Exile of the Sons of Uisliu Lyrics

As recorded by Amorphis
(From the 1992 Album THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS)
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'
Q=140
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-----|
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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
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-------------7-------------------7-------o||
Gtr I
W W
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--7-----------------------|--9-----------------------|
| 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--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Gtr IV
| W W
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-12-----------------------|-14-----------------------|
W W
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-10-------------------------------|-12----------------------------------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||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
| W W
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-15-------------------------------|-17----------------------------------o||
Q=129
Gtr I
E E E Q Q S S E S S S E Q Q S S
| Gtr II
| W +Q. Q Q.
E S S S E Q Q S S E S S S E E H
| W +Q. E H
E S S S E Q Q S S E S S S E Q Q S S
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||o-3-2h3p2------5--0h2-|--3---2h3p2---2-----0h2-|
| W +H.. E
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||o-7-------------------|-(7)----------------5---|
E S S S E Q Q S S E S S S E E H
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|-3-2h3p2------5--0h2-|--3--2h3p2----------o||
| W +Q. E H
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|-7-------------------|-(7)---------5-7----o||
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-|
| W +H.. E
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||o-5-------------------|-(5)----------------3---|
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||
| W +Q. E H
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|-5-------------------|-(5)---------3-5----o||
Q=140
W +W +W +H. Q
| W +W +W +H. +E E
Gtrs I, II
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||
Q=80
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
| Gtr II
| W H. Q
Q=80
Gtr I
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q 3x
||o---------------------|--------------------o||
||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|-------7------------o||
| Gtr II
| W H. Q 3x
||o---------------------|--------------------o||
||o-2-------------------|-3---------------2--o||
N.C.
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|-||o---------------------|-------------------o||
|-||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||
| E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|-||o---------------------|-------------------o||
|-||o---------------------|-7---------7----5--o||
Q=85 H=H
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
||o---------------------|-------------------o||-|
||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||-|
| E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
||o---------------------|-------------------o||-|
||o---------------------|-7---------7----5--o||-|
Q=100
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
||o----------------------------|---------------------o||
||o----------------------------|--8-10---10--8-10-7--o||
| E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
||o----------------------------|---------------------o||
||o----------------------------|---------------------o||
H=H Q=11
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
| E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
| E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
Q=143
Gtrs I, II
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||
Out-Verse
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-----|
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||
Q=147
Gtr I
W W
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--7-----------------------|--9-----------------------|
| 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--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Gtr IV
| W W
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-12-----------------------|-14-----------------------|
H=H
W W
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-10-------------------------------|-12----------------------------------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||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
| W W
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-15-------------------------------|-17----------------------------------o||
Q=152
Gtr I
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-|
| Gtr II
| Q. S S S S E S S E Q. S S S S E S S E
||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||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----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||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||
|--------------10--------------10------10-|--------------10-------------10------10---o||
| Q. S S S S E S S E Q. S S S S E S S E
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
|--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||
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------o||
Gtrs I, II
W +W +W +H
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