Band: Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song: Ruins
. - 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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|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-/5-----3--5--6--6/10--9~-|-~~~-5--/13--12--10h12p10-9-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-/5-----------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-/5-----3--5--6--6/10--9--|-3--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-3--------------------------|
|-/5-----------------------|-3--------------------------|
Riff B:
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-10----9----6----3----|-5-------------------|
|-10----9----6----3----|-5-------------------|
|-10----9----6----3----|-5-------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-10----9----6---------|-3-------------------|
|-10----9----6---------|-3-------------------|
|-10----9----6---------|-3-------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-10----9----6----3----|-5-------------------|
|-10----9----6----3----|-5-------------------|
|-10----9----6----3----|-5-------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-10----9----6---5-5/9-|------------------\--|
|-10----9----6---5-5/9-|------------------\--|
|-10----9----6---5-5/9-|------------------\--|
Lead: This should match up with the bars of Riff's A and B (check
the song structure below) but listen to the CD for timing.
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-/8~~~~~~~~~-|-~~~~~~~-6-8-9-|-8~~~~~-9~~~~~-|-~~~~~~~-\---|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
grad
|-------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-/8~~~~~~~~~-|-~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-/8~~~-9~~~~-9/11~-|-~~---15bq------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|-r-~~~~-15-13-13h15~-|-~~~~-13-13-15h16-|-15~~~-/13-13-12-13-13-12-|
|---------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nile/iv_ruins_tab.html ]
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-9-9-8-6-6~~~-4-4\|-3~~~~~~~-8bh--|-8~~~~~~~~~-9-9/12-|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
grad
|-------------------|--------------11/13-15-|-15~~~~~~~~~~-15bh-|
|-12\9-8~~~~--9-9-9/|12~~~~~-12/15----------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|---r-13h15-15~~~-13-13-11-11\|10~~~~----10-11-13-|
|-----------------------------|-------13----------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-15-16-15-13-11-10-13-15-16-16/20-19-16\|15-15~~~~~-/15~~~~~-\-|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-10h11p10\8h10~~~-8~~~~-7~~~~-|-~-7-8-10/11-10-8-8h10p8-7-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-11-10-8-7-------7-8-8/11-10~-|
|-----------9-8-9--------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Outro: After the first 2 chords this is all played on a keyboard. I
like to keep the distortion on for this part but you could
play it without if you wanted to.
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------/7--------|---------------------|-5----5/8----7---------|
|-10----9-------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-10----9---/5--------|---------------------|-3----3/6----5---------|
|-10----9-------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-3-------------------|-3/5--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-3-------------------|-3/5--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|-5------5/7---------|-5/7--7/8----7------|------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|-3------3/5---------|-3/5--5/6----5------|------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------7\--|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------5\--|
|--------------------|--------------------|
Song Structure:
Riff A x7
_
Riff B | PLay the Lead over this section
Riff A x3 _|
_
Riff B | PLay the Lead over this section
Riff A x3 _| also
Outro
Should all be there but it may help to listen to the CD when
learning the solo. Any comments, suggestions or corrections
are welcome.
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