Serpent Headed Mask by Nile

Band: Nile
Album: Amongst The Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
Song: Serpent Headed Mask

Copyright (c) Relapse Records, 1998
Version 1.0, 4/12/2005 – 8/12/2005


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

No guarantees with this tab, if any errors are spotted, contact me at the
above address – good luck with deciphering this tab, perhaps you’ll need
additional help even with the time markers.

Intro (0:00)
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7"-----6"----------------7"----------6"----------7"8"7"------6"-----|
|-7"6"5"---8"7"--8"7"6"----7"6"5"--8"7"5"7"8"--8"7"5"----------7"8"7"--8"7"-|
|----------------------6"5"--------------------------6"5"-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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-5"-------------------------|
---6"-0---------------------|
------0---------------------|

Riff 1 (0:13)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------4"-3"------4"------------------------------------5-4-----7h8p7-|
|-5"--6"--5"--------6"-------6"--5"h6p5-3--4-1-0-3-4-3-1-0-1-0-----6-5-------|
|------------------------------------------4-1-0-3-4-3-1-0-1-0---------------|
                                           . . . . . . . . . .     .
-----------------------------------|
---------------7h8p7---------------|
-6h7p6---7h8p7-------8-7-----------|
-------8---------------------------|
----------------------------4------|
--------------------------0----0---|
       .                  .

Riff 2 (0:24)
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------10"--|
|-----------------------------------------------12"-13"------|
|-------------------------------------------10"--------------|
|----------------------------------------8"------------------|
|-7"--10"--7"--10"--7"--10"--7"--10"--7"---------------------|

Riff 3 (0:28)
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-6-5-4-3-7-0-3-0-1-5-4-1-5-4-3-0-4-3-1-0-4-3-6-4-3-0--|
|-3-6-5-4-3-7-0-3-0-1-5-4-1-5-4-3-0-4-3-1-0-4-3-6-4-3-0--|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff 4 (0:31)
                                         [x4]
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-8p7p5-8p7-7-------------|
|-------------7"---|-------------7p5p4-6p5p3-|
|-------5"-8"------|-------------------------|
|-0"-7"----------0-|-------------------------|

Riff 5 (0:37)
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|------6

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