Sand And Mercury by Gathering The Gathering "Sand and Mercury" from Mandylion tabbed by: Drew Schinzel, 7/15/99 Legend: ------- b bend r release h hammer on p pull off ~ vibrato / slide up \ slide down Note: Listen for precise timing of chords and notes, I had to condense them a little to save space. standard tuning riff 1 |----------------------------------------|---| |----------------------------------------|---| |--4--------------------------------7----|-7-| |--4--------4-----(4)(4)-5----------7----|-7-| |--2--------4-----(4)(4)-5----------5----|-5-| |-----------2-----(2)(2)-3---------------|---| For riff 1, for most of the first two repetitions each chord is strummed once, for the last two reps they're strummed in a simple rhythm which is easy to hear. riff 2 |---------------------------------------------------|-----------| |---------------------------------------------------|-----------| |---------------------------------------------------|-----------| |---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--|--7--5--2--| |---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--|--7--5--2--| |---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--|--5--3--0--| Heavy palm-muting on the first three chords of each set of 4. |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--| |--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--| |--1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1--| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |--7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5----------------| |--7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5---6--6--6--6---| |--5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---3--3--3--3---6--6--6--6---| |-----------------------------------------4--4--4--4---| riff 3 |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5--------| |--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5--------| |--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-2-2-2--| 4x |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-------| |--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-------| |--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-2-2-2-| 4x Second time they use this riff, drop the second part For the solo, again beware of the condensed note spacing. Also note that the bends are slow bends, semi-riff mini-solo thing |------------|---------------------------------------| |------------|--7b8r7--7~--7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--8p7----| |------------|------------------------------------7~-| |--5-5-5-5-4~|---------------------------------------| |------------|---------------------------------------| |------------|---------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |--8--8p7-5~---7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--8p7------| |--------------------------------------------------7~--| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |----------------10-10-10-9-7~---/10--10p9---------| |--8--8p7--5~-------------------------------10~----| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--/10--10p9-----------------------------------------| |-------------8~---/8--8p7--7~---5~------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------(2)----2/5-----4~----| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| solo rhythm |------------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |------------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |--4----4----|-----------|-----------|---2---2---| |--4----4----|-----------|---5---5---|---2---2---| |--2----2----|--0---0----|---5---5---|---0---0---| |------------|-----------|---3---3---|-----------| Final chord |----| |----| |--4-| |--4-| |--2-| |----| www.TAB6.com