Smashing The Antiu Guitar Tabs by Nile

Band: Nile 
Album: Amongst The Catacombs of Nephren-Ka 
Song: Smashing The Antiu 

Copyright (c) Relapse Records, 1998 
Version 1.0 – 29/9/2005 - 30/9/2005, 3/12/2005 


Code: 
. - palm mute           / - slide up to 
\ - slide down to       x – Staccato 
h - hammer on           p - pull off 
, - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note 
" - tremolo note        <> - Trill 
L – left channel only   R – right channel only 
* - see comment 

Suffixes for bend 
f - full bend       h - half bend 
q - quarter bend    t - tap bend 
^ - Hold bend       r - release bend 
~ - vibrato bend 

Suffixes for harmonic 
ph - pinched harmonic   n – natural/artificial harmonic 

Tuning A E A D F# B 


Intro (0:00) 
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Riff 1 (0:05) 
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Riff 2 (0:08) play twice 
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|-6-6-6-6-8-9-10hb--6-6-6-6-7-8-9hb--| 
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Riff 3 (0:12) 
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II 
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Riff 4a (0:20) 
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Riff 4b (0:26) 
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|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7---------4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-4-5-4-7-7-8-7-- 
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|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5---------2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-2-3-2-5-5-6-5- gtr 2 
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-----------------------------------4"-7"-----7--6--------------| gtr 1 
-----------5"-9"-5"-9"-5"-9"-5"-9"-----------------------------| 
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-3-3-4-3-------------------------------------------------------| 
---------5-------------------------4"-7"-----------7--6--7--6--| gtr 2 
-----------5"-9"-5"-9"-5"-9"-5"-9"-----------7--6--------------| 
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Solo begins (0:36) 

Riff 5 (0:36) 
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II 
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Fill 1 (0:44) 
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|-0--11--0--11-\10--| 
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Riff 5 x 1 (0:46) 

Riff 6 (0:54) play twice, EXTREMELY heavy palm muting! 
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|-3-----6--3--2--4--6--2--3--4--3--2--| 
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Solo begins (1:01) 
Riff 5 x 1 (1:01) 
Riff 1 x 1 (1:06) 

Awesome Egyptian solo! (1:10) 
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II 
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|-3"--5"-6"-8"--6"-5"-6"--5"-6"-5"---| gtr 1 
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|-5"--7"-8"-----8"-7"-8"--7"-8"-7"---| 
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III 
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|-9"-8"---6"-8"-6"--------------------| 
|------------------7"-4"--------------| 
|------------------------6"-5"---3"---| gtr 1 
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|-11"-10"---8"-10"-8"---------------------| 
|---------------------10"-7"--------------| 
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IV 
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|-6"--8"-9"-11"--9"-8"-9"--8"-9"-8"---| 
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|-8"--10"-11"-13"--11"-10"-11"--10"-11"-10"---| 
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Riff 8 (1:27) 
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-7-6-4---------------------------------------------------------------- 
-------6-----------------------------------11p7p4-11p7p4-------------- 
---------5-----------------------------------------------11p8p7-5p3p5- 
-----------8---------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------6-----2"-3"-2"-3"-2"-3"-2"-3"---------------------------- 
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---------8-12-------8-12-------3h5p3-8h12p10-8h12p11-10p6h8------8------- 
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Fill 2 (1:41)  
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Riff 5 x 1 (1:45) 
Riff 1 x 1 (1:50) 
Growls and drums only (1:52) 

Riff 9 (1:54) play 3 times 
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End (2:10) play 3 times 
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End.

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