Nile - Defiling The Gates Of Ishtar Chords & Tabs

Band:  Nile
Album: Black Seeds Of Vengeance
Song:  Defiling The Gates Of Ishtar



.  - 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


Notes: To save space, I've not tabbed out any harmonies.  They're
       pretty easy to figure once you have one guitar line anyway.


Tunning: A E A D F# B


Intro: Not sure about this but the baseline follows a similar
       descending pattern.  The guitar may do a descending run but
       if it does, I can't hear it.

|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-8-----------------|-5---------|
|-6-10-9-6-10-9-6-5-|-3----6----|
|---10-9-6-10-9-6-5-|------6----|
  .  . . .  . . . .


Riff A:

|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-5555555555555555-|-666655558/9996666-|-5555555566665555-|
  ................   ......... .......   ................
___________  ___________
           1|           2|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|-11-----8-7-|--------8-7-|
|--9-----6-5-|-8h9p8--6-5-|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|


Riff B:

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|----------------7-|
|--------------5-6-|------------------|
|------------------|----------3-6-5---|
|-333366553333-----|-33333333-3-6-5---|
  ............       ........ . . .


Riff C:

|--------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------|
|----4h5p4-----------------------|-5-8-7-4---------|
|----------6-5-5h6p5\2-1h2p1-----|-3-6-5-2---------|
|----------------------------4-3-|---------3-6-5-2-|
|-33-----------------------------|---------3-6-5-2-|
  ..                                       . . . .


Riff D:

|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------91012109----------|
|------------------|------------------|-----8911--------1198------|
|------------------|------------------|-7810----------------1087~-|
|-2222222222222222-|-2222222222222222-|---------------------------|
  ................   ................


Riff E:

|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-7--------8----------|-7-------------1313-|
|-5--------6----------|-5---------1-0------|
|---013431---01310431-|---0134310-1-0------|
                                  . .  . .

|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-1212-1010-99------|---------------|----------5-------|
|--------------1212-|-1111-99-88-66-|-55-33-22-3----6--|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------6--|
   . .  . . ..  . .    . . .. .. ..   .. .. ..


Riff F:

|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------------45-|-----8754---------|----------7-8-10-11-|
|-----7643----76---|-7643-------------|-6-7-9-10-----------|
|-6532----6532-----|----------5-6-8-9-|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
  ................   ....


Solo Backing 1:

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-6--------3h4p3\1-|------------------|
|------------------|-4----------------|------------------|
|-0000000000000000-|------------------|-0000000011115555-|
  ................                      ................

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-5555444411111111-|-1111111111111111-|
  ................   ................


Rhy. Fill 1:

|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|-0------------|--------------|
|-0------------|--------------|


Solo 1:

|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-10bh---r-~~-10h11p10h11/|/15~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-14h15p14h15~~~~-|
|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|


|--------------|-----------------|-/17~~~-16h17p16-|-16~~~-16h17p16-|
|-~~~~~~-16-19-|-20--19h20p19-16-|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|

                                                    grad bend
|-17~~~~~~~~~-|-17-21-22-21h22p21\|\18~--18h21p18\19|bh--------r-~~-|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|


|-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|


Riff G: (This is the left speaker)  I'm not sure about the last 8
        bars but it was about as close as I could get.

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------781011-----781011-|------781011-----781011-|
|-10976------10976-------|-10976------10976-------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
   ....       ....          ....       ....

|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----4578----4578-|-----4578----4578-|-----------------|
|-7643----7643-----|-7643----7643-----|---------5h6p5---|
|------------------|------------------|-6-5-3-2-------6-|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
  ....    ....       ....    ....       . . . .       .

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------5h6p5\3---|-------5h6p5-----|
|-5-3-2---------6-|-5-3-2---------6-|-5-3-2-------6-5-|
|-------8-7-5-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
  . . . . . . . .   . . .         .   . . .       . .

|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|----------9h10p9----|---------------------|-9h10p9\7----------|
|-10-9-7-6--------10-|-9-13p12p10-10-9-7-6-|----------10-9-7-6-|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
   . . . .         .   .           . . . .             . . . .

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-10-9-7-6----------|
|----------10-9-7-6-|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|


Riff H: Not completely sure about the sweeps but they sound good
        to me.

