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Exile Of The Sons Of Uisliu

Amorphis

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EXILE OF THE SONS OF UISLIU
As recorded by Amorphis
(From the 1992 Album THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS)


Transcribed by Matthew Williams AKA autumnlrds

 Words and Music by Amorphis

 

Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr 1'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr 2'
Gtr III (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr 3'
Gtr IV (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Strings'


 Intro
  Q=140
  G5           A5
 4/4
  Gtrs I, II
               PM----|   PM--------|   PM|
  W            S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|----------||------------------------------|
|----------||o-----------------------------|
|----------||------------------------------|
|----------||------------------------------|
|-5--------||o---------7-------------7-----|
|-3--------||--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|


  Bsus4                         C
  PM----|   PM------------------------|   PM--------|   PM---
  S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------7-------------7-----|---------7-------------7-----|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-|


  Dsus2
 ----------|     PM------------|     PM|
   S  S  S  S E  S  S  S  S  S  S E  S  S
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|-------------7-------------------7-------o||
|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10--||


   Verse
    A5                         B5
    Gtr I
     W                          W
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--7-----------------------|--9-----------------------|
||---5-----------------------|--7-----------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|    PM----|   PM----|   PM-----------|   PM----|   PM
|    S S S S E S S S S E E E    S S S S E S S S S E E E
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------9---------9---9-|----------9---------9---9-|
||---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7---|--9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9---|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|   Gtr IV
|    W                          W
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--14-----------------------|-16-----------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-12-----------------------|-14-----------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|


  C5                                 D5
   W                                  W
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-10-------------------------------|-12----------------------------------o||
|--8-------------------------------|-10-----------------------------------||
|
|  PM------|     PM------|     PM     PM------|     PM------|     PM
|  S  S  S  S E  S  S  S  S E  E E    S  S  S  S E  S  S  S  S E  E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------9-------------9----9-|-------------9-------------9----9-----||
|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---10---|-12-12-12-12---12-12-12-12---12-------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
|  W                                  W
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-17-------------------------------|-19-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-15-------------------------------|-17----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||


 Breakdown
  Q=129
  A5                A5          A5 G5
  Gtr I
                        |-3-|
  E E E Q  Q  S S    E  S S S E Q  Q   S S
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-------2---------|------------------------|
|-3-2------5--0h2-|--3--2h3p2---2------0h2-|
|-----5-----------|-----------5----3-------|
|
| Gtr II
| W                 +Q.         Q  Q.
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-7---------------|-(7)---------7--5-------|
|-5---------------|-(5)---------5--3-------|


  A5                    A5          G5A5
    |-3-|                   |-3-|
  E S S S E Q  Q  S S    E  S S S E E H
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------2---------|--------------------|
|-3-2h3p2------5--0h2-|--3--2h3p2----------|
|---------5-----------|-----------5-3-5----|
|
| W                     +Q.         E H
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-7-------------------|-(7)---------5-7----|
|-5-------------------|-(5)---------3-5----|


    A5                                       G5
      |-3-|                    |-3-|
    E S S S E Q  Q  S S    E   S S S E Q  Q  S S
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||------------2---------|------------------------|
||o-3-2h3p2------5--0h2-|--3---2h3p2---2-----0h2-|
||----------5-----------|------------5----3------|
|
|   W                     +H..               E
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o-7-------------------|-(7)----------------5---|
||--5-------------------|-(5)----------------3---|


  A5                                G5A5
    |-3-|                   |-3-|
  E S S S E Q  Q  S S    E  S S S E E H
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-----------2---------|---------------------||
|-3-2h3p2------5--0h2-|--3--2h3p2----------o||
|---------5-----------|-----------5-3-5-----||
|
| W                     +Q.         E H
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-7-------------------|-(7)---------5-7----o||
|-5-------------------|-(5)---------3-5-----||


    G5                    G5                 F5
      |-3-|                    |-3-|
    E S S S E Q  Q  S S    E   S S S E Q  Q  S S
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o-1-0h1p0---5--3----0-|--1---0h1p0---0-------0-|
||----------3-------3---|------------3----1--3---|
|
|   W                     +H..               E
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o-5-------------------|-(5)----------------3---|
||--3-------------------|-(3)----------------1---|


