

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-7---6--------------|
|-7---6-----------\--|
|-7---6-----------\--|


Song Structure:

Intro
Riff A1        (x3)
Riff A2        (x8)
Riff A3
Riff B
Riff A2        (x4)
Riff A4
Lead Fill
Riff C         (x2)
Riff A2        (x8)
Riff D
                      __
Solo Backing 1          |
Solo Backing 2 (x2)     |
Riff C         (x2)     | Solo played over
Solo Backing 2 (x2)     | this section
Solo Backing 3          |
Solo Backing 4        __|

Riff E1        (x2)
Riff E2
Riff E1        (x2)
Riff E3
Riff E1        (x3)
Riff E4
Riff E1        (x2)
Riff E3
Riff E1        (x3)
Riff E4
Riff E1        (x2)
Riff E3

Riff A1        (x8)
Riff A2        (x4)
Riff A4        (x8) (first 4 w/out harmony)
Riff A3        (x4)
Riff F
Outro
Ending


.  Any comments or corrections are
welcome.nile forever

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