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nile/defiling_the_gates_of_ishtar_tab.html ]
|-------9h12h13p12p9-|-------9h12h13p12p9-|-------9h12h13p12p9-|
|-----11-------------|-----11-------------|-----11-------------|
|---12---------------|---12---------------|---12---------------|
|-12-----------------|-12-----------------|-12-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|                    |                    |                    |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-3------------------|------------------5-|-6------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-1------------------|------------------3-|-4------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


|-------9h12h13p12p9-|----6h9h10p9p6-|----6h9h10p9p6-|
|-----11-------------|---8-----------|---8-----------|
|---12---------------|--9------------|--9------------|
|-12-----------------|-9-------------|-9-------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
|                    |               |               |
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------------|-8-------------|------------10-|
|-8------------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------------|-5-------------|-------------7-|
|-6------------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|


|----6h9h10p9p6-|----6h9h10p9p6-|
|---8-----------|---8-----------|
|--9------------|--9------------|
|-9-------------|-9-------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|               |               |
|---------------|---------------|
|-11------------|-14------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|--8------------|-11------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|


Solo Backing 2:

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-5555999988886666-|-5555555555555555-|
  ................   ................


Rhy. Fill 2:

|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-5--5--5----------|
|-3--3--3--6--6--6-|
|----------6--6--6-|


Solo:  Not too sure about this solo but it should provide a basis
       for somebody to figure out a better version.

|-20bhrp19p16-20bhrp19p16-|-20bhrp19p16---------|
|-------------------------|------------18-------|
|-------------------------|--------------19--19-|
|-------------------------|----------------19---|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|


|---16-19bhrp18p16-181615--1615------|
|-18---------------------18----1817~-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


|---------------------------13h16p13-|---------------------|
|-16151312----------------14---------|-14------------------|
|---------15141211------15-----------|---15--------^-^-^---|
|-----------------14~-15-------------|-----13bh----------r-|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|


|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-781081011101113-14131110------|------------11bh-r-bh~~-|
|-------------------------12119-|-8bh-r-bh~~-------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|


Rhy. Fill 3:

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


Outro 1:

|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-5555555555555555-|-6666666666666666-|-8/999666666666666-|

|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-8/999999966666666-|-6666888899998888-|-5555555555555555-|

|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-4444444444444444-|


Outro 2:

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-5555555555555555-|-6666666666666666-|-8888888855555555-|

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-6666666666666666-|-5555555555555555-|

                                 x2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-12121212121212121212121212121212-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


Outro 3:

|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
|-5----------|-6----------|-8/9-6------|-8/9-9-6----|-------8/9-|
|-5----------|-6----------|-8/9-6------|-8/9-9-6----|-------8/9-|

|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|-5----------|-4----------|
|-5----------|-4----------|


Outro 4:

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-5555555555555555-|-6666666666666666-|-8888888855555555-|
  ................   ................   ................

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-6666666666666666-|-5555555555555555-|
  ................   ................
*                               x2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------| * grad bend up 1/2 step during
|----------------------------------|   first bar then hold the bend
|----------------------------------|   during the second bar.
|----------------------------------|
|-17171717171717171717171717171717-|


Outro 5:

|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-5555555555555555-|-6666666666666666-|-8/999666666666666-|
  ................   ................   . ...............

|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-8/999999966666666-|-6666888899998888-|-5555555555555555-|
  . ...............   ................   ................

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-4--4--4--\--|
|-4--4--4--\--|



Song Structure:

Intro
Riff A
Riff B
Riff A
Riff C
Riff D
Riff E
Riff A (Up to 1st ending)
Riff F
                     _
Solo Backing 1 (x2)   |  Solo 1 played over
Rhy. Fill 1          _|  this section

Riff G
Riff H
                     _
Solo Backing 2 (x3)   |  Solo 2 played over
Rhy. Fill 2          _|  this section

Riff A
Riff B
Riff A
Riff C
Riff D
Riff E (w/ ritard on last two chords)
Rhy. Fill 3

Break

Outro 1
Outro 2
Outro 3
Outro 2
Outro 3
Outro 4
Outro 5


Listen to the CD if you are not sure of the song structure.  Any
comments, suggestions or corrections are welcome.


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