Exile of the Sons of Uisliu Amorphis
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]Gtr I[B5]
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] W [D5] 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]Gtr I[A5] [A5] [G5]
|-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] |-3-| [A5] |-3-|[G5A5]
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] |-3-| |-3-|[G5]
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] |-3-| |-3-|[G5A5]
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] |-3-| [G5] |-3-|[F5]
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] |-3-| [G5] |-3-|[F5G5]
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]W [E5]+W [E5]+W [E5]+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]Gtrs I, II[F#5G5]
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]Gtr I[C5] [B5]
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]Gtr I[C5] [B5]
|-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]Gtrs I, II[F#5G5]
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]Gtr I[B5]
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] W [D5] 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]Gtr I[D5] [D5] [D5]
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]
Gtrs I, II[2/4]
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
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