  G5                    G5          F5G5
    |-3-|                   |-3-|
  E S S S E Q  Q  S S    E  S S S E E H
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-1-0h1p0---5--3----0-|--1--0h1p0----------o||
|---------3-------3---|-----------3-1-3-----||
|
| W                     +Q.         E H
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-5-------------------|-(5)---------3-5----o||
|-3-------------------|-(3)---------1-3-----||


 Pre-Chorus
  Q=140
  E5         E5           E5           E5
  W          +W           +W           +H.       Q
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)------12\-----|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)------12\-----|
|
| W          +W           +W           +H.      +E   E
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)------(2)-----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)------(2)-12\-|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)------(0)-12\-|


   Chorus
    E5                                   F#5G5
    Gtrs I, II
       PM------------------------------|
    Q  S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S Q  Q   8x
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o-2----------------------|-------------4--5--o||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---||


 Bridge
  Q=80
  E5                C5              B5
  Gtr I
  E E E E E E E E   E   E E  E E  E Q
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----5---7-5-----|--------------------|
|-7-9---9-----9-7-|-------7------------|
|-----------------|-8--10---10-8-10-7--|
|
| Gtr II
| W                 H.              Q
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2---------------|-5---------------4--|
|-2---------------|-3---------------2--|
|-0---------------|--------------------|


    Q=80
    E5                    C5              B5
    Gtr I
              |-3-|
    E E E E E S S S E E   E   E E  E E  E Q   3x
||----------------------|---------------------||
||o---------------------|--------------------o||
||----------------------|---------------------||
||------5---7-5-7-5-----|---------------------||
||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|-------7------------o||
||----------------------|-8--10---10-8-10-7---||
|
|   Gtr II
|   W                     H.              Q   3x
||----------------------|---------------------||
||o---------------------|--------------------o||
||----------------------|---------------------||
||--2-------------------|-5---------------4---||
||o-2-------------------|-3---------------2--o||
||--0-------------------|---------------------||


      N.C.
                |-3-|
      E E E E E S S S E E   E  E E  E E  E Q
|-||----------------------|--------------------||
|-||o---------------------|-------------------o||
|-||----------------------|--------------------||
|-||------5---7-5-7-5-----|--------------------||
|-||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||
|-||----------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7---||
|
|               |-3-|
|     E E E E E S S S E E   E  E E  E E  E Q
|-||----------------------|--------------------||
|-||o---------------------|-------------------o||
|-||------4---5-4-5-4-----|--------------------||
|-||--5-7---7---------7-5-|----4-5--4----4-----||
|-||o---------------------|-7---------7----5--o||
|-||----------------------|--------------------||


    Q=85                  H=H
              |-3-|
    E E E E E S S S E E   E  E E  E E  E Q
||----------------------|--------------------||-|
||o---------------------|-------------------o||-|
||----------------------|--------------------||-|
||------5---7-5-7-5-----|--------------------||-|
||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||-|
||----------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7---||-|
|
|             |-3-|
|   E E E E E S S S E E   E  E E  E E  E Q
||----------------------|--------------------||-|
||o---------------------|-------------------o||-|
||------4---5-4-5-4-----|--------------------||-|
||--5-7---7---------7-5-|----4-5--4----4-----||-|
||o---------------------|-7---------7----5--o||-|
||----------------------|--------------------||-|


    Q=100
                  |-3--|
     E  E E  E  E S  S S  E  E    E  E E  E  E  E Q
||-----------------------------|----------------------||
||o----------------------------|---------------------o||
||--------5-----7-5--7-5-------|----------------------||
||---7--9----9------------9--7-|-------7--------------||
||o----------------------------|--8-10---10--8-10-7--o||
||-----------------------------|----------------------||
|
|                 |-3--|
|    E  E E  E  E S  S S  E  E    E  E E  E  E  E Q
||-----------------------------|----------------------||
||o----------------------------|---------------------o||
||--------9----10-9-10-9-------|-------9--------------||
||--10-12---12-----------12-10-|-10-12---12-10-12-9---||
||o----------------------------|---------------------o||
||-----------------------------|----------------------||


  H=H                                           Q=11
                |-3--|
   E  E E  E  E S  S S  E  E    E  E E  E  E  E Q
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------5-----7-5--7-5-------|---------------------|
|--7--9----9------------9--7-|-------7-------------|
|----------------------------|--8-10---10--8-10-7--|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|
|               |-3--|
|  E  E E  E  E S  S S  E  E    E  E E  E  E  E Q
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------9----10-9-10-9-------|-------9-------------|
|-10-12---12-----------12-10-|-10-12---12-10-12-9--|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|


