Nile - Opening Of The Mouth Chords & Tabs

Tuning: A E A D F# B

Note: In some riffs, I have put extra time stamps for additional
help, as the long passages of tremolo picking can get very confusing.
Hopefully this makes the tab as easy to read as possible.


Intro A: (Egyptian flute) (0:00)

|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|---------10--11---|-8---10-----------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------10--9----|-7---6h7p6-----------|
|-0----------------|------------------|-------------8-------| gtr 1
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|

|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|---------7---8----|-5---7------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------8---7----|-5---4h5p4-----------| gtr 2
|------------------|------------------|-------------6-------|
|-0----------------|------------------|---------------------|


Intro B: (0:06)
|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------10--11---|-9---10--/15---14----|-11--10h11p10--9----|
|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-0----------------|---------------------|--------------------| gtr 1
|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|

|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------7---8----|-6---7---/12---11----|-8---7-h8-p7---6----|
|------------------|---------------------|--------------------| gtr 2
|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-0----------------|---------------------|--------------------|

Intro A x 1 (0:12)
Intro B x 1 (0:18)
Fill 1 (0:24)
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-5----------8----------7----------4----------|
|-5----------8----------7----------4----------|
|-5----------8----------7----------4----------|


Riff 1a (0:29)
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-5"----------------------------------|


Riff 1b (0:34) play twice
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-6655556655556666-|-5555555555555555-|
  ................   ................


Riff 1c (0:42)
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-6666666655555555-|-6655555555555555-|-6666666666666666-|
  ................   ................   ................

------------------|
------------------|
------------------|
------------------|
------------------|
-6666666666666666-|
 ................

Riff 1b x 1 (0:50)

Riff 1d (0:55)
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-8"-------------6"-------------|

Riff 1b x 1 (0:59)
Fill 2 (1:03)
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-6-6---5-5---8-8---6-6-|
|-6-6---5-5---8-8---6-6-|
|-6-6---5-5---8-8---6-6-|
  .     .     .     .

Riff 2:
(1:06)             (1:10)              (1:12)
|------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|-7777............-|-8888............-|-10101010........8888....-|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------------| gt1
|------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------------|

|------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|-5555............-|-6666............-|-8888............6666....-| gt2
|------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------------|



Continued:
(1:14)                                 (1:16)
------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
-7788777777887777-|-8888777777778877-|-7777........10101010....-|
------------------|------------------|--------------------------| gtr1
------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
------------------|------------------|--------------------------|

------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
-5566555555665555-|-6666555555556655-|-5555........8888........-| gtr2
------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
------------------|------------------|--------------------------|


Continued:
                 (1:20)
--------------------------|------------------|------------------|
--------------------------|------------------|------------------|
-(10"...........)88888888-|-8888888877887777-|-7788777788887777-|
--------------------------|------------------|------------------| gtr1
--------------------------|------------------|------------------|
--------------------------|------------------|------------------|

--------------------------|------------------|------------------|
--------------------------|------------------|------------------|
--------------------------|------------------|------------------|
-(8"............)66666666-|-6666666655665555-|-5566555566665555-| gtr2
--------------------------|------------------|------------------|
--------------------------|------------------|------------------|
       (1:25)
------------------|
------------------|
-7777887777777777-|
------------------| gtr 1
------------------|
------------------|

------------------|
------------------|
------------------|
-5555665555555555-| gtr 2
------------------|
------------------|



Solo Backing: (1:27)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nile/opening_of_the_mouth_tab.html ]
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------5555-----|-----55-----------|---------44444444-|
|-55556655----6655-|-5566--6655668866-|-55556655---------|

-------------------------|
-------------------------|
-7bf---------------------|
-7bf---------------------|
-------5-----------------|
----------6--5--3--5bh---|



Solo: This is just a rough approximation as to what Karl's playing
      but it should be good enough to play along to the CD with.


|-14bh--r--bh--r--bh~~~~-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|

|-17p12-19p14-20p15p14p12-17p12-19p14-20p15p14p12-20p15-|
|--t-----t-----t-----------t-----t-----t-----------t----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

|-19p14-17p12-16p11-17p12-19p14-17p12-16p11-14p9-13p8---|
|--t-----t-----t-----t-----t-----t-----t-----t----t-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

|-9bh--r--bh-~~~~~~~~~~~--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|


Riff 3a (1:36)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-00000000111100001111888888888888-|

Riff 3b (1:38)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-00001111000011118888888888888888-|

Riff 3a x 1 (1:40)

Riff 3c (1:42)
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------8-7<8>---6<7>---| gtr 1
|-------------------------------------|
|-00001111000011118888----------------|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------10-9<10>--8<9>--|
|-------------------------------------| gtr 2
|-------------------------------------|
|-00001111000011118888----------------|

Riff   3a   x   1   (1:44)
Riff   3b   x   1   (1:46)
Riff   3a   x   1   (1:48)
Riff   3c   x   1   (1:50)

Drum break (1:53)

Riff 4 (1:57)
              [x1]             [x1]             [x2]
|-12"------------|-11"------------|-8"--------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------| gtr 1
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7"-------------|-6"-------------|-3"--------------| gtr 2
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
             [x1]             [x1]             [x2]
-15"------------|-14"------------|-11"------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------| gtr 1
----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|

----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|
-10"------------|-9"-------------|-6"-------------| gtr 2
----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|


Fill 3 (2:14)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-5--------------|
|-5--------------|
|-5--------------|

Riff   1b x 1 (2:16)
Riff   1c x 1 (2:21)
Riff   1b x 1 (2:29)
Riff   1d x 1 (2:37)
Riff   1b x 1 (2:42)
Fill   2 x 1 (2:46)
Riff   2 x 1 (2:48)


Outro:

(3:09)
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|---------7---8----|-5---7------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------8---7----|-5---4h5p4-----------| gtr 1
|------------------|------------------|-------------6-------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|

|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-0----------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)-----------------| gtr 2
|-0----------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)-----------------|
|-0----------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)-----------------|

Continued
(3:18)
------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
---------7---8----|-6---7---/12---11----|-8---7h8p7---6------|
------------------|---------------------|--------------------| gtr 1
------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
------------------|---------------------|--------------------|

------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
-0----------------|-(0)-----------------|-(0)----------------| gtr 2
-0----------------|-(0)-----------------|-(0)----------------|
-0----------------|-(0)-----------------|-(0)----------------|


End (3:25)
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|-0-------------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------------|

End.

Tab Legend
. - palm mute
\ - slide down to
/ - slide up to
h - hammer on
t - tap
ph - pinched harmonic
^ - Hold bend
r release bend
~ - vibrato bend
() - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note
b - Bend
f - full bend
h - half bend
q - quarter bend
^ - Hold bend
r - release bend