Guitar tabs with lyrics
Title: Thus Spake the Nightspirit
Band: Emperor
Album: Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Transcription: Robinson Marks (rbj125@hotmail.com)
This is the first tab i've written. it should give you a good idea
of how to play the song. It wasn't the easiest to transcribe--
with all the backround buzzing and general noise common in Emperor tunes-
so tell me if i've got something wrong - by writing to my email. I havn't
distinguished parts between Ishan and Samoth- cause i don't know, but you
can figure that out.
symbols:
h-hammer on
p-pull off
/-slide up
\-slide down
[]- pinch harmonics
Intro riff:
e-----------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------------[17]
g-------------9\8---4/7--2/6------------9\8--7h 9p7--6-------
d-------2/---10\9---5/8--2/7--------2/-10\9--8h10p8--7-------
a-------0---------------------------0------------------------
e-0-1-0-----------------------0-1-0--------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------9\8---4/7--2/6------------9\8--77h97-----------
d-------2/---10\9---5/8--2/7--------2/-10\9--88--8-----------
a-------0---------------------------0------------------------
e-0-1-0-----------------------0-1-0----------------/12\\\tr1-
Riff A:bass and guitar
-tremelo everything reapeat x2
e------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------
a-------5-7-6-3---------1-0----------------------------------
e-0-2-3---------1-0-2-3-----1-4-1----------------------------
It's hard to say, but this sounds like the other guitar part
Riff A: guitar 2
-tremelo everything repeat x2
e------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------3-2---1-------------------------------
d--2-4-5-4-5-4-5-3--2-4-5-----3---3-------------------------------
a------------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------
Riff B: bass part
-w/ tremelo
e------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------
a------6---------- 7------------------------------------------
e--0-5---1-0-3-4-0----8-7-3-2--6-5-1---------------------------
Riff B: guitar sounds something like this
figure out the strumming rythm yourself repeat x2
e------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------
g---------8--------------------9--------------7--6-----------
d------7--8--3------5--6--2----9--10--9----8--8--7--3--------
a--2---7--6--3---2--5--6--2----7--10--9----8--8--7--3--------
e--0---5-----1---0--3--4--0--------8--7----6--6--5--1--------
Now do Riffs 
A augmentedA and 
BB again, enter vocals w/lyrics
this time, substitute last chord of Riff BB w/ this:
------------
------------
--9/10\9----
--9/10\9----
--7/8\\7----
------------
Riff C: guitar repeat x2
e------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------
g--121212-11-11-11--121212--999--11-11-11--------------------
d--121212-11-11-11--121212--999--12-12-12--10-10-10---9-9-9--
a------------------------------------------11-11-11--101010--
e------------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------12-----------------
g------------14/16-------14/16---------12--12---------------
d-888-------------16-----------16-------------121212-11-11-11
a-999---12------------11-----------10---------141414-13-13-13
e------------------------------------------------------------
Riff D:
the rythm guitar and bass do something like this:
e------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------------------------
d----------2--------------------------------------------------
a---7\\2--1---------4---------3--4----4h5p4-4----------------
e-0----------02220-----5-5-0---------------5-5p4-0h2----------
Riff D: lead guitar solo comes in somewhere-- you figure it out
e------------------14-----17-----19--20------20--------20----21\----
b------------14-------14------17-------19--19--19----19--19----------
g---15-p14------14-----------------------17--------18------18-------
d---------16---------------------------------------------------
a------------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------
e-----9h10p9---9----------------------------------------------------
b-----------10--10p9-----------------------------------------------
g--------------------10h11----------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------
a------------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------
rythm guitar: (with lead guitar doing same 1 octave above)
-with tremelo
e------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------5---------5--------5-------5------------------
a--------4---2---2----3----4----3----4---3---4---3---4--------------
e--2-4-5---5---4-----------2---------2-------2-------2-----------
i think this next part is basically like this:
do 4X
e----------------------10-------8----10---------------------------
b----------------------11-------9----11---------------------------
g----7---8--7---8------12------10----12--------------------------------
d----7---8--7---8------12------10----12-------------------------------
a----5---6--5---6------10-------8----10-------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------
-Go back to Riff 
D MajorD and latter section again.
-then do Riff C.
Interludish guitar riff: "Thus spake the nightspirit"
do 4X
e------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------0-----------0--------------------------------------
g---------0---0-------6---6--------------------------------------
d-------6-----------6-------6-----------------------------------
a-----6-----------4--------------------------------------------
e---4---------------------------------------------------------
slow section:
e-------------------------------0-----------------------------
b-------------------------------0-----------------------------
g---5--5--5--5--5--5--5---------0----0---------etc etc, does------
d---4--4--2--4--5--4--2----4----4----5--- ------more of the same---
a---3--3--3--3--3--3--3----2----2----2---------------------------
e--------------------------0----0----0--------------------------
finale:
sounds something like this:
retard
e------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------------------------
d-------7-5-4-----5-4--2-0-------4--2--0--------------------------------
a-----5--------3-------------2------------2------------------------
e--------------------------------------------0----------------
ⓘ Guitar tab for 'Thus Spake The Nightspirit' by Emperor, a black metal band formed in 1991 from Akkerhaugen, Norway
