Nile - I Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead Chords & Tabs

Band:  Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song:  I Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead

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


Riff A:

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|-------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|------------------|
|-1---4---3---|------------------|------------------|
|-1---4---3---|------------------|------------------|
|-1---4---3---|-0000000000000000-|-1111111111111111-|
                ................   ................

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-7777777777777777-|-6666666666666666-|-3333333333333333-|
  ................   ................   ................

|------------------|-------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------|------------------|
|------------------|-1---4---3---|------------------|
|------------------|-1---4---3---|------------------|
|-4444444444444444-|-1---4---3---|-0000000000000000-|
  ................                 ................

                    (these are 10's)
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|-1111111111111111-|-10101010101010101010101010101010-|
  ................    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-9999999999999999-|-6666777766666666-|
  ................   ................


Rhy. Fill 1:

|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-7-----------|
|-1---4---3---|-5-----------|
|-1---4---3---|-5-----------|
|-1---4---3---|-5-----------|


Outro: Most of this is quite hard to hear due to the feedback and I
       think its played on a keyboard as well.  I think it's best
       played with a clean guitar tone.  The feedback pitches are,
       for the most part A with occasional rises to A# and, towards
       the end, C.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nile/i_whisper_in_the_ear_of_the_dead_tab.html ]
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-8---7------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------8---7----|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-6h8-6------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|


|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------8~~-|-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-/8---------------|------------------|-/8---6-----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|-14h15-14----14-----|
|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|----------15----15--|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|

|------------------|-14h15-14----14-----|--------------------|
|------------------|----------15----15--|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|----------/8------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|

|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-8---7------------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------8--------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|



Song Structure:

Riff A         x4
Rhy. Fill 1

Break

Riff A         x4
Rhy. Fill 1
Outro


I think the song structure is correct, but haven't got the CD
at hand to check the number of times Riff A is played.  Pretty
sure it's 4 for both times though.

Any comments, corrections or suggestions are welcome.


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