 0
                |-3--|
   E  E E  E  E S  S S  E  E    E  E E  E  E  E Q
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------5-----7-5--7-5-------|---------------------|
|--7--9----9------------9--7-|-------7-------------|
|----------------------------|--8-10---10--8-10-7--|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|
|               |-3--|
|  E  E E  E  E S  S S  E  E    E  E E  E  E  E Q
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------9----10-9-10-9-------|-------9-------------|
|-10-12---12-----------12-10-|-10-12---12-10-12-9--|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|


   Chorus
    Q=143
    E5                                   F#5G5
    Gtrs I, II
       PM------------------------------|
    Q  S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S Q  Q   4x
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o-2----------------------|-------------4--5--o||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---||


   Out-Verse
    A5                            Bsus4
    PM----|   PM--------|   PM----------|   PM--------------|
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------7-------------7-----|---------7-------------7-----|
||--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|


  C                             Dsus2
  PM----|   PM--------|   PM-------------|     PM------------|     PM|
  S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    S  S  S  S E  S  S  S  S  S  S E  S  S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|---------7-------------7-----|-------------7-------------------7-------o||
|-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10--||


    Q=147
    A5                         B5
    Gtr I
     W                          W
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--7-----------------------|--9-----------------------|
||---5-----------------------|--7-----------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|    PM----|   PM----|   PM-----------|   PM----|   PM
|    S S S S E S S S S E E E    S S S S E S S S S E E E
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------9---------9---9-|----------9---------9---9-|
||---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7---|--9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9---|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|   Gtr IV
|    W                          W
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--14-----------------------|-16-----------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-12-----------------------|-14-----------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|


  H=H
  C5                                 D5
   W                                  W
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-10-------------------------------|-12----------------------------------o||
|--8-------------------------------|-10-----------------------------------||
|
|  PM------|     PM------|     PM     PM------|     PM------|     PM
|  S  S  S  S E  S  S  S  S E  E E    S  S  S  S E  S  S  S  S E  E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------9-------------9----9-|-------------9-------------9----9-----||
|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---10---|-12-12-12-12---12-12-12-12---12-------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
|  W                                  W
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-17-------------------------------|-19-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-15-------------------------------|-17----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||


    Q=152
    C5                                       D5                          D5      D5
    Gtr I
     PM-------|      PM------|      PM        PM-------|      PM------|      PM
     S   S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  E    E    S   S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  E    E
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||o--------------10-------------10------10-|--------------10-------------10------10-|
||---8---8--8--8-----8--8--8--8-----8------|-10--10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10------|
|
|   Gtr II
|    Q.              S  S  S  S  E  S S  E    Q.              S  S  S  S  E  S S  E
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||---5---------------------------5-------5-|--7---------------------------7-------7-|
||o--3---------------3--3--3--3--3--3-3--3-|--5---------------5--5--5--5--5--5-5--5-|
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|    PM-------|      PM------|      PM-----------------|      PM------|      PM
|    S   S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  E    E    S   S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  E    E
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||---------------12-------------12------12-|--------------12-------------12------12-|
||--10--10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10------|-12--12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12------|
||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


  Eb5                          Eb5     Eb5  F5                          F5      F5
   PM-------|      PM------|       PM        PM-------|      PM------|      PM
   S   S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S   e  E    E    S   S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  E    E
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|--------------10--------------10------10-|--------------10-------------10------10---o||
|-11--11-11-11----11-11-11-11-----11------|-13--13-13-13----13-13-13-13----13---------||
|
|  Q.              S  S  S  S   E  S S  E    Q.              S  S  S  S  E  S S  E
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|--8----------------------------8-------8-|-10--------------------------10------10----||
|--6---------------6--6--6--6---6--6-6--6-|--8---------------8--8--8--8--8--8-8--8---o||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|
|  PM-------|      PM------|       PM        PM-------|      PM------|      PM
|  S   S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S   E  E    E    S   S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  E    E
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
|--------------12--------------12------12-|--------------12-------------12------12----||
|-13--13-13-13----13-13-13-13-----13------|-15--15-15-15----15-15-15-15----15---------||
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||


  C5
                                       2/4
  Gtrs I, II
  W          +W           +W            +H
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------||-(5)----*|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||-(3)----*|
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths