Sand And Mercury

from Mandylion
tabbed by: Drew Schinzel, 7/15/99

Legend:
b bend
r release
h hammer on
p pull off
~ vibrato
/ slide up
\ slide down

Note: Listen for precise timing of chords and notes, I had to condense 
them
a little to save space.

standard tuning

 riff 1                                     
|----------------------------------------|---| 
|----------------------------------------|---| 
|--4--------------------------------7----|-7-| 
|--4--------4-----(4)(4)-5----------7----|-7-| 
|--2--------4-----(4)(4)-5----------5----|-5-| 
|-----------2-----(2)(2)-3---------------|---| 

For riff 1, for most of the first two repetitions each chord is
strummed once, for the last two reps they're strummed in a simple 
rhythm
which is easy to hear.


 riff 2                                                 
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------| 
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------| 
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------| 
|---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--|--7--5--2--| 
|---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--|--7--5--2--| 
|---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--|--5--3--0--| 

   Heavy palm-muting on the first three chords of each set of 4.

|-----------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------| 
|--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--| 
|--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--| 
|--1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1--| 

|------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------| 
|--7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5----------------| 
|--7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5---6--6--6--6---| 
|--5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---3--3--3--3---6--6--6--6---| 
|-----------------------------------------4--4--4--4---| 

 riff 3                                 
|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------| 
|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5--------| 
|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5--------| 
|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-2-2-2--| 
   4x                                    

|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------| 
|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-------| 
|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-------| 
|--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-2-2-2-| 
   4x                                   

Second time they use this riff, drop the second part


For the solo, again beware of the condensed note spacing.  Also note 
that
the bends are slow bends,

 semi-riff     mini-solo thing                        
|------------|---------------------------------------| 
|------------|--7b8r7--7~--7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--8p7----| 
|------------|------------------------------------7~-| 
|--5-5-5-5-4~|---------------------------------------| 
|------------|---------------------------------------| 
|------------|---------------------------------------| 

|------------------------------------------------------| 
|--8--8p7-5~---7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--8p7------| 
|--------------------------------------------------7~--| 
|------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------| 

|----------------10-10-10-9-7~---/10--10p9---------|  
|--8--8p7--5~-------------------------------10~----|  
|--------------------------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------|  

|--/10--10p9-----------------------------------------| 
|-------------8~---/8--8p7--7~---5~------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------(2)----2/5-----4~----| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 

 solo rhythm                                          
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
|--4----4----|-----------|-----------|---2---2---| 
|--4----4----|-----------|---5---5---|---2---2---| 
|--2----2----|--0---0----|---5---5---|---0---0---| 
|------------|-----------|---3---3---|-----------| 

Final chord
|----| 
|----| 
|--4-| 
|--4-| 
|--2-| 
